Help?  "Oh Really... Help? Is that So?"

Draw what you see and not what you think you see! Look more at the object than you do at your paper! Or, if you want something original, make sure you have a clear image in your head. It's all about the vision, man! Your drawing may suck at first, but you'll get better. I suggest if you really wanna get good at details, try drawing your own hand. It's tough, but it gets the job done.

 

Draw easy things First. Create a imagination
Model things
Draw
Create
Be the Master
Blah blah blah

 

Decide what type of art you are most interested in. You will have a much easier time putting in the time and effort necessary to improve as an artist if you work in a medium you enjoy on a subject you are passionate about. You may know what interests you right from the start or you may have to try a number of different media and subjects before finding what clicks for you. Don't be afraid to experiment.

Schedule time to work on your art. The best way to learn any new skill or improve your abilities is through regular practice. Whether you're looking at art as a hobby or a career, setting aside time in your day or week to focus on your art will help you to hone your skills.

Take classes. Few, if any, artists are so skilled that they can't benefit from some kind of formal instruction. Art classes can help you get past problems with your work that you haven't been able to solve on your own, identify areas in which you could improve, or just give you some direction and a regular time to devote to working on art. There are courses available for all skill levels at colleges, community centers, local arts centers, and numerous other places.

Accept constructive criticism. Constructive criticism is designed to help you improve your artwork, either the piece you're working on now or your future works. A person giving constructive criticism will usually point out both the flaws and the strengths in your piece and make suggestions on how you could fix the flaws. While it isn't always fun to hear, criticism is something you're going to have to deal with as an artist. Learn to identify when a criticism of your work is valid and use that information to focus on correcting your mistakes.

Show your work. For most artists, art is a form of communication. You create art because you want to share it with other people. Otherwise, you could just leave the ideas in your head. Exactly how you want to show your work and to who is your choice. You could try to get your work shown in galleries and put up for sale. You could try getting published. You might be more comfortable putting your work online and possibly selling prints of it. Or maybe you would rather just frame some of your best work and hang it up in your home for your family and friends to enjoy.

 

I've found the best way to learn to draw is to take an anatomy class in college. Most art majors will take these classes because understanding the body helps you with proportion immensely.

Secondly, practice is key. Practicing during down time will really show your improvements.

Third, take no shortcuts. When you're taking a drawing class, they will teach you basics, that even freehand artists continue to use to help set objects in place and in proper proportions. Line drawing especially benefits from this.

Lastly, don't force yourself to do an art style that you may not be good at. Explore many different mediums, different tools, different papers. It might sound weird, but my best medium I've found is really chalk and a sidewalk. I love to just go wild with it and I prefer it over pencil to paper. 

 

I'm mostly self-taught. Tutorials I looked up didnt really help, so I taught myself, observed some of my favorite artists' work. Even though they themselves were still learning. You know Lauren Faust? (created MLP:FiM and her husband created PowerPuff girls and Fosters home for imaginary friends). She has been working on animation and drawing since God knows how long, but after seeing she's been helping her hubby with PGG since 1995, and she is still learning. You don't learn anything overnight. You should've SEEN my art from late 4th-5th grade. MY GOD, that would make chuck Norris cry it was so bad. Look at my art now, if you did a side by side of then and now, compared to then, 'now' would look like the freaking Mona Lisa. What I'm trying to say is, keep at it. Dont stop drawing. Practice, observe other artists' works, see how they drew it, then compare that to yours, and try correcting yours and develop your own style. Reference art, blah blah.

I hope I helped, I'm no good artist either.

 

Oh and one more thing.

If you plan on making a living off your art (selling your art as a job kind of, using art to earn money) study marketing.

 

I paint by numbers and collect rocks

 

Lmao

 

The eyes are most annoying, Jess. Annoying.


I didn't learn anime with the help of a pesky tut rofl.

I lurked at home and used the computer and drew a replica of Haruhi Suzumiya. I redrew her for about a million times and got some sort of hang of it. Skipped the eyes.


BTW. Noses are crucial. Don't draw them if you can't. D:

They aren't very important either.



As for tutorials, who needs 'em? Only use the extremely clear ones. I can give you a link to draw the eyes if you dig. :3

 

Uh. Noses aren't that hard. And you dont have to draw noses if you draw chibis.

 

I fail at noses.


They aren't mandatory, though. Doesn't only apply to chibis rofl. :3

 

:3 anyone wanna see my chalk?  I haven't done it in 3 years but I used to fill my neighborhood sidewalks with anime, manga and video game characters.

 

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 you stay away Jake 

 

YES MOM. :0

 

Jihi you have a daughter  If Alice is my sis then shes my niece 

 

o.o

 

After getting married I realized I came away with a number of siblings and children I didn't know I'd get 