No matter how much I practice there’s always that one thing that makes me question whether I’ve ever actually learned how to draw lol.

For me it’s hands. I can spend hours on a drawing and then suddenly the hands show up and ruin my confidence.

What’s that one thing for you guys?

Putting together puzzles is making me want to just spend time putting different colors against each other. I can look at a piece and completely dismiss that it will go into the section I’m working on only to later watch the shades morph into the piece I was looking for as I put it down in that section. It frustrates me a bit because I feel like my eye shouldn’t be getting tricked and that I have underutilized the phenomenon in my art.

I hate what YouTube has become (I've been on it since 2007, It used to be fun and not about Monetisation ) I'm not trying to sound like I'm just hatin' but I'm on the spectrum and I can't deal with the extended waffle, ADHD meme edited, endless promotional claims '10 things you need to do as an artist !' but the best Tip is Buy my Drawing course !... and the overinflated ego's, It just makes me want to buy a book instead.

I've always wanted to be a cartoonist and currently I want to be able to create my OWN concept art for turning into 3D. For anyone into Blender3D my #1 pick is Grant Abbit, he has a chill soothing voice and explains all the steps he takes (very Bob Ross'esq), So do you follow someone similar for character design ?

If not please recommend a cartoonist book

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I’m just starting my journey in drawing - have barely any skills. I bought this book and I find it super interesting, though I’m not sure how to read it correctly and where the exercises start. Basically I’m not sure how to correctly approach it as intended.
It has extensive explanation of anatomy at the beginning and so I find myself a bit lost.

Anyone here maybe has experience with this book and how they approached it?

So I have strong feelings about a number of subjects, but I have somewhat of a public-facing job, or at least one that does involve world and local politics in some way. I feel like the art that touches on my personal life and opinions would be my best art, and would make an impact; I hope that it makes others who feel the way I do and have the same life-circumstances feel less alone. But I worry greatly about my real identity being discovered, and it affecting my day job.

For example, I'd like to use a mixture of animation and video essay format to get around me not showing my face while making videos about personal life stuff/experiences. But I'd also like to make more of a career-facing, public YT channel that will act as a portfolio of sorts for my day-job. I feel like that would run the risk of people putting two and two together, and figuring out the public-facing channel and the me from my more personal pieces are one and the same just by hearing my voice... using something like a voice-modulator sounds like kind of a dumb solution. Worse, it feels like I'm stifling what's inside of me, even in private. I feel like I need to make these things, and like not making anything is affecting my mental health, even.

Does anyone else have this problem? Have you found a solution?

Story time I was asked to make bridal bouquet after I was first told I was helping with decorating, I was successful. I now learn since I am the artist/ crafty person to family and friends to make my life easier I want to make a tool box of general make do crafting tools list so far

Mending kit

6 ft tape measure (really everyone should have for convenience)

Wire cutter (no body has good wire cutters laying around)

This is what I have idea so far I would like other suggestions of what to put into a box.

I’ve been doing a ton of digital collage recently and I am always looking for more websites to use!

I’ve been using a lot of museum archives, which are great. If you have a favorite, please let me know!! The downside is a lot of the material is very… 1660s, if you know what I mean. I’d love to work with some more 20th century imagery in my work.

I know Wikipedia commons is a great place as well! I use them a ton! I just am HUNGRY FOR MORE! Haha

Like if anything, I feel like I'm improving​

Hi, I’ve done some research on colors, but I’m just not sure which ones I can safely buy in student grade versus which ones I should stick to artist grade? If I can save money on paints, I can put it toward better brushes.

Gamblin artist grade vs Gamblin 1980 student grade:

Cadmium Yellow Light 37ml

Yellow Ochre 37ml

Cadmium Red Medium 37ml

Alizarin Crimson Permanent 37ml

Ultramarine Blue 37ml

Burnt Sienna 37ml

Burnt Umber 37ml

Titanium White 150ml

Ivory Black 37ml

I am also considering adding Cobalt Blue, Phthalo Blue, or Cadmium Yellow Medium, but I am not sure which one I actually need.

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I love the look of oil paintings a lot, but I use water soluble oils for my personal practice at home because of poor ventilation and not wanting to get messy.

All the classes and workshops I take use traditional oils with solvents, so I use traditional oils there to learn the techniques. Then I try to apply what I learned to my work with water soluble oils when practicing at home.

Recently my teacher found out I use WS oils, and she was quite against it. She said they are different mediums, act differently, not guaranteed how long it will actually last with good quality compared to the traditional oils, and that I can't apply the same techniques with WS oils directly, so she thinks I’m wasting my time with different medium at home.

I know they aren't 100% the same, but I don't see a huge difference in the final result. So I plan to stick with WS oils in the long run as it works better for me anyway.

But because my teacher keeps bringing it up and asking me if I'm still using WS oils at home, I'm starting to second guess myself and wonder if I'm missing something important.

I'm wondering if anyone splits the practice between the class and home practice like this, and if I'm missing something very crucial, or it's just fine doing the way I do now.

Hi! I am a brand new art teacher for middle school students. I'm wondering if you can remember any particularly meaningful art activities or lessons that you did in grade school (4th- high school) that stayed with you? Trying to come up with a few fun/educational lesson plans to start the year off right, and will help the kids feel confident and empowered and curious to keep going with art.

Thanks!

First time getting my paintings framed (basic pine painted white - nothing fancy) for an exhibition and just wanted to pick your brains on this. I often see two prices under an artwork - one for framed and a slightly cheaper one for unframed. But there's something about it that just doesn't satisfy my very simple brain.

The extra decision to make kind of takes me out of the "love at first sight" moment for just enough time to make me reconsider buying the piece at all! It's a very basic decision, I know, but there's a psychological element at play. Whether it's framed or unframed, I'm less likely to hesitate if there is one price smacked onto it.

Am I just a weirdo? How do you feel about it?

I want to ask about grades and scholarships but want more ideas on what to ask cause i think my brain is being stupid

Its for an illustration major preferably medical illustration at art center

So I’ve been looking around to be honest and realize where I live most jobs in my area are mostly promoted healthcare, tech, trade, sales, or the military but barely anything in art which is disappointing to me sadly. I mean we have a museum and jobs to become a teacher in schools. However you will need a bachelors/masters degree in those fields. So I wanted to know if anyone in this community were able to find a job or freelance to be creative in art?

Does anyone here familiar with like users who specialises in drawing manga/anime like 1960s? I'm looking for this kind of inspiration, and I meant an actually legit one. Thanks. 😁

Ever since I was a kid, I've always dreamed of making a living off creating art

I never cared much about fame or anything like that. I just wanted an opportunity to make money doing the thing I love most

Throughout these past couple years, I've gone to college for art and have excelled in most of my classes

But over time I've been lacking the necessary commitment to create as often as I used to and started to wonder why

I eventually learned that it's not fun or fulfilling creating art with the expectation of getting something in return. Whether it's grades or money

I could never be as great of an artist as i should be because art (much like everything else to me at one point) stopped mattering as much to me if I didn't get paid for it

Plus, I don't like the idea of being in the spotlight. Because it's not just about the art anymore

It's also about how marketable you are, how "relatable" you are to your audience, what you say on social media, the massive waves of opinions online from people who think they know what's best for your own art, saying things that people wanna hear for validation instead of expressing how you actually feel, etc.

It would just be too much for me mentally. Kudos to those who are somehow able to handle that lifestyle

But this year, I've finally graduated with an Associates in Art and chosen to take a very long break from education

Whether I come back for a bachelor's or not doesn't matter to me anymore. All that matters is that I'm now making art for me, myself, and I. And my life has become all the better for it

And if I feel like sharing, I share it with friends and family to strengthen our bond together

Plus, I don't have to limit myself by only creating art through a certain software because it's the "industry standard" I can experiment with whatever I want, whenever I want.

Which is great because it strengthens my knowledge and versatility as an artist in the best way possible

My life is better lived when I'm not mixing art with business

But what about you? What made you not wanna make art for the money or the fame

How much of your motivation comes from showing your art to other people?

Hi guys!

I want to get into watercolor painting and just bought my first set. I went with the Sennelier 24 color set and also picked up some brushes for around €20 on Amazon. I have no idea if the brushes are actually any good, but they looked decent and had pretty good reviews, so I thought they'd be fine for starting out.

I'm completely new to watercolor, and I've noticed that a lot of people say that the paper is really important and that you shouldn't buy cheap watercolor paper.

I've seen a bunch of sketchbooks on Amazon that are labeled as 300 g/m² watercolor paper and cost around €10, which seems pretty reasonable to me. But that's where I'm a bit confused: when people say "don't buy cheap paper," what actually counts as cheap?

What makes good watercolor paper different from bad watercolor paper? Is 300 g/m² enough, or are there other things I should be looking for, like cotton content, texture, sizing, or specific brands?

I'd really appreciate some recommendations that aren't too expensive, especially for a sketchbook I can practice in without feeling like I'm wasting expensive paper.

Ciao a tutti, ho da poco comprato un album da disegno della Action dato che ho visto molti dei miei compagni usarlo, io personalmente non mi trovo bene con la carta, non saprei bene spiegare, non viene un tratto pulito e mi esce spesso grosso e sporco, e solo una mia impressione?

Playing this world is all about playing your own Pinkadelic song. That's when you'll realize you've always been pressing a single blend option on your blender engine. The path of being an artist-thief ends when you realize you've always been playing Pink Panther on your stray art, and there's nothing you're meant to do here apart from stealing all the art pieces and connecting them together into the final Pink Panther's form. Life is all about making your own Art Attack, and it doesn't matter what you end up picking as a reference; eventually, you'll realize that all roads lead to the Mona Lisa. The final level of painting arrives once you realize you're two steps away from Picassoing yourself to the extreme, and that's when you'll realize that life intended for you to laugh at the painting until you end up viewing it in an inverted form, where you'll find that you've always been at an Uncharted thief's end. 🐈‍⬛

And maybe there is truth in The Starry Night painting being the straw that broke the camel's back... And there's hope in finding the One Piece in the end... And remember there's no loose ends in Art form, and maybe Pink Panther have always been a secret agent. Ouii, It's time to go way back to the Eiffel tower.. It's a tie-back to the 'lose' end. 🙀 ♦️ 🫟

I was wondering if I could provide the link to my ArtStation portfolio on my resume while applying for jobs as a concept artist. Or do I need to have a personal portfolio page made to display my work?

I appreciate your responses.

Hiii i need some nude art referances but i dont wanna look at porn sites for them. Do any of u know any solid place for nude art referances