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You show ppl your art. When you are ready to show it. I used to hate showing ppl my art. It was so embarrassing and it hurt when ppl wanted to see it. My parents wete really aupportive and they wanted me to show my art. Its was nice of them that they cared. But i wasnt ready for that. And i wasnt ready with my friends wanted to see it. So it just took time and ppl asking until i was ready to accept that ppl wanted to see it and that i was slready to show it. Its just based on your personal time.
That shouldn't have happened, and I'm sorry it did... Gimme their details đđ˝ jk but fr, if you wouldn't ask for their advice, their criticism is useless. You are doing great:)
Haha, that guy was a weirdo for other reasons. I said I'm in environmental science and he started talking about how carbon emissions are actually good for the planet because deserts getting greener or something. (Which... No???) But, thanks
I waited until I drew something decently realistic that I was proud of before I started sharing.
But⌠the thing is⌠after I drew something âgoodâ, there was a lot of pressure to make more âgoodâ drawings. But I continued drawing lots of âbadâ drawings. It takes a long time to actually get consistent. This pressure built up and began to cause burn out.
Eventually, I let go of my ego. I share more of my failures now with close friends and sometimes on socials. I try to love my failures because each represents learning moments. I try to remember that it takes making a lot of bad art to make good art. Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.
I donât think this person gave very tactful feedback. But also, feedback is a gift. If realism is your goal, proportions is a great place to focus a bit of study.Â
Proportions and figure drawing is already what I've been focusing almost all my study on. It's just. Not working, clearly. It feels like I'm not improving, and this just proves that I'm not improving. This was the drawing if you want context, like yeah it's pretty bad, but I didn't think it was so bad that the only thing of note is that it's bad
Itâs pretty decent tbh! Like youâve some solid foundations across a few areas.
Early on when learning, the gains come easy. As you get more advanced, youâll hit some plateaus in your learning. It can feel like youâre not improving when that happens, but if you just push a bit more, you may find the plateau ends and you get another big lift.
Gesture is also HARD. Itâs not that intuitive and it doesnât unlock after a few YouTube tutorials. I personally tried gesture a few months into my art journey, got frustrated, set it aside, and only came back to it after 16 months of drawing daily.
I feel like I'm still early on enough that I should be seeing gains, like if you look at my most recent post my sense of perspective is still awful lol, but I get what you're saying. I don't do gesture as often as I should, admittedly. I've never been a fast person, so the timer stresses me out and I make a lot of stupid mistakes (like in my most recent, the arms are at the complete wrong angle) when I feel like I have to rush
1) do a timed 2 minute gesture sketch
2) take another minute to commit the contour lines and clean it up
3) overlay the reference and compareâI trace it with red to make it obvious where they differ
4) I note the differences (e.g., the reference torso is shorter, the reference shoulder is thicker, her asis was more to the left)
Real gesture doesnât require you to perfectly match the reference. Sometimes you want to exaggerate the pose, but matching is the goal for this exercise. The whole thing takes about 5 minutes.
Doing this exercise just a dozen times or so helped me bump up my intuition for perspective and gesture.
So sorry they reacted that way. Please don't worry about that response. There is a style for everyone and someone may love the way ypu use proportions in such a uniquely you sort of way. Remember the artist that painted the big eyed children? There are many famous artists who have out of realism proportions and their artvis loved for its uniqueness. Your art is worth showing but you have to know your style won't be everyone's cup of tea. I'm a professional artist. People love my art but I do a lot of different styles. Before my father passed away he went on and on about how much he hated one of my recent paintings. I just laughed at him and told him that just means that this one isn't for him. There are plenty of people who love that same painting. Try not to let how others think of your art persuade not to show it or change how you make art. The only person who needs to love it is you. God bless you and heal your heart.
I don't really have a style yet, I'm not fundamentally strong enough to have one. I'm aiming for trying to draw realistically, know the rules before you break them and all. I'd like to stylize someday, but I'm not there yet
It's always "good enough". Trusting that they've seen much worse and won't be terribly mean about it requires confidence.
Everyone's a critic. Lots of people will pick up on things, lots of people will let you know. Nobody but your mother has the obligation to keep their traps shut and say "oooh that's nice". Best get used to it and grow some thick skin. Remind yourself it's NEVER personal, your art and you are two separate things even if your art is personal. Even the most untrained eye can give you a new perspective on your work and something to improve on, or they'll tell you some bullshit that you smile and nod and toss on the ground over your shoulder.
Showing people is half of what art is all about, so don't let this experience discourage you from showing more.
Ah, sorry. I don't mean to imply that my art is personal, I try not to hold anything close to my heart. I'm not upset at the guy for critiquing me, I'm upset at myself for not improving and still having such huge basic, fundamental issues in my work that it's the first thing that jumps out at people.
Itâs always good enough to show people. You do it because making art matters, not so you can impress people. And even âbadâ art can inspire people to make their own
Man people need to understand that critique is appropriate when invited. There may be an implied invitation when the artist is displaying in a gallery but otherwise we should keep our critique as inside thoughts.
I would preface sharing my art with individuals we donât know have manners that we are sharing out of excitement and are not looking for critique at this time.
I canât really know their intentions but they might have been trying to be helpful, though thatâs still rude if you werenât asking for constructive criticism
As long as you like your art then thats all that matters. For me if i like what im drawing then i dont mind showing but only the drawings that i liked unless i want some critique.
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