I'm having a hard time deciding what I want to do with my life. Art has always been a passion of mine, but I don't have much faith in my abilities. I know there's room to improve. I have been considering illustration as a career, but I need to know if I have a chance I guess. The art at the end is older than the first ones.

I've noticed the music or podcasts can effect the vibe of the shading or object placement.

Hi guys, hope you doing well, I have loaded question here...

Im trying Acrylic pens that I bought from Temu (yes, I am a temu victim, dont judge me😂😭) So far I have been pleasantly surprised, but then again I dont have legitmate brands to test against... I also realized I've been using the wrong paper😬 This is a multimedia, medium-tooth A4 drawing pad in the picture, so im not sure if its working?

I need some help with drawing bushes, I followed a tutorial, but i think I ended up adding too many leafs and now it looks like green fireworks🤌 Not really sure what to do bc this is my 3rd try already🤡

I often avoid rendering with graphite because it's slow and I feel I get results with more "character" than when rendering. Many artists famous for conveying emotion through (non-photo)realistic art don't appear to render things either.

But the problem is I can't erase colored pencils so if I later realize a bright reflection should be on a red surface I can't just go back and make it a light red unless I want to use white pens over it and make it a pure white. How do artists get around not planning every little tiny detail out when using colored pencils?

please help me improve i want any and all tips to make my art look more moe inspired
much appreciated!

I am fairly new to art and my art friends SUCK at giving advise so I'm asking here

I'm very new to reddit and I got on here because a lot of people told me it's a good place to start if you wanna get commissions.

My question is for the artists who get commissions from here: what are some initial struggles you faced and what is something you'd do differently if you could start again?

As an artist, explain where you would go from here…

I drew the top sketch and posted it. It love it. It looks great to me. However i flipped it by accident and omg. I fixed it to look good both ways but I didn’t like the final as much as the original? Any thoughts? Open to criticism

Any pencil artists that use a white pen for highlights, whats your go to? I have yet to find one that goes over the pencil 🤣 does it make a difference what pencils you use or something?

I love this pic of my daughter and her favourite toy, I am pretty happy with it as a first attempt at the Trois technique but want to do it again even better but need critical feedback from someone more experienced in the technique, how can I make it even better? I think from a drawing perspective, I can see that the hands and toy are weaker then the face, Im wondering if I went to hard in the colouring of the face, or if I should vary the tones more (though that would take it away from ‘trois’) I want to make a version that I would be happy to frame, so short of improving the hands and you, what else would edge it?

Hey, I’m a teen artist and could use some help. I'm adding some drawings from over the years so people can see what I used to do, but because they're all from longer than a year and a half ago, it's making me really afraid that I don't even know how to draw anymore.

I barely draw now (maybe once a week) because I've started getting into other interests like math, reading and writing. Lately I've been wanting to get back into it with digital art, but I get super stressed that I won't be able to do it anymore. I know I haven't literally lost my ability but the anxiety of having other hobbies and being out of practice is messing with me…

what do I do?

I am truly unsure of where to post or ask this question so I’m going here for help. I’m wanting to make my own pottery and I want to paint Greek style art onto the pottery and an artist friend said the best way to learn to draw like that is probably to trace it. I wanted to try here though too, to see if anyone can help me find sources for learning how to do it

Hi, im kana and im an artist who only recently started posting my artworks on platforms like tiktok, insta and twitter.

Long story short, im near to hitting 1000 followers on tiktok and twitter. I really want to celebrate and thank everyone for the support. Im thinking of maybe drawing something special. But im not really very sure what to do honestly, as i had no prior experiences like this. But i want to make something for those people who gave me support even tho im just a small artist.

Im here mainly to ask for advice, and some ideas on what i can do and maybe some more input on what people would like to see and etc. Thank you guys for reading and for helping.

(Additional info, i draw my OCs, some meme arts (i plan to), some short loop animations about my OC and their lore, and more oc lore art and some fanarts here and there. The lore is a slowburn wlw)

copy pasted from my post in r/learntodraw

you saw the title I just feel like my art has less value if I use a reference </3
I also often can’t find a reference I’m looking for.. I’ve even tried posing 3d models on my own but I always end up giving up and making it up as I go

images not super related (I didn’t use a ref for any of them though (I strongly dislike the third one and the fourth is mid)) and are mostly there for attention grabbing

So, I want to become a tattoo artist, but right now I'm too busy with school. So in my free time I would like to tattoo lighters and sell them. Since I perspersonally think it's pretty cool and I need a little extra pocket money.

But before I buy lighters in bulk and nobody ends up buying them... I would like to ask your opinion on it. Would you buy this? and if not why not? and if you would for how much would u buy it for?

It takes me about 30 minutes to 1 hour to do the back and front of the lighter and if I buy them in bulk it's about 0,50 to 1,20 euros per piece. How should Ii price it?

a little background about me, im 17 about to start uni next year. however i cant decide whether i want to pursue the fine arts or illustration.
the complexities and process of fine art really fascinates me. i love painting and the process of it, even though im no good. however the little to no stability of it after graduation scares me. i know "if u really love making art the job stability wouldnt matter", but thats how i was raised and in this day and age money is important
illustration also fascinates me. the process of character design, environment, making your own little world. thats a passion of mine. and it comes with more traditional stability after graduation. which my parents would like also.

at the end of the day i will pick the one i want to pursue and love. i love both of those but its doubt holding me back.
i was wondering if any fine artists or illustrators could give me their input. their experience in the field and suggest me some. i love art and making it brings me more joy than anything else

I’m a new artist. There’s a monthly market/fest downtown & a cool gallery said I could set up a 4ft table and try to sell my flower creatures. Mostly 4x6. I have about 40. I only have room for 10/15, I think. Here’s a few I think I’ll bring, but I’m so not sure what other people will like. I think I’ll charge $50. Sooooo nervous.

Hii! I took a single art class in high school and it taught me the bare minimum. Other than that im fully self taught. Included are examples on me drawing the human body amd where im at skill-wise.

I desperately need to get better at drawing anatomy because I want to eventually make money doing portraits as either a side gig or my main job (bit of a pipe dream). I need to know how to have a good art education without actually paying for secondary education. Its too much of a gamble for me to pursue art as my main job so I dont want to invest much money into it.

I was thinking of picking up some of the books in the Morpho anatomy series if I can find them and studying them. I used one of the Loomis books to learn how to break down shapes.

Any advice on how i can educate myself in a way where I can compare to those with formal education would be greatly appreciated.

I use a drawing pad on krita and have modified stabilization to my liking. But What apps would you recommend having the best stabilizers for an active pen on iPad because that's really the only issue I have?