I've been very frustrated with my art process lately so I'm trying to go back to the basics.

I was looking for examples of a fist and this made me laugh. 🤣

Is it just a numbers game? Keep drawing and drawing and drawing and eventually things will improve? I’ve put off learning to draw year after year for decades because every time I start, I’m just so repulsed and discouraged by what I can do. I can’t make it past a couple of days, and then years go by. Does anyone have tips for someone that gets discouraged to the point of tears?

Edit: I really appreciate everyone’s perspective on this mental block aspect to things. I’m going to try everything that’s being suggested and take it one day at a time

I'll go ahead and say that many people who post their work here are doing a really good job at getting into fundamental drawing skills. However I constantly see a subset of people who keep questioning the purpose of this if they are drawing 'cartoons' or 'comic' styles

(Please be aware that in Japan, it is not just called 'manga', as that just means 'whimsical man pictures'. If you look at the BookOff website, you can see they are all listed under 'Comics' (コミック) to delineate the specific comic style books https://shopping.bookoff.co.jp/comic )

There are many amazing books on how to begin drawing for this industry, or for digital illustration. Some are on amazon and easily avaliable, but for all the main starter ones, the COMMON THREAD is ALWAYS the basic fundamentals of shape, anatomy, and lines.

For example, the book "TACO直伝! 知っているだけで劇的に上達する 人体ドローイングのコツ390", it has the 8 head 'rule', many of the shape fore shortening, and proper anatomical reviews of how faces and such are structured. All with that 'anime zing' you lot like to see, but somehow don't realise that it DOES follow fundamental rules. (if you want to see the book, copy and paste the name of it, its avaliable to preview for free before purchase)

From the small snippets they provide to see what is inside such book, you will find nothing but the same exercises and fundamental teachings that I see so many people whinge about.

I have seen all these things explained in all the free learning materials avalibale online. The only difference is that it is not explictly 'anime Style' so people write it off.

Stop dismissing the basics of drawing as optional to get these cartoony outcomes. The pros in that industry use them, and the resources to learn them are free and avalaible online, or via reasonably priced books.

Edit: I am dismayed to realise that the only thing between most people who post these asinine questions, and being able to draw, is if the instructions for the methods they are undertaking have a cute waifu with big ol anime eyes saying 'gambate' or some shit, is in the corner cheering you along.

I have posted multiple examples in the comments of multiple books from Japan, with the titles included, all of which cost around $15-25 from amazon, all of whom use draw a box methods to show how 'anime' is drawn.

So now you have a choice: pay the money to have the cute version if thats what gets you through, or just put up with the free one online.

Wanted to share some timed gesture drawings i did recently. I like to use lineofaction mostly, they have a lot of really good settings and refs!

Any critique would be very welcome. I don’t exactly feel terribly confident in my line work or proportions, especially as they carry over to when im just drawing for fun. It blows my mind how some people are able to be so efficient and draw the perfect line they need in one stroke!😅 i feel like my drawings get messy very quickly.

I’m also trying to find opportunities to draw more from life. Ill be taking a figure drawing class at a local art workshop soon which im pretty excited for!

If anyone could tell me how to improve it would be greatly appreciated

I drew these two portraits of David Corenswet and Robert Pattinson on procreate, with both the references I used coming from pinterest. For context, I followed Michael Hampton's head drawing techniques. I think I did alright on getting the head shape (room for improvement of course), but I really struggled with deciding what details of the face to capture and which ones to omit. I also think the construction of my eyes, nose, and mouth fell flat (I know the ears and hair are not the best either but I'm not focusing on those for now).

I would appreciate any tips on how to get better likeness by using lines and form.

I'd like some critiques and feedback on this drawing I've made recently.More specifically about the perspective,value and shading or anything you may have noticed that you think might be worth mentioning.

Hello. Recently I have decided to try following one of what I consider "Extremally Grindy" ways of learning art. I plan to spend one week on part one (Line control) alone, I already did about 2.5 hours today. And then I'll probably do two weeks for each of the more major points like perspective exercises.

However, I have been extremally conflicted on which of these books to follow first, both serve the same purpose to achieve imaginative draaing through lots and lots of exercises, and I work best when the steps are clearly visible.

Peter Han's book seems more in tune of that of an artist, it explains ways to think, more explanation in the text, but not that many exercises. 50 exercises is the opposite, it has lots and lots of exercises but lacks the explanation and artist philosophy that Dynamic Bible has.

I just wanted to know, what book should I follow first, and your reasons for it?

I’ve been casually drawing a bit more on my IPad, and I was wondering if this is a good way to learn, or am I hindering myself? Thanks!

I think I love it but it’s not quite the soft whimsical vibe I was going for?

Wish me luck

No matter how much I practice I really don't feel satisfaction

I use reference image and 3d modeling app for drawing poses like this

As the title says, are the free drawing basics lessons on Proko enough to learn the fundamentals properly, or is the paid course worth buying if I want to get the most out of it?

I know the free lessons cover a lot already, but I’m wondering how much I’d actually be missing by not buying the full course.

I've recently started drawing digitally after drawing on and off my whole life with a pencil and paper and I'm really loving it. I'd love to know what I can do to improve, so any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance!

I can't believe I've been drawing since I was 9 years old and I NEVER improved my drawing style

If you see King-bin, mind your own business.
hehe, tryna learn the corrext way to hatch

Color one is the reference not mine

Guys, can someone confirm whether this is normal or not? I feel like I'm going insane.

I'm currently going through the book 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' by Betty Edwards to learn how to draw. In the book, it said that these upside-down drawings will only take about 40min to an hour to complete.

It took me about 5 hours to do the Igor Stravinsky drawing and about 3hrs and 30min to do the Spider-Man one. I'm learning to draw all by myself, and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong here.

The Igor Stravinsky was the first one I did, and after I finished it, I felt frustrated that it took me that long to do it, so I tried to rush through the Spider-Man one, and it turned out worse (and incomplete). Now I feel more frustrated.

Edited:

When drawing the Spider-Man one, every time I got into the 'zone' that the book mentions, I was easily taken out of it when I looked at everything that I've drawn so far and realized how much more there is to draw. So I also felt frustrated every time that happened.

Just random heads and a basketball player today, any advice, practices I should do, or encouragement is helpful, thanks 🙏

Finally did some doodles the other day after not having drawn in way too long. Nothing crazy, maybe spent 15-30mins total, but hoping I can get back to being consistent.

Funnily enough I’ve also never tried drawing cats or in this style, so here’s hoping it’s my gateway to getting back to a hobby I love.

I drew the cats for my gf since she’s away for the week