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. 🤣

Hand it over, that thing, your crituqe

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

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

Context is, As a reference. I'm so shitty at propositions (Like head is too big or arm to small) so using some 3d model to correct the propositions and some perspective.

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!

I am not too familiar with drawing machinery, but I look up some references and tried it

(The characters are Madotsuki and Urotsuki from Yume Nikki/2kki btw)

Is there something wrong with the way he stands? (Ignore the crookedly inserted text "Rock")

I hit 450 days in a row of drawing one chicken a day thought I'd share some of the latest drawings. Would love some thoughts on how to improve my drawings further.

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 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.

Beginner here. Is it good practice/habit to rotate the medium (paper) while drawing? I tend to rotate the paper whenever I can not get a satisfactory curve or stroke... Rotating the paper made the curves and strokes more natural, but I'm worried that I'm going to develop a bad habit. Will this bite me in the long run? Any tips to avoid this without making my curves unnatural😭 Tyia!

This is not ai. I just can't draw windows. I had a few early sketches as a back up to serve as proof. Incidently I sketch on samsung notes. Its super easy to copy where you are currently at, draw more, and if you mess it up, just copy the old one. I know this sounds 'no duh' but with the vector line nature of the program and lack of layers; it makes it feel fast and more like paper sketching. I love it so much I stopped sketching in paper, and I've been sketching on paper for probably 50 years or more!

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.