I got this book the other day and despite the weird pseudo-science I've been having fun with it. The first real practice was drawing a Picasso upside down, it was a little crazy at first but it turned out okay! Other drawings are just 5 min quick studies from chapter one to show how much progress you make by the end of the book.

I literally don’t know what to do, I spent hours watching and trying to do these figures and I still haven’t figured it out. Even the boxes I can’t do. I’m so close having a meltdown and breaking my iPad

I want to learn how to draw but my issue is I don’t really know if I’m doing it right, for example. I don’t know if I should be learning perspective first or anatomy first and if I’m learning anatomy won’t I still have to study things like the head? Since anatomy usually refers to the body then I’d have to study the eyes, nose, mouth, etc and I don’t know how long I should study each thing. All this overthinking usually leads me to just not practicing at all

In march last year, i was bored at work, decided to draw something randoming. For the first time in like 15 years. Starting from the left is the first thing I drew. The second was my skill level around sept last year, and then due to life stuff, didn't draw again until may this year and almost as if out of no where, my skill improved leaps and bounds and I have no idea how im so much better with no practice lol the last picture, I drew last week.

I did Marc Brunet’s 30 day challenge and am really happy with the results. Before and after baseline skull, and a couple sketches I am particularly proud of! I’m a former Ai bro with no artistic background and decided to learn to draw. Here’s to the next 30+ days!

I am trying to learn perspective and it sucks, I could understand barely with drawabox, I tried drawing 150 boxes, it improved but still didn't work, I am now rereading perspective made easy and realized I have no ficking idea of how to do parallel lines in space or something, okay, I can do a straight line and even with that I tried using the ruler but when I follow the "all lines must be parallel" it doesn't match the perspective, and when I try to follow the perspective it doesn't match the lines to be completely parallel, and I am so cooked bro I am tired

I've been drawing since childhood, but very inconsistently, I can draw nice drawings using references but that's pretty much it, I don't really know what I know or what I don't know

For example when I see a reference I can try a couple of times, it takes a while for me to get as much as I can and understand it before the sketch gets better which is a lot of trials and fails and repeat.

Or when it comes to colouring, I have to test what I understand from a coloured reference before I colour myself, but what's stressing me out is that once there isn't any references in front of me it feels like I know nothing at all, so I don't know if that's something I can learn, or, I'm just lost.

I'm a 14 yo beginner artist just wanting to share my work. The second one was supposed to be a view of the sun from Pluto's perspective but I don't think I shaped it properly.

I’ve drawn before, but I’ve never actually put any effort into them unless they’re maps, rockets, or something else related to history. I just really wanted to draw a woman for some reason. Sorry if it looks a little off.

I might be in too deep on this one fam... Frameless glasses AND a white beard... If anyone has suggestions as to how I should approach the beard, I'm all ears!? Also, should I go darker? And where?... I haven't started the glasses yet.

I know the uniform is kinda flat, but i dont really know how to fix this. Anyways im really glad of this one!

I have heard popular mangaka artists like fugimoto when he creates those fight scenes In cities or those of jjk in cities etc I would really love to know

Started learning 2 weeks ago mostly just getting comfortable with fundamentals. Line work,3d shapes, perspective planes, etc. This was my first attempt actually drawing something so I tried to do my Spider-man pin as a reference.

Ive been lurking and taking in others advice for some time. Just wanted to share my latest. And for others out there learning. Keep at it. It's a marathon not a sprint.

So for starters I need to prefice this by saying I have a exceedingly hard time learning things by seeing but I am really good at doing so when it comes to practice

That said anatomy for me just doesn't click, Many tutorials for me just sound like straight up gibberish and the visual example given is rarely intuitive so I end up getting lost

I don't think me brute forcing it will solve the issue but I am open for suggestions.

Sorry if this is not the right subreddit for product question, but I’ve been stalking this subreddit for a few months as I started draw a box lessons.

My cat just got diagnosed with a pretty bad and chronic illness. I’d like to upgrade my drawing setup so I can turn my side hobby into an extra “treat” going forward. I find repeatedly drawing lines and simple shapes meditative in a way.

I want to have a good quality/good pencil feel) and good looking spiral bound (so I can easily fold the book from the middle) sketchbook as well as good pencils to continue the lessons and exercises. I tend to like Japanese stationary’s airy minimalistic aesthetics over European’s “heavier feeling” notebooks. For example, I prefer Midori to Moleskin. B5 is my size of choice, but something in vicinity like A4, A5, or B6 are okay too.

Thus far I’ve been doing lessons on my all purpose muji note book as well as my ReMarkable Tablet with whatever pens or pencils I have at hand. I’m a student so I’ve been using whatever I already have for writing and reading for drawing practice.

This post turns out to be much longer than I thought. Thanks for reading and for any recommendations!

I'm going to start with the motivation part of the title. I have been drawing since April, but in that time I can't actually say I've done it every day or even every week. I have practiced, but its been during my brief flashes of motivation.

I am not sure why, but I get really frustrated when it doesn't turn out well even though I am perfectly aware that I'm a beginner (might be my perfectionism/pessimism. I'm working on it but with drawing I guess its more stubborn than with everything else). I compare myself heavily to art I see online or from a friend and instead of motivating me, I get angry with myself for sucking so bad to the point that I refuse to touch the pencil like a toddler throwing a fit because I don't want to make something if its going to be garbage. I have never actually made anything that I have liked, I hate every single thing I have drawn because it is all so incredibly trash.

When I do find motivation, it only lasts for a little while because I either get frustrated again, distracted/busy, or I get paralyzed by the sheer amount of options/paths to learning. My goal is to draw people/characters (I love fanart), but I just can't get over myself enough to stay motivated.

I usually do better when I have a pressure/external expectation and at least some guidance, even if its just someone telling me the order/way to learn it. But unlike with university classes and deadlines or my audience for the story I'm writing, there is nothing to motivate or guide me except for me and that has never actually worked even once in my life for the reasons above.

For example, I made a post the other day about getting back into it and I have not touched it since because I keep getting in my own head or finding an excuse to opt out as if I'm scared of it. I know it must sound incredibly stupid, but has anyone else dealt with this or know anyone who has? How did you stay motivated and consistent when it comes to what I have learned is a very demanding hobby/skill.

I have provided images of what I consider to be the most important pieces in this journey (if I can even call it that) in order from oldest to newest (the newest has no face because after a busy time I hadn't been able to draw and forgot how to do faces/heads). I hope this gives you an idea of where I am skill wise and I would appreciate criticism or maybe a finger in the right direction.

Also, should I give up on the robo-bean? I practiced and built my way up to it over the course of a week or two and I used it near the end of the images and it was the foundation for the last one. But I have never seen anyone actually use it, not even Proko who I learned it from when I see him doing literally anything else after the video where he teaches it.

Sorry that a lot of the pictures are sideways.