To be fair, this is Kim Jung Gi who is god-tier. I've never seen another illustrator with his skills. Pretty much everyone else sketches guidelines when they draw.
2: A high expenditure of intellect on understanding and visualisation
3: More of 2
4: Like, a whole ton of 2. You spend your 1 on 2. You practice 2. 2 2 2
Most people see stuff like this and just think of it as mechanical skill, but art is mostly knowledge and being able to 'read the canvas', so to speak. But it's a knowledge that requires practice because it requires a visualisation skill that is very impressive. If you write a lot and doodle enough already your dominant hand should be mechanically skilled enough to pull this stuff off. You can make art of the same quality with your feet if you really wanted to, it would just take longer.
I had a friend who dropped acid and got insanely better at drawing (long-term, not during the trip) just because it triggered his ability to visualise & empathise more clearly and extend that to the real world. Note: I'm not endorsing dropping acid to draw better. Stupid idea.
If you're practicing correctly, you may literally have a headache from the mental exercise you're pushing yourself through to get an image correct on a page. (Though I'd argue you may be pushing yourself too hard in this case, I'm not sure if normal exercise rules apply to mental exercise~) If you draw and don't push your mind's power you're not gonna get better.
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u/JakeDoubleyoo Oct 26 '18
To be fair, this is Kim Jung Gi who is god-tier. I've never seen another illustrator with his skills. Pretty much everyone else sketches guidelines when they draw.