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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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this is so me btw, I wish i could draw soo bad

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just start drawing. Or start with digital art if pen and paper is too scary

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I've started using my shitty wacom tablet I stole from highschool and photoshop, its just I lack the talent to draw anything other than extremely basic line art and use the fill tool. I have no idea how to progress

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My strategy has been youtube tutorials, and a lot of practice. Proko has a lot of great tutorial videos with a lot of variety in terms of style and difficulty. Marco Bucci has been probably the biggest help in terms of color theory. David Revoy is another good teacher, though most of his tutorial videos are more focused on Krita.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Proko

Marco Bucci

David Revoy

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I used to be limited in my art by the idea of perfectionism. But just start with moving your hand freely. Draw like you're sketching in a notebook. Don't focus on creating perfect lines, but drawing with something like a permanent marker could be a cool activity because you can't erase, so you just keep building on.

Smiling Friends has been a show that's eye opening for me to draw whatever I want because there's no coherent art style.

Just have fun with it. Start with a shape. Give it some arms. Give it some eyes. Maybe a bowtie for personality. Look around the room for random inspirations.

Art should be fun and if you're enjoying it casually, you'll just improve over time the more you do it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thanks to both of you, I'll have a look/keep those things in mind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I got a set of greyscale markers; super easy to build shading with those instead of pure black markers.