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Just Can't Escape it

14 years ago

I have to say as much as I try to say "screw it" I am never going to be able to draw there is just this part of my brain that simply cannot accept it. So after denying it for a while I'm sick of hearing it complain so I'm giving in.

This means I am going to try drawing AGAIN. I'm going to draw and draw and suck and suck until I am half decent at it. It's extremely frustrating for me as when I draw it looks like garbage and I beat myself up but I have to stop caring. I see people on FA drawing and at first I think their art looks rther bad but then I see that same person 3 months later and it is substantially better. So I just have to suck it up and draw until I am good.

I wish I didn't have to do this but I keep getting this reoccuring craving to draw over and over and it pains me because I have a million images my mind has come up with that I want on paper that grow daily ad I have no artistic outlet. The pressure in my head is too much so it's time to learn to draw.

I need suggestions. Advice, tips,training. All of that good stuff. I know a few of you are artists and I want your assistance. Toni I'm talking to you *grins* among the rest of you. Halp! Seriously if I don't learn how to draw my head is going to explode. So please for my health sake, assist me in getting better. I have seen people get good fast and I want to do it too.

28 Comments

feral-kitsune ~feral-kitsune

3D Modeller

14 years ago

I learned anthro eyes from

goldenwolfs works

LibbyGrimm ~libbygrimm

Pain-ter

14 years ago

Y'know, I had the same issue for the longest time. I still kinda suck, but sometimes you just have to take the suck and go with it. Keep trying it over and over again until you get a feel for just what style you're good with.

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Thank you I will do well to remember that advice. Thanks so much for your words of wisdom.

LadyMacBeth ~ladymacbeth

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Learn to become painfully aware of body movement. It will help with positioning. Perhaps sit in on some dance classes if you can, that's what I did. Don't be afraid to be bold, and more than that don't be afraid to be BAD. You can do it. If I can do it, so can you <3

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

If I may ask how long have you been drawing for as I'd be happy being half as good as you XD

LadyMacBeth ~ladymacbeth

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Been drawing anthro for like.... 3 weeks...

Been drawing people and figures for like... 10 years.

Been drawing in general since I was 9 months old. My great Grandmother was an artist and taught me all forms of art up until I was 13. I can paint in just about any form, I just choose not to. There's a 4 foot watercolor in my room that I'll show you one of these days of a veiled woman. I've been offered hundreds for it, but I can't part with it. Idk why O..o I'm best at watercolor and japanese ink painting but I hate doing them.

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

That's incredible. I used to draw and if I put enough time into something it would be really good but it was always random and I haven't drawn in a long time... well except for one cat I drew at christmas. I'm just going to have to work hard as I can and get as good as possible in as fast a time as possible.

LadyMacBeth ~ladymacbeth

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Honey it's not about being good it's about be happy. Just remember that. Art takes emotion, practice too, but mainly emotion.

-Blaze- ~-blaze-

Kitty Cat

14 years ago

-nods- so true... main reason i did some art...

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Yeah but to be happy with art I want to be at least mediocre. I want to be able to draw figure above all else.

LadyMacBeth ~ladymacbeth

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Well that's what I'm good at for the most part. I suggest watching dancers *shrugs*

SliverLostpaw ~sliverlostpaw

Watcher

14 years ago

You say it looks like garbage when you draw. Ain'tcha ever heard one person's trash is another person's treasure.

You never know...Some one may adore your "crummy" art...

Lemonzadez ~lemonzadez

Watcher

14 years ago

My drawings r probably a lot worse than urs :x only tip I can giv is to do ur best :D

Fox-Phantom ~fox-phantom

Anthro Artist

14 years ago

I have the same issue, I can't stop drawing for a month since I feel happy to draw.

Even though I am not great at life drawing, I am still learning.

x6herbius ~x6herbius

Crafter

14 years ago

http://www.drawfurry.com/ is great for starting out, as is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzw-UVqWWkk for posing. Seriously, I thought I was rubbish at drawing (and I was), but I set myself a target that if I could learn something as unnatural to me as how to draw, I could learn pretty much anything. I started doing lots of head shots, then head and shoulders, then partial bodies and then full bodies. So just keep going, play around and experiment with things, don't be afraid to do something radical, and although some of your beginner stuff will end up look like trash, you'll get better and better at it if you keep going.

Woofle ~woofle

Princess Fish Fox

14 years ago

Try and try until you rub into a brick wall -- then keep trying. That's how I learned to write music. >.>;;; The other important thing is patience. Patience and perseverance go beyond technique to my mind. Technique will come with time.

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

That was superb advice and I will do well to remember it. Thank you very much.

Woofle ~woofle

Princess Fish Fox

14 years ago

No problem... I know how it feels. There's kinda like this ... canyon, I guess at first. Like, you feel like you have to jump across it in order to start creating! x3 That part sucks... but it's worth it to do your best 'til you realize you're on the other side :3

GrandDragoon ~granddragoon

Watcher

14 years ago

I know you can draw.^^

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

How you've never seen me draw?

GrandDragoon ~granddragoon

Watcher

14 years ago

I think I have before. I can't remember.

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

The ONLY thing I have ever drawn and posted was this http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5304516/

Which I drew badly as a mockery to a snotty artist that made me mad lol.

GrandDragoon ~granddragoon

Watcher

14 years ago

Oh, I remember that one. I wanna see when you try to draw something. I'm sure it's better than what you think.

B34R_Po3r1o ~b34rpo3r1o

Watcher

14 years ago

When you draw, do a light sketch of it first. then do the heavy penciling or do it over in pen. That helps a little.

Yuma ~yuma

Digital Artist

14 years ago

Thanks I'll keep that in mind.

B34R_Po3r1o ~b34rpo3r1o

Watcher

14 years ago

Welcome. <3

Pretty.Kitty ~pretty.kitty

Art Whore

14 years ago

Practice. I gave up multiple times and came back. My sister, I taught her to draw she surpassed me and is one of the best artists around. While I'm still flailing behind her. ^^;

We each have our own styles and speeds of learning. Just keep practicing and stay positive.

Fluffykitty22 ~fluffykitty22

Anthro Artist

14 years ago

keep drawing! look to artists, styles and cartoons you admire and study it. don't copy it, but many artists start by following in the sketch prints of previous artists. then they grow and develop into their own style. so keep practicing, stay inspired, focus on image at time, go with the spirit and draw yourself into the stars.

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