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Eager and nervous
7 years ago
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I'm feeling very excited, right now. And about twice as anxious. You see, I jut bought myself an art tablet.
I last tried to teach myself how to draw... I dunno. Maybe ten years ago, at this point. Maybe less, but not much less. I thought then that if only I had started learning ten years ago, I'd be good by now, and with that in mind I thought maybe in ten years - by now, that is - I'd be at least decent.
Well, that fell through. I could draw objects reasonably well, if they were right in front of me, so I made some decent still-lifes. But drawing people, or from imagination, wasn't happening at all. Plus, I was doing this at work. On the good side, I had (and still have) lots of time to draw, there; my job is not exactly busy. On the bad side, I had to use pencil and paper, and maybe a how-to-draw book. It made things difficult, and I wasn't really seeing much progress. It was discouraging as hell, frankly, and eventually I stopped.
But with this digital tablet, hopefully I can pick it up again. There have been plenty of times when I'm awake at 3 AM with nothing to do, after all. It's too early to go to bed, I'm too tired to write, there's nobody online to chat with, and I don't feel like playing a video game. (That last one varies.) At times like that, watching an art tutorial video and diddling along on my new tablet would be good.
So that's what I'm going to try to do.
Don't expect to see my own art posted here anytime soon. But maybe, just maybe, you might see something in a year or three.
Wish me luck! Because I'm eager to give this a shot. A second shot, really. And I'm very nervous not that I'll suck (which is a given) but that I'll continue to suck.
I last tried to teach myself how to draw... I dunno. Maybe ten years ago, at this point. Maybe less, but not much less. I thought then that if only I had started learning ten years ago, I'd be good by now, and with that in mind I thought maybe in ten years - by now, that is - I'd be at least decent.
Well, that fell through. I could draw objects reasonably well, if they were right in front of me, so I made some decent still-lifes. But drawing people, or from imagination, wasn't happening at all. Plus, I was doing this at work. On the good side, I had (and still have) lots of time to draw, there; my job is not exactly busy. On the bad side, I had to use pencil and paper, and maybe a how-to-draw book. It made things difficult, and I wasn't really seeing much progress. It was discouraging as hell, frankly, and eventually I stopped.
But with this digital tablet, hopefully I can pick it up again. There have been plenty of times when I'm awake at 3 AM with nothing to do, after all. It's too early to go to bed, I'm too tired to write, there's nobody online to chat with, and I don't feel like playing a video game. (That last one varies.) At times like that, watching an art tutorial video and diddling along on my new tablet would be good.
So that's what I'm going to try to do.
Don't expect to see my own art posted here anytime soon. But maybe, just maybe, you might see something in a year or three.
Wish me luck! Because I'm eager to give this a shot. A second shot, really. And I'm very nervous not that I'll suck (which is a given) but that I'll continue to suck.
Do you have any books that focus on basic geometry and anatomy? I've been given an art book that was in the style of "here's a picture of an alien and how to draw this exact thing", which is much less useful than books that say "here's how to think of a character in terms of 3D shapes". Jack Hamm's "How To Draw Animals" and Ozawa's "How To Draw Anime and Game Characters" are in that useful category.
I've got these books and some colored pencils and two drawing notebooks, but I haven't put in significant effort in years; been too focused on writing.
Learning to draw sounds like a worthwhile hobby.