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Nightsclaw
I don't know who's attempting to face them, but they better try asking "please" first.
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Sketch image done for

I don't know who's attempting to face them, but they better try asking "please" first.
Commissions are available: Details
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 571 x 800px
File Size 173.1 kB
Every artist has said this 100 times, but it's the most important thing to stress: practice. What I can draw now is the result of 12 years of drawing almost every day.
I don't think people talk enough about what to practice drawing though. If you're at the stick figure stage, I'd say look at the sketch and linework of artists you like and try to dissect what they do. If you've got some of the basics down, like how to break up forms and shapes, then draw from photographs or even better, from life. Art is simply symbol recognition. You are translating existing objects into symbols on the paper that the brain can interpret into other things. When you draw from life, you are creating symbols close to existing things. When you copy someone else's art, you are creating symbols from their symbols, which tends to water things down and can inbreed mistakes, especially if you don't know how to recognize the parts the artist might not be doing correctly.
If you're looking to learn to digitally paint, I learned by just typing "speedpaint" into youtube and watching a bunch of those and trying to replicate the techniques :)
I don't think people talk enough about what to practice drawing though. If you're at the stick figure stage, I'd say look at the sketch and linework of artists you like and try to dissect what they do. If you've got some of the basics down, like how to break up forms and shapes, then draw from photographs or even better, from life. Art is simply symbol recognition. You are translating existing objects into symbols on the paper that the brain can interpret into other things. When you draw from life, you are creating symbols close to existing things. When you copy someone else's art, you are creating symbols from their symbols, which tends to water things down and can inbreed mistakes, especially if you don't know how to recognize the parts the artist might not be doing correctly.
If you're looking to learn to digitally paint, I learned by just typing "speedpaint" into youtube and watching a bunch of those and trying to replicate the techniques :)
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