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So I cant draw complex things without a looking at other pictures tutoriols etc and am looking to gain my own style but I cant draw
I want to relearn how to draw because I remeber having fun with it (and found an old sketchbook of mine) but now I want to draw sexual acts and furries instead of humans
Please any advice is welcome
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Always use references. Only way to improve. Study from life when possible. It's fine to use tutorials but you have to actually put in the work. The tutorials are useless if you just look at it - it doesn't get properly stored in your brain.
Doodle around, go loose, have fun.
I have two favorite quotes for this. One is the classic by baseball player Yogi Berra when asked:
"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?"
Berra: "Practice, practice, practice."
The other is one by classic animator Chuck Jones when teaching new artists the tricks of the trade:
"Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them, and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."
In other words, if you want to get better at drawing, the only way you can do that is to practice, practice, practice. Your style will emerge as you draw out all those bad drawings. We all had to go through the same process, so keep that in mind when you compare your current work with the art of established artists. Keep it up, and you'll get there.
Watch more, practice more, and draw more. Drawing is a matter of practice. While the process may be difficult, I believe you'll overcome it and reach your desired level.
By the way, if you find it difficult at first, copying is a great way to get started. Once you gain proficiency, you'll be able to fully express your art on paper.
muyueeeee said:
By the way, if you find it difficult at first, copying is a great way to get started.
It depends on how you copy, of course. Tracing is not the best way. Referencing, though, by eyeballing something and trying to replicate it separately forces you to try to understand the underlying structure and how things go together.
clawstripe said:
It depends on how you copy, of course. Tracing is not the best way. Referencing, though, by eyeballing something and trying to replicate it separately forces you to try to understand the underlying structure and how things go together.
Thanks for the reminder, I think you said it more comprehensively. Copying is very helpful to me in learning painting, I just mentioned it briefly.
