I have weakass hands so I suck at drawing but im sure I can get good still. where do I start?
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Buy this book off Amazon and just follow the steps. It's fairly easy and will teach you the fundamentals of drawing.
Use Youtube. Lots of fucking tutorials. Also, practice.
Good book but definitely goes into 'draw the rest of the fucking owl' territory.
Browse /ic/ until you hit the master post with all the mega links. You'll have to comb through the weeb shit but there's a bunch of drawings books there. Anatomy. Perspective. Animals. Etc. There's also tons of reference books, some videos, etc. I found that type of stuff invaluable and it unironically serves as a good basis for a total beginner.
As for websites. Line of Action for figure drawing. You can sort by time limit or what type of subject (animal/human). Drawabox for all your fundamental needs in one site.
Youtube channels.....Ethan Becker, Proko, Ergojosh, Mohammed Agbadi. I find the last two are less tutorials and more life tips as an artist so you'll spend less time being stuck in a rut and thinking you're inferior to other artists (pro tip: you are, and so are 90% of artists, and that's why you practice, so you can git gud).
Also what also genuinely helped me was in-person art classes. Yeah this was before the coof but drawing in-person with the right mentor (constructive, but not a vapid social justice faggot) brought my art to places I didn't think it could go. Just something to think on.
Good luck!
As for websites. Line of Action for figure drawing. You can sort by time limit or what type of subject (animal/human). Drawabox for all your fundamental needs in one site.
Youtube channels.....Ethan Becker, Proko, Ergojosh, Mohammed Agbadi. I find the last two are less tutorials and more life tips as an artist so you'll spend less time being stuck in a rut and thinking you're inferior to other artists (pro tip: you are, and so are 90% of artists, and that's why you practice, so you can git gud).
Also what also genuinely helped me was in-person art classes. Yeah this was before the coof but drawing in-person with the right mentor (constructive, but not a vapid social justice faggot) brought my art to places I didn't think it could go. Just something to think on.
Good luck!
Are you drawing traditionally or digitally? If you're drawing digitally, most art programs have a stabilizer that helps a shit ton for artists with weak ass hands. Force yourself to draw every other day and watch art channels that the other kiwi mentioned. Also don't be afraid to use references or pose models.
Yo my handwriting is shit and my hands are unsteady as fuck but I still manage to draw decently. Even with shaky, weak hands, the only difficult part is making the initial construction shapes but once you've got a good starting point, everything else is relative to that. You'll be fine if you can get to that point.
"ghosting" helps immensely for accuracy, always ghost your line before you place it down. Also using your arm to draw and not just your wrist, and make sure you're not pressing too hard. A lot of new artists really press down way too hard actually. Try different techniques and find the one that is comfortable for you. Also, if you suck like me those mechanical erasers are actually quite useful, but it took me a while to find a good one.
Also, always use a reference. Use 3, 4 references. Don't be afraid to "steal" especially as a brand new beginner. At this stage there's nothing wrong with taking a piece of paper and trying to copy another artist's drawing (without tracing) to see how close you can get. You can also trace directly if you're studying shapes or trying to understand perspective better. Just make sure you're actually thinking about WHY an artist chose to do something and not just mindlessly tracing.
Oh, and don't neglect to draw from life. It's really important and forces you to develop better habits, and teaches you how to see what's REALLY happening with a shape/perspective and also to avoid symbol drawing. It's not as fun as drawing big titty dick-girls or whatever but it will force you to become a better artist.
Final tip, IN GENERAL doing four half-hour sketches will develop your skills further than a single 2-hour piece. It's still good to push yourself with harder projects sometimes though.
"ghosting" helps immensely for accuracy, always ghost your line before you place it down. Also using your arm to draw and not just your wrist, and make sure you're not pressing too hard. A lot of new artists really press down way too hard actually. Try different techniques and find the one that is comfortable for you. Also, if you suck like me those mechanical erasers are actually quite useful, but it took me a while to find a good one.
Also, always use a reference. Use 3, 4 references. Don't be afraid to "steal" especially as a brand new beginner. At this stage there's nothing wrong with taking a piece of paper and trying to copy another artist's drawing (without tracing) to see how close you can get. You can also trace directly if you're studying shapes or trying to understand perspective better. Just make sure you're actually thinking about WHY an artist chose to do something and not just mindlessly tracing.
Oh, and don't neglect to draw from life. It's really important and forces you to develop better habits, and teaches you how to see what's REALLY happening with a shape/perspective and also to avoid symbol drawing. It's not as fun as drawing big titty dick-girls or whatever but it will force you to become a better artist.
Final tip, IN GENERAL doing four half-hour sketches will develop your skills further than a single 2-hour piece. It's still good to push yourself with harder projects sometimes though.
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Read "Drawing in the Right Side of the Brain." Good book for people who claim that can't draw or are stuck at a child'd level of drawing. I've never read into the science of it, but I assume it's an actual thing and not just artsy bullshit that a certain part of the brain has to be active/in control to draw properly and many people simply aren't good at switching that part on. FWIW, I didn't read the whole thing, just got the concept after the first few rounds of exercises and started drawing from references. I still draw from reference photos (that I've taken) and don't have much of a desire to draw from memory or imagination.
Optionally, I use a pen so all lines are final. With a pencil I just found myself searching for perfection constantly and was afraid of mistakes. If a line is wobbly, it's wobbly. Part of the charm, IMO. I do "underdrawings" with pencil, which are like the basic building blocks of a drawing. Once I ink over it I can go back with an eraser and remove the initial sketch.
Optionally, I use a pen so all lines are final. With a pencil I just found myself searching for perfection constantly and was afraid of mistakes. If a line is wobbly, it's wobbly. Part of the charm, IMO. I do "underdrawings" with pencil, which are like the basic building blocks of a drawing. Once I ink over it I can go back with an eraser and remove the initial sketch.
Practice, practice, practice. All the tutorials in the world do you no good if you don't practice.
Take out a shoe or something similar and just draw it. The designs, wear and tear, how the shoe laces flop will all help you with various styles of drawing. Same goes for a basket of fruit or yarn. Take out a handful of stuff from your junk drawer and lay that on a table to draw.
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You can sit and think about it, but what would that do? It's the same as anything you do in life, from walking to driving, you just do it until it comes naturally.
Start off with cheap supplies but know that cheap supplies will hinder you once you get beyond intermediate. If there's anything to shell out for, its good erasers and ok paper. Pencils are pencils.
In addition, draw what you enjoy 70% and try to sneak in 30% studies. If you sit down and force yourself to draw shit you don't like,, you'll give up quickly. Example: I could not give a fuck less about anatomically correct studies. I like drawing landscapes. But I'll compromise by drawing a skull with flowers or whatever.
In addition, draw what you enjoy 70% and try to sneak in 30% studies. If you sit down and force yourself to draw shit you don't like,, you'll give up quickly. Example: I could not give a fuck less about anatomically correct studies. I like drawing landscapes. But I'll compromise by drawing a skull with flowers or whatever.
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