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Post by wadevvilson on Jul 5, 2017 20:53:02 GMT -5
Is anyone else just really not that great at art? Like, I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, and yet basically everything I do drawing-wise still kinda looks like your typical 6 year-old drew it. I am an adult, disappointingly [though, kind of a dumb, somewhat naive one]. Granted, occasionally even I get lazy with anatomy, but that's still not an everyday thing. And it's not like I don't look up things. I'm just naturally horrible, I guess? And I seem to be alone in being horrible. I'm just going to link to some examples, since nothing likes to show up whenever I try to put a picture into a thread the normal way: cloudclawz.deviantart.com/art/Russo-2017-686572027cloudclawz.deviantart.com/art/All-the-world-s-a-stage-686953943cloudclawz.deviantart.com/art/Sago-sketch-688147770
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Post by otherfeather on Jul 6, 2017 3:33:31 GMT -5
I think that first one is really cool-looking, I really like the way the fur flows, and the overall design is sleek and mysterious.
It might be a difference in tools? I know a lot of the digital artists on here are using drawing tablets and semi-professional programs. If you only have pencils and a mouse at your disposal it's definitely harder to make a drawing look polished.
If you're feeling discouraged maybe some tutorials will help? Focusing on one thing at a time always helps me get out of an art slump. Say, today I'm going to sketch a lot of legs, and since I'm drawing a lot, it's ok if I mess up because the next one will be better. At the end of the day I have a lot of terrible drawings of legs but I also have some good ones, and overall I've gotten some practice drawing them.
One thing with social media culture is that everybody shares their best moments and it looks like everybody except you is having this wonderful time and has all these wonderful skills, when the reality is that everybody struggles at this stuff.
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Post by 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨 on Jul 6, 2017 3:37:36 GMT -5
Other is right, I'm not typically too great at art, but whenever I am dedicated to a project I can get things done. Anyways, I use FireAlpaca and it works pretty well for me...
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Post by wadevvilson on Jul 6, 2017 3:50:51 GMT -5
I think that first one is really cool-looking, I really like the way the fur flows, and the overall design is sleek and mysterious. It might be a difference in tools? I know a lot of the digital artists on here are using drawing tablets and semi-professional programs. If you only have pencils and a mouse at your disposal it's definitely harder to make a drawing look polished. If you're feeling discouraged maybe some tutorials will help? Focusing on one thing at a time always helps me get out of an art slump. Say, today I'm going to sketch a lot of legs, and since I'm drawing a lot, it's ok if I mess up because the next one will be better. At the end of the day I have a lot of terrible drawings of legs but I also have some good ones, and overall I've gotten some practice drawing them. One thing with social media culture is that everybody shares their best moments and it looks like everybody except you is having this wonderful time and has all these wonderful skills, when the reality is that everybody struggles at this stuff. Well, it's nice to know someone appreciates it. I have Photoshop CC in terms of digital stuff, but you can only do much with it when you have a fairly unwieldy mouse/aren't really sure how to utilize the program to its fullest. I've tried tutorials; nothing seems to work out all that well. And, I suppose that's true. 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨: I've never used FireAlpaca. Is it decent?
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Post by 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨 on Jul 6, 2017 4:40:26 GMT -5
Very, you can check my gallery(of art) and see some of my examples done with it.
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