something i don't see emphasised enough is copying other artists in order to learn and see where you're going wrong in your own work / studies. I see a lot of emphasis on master painting studies, but barely ever in regards to line drawing, character design, stylisation etc.my personal observation of an extremely fast way to improve is:1- copy art that you like2- attempt to create drawings of similar qualities to what you were copying3- look at the difference between the 2 sessions, as well as the reference, and analyse what gaps in your knowledge keep you from matching the quality of the reference4- study to bridge those gaps5-repeat until got gudwhy is this method not thrown around more?
>>7919357they do, all the time. that's any basic "study artist you like" and "apply it to your own original works" loop.
>>7919357retard
>>7919357>I see a lot of emphasis on master painting studies, but barely ever in regards to line drawingWe haven't been looking in the same places then, I see it emphasized more for line drawing than painting
>>7919357It's not thrown around more because it's only really effective for line drawing and particularly stylization at that.Effective improvement comes with doing blind contours, gesture studies, the Shrimp Method, and the Cognitive Method in that order. You have to train your brain to draw what you actually see, then break down references before drawing from memory, then observing references as you draw.
>>7919796>Shrimp Method,I dunno. No matter how many shrimp I fit up my ass my drawings still stuck
>>7919357Congratulations, you've just found out learning
>>7919357You just described doing a study, Captain Obvious. Literally everyone does that. What the fuck are you on about?Anyway, you want a real thing that isn't emphasized enough, especially for beginners? Grinding ellipses.It's shocking to me how so much beginner material just brushes off ellipses as "just a thing you draw" when constructing other shapes.I think it more than deserves a dedicated exercise. And I'm not a beginner myself but this has always been a big pet peeve of mine.
