anyone can improve.
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>>7365669Fuck yes brother.
>>7365669It's you! Years ago I remember seeing a thread you made about your western comic, and I was so charmed by it. I left you some supportive messages and saved all of the images, since then my computer bricked and I lost them all, this is the only image of yours I have left.I'd be very grateful if you could share your western comic again, and I hope you've been well.
Is the comic done?
>>7365669Post evidence
>>7366033Yes
>>7365669I remember western comic guy. Glad to see you keeping up the grind good on you man.
>anyoneanyone who has talent
>>7365687>>7366115Glad to see I'm remembered, and thanks for the kind words!>>7365771Thank you very much! Hope you've been well too. I actually kept a text document of the encouraging things people were saying so I've probably got some of your posts saved as well.The first chapter is up on webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/through-latimus-valley/list?title_no=706487&webtoon-platform-redirect=true>>7366097Not sure what evidence I could post, but I do have the sketch pages for what its worth.>>7366144nah dog I really do think anyone can do it unless they have some major disorder or something. Is there a specific area you feel you're weak in?
>>7366144>talenttalent is just the result of not having internalized shame as an obstacle to your creative expression and practice
>>7365669great prgoress, congratulations
>>7366174>Is there a specific area you feel you're weak in?In any area
>>7366207is doing this kind of practice fun to you? what do you want to draw, ultimately?
>>7366207How about trying to draw something you like?
>>7366207Alright. Now start doing this but with tiddies.
>>7366213How?>>7366212What do I want to draw:
>>7366236Try to copy that first and foremost, doing master studies/copies is a great way to learn.
>>7366236my dear friend, i recommend you try to draw what you want to. anywhere is fine to start. whatever interests and delights you right now, you can try to draw it, in any way you want. you could start just drawing a character, copying what you like. you could trace what you like, you could try to pick colors on your own then color pick what you like and compare it. you could try to messily scribble it out, try to use only straight lines, use random colors, try a thin brush or a thick brush, round, square, whatever.anything at all, there's really no right way to do it whatsoever. it's much more important that it's actually what YOU WANT to draw. that's the only way to get good at it. i would ask you, why do you draw basic shapes? it's sad that other people may reinforce this idea of practice so much, but you do not need to get "good" before you draw what you like. in fact, it's impossible to. you don't need to do sterile academic studies and work yourself to the bone on boring shapes. you don't need any validation or approval to draw what you like, you don't need to slowly step up a ladder of "basics" before you reach actual expression. your actual expression is already happening right NOW. you ask how to draw something you like... it's exactly how you draw something you don't like.how do you draw a cylinder? why is that different from drawing anything else? it's all just lines on a page, it's all the same skills and actions of your eyes and hand. so why choose to draw anything but what you want to?
>>7366236keep doing what you're doing, it'll work one day, trust
>>7366236Not trying to crab but thats not a particularly unachievable goal skill wise, why dont u just try copying
>>7366174Thanks for sharing your comic again, I had a foggy memory of it in my mind, with the old lady, sick boy and the bandits, I'm glad to get closure again.Funny story, that thumbs up image I posted earlier was saved in the folder I keep all of my drawings in, and because of the filename its always been right at the top. So I've seen that image of Nathaniel a lot, and I'd grown quite attached to him lol. I'll pay tribute to him one day when I'm less up to my eyes in projects of my own. You have a particular cinematic genius at making comics that I'm appreciating again on the re read, so I really hope to see more of your stuff one day. I'm sure you've improved a lot!Good luck!
>>7366200YOU'RE MAKING TOO MUCH SENSE...CRAB BROS, GET HIM
>>7366236IF U GONNA DRAW THAT, YOU NEED TO STUDY ARCHITECTURE...
>>7365669By my standards, you started off incredibly good. After a few months of practice, I never got beyond stunted stick figures (that I somehow spent hours on,) drawings from life that look like mindless scribbles from a bored child, and exercises from books that I performed with no understanding of their purpose. I got better at placing lines where I intended to put them and making them look more appealing, but that's pretty much the only progress I've managed to make. I also get good results when copying drawings, but I was decent at that from day 1.Before I tried to draw, the notion of someone trying and failing to learn a skill seemed completely absurd to me, but I just can't seem to wrap my head around whatever it is people actually do when they draw. When I watch someone draw, I can't even begin to imagine what sort of thought process might be guiding it. That remains true even if it's just a grade-schooler doodling something; I don't get what it is that makes that possible for other people.>>7366263>how do you draw a cylinder? why is that different from drawing anything else?A cylinder can be defined by marking a few hard edges. That isn't true of anything I want to draw, and if that isn't true I don't know how to approach it. I can follow instructions to draw a good cube, but drawing a cardboard box right in front of me seems like a completely impossible task, because it has soft edges, deformations, texture, etc. that I can't figure out how to represent. Everything just seems far too complex to ever be captured with lines.
>>7366352>>7366352>I can follow instructions to draw a good cube, but drawing a cardboard box right in front of me seems like a completely impossible taski think this is a really good example to bring up, and i relate to it a lot. because in some aspect they seem very easy to compare, but in practice everything that makes the box different could end up overwhelming you, giving you infinite options and no direction to go. i know what you mean about it feeling completely impossible and complex, no right place to start, and once you do start you just see the endless details and adjustments ahead...imo getting good at drawing is like bridging that gap and realizing that the cube and the cardboard box in front of you are actually not so different. it's hard to communicate what i mean, because i think it's more of a feeling, rather than a simple intellectual fact that's easy to demonstrate. it's like your mind can have this built-in filter for information, and it makes things in front of you much MUCH simpler than they really are. it filters out all of those complexities and lets you just focus on things in a manageable way.but if you haven't developed that filter, even something small feels infinitely complex, infinitely subdivided into infinite tasks.i'm curious if your ultimate goal totally photorealistic or is it something else? or are you the same anon here >>7366236 ?
no
>>7366352What if you tried some kind of Frankenstein method where you copy an arm from one drawing, the body from another, facial features etc etc, and just keep doing that until you’ve built up a visual memory?
>>7366785The pic on the left lacks any marketability.- No clear message/concept;- No care for finish (poor sketchy photo with poor cropping on lined paper);- No ambition (hiding hands and feet);- No story to support the product;- No drawing skill.If he has a few of these, then his art has a chance to captivate someone.As is, it has no chance.
>>7366869>thinks the ability to draw is considered as a "marketing strategy"How about you grab a book
>>7369332>delivering a good product doesn't increase your chances of selling itOk, pitch goblin.
>>7366236what is that belly focused lingerie called?
>>7369384Gods gift
