As a newbie, should I pick an artist and copy their style? It seems like a fun goal
>>7857500I recommend drawabox first. Cheers!
>>7857500Here's what you want to do:>do lots of contours>grab some tracing paper, then print out some drawings of an artist you like and trace it>look at the drawing you've selected, then look away and draw from memory (then draw again while looking at it), then repeat the process until your accuracy improves>take a drawing and turn it upside down, then copy/trace it
>>7857502https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RrbkoWeOSkdon't do drawabox. i recommend my OSD method, which will help you become a pro. watch my video and join my discord
>>7859284I love this meme. This guy is absolutely trash, a result of LLM psychosis. His stuff is horrible.
>>7859477How do you know this guy is bad
>>7859284>Why following any tutorials on YouTube is a horrid idea: the creator Fuck me brainlets who think they're the second coming of Christ due to AI psychosis are making me lose what remained of my faith in the human race. Some people really are too retarded to be allowed to exist
>>7859477You are jealous he has a successful art career and YouTube channel and you don’t
>>7859567>>7859639Calling a handful of book sales and a discord group successful is a stretch.I skimmed through his book once, and he never posts anything of his drawings, unless it's related to his guide. I'm not downloading the thing again, so a screenshot from one of his videos is all I care to dig up. Pic related. It's absolutely riddled with symbol drawing, the examples are astonishingly bad and fundamentally lacking, and the instructions are both simplic and surface level. The whole thing reads as if he copied everything straight from chatgpt, and then made some absolute minor edits. His whole mantra screams Ai psychosis, just like the countless of other "math geniuses" using similar Ai models to uncover hidden math never seen before.It's ridiculous. I'm actually one of the people that prefer books over video courses. Whatever hidden secrets begs are looking for, "this ain't it" as the Americans say.Go ahead. Do join his discord, download the book and see if you can find one good drawing that can even be close to the same level as someone like Vilppu, Bridgman or Loomis, if we are speaking of master teachers.Also, the "secret" method is literally draw what you see, compare to ref, do it again. There, I saved you 10 minutes.
>>7857500For a genuine answer, sure you can do that if you want. You can learn some useful insights from learning the style of another. As long as you're enjoying yourself and are motivated to draw then go for it.
>>7859807Wait, this is the same guy from the head counts video? Did he change his name out of shame so no one would realize this was him lmfaoooo
>>7859807I did not use ai to write it. /ic/ with huge egos can’t humble themselves enough to realize that I discovered an advanced method of learning drawing. My methods will revolutionize the way all artists will learn drawing, if you just read the book and follow the techniques on my channel. It’s because of your ego you see but you can’t understand its importance.
>>7859912>I did not use ai to writeThat's even worse, anon. I've read most of your book.>My methods will revolutionize the way all artists will learn drawingI've taught people before. Your didactics are horrendeus, and you leave the reader needing of more. There's absolutely no scaffolding, you just assume everything works because you gaslit yourself into believing it. Even Kim Jung Gi used guides, breaking down elements into fundamental shapes and geometry is a universal as mathematics.Also, you really should apply some better methodology. Give me one good reason why I should choose you over just copying Bridgman twice, or me reading through Hampton's book again? Do you even know what you're going to "revolutionize"? How is your method different from just copying twice and remembering, honestly?
>>7859284Against my better judgement, I joined the discord and I read through the book. Is this some sort of joke I'm not getting? I haven't browsed this board in a while, so I wouldn't know. It's completely bland and hollow. It takes roughly an hour or so from start to finish. It looks long at a little over 100 pages, but it's mostly a mix of four line paragraphs with double spacing inbetween and roughly 15-20 doodles spread throughout the book. There's nothing of note in this. It's essentially a holistic guide to drawing, but for people on the spectrum, cause this thing is completely autistic, speaking as one. There are a few contradictory statements, especially in regards to how to use refs. Do we need to be accurate or not? Make up your mind. It's all about "feeling the form", which is a total rip-off from Vilppu, placing object in accordance to yourself and in the environment, and for some absolutely odd reason, how to calculate proportions? If we are supposed to use muscle memory to enhance our drawings, why do we need a hamfisted attempt at design theory? The examples, like what another anon posted, are just plain bad. It's like a bad joke, you have pseudoscience writing mixed in with beg drawing examples.There's also no reference to other methods or comparative analysis. It seems like a book written out of spite to convince themselves they are a genius.I don't recommend it. It's disjointed, the exercises are bad, the drawings are too few and not good, and the writing is bland and filled with buzzwords for no apparent reason.Also, just to share so you don't have to download this mess yourself, I've attached a screenshot from the book.>>7859815It is, it seems.
>>7859992>>7860065I should have expected better than for idiots on /ic/ to recognize quality when they see it. It's because of your huge egos that you think you know everything when I have studied art theory far more than anyone here. And to answer your dumb question simply, those other books from Loomis or Bridgman are outdated and mine teaches more efficient ways to learn. How come you can't even understand that? Your ego tells you there is nothing to learn but there is gold right before you, and you can't even see it. I feel sorry for you. You want proof of how much it helped people? Look at the comments on all my videos, even one of them went viral. That should be enough proof for you. Thousands of people were helped by my method, and you feel threatened by it. If it wasn't good advice then it wouldn't have gone viral.
>>7860065PYW
>>7860105I don't need to post jack shit to tell you that your book is a sad joke. It's complete dogshit, everything about it is wrong and evil.
>>7860081>Thousands of people were helped by my methodLotta begs, you mean. How come you haven't posted any work, yourself? Lots of people go viral, that's what lolcows are.Besides your claims of them being outdated, you haven't denied any other critiques of your "guide". In a general sense, the work lacks depth. Whatever you think you teach, you're not unique. Your general approach is a worse version of what Betty Edwards teaches, but she's actually qualified to do so.Let me make an anecdote: In my line of work, we have these special education achievement contests. They vary a lot; some like to dance, some like to do sports, and others like to do art. However well they think they are doing, we are all looking at them with the inherent understanding, that (unless they are the extreme exception) they will never amount to anything. This is how I look upon your work. Your most popular video was a clickbait, and the rest have around 200 to 1500 views. That's because, anyone with half a brain can tell, this will not work. Say what you will about Drawabox, at least he posts his work online and is transparent. Yours reads like a scam, but a bad one were you're not making any money from it.>>7860105Which part of "I'm a teacher" is difficult to comprehend? I'm not posting my professional work, here. Unlike you, I actually work for a living.
>>7860081And here's another reason.
>>7857500https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P-s4-7vtN74
