>project oriented improvementHow do you hit the sweet spot of tackling something that is outside of your comfort zone but not so much that the sheer difficulty is too overwhelming? Should I focus on completing projects first regardless of how simple they are?
Just finish a picture. Can be as small or big as you want to. If you end up thinking it's not worth finishing then just start a new one and finish that.
>>7999940>If you end up thinking it's not worth finishing then just start a new oneThis is where I'm stuck at
>>7999946Then just do it less ambitious next time. You have to be able to listen to yourself to know what you are capable of and what would be enjoyable to you. If you can do it once then you can do it again until it becomes easier. Then you can do more ambitious things.
Get your ideas by drawing roughly and refining the elements you like. Then compose the scene they will be all in roughly, then carefully construct your final version on the good paper.
you know, i notice a lot the idea of finishing something taking spotlight in anon's heads but frankly i don't believe in it. for one, is it better we have the FLCL sequels than nothing at all? for two, was it with having four full episodes of Uzumaki in the end? my answer to both is no. third, is progress you made during a project lost the moment you drop it? just like that? i don't believe so. you don't lose exp you grinded just because you gave up on a boss, it just means you've got to either grind more and return or go a different route. you stay the same level. capische?
oh but i should have said, if your goal is to get into an industry, you have to build a portfolio, and to build a portfolio you have to finish something.
>>7999932>>7999940>>7999946i'm a /beg/ who recently learned that the path to improvement is to find a subject matter that you're familiar with, but add on an extra aspect of complexity to make it harder.https://itaku.ee/images/1315188for instance, with this project right here, i'm doing the same pixel art i've always done, but at a much higher resolution, and i tried out drawing the same room from three different angles to better understand it. will probably never finish it, but i learned something new.
you pick something you want to make and then you make itit will suck. you will try to make it not suck. you will fail, but you will learn from it. and then you repeat the process. over time, the projects you make will suck less and less. they'll probably never be as good as you hope they can be, but at some point people will start to praise your work. you'll attract fans, and you'll attract haters. but you will get none of this if you don't stick to it.
the part where you run into a wall and want to give up is where you learn the mostif i make mistakes then i know thats a visible weakness of mine so i aim to correct itif i get stuck in the middle of a drawing then its usually something specific like if some drapery looks like shit, so then i study how to make it look not shit and apply it. then i imagine other ways i can apply it, what does it look like if i do this or thatyour experiences become reference points that make you better because you know what works and what doesn't. what was once a barrier now becomes an open door because you spent the time knocking it down
>>8000159blog?
>>8001706No blog, but some old stuff here...https://www.deviantart.com/jeremeyprickles/gallery
