Definitely being okay with not being good. I'm glad I started art as a young kid, my delusions kept me going to the level I am now lol
3 weeks ago
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Finding good resources, we have all seen those terrible "how to draw manga" books that just tell you to draw a balloon with a line down the middle in the first chapter and then immediately skip to unnecessary stuff without teaching any sort of fundamentals
3 weeks ago
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At first its finding the motivation to draw. This can be achieved naturally by drawing, you get ideas as you experiment and put stuff on paper. The thing that now pains me is actually finding time to draw. I am unfortunatelly a jack of all trades which means I want to do everything from time time. Animation, drawing, 2D rig and tweening 3D animation, modeling, editing. There is just no time for everything and now with full employment and living by myself there is no time for anything other than maybe a silly sketch every weekend or two
3 weeks ago
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My biggest learning curve is to learn 3d form 5 years ago when I learned it my art improved exponentially the subtle ways cloths wrap around the body, belts not looking just rectangle and actually wrap around, it took me a while to figure it out
3 weeks ago
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Definitely getting over the cringe at yourself when you start and end up drawing something that looks like a child's scribble.
3 weeks ago
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The first two problems will solve themselves the more you get interested and practice art, but no amount of drawing the same poses and figures will teach you the fundamentals if you don't look
3 weeks ago
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Developing my own style (as in, how to draw the face plus body-proportions) is the one thing I simply can't do. There are so many amazing artstyles out there, that I can't settle for a single one.
3 weeks ago
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The first two answers are generally connected to each other. The perfectionism halts the drawing motivation
3 weeks ago
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For me it’s trying to get everything to be consistent in quality(proportion, rendering, etc.), sometimes I really pop off at rendering hair, but the face structure sucks, sometimes it’s the opposite, and it’s frustrating because you know you can do better.
2 weeks ago
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I think everyone knows what they need to learn. The issue is that they usually struggle to actually put pen to paper. I feel like it is a mixture of finding the motivation to draw and being okay with not being good.
3 weeks ago
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It's a coin toss whether or not I feel okay with not being good. I'll draw something good sometimes and I'll feel great, then sometimes I'll draw something bad and feel like bottom-tier trash. I think it stems from not taking drawing seriously as a kid and getting serious about it at the start of 2025. I know it's a slow process and that it takes time, but man, it sucks to remember half the time that if I had started sooner, I'd be on the level of at least 25% of the artists I follow.
3 weeks ago
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Definitely the first three options, but now, I see, where I can improve in.
3 weeks ago
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At the beginning definitely the hardest is not being good. Later on finding the right thing/way to practice is hard.
3 weeks ago
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Maybe I’m just more casual than I thought, I often think about drawing and wanting to improve but then I just don’t do it…maybe it’s a mindset thing or maybe I shouldn’t push it and don’t draw for 4 months if I don’t feel like it. I don’t know
3 weeks ago (edited)
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If you're not okay with being bad then you won't be willing to push yourself to actually start getting good. Even after you start and get good in some areas, you won't improve if you don't go outside of what you're good at just because you're not good at it yet
3 weeks ago
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My thing is i always look at my art that it is really bad even if i see other people telling me that im pretty good at it cuz once i get satisfied with my results i get demotivated so yeah the thing im struggling on is that idk what im worst at but the thing i can say my strongest point is drawing the eyes with eyelashes but my eyeball looks kinda bad cant figure out the best way to shade it and still im confused about how shadows completely work
3 weeks ago
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if i was ok with some of my art not being good maybe id improve faster especially digitally
3 weeks ago
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