>>70536>you aren't gonna get better if you just randomly doodle either.Yes you will. You can get even better by not having those doodles be random. By imaging a drawing you'd like to see and then just having at it, comparing what you've drawn to how it holds up to what you envisioned, and then working out what you need to change in order for it to look more so like what you had imagined… That is the best way to become a better artist.
>some people need more direction than "just draw".If a man already in to his adult years hasn't yet developed a desire to create a specific type of artwork so much so that he picks up the $0.31 worth of stationary on his desk and just begins doodling, then he's not cut out to create art. To be someone who creates requires being of a creative personality and belonging to a culture. This creativity must feed that culture and vice-versa.
Imagine a young man in his teens who really likes middle school anime succubi. He likes them, and so he likes to view art of them all day. He associates with the subculture renowned for idoling these 2D and he appreciates the feelings, opinions, and companionship of other men belonging to this subculture. The value he places on his fellows' approval and feelings gives him a desire to contribute to the pool of things he and his fellows enjoy: middle school anime succubi pics. He has an idea of the kind of art he'd like to see of them. He understands what they look like. He knows the standards of quality for 2D art and he's developed his owns particular taste over the years. He has:
- Himself to please with art he enjoys
- The motivation to please others he considers to be the same as him
- An established sense for what makes a good drawing
- A clear goal to shoot for
- And as a bonus, his subculture provides him with positive and constructive feedback
So he has the culture, the motivation, and the goal. As for the resources? $0.31 worth of paper and pencils. He combines what he's learned from appreciating this art and combines it with how he knows that a pencil makes lines on a paper, and he just starts trying to create middle school anime succubi art. Is it crap at first? Of course. Does he know what non-crap 2d succubi art looks like? Yeah. He has a lot of fun doing it all, but no
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