No.58642
>>58599No way how could I?, I suspect I have some sort of mental retardation,
The mental illness spectrum is often due to physical brain injuries/inflammation. The brain of an unhealthy person is underperforming in development and normal function. The brain literally cannot registry information input and output as it should, therefore you get repetitive behavior and inability to learn certain stuff.
I guess I latched on to drawing because my family lied to me and told me I was good at it and I had never been good at anything. I am a low IQ drooling retard.
No.58643
>>58630The motions look nice
No.58653
>>58642you should just draw even if you’re bad at it, there are art communities where people just post their really bad art and it’s fun
No.58660
>>58653What kind of places? people always hated my drawings, that's why I stopped uploading completely.
No.58663
>>58642Ah no wiz, I fully believe you can learn to draw what's in front of you given time and deliberate practice. I may sound like one of those optimistic norms right now, but you have a mindset which probably won't serve you well in trying to learn this new skill.
The specific skill I'm talking about (draftsmanship and learning to draw as you see it) is something you can teach a child to do, if given adequate time; however, real creativity–true "artistic" vision–is something that many will purport to teach you, when it is in fact something of an inborn trait (you can't teach a person to have good ideas, only stimulate their imagination).
So I believe you when you say you've difficulties learning and functioning, but I also think you can handle the former skill as long as you devote enough time to it; it's just going to be much more grueling and time-consuming, given your shortcomings. You can still do it, though!!
No.58664
>>58642I can relate to you, have been drawing for at least 5 years now after stopping completely in my youth, and still can't get better. Even studying anatomy, copying and repetition I still can't finish a single picture. But whenever I stop drawing for a while I get anxious about not drawing, so I'll keep it up for at least a little longer.
No.58863
I read somewhere about using the left hand and try to be just as good at everything with it, because that exercises the right side of the brain. I don’t know if that is true.
No.58864
>>57636The reason I start with a figure book is because of my art teacher. He says I should do things like they look in the first try “you have to observe” he will say. I try, but I can’t make it for now, and when I try to explain him I make my best effort trying to draw something that look like a foot or a hand, he says I am slacker and a manchild for not having a job or a wife and children at my age. That’s really exasperating, because I practice every day.
No.58866
I have been practicing with cubes and boxes methods of the Burne Hogart books. I can´t believe trying to draw a body with boxes is more easy than with a ball. The only problem I had with this is trying to do cubes with a perfect shapes and angles like the ones in the books. I wonder if this method also works for cartoons.
This is my first drawing doing cubes for the body. Is James Matthew Barrie, writer of Peter and Wendy. I had problems with the right arm the moustache and the hand, but I think is better than my usual doodles.
I also use cubes for drawing this hedgehog. I found this In a Sandman scan I downloaded years ago. I thought it was a cute picture and I decided to try drawing it. It looks better than my Susie drawing at least, but I had troubles drawing the legs of the hedgehog, and I don’t know how to draw snow and the trees and mountains in the distance.
>>57963How many feet and hands you need to draw to do things like this? I’m asking this because the book of Burne Hogart about hands says something like “if you can draw hands and feet in every position and even without a reference, you can draw anything”. Drawing lessons with the great master says the same thing.
Also, I want to ask you about training. You used to have problems with calculating distance and proportions when you begin drawing 10 years ago? How is possible to learn anatomy and to use that knowledge in drawing? Is really necessary to do a perfect construction of a drawing, don’t matter is a portrait, or a fan art of an anime or a cartoon?
No.58877
Here are some ball excercises you might be interested in. I am rusty. I got all these from youtube user MoatDD.
Might want to trace a circle to use for placing tacs on it, but placing tacs on potato shapes is good practice too.
>>58866>Is really necessary to do a perfect construction of a drawing, don’t matter is a portrait, or a fan art of an anime or a cartoon?When you can "feel it out" you don't need to do construction
No.58878
>>58877I got glasses finally after months without, maybe I'll go draw birds and trees and things again.
No.58889
finished this at the peak of a slump. it's less of a finish and more of "i don't care anymore." i'm caring less and less about drawing and just life in general. the industry is such a retarded pipe dream.
>>58863did you read that in right side of the brain? because that book is full of fluff and bullshit as far as beginner's introductions into observational drawings go. keys to drawing is a far better choice.
>>58866as kjg says, everything is boxes
No.58916
>>58910it's easier to make excuses than to persevere, nothing new
No.58918
>>58916I should definitely consider these words more. Thank you for saying that. Instead of brooding over such indeterminate things, even if they are possibly true in some way, I should do and get better at what makes me happy. It's just hard not to compare myself with others since I've created such a habit of doing so in the most neurotic of ways.
This next one is not very good, even in comparison with the last two, but I will post it for the sake of a drawthread because I've decided I'm moving on from this one.
I hope you have a good day/night.
No.58972
>>58943>>58971When I begun using Pixiv about 10 years ago, I'd check the new submissions page and some tags a few times daily. There was this gaijin there who was constantly uploading around the clock these crummy MS Paint porn drawings of Anubis and other Egyptian icons. He might have posted 20 a day for several years and he'd max out the tags for broad exposure. Later I came accross a list of Non-Japanese artists on Gelbooru and blacklisted what I thought was his username (it had the name Anubis it in) out of precaution. Several years later I came across an anime succ picture I really liked and the artist was the one I blacklisted. Turns out it was the wrong guy and after searching through this new guy's works he became one of my favourite illustrators. Just a lame anecdote your Anubis reminded me of.
No.58973
>>58972Well, I like anthro characters. I tried drawing a head and I guess it ended up that I drew Anubis succubus, so I drew another with her in it. They certainly aren't great, but I'm having fun nonetheless. Just trying to get used to drawing further extremities like hands and whatnot. I don't want to draw humans because they suck.
Do you have a thing against non-Japanese artists or am I misinterpreting this?
No.58974
>>58972Fuck my bad. I think I misinterpreted.
No.58982
>>58975>steam avatar>185x185devlish!!!
No.59002
>>59001Pretty nice drawing wiz. I like the Egyptian style too
No.59086
>>59081Could someone draw a wizard dragon punching a pterodactyl please?
No.59087
>>58653>>58663I don't really see the point of someone continuing their drawing hobby if they only make shit they themselves don't even like, what purpose does it serve? aren't hobbies supposed to be pleasurable and not chores?
No.59088
>>59087I know is hard to believe but there exists people who ACTUALLY ENJOYS DRAW… Its like crazy right? They doesnt care if they are good at, they just likes do it, unbelievable right?
No.59096
>>59094I don't even understand how opossums manage to survive. They're so slow and unobservant. You can be standing right next to one and as long as you don't move too much it won't even notice you're there. And their only defense mechanism is to pretend to already be dead so they're extra vulnurable. It's amazing they don't all get eaten.
No.59105
>>59096i've always thought this too from seeing them around me most of my life. They have the reflexes and alertness of someone stoned outta their mind LOL. Amazing they survive and populations grow
No.59137
>>59136i like the dogs you painted with the paintbrush
its like a mix eastern calligraphy and cave paintings
No.59213
>>55918That second one is super good and my favorite in the thread. I feel that space.
No.59223
>>59206I find myself to be much more creative when given limitations.
A blank canvas has too many possibilities. Limits allow you to make some sense in the chaos
No.59244
>>57815Wow very cool! Only just noticed. Got any more?
No.59256
>>56497I like it.
>>56332>>56329>>56331Too good.
>>56369This here is probably my level. I avoid even drawing faces really. I pretty much never draw but here's images from me to the OP:
>>54932>images of my attempt at art No.60111
>>59134
These are really good, wiz. The one with the kid getting chopped in the head makes me laugh.
No.60843
>>57968All artists draw lewds, you just never see them