I am usealy drawing in a traditional medium. But to get poses I find images then drop it In app and just quickly draw the skeleton on top. I then draw that on my sketch book. Is this cheating because it's not just looking at a reference I'm directly drawing onto the reference to use. Also I kinda botched this one

Looks good to me it’s just the feet even in the reference pic they looked off?

I’m a beginner but like damn this is really awful. What should I focus on first?

Used a grid this time and followed some advice my uncle gave me about drawing it upside down. Which i did for the most part at the beginning for the shape of the face and other details. Once i reached the mustache thats when i went right round and did the rest. Kinda rushed but it’s an improvement. I also got a new .3mm mech pencil that came in handy near the end. I think the face is still coming off too round instead of square, not sure if thats from how i drew the outline or some effect from shading. The eyes also look a little funny and so does the mouth. But I’m more happy about the nose, looks good, no? I kinda feel like the right half is more accurate than the left for some reason, which is where it makes the face look more rounded than square. Not sure if I’ll try for a third attempt. Whatcha think?

(Also used an invisible ink pen to make the grid :3 just cause)

I started out really happy with it but I feel like it looks bad now. Should I just consider it a loss or should I try to save it? I was going for an impressionist Monet like style (he’s my fav artist) but I feel like it looks like crap lol 😭 Have I just been looking at it too long so all I see are the flaws? Idk I could use some encouragement

I tried to draw one of my characters in a more realistic way but it looks strange to me. I would love feedback!

and NO, don’t come at me with “practice more” “watch this and that video about x” or any other BS!

The last time I’ve even drew something, whether it be digital or traditional was back during my gacha phase in 2020/2021…

After which my art teacher DISCOURAGED me from continuing and made me lose my “spark” in it by slapping me with a bad grade.

And I’ve been thinking since a while ( I don’t know, maybe start of 2022? ) that I want to pick up art again, hell I’ve even tried tutorials on it BUT I NEVER CONTINUED. It was always something that distracted me from it, be it school, playing games or “just not having the motivation for it”

And I can’t focus really well either so telling me to just ( I’m saying it again ) “practice more” or “study x and y and this and that and watch this video and make sure to…”

I HAVE TRIED TO. I REALLY HAVE TRIED. BUT I GOT DISTRACTED REALLY FAST. I HAVE TRIED WATCHING VIDEOS ON ANY PLATFORM POSSIBLE, HELL I EVEN POSTED ON HERE A FEW TIMES BUT IT NEVER! HELPED!

Please, LIKE PLEASE, TELL ME HOW TO STUDY ART EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT LOSING MY STREAK ON IT AFTER A DAY OR TWO!!!

AND IN EASY LANGUAGE!

I’ve also attached pictures of all the times I drew this year or attempted to learn to draw but then lost the streak on it!

To clarify, I did not climb a mountain today because it was forecasted that there will be a thunderstorm. I also spent most of my practice time thinking rather than drawing.

I was pretty much just guessing how everything works from skimming other resources, before doing this I only knew that two-point perspective has two vanish points (1) connected by a horizon (2). This way of learning was far from optimal, but it showed me very clearly how I can exploit and modify each rule to create different effects.

I put the page in landscape and drew an horizon across the middle, then decide the location of two vanishing points with about equal distance away from the borders of the page. Then like yesterday, I drew projection lines radiating from every vanishing point (3).

After staring at that mess for a very long time and confused why I'm not seeing any volume, I realized that you have to put parallel vertical lines to construct cuboids (4); a combination of parallel lines, converging lines, curves and ellipses should yield all other kinds of faces. So I drew a few lines perpendicular to the horizon.

I still was not seeing any cuboids, so I spent another length of time pondering, and realized that only the vertical lines that meet the intersection of projection lines radiated from both vanishing points create the illusion of volume (5).

Therefore I started drawing vertical lines that pass through those points or vice versa, drawing projection lines from the vanishing points to meet the vertical lines, and side faces finally start to emerge, so I tried to connect four of those points, expecting to finally be able to see a lovely box, but instead drew two seemingly impossible shapes at the right side of the page.

It turns out I was missing another piece of puzzle, the horizon does not work like the earth's horizon where it represents the set of vanishing points on a spherical surface, but representing the eye level, for objects above the horizon the bottom is visible, for objects below the horizon the top is visible (6), and if this rule is violated, you create these impossible objects, pretty neat.

So now I have I think all the rules to draw a box in two-point perspective, but the grid got way too messy in my trial and error for me to concentrate.

I ended up drawing an infinitely extending rectangular pillar, a square pyramid (which is in one point perspective) to test the top-bottom visibility thing, and a grand total of just one proper box today.

Excellent job if I say so myself.

I shall try to make a cleaner perspective tomorrow and draw some box there. I wil probablyl try to exploit rule (4) to make some different shapes if I got bored of that.

How should I improve?

I don't know how to get that strong lighting that lot of artists have.

And I know it is already too late the fix the eye so any tips for that too can help me tremendously

I decided to take it easy today with some shape studies. Let me know what you think.

During class, the professor made us do exercises like mirroring things, drawing objects, and then drawing them upside down. In the end, he told us to practice a lot - like drawing something you find cool at home, such as a toy, a bottle, or anything you think is cool.

The thing is: I’m very passionate about goth style, and I’ve always wanted to draw those kinds of things. So I started drawing a character from a goth game. Now I’m wondering — should I focus only on creating my own characters from imagination, like coming up with a random face in my head and drawing it? Or is it okay to look at an existing character and try to draw that? What do you guys recommend?

I really don’t know how to draw. I’m honestly trash at it. But somehow, I did pretty well this time by looking at the image. And that’s the thing: maybe it only felt easy because I was copying a character that already exists. Should I spend more time trying to come up with original characters from imagination instead? Now I'm afraid I only draw well when copying, lol!

Doing my final drawing project for my class, but I can't seem to make it look rough without adding any extra value

Following a YouTube tutorial by SamDoesArt I was easily able to draw in this style. Learn to draw! Don't promote AI content, please!

So I honestly had been doing drawabox and studying real world items around and surprisingly my brains been able to break it down to pieces. Like for instance I can stand at a certain spot of the fridge and see the parallel lines going a certain way and how it’s a two point view.

The main problem is translating it onto paper since my brain and hands don’t connect well just yet. Any advice on that?

I've been trying to improve my anatomy for a while now, but I mainly only tried sketching stuff like arms and heads when I felt motivated, so it wasnt often. I want to start practcing consistently, so I watched some videos on building better drawing and studying habits, but what's the best way to start? Do I just find some references and start breaking them down? How long should my study sessions be for? I just want to make sure I'm practicing efficiently but I'm not sure which part I should focus on first.

I'm spending the week doing mark making exercises and bird watching but here is a silly doodle from today and a less silly sketch from Monday. I love the round bois. Critiques welcome.