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Recently I've started practicing drawing alot more then before because FUCK AI and I really just want to make some animations and art of my favourite characters (and hopefully make some money as well. I know it's a highly saturated field uuuggghhh) Thing is for a long time I've been really good in drawing by copying references but I CAN'T draw with my imagination. All the creativity and the imagination just flies out of the window as soon as I point my pencil on paper. I've been getting a tiny bit better on portraits but general anatomy STILL SUCKS. And I can't figure out how to get better. I know it's a slow process but it's still frustrating. Also the fact that there are so many sources that it's just hard to decide what to even start with. I've been practicing basics and all but applying them in anatomy is where it all falls flat. Any advice, any directions, a video or artist recommendation, any book, literally ANYTHING will help. It doesn't even have to be about anatomy only, any art advice honestly. I remember asking a question about portraits as well several months ago lmaooo. So yeh. Thankyou so much to all everyone who replies btw <3<3
without trying to be too overwhelming alongside other peoples answers, a huuuuge chunk of getting better at art is the act of really tanking the process. Basically to say, for however long(it may feel like forever) you're just gonna have to sit through a unsatisfactory phase. A big thing you can do for yourself is identifying something small to foc...... reply
your best friend is clip art studio they have 3d models so you can practice and tracing and using references isn't cheating do what you can and just study more anatomy remember it does NOT have to be perfect just believe in yourself there are no rules in art. Also you can take small classes(⌒▽⌒) 1 reply
i mean my advice that worked for me was just ditching youtube, tiktok, instagram ect and just looking at academic anatomy books, either art based ones or even scientific and medical ones, just going over them page by page, copying the sketches/images and after every couple of chapters come back and combine them individually or applying to another r...... 1 reply
Figure drawing is ur best friend if you want to learn how to apply anatomy and actually draw poses. See how the entire body works together then commit those interactions to memory. Being able to understand how an arm twisting impacts the muscles in the back & movement of the torso, head, etc. is gonna be so much more useful in the long run than stu...... reply
If you struggle drawing from your imagination, I would suggest building your mental library! When looking at other artist's work or even things in real life, ask yourself what you like about them or what makes it interesting for you, and pay attention to those details. When looking at real objects, maybe ask yourself how it was made and assembled, ...... reply
What do you mean copy references? Like tracing? Or just using reference to guide?
If the latter, then every body does that? I use reference for everything. If I can't find online, then I pose and take picture of myself. So....people don't just pull a difficult pose out of their booty hole. Lol. References are an artist's best friend!
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You can get pretty far on vibes, honestly. If animation is your aim, why not start with that? Look up animation tutorials on YouTube, especially stuff about exercises for animators, basic skills for animators, etc. learn to move something across the page as a motivator.
As for drawing, I recommend studying proportions specifically. I’m not the ...... reply
