Darklordd08 2025-03-05 14:43:22

Hi, I'm going to tell you what helped me personally. I'm not a professional artist, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

So, what helped me, is observing other people's art and/or drawing tutorias, seeing how people colour, render and do shading. Anatomy, composition and everything. This information remains somewhere in the back of my head and I subconsciously implement it into my art. But keep in mind that you can't rely on this tip alone entirely!

Then, practice. And not just drawing what you're good at drawing, try something new every time, even if you feel like you don't know how to draw it. Leave your comfort zone sometimes, even if it doesn't look good. Recently myself I drew a dinosaur shaped flower pot, a dagger, an 8 ball, a piece of armour and a teapot, it's random but it helped me with shading different textures. Do studies, draw random things consistently, anything at all!

Then references and tutorials. Use references and watch tutorials! References help a WHOLE lot to get things right. Being able to reference is a skill too, and a useful one for sure. Tutorials help as well. I sometimes get stuck drawing something, I'll just watch a step by step tutorial.

The key is to consistently practice, even if it looks bad, you're still improving. Say fuck it and draw something, even if you're scared, draw! Trust the process 🤙 We all start somewhere, we all have a long way to improve. Don't give up

I hope my comment could help you, even a bit

Darklordd08 2025-03-05 14:59:22

@PolishToad Nooooo! References aren't a bad thing, i PROMISE you mate 🙏 It's not direct tracing line for line or something, it's still you who's drawing. It's just supposed to assist you with things like anatomy, lighting and composition. There's literally nothing wrong with that

thepixelizer 2025-03-05 23:47:05

Stop worrying if your art's bad just get something out there. Perfectionism is the worst mindset a beginning artist can set for themselves only the professionals have time for that.

Practicing helps you get better at what you already know, studying helps you get better in general.

Use references, art is a filter of the real world, if you don't know the rules of the real world your world won't be very convincing even if it is stylized. As they say you have to know the rules to break them.

I watched months of youtube tutorials and redrew all sorts of backgrounds photos and portraits that I found on Google and You Tube.

It may sound absurd but art isn't magic you just don't get good out of nowhere, there are fundamentals and rules to learn without them you'll be lost or just have to reinvent the wheel.

If you feel scared for being outed by some random photographer you don't have to post everything on the internet you know.