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New to drawing? Let us help you learn how to get started!

Drawing is a skill, not a talent. It doesn't matter if you can draw or not, with practice you can be the best. We welcome you to our community. Learn with us, the future artists of reddit.

We don't believe in talent, we believe in DRAWING.

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New to Drawing?

DAY 1: First day of Drawing? Start here!

DAY 2: Grid Drawing

DAY 3: Still Lifes

After that: have fun, set goals & draw every day!

If you want to follow a beginner's book, try

"Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" (referral link to Amazon)

Trick to learn drawing cartoons in 30mins: https://www.ted.com/talks/graham_shaw_why_people_believe_they_can_t_draw?language=en

After Your First Week: drawabox.com

FAQ

Quick & Dirty Drawing FAQ

  • Do I need talent?

  • How do I develop a style?

Free Resources

Loomis:

Free Art Books on drawing humans (pdf) - Beginners: "Fun with a Pencil" (free pdf in link above) - Intermediate: "Figure Drawing For All It's Worth" (free pdf in link above)

Proko:

Free Youtube Tutorials on Drawing Humans

Proko paid courses

Ctrl+Paint:

Free tutorials on digital art

Drawing Discord Chat: open for suggestions!

Leave comments for other posters. Have fun!

Rules

  1. No HATE

  2. No SPAM

  3. No porn, extreme gore, hateful/political art

  4. tag NSFW for nudity/gore after posting

  5. No ages in posts

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Related Subreddits

Doing Art:

/r/ArtFundamentals [QUALITY RESOURCE]

/r/RedditGetsDrawn/

/r/ArtProgressPics

/r/DigitalArtTutorials

/r/Drawing

/r/Work_In_Progress/

/r/ArtBuddy

Seeing Art:

/r/SpecArt/

/r/learntodraw

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1

How can I make the face look ‘prettier’? It looks off but not sure what to fix!

1 Comment
2024/03/15
16:37 UTC

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Trying to transition from graphite to ink ✍️. What do ya think ?

2 Comments
2024/03/15
16:27 UTC

4

Neko-chan in her true form.

Something more simple this time.

1 Comment
2024/03/15
16:22 UTC

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No reference free hand w/ ballpoint

1 Comment
2024/03/15
16:19 UTC

2

Looking for constructive feedback.

1 Comment
2024/03/15
16:12 UTC

10

Drew a portrait that I kinda like. Any tips for photographing your art?

2 Comments
2024/03/15
15:48 UTC

7

Imaginary Church

1 Comment
2024/03/15
15:07 UTC

1 Comment
2024/03/15
14:23 UTC

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Quick Doodle on day 28

The left eye is a bit far from nose after seeing it, but practice makes perfect...eventually.

1 Comment
2024/03/15
13:30 UTC

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Daily sketching

1 Comment
2024/03/15
13:07 UTC

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how am i doing so far? i think the right eye and right hands are off but other than that i think it looks good, I'm proud of my progress

1 Comment
2024/03/15
12:37 UTC

2

small server for beginner artists!!

me and a couple friends made a server so we can push each other to draw often and critique each others work. we're mainly digital artists and 18+, if youd like to join dm me and I can send you the invite!

3 Comments
2024/03/15
12:14 UTC

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Day 21 of 1000: What do you think about it?🤔

5 Comments
2024/03/15
11:53 UTC

10

Male portrait study.

1 Comment
2024/03/15
06:14 UTC

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Line art practice in procreate

3 Comments
2024/03/15
05:09 UTC

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Any tips on this "quarter side" type turn (mostly for the furthest side)

2 Comments
2024/03/15
03:29 UTC

6

Wyrm

Drew this sorta for fun. How’s it look?

2 Comments
2024/03/15
03:26 UTC

6

Recent drawing of mine

How does the shading look? Is there anything I can do to make it look better?

1 Comment
2024/03/15
03:11 UTC

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Dragon eye I drew

How’s it look? Do I need to change anything?

1 Comment
2024/03/15
03:06 UTC

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will practice more for the darker value 😐

1 Comment
2024/03/15
02:39 UTC

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How many look is heads should I draw before Ben thinking about doing anything more detailed?

4 Comments
2024/03/15
02:33 UTC

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