I wanna learn art and how to finally materialise all the things I see and create in my head but I'm finding it hard to find motivation to even begin when supposedly it takes 5-10 years to become good at drawing. Why would I do this regularly and put so much effort into it for YEARS just to master it when I'm like almost 30. Even learning a hard language could be done quicker than that

Edit: by good I don’t mean absolutely amazing, just something that I can actually admire and looks nice and somewhat how I intended. Google makes it seem like you’ll only be able to do that after half a decade or more

Looking for something that would mainly focus on drawing a face(thanks in advance!!)

I deal with wanting to rush my projects which leads to poor results fairly often. I’ve really been trying to focus on drawing only when I want to rather than to chase after a finished product.

Size is 22X30 I’m using charcoal for this one.

What are your tips and tricks to avoid burn out?

Youtube drives me crazy. I did not find anything useful yet. And there is a lot of clickbait. And ruins my stillness.

So i need to keep this as simple as i can, just one author (not hundreds of youtube channels) no background tutorial music (of course is a book), and more focus (since You Tube recommended videos are too hard to not check).

For example. I drew Titanic yesterday (i uploaded it and i am very grateful for all the support you gave me), focusing on the proportions, it took me long time but i think i figured it out, i ended being very happy with it.
But then i think, for the next, i want to make it better, but how?

But today i liked to draw a girl face from a videogame i like (3d). I tried doing things like this very few times in my whole life, so i started doing the same thing with Titanic, making the limits of the space i want the draw to be, and checking the proportion i will have to consider (these pages are always a half of what i see on my computer screen, so i try to always get that exact proportion).

But then i started to doubt. because i know there is suggested way to face this kind of things, i have the memory of people making like ovals at first and then giving them shape step by step. So i went to Youtube and put in the searchbar "how to draw faces" but then there are a ton of videos and different points of view.
I found a reel of one artist saying "why you should learn how to draw skulls first, to get better at drawing faces (or smt like that). "

It makes me kind of anxious finding so much content. Or titles like "How do I draw faces", like, only you?, or there are different methods?. So much content makes me really doubtful, what if this video wont help me that much as this other? or, maybe this one just want us to copy what he does because its easier and less "boring" than explaining actually why he does what he does..

Maybe i am too obsessive. I don't know, but i prefer simplicity. Always.

What do yall think rate out of 10 and if so tell me how I can improve :)

First things first: Yes, I have checked resources on the sidebar of the main page but I'm still mostly lost.

I've been wanting to start drawing for while, digital in particular, and have no clue to where to start at all. The most drawing I've done is little doodles in the margins of notebooks and school papers, even then I haven't done that in a while and it's usually done out of boredom. I'm also a relatively busy student taking some hard classes right now so I can't really find time to draw, I know that you can draw for like 5 minutes at a time but I struggle with trying to process through a drawing which takes way to long. On that note, I also struggle with what might as well be crippling perfectionism which destroys my motivation to struggle through the early days of drawing.

So, where do I begin? Should I go straight to digital or should I start with traditional? Maybe some tips on coping with perfectionism? How does one convince themselves that their first drawings are not crap, but a step in a process? Things like that, I just want advice, pointers, etc. Whatever I can get my hands on.

Another note, if it helps to know what I'm interested in drawing. I really like the idea of drawing weapons, armor, etc. Futuristic, medieval, modern day, whatever. I'd also like to learn how to draw humans and perhaps humanoid robots. Maybe animals or OCs later down the line too. But primarily the armor and human aspect is what I'm interested in.

Sorry for the wall of text, I just don't know what do. I kind of just put whatever I'm thinking about art into this paragraph.

Edit: I forgot to ask this because my brain is currently fried. Is it worth investing in any art books currently? Especially with my attitude/motivation towards drawing?

I have s problem, I try to memorize a reference (skull for example) to replicate it in the future for my drawings, but the problem is, I can't memorize it no matter how much I draw it. I can't understand what I'm doing wrong, and the muscle memory doesn't apply here either. I'm really struggling, I want to draw better so bad, but every new information I gain seem to fade away as time passes. So how do I study it properly? What is the secret, why do others can apply knowledge, and I just can't?

Anyone have any good reference pictures or tutorials for drawing things with a back light like this? I tried Google but guess I'm not using the right words cause I can't find anything all that good

I would like to find a study plan or course to follow for a year. I am planning to do 365 days of drawing, 30 minutes to an hour (minimum) each day, and I would like to get the most out of my time that I can.

I need a beginner course, and my goal is to to draw comic book style characters.

I did read the wiki, but I'm thinking something more structured would be beneficial. I have tried learning from books in the past, but I tend to get hung up on getting the drawings on each page perfect, and I end up getting discouraged because it takes so long to move on to something new.

Any suggestions are much appreciated!

I've been working on this complex preliminary painting before I attempt the real thing and I am struggling to conceptualise all those forms unifying in a realistic way.

Is photo references the only way to make it work? How about when elements are physically impossible? Is it just a tone of guess work and practice observing life that informs you on what something should look like?

I've done a clay model of my ideas and this what you can see in my drawing but I found that the model has inherent flaws so it cannot be take as an empirical reference when it comes to proportions, textures and so on.

I am planning on shooting some photo references with a live model soon to help with the process but I am curious to see if any of you have developed any particular approach to creating work that requires blending multiple references seamlessly.

Colors by me

Line Art by Fukahire

Disclaimer: The line art for this was not done by me. It was done by an artist named Fukahire.

I'm not sure if posts like these would be allowed but I wanted to practice using Clip Studio Paint after purchasing it through a sale. So although the line art was not done by me, the coloring and shading was done by me

I would like to get into digital art and I thought coloring someone else's line art would be good practice for this. I haven't done that much studying into colors and shading so I would like to know how this looks and where I can improve

Hey y'all, I'm looking for good timelapse or detailed voice over channels, I love watching timelapse but all I can find is under 20 min and are just flying through the drawing, hard to learn anything. And I really hate the amount of "learn to draw" videos that are 100% just ads for whatever....

Should I skip rotating basic shapes and go straight to drawing shapes in perspective then rotating shapes in perspective

Hi everyone!

I’ve always been fascinated by digital art and want to start creating, but here’s the thing—I have no experience with traditional (analog). I’m not sure where to start.

For someone starting completely fresh, how would you recommend learning to draw digitally? Are there specific tools, techniques, or exercises that work better for beginners like me?

Would it work to watch traditional drawing tutorials and practice those techniques digitally?

Any tips, resources, or personal experiences would be super appreciated!

Thanks in advance!