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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!

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

  4. tag NSFW for nudity/gore after posting

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Sketching Elvis

Quick scribble of the day 🖌️🎨💖 Actually for the quick sketch exercise it was, I am extremely satisfied 🤗 #foryoupagе #myart #elvispresley #sketch #practice

1 Comment
2024/11/09
19:33 UTC

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My first try at a semi realistic style. How did I do? (Left is the reference)

1 Comment
2024/11/09
19:02 UTC

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Trying to learn drawing again. Where do I start?

Hello, I recently felt like drawing again after 5 years and I noticed that when I drew before, I didn't really try a lot. I'm trying to start drawing cars and anime characters. There are a multitude of resources online for anime characters, but I don't know which ones are particularly good. In contrast, there are almost no resources about drawing cars past the 5 videos that I found on youtube. Any help regarding both these styles will be appreciated. Thank You.

1 Comment
2024/11/09
18:36 UTC

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He looks like a T-Rex with these small arms, but to late to fix it now I'd say. Hope you enjoy it anyway

3 Comments
2024/11/09
17:18 UTC

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Portrait practice

Trying to get the proportions right without a grid. Still lots of practice needed!

1 Comment
2024/11/09
16:57 UTC

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how can I improve on this skull drawing? where did I go wrong?

15 Comments
2024/11/09
16:42 UTC

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Trying out a new style. Can you guess who it is ?

Trying out a new style ! Any feedback or tips?

30 Comments
2024/11/09
16:28 UTC

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How can I improve on constructing my drawing?

I was trying to practice my construction skills by breaking things down in shapes but I still struggle with them. I tried to draw a hammer, chair, water bottle, and a vacuum cleaner that was around me at the time. I want to be able to understand the shapes and construction parts better so that I’m able to draw complicated things easier.

Any advice on how to improve and understand what I’m doing better?

3 Comments
2024/11/09
16:22 UTC

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Any Criticism at all??

34 Comments
2024/11/09
16:16 UTC

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What can I improve on?

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2024/11/09
15:45 UTC

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Which one of these Elastigirl face designs look the best, and how could I improve?

I sketched some Elastigirl face concepts early and was curious which one looked the best. The ones on the top left and top middle are an idea I played with of her having the white eyes like comic Batman or Wolverine

5 Comments
2024/11/09
14:46 UTC

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How to I draw body better

2 Comments
2024/11/09
14:39 UTC

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Super Saiyan transformations how do you paint them?

Yes this isn't a super sayian transformation but I'm asking for the effect?

The current concept for this oc is a mix of inception and that weird city scape in doctor Strange

Or some mystical abstract kinda want stuff idk how to properly convey it lol.

But I've never been sure how to paint the energy auras do you normally just draw shapes outlining characters?

Or is it painted over the character?

1 Comment
2024/11/09
14:30 UTC

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I cant draw so I copy

Original Ian Mcque

2 Comments
2024/11/09
14:09 UTC

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What’s off about this?

I can’t seem to figure it out, it feels like there’s something off about his head? Like his head is too big/shoulders too small

9 Comments
2024/11/09
13:34 UTC

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My first digital drawing

I wanted to draw peach in mario strikers, but boy it was a lot harder than I first expected, I can't draw hands from imagination and the grass was way beyond my current understanding.

Time lapse may be found on Tiktok or IG. Any feedback is welcome.

5 Comments
2024/11/09
13:22 UTC

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Searching for ways to learn to draw

1 Comment
2024/11/09
13:19 UTC

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My attempt at Bargue plate 41

1 Comment
2024/11/09
13:06 UTC

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Starting completely from scratch (read description)

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2024/11/09
12:24 UTC

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I found a good YouTube tutorial What can I improve on?

7 Comments
2024/11/09
11:33 UTC

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Trying to imagine face parts in my head . Does any of the faces look different ?

5 Comments
2024/11/09
10:28 UTC

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