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Anonymous12/02/25, 14:50No.7812317
What are the best methods to improve quickly?
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Anon12/02/25, 14:55No.7812320
Cancelling your internet service
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Anon12/02/25, 14:58No.7812322
Get a mentor. Literally the best way to get good fast.
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Anon12/02/25, 15:03No.7812324
Skin color?
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Anon12/02/25, 15:13No.7812330
Drawing from life
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Anon12/02/25, 15:21No.7812336
Getting older and them looking back and see that those 5 years of grinding just feel like minutes in your head.
I'm not joking btw, stop thinking about getting good like it's a race.
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Anon12/02/25, 15:24No.7812339
Work on the types of projects that fit with your goals (this might be landscapes or cute girls doing cute things or whatever it is that inspires you). Be attentive to the areas you struggle with (might be hands or faces or perspective etc) and then make sure to practice those things deliberately. Apply what you learn on the next project. Find a balance between creative output and deliberate practice and try to avoid the mentality of aimless grinding. Joining art communities that give critique is good too, generally more supportive ones than /ic/.
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Anon12/02/25, 18:15No.7812508
Try drawing everyday
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Anon12/03/25, 04:52No.7813115
is drawabox good for beginners?
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Anon12/03/25, 06:22No.7813160
Self-reflection.
Imo the best thing about Bert Dodson's book is not teaching you how to "see". The book provides a set of self-assessment questions that you can use as a basis for this advice.
Draw > figure out what's wrong/you dislike > try to correct it > take notes for future reference > review the notes regularly if possible
Rinse and repeat.
This applies to learning math, programming, writing, music, chess, etc.
It's a form of self-discovery.
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Anon12/03/25, 09:17No.7813242
Consistent work without being completely retarded. I'm sure some people have spatial reasons difficulties that make learning to draw harder, but I've seen it play out enough that the people who just do the work consistently improve and the ones who kvetch about the travails of being an artist more than they work get nowhere
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Anon12/03/25, 09:35No.7813250
copy artist you like, to an autistic degree, make mental notes and try to deconstruct how and why the artist made those lines. helped me, also this book, but it's a little more advance:https://www.scribd.com/document/608834418/Gitgud-at-Illustration-Guide-for-Anons
