>>7866123
Did you try drawing?

All I know is that asking an incredibly vague question without providing any of your work or insight into your process is an excellent start to solving this problem.

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>>7866123
Be more specific, your goal? which books?

>>7866123
>>7866138
I never thought this while actually playing Ruina but is Roland kinda cute??
Why does he look slightly girlish to me now? Did he always have that soft little red blush on his portraits?

>>7866147
Tipheret....

>>7866123
You're an anime poster which likely means you're black or brown which means your IQ is too low for your art to actually improve

>>7866157
That's not true, low IQ can art, but it needs to be the ONLY thing they're doing. Unfortunately the Internet exists so all of their cognition is taken up by ticktock memes and ass shaking Instagram videos, there's nothing left for leaning anything, let alone art.

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>>7866123
i guess the way is start is to
>draw a figure standing best as you can
>look at the parts that suck
>study them
>redraw the figure OR draw another but aim to correct your mistakes
go on and on like that. i'm /beg/ too but i'm trying to actually complete a picture and i find the above method has already helped me a lot. it's scary though, to try and do that (complete something) when you're /beg/ because it's sloppy. but make enough slop and try to never create slop with each piece going forward and you'll hit kino eventually

>>7866138
my goal is to draw cool dudes doing cool things
i am reading the loomis book, perspective and some anatomy basics as well but my drawings still FUCKING SUCKS

>>7866318
just keep at it brah u dont get better insrantly. and loomis doesnt work for everyone so like if ur sure u js arent grasping it move on to another book. and take a break from studying to draw something u like even if shittily so u dont get bored n give up

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>>7866318
Try xiao weichun book exercises afterwards, watch actual artists like eo58 people that actually construct and solve their drawings in real time are super helpful. Join a canvas, join a community, get humiliated and get good. Don't join /ic/ canvas though, no one constructs there, it's full of blue haired retards that draw with memory, that will never ever help you.

Good luck retard.

t.fellow retard

>>7866563
i am doing xiao weichun but have 0 direction
i cant do the exercises right

>>7866734
helpp

>>7866734
apply what you read to studies of real life. Those stick figures, anatomy breakdowns, etc.? Look at a real person and draw with those in mind

>>7866123
Start with Brent Eviston's Art and Science of Drawing
Then move on to Keys to Drawing and Perspective Made Easy
At the same time you should be drawing whatever you like
Anime, Landscapes, Figure, Cartoon, etc. whatever you like just start drawing and even painting from day 1. It doesn't have to be perfect. Nothing has to be actually. What matters is you don't repeat mistakes and try to aim for those marginal improvements each time. Slowly but steadily you will get better.

>>7869192
What if i dont particularly like anything

>>7869192
Good advice, I'm not op but do you know of any digital guides for shading / value? Evistons course goes through values and shading quite a bit, but I find this more difficult to do digitally than traditionally

>>7870474
Then my friend it will be difficult for you to progress. First find something you want to create and that will guide what you need to learn. For me, it's portraits so all my efforts are concentrated on that.

>>7870677
Why would shading be any different in digital? You need to correctly lay down values. I would recommend doing value studies. If you want to learn shading, then pick any of the below: How to Render by Scott Robertson, How to Shade by Josh Black, Digital Painting Workout - Wouter Tulp, etc. or any other course dealing with digital painting will cover that anyway. Have good references and study them. If you can correctly put values down, more than half the battle is won.