FUUUCK I BOUGHT A SKETCHBOOK BUT I SUCK AT TRADITIONAL DUE TO STARTING STRAIGHT TO DIGITAIL LOOKING DOWN AND HOLDING A PENCIL FEELS SO WEIRD FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK I'M A CHUD

>>7917674
It gets easier, anon. Chill

Art is the only thing left in my life. Not in a dramatic way like, "My family's car flipped over and they all died" or "My friends betrayed me", but more just, everything else faded into the background while art remained. I have one friend, and I can tell he's fatigued by how obsessive I am. Actually, I get annoyed because he only wants me to send him the cutesy easy to draw stuff that would get a ton of twitter likes, when I'm trying to experiment and make something really groundbreaking and special. And it makes me want to talk to him less, because he just wants to get drunk and play the same old video games he's been playing for years. My art style has never been better, it looks like nothing else out there. I know my project will be a massive success. Back when I used to daydream about this, it was exciting, but now I feel nothing. If making your dreams come true feels like nothing, then I guess I'll just have to feel nothing.

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an artist i like stressed that it’s important to draw what you want to draw and not just grind endlessly but what if you can’t even begin to approach what you want to draw? i feel like i need to study more. do i just draw and not worry about it being slop?

>>7917781
>an artist I "like" tweeted an emotional state of being tweet that does not apply to me at my current stage of the art journey. What xhe said made me question if what I'm doing is truly my own goals and aspirations or if I'm simply a golem with no inner thoughts of my own. I need to be told what to do, / ic/, so how can I degrade myself even more by calling what I draw "slop"?

>>7917781
How are you going to get good at drawing what you want if you don't draw it? The gitting gud happens when you practice it.

>>7917791
that's true. i guess im still in the rut of
>think of pose and scene
>go to draw it
>blindly end up doing the one of two poses i feel almost comfy with
>try again
>forget stuff like how does the torso twist
>wtf is light
>sigh and go grind more

>>7917781
To get started, just start copying basic objects from life. You just need to get a feel for how to copy what your eyes see. Then you can start copying the more complicated objects that you want tot draw. Or just start copying the things you want to draw. Do what you want. You can't be stopped.

>>7917781
>but what if you can’t even begin to approach what you want to draw?
Thats retarded cope, this is coming from someone who used to believe that btw, cause for one you arent a dumb monkey(at least I hope so) and you can draw several things at once. Nothing is stopping you from doing fundies and applying that to shit that you like.
Another reason why you need to draw what you like is because if its all fundies all the fucking time you are gonna burn out. I mean you CAN be one of the very few autists who only want to endlessly grind shit like Vilppu and if that gets your rocks off then yeah sure go for it, otherwise you need to remind yourself why you are doing the grinding in the first place.
Lastly the best way towards actually IMPROVING is applying what you learn to something new and actually challenging yourself. How else are you gonna "test" yourself and where you are at unless you make attempts at your larger goal and see where your at? You do the grind, try doing your personal project, gauge where your at and see where your lacking, go back to fundies, and repeat the process. I assure you unless you are painting the entirety of the Sistine Chapel whatever you are doing wont be that hard to achieve so start fucking now
>>7917825
And stop drawing like a pussy. If you are in the /beg/ stages of drawing learn early that not every scribble you put on paper isnt gonna be your precious baby. Push yourself

I think I strained some of my lower back muscles and I can't even sit in a computer chair comfortably anymore. I think those chairs were the cause. I can't even draw or do anything with this constant strain. It's getting slightly better as I am doing some stretching to help relieve it. But it sucks I just can't do anything or work on my project.

>>7917865
nta but good advice

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>>7917865
i'm that anon, thank you. i think the peak of what i want to do is this, maybe with fancier rendering and more focus on color and light. but overall my dream is just
>being excellent at anatomy and able to draw a wide variety of body types
>being able to fraud a few props
>having decent line work and expressive gesture
maybe today i'll try imitating this setup as a study. with you in mind of course...

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>Haven't drawn a single line in 2 weeks

I've started exercising to get healthier (I'm fairly skinny and weak)
It's not a bad feeling but I hate how lazy it makes me feel, like I just want to laze around, nap, and eat after

>>7917867
Something that really helped my back was going to the thief's market and buying a Herman Miller (Sayl, I think) a guy stole from a shuttering office.
Was cheap as hell, it's a taskchair so it's comfy to work on. Just had to do some cleaning and that's it.

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>>7917652

i was supposed to be drawing but i spent the past 4 days or so asleep for large periods of time because i naturally become nocturnal without regular college classes keeping me awake during normal human hours.

i killed my linux partition yet again and had to do another fresh install, which means setting up my desktop environment from scratch and krita acts like dogshit straight out of the box.

i drew just a little bit by adding water recycling rooms to deck 4, but i still need to add in the void space for those rooms.

>>7918013
I bought a refurbished Herman Miller but I tried and tried getting comfortable with it but I simply just can't with it.

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I doomer posted last thread about not getting commissions so I owe it to you to report that inquiries are flying in after changing how my prices work. clients i haven't seen in months are dming.

>>7918040
>i naturally become nocturnal
Is it natural, though, or is it because you drink caffeinated drinks too late

>>7918193

i don't drink caffeine, i was just born with shit genes and will stay up 40 hours straight if i'm not drugged regularly.

>>7917652
What's this pleinairpril tag I've been seeing lately? I'd ask the /sqt/ but thought maybe it's a collaboration thing

>>7918082
You made them cheaper?

>>7917674
It's kinda opposite for me. I want to make animations in digital, but sketching on paper stuff is somewhat comfier.

I always miss read the op a d get exited for a water color thread, only to be disappointed everytime

>>7917913
*slaps you*
Sit down and draw 1 line immediately

I can't draw unless I see myself drawing when I wake up in the morning. my body just doesnt feel like drawing spontaneously or on schedule.

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Going to start college for computer engineering this fall. Money isn't an issue cause I have a GI bill, but I'm concerned about not being able to spend time drawing and kind of losing a core part of my identity cause I'll probably have to do a lot of school work and work a part time job. My cope is that I'll at least pick up some software and coding skills along the way that might enable me to get into gamedev one day, but that's probably long off and by the time I finish college I'm going to be like 30. I don't really have a better plan though that'll let me balance everything out

I have an adhd lizard brain so I tend to draw whatever/random oc stuff, but I'm wondering if doing this is more harmful to xwitter growth than if I stuck to a fandom or cared enough about my ocs to develop consistent lore. Then again, it could also be bc I only recently started posting regularly again, though it felt like there was more engagement back when I dropped smth once in a blue moon

>>7919153
daring choice in these trying times but good luck.

>>7919155
My pieces of fanart of established popular character get more engagement than my OCs. I don't recommend relying on Twitter. You are better off building your base at Pixiv and DeviantArt, then announce your Twitter there to make your Pixiv and DA audience pick you in Twitter. That way Twitter algorithm will now your potential audience type and to whom to push you

I might be too retarded to be drawing.
For 3 years I have been drawing almost daily but never got out of being a beg. I have been practically stagnant for a year now and I'm hesitant to even get out of my comfort zone of drawing the same thing the same way.
But I do want to get better or at least I like the idea of it.
It just feels like such waste I could die

>>7919370
I keep buying courses for this exact reason honestly.

>>7919354
>Pixiv
Damn I had pretty much abandoned it before bc of how annoying adding censors was. I'll try your suggestion and go back to upkeeping it again though, so thanks!

>>7919372
I'm broke, I unfortunately don't have the same luxury like you do

I think drawing cannot be taught, if ay any time you start following a set of instructions, the soul is lost and the drawing is bad. All good drawings come from muscle memory and instinct. Here I am sitting staring at the white page like its my first time drawing, because it is. I have to draw something original that has nothing to do with the last drawing I made. Basically starting from scratch.

>>7919370
>I'm hesitant to even get out of my comfort zone of drawing the same thing the same way.
This is the main issue surely?

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I love my current relationship yet I feel miserable since we started living together because I can’t draw as much as I used to (I have no place to isolate myself for long periods of time and I don’t want anyone to see my art).
I really don’t know how to tackle that. I have no time to do vidya either. I feel like I am overwhelmed by this new environment and have no way to cope (which is by drawing). I don’t want to sacrifice my dream yet I really feel like a slave to someone else’s way of living. I don’t know what to do anymore.

>>7919475
You mean to tell me you have a gf living with you, barefoot and naked and you're not using her as reference?

>>7919477
Il a permabeg it’s super shameful when someone looks at my animu drawings anon

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>>7919478
Demiurge, why do you bless people like this wasting their blessings and not me?

>>7919399
Retarded nigger

>>7919475
You have to become woman punch.

>>7919475
You are like me probably. A creature of habit forced into a new situation and it's uncomfortable as fuck. I think you get used to it eventually if you don't kill yourself, usually how it goes.

>>7919469
Im also very bad at sitting down and learning.
So it usually geoes like this
>Draw same thing for fun
>Get the feeling I should bring it to the next level
>Open PDF of whatever art books I saved
>Give up after an hour or so
>Draw same thing for fun again for the next few months

>>7919475
draw you fucking bitch your girlfriend's not your mom

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>be me
>did acrylic paint when i was 7
>never touched that again
>resolve to try watercolor this year
>buy a 12 color box
>remember the RGB wheel from gimp
>pick my red, green and blue color to start mixing all other colors in the universe
>notice everything turns purple or grey
>see i fucked up when i try to mix white paint from fucking rbg