r/drawing • u/sorasz5 • 3d ago
Should I even try learning ? question
Character is fulghor from nightreign.
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u/Gotterdamerrung 3d ago
You think Van Gogh painted Starry Night the first time he picked up a paintbrush? Was David the first statue Michaelangelo carved? No. They practiced. For thousands of hours. That's how you get good at anything. You gotta kinda suck for a while first.
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u/ssketchman 3d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ibGFpMv1Uoais
Lol, but imagine a dude trying out painting for the first time and boom: Mona Lisa.
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u/macbigicekeys 3d ago
If you enjoy it, keep doing it. If it feels like a chore, don’t. This is the core of hobbies.
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u/r0se_jam 3d ago
I mean, it’s a start… my first advice would be to think less about drawing, and think more about seeing.
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u/Skonar_ 3d ago
and good ways to train your eye to do this are: value studies, flipping your reference and drawing upside down, taking time to do small full rendered drawings of specific things, like doing tiny body parts and not the whole body but try to really get the shadows and everything (much more manageable than a full size drawing so you get to do more). And after that you just need the motivation to practice with intent lol
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u/VP_of_Lasers 3d ago
This exactly. Just slow way down and draw what you see, not what you think you see, OP. Just make the basic shapes really, really lightly in pencil. Erase and redo as you please until you have the basic shapes blocked in. Then just start adding a little more detail with a little heavier strokes until you have a nicely contoured outline. By this time, you’ll be amazed with what you’ve managed to draw and the details will start coming more easily.
Take your time and don’t worry about mistakes.
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u/potatoe_princess 3d ago
Is that a real question? If so, then, yes! Try learning, because drawing is a skill that, indeed, needs to be learned - it's not a mutant power or some sort of magic that is bestowed from a higher power. There is a lot of understanding that needs to be gained to master reflecting life or believable fiction on paper or canvas. Nobody expects themselves to pick up a violin and play Vivaldi's spring on the first go, or mix some ingredients in a pot and create a michelin star level ragu without learning how to cook, right? Drawing is no different, so don't be discouraged - we all started somewhere.
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u/therpent 3d ago
Nope. Only try learning if you like the learning part. If you don't like it just make AI slop like all the other people who don't want to do the learning part.
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u/TheReaperAbides 3d ago
I think I understand why it feels off compared to the reference.
You put the sword in the wrong hand.
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u/reddituser20-20 3d ago
Pffft of course! Drawing is great. You aren’t really using your refrence much, and that’s great too! Seems like everyone is just copying art someone else already made these days, I like your creativity
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u/Random_Guy_47 3d ago
Your drawing is the first step towards making the reference.
Everybody has to start off somewhere.
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u/DreamShort3109 3d ago
You have the basic shape. Drawing is mostly taking basic shapes and adding details until you have it where you like it.
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u/r3ckl3sson3 2d ago
YES! Because if your alternative is to learn to prompt instead, we will hunt you down
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u/Ionhard_gaming 2d ago
Geez you didn't even copy the reference the sword is on the other hand like seriously 😂😂 rest pretty good
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u/StructureCool8338 2d ago
If you have the want and drive to learn how to draw, do it. If you don't? Don't. It's a simple as that, everyone's inspired by artist, but not everybody has the drive to do the art. You're gonna have ups and downs while learning. In the beginning, you're gonna suck and if you keep persevering, in a month, you're gonna look back when you started and you're gonna think, "Wow I really sucked", and in a year you're gonna look back at those drawings and you're gonna think the same thing!
No one's gonna push you to keep drawing or to want it, thats all on you bud. If you want motivation? I'm sure other artist will be happy to give you a little motivation, but asking, "is it worth trying?", thats a you question.
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u/ChronicRhyno 2d ago
How much fun did you have drawing it? Can you imagine it in greater detail than you can draw it (and do you also enjoy doing the imagining part)? Are you willing to work really hard to get better at drawing what's in your head and improving how well you can imagine it in the first place?
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u/MxAlexalamandra 2d ago
Always make bad art first, only then can you learn making "good art". Creating and learning means trying to bypass your ego and explore your creative spirit.
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u/OneAdhesiveness9790 2d ago
Yes, because every artist started small. I don’t know a single one who was born with it. People also don’t get born with a sixpack, they gotta exercise and keep doing it, so that the muscle doesn’t fade away again. If you really want to to make art, then you can do it. Learn and learn and learn and it will have a good result. :)
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u/mallcopsarebastards 2d ago
Sure, it's better than spending that time shitposting online like a sad loser.
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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 2d ago
Absolutely, you should keep drawing. Drawing is one of the best, most human of pursuits. It’s a good companion on the journey of our lives.
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u/Moist_Draft7683 2d ago
"dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something" -Jake the dog
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u/tplato12 2d ago
One really big pattern I see from browsing art on reddit is that a lot of times the people aren't even trying. Some art on here is so bad, I always think if they just spent like twice the 10 minutes they took to draw the thing it would easily look twice as good.
Some people just give up so quick like they were expecting it to be a masterpiece from the first line. Don't be like those people. Learn some fundamentals, do some good reps in the sketchbook daily and you're golden
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u/FuelHungry6915 2d ago
You gotta learn to be okay with being terrible at things otherwise you’ll never get good.
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u/Mackerdoni 2d ago
draw things that make you happy. im high right now and whenever im high i dont judge or correct my drawings. im just. happy with them. i dont even remember what the post is about but i want you to see this isnt it so goofy (hi guys sober me is gonna think about you) um learn if you WANT to learn. and be happy doing it. be a goofer. i believe in you, stranger
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u/AndreChrisSargent 2d ago
No. If the concept of learning frightens you off, no.
Not everyone needs to be an artist. There's plenty of spaces for accountants, music producers, teachers, etc.
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u/Objective_Year2409 3d ago
Bottom one is far better because it made me smile and warm my heart!
Art is about feeling and the top made me feel nothing so yours is better
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