For the artists in the chat: how did you guys find motivation to keep drawing even when you felt things looked terrible? I have a visual novel I’ve been wanting to write for years now but I don’t have remotely enough skill to fully illustrate it. I’m pretty crap at drawing probably because I never feel like going about and doing it since it sometimes takes a while and I never end up with something I like. I know it’ll take years to learn but any tips? Did u guys do like studies of specific things or did u just draw whatever?
Following my last comment, I did a search and found these:
- Making Comics (comics, manga and graphic novels) - Scott Mcloud
- Figure drawing for all it’s worth - Loomis (lots of folks have found Loomis’ books have helped them significantly)
https://archive.org/details/MakingComics-StorytellingSecretsOfComics
Hope it helps!
(You have an aim; it makes a world of difference in actually getting good at something. Go for it)
Thank you very much comrade! Your resources will be put to use!
how did you guys find motivation to keep drawing even when you felt things looked terrible?
usually i criticize myself “would i use this drawing as a wallpaper for my pc or cellphone?”
can i see sexy this drawing?if the answer is no, try to watch some ideas and think: “what makes this drawing of another artist goodor sexyfor me?” maybe the anatomy, maybe the use of colors and with that idea i try to make something that makes me feel betterI’m pretty crap at drawing
you just get good at drawing…making drawings and making self-critique
Did u guys do like studies
in my case just wanted to draw, and keep learning watching tutorials, honing my anatomy and stuff, every drawing kinda gets better imo
Criticizing yourself based on whether you’d use it as a wallpaper is actually an amazing idea, so I’m stealing it!
