/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6613552
Simple as

>>3396153
>This work is old af, I've not been drawing much
>1, very in and out
>23
>0, I've been playing around with digital
>Porn and vidya, trying to quit both for good, was making good progress until recently
>0, been relapsing like a weakling for days now

>I know the secret to drawing is visualization, creativity and memory, and I've been doing many mental exercises which tire the shit out of me; I know art is born on the mind, not on paper. I've confirmed that they're all skills that can be trained, and the method gives me much better and faster results compared to building things and moving things around on paper only. Despite this I feel doubt in my methods since I see nobody talking about what seems to me the holy grail of art - be it visual arts, music, writing, engineering, etc. - and it makes me wonder if I'm wrong (maybe it's just something so obvious nobody really mentions it), and because of this it's hard to find the motivation to keep going, and do the form, light and anatomy studies to finally make good art from my mind.

I think my biggest obstacle is that I constantly second guess myself as to why I want to make art. Deep down, I feel like I want to tell stories and bring emotions with art, but some days that goal just seems so vague, and I can't help but think if that's REALLY what I want. I have months where I draw every day, and months I don't draw at all, and it's honestly really frustrating since I've seen how much I can improve in just one month. Pic related was me after 2-3 weeks of practice, and before that I couldn't even draw a stick figure that looked right. In a way, I never gave much value to anything drawn from life, it was never my goal, and I just see those drawings as kind of stepping stones to acclimatize myself to the process, but I would be lying if I said I didn't feel great about some of those early drawings.

Probably said too much, but it kinda feels good getting it all out, so thanks for listening, /ic/.

>>3170200
>>3170198
>>3170204
Thanks. I've always liked the flat look crosshatching in only one direction gives; I think if done well, it can give us an interesting clash between form and shape, but I definitely have felt like it works much better with simpler tonal drawings and not with something with a lot of soft transitions like pic related and the one I posted before.

I'm going to try this out, definitely.