/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Guys I've been lurking this place for years now. I really want to start drawing but I don't know where to start and don't have any specific goals concerning what to do with art or skill level. All this talk about books and styles and all that shit... it's so overwhelming. Where the fuck is one supposed to start?

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What do you mean? Classical realism? academic art? Neo-classical? or from the classic era?

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I don't think there is a best one but i like Ilya Repin a lot.

I've always admired the way they draw people, but I didn't think it was it's own school of teaching art. What do they teach that is different?

Clicked on this thread hoping to save more than just two images out of 30+

How come people who finally git gud don't do anything worth while with their skill (imo atleast)? I look at online artists like sinix or people like feng and, while they're skilled, they don't really do anything, they don't really produce any content or tell stories or make people feel emotions. They don't create stuff aside from samey landscapes or cute girls. They've obviously worked hard to git gud but it seems to me like a lot of people just git gud to git gud and don't really want to do anything with the skill they've worked so hard to acquire. I see a kinda similar attitude on /ic/ where people just want to get furry commissions or draw cute anime girls. Idk maybe I just have different goals and don't understand their viewpoint.

Do you think I'm being an unfair retard? What do you guys plan to do once you git gud?

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