/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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>>5217239
Unless you're a complete fucking beg that doesn't know how to even draw a cube in perspective (in which case you should give the beginners book a quick look until you can more or less apply what they have to teach you); here's the actual way to practice fundies that 90% of /ic/ doesn't get.

>0. DON'T DO LOOMIS HEADS FOR THE SAKE OF DOING LOOMIS HEADS
You'll burn out, this shit is as soulless and unenjoyable as it gets. Instead:

>1. HAVE AN IDEA FOR A FINISHED PIECE YOU WANT TO MAKE
Let's randomly say a girl with long hair and a sweater on a bike

>2. MAKE STUDIES IN PREPARATION FOR THAT PIECE
What things are going to be central to your artwork? Do studies for these.
Take pictures and drawings of long hair, sweaters and bikes that you like (as per the random idea I mentioned). Try doing some figures of what her pose could look like, see how it'd look in perspective, lay your ideas down on paper. Do it both from reference, and from imagination. Focus on things you feel the least secure about (hands? Face? Perspective?) until you get a good feel of the subject matter.

>3. PUT THE STUDIES INTO PRACTICE
The most important part. Draw the fucking thing you initially had in mind. And finish it, retard. It's the most important part because it puts your studies into context. And save it so you can look back at it and see how you've improved later.

Here, you have gains and you don't feel burnt out from grinding soulless loomis heads and boxes for fucking hours. Do this. Get gains. Have fun