/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>draw something
>it's shit
>learn to see your mistakes
>grind the fundamentals and fix mistakes
>draw something again
>spot more mistakes
>grind the fundamentals, etc, etc
If you take into a account that we're mostly self-taught artists, isn't this natural? We don't have mentors who can address our mistakes from the beginning so it takes YEARS just to get to the point where we can see them. OP is right but what other way is there for us. Not work on anatomy/perspective/color after you've realized your weaknesses in those areas? I'd genuinely love to know. If there's a better way then I'll try it.

>They endlessly scribble and study and sketch
Yes

>never actually tried to go from a concept/prompt to a finished drawing they can publish.
This happens when you don't apply the fundies to your style - which is about *the hardest thing you can do* as an artist. Look at the scores of people who leave the art schools and ateliers and are unable to apply what they've learned to anything outside in-house styles.