/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4000657
That pic you posted was kind of a milestone for me. It's the first time I felt I'd designed and finished a drawing instead of just practicing in my sketchbook.
But like I said, the May witch was pretty bad, quick thing even for the time.
This was the best I could do back then, in fact it's dated Apr 30, one day before the witch. The garbage giant was me going all out with ink and G-pen and also wasn't representative of my average work. Most of it fell somewhere in between that and the witch. I'd already been practicing since March and my stuff from the very beginning was really bad.
But I also drew often from grade school up through high school, for whatever that's worth. Stopped through college, found /ic/ last year, got back into it, only more seriously than I ever had.

It's hard to answer "how" because so many realizations went into the process. In general, I studied fundamentals but not always or primarily. Most of my time was drawing from imagination. Until I'd get so disgusted with what I was doing that I'd study hard for a few days or a week, and gain a lot. I'm always looking at artists who inspires me, seeing what I can learn or take from them, always trying to push my style and appeal. You may not be able to draw the best (I definitely can't), but anybody can be creative to compensate.
And when a drawing would fail, I'd feel bad, but then think about how I needed to change my approach. And ultimately I just genuinely like doing it so no matter how low things get, I find my way back to it.
>>4000700
Thank you.