/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

hello everyone! i've been drawing for a little over a year. i just thought i'd drop a quick post in here so someone else starting out gets a few things clarified and is able to save themselves a bit of time.

on studying:
-you should always be working on the fundamentals, and there's never an "ok i'm satisfied" level.
-try drawing something first without refs/studying, and then study a whole bunch of relevant refs, and then draw that thing again, do that a lot
-study and copy a lot of other artists. don't try to reinvent something just for the sake of it, if you see a neat shape that just works, start using that shape too.
-draw everyday, but also don't kill yourself with drawing. the point is to keep up a steady habit instead of drawing 20 hours a day for half the week and sleeping the other half.

on mentality:
-have a lot of fun, that's probably the most important thing
-design with purpose, i recently did some gun silhouettes and another artist asked me who was going to use those guns, what company manufactured them, what they were gonna shoot etc. you have to think about the intricate details to root your designs in reality
-try to figure out what kind of information is helpful to your art quickly, and ignore stuff that's not helpful. this is especially useful on /ic/
-if you feel burnt out, do other stuff for a while. go out to a park and pet a bunch of dogs or something.

on meeting other artists
-go attend irl art events that are related to the field you want to work in.
-art school is kinda a meme, it's far too expensive for what you get out of it but living in a hub where there's a lot of art jobs is definitely worth it.
-people in real life don't communicate the same way they do on an anonymous imageboard.
-post your art online and people will see it.

you can check out my progress since last july here:
https://gs95begins.tumblr.com/tags

and the stuff i draw now here:
https://gs95.tumblr.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gs95draws/

>>3519977
amazing, best in the thread. here's mine.

I also made a progress blog, except my 1 year of learning to draw is just about over!
https://gs95begins.tumblr.com/

i talked to him, he really needed to sort his life out more than anything. art is a journey that's gonna take way longer than just a year. ya gotta have fun with it.

sadlawn if you're going to make a blog and discord server etc you should at least make your icon something you drew yourself instead of a photograph. one of the first things i drew last june was this and ive stuck with my dog icon ever since.

*ahem*

hi every1 im new!!!!!!! *holds up newsprint* my name is GS95 but u can call me t3h DoG3 oF fUnD1eZ!!!!!!!! lol...as u can see im very studious!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet studious ppl like me ^^... im 23 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch vilppu w/ my girlfreind (im straight if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite figure drawing series!!! bcuz its SOOOO incomprehensible!!!! shes studious 2 of course but i want 2 meet more studious ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol...neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!!

FUNDIESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein studious again ^^ hehe...toodles!!!!!

loomis and bridgman,

* ~t3h DoG3 oF fUnD1eZ~*

hi every1 im new!!!!!!! *holds up newsprint* my name is GS95 but u can call me t3h DoG3 oF fUnD1eZ!!!!!!!! lol...as u can see im very studious!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet studious ppl like me ^^... im 23 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch vilppu w/ my girlfreind (im straight if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite figure drawing series!!! bcuz its SOOOO incomprehensible!!!! shes studious 2 of course but i want 2 meet more studious ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol...neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!!

FUNDIESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein studious again ^^ hehe...toodles!!!!!

loomis and bridgman,

* ~t3h DoG3 oF fUnD1eZ~*