/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2127660
Did not see your question earlier, but yes, even if you want to learn painting drawing is still the best advice. I started in traditional, and have been doing digital for the past 10 years or so, and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that if your drawing sucks, your painting will suck.

Learning how to render is actually one of the easier parts of painting. The foundation of your entire image is the initial drawing you put down. If it isn't very good, then no amount of blending or brushstrokes will fix that. One of the most common problems that I've seen struggling artists have is that they have a hard time drawing from imagination. Lots of people draw from photos, and they render really well. Everyone tells them they are good, and they believe it, but as soon as they go to draw a character from imagination, they are thrown into a pit of despair because they struggle with even the most basic pose or facial structure, and they don't understand why.

Like I said in my first post, drawing is the foundation for almost all types of graphic art. It's not just about being able to make recognizable shapes with a pencil, but being able to transcribe a 3D object to a 2D projection, and doing it in an appealing way. Being a good artist is multifaceted, but you cannot be in a situation where you are struggling to draw and still expect yourself to improve overall. The better you can draw, the better your paintings will be.

>yfw aniboo iz superior to fundamentals