/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6805782
Been slowly at it since I was 13 (23 now). All I did was try to imitate whatever artists I was into at the time (mainly newgrounds cartoonists), so the result was just a pale imitation of those. I never really knew where to look for information about any of this stuff without it getting super boring and technical so yeah, mostly brute forced my way thru for a while, with improvement in mind sure, but again it was kind of directionless.

It's only in the last like,3-4 years that I began to observe the shit around me and thinking about what I'm doing in terms of shapes and form, it really did wonders for me. So yeah, other than doing studies, to me the most important thing is to actually think about what makes the art that I like tick, taking the time to observe and mentally deconstruct it in my mind, even if I'm not in art mode. That and getting more artistic influences than just whatever's on twitter or the big geniuses of the past. Having a wider perspective to what's out there is KEY.
I got this mentality thru making music mostly, it really rewired something in my mind.

None of that Loomis shit. I'm sure it helps, but from what I've seen around here following those books like gospel tends to result into some really stiff and rigid crap (and I don't have the attention span for it lol).

I also picked up some graphic design skills from a MoGraph course I did, so I try to incorporate some of that as well. Knowing what differentiates a good typeface from a bad one, how big or small it should be, where it should go... it can elevate even the most shoddy sketches.
So if you do have another artistic itch, scratch it. It all feeds into each other.

I know that I probably could've gotten way better way faster if I no-lifed it with more thorough studies and drawing every day, but I'm seeing steady (albeit kinda slow) improvement in my shit across the board, there's no need to rush it while I'm still trying to find out what I'm trying achieve with all of this.