/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1445794
Forever, lots of effort.
What the hell do you think, OP?

What is with the shit question threads lately?

>implying I'm anywhere decent

>>1445809
anywhere near decent*

I have a lil question. When you were drawing, and trying to get better, did it ever feel hopeless? Feeling like you'll take forever to catch up where many artists are at, with the fear of failure, and that all this effort to be for naught, while at the same time, the sight of the job market sapping most hope you have for most artistic related jobs, while the only time you feel happiness is when drawing and/or inebriated? (my choice is animation)

or in short, did you feel hopeless when aiming to get better?

~4 years, and a moderate amount of effort.
That's only got me to decent, still not very good.

>>1445813
we need that cute flower pic asap

>>1445813
I pretty much gave up on catching to others and aiming for a job. Just drawing now as a hobby. It is frustrating when you compare yourself to others. Just have to accept it.

Define "decent" because I think I got my 1st one after one month of starting out.

I remember someone making some shit about how long it takes to master something. I think it's something like 1,000 or 10,000.

>>1445844
2 years. There was a pro here that said he saw someone go from shit to pro in 2 years of hard work.

>>1445844

10,000

>>1445846
>>1445845
Sounds about right. You hear this OP? It's time to get to work slacker.

>>1445846
This 10k bullshit is worse than all the talks about talent.

Around with Wrath of the Lich King was being released:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/Mookface3/Mooksquestcover-12.jpg

About one I just did recently:
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/125/d/f/starswirl_the_bearded_s_observatory_by_zookz25-d6463xx.jpg

So around 4 to 5 years. Not really drawing every day either. I doodled a bunch in school, but just played WoW when I got home. Only until a couple years ago did I actually start practicing properly instead of drawing shit; started to look up anatomy and perspective and such. Basically stopped being a dumbass.

Even then, I still think I'm pretty shitty. Just need to keep up the proper practice and I'll get there. Not much else to it.

>>1445860
Around the time WotLK was being released:**

One I did just recently:**

herp derp.

>>1445825
cute flower picture?

>>1445825
This one?

>>1446987
Sniff...that's where I am at right now, got me right in the feels.

>>1446989

Me too man, I've been drawing everyday since I started taking this seriously 8 months ago and I'm still not anywhere near good. Hell of a lot better than I was at 4 months ago though.

Just make a point to learn something NEW as often as possible. It won't happen every day but the nights when you put all your pens and shit down and go to sleep thinking "Yeah.. I can draw quadriceps now. Fuck yeah." it feels good man. Feels good.

FEELS FUCKING GOOD WHEN YOU LEARN TO DRAW SHIT NIGGA.

FUCK.

>How long did it take you to become decent at drawing

thousands of hours

>how much effort did you put into it?

a fuck ton

/thread

>>1446987
I suppose it is true. 10 fold better after 1 semester of a couple drawing classes at a community college. I just wonder if I'll be able to keep my life on path.

Thread's depressing, let's have an inspirational one?

>>1447489
>>1447492
MOARRR

>>1447490
Mother of God... Damn same reason while I want to become a cartoonist. Courage the Cowardly Dog, Lion King, Fantasia, and so on and so forth. They all inspired me to draw, write and create. I want to be able to inspire a next generation of kids and give them a part of their childhood.

I still wonder if I'll make it, and fear that I won't, but I gotta keep driving on.

Three years seriously, ~1 hr a day (with a few week+ breaks of nothing, and many draw-all-day stints.) This is to the point where I can mostly draw what I want, although I need refs for most anything other than humans. Before this I'd frequently become depressed because everything I drew looked horrible. Now it just looks passable.

>>1447490
Godammit Ross

>>1447492
Seedling is great.

>>1447492
I hate reading seedling's posts. I was on conceptart in 2006 and havn't drawn at all. fuck me.

>>1447607
why is conceptart down? ;-;

the 10,000 hours thing is bullshit from a malcolm gladwell book. it's based off a study where even the dudes that did the study said the numbers are bullshit. just work your ass off.

>>1447670
big update,
and they ran into trouble.
sucks, huh?
Hopefully it comes back soon.

>>1447490
This picture says that not everyone can become great and some people are special btw...