/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4344708
Honestly, I've been wondering this myself too OP. How do you balance studies and drawing what you want?

>>4344708
3 hours of studying + 3 hours of drawing from imagination per day will get you further than 12 hours of only one of them

Study if you have autism, just draw if you don’t.

>>4344714
pyw

>>4344708
neither just spend time posting instead like the rest of ic

>>4344708
Both mayn. Sometimes you'll try to draw something and realize you don't understand it or you need to break it down more. So you study. After you study, you practice. Rinse repeat.

>>4344713
Incorporate what you want to draw or like into your studies.

Studying gestures or anatomy? Why not draw your favorite anime characters doing those pose?

>>4344708
>トラニ
Heh

>>4344708
Depends on your personality.
If you're a go getter just draw, you will see the mistakes in your drawings and correct them on your own as you seek reference or pin point tutorials for the problem you're having.

If you're academic just study, you'll likely study the right way to study first which will frustrate you because there isn't one and you'll waste lots of time not being able to aquire real grading on your progress. But eventually you'll get there. Though desu you'd be better off going to school.

>>4344708
maybe draw until you realize you hit a barrier, then study. doesn't make much sense to study if you don't know what you want to improve imo.
you're fucked though if you don't know when you hit a barrier.

My drawing is my study, i learn by drawing and looking for my mistakes then destroying with more experimenting.

>>4344750
>Though desu you'd be better off going to school

not OP but I wish I could do that but my local area doesn't provide a competent part-time art programme and I can't do a full-time art education.

>>4344708
>>4344713
Whenever you ask "should I do, this OR that" you are already not understanding it. The answer is always that you need to do "this AND that", you do BOTH not EITHER one, it just that simple.

>>4344780
this is more of a general rule

it doesn't work for:
"should I study or go on a 24 hour masturbation marathon and later pour gasoline all over my house and light it on fire?"

aren't you drawing when you study?

>>4344725
Stop spreading this stupid meme. Your shit will look like shit without the theory behind why it works period.

>>4344708
You should do both, like
>study
>apply the study by drawing a character you like using what you learned
>if it looks off then keep studying
>if it doesn't look off, draw the thing you studied at least a few more times before moving on
This is the best way to solidify what you learn from your studies while also drawing what you want to draw.

i've had my biggest jumps in progress from study

practice has helped my inking though, line confidence, stuff like that.

>>4344708
Do 30 min - 1 hour studies as a warmup and then draw from imagination.

>>4344708
Can anyone post more character sheets like this?

>>4344708
I draw to find out what I need help with, then I study whatever I need to study, then try drawing again, and so on.

For example, these 2 pages took me about 10 hours to do and I struggled the most with:
- drawing faster
- drawing environments and backgrounds
- drawing shoes from various angles

So that's what I'm gonna study next.

>>4344708
I draw to find out what I need help with, then I study whatever I need to study, then try drawing again, and so on.

For example, these 2 pages took me about 10 hours to do and I struggled the most with:
- drawing faster
- drawing environments and backgrounds
- drawing shoes from various angles

So that's what I'm gonna study next.

>>4344708
Study until you are high beg and then start a comic and study whenever you are unsure how to draw something.

>>4344708
>is it better to exercise or go on a diet ?
you're supposed to do both.

>>4344976
U should study your fundies instead

>>4345030
pyw.
Why does it seem like all fundiesfags can't properly spell the word "you" lately.

>>4344708
I don't think too much about it, I just try to do both every day

>>4344708
A consistent schedule of both studying and drawing finished pieces is the best, honestly.
If you just study and never finish a piece because you feel you're not good enough, you'll have that feeling forever and will never feel confident enough to finish anything. Learn to let go, you're exercising everything you're learning and realizing what are your weaknesses.
But by just drawing and never studying you'll never understand the theory of what you're doing, and while you can get better it'll take a longer time if you were drawing and studying the theory
While studying you are drawing anyway anon, so just draw

>>4345030
Yes, of course. I never stop studying my fundies.

>>4344708
Just draw is better than just study.
Both is optimal.

>draw a finished picture
>are you happy with the result?
>if you are, keep drawing
>if not, study
then repeat

>>4344708
yes

>>4344850
this, wtf does "study" mean? tracing and copying?

>>4345300
Replicating something to gain an understanding of it.
Tracing or blindly copying on their own are useless.
Imagine it this way. tracing the correct answers in maths, instead of trying to work it through in your head.
You aren't just looking at what they did, you are analysing how they got there

>>4345322
oh, I thought that was just "drawing". does that mean you guys set time aside to "draw from imagination" aka doodle?

Drawing is a waste of time.

Both

>>4344708
study and then draw from imagination using what you learned.
or just draw and then study the areas where you feel weak in the drawing.

>>4344708
You gotta find your groove. Studying is goodfor improving, drawing is so you don't wanna kill yourself.

>>4344789
Study, then masturbate for four hours and set the neighbor’s house on fire.

>>4344750
I agree with this. I also believe style plays a huge factor in what you should do. If you're going for pure realism, then it's best to study and try to master all of the technical aspects of art. But if someone wants to draw cartoons, or incorporate their own unique style into their art, then creatively drawing also works.

But there should always be some level of study because it's important to have a good grasp of basic technical skills such as gesture, depth, shading, and anatomy.

>>4344730
this is what I do, pick a concept and learn about it then try it out with some sketches or studies then try apply it to what I enjoy doing with personal art

>>4344708
Remember proportions and body landmarks

>>4344708
Both.
How can you expect to learn if you don't try to apply the knowledge you gain?

People who mix up the idea of "practicing" for your work vs drawing your work need to read this and take a minute to think

>>4345701
This

>>4346202
I take every single minute of every single day to think and I feel like I do the worst for it.

I "just draw"... up until the point I become dissatisfied with the results.

Because I have a good idea of "all the things I still have to learn / get gud at" I can usually match the thing dissatisfying me with some skill-set I haven't done enough of, and then I go do some of that as a warm-up before going right back to "just drawing"

Basically, I make my studies "studying to draw this THING I AM WORKING ON RIGHT NOW" and not growing some abstract art skill stat. I can only do this, however, because I spent a lot of time taking note of all the ways I WASN'T good. I know the skills I neglect on purpose, I also know the KEY skills that will ALWAYS need to be done competently to make what I want.

eg: As a "cartoonist" I can never afford to neglect "gesture" or "shape design", but I will also apply my often neglected "sight sizing" or "seeing the values" if I'm making sketches of a "real thing" to be stylized later for whatever project I'm on.

>>4344708
why aren't you doing both at the same time
how could you not do both at the same time

>>4344708
do both. draw. draw until you keep making the same really shitty mistakes. then study. repeat

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