/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

the brain needs rest to process information, that is why cramming for school is counterproductive same as doing any task for hours and hours without break

spaced out practice and learning has been confirmed to be the best method to absorb info and develop skills through research

The brain is weird like that.

i draw like 1-4 times a year and usually improve
it's the secret

it do be like that sometimes

just don't draw

>>6434906
I took an almost 2 year break from illustrating. I think brain rest and just life experience/observation makes an artist better

>start looking everything with an artist's eye (such as what angle it is)
It kinda sucks.

>>6434919
now Im curious.

pyw, please?

>>6434906
I don't know about months but I drew significantly less for a few weeks and once picking back up I noticed a big improvement. Rest for body & mind isn't a meme. Just have to be careful and know the difference between rest and laziness.

>>6434906
>do nothing
>improve
is it possible to learn this power?

>>6434906
For me it's because I was overthinking before or too focused on the wrong things. I have the same thing happen in competitive games. I'll take a break and come back better, because I ended up focused for too long and started over analyzing and overadjusting resulting in stiffness and certain kinds of blindness. Coming back relaxed with a fresh mind helps re-center you if you're that kind of person.

>>6435716
Not from /ic/.

Thanks guys for assuring me Im not psychotic. I swear this is like the no fap of art. It kinda makes sense that while my mechanical skill isnt really improving, my perspective and visual skills are. Also this is the first time Ive been this motivated to draw since Ive been majorly depressed. Been drawing something every few hours now.

>>6434906
you're constantly absorbing information, whether you are actually drawing or not. if you have good observational skills, sometimes you won't need to even put your eye/hand coordination to the test for it. it's better if you are conscious about your observations, then the information would just eventually click better.

>>6434906
It's been stated a million times before that art is more like sport than science but you retards refuse to listen.

>>6435899

Excuse me. I dont browse /ic/ often. This might not be common knowledge for other people.

>>6434906
Pops would be losing his temper trying to fix the car. When a problem got too hum, hed take a break, go inside, have some pie and read a book for an hour or two.
After his break, hed go outside and within a few minutes, the problem was solved.

You have to digest what you learned, so yes, not drawing can help you with drawing. Take breaks.

>>6435727
>draw
>improve
>go on /ic/
>somehow get worst
why do i keep coming here?

>>6434915
First post best post. It's the same way when people who workout just become weaker if they workout too much and when they rest for three weeks they easily break personal records.

What is the artists equivalent to jelqing?

>>6435724
That's what learning is, 'desirable difficulties' and all. The extent to which you can make a memory deeper is inversely proportional to how readily you can recall it. But here's my question: when you took a break from competitive games, was it one particular game or all games? Would you circulate games? If so, where these games from similar or different genres? How would this correspond to art?

>>6436765
Because u want the truth, but you cant handle the truth

>>6434906
Same, I go months without drawing then get better next time I pick up a pen. For reference here's my work
And yes, it's a struggle to finish anything

>>6436963
>when you took a break from competitive games, was it one particular game or all games?
Either or. Sometimes I stop playing and go back to art, sometimes I just stop playing one game for a while.
>Would you circulate games? If so, where these games from similar or different genres?
There's no system but I have a list of games I like from all kinds of genres. The only real rule is if you play a different game to take your break it should have very different gameplay with completely different skill sets.
>How would this correspond to art?
Tunnel vision occurs in games and art. People like me are prone to focusing too hard on perfecting a singular aspect when it's all of the aspects done together that result in success. But being exceptional at all aspects simultaneously is the final stage of mastery. You have to grind your raw aim/form or your movement/proportions individually but when you step away from the grind entirely, then come back to the bigger picture with a clear head, you can apply your new skills without the blindness, tension, and stress, of wanting to get some particular small thing just right. Which causes neglect of other things. I don't know if it's the fastest way to improve but I've made big strides in art and games just by taking the same kinds of breaks from both.