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How long have you all been drawing?

>> No.3291704

5 years seriously

>> No.3291707

I will start tomorrow

>> No.3291709

>>3291701
I really hope that all of this is for real. Seeing the world take my art, turn it into every medium possible, and run with it would be really really cool.

Like, it would mean they are really connecting with it. I never thought my art had any kind of mass appeal to it but watching blade runner 2049 where they use pretty much every aspect of it makes me think it might. Seriously, individual people are becoming more famous just because they resemble my art.

How did this shit ever happen. When the fuck is anyone going to say anything to me? Why keep me in the dark? It makes no god damn sense.

>> No.3291710

>>3291709
Hello?

>> No.3291718

>>3291710
wanna fuck?

>> No.3291719

>>3291718

back off???

>> No.3291722

I doodled forever but only started learning how to refine my shit in the middle of October.

>> No.3291730

>>3291701
4 yers.

still shit.

>> No.3291731

>>3291709
I know who you are based on your delusion. You are good though so I can't complain too much.

>> No.3291732

I've been doodling my whole life, ilove doodles

>> No.3291733

Since I was 14, 28 now, probably only 5-6 years seriously...still complete shit.

>> No.3291736

Way too long considering my skill level (or lack of). I've been drawing for almost 12 years now, on and off. Don't be like me. Never stop drawing. Push out of your comfort zone. If you need help, get help, because most of your art problems aren't art problems, but stemming from another part of your life.

>> No.3291752

from 6 to 18 one and half hour a week
im 24, just picked drawing few weeks ago
ill get good once

>> No.3291753

>>3291701
Less than a year

>> No.3291758

If you want to count aimless doodling, since middle school. If not, since about 3 years

>> No.3291766

>>3291758
>If you want to count aimless doodling, since middle school.
me too.
Started to get serious two weeks ago.
Maybe I'll satisfy myself one day or maybe not, but who knows as long I keep it as an hobby I'm fine with it.

>> No.3291770

>>3291731
who is that? really curious

>> No.3291771

>>3291770
the guy that draws the naked girls in alt thread that are rendered with soft brushes

>> No.3291777

>>3291701
Why does it even matter if you enjoy it?

A competitive environment has been proven to kill creativity.

Just do what you love because you love it.

Don't try to be the youngest.

>> No.3292052
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3292052

5 or so years

>> No.3292069

>>3291701
I been drawing birds and dragons since I was 4, I started figure drawing when I was 15.

>> No.3292090

>>3291701
9 years
ve'been drawing seriosuly around 6?
only now getting to making it tho

>> No.3292425

One day at 11 years old I picked up a pencil and drew Eminem, ever since that day I've been seriously drawing. Unfortunately I stopped for a year due to psychosis but I've been drawing again

>> No.3292444

two years

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3292449

>>3291701
0.

I remember going to /ic/ in 2012 and saving all kinds of infographics, tutorials and asking for what books to read. Every new year I make the resolution to start drawing only to do nothing. It's so strange. What's so hard about picking up a pencil and drawing for a few hours every day? I keep thinking how if I started then and kept it up I could have been good by now. But now I will have to start from 0. And I already so old... it's embarassing. Others my age achieved mastery by now.

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3292453

Couple years, still shit.

>> No.3292454
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3292454

>>3291701
3 years

>> No.3292460

>>3292449
You get just gotta do it anon.

>> No.3292564

4 months. I'm gonna wreck this loomis fellow

>> No.3292772 [DELETED] 
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3292772

About 4 years.

>> No.3292851

Since I was a around 5, I remember when I was asked by a teacher what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said an artist. Of course over time I drew, but never seriously till around 16 when I started watching FZD and eventually got hooked. I'm 22 now, but I messed around a lot since 16, I drew more but not enough to be a modern great which I regret as my skill is still mid tier, but hey I got plenty of time left and as of now I'm drawing daily and learning my fundies in a more structured way.

>> No.3292881

>>3292454
ugh

>> No.3292888
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3292888

a year or two

>> No.3292895

>>3291701
Close to 4 years, although for half of that time I wasn't taking it seriously

>> No.3292898
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>>3291701
3 years

pic is just something i started today

>> No.3292901

7 months

>> No.3292916
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3292916

8 months at most
Stretched across 4 years

>> No.3292920

>>3291707
Inshallah

>> No.3292927
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3292927

5 years

>> No.3293130

>>3291701
All my life, off and on

>> No.3293133
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3293133

3 months

>> No.3293138

>>3292927
what tablet do you have?

>> No.3293143
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>>3292927
Been watching you from when we first started 5 years ago, we're all going to make it brah.

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3293153

Been drawing for 14 years now, and still hate my work. It's all weeb trash but it's all I know and my comfort zone gets disturbed whenever I try and go for more realism or more cartoony.

>> No.3293169

>>3293138
Cintiq pro 16. By far the most overpriced piece of equipment I own,

I mean it feels great to paint on it but having things like light bleed and non flushed bezels on a 1300 usd item is truly disappointing even after getting used to it.

>>3293143
I hope good things happen to you <3

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3293253

>>3293133
That's one megamind ass lookin' nigga

>> No.3293283

>>3293133
Scooby??

>> No.3293284
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3293284

>>3293153
How old are you?

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3293300

>>3293253
i made the helmet too tall yeah but thats how it generally is supposed to fit on top of your head

>> No.3293581

25 years.

Only been good for 4 or 5.

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3293625

>>3291701
too long motherfucker

>> No.3293628

Since I was six years old

>> No.3293697

Instead of just responding to OP's question, please, post your last work too.

>> No.3293699

>>3293628
MODS!!

>> No.3293789

>>3291701
10 years seriously.

>> No.3294011

>>3291701
800 years

>> No.3294115
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3294115

Over 15 years at varying levels of intensity and with quite a few breaks, the longest being almost 2 years.
I had some brief spurts where I was hyper motivated (but lacked maturity and mostly squandered it), but it wasn't until 2016 that I began to take art seriously as I figured it was the only thing I cared enough about to bother getting good at.

It's embarrassing to admit I've been at it for so long and have so little to show for it but I figure it might be inspiring to some people.

>>3293093 is my most recent piece if anyone is interested

>> No.3294168

>>3292927
Blog?

>> No.3294177

>>3294115
You really got your shit together in 2017. I love the train drawing. The bottom right piece looks like Ikimaru's style.

>> No.3294182

8 months

>> No.3294184

>>3294168
Thanks anon, here are my sites:

>>3291023

>> No.3294194

Im 24. so 24 years

I drew as a child like everyone did and I never stopped

>> No.3294202

>>3291701
Around a half hour now.

>> No.3294271

>>3294202
post your progress

>> No.3294289
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3294289

two years to be precise, studies and sketches from 2017

>> No.3294298

>>3294194
>I drew as a child like everyone did and I never stopped
Same. I'm 27 and I like to draw since I was 3 or 4.

>> No.3294318

>>3294289
nice, what does your practice routine look like anon?

>> No.3294322

>>3293253

babby's first redline

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>>3294115
>It's embarrassing to admit I've been at it for so long and have so little to show for it but I figure it might be inspiring to some people.
Embarrassing? There's nothing embarrassing about persisting to draw despite having slow improvements. You are an inspiration anon, keep it up and we're all going to make it.

As for me, I'm about to be on my 4th year of on-and-off drawing this May. I'm hoping 2018 will be the year gains.

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3294340

>>3294318
Thanks! Usually these days I am doing a lot of studies from photos since I learn so much by doing them.

It boils down to:
1) REFERENCE - Find a good reference photo. For my last 2017 piece, Winter Road, I found this beautiful picture of a place in Switzerland. https://i.imgur.com/s8bYFU7.jpg

2) UNDERPAINTING - Start from medium dark background. Paint big shapes first. For the color I use warm earth tones just like traditional oil painters do.

3) COLOR - Add a new layer for the color. I keep the warm underpainting layer separate.
In this step I try to paint as Richard Schmid says: "paint what you physically see whether you understand it or not". If you see a tree as a blob of abstract green color without branches, don't zoom in 100% and paint the branches. Leave it. This step is the hardest for me since I often over-define and have to go back and simplify all the time.

That's it. Usually studies take 10 hours or sometimes more over 3-4 days. I often do daily 1-2 hours sketches too, but I don't publish them online that often.
But I pretty much paint every day.

< Steps from "Winter Road" painting.

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3294542

a-almost 3 years..

>> No.3294571

>>3292927
you made this while at work right?

>> No.3294659

>>3294542
>half my time and double the appeal
I'm ngmi

>> No.3294667
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3294667

5 years

>> No.3294678

>>3291701
5 years on and off, so practically 2 years

>> No.3294947
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3294947

>>3294571
Partially, I have the Cintiq at home and at work I use a cheap intuos small

>> No.3294958

>>3294667
well thats really sad

>> No.3294981

around 12 years, and still have no idea what am i doing. Turns out that drawfaggotry had much more maths involved than what I thought ( I don't understand perspective at all.)

>> No.3294996

>>3294667

depressing

>> No.3295008
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3295008

About 3-4 weeks? All I know is that I still have a lot of work ahead of me.

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3295033

>>3295008
Oh shit anon, I started with drawing like this too ! It was two years ago tho. Kinda want to post my progress but it's pretty ridiculous.

>> No.3295040

>>3295008
you keep drawing the same mistakes. focus on getting each one as perfect as you can according to the book/video you're looking at. slow down and stop rushing to the next one. keep analysing meticulously and most importantly learn from your previous mistakes

>> No.3295044

>>3295008
very shaky lines, draw from your shoulder

>> No.3295114

>>3295033
Ha! Well at least I'm not the only one who started from humble beginnings.

>>3295040
Thank you, I will try harder to do that.

>>3295044
And I will try this as well.

>> No.3295145

Been drawing almost daily for little over a year now.

>> No.3295344

since i was 4 or 5

>> No.3295345

I started practicing drawing seriously for about three years now. I would say I'm pretty decent if I take my time.

>> No.3295871

>>3294115
I am much more impressed by persistence than natural talent, and you are skilled now anon.

>> No.3295926

Since I was 12. I'm 30 now and still shit but I'm getting better.

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>>3295926
Forgot pic

>> No.3295937

>>3294177
Did somebody say Homestuck?

>> No.3295949

>>3291701
Been drawing since I was 3 years old. Been making art professionally for about 12 years. Only been comfortable calling myself a professional for about 6 years.

>> No.3296675

Since I was old enough to hold a pencil.

>> No.3296713

>>3294947
what is that small keyboard? what do you need the small wacom for?

>> No.3296716

>>3294947
you must be rich in your country

>> No.3296721

>>3296716
>ugly floor
>cheap plastic table
>mug at the ground

Lol no

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>>3296721

>> No.3296730

>>3296723
That's the outside of your house?

>> No.3296812

>>3294947
Can you go over your set-up on wherever you like to update? I've been wanting to upgrade my workspace and need ideas

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>>3291701
a few years but not actively.

>> No.3297243

>>3294667
not truth

>> No.3297961

>>3291701
Since I could grip a pen. Also been serious since I could grip a pen (wanted to be an artist literally as long as I can remember).
But my idea of what "serious" means have changed quite a bit during the years.