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How do you cope with always being BTFO'd by beginner level art?
I feel like I improve super slow and I'm really inaccurate at making marks and bad at measuring and proportioning things mentally.

>> No.4780475

I draw it for fun not for glory.

>> No.4780512

i wouldnt know

>> No.4780518
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4780518

>get an artist that you admire to death
>get serious and draw an illustration to the best of your ability in artist you admire's style
>compare, cry, grit and bare it.
>work on problems you found such as faces not being cute or appealing enough and make notes as you study.
>apply the notes to your illustrations/finished pictures again.

The hardest part about being a beginner isn't the work you put in rather the mindset you have.
Yes your drawings will be shit but if you keep on going you WILL see improvement.

Remember to drink water, exercise so you don't get weak wrists, sleep, and take breaks from drawing. If you feel that you have drawn long enough then you have (even if you only drew for 30 minutes) then stop drawing.
Be smart about art and do not rush the process to the point of killing yourself. Also start looking at art that's higher than yours as a milestone that you will get to.
don't view it as a competition, the joy is sucked and art will feel like a chore.
If you do this you can improve in 3 years if you have lots of jobs and a life or 3 months if you're a neet and have all the time dedicated to draw (13 fucking hours don't do that shit if you're just starting out and art is painful for you like it is right now)

Either way you will improve just get grit and bare that motherfucker with art.

>look at this handsome fella wtf does he think he's doing sharing his method with people isn't he ngmi?!
https://youtu.be/lRmgLBCaV6Q!

>> No.4780522

>>4780518
remember to hydrate reddit!

>> No.4780566

>>4780518
>3 months if you are a neet
delusional as fuck
t.neet

>> No.4780591

>>4780475
i just get sad. i haven't done this for a long time but I've done it a fair bit, and really anyone who wanted to could pick up a pen and get better than me in an incredibly short period of time
>>4780518
i'm probably gonna try this though, thanks

>> No.4780610

>>4780512
good for you, I'm just not built to ever have any sort of skill/talent

>> No.4780612

>>4780610
poor baby your life is so hard. nut up pussy

>> No.4780616

>>4780612
pyw

>> No.4780617

>>4780473
>>4780591
Im with you on this. I suffer the same problem.
>>4780518
Im going to try this and make it a way of living instead of 3 months. I cant afford to put crazy hours daily due to my day job as to timebox results within 3 months.

>> No.4780630

>>4780612
>>4780617
it just sucks to be so behind the basic ability that everyone else who picks up art as. Obviously I haven't worked as hard as I could have, but I've still tried. It's so hard to push through when you just don't even know what the fuck you're doing ever.
I had a stretch for like 2 days where I felt super motivated to push through and keep doing stuff. I've barely ever felt like that but today it just disappeared and I feel like shit again.

>> No.4780641

>>4780630
As for me I draw every day regardless of how im feeling, it became an habit but despite the effort Im still shit while everyone around me has achieved insane progress in the same time interval. Only time I don't feel miserable is when I'm drawing because I forget everything else.

>> No.4780644

>>4780630
ok.
give up.

>> No.4780651

>>4780644
i go through this stage like every week. i never give up but I never get better either
>>4780641
I feel like me not enjoying drawing enough and not purely drawing for the sake of it is the reason why I won't get better. I still feel compelled to do it and improve at it though for some reason. It bums me out half the time though cause it reminds me I'm not really a drawing person

>> No.4782607

>>4780651
I used to think like you. Then I commited to it fully and now I live with the crushing realization that despite the hard work and serious attempts daily I get no decent results. I discovered that I have 0 talent and now I have no excuses, I have to struggle daily with the fact that Im fundamentally flawed on a level out of my control. Only reason I keep drawing is because its the only thing I have control of, I have no other choice as I cannot conjure talent.

>> No.4782636

>>4782607
Lighten up. You’ll find a lot of struggling artists think like this. Aren’t you familiar with the tortured artist trope? Unfortunately you've been caught up in living it. But it’s not a rite of passage. The world treats creative people like shit and exploit them. It causes some to have serious breakdowns, because there’s so much creative people invest in being creative. It’s a passion for most. Maybe you should appraoch your art from another perspective. If you’ve tried something to the point where things become painful, try something else

>> No.4782664

>>4782636
Problem is not creativity. The problem is being unable to improve
>Try other ways to improve
Thats what I have been doing this whole year and I still fail

>> No.4782667

>>4782664
draw a cube, polish it, get it shiny and beautiful. apply that to everything