/beg/traps

[Anonymous No.6196924]

ITT we post and discuss the biggest beg traps, if you are a beg you definitely want to see this

Theres tons of beg traps but one of the most memed on in this board and or any other plataform even in non art focused ones is.... JUST DRAW, jesus where do i begin with this, i could make an entire thread just off this one, but to keep it simple, just mindlessly drawing won't get you anywhere, you do need to draw to get gud duh, but the problem with doing it for the sake of it is what makes it useless, is your art goig to be exactly the same 10 years from now if you do this? no, but whatever progress you make is going to be so little that you would be better off just practicing boxes, and this brings me to the COPE excuse that comes along with just draw, that not everyone is an asian workhorse that draws 10h a day so you shouldn't worry if you are not progressing ''fast'', we all progress differently but theres tresholds that we should surpass and that requires putting effort and brains, just drawing doesn't have any of these.

[Anonymous No.6196925]

This thread.

[Anonymous No.6196927]

If you don’t know the real and deeper meaning of “just draw” then you’re ngmi, simple as

[Anonymous No.6196930]

>>6196927
so is up to interpretation, kek

[Anonymous No.6196934]

>>6196927
Wtf is it real?!

[Anonymous No.6196936]

>>6196924
Gesture drawing BEFORE perspective is the biggest beg trap thee is.

Should be AFTER it

[Anonymous No.6196937]

>>6196927
This /thread

[Anonymous No.6196947]

>>6196927
That applies to just about everything else as well. Too bad the secret is only for the chosen, explaining it does nothing.

[Anonymous No.6196948]

don't just draw
just don't draw

[Anonymous No.6196949]

Everything is a begtrap if you don't put the effort

[Anonymous No.6196955]

>>6196948
I love /ic

[Anonymous No.6196960]

>>6196948

[Anonymous No.6196971]

>>6196924
"Just draw" is not advice people give to those who wish to learn how to draw well.
"Just draw" is what spurts motivation and keeps drawing fun and engaging, which is needed in the first place before you start tackling art course bootcamps explicitly designed to suck out all the fun in drawing.
Finding yourself and finding ways to enjoy drawing. It's the first thing you should do if you want to get into art.
>>6196936
True, though perspective is among the first things you'll learn, anyway.

[Anonymous No.6196999]

>>6196936
yes to do pretty scribbles aka gesture you need to master perspective, anatomy, proportion atleast. a lotof art books have Chapter 1: The Gesture just to troll begs

[Anonymous No.6197000]

>>6196948
draw just dont

[Anonymous No.6197016]

>>6196924
Here are the traps I fell in when learning:
>using all the crutches like brush packs, photoshop tools like liquefy, zoom and so on, or in trad version smudging everything with your fingers, tracing...
>obsessing over details instead of the fundies, meaning polishing turds
>absurd expectations thinking you're special, which will only lead to disappointment
>avoiding critique
>getting critique from retards
>posting on /ic/

[Anonymous No.6197026]

>>6197016
Why are all the suckers facing outwards? I want it suctioned to the face and lips

Also where is the one where its in the vagina?

[Anonymous No.6197061]

>>6196930
Well yes, retards will always interpret things retardly; there’s no helping that.

[Anonymous No.6197073]

>>6197016
unfortunately this wise list of things to avoid is going to get ignored by most

[Anonymous No.6197081]

>>6196924
>Falling for advanced courses or memes like fun with pencil or drawbox instead of doing the actual begginer books
>Doing stuff like grinding 99999 boxes which makes you hate drawing instead of drawing what you like (tanks)
>not PYWing

[Anonymous No.6197101]

>>6197081
>drawing what you like (tanks)
based

[Anonymous No.6197118]

>>6197081
drawing what you like (tanks)
Post your tanks. No particular reason, I just wanna see art of a cool subject matter I also like.

[Anonymous No.6197126]

>>6197081
>belief that following an image macro posted on /ic/ will lead to success
This is one of the biggest /beg/ traps.

[Anonymous No.6197151]

i think the scope or specificity of what you study regardless of what skill level you are is something that is overlooked. i'll use drawing hands as an example. i.e. you dont "just practice drawing hands", you follow a specific set of steps to get better at drawing at hands like using a specific set of resources and do it in a certain way. when i send people art advice/resources i send them diagrams that help with the particular objective thing they are struggling at and this is usually with human anatomy since it is the most challenging. i go through my folder of propic and taco images until i find the one they need and send it to them. if they dont get it, then i verbally explain something like, "think of the hand like a flattened cube with 4 tubes coming out of one side, this cube can bend in 2 perpendicular directions in the center, the thumb is a fourth cylinder and its axis of rotation is at the base of the cube". if they have trouble drawing cubes then i tell them, lets draw some 3d volumes to train your mind's eye to understanding how volumes work.

this is what i mean by specificity/scope.. the trick to getting out of a beginner trap is drilling down to the specific objective tasks you must do to improve. when i have a friend who comes to me for help, i dont just vaguely tell them "just draw hands a lot" i throw a bunch of resources at them and tell them how to practice. you teach them how to ask the right questions so they know how to obtain the specific resources they need and map out how to get there.

[Anonymous No.6197155]

>>6196924
The cult of seeking "the best" instead of following through with the merely sufficient.

[Anonymous No.6197197]

>>6196971
>Finding yourself and finding ways to enjoy drawing. It's the first thing you should do if you want to get into art.
I agree with this. "Just draw" is also useful in building up a habit long-term. It's up to the person drawing to establish quality use of that habit, but that's a different matter.

[Anonymous No.6197210]

>>6197081
DAB is definitely worthy of being a beginner-tier art course. It teaches how to draw in an unintuitive, yet fun to follow way.
>>6197151
Hands are funny. You two of them you can move and pose however you want. They're the best reference material your own body provides.
You can usually just get by drawing sausage fingers and then drawing a more rigid, 3-dimensional contour by posing your hand to fit the image you're drawing.

[Anonymous No.6197216]

>>6197118
Retard was larping, so he begged me on discord to come here to save his ass. I dunno who this tank art fag is, but I'm making paintings and shit. Butuh... I'm accepting commissions

[Anonymous No.6197222]

>>6197216
>Retard was larping, so he begged me on discord to come here to save his ass
Kek, sounds like a funny story. Cool tank tho, especially the brushwork. I suppose it's courtesy to drop mine too.

[Anonymous No.6197229]

>>6197216
>>6197222
nice tanks boys

[Anonymous No.6197280]

>>6197016
>obsessing over details
literally me a year ago, the moment i started to drop that shit my level went through the roof

[Anonymous No.6197285]

>>6197081
>not PYWing
There was a period earlier this year where I thought I was the shit just because I started making legible pictures then got shot down and had my self image shredded when I first pyw here, feels bad.

[Anonymous No.6197317]

The #1 Beg Trap of all time is: Fun with a Pencil - Andrew Loomis

#2: Drawabox

[Anonymous No.6197351]

Buying cheap Chinese tablet instead of good genuine Wacom.

[Anonymous No.6197354]

using /ic/

[Anonymous No.6197368]

I NEED some mf monkey cunny. Cunny from a monkey.

[Anonymous No.6197379]

>>6197368
what does this even mean???
could you provide an example of this "monkey cunny"

[Anonymous No.6197391]

>>6197379
It means monkey cunny. Cunny from a monkey. Apes are also acceptable. If you know what a cunny is, and what a monkey is, it should be pretty obvious.

[Anonymous No.6197392]

>>6197391
no I think I have aphantasia and need an image of this concept to understand you

[Anonymous No.6197401]

>>6197392
subhuman scum

[Anonymous No.6197402]

>>6197392
this nigga cant even visualize monkey cunny, yet has the fucking gall to call himself an artist. you bring shame upon the title ya cunt. its very simple. monkey. cunny. orangutan pussy. fucking babboon bussy. what dont you get?

[Anonymous No.6197411]

>>6197229
Literally my third ever painting

[Anonymous No.6197454]

>>6196924
What the fuck is that fetal abomination and where the hell did it come from?

[Anonymous No.6197622]

It really doesn't matter what book you use lol... as long as you grasp what they're trying to teach you because they're all essentially teaching the same shit.

[Anonymous No.6197849]

>>6196924
/ic/

[Anonymous No.6197850]

>>6197454
>he doesnt know about Proko's kangaroo

[Anonymous No.6197852]

>>6197849
yes it's probably the biggest one in terms of /begs/ and traps.

[Anonymous No.6197855]

>>6196924
Drawabox, gesture and fun with the pencil

[Anonymous No.6197868]

I think the biggest trap for BEGs are "criticism" from the people who never draw or have no knowledge of art. Listening to these faggots only further worsen your art because you will both be a cuck, and learn no fundamental from them.

[Anonymous No.6197879]

>>Ask for criticism online
>>Neglect fundamental knowledge
>>Draw boxes, draw eggs, circle
>>High details, texture obssession
>>Suck art pros's dick, expect them to promote you
>>Abuse tricks and program's function without learning how to draw first
>>Try to please people who intentionally shit on your art for shit and giggles

In conclusion, if you want to be an artist, learn fundamentals, the basics and keep everything to yourself.

[Anonymous No.6197889]

>>6197016
Bless you
>>6197222
You can sort of see a face on your tank if you squint lol. The hatch is an eye, the barrel is a nose, and the mouth is the perspective line under the top (I do not know tank terms I am sorry)

[Anonymous No.6197901]

>>6196925
I agree, too many people worrying about doing something wrong/not as efficiently as possible and then not spending that time drawing.
Why is this so obvious when you look at musical instruments (practice!) but not with art???

[Anonymous No.6197905]

>>6197901
>>updating
>>6196971
>>6197197
also this, when we are speaking about beginners. It should be fun. You'll come back to learn more automatically with time.

[Anonymous No.6197987]

>>6197454
It's what happens when an NPC hack tries to use his imagination to do literally anything, rather than sticking to mindlessly copying.

[Anonymous No.6198000]

>>6197987
BLOB

[Anonymous No.6198014]

At this point, I'm very sure /ic/ is one.

[Anonymous No.6198097]

>>6197901
The only self taught musicians tend to be guitarists and they shoot themselves in the foot every opportunity they get. Not much different from your average artist and the cargo cult and artistic materialism discussion is little different.

[Anonymous No.6198528]

>>6198097
sometimes in the roof of the mouth, like kobain.

[Anonymous No.6200467]

>>6197280
It's one of the most understandable beg traps but one of the worst too. You put so much effort into it yet it still looks like shit.

>>6197285
Some confidence is good though. Moderate your expectations and you'll be fine.