/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.6920766]

>draw from reference
Serviceable, even pretty good at points
>study
Kinda sporadic but overall learning lessons
>try drawing from imagination
Looks like shit

WHY
dont give me "aphantasia" bullshit it doesnt exist

[Anonymous No.6920768]

>read a book, understand all the words and story
>try to remember the book, cant remember paragraph 12 on page 493

wtf??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Anonymous No.6920773]

>>6920768
ok you actually put it into great perspective for me
/thread but i wish i could draw from imagination :(

[Anonymous No.6920783]

Wow this anon is just like me..but forgot one thing
>make up a new character design (just the head)
>Looks like shit
>use the shitty drawing as reference
>Suddenly looks good

[Anonymous No.6920784]

aphantasia

[Anonymous No.6920786]

>>6920773
>could draw from imagination
that will need a whole lotta copying to get to that point
drawing is like learning a language
you might have thoughts you wanna speak but you'll have to build a vocabulary of many many words to do that
best way to do that is to copy other's words well enough

[Anonymous No.6920807]

>>6920786
This.

>>6920766
Also most artists use reference, ALWAYS if they are not 100% sure how something looks like. You can build things with simple forms too and build up from that. But you can only draw what you see constantly so that it's engraved in your mind. Ancient masters saw great architechture and tons of people in the market place on a daily basis, and this is what they drew.

[Anonymous No.6920815]

>>6920766
despite what /ic/ says, using reference is not a bad thing or a crutch, unless you are copying it exactly with no changes or reimagination whatsoever (outside of studies)

[Anonymous No.6920846]

>>6920766
I have this issue when painting with watercolour. I cannot finish a landscape without some form of reference.
Just keep at it and keep drawing, you will get that familiarity in time.