tl;dr, how to become motivated?
I have always had a strong overbearing urge to create art and master a craft.
I played piano and minored in music for a while and learned music theory. Eventually I got burned out from it and I seldom play music anymore, and when I do I am certainly not practicing.
At the beginning of this year I decided to give drawing a try, and I began drawing every other day. I would draw from reality and also draw gestures.
But school got busy, then the summer vacation started and things got pretty strange (my computer kept crashing for like three weeks, job searching everywhere, etc), and now I realize that I havent drawn in probably three months.
I REALLY want to create things. I often find myself conflicted between drawing and music. Both require a great deal of practice to create anything of worth, drawing more so than music to me because I have only started drawing this year.
However, if I dont stay consistent I completely forget about this urge to create, and before I know it three months have passed before I have done anything.
Im sure many if not all students of the arts feel the same way and have faced the same experiences. Personally I dont want to change the world, I just want to make art and share it with my friends.
How can I stay motivated to a single subject and get good at it? I apologize for the long-winded post, I just had to get this out there.
Pic semi related, I want to draw shit like Rebecca Guay
Oh boy its another one of these threads
can we autoprune shitty bait threads like this
>_>
With hard enough work, anyone can make it.
Even you, anon.
But if I believe in myself, I won't be able to properly make pity threads 2 times a day
>that one portrait artist bob invited on the show who was throwing shade at bob for painting landscapes
jej
What are your thoughts on Poju?
>>2579312
The man is a visionary.
Good show!
His work has inspired me to get into drawing.
Tutorials, guides, corrections, lighting, and anything else of this fashion.
>>2579260
This is also wrong.
When the mouth is open de mandible joint "dislocates" and the mandible leans forward.
Sorry, it's hard to find the words as I'm not english.
how much should i be selling this shit for
>>2579257
Tree Fiddy and a phonebook
>>2579257
you should be handing out pixelized photographs for free
Are you rapidly losing neuroplasticity?
Your learning goes to shit after 22, but you can still learn
assuming you don't let your skills atrophisize, you will retain skill until you become senile. Then, you art becomes alternative.
>>2579069
>tfw over 25
>tfw beginning to rapidly lose Neuroplasticity
>>2579069
Stop spamming /ic/ with your stupid threads.
>On the next chapter of "OP is a faggot": Do you have le spark?
>yfw you can't draw good porn
>>2579031
post porn for very high quality critiques that will help you.
Neither can't I
Do you have the ligameme?
can you speak like a normal human being?
out of the way, i'm making it
>>2578860
instead of shitposting on 4chan git gud fucking retard
Behold, the first of many masterpieces to come.
>>2578844
Blog?
>>2579924
Me Oorg, not Blog.
>>2579928
Oorg shit. Me Og. Og make better art than Oorg. Oorg make abstract shit, even mammoth can make.
>want to start drawing
>i suck at it
>have some motivation to draw and learn and think i will git gud
>look at all good pics drawn by pros
>loose all motiviation becuz i start to think i will never git gud
>after some time i want to draw again
>tfw
how can i fix that?
Don't be a pussy and practice every day.
>>2578787
You will find this with any hobbie, the deeper you get into it the wider breadth of knowledge you become aware you must learn. The pros are only good at it because they stuck with it. And they stuck with it because they enjoy it.
Ask yourself, do you enjoy making art? Do you enjoy the challenge of constantly trying to top your previous picture? IF you answer yes to those two questions then that's all you need. That is the secret to getting good. Enjoying the process of getting good. It's easy to lose focus when you see how fare you will have to go to get to where you want to be, but you must keep focussed on the now and what you're drawing now.
Personally, though I never set hard goals for myself, I was constantly looking for artists I thought were just a bit better than me and I'd analyze how they do what they do and I'd try to replicate it.
Now I see a lot of artists who are clearly trying to do pictures that are way out of their comfort zone, and this is foolish, be aware of your skill level and how quickly you can improve and always set your standards just a little above that.
What exactly do you want to draw?
Critique?
>>2579280
The 'R' looks cute
Don't sign sketches
Shade the cloak to give it more definition
>>2579283
Why when it will just be deleted anyway?
I want to SEXUALLY FUCK Raven!
Fixes? How do I make the model sheet better?
>>2578715
Your feet are way too flat, they need to be in perspective.
The nose in the left-most picture is on an entirely different angle compared the the head. The head is looking straight ahead while the nose is bent in a 3/4 headshot. Also the hands here are bent inward in an unnatural position.
The eyes are too close to each other and not in perspective in that 3/4 shot
The mouth is too low.
The thing around her neck is unclear. Is it a scarf or a turtleneck?
Ear is too small
This entire thing is just lacking fundamentals.
by knowing how to draw
>>2578721
Awesome, thanks!
how many hours do you spend drawing/studying a week?
what do you think is the optimum amount of time to spend drawing is?
>>2578679
>how many hours do you spend drawing/studying a week?
3*7= 21
So around 21 hours a week. I still don't feel like it's enough.
Iunno... I've been putting in at least two hours a day. 14 hours. Need to increment it slowly.
60 spent "drawing," real time is probably much less than that.
Can someone draw this, or animate it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWXYoD7wfOs
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bumpity for the dog that looks like me when i have to do stage make-up and they fill my eyebrows
>>2578669
that depends on how much are you paying anon
Okay, so disregarding the actual tuition fees, what would be the best colleges to learn concept art/illustration in the U.S? Places where I can learn valuable technical skills and such. Art Center seems promising but I've heard a lot of shit about it, so I'm not sure. Thoughts?
Fuck collage, it will only give you debt and will actually hinder progress
Either take a cs course or/and neet it up and take digital mentorships/live drawing sessions and ataliers
>>2578885
> disregarding the actual tuition fees
ive heard good things about laguna college of art and design, but youd be way better off searching for an atelier vs an art college.
