>Want to be an artist
>Realize im only doing this so I can draw anime porn all day instead of getting a social life
>will gain nothing else of value
is it worth it?
I don't know, do you really want to dedicate your life to porn.
I mean I guess you could, but there are more lofty goals out there.
People make really solid money from drawing 2D porn on a commission basis. The number of autists out there with software dev jobs and money to burn who want to see their favourite MLP pony getting DP'd by a dragon and an anthropomorphic tiger is surprisingly large.
Just saying, even if it's not artistically pure, you can still make a decent living off of it.
>>27146835
can't think of a higher purpose than anime porn
>>27146709
If you're going to get into drawing then commissioned porn is one of the best routes to take
I tried drawing for a month just because I took the normalfag advice of picking up a hobby other people have so I could relate to other people on something but stopped bothering when I realized to get good I would have to do it every day.
>>27146922
Well it can't be that hard to just have a piece of paper and a pen close to you all the time? Just scribble something down for fun. You will get good that way, trust me. Like water wearing down a rock.
>>27146889
That is extremely optimistic. I bet out of the handful of 2D "celebrity" artists that genuinely can make a living from it, there are thousands of failures
>>27147100
no i bet there's just you
>you will never make thousands of dollars for drawing same face animu portraits and putting photoshop filters all over the
>>27147098
Except I'd rather do other shit.
I can't help but see drawing as just inferior to learning something like computer image/video editing. Much more potential for memes.
>Spend time studying the fundies of art from books like /ic/ tells me to
>try to apply concepts and spend 12 hours on still life or some shit but too lazy
>get bored and just scribble anime grils for the rest of the day
>get angry and delete it when I realize it looks shit
the cycle only repeats
what do i do
>>27146709
You get mad patreon bucks if you're mediocre
Sounds like a solid career for at least 5 years until a bubble bursts.
>spend hours everyday for years learning Japanese
>get to the stage where I can read nearly any LN, VN, manga I want
>realise that the only reason I learnt this language was to fuel my escapism even more
I guess it's better than being a weeb and not knowing Japanese but I realise that it hasn't improved my actual life in any way. feelsbadman.exe
>>27147334
I was learning Japanese for 6 months when I realized this and quit
I didnt really gain anything from that though, still a NEET who watches anime all day
>>27147215
Okay well whatever floats your boat. I used to be into drawing for a while too then i got back to doing music cause it's more fun.
>>27147351
Yeah I can't believe how long it took me to realise though. By the time I did I was already too deep and just continued out of habit. I didn't lose anything but the only thing I gained was a temporary false sense of achievement. Now I'm back to square one
>>27147334
>>27147351
>>27147390
dunno about languages but i've been playing guitar for the past 6 years and i don't regret it at all. maybe it's because it's a continual thing that i like doing when i feel like it.
>>27147444
>i've been playing guitar for the past 6 years and i don't regret it at all
Because you have low intelligence
>>27147444
It's not so much regret it's more like the sad realisation that mastering a skill does not necessarily make you any happier
>>27146889
>surprisingly
Okay niave anon. Just forget rule 34 whydontcha.
If a girl they'll pay you more I hear.
>>27146709
if you do want to study the arts, infotm yourself about the different academies. because studying art isnt the same everywhere. you are looking for a school where you can learn your technical drawing not so much the theoretical part about art
>>27147275
Take a community college class for a teacher to make you sit down and do it. You will probably end up learning more that way as well since they will point things out to improve on while you are drawing before you finish the piece.
Art to some,to Me,is a Calling.
From Neanderthal Grandmaster Oogg,after drawing the first Mammoth Hunt,then took a mouthful of paint and spit all over his hand,compelled to leave some part of himself to last through the ages,the Urge to Create has plagued us. And I do mean Plagued : while the rest of the world is content with mastication, defication and procreation to while away it's fleeting life,an Artist is Not. We must sequester ourselves,struggle and suffer in solitude to coax some accord between Mind and Hand and reach into the Void,the heartless darkness behind the eyes and bring back some image,idea,symbol or unquiet nightmare to the cold light of day,to share with the rest of the poor bastards that would never know of such things if the Artist had not ventured and returned. It is a striving for the New,the Unsuspecting, the Revelation. Why bother,why try,why not just turn on the StupidBox,inhale a bag of Cheetos and finish the evening in a heap of pixels sperm and crumbs?
Because it's a Calling. And a Calling to draw Futa Princess Dick-Dueling for "discerning clientele " can be one as well,so they say. But it doesn't Say much,little enough past "watch out for strange puddles around that guy's computer desk". To me,it's what one says with your art that matters most. You need not be technically skilled to do so,but it helps. You need not be profound in what you say,deep and subtle. A happy simplicity is very welcome,very marketable. Look at your average greeting card,look at Dilbert,or newspaper comics. But try saying something. Anything.
The ultimate goal of art is not to make stuff "good",but to make the imagery Yours,uniquely yours.
if you're good at it and it's your passion then you can make a decent living drawing anime porn as long as you're good at it and you're decent at marketing yourself.
>>27147100
this
the whole "you can make lots of money drawing wierd shit for sickos" is overrated
>>27148522
look at Shad.
everyone hates him and his art is "objectively bad" but now everyone knows his name.
if Shad can do it, OP can.
