#idk just have fun

[spinchs-field]

ehhhhh ask me to doodle stuff if u want. doesnt have to be this specific time just any time u can hop into my ask box and tell me to doodle little men. go wild fellas

[sloaners]

Any advice on learning how to draw?

-pick up any drawing tool you like and draw

-draw what you enjoy: practice and learning might as well be fun, so make it subject matter that you’re interested in; fan art is still art!!

-draw a lot; you just have to do it to build muscle memory and learn; there are literally no shortcuts to this

and I don’t know what you’re interested in doing, but for some scattershot breakthroughs in drawing skill that I like to use if I feel like I’m struggling, and other things:

-draw with confidence (even if it’s pretend), both mentally and physically; be bold and decisive in laying down lines and make choices, even if they are mistakes! it’s okay to have several drawings that are messy, or have issues; I’ve filled several reams of sketch pads for fast 30 second life drawings alone; none of them are display worthy, but they were a stepping stone in practice and that makes them wonderful. hesitancy shows, so be brave! use your whole dang arm to draw

-imo don’t worry about being all that rigid in anatomy/perspective/etc because I think that kills enthusiasm for drawing early on; focus on it “feeling” right and enjoy the creation of your art for what it is; you can get into the nitty-gritty as you get more comfortable and hungry to learn more. even a lot of well-practiced artists go by “feel” more than anything, too!

-draw from real life or photos (or even accurate 3D models) to get ideas on form and weight; for extra practice, you can even do studies where you try copying an image freehand, and then trace over it again after the fact to see what matched and what needs to be improved on, especially in stuff like human anatomy.

-I think this gets overlooked a lot, but you can also look at illustrations or artists you like (or sketch studies for old master paintings, whatever) for inspiration on how to visually translate something from irl 3D over to your 2D linework! sometimes these kinds of visual representations can make a breakthrough on how to approach drawing them if irl references are vexing you; of course I don’t mean completely copying someone else’s style for your own, but it can get you started on the road to inspiration.

-take breaks; do stretches, drink a water

-also don’t worry about having a consistent style; consistency? I don’t know her

-try some spatial exercises: draw something upside-down, draw the negative space of an object; draw without looking at the paper, draw contour, draw what you see, not what you think you see; really LOOK at shit

-and really, use references!!!! there’s no purity art awards anyone wins from drawing a bicycle from memory, so don’t feel the need to do it. (this is actually a really fun exercise: draw something from memory and then draw it again with a reference to see where the knowledge gaps are)