Forum posts by Epic Bob

This is a great question, but also a tricky one.

I started 3 years ago, so not to long ago. I would recommend to buy an online program or find a book to follow, this helped me more than any youtube videos.

You will soon learn that alot of people will tell you to learn the fundamentals. And they are going to be right. But I would recommend you to learn to see first.

This is why I recommend to read and learn from the book "Drawing with the right side of the brain" by Betty Edwards. (You can find the book free in pdf online)

Next there is the website drawabox, alot of newer artist try his program, its hard, but good, and free. And please do as I says, have fun also. Every beginner doesnt. I didnt and I almost burned out by the sheer volume he presents to you.

Then I took kesh art program, wich I liked. It simpel but covers alot. This just cost money.

Then there is 21draw, a great website for subscription based learning. So many great artists teach various courses in there. I also liked that site when I started out.

Then I can recommend aaron blaises creature teacher website. Professional animator who made brother bear. His courses are great and cheap.

I hope this helps. The reason why I am advertising not using youtube is that you need structure when starting out. And these websites will help you, and are some of the greater cheaper options.

Hope this helped you.

• Epic Bob edited this post on September 29, 2024 1:25pm.

Hey, this is a great question.

I will try to give my perspective on this.

Motivation:

Motivation is something that feels amazing and it is great when it is there, but it is not something you want to rely on, If you want to make this your living. This is for anything in your life for that matter

What you should rely on is Habit. I have drawn for 3 years now, and I have only missed around 10-15 days of drawing. And this is not because I have or had Motivation all the time, but because I made it a priority. I told myself that this art thing is worth the effort and time.

So first step, have a WHY, its important. So you can remind yourself of why this struggle is worth it to you, and it will be hard work at times. For me it was to get a hobby at first, and now 3 years later, its to make it my living.

So to make a Habit, someone smarter than me told me, that it only takes 7 min a day, and it did. I drew 7min or more if an fancied every day, the 7 min made me overcome the many periods of no Motivation and there will be alot. But your why and the 7 min will really help you overcome this lack of motivaton most days.

For me 3 years later i cant stop, unless i have drawn for atleast 3 hours. This is my new 7 min, wich sounds insane to me tbh. Habit trumps everything, and tbh my periode of no motivation are so rare now in comparison to when I started.

What to draw:

What do you want to work with? What subjects do you like? Animals, people, Landscape, abstract, things.?

Then go find out what you need to learn, perspective, forms, anatomy, color and light. The most important thing is to draw what you like and want to work with. Try to have fun with theory and own stuff (i am bad at prioritzing the my own stuff). 😊

Let's say you like to draw people, and then for a week some landscapes, go do that. Art should be explorative and you will always learn something right. Dont be a slave to what you think you should be doing, but dont skip it either, kinda paradoxical 😅

One Style: what a load of bullshit we tell new young artists. Again, try alot things, explore, have fun, draw in the style that exites you right now, this way you find out what you like. Or dont like for that matter. Dont Rush it, someday you will have found what you like and how you draw. But until then, you dont need to search for it. It will come.😊

Sorry for the rant, I hope it helps.

Hello, i found the titel of this groupe enticing. And i thought of joining, some groupes for encouragement at common improvement. Have you started doing anything yet. Is this groupe "Active"? :)