Thank you for sharing that wonderful quote, Hornet. I have just started practising again after many years. When I was younger I thought I was good. Everyone told me how great my drawings were good. But I just never truly felt it. I never believed them. I was always disappointed with the results. And then I gave up. Now that I'm older, and I know better I understand what was happening. This quote captures it perfectly.
I still have my old drawings. I look back at them from time to time, still disappointed. They really weren't very good. But now I feel like I'm better prepared to accept the disappointments knowing that every artist I admire produced a lot of mediocre work before they started to get good. The unfortunate truth is, it just takes work. Lots of hard work. There are no shortcuts and everyone has the ability, but few have the stomach for the work.
So thank you for sharing. I'll reread again every time I finish a drawing and it's nothing like I wanted it to be :)
Ateloiv, I saw a great video recently by Proko on youtube. He visited a comic con and went around interviewing some of the top comic book and gaming artists about the mistake beginners make. Top of the list was structure and anatomy. Almost all of them said to draw more, learn anatomy, focus on structure. You can see it here:
