How old are you? What age did you decide you wanted to be an

None of this is relevant.
Stop worrying about your age and just draw.

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>>2383670
Shut the fuck up.

>>2383670

it's still interesting

22
around 20 or 21
i would say it took me until now to start really focusing on git gud, i had to take a while to lose some ego

I'm 19
I actually don't want to be an artist as a profession
13 I guess? I've been looking up tutorials ever since I can remember comparing my drawings to actual good drawings.

>>2383670
It might not be relevant to the artists' art but it's general blogposting for the community.

18 3/4, I've always liked drawing for as long as I can remember, and I wanted to have art as a career as far back as 12 years old. Got alot of mileage and study since then, but only really "got serious" last September and made it a habit to practice, study or whatever as long as I was drawing at least an hour every day.

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>>2383670

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>>2383670
I sorta agree on you on this

Not gonna lie, when I was a kid I thought I was a fucking embarrassment that my friends were my age and were far better artist. Even when I reached to their level in a couple of years they would already ascended to god mode after practice.
I was so scared that there was something severely wrong with my that I'm not improving fasted so I thought I had taken more vitamins as a brain "steroid" to improve faster and did a fuck ton of skin care to lie my age.
I know I was a stupid, very competitive kid but I did improve really from determination and at least I have an "edge" I guess from being a /fit/zen so I'm not the stereotype of a fat artist.

However in college I did lied about my age to fuck with other artist and they really believed me. Not gonna lie at 16 I thought I really should kill myself at 25 if I don't reach to the expected tier I wanna be to not be a burden to my family.

Point is don't worry about age or you'll end up like me in middle school/high school.
Paranoid, harsh, and make borderline autistic decisions to eliminate the competition.

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13

>>2383660
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19

>>2383660
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15
21

I always wanted to have a career in the arts. When I first started collage I was trying to become a film director but then I switched my major to be more drawing/animation focused.

I didn't start doing daily drawing practices until this year though. It was more of a weekly type thing.

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28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKeY_ow6TZQ

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20
20

I'm still shit but I'm getting there.

I had the compulsion to git gud a few times in the preceding years but I never stuck with it past a month or so. I've been at it consistently for about a year now and I've successfully hit the point where the idea of quitting and wasting my year's practice pisses me off more than the frustrations inherent of learning to draw. Sunk cost fallacy is a hell of a thing.
Luckily nowadays I enjoy doing art for what it is more than I enjoy the vague ambitions of being great in it for a few years. I'm more than happy to do it at my own pace from here. I want to be an artist, but I don't care if I ever become a professional artist.

20
10
19

I met this board a few months ago. Wish I found it earlier thought. If it were not for you guys I would have plateaud for a long time! <3

>>2384059

MOOOOOOOOODS GET HIM

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22
22

i am 12 iv always been drawing my life i love drawing anime tiddies

All 22, don't rlly give a fuck since atleast I know I'll get better instead of regretting it when I'm 50 years old and it finally feels good to actually have some sort of goal in life instead of just winging it like before.

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28

>>2383660
30
10
23

21
7
I've gone in and out of honest effort most my life.

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>>2383660
20
4 or 5
14
>mfw I spent most of my life copying animu and am still shit

>>2384143
Oh wow ddnt know you were 31, interesting to know m8 I like your stuff though

19
18
18.5-19

25.
24.
25.
I guess it could be worse. Maybe the worst part is how I've been around /ic/ since I was 14 but have only marginally improved since then because I never did any serious studies. It hurts when I think of what I could have been.

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16
17

I was making stupid little pixel art since I was 14 though. Pic related.

>>2383660
>How old are you?
27
>What age did you decide you wanted to be an artist?
23
>What age did you really start working towards it?
25

So many wasted years but oh well. I'm too stubborn to quit now.

>>2384039
I'm really curious to see your work

26
18
18

I'm okay...but I'm at the cusp of being able to create work that is what I had in my mind. I just have a lot of mental blockages in the way,

>>2383660
Y'all know me
16
17

>>2383660
I'm 18, underage when I started browsing, sorry for being a newfag.

It was about 2.6 years ago, don't really remember age desu.

Took 3 days for me to realize that i wasn't going to learn from JAZZA
a month to realize i won't learn from youtube vids.
Three months for me to realize books are best.
Didn't start to learn real perspective until last month. Depression and high school really took a toll on me.

>>2383660
27
24
25

I'm constantly kicking myself because I've always been a doodler and my parents were very encouraging all throughout my childhood and into high school to study art and my mom would go as far as to buy books and art supplies for me. I never buckled down until two years ago and now I have to play catch up learning and internalizing everything I should have done years ago. While it can be disheartening seeing kids draw much better than you can I am glad I finally decided to do it, age and experience has helped greatly with focus and discipline.

>>2384215
>>2384281
>>2384300
what the fuck are you doing

>>2383660
24
22
23

Ive gotten pretty gud in 2 years.

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26
35

29
always
i procrastinate

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7?
17 (found and lurked in ic, underaged)

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28

>>2384334
That's a sudden change of direction in life.

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24
24

>>2383660
19
19
18

And yeah >>2383670

>>2384030
Jesus dude, it's just art.

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>>2383660
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17

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>>2384120
>>2384140
this is me except add two years (still got around a month and a half to reach 24)

>>2384030
I thought artists were stereotypically malnourished? Everybody should do skin care though. I love being mistaken for a teen, feels good to physically match my mental age. I don't plan to live past 50-60ish myself, but damn dude 25? Really?

>>2383660
18
8
15-16

>>2384301
What do you mean

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>>2383660
21
16
Still haven't started.

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>>2384215
>>2384281
>>2384300
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS GET THEM WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>>2383660
24, decided I wanted to be an artist in middle school so like 12?
Didn't take it seriously until last year.
>>2384030

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>>2384536
tfw you actually think mods care about age

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>>2384569
tfw you actually think mods won't get them

well at least now i know why this board is infested with /b/tier retarded walking meme machines

Turning 20 in a few days. Always drew stuff. Decided that I wanted to work professionally in concept art and illustration at 16. Was smart enough to not need to work hard during highschool so I had a lot of free time to study art. Graduated a year early and started getting professional illustration jobs at 18 (book covers, album covers, card games and that kind of stuff). At 19 I decided to go back to studying so I could get even better and skip the first (rough) part of my career and make my future easier and more secure. Currently a student, studying classical/academic drawing and painting on a 3 year program at a well established atelier.

21
16
Still havent started seriously

>>2384503
>>2384650
Why?

>>2383660
18
09
18
:^)

>>2383660
>How old are you?
29
>What age did you decide you wanted to be an artist?
27, just as hobby, but some day it will be my second profession
>What age did you really start working towards it?
27

All these threads really are isbait to ban people who are underage.

>>2384404
Again I was a competitive little shit that wanted to be better than my classmates. I thought it was embarrassing at 13 that they were far better then me at my age even though I didn't know how to practice or knew what Loomis was in those days.
>>2384487
I think back then I thought that you can never improve past 25 (then again I was competing against Asians, a battle long lost). I don't have any of these view anymore since I'm old enough to the point where my parents are asking for grand kids.
I decide to tell my embarrassing ass story to make a point that we should worry too much on age and just draw.

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18
18
I've been playing and writing music since I was 15, and last year I got into visual art after I fucked up my school exams, so enrolled in a PLC in Art Craft & Design, (A PLC is a one year course you can do Ireland between school and university, there's presumably equivalents in other countries) so I can hopefully enrol in Music school next year, I'd always wanted to paint and draw but never felt I'd be any good at it, doing a course in it dispelled that notion and I fucking love it now though.

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>>2385092
>doing a course in it dispelled that notion
You know you have to post your work now, right?

20

Decided on fine arts as a career at 17. Before that I was looking at something more commercial like illustration or concept art. Wasn't mature enough to understand actual art I guess.

Drawn constantly since I was a child, it's always been my thing. Really started working towards becoming good at drawing at 8-10.

>>2383660

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15
16

Damn no wonder the taste is so kiddish here, you guys are so fucking young. Still in the dragons badass swords and sexy elves phase.

>>2385124
At least it's not deviantart.

>>2385127
I need to find a website like this thats for adult artists. Why doesn't that exist?

>>2385124
I'm almost 30 and I still respect that stuff more than the elephant tier shit art I'm supposed to. There's more meaning and craft in the meticulous rendering of an elf chick's fat tits than ever came out of Guston, Rothko or Hundertwasser's entire career.

>>2383660

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24
24

I started after reading Strangers in Paradise, am now about 6 months in. I like it a lot. Once I entered the workforce and become a wage slave (even a well compensated one) I had, and keep having, this existential crisis about how I would spend my time and how to make it meaningful and produce things, not just consume them. My previous hobbies weren't cutting it for achieving that but so far art is, and I really like it.

Like everyone who starts kind of late I wish I had started earlier, but I feel like now I am better able to buckle down and understand things moreso than I would have when I was younger. I know that was the case with music theory when I was younger.

>>2385157
says it all. Good luck man your gonna need it haha

>>2383660
30
12
still haven't

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>>2385173
Don't even try and patronize me you mouth breathing Frida Kahlo eyebrows saucer tits retard.

>>2383660
19, 17, 17

>>2384278

>16
>17
but how old are you though?

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>>2383660
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10
16

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20.
At 15 I decided I wanted to be an artist.
At 18 I gave up.

This year I picked it up again as I hobby and all of the progress I had made was gone. I'm pursuing a different career path now but I still dream of becoming good enough to make a job out of art.

I'm not giving up again.

>>2385197
Not trying to be a dick but are you sure you really got serious at 17? How many hours per day are you studying?

>>2385444
nile IS 17 and should be banned for ban evasion

>>2384536
good 1 down now where is the rest mods?
make sure to get the ban evader

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9
29, precisely january 2016

>>2384694
All same, 29 soon, 27, 27

Working a normal job, and can't decide if I should art for money. The returns just don't seem like it would be a prudent choice.

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16
16

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early
early but ended up in the military because I hated school

>>2385552
Vub?

>>2385556
Vub...? what

>>2384179
Thanks bro. I also can't believe I'm 31 :(

>>2385557
the sig in the pic...

>>2385559
You want me to state my whole name? It's not Vub at all that's all I'm going to tell you.

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15

>>2385558
AAHAHAH YOURE ALMOST DEAD FAGGOT
that's what you get for being born in a third world country you spic!

>>2385568
SHUT UP, NOSE BRO! You're only 19!

>>2383660
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16
17

>>2383660
25
21
24

>>2385447
Why do you hate nile so bad?

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15
18

oh well

>>2383660
18
a long time
17

25
17
18

>>2385444
ive been drawing for 2 years , had never drawn of my own volition prior. once i get a phone/camera ill pull up my old drawings if you want. Ive been drawing an hour or 2. Maybe as low as 50 minutes a day. Not sure, but its in that range when you average it out.

I went about it inefficiently as well, didnt draw from reference the first 9 months, only drew anime heads for 9 months ( all facing forward!).

Its nothing special, maybe youre overvaluing the amount of time it takes. If you look at Nile hes improved more and i doubt hes putting that much time in.

However, I will conceded ive spent a lot of time looking at art and browsing the forums.

>>2385444
if this comment is inverted as in i havent done much progress, i will say that to me, being serious only means drawing everyday of my own volition.

18
16
17

>>2383660
Im 21.
Since i was around 11 and discovered vidyagaems.
And at 19.

>>2385580
he pisses me off

>>2385673
Thats a given, but why does he piss u off?

>>2385811
I don't like him.

21 I think. Only 2 years and a bit further and I've almost given up entirely if it weren't for artclasses. I wish I had more willpower but the excessive practice made my brain all weird and now it has become difficult. Feels bad.

>>2385824
is it jealousy because he barely even comments. Theres almost no reason to hate him.

34 / 31 / 32

>>2383660
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18
20

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18

It's too late already. Plus I could never afford an American college, and seems like you need to go to one to have any sort of future in animation. Wish I was born in middle class americano family.

14, 10, 13.

At 13, I thought if I was going to be successful, may as well throw myself %100 into art. /ic/ has helped me improve because it made me more self aware, and stopped me from falling into pitfalls many other people have.

>>2383660
28, 29 soon
15
18

>>2386969
MODS

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>>2386969

MODS GET HIM! DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE!

>>2386798
your only 18 man , pretty much still a kid ,you got plenty of time

>>2384046
rooting for you

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As a hobby, 14.
16

I'm still confused about values though. Just look at that fucking rock. and ignore the pony

>>2383660
30
its a hobby for me
still haven't even though i started on DA back in 2004

im no better than i was 12 years ago and i hate it so damn much

>>2387106
you are confused about your autism and about the way you dont seem to fit in social situations

>>2387122
I'm pretty sure he is confused about his drawing.

>>2387106
holy fuck bro what are you 8?

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around 4th grade so age 8 or 9
13
pic is something im currently working on for practice reasons

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Concept art was the pipe dream from 17. Wanted to git gud at 18, FZD was the dream school after college. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing with my degree in linguistics.

It wasn't until I was almost 20 that I realized I was wasting my fucking time and need to get my ass in gear if I want to be a competent beginner by the time I graduate. I got all the books, the tutorials, ready to attempt the aguri thing.

And now since break was over I haven't drawn in weeks because I feel too overwhelmed to do anything but shitpost on /ic/.

27
19
19

I have wasted 8 years of my life on this, At first I honestly thought that I was going to make it, I made some money out of it and praise from people that used to think I was just garbage, I went to far and developed tendinitis, and you know what?

Its not really worth it, at least not as a mean to support yourself, Im almost 30 and Im still living with my parents, I see their disappoint on their faces when I tell them that Im working on a 30 usd commission, I wish I had taken a more safe route, but then again painting and drawing its all that there is in my head, I cant think of anything else I could be doing with my time right now.

Feels fucking sad man.

>>2387199
>$30

What does a $30 commission from you look like? I hope you aren't down-selling yourself family person.

>>2387199
Tendonitis? You need to do some weight lifting, at least pronating and supinating dumbells to keep the health of your hand and wrists.

Have you considered doing production art for studios? Depending on how good you are, you can have a more stable life financially.

>>2387199

>mfw I'm the successful version of you
>27, 8 years in, only work 2h per day so no tendonitis, $1000 commissions, self-sufficient...

You probably just suck at art dawg. Go to school and learn something else.

>>2387199
Suck it up and go back to school. 3 year degree means you're going to be working at 30. Not bad.

You must of been doing something for those 8 years, or that's just your own fault.

>>2387199
yeh, you're in for heartbreak if you magically think just 'gitting gud' will pay the bills

hell, it doesn't even mean you will even git gud in the end either...

feels hopeless indeed. it's why I didn't be fucking dumb like you and asked myself my real reasons for wanting to 'do' art. I realized I needed a 24/7 obsession with it which I didn't have. And I can't pretend making my family sad/worried isn't important to me. That's just sticking ur head in the ground and hoping for the best. And again I'd like to say I am not a fucking idiot, if u didnt catch it the first time

>>2387199
man you're scaring me. mind posting your work? i just want to know a 30usd drawing looks like. (like quick sketch or fully rendered). and how much commissions do u usually get per month?

I'm a full NEET at 20 right now and a college dropout but seeing you like this really gives me determination to strive harder.

18
9
17 though I was sloppy about it. Only now finally practicing daily in a conscious way, thanks to based lava.

>>2383660
>How old are you?
23
>What age did you decide you wanted to be an artist?
20
>What age did you really start working towards it?
20
Started a month before I turned 21. Just turned 23 recently. Making good gainz and have made lots of contacts that send me places to apply to.

>>2387199
>30$ work

If you can shit 1 artwork for 1 or 2 hours and have a huge bulk, you'll have a good chance of having 2k- 6k a month anon.

18
15
17

I'm still pretty shit, but rome didn't fall in a day, or however the saying goes.

>>2383660
23/16/21

With 19 being when I dropped shitty DA "cartoon" pandering and 21 being when I stopped being a slackass about it.

18 (19 in 2 days from now)
14
18

I have been drawing the same art style since middle school, now is when I'm actually trying to get my ass to practice more.

>>2383660
>How old are you?
x
>What age did you decide you wanted to be an artist?
i didn't decide. i've always been an artist.
>What age did you really start working towards it?
my whole life

>>2383660

32
Started at 31.
31. I always wanted to see drawings by already good or talented artist. But asking prices for artworks I didn't make myself including ideas I seen no one else do. Made me write them down instead. Throughout the years, 15ish to 30 or so.

Now I've been drawing a year, no references, no formal training. I'm producing stuff that;s shit but my lines are clean and I don't lack confidence. Generally good understanding of how something should look but it doesn't always translates to what I put on paper.

I'm happy and will continue to get better over time. I draw only for myself.

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>>2387661

here is some of my art

it's a visceral juxtaposition of architecture and nature that ignores all the preconceived boundaries of perspective that so often oppress much of the artwork that i find on this plebeian website. i wouldn't expect any of you to understand it though.

>>2383660
>How old are you?
29
>What age did you decide you wanted to be an artist?
18
>What age did you really start working towards it?
wtf?
>What age did you start working?
24

Senior designer, moving to lead this year, in an Asian studio.

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>>2383660

I am 21.

I decided I wanted to make art my profession around the age of 19, still trying to figure out the best way to make money off of my stuff.

Really started working at it right before I decided I wanted to make it my job.

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>>2388053

>>2388053
kek your fuckin trash get your head out your ass b8 boy

>>2388053
"ignores all the preconceived boundaries of perspective that so often oppress much of the artwork"

>Sketches a prospective study

>>2383660
27
12
22

i'm not devoting enough time to it

21 years old and I have been drawing since I was a kid. I used to draw retarded anime stuff and then I found my own comic bookish style.

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18.
16.
17.
Im hungry for knowledge.

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21

>>2383660
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14
15

20
20
20
Lol why I am at university accumulating debt

>>2390460
>20+20+20=60
nice numbers you got there bro

>>2388054
rinfag?

>>2385552
Are you me?

>>2383660
>How old are you?
24
>What age did you decide you wanted to be an
artist?
7? I don't remember actually not wanting to be
What age did you really start working towards it?
17

Bonus round
>What age did you give up
22. I don't believe I'll ever be an artist, this is just my hobby now.

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>>2383660
19
8
16
I want to make cartoons and give tattoos as a side job/hobby.