Is it more important to learn how to draw prior to learning how

>>2721519
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I'd say drawing is more important, but it doesn't hurt to practice rendering too. Rendering can help teach you form/light/colour/values/etc. Just do your drawing practice then try rendering it, you can get the best of both worlds.

Still, if I had to pick between being skilled at drawing and being skilled at rendering I'd pick drawing. Don't fall into the trap I did where I did tons of photostudies and got pretty competent at rendering but could hardly draw worth shit.

>>2721519
Focus more on fundamental drawing skills, don't mess too much with rendering early on because no matter how much you can polish something, if the foundation is shit then you're just polishing a turd.

>>2721519
Drawing is rendering, you're just indicating form stylistically with line.

Learn in whatever order you're comfortable with. You never stop learning, so there's no real point where you stop learning one aspect to move to the next. Just remember that it is important to try and learn it all.

Also your first works are going to be fucking awkward no matter what you start with.