Which is more productive? studying hard on one topic, like

>>2944846
I think it varies from person to person. Either way it will take a long time to get good.

All you need to do is UNDERSTAND anatomy, not master it. Unless you're drawing for anatomy textbooks being able to build a completely accurate model from the ground up isn't neccessary, just knowing what is where if your art demands it.

If you plan on drawing complex poses, or making an action/sex comic knowing anatomy is a huge "YES". A lot of artists only know "stock poses" and you can see it when the person is in a strange position (climbing out of a ladder chute, swinging their arm behind them, looking down upon the camera at their feet, etc.)


However, arms, feet, legs and necks are the main thing you should focus on.

>>2944846
whichever method you see more gains through.

>>2944857
I guess that's true, only study what you need to.

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the best way?
draw what you want to draw, push it as far as you possibly can.
then analyze and find the mistakes you made.
then you go study that thing you noticed was off.
and after that you go back to the piece/drawing and improve on it with the new knowledge you gained.
studying with intent, look it up.

If you can afford to devote enough time to it, studying a wide range of things is good. But if you have a day job and have limited time to devote to things, you are better off trying to knock down subjects one at a time rather than spreading yourself too thin.

study deeply into one subject and shallowly into a variety of subjects, be T shaped

If you focus on one thing you'll get good at one thing. If you focus on everything you'll get average at everything. As far as I'm concerned if you kick ass at one thing but suck at other things, the other things will still make your work amateurish no matter how good your focus is.

In my opinion it's better to get average at everything and then start applying specific focus, but the jury is out on what's the 'optimal' way. If the rest of the drawing is average and you've got a 'specialty' (IE good anatomy) that really pushes it to the next level, your expertise will make a mediocre drawing good. If you have a good thing and the rest looks like shit, it'll still look like shit and it'll just seem like you got lucky.

>>2944846
In my humble opinion, studying a single topic that encapsulates the others is better. e.g drawing basic shapes and the principles of perspective.

If you can draw 3d shapes of your choice while maintaining proportion and accuracy, You'll be able to draw anything. Anatomy ill just be a design guide.