Age and mileage thread

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>Finishing up final year
>been drawing for less than one year
>haven't really done any serious study
>stressed myself out over making it to the point of giving myself depression
There's gotta be something wrong with me.

>pic related, 100% referenced off an image, drew for a friend

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19, started taking an interest in drawing 3 years ago but started pursuing it as a possible career 2 years ago
>>3042095
ganbare friend~

>>3042124
Ayy that's pretty good
>Ganbare
What?

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>>3042133

>>3042143
You too fampai

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>>3042082
>How old are you, how long have you been drawing for, what age did you start and what's your art like currently?

Soon to be 40. I have been drawing since a kid but not that much, I sometimes spent years without drawing, even as a kid. I've recently decided to start learning how to actually draw instead of having a mid-life crisis (come to think of it... maybe it's a soft kind of mid-life crisis). My art is terrible - not surprising considering my lack of efforts over the last decades, but I'm not into excuses and it's my damn fault anyway. I see 18-something year old on /ic/ who're far above me but it's more challenging than depressing.

I guess that I'm going to either become a living proof that there's no such thing as 'too late' or one additional proof - out of many - that there's.

>>3042160
I believe in you anon.

>>3042168

Thanks Anon, I believe in the you who believe in me.

God I cant believe this anime is already 10 year old.

>>3042082
>Age: 78
>no art cuz I procrastinate and waste my life
>feelsbadMans

>>3042186
>78 year old shitposting
impressive anon.

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>19 years old turning 20 in one month
>Started 2-3 months ago
>pic related
I just want to be enough good to do comissions because I can live using only that money in my country

>>3042330
Well you're doin' good anon, keep it up.
Better than me anyways.
>Boob?

27

My art's in a good place I think. Not posting because I get recognized. But I've been drawing my whole life. Grade 6 is where I started actually studying and trying to improve.

>>3042348
>tfw started mid grade 11
>left it too late
I'm years behind everyone else my age.
Feelsbadman.png

>>3042124
That's pretty good, do you feel that you made something specific (routine or technique) to reach your current level?

>>3042160
Do it anon, become the legend that /ic/ needs to get rid of the cancerous agememe

>>3042330
What books and learning techniques have you been using? You're doing pretty well

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Age 20, just started drawing a few weeks ago, barely got 60 hours grinding, i have a log and plan to keep adding hundreds of hours if possible, i am drawing just because it is fun, not for money

>>3042388
I believe in you Anon.

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>>3042082
>22
>I mean, as a hobby for years. Quality of work wasn't important to me then, I just drew what I felt like drawing because it was fun. Took a break because shit health and fucking dumb internet drama, so on and off in recent years.
>Probably wanted to start something serious around 19? So I would say that, even though things kind of collapsed on me because reasons listed above, that's when things clicked.

I mentioned this in another thread, but I don't really consider myself an artist or an animator, rather I have average abilities in drawing and animating and I use them as tools to do what I'm actually good at: Storytelling. I am here to improve, though, because I just want to get better.

I've been doing quick exercises (along with other more detailed work) of 50 (wire) frames a day, just trying new things, finding out what works and what doesn't work. Trying perspective tricks. All that stuff. This is the first one I did. I think I only had 48 frames in this one, though, because I deleted some unnecessary slides.

>>3042464
Proud of you anon.
You're doing well so far.

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>26
>On and off hobby since Sept or Oct
>I want to be serious but I'm a mess

I have no idea how to practice, I have no idea where my weak areas are, I have no idea how to make formal practice sessions with clear exercises that help me achieve my goal.

The majority of the time I post my stuff, the comments focus on my linework. When I ask around other places, they say that the linework will passively improve as I draw more, but it's practically the only thing I hear about when I post here. It's discouraging as fuck because I also don't think the linework is that bad, and it has improved since I first got started.

I'm gonna stick with it and post less, because I'm noticing a cycle when I psych myself up. I dunno. I'm hoping to follow more figure and gesture drawing exercises on a timed basis, but I'd love any tips on how I can improve.

>>3042082
I like your data mining thread. What's your age, etc OP?

>>3042491
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I have no idea how to practice, I have no idea where my weak areas are, I have no idea how to make formal practice sessions with clear exercises that help me achieve my goal.

Me too anon. Me too.
It's how I've ended up with depression. I've got so much pressure on myself to pull a portfolio together and make it into an art school when I graduate that I hate everything I draw, because when I compare it to everyone else my age I'm terrible. I don't really think I've improved since I started and it's making me want to shoot myself.

>>3042494
Check second post.
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>>3042496
These are all also me.

>>3042496
I'm putting pressure on myself because I feel that when I do put out work, it's work I want to continue doing. I'm friends with a few artists who are p good too, and they're like, just consistently putting stuff out and talk to me like I'm an equal and it's like christ why are they even talking to me.

A lot of it's mental but I don't know where to go. Anyway, cheers for the thread, it was nice to vent for a bit. I hope we both find a way to structure the things we want to improve. I'll share how things go once I figure things out more.

>>3042515
Lemme know if you wanna keep in touch anon, I'll play vidya with you or somethin'

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>>3042082
i have now 22, started last year to think about it serious. When i was like 8 years old, i used to draw some nice spoder man, be the kid with more drawings skill with no reason, be better than my counsin at it with no reason too, and better than almost everyone with no fucking reason. 21 years old, a neet, dropped out the best college of computer science in my country, because im retard, remenbered that i was good at drawing at 8 and maybe i would enjoy it now. Remenbered that i always wanted created at least one thing amanzing to people, that i always ve been a creative guy even not drawing, saw some random earning money by drawing, get know about all the industry, all the stuff. Bought a wacoom, start drawing, drawing like a shit 8 years kid. starting to studying, 1 year pass, and yeah, that is me, a neet, lazy as fuck, trying study to one day maybe produce something good to people and to me, and earn money with that in the same time. But really fucking away from it.

>>3042521
now THIS is shitposting
Learn from this one gentlemen.

>>3042518
Yee, sounds good. I've got a Discord and Skype, this is my crappy Tumblr: leafymystic.tumblr.com. Shoot me a line.

>>3042082
>19 years old
>on and off for years
>started seriously at 14
>currently absolute horse shit

I discovered /ic/ 5 years ago and go seriously into it. I had all the time in the world to practice and could have been amazing by now. Unfortunately I'm an idiot and I gave up a few months in. I'm shit now and just thinking of how much time I lost pains me.

>>3042545
Don't worry anon, you're doing better than me.

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>>3042363
Not really to be quite honest. I've just painted and drawn whatever I've wanted since day one.
Only routine I've had is to draw every day and at some point I started doing daily studies of whatever I felt like that day.
Don't want to plug my shit but if you want to know exactly what I've been doing I've uploaded every single drawing and painting I've done since I started liking art on gumroad for free. So if you're interested https://gum.co/nCTkO
Just keep drawing and remember to have fun and you'll hopefully see improvement anon

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>>3042124
Hey I remember you from the old discord group with Cheese, anyone know what happened to him?

>>3042541
As soon as my internet starts to function I'll send you a message. I only really use tumblr for following porn artists lel.

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>>3042082

>23
I've been drawing my whole life, but got more serious at around 18, onward it was a downward spiral into my vices. I've been bobbing my head in and out of communities posting here and there, but I eventually went on a complete hiatus.

It is only in past 3 months that I have picked it up again and I have to say that my art has almost passively improved, what's more I am making more headway than I ever had before. I would say that I am intermediate, but there are others who (unrightfully) hold me to a high esteem.

>>3042588
I talked to him briefly back in February, but idk what he's up to now. Last I heard was that he was doing ghost work for some Treyarch guy, but no idea how that's going

>>3042593
if that's your work anon it's pretty fuckin cool.

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>22
>drew a lot when i was a kid but legit started studying 5 months ago
>mfw i started to take this seriously way too late.

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>Currently 27
>absolute mess at art.
>drew as a kid at age 10, but never took it seriously. Mostly Pokemon doodles.
>Parents end up divorcing, fallout messed me up, stopped doing anything for a while.
>14, started animating, but only as a hobby.
>17, picked up 3d animation by the end of high school, decide to go to college for it. Gonna get serious now!
> Family ends up moving across country due to divorce fallout coming back to haunt me, end up going to random university in the middle of a damn desert. Not a single required art course in program. Everyone gets an A type of deal. Thought I was good, unknowingly didn't know a single thing. Had no proper instruction so I didn't know what I was doing wrong.
>22, wasted so many years, graduate school, fall into depressed state. For the first time I realized that I don't know anything. Complete failure
>22-25, tried to start taking art seriously (for real this time), but working full time job, and didn't help that I also kept teaching myself the wrong things.
>26-27, going back to school since I am clearly a terrible self learner, even if it costs me money out of my own pocket. Taking art fundamentals class. Learned more in that 1 year than I did in all 4 years of university. Still, surrounded by young kids who have only been drawing a year or two and are much better than me.
>Decide to apply for highly competitive animation course, somehow beyond all logic and reason manage to get in.

Anyhow, to answer the question, been struggling to git gud at drawing way longer than anyone should. All of these are just rough estimates, but I don't really know where I would actually pin point when I "started", or even where I started to take things serious. It's been way too long.

>>3042160
kek this is the first time i saw someone on /ic/ draw something from my country

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>21
>Studying IT meme and self learn how to draw when not at uni
I'm so slow guys, maybe study uni and learn how to draw at the same time is a mistake

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>18
>drawing since kindergarden but got serious in like 8th grade (13 years old?)
>going to college now for game design at the best program
>not sure if im even going to be drawing through the program anymore
I know it's early but I'm thinking about taking a year off to go to FZD school of design some time lol

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Im mid twenties. Been drawing all my life to say the least. I started getting into water color yesterday.

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>>3042919
>I haven't been doing it consistently over the past years. I'm getting back into it though to build a
Another one.

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36 years old now. I drew a bit in high school but I only got serious about it with improvement in mind and aiming at working 10 years ago. it took me 3 and a half years of studying to get my first freelance gig, now I'm working steady (still freelancing) and I'm happy doing it. Pic related is mine, made it specifically for /ic/ to have something to show without getting doxxed.

>>3042931
beauty

>>3042931
Lol ppl have doxxed on ic? Why?

>>3042931
how does it feel knowing that the original merc_wip was done by a guy when he was in his early 20s

>>3042956
Butthurt Jellyfags.
You can basically blame all of /ic/'s problems on them.

>>3042931
How is he supposed to sheath the blade? Poor design. Sad.

>>3042961
Saw the subtle Trump joke, have a cookie.

>>3042919
>>3042924
You're gonna be great one day anon, i'm so jelly of those that started early

>>3042965
Are u allowed to say ty on IC, or are you supposed to just lurk around?

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>>3042082
sure why not
>age
23
>mileage
hard to pin down. if you count only how long i drew everyday with the intention of getting better, id say less than a year.
>when did i start
22.

tbqfhwy senpai, I have never once felt like I 'got better.' this doesn't feel like the journey i thought it would be. i always thought getting better at drawing would more or less bring me to meet god or something, find some secret of the universe. but its just same ol same ol, make scratches on paper.

i dont want to tilt anybody with my sob story. i just feel unfulfilled.

>>3042961
Have you never seen the original Merc WIP? Lurk moar, newfag.

>>3042979
27 year old, scratches on paper is more than most (95%) end up doing

>>3042979
I feel like I am similar to you in a way. I too drew less than a year if we are talking about serious drawing and I have been taking a lot of long breaks. I do it not because drawing gets boring, it's mostly because of personal problems and how they affect my desire to do stuff.

I don't want to meet God, I want to be God, however it may sound.

>>3042160
29 year old eastern european here with bad drawing & painting skills. We can both do it, anon.

Regret is only good for deciding on what not to do again. Outside of that, focus purely on the future by changing your habits in the now.
Good habits mean you'll be making constant progress, which leads to results.

>>3042082
27
started to take art more serious at the age of 19
wanted to get a career in the art or gaming industry
went to some sort of art school
teached myself what I didn't learn there (which is a lot)
I'm still living with my parents, but I'm making a few hundred bucks each month as a freelance artist now.
Trying to be able to move out in the next 1-2 years.

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Gonna be 28 next Tuesday. I've been drawing since I was a kid. Started taking this stuff seriously about 2-4 years ago. I'm pretty unhappy about everything I'm doing nowadays. Hope I get better soon.

I feel pretty fucking old looking at the ages of all you guys. Losing my hair and getting grey beard hairs. I wish I had something like /ic/ when I was ~15.

Pic is one of my first digital pieces from 1999. FEELS GOOD MAN!

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>>3042082
23, painting for 2,5 years
Just want to make it but I'm lazy fuck

>>3042160

Godspeed anon. Prove the naysayers wrong.

>>3042082
29, started 4 years ago, still shit

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25. Started actually studying digital painting last year, but have been drawing all my life.

Goal is to make digital art fulltime job within 2.5 years.

Have never had a client though :( How do I make it IC?

>>3042617
The proportions seem off to me, so I am not sure what you mean by taking it seriously

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Im 20
ive been sorta drawing since i was 13 or so, only really started with fundies when i was around 15 though
>pic related is a more recent drawing i did

>>3042095
>There's gotta be something wrong with me.
Nah, it's just /ic/ influence. I'm happy when I'm not here, I'm angsty when I visit.

>>3043201
unironically this

>>3043184
Was there really any reason for that?

>>3043206
good mindset and lotta confidence in those lines anon, keep it up I like it
>>3043195
Colors are great, be happy you got an early start and congrats on keeping up with it
>>3043112
Hair is pretty successful in this piece dont get discouraged

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>>3043195
Op here, I believe in you all Anons. We're all gonna make it someday.

>>3043221
For what? I thought that was a very mild criticism I can keep going. One of her feet suffers from giagantism apparently, didn't know it was a girl till I read the file name, somehow one hand in front of her body and one behind her body are holding a steel rod perfectly straight that is also behind her back.

>>3043232
>thinking this is a critique thread
>anon puts effort in
>lol I don't know what you mean about taking it seriously her proportions aren't perfect.
Post your work.

>18
>Been drawing for literally as long as I can remember but only been serious about it for about a year or so
I really want to grind and study more but at the same time I just want to improve my art so I can get better at drawing weeby comics for fun. The more time I spend studying, the less time I spend on comics, and the more time I spend on comics, the less time I spend on studies,

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>>3042082
25
close to 3600 hours.

< work

Want to draw 60 hours a week, kinda stuck on the plateau of 20 hours a week.

seconding this >>3043201

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>>3043249
forgot pic related of my current art

>>3043251
Forgot age started - at 20.

>>3043251
Lookin good Anon!
>>3043252
Other than her recessive chin it looks pretty nice anon! Keep it up.

>>3043251
Figure in the bottom left ruins the entire thing.

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I'm 19.
Been drawing for 10 years total. The whole time trying to get good at everything I liked.
I wanted to be animator, composer, artist, director, writer, etc. etc.

It was obviously a bad idea but i didn't care. I got one life.
I failed my way through public school, but I can do everything I set out to do except program.

I found /ic/ in 2016 and have been grinding 100-hour weeks since August. I have 2 months left before college.

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25
Drawing for about 10 years, last 3-4 semi seriously.
now-a-days i just sketch stuff like pic related.

>>3043318
wow! do you have a blog?

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>>3042082
30, been on and off since a little kid, but vidya always kept me away through 20's. Hope to push my productivity while skill improves these next couple years.

Here's a life portrait I'm close to finishing.

>>3043589
>>3022143

>>3042617
Too late? You're still young, unless you got so much responsibilities that you don't have time to practice.

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20, been drawing in the loosest sense since I was a kid. Not that that's helped, really. I feel like people who started later have a lot more dedication, instead of being like me, where I turned to drawing because it's an extremely accessible skill and just stuck with it. I'm currently in a phase on focusing on traditional drawing, so I can come back to digital with stronger fundamentals and put together a portfolio for school.

Congrats to everyone who picked up drawing recently. I just finished a summer course where a lot of older students (talking recently retired old) were drawing for the first time and the excitement they expressed over learning how to convey form and texture was actually contagious.

>>3043647
Holy shit, blog? How has that not helped? You're already near pro level.

18, started taking art seriously at about 15. pic related, i've got a lot to learn.
>tfw I signed trash. Gonna keep it to laugh at myself more in a couple years

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>>3043668
?? guess I removed the picture before I posted somehow somehow.

>>3042491
>>3042496
>>3042979
>>3043012
I'm all of you as well.
>32, been drawing since I popped out, excluding a couple years here and there when I give up every now and then
>only improve 2% every 10 years, no matter how hard I practice Loomis for real
>really talentless with art, but just because I could draw better than the other literal retards in my classes, everyone pushed me to pursue art (I was in sped classes growing up, save for English, because apparently I'm autistic and physically disabled
>Go to fucking Art Institute of Philadelphia for animation. Attempt suicide six months shy of graduation, have to go to hospital, have to be in an asylum, never graduate, never get a job because I was put right on to SSI and section 8 without having to ask...was told/forced by doctors
>completely fuck my life up due to SSI and not being able to work/move
>have terrible luck with art no matter what, constantly ridiculed, even on forums that are hug boxes--even said people on such sites remember my art months later and think it's weird that the user base acted like that (I wasn't even salty, snotty, admitted with posts that I know I suck, never even pulled "It's my style XD" bs)
>just generally miserable with my art and the art world, but don't have much options on what to do for money without resorting to prostitution

>>3043668
>>3043671
Anon, shut the fuck up. all you need to work on is facial proportions.

>>3043691
post work

>>3043694
Dude other anon's always shit on people who're god tier compared to me.

Thanks for the tip though, I will look at more faces.

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>Age
19
>How long I've been drawing?
Since second grade. Don't remember my exact age.
>What my art currently looks like?
Pic related. The latest thing I've colored.

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20. Recently got into drawing again a few months ago to make concept art for my game. Figured I should get all my ideas out on paper instead of throwing together a flight of ideas.

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>>3043764
Rotated. Havent taken up any in depth studies on anatomy or anything. I consider myself a YouTube scholar.

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23
2 and a half years
mostly shit

I'm ready for the long haul at my own leisurely pace, but I could be doing better if I applied myself.

>>3043647
Blog plz

>>3043760
>Since second grade
ok, but when did you really start?

>>3043795
When I was five I guess. I started getting serious in 10th grade though.

>>3042491
Really like your style. Post again in 2 weeks please

23 started drawing seriously ie. to improve when i was 17. You do the math

>>3043760
Im really sorry anon

>>3043970
no

>>3043970
> Seriously

Admitting seriously means 2 hours per day, that's
4380 hours of drawing under your belt. Post work.

>>3043970
K, proceed to post work

>>3044036
>Admitting seriously means 2 hours per day

That's just an arbitrary number you put on it. Some people probably wouldn't even consider 2 hours a day serious. I'm not him but I always considered myself 'drawing seriously' since I started drawing consistently every day and reading/watching tutorials, rather than just random doodles here and there. It's relative, and not everyone is working on your metric (this is the first time I've even heard someone say 2 hours a day is 'drawing seriously').

>>3044056

Of course it's arbitrary - though I based it on books, Nicolaides for example has a schedule of 15 hours per week - he may way way more. That's not the point: I want to see how much he progressed once he put his mind to it.

>>3044046
>>3044036
>posting work that will identify me on a 4chan board
nice try, I'm not that stupid

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18
Drawing for almost 3 years now, trying to be more serious about it in last 5 months as it was mostly for fun before. I'm not really sure what to work on or how to efficiently practice though. Tips would be appreciated

>>3042365
>>3043113
>Prove the naysayers wrong.

Thanks, I've been thinking about what you said. I think I'll keep some kind of art journal to document my progress honestly. It'll give me two extra incentives, as a diary is a kind of daily reality checker and also it will serve later as an example of someone going through the Sticky.

I honestly don't know how many years it'll take me to be finally good though... just as many as necessary, I guess. I just can't stand the idea of dying without having learned that skill.

>>3043076

Good luck Anon, and I agree 100% with what you say. As we grow older, a lot of our limitations stern from habits, repeating the same mistakes every year - at least that's my experience.

>>3042160
Keep up updated, maybe become a namefag so we can follow your progress. It is going to be harder considering the brain loses its ability to learn new things the older you get but if you put in enough effort maybe you can overcome that. good luck

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I'm 19 years old
Followed evening school Concept art for one year last year and did a full time class for Concept Art this year. Gonna try getting into an animation uni next year

I'm still pretty shit after those classes but I pretty much started from nothing so I think I made good progress.

30, absolute beginner.
Bought all the books from the thread and doing the perspective exercises now. Gotta make a schedule as I'm learning 3D at the same time.

>>3043948
Don't tease me like that, anon... For real, thank you though, I needed that, gonna keep at it.

19, been drawing for about 3 years, currently in quite a bit of frustration as I can't render for shit and can't get myself to do anything productive.

>>3043318
No crazy design or vibrant colors yet there's so much variety. Absolutely love this.

>>3043252
I liked the sketch of this better c:
Stick around, I like your style.

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>>3044351
whoops forgot pic

>>3043972
How come?

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>>3042082
>How old are you
39
>How long have you been drawing for
Ever since middle school
>What your art currently like
It still have a shit ton of mistakes, but I'm happy to know that every day's a learning process and I give myself the adequate time to learn and enjoy what I draw.

You're going to make it.

You'll draw like your inspired mentors; those artists you admire today, you'll be able to draw like them soon enough.

When someone asks you, "Hey can you draw me XX or YY?", you'll smile and say yes you can.

But above everything else... practice, practice, practice.

I believe in you all. If I can do it, you sure as hell can, as well.

>>3042160
I believe in you. Our best years are still ahead of us, my friend. We still have at last 40 more good years to draw and say, "We accomplished our dreams, we can draw anything we want—any time, any where, any place." : )

>>3044395
>pic related
>39
>ever since middle school

that honestly makes me sad.

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26
Well how long... I've been drawing when I was like 12 in a small local art school for about a year or two. And that's it. Never again touched a pencil til late 2014. Been drawing each year since 2014 BUT. But no more than 2-3 months per year and not every day. I have all my drawings saved and there's really not much even with studies. This year I did 3 drawings and a couple of gesture studies and that's it.

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im 18, soon to be 19. Ever since I was 15 i've drawn every single day without exception and I'm currently in college.

>>3044449
damn son, quality shit

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>>3042082
23, 9 years maybe.

>>3044395
thanks for the words of encouragement, anon. nice drawing

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26 in 2 weeks,
started at 20 but I've spent more time in quitting/on break than drawing, so not huge on thinking in years.

Starting to find some things I like about my work but still got a ways to go

>>3044500
Really cool rendering and nice colors but I think you should experiment more with composition. The picture seems like it's supposed to feel epic and exciting, but the flat angle of the scene as well as the distance between the angel and the dragon causes there to be very little visual tension in your picture. Try looking at shots from fight scenes in movies/ anime and action comics for reference.

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>>3044509
Yeah i tend to overwork stuff, and I often feel that i lost something in the process. I think anyone who spent more time with painting from imagination can relate to this.

>>3044511
just use a ref dude.

no client is going to be like:
"hey anon why does this look sobad"
"OH it was from imagination not reference"
"Wowee cool"

>>3044516
If you use ref everytime one day you will end up drawing an aborted crocodile on strem and pretending that it's a kangoroo.

>>3044520
over-reliance on reference is not the same as using a reference.


you pull up reference when the gaps in your memory/imaginative work show up.

kim jung gi started out using references/life to compliment his imaginative work, and he still pulls up refs on occasion.

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>>3044487
Thank you. Thinking about drawing more this year, but who knows.

>>3043733
different person. id say also look at your use of saturation more. theres too much of it on too many different colors in too many places. if that makes sense?

you're gonna make it, anon.

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24, started at 21 almost 3 years ago.
really inspirational stuff in this thread.

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sorry to be THAT person, but does anyone have a brush recommendation/link similar to the OP pic? I want something blocky but with a texture for building shapes. I only use a plain round brush atm and im starting to grow out of it.
sorry im retarded.

also just to contribute, hes some of my art from a few months ago for i made for someone who is into flavour of the month stuff. I'm 18 and I've been taking art seriously for a few years now. 2-3 maybe. I know its garbage.

>>3043305
I like it
You seem to already have some decent hand skill. If you keep at it, think about appeal and refining your style, you'll probably be pretty good by your mid 20s

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24 and I've been drawing for 7 years. I lost a lot of time to poverty, inter-generational violence, depression, personal struggles, and a suicide attempt. If you need help, get help. If you need medication, get on it asap. Wish I started sooner.

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28 i paint off n on every 6 months or so i have no drive its only a hobby this is a repost cause its one of the most recent ..

>>3044966
lookin good man keep it up.

>>3042330
You show a lot of promise. Do not stop studying.

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18, I've been drawing for like 3 years. I've recently taken up digital art and hopefully I improve. My art is mostly anime shit :/

>age 22
>mileage around 6-7 years
Drew since I was a kid
Ended up in art school borderline accidentally
Too overconfident but still learned some things for 4 years
Got out and wandered for 3 years working/studying IT.. drew digital in my free time
Last year took up art seriously as a career option.. going good so far

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Same peep who posted the Blue JJBA thing. I also draw cutesy stuff

>>3045031
I just took a job in IT too as a software engineer... I'm wondering whether it was the wrong career choice but pay is god.

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>>3042082
22
1 Month Started in june
I started in June of 2017 when I bought a drawing tablet. I needed something creative cause I felt if I didn't Accounting life would have made me seriously suicidal.

My oldest and my newest

>>3045585
Unless you're 100% sure about art or have a decent family to support you, it's probably better to have a job. I'm living pretty shitty right now.

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>Age
22
>How long have you been drawing for
Since November of 2015, with long periods of little to no activity (December 2015, May-September 2016) and during my "active" months I didn't draw daily (4-5 times a week for 1-3 hours). Just recently I've started drawing daily.

I am not trying hard enough and it shows, also I am not sure I am practicing the right way.

>Age
23
>Mileage
Since 2009, realize I was shit so I started taking my art seriously in 2013. Then became shit the second round and wanted to start all over again last year. Grinding my fundamentals for now, but will eventually start drawing from imagination.

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I just turned 18

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>25 y/o
>been drawing since a kid
>starting actively trying to improve for a few years as a teen but didnt have any direction, just tried to draw things I knew I was bad at
>found /ic/ 4-5 years ago, have been trying to improve ever since

>>3044485
>underrated

great job anon

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>20 years old
>Can't remember when I started drawing
I only started using references, doing studies, and digitizing my art recently.

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>>3042082
Well, I do recall making doodles like once or twice a year when I was a kid but I didn't start drawing serious until I was 22. I'm currently 23 right now and I've been drawing seriously(3hours a day) since Sept 2015. I'm a hobbyist but I want to reach pro level by the time I'm 26.

>>3045639
That's really good and beats my progress, what are you using to git gud?

>>3042388
nice

>>3045947
That's pretty much me. Shit, will take serious....still shit...TIME TO START OVER!

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>>3042082
I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil, mostly doodling with long breaks in between. Fast-forward to this year, I'm 23. Finally learned how to discipline and practice. I'm starting over and been consistently practicing for a few months. I hope I don't burn out. Here's my art. Illustration is a dream but seems doubtful.

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22, just started drawing seriously two weeks ago since i got a tablet from a friend. I've obviously been doodling like every teenage kid.

Since i won't be able to use it (spending all summer in law internship) i'll have to try the good old pen and paper. It's going to be a lot of fun !

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>27
>Drawing since childhood off and on, and for stuff related to my degree and work (architecture).
My current output is just little doodles and practice sketches, mostly as an effort to ease back into drawing as an enjoyable hobby. Haven't done an original finished piece for myself in years. Sometimes I do a little commissioned work (game art and architectural illustrations) but Im rarely proud of them.

pic related: recent practice

>>3042357
I started after college. I don't regret it. Actually, I'm happy I found something I like.

>>3044485
wow you captured his likeness 100%, and it looks realistic without smudging, good job man, young too, you should definitely go to college for something art related

>>3046144
Right?

>>3045984
Making sure to participate in every /beg/ thread and do one figure and one face.

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23 years old. I've been drawing since I was a kid, like everybody else. I started taking it more seriously like three or four years ago, I was super lazy before and didn't practiced everyday.
My last finished drawing, I spent about 12 days drawing it, I hope to be able to do something better than this in a couple of days someday.

>>3044395
thicc

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>>3042082
Okay then, I'm 20 now and started drawing again ~3 years ago since i dropped it thinking i was going to be a scientist or some shit without an interest for science. Here's something i was working on but i'm getting to the colour stages so progress is getting slower.

Mid 20s
Been drawing since I was a kid but it doesn't matter since I never took it seriously (barely any studies), and there were many years I didn't draw at all. Been trying to make drawing a habit since the start of this year, going well so far. Next step is to work harder on them fundamentals.

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28 years old. I've been drawing since I was a kid, but started taking it seriously in 2012. Problem is that since that year I've had a lot of hiatus in between... This is the last "ok" painting I've done, back in 2015 and one of the last paints since that time. I haven't done anything "serious" since 2015.

I can say that the dream is over for me... I'm even not that much into drawing anymore I think and just draw when I go to a artist meeting in my city every two months.

>>3046272
> I started taking it more seriously like three or four years ago
> I spent about 12 days drawing it

i'm sorry, but 12 days? you mean 12 days of 5-15 min intervals, right?

>>3046417
Illustration takes a long time friendo
Spent 5 weeks doing 1-3 hours a day on >>3042124

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>>3042082
>22
>kindergarten. Never really "went serious", but always kept drawing in a pace that I thought was serious at the time.

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>>3042082
Started drawing at 16, pic related is one of my first drawings. It's JUST a drawing of a drawing. I didn't have to do any thinking for myself, I just copied a drawing. I honestly surprised myself with how it turned out that I stupidly thought that drawing was easy. I was wrong. So very wrong.

At around that time, my parents were pressuring me to go to college so I went for a 2-year animation course. One thing I learnt about art schools is that they don't teach non-artists how to draw. They teach already good artists how to get better. I wasn't a good artist, and I still hesitate to even call myself an "artist". I jumped off the deep end and I drowned. At 17, I succumbed to the harsh truth that I sucked and lost all motivation for art and just kinda did enough to graduate (which I did, thankfully). I learnt jackshit about animation at school, honestly.

At 18 the drive to make art was somehow re-ignited so I enrolled in an animation workshop where I learned more about actually animating in 3 months than that in the 2 years I spent in college (although it was mostly just us reading/watching The Animator's Survival Kit) .


>How old are you now?
19 and finally getting serious about drawing and my fundamentals.

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>>3046445
tl;dr
>pic related is current art
>How old are you?
19
>What age did you start drawing?
16
>How long have you been drawing?
2/3 years. Stopped drawing at 17 then restarted at 18

>>3046438
this is awesome. I especially like your 13 yr old artworks and the spider-man one from 16 yrs. you're probably insanely good now.

>>3046423
>>3046272

Really? Wow. I never knew. I personally can't work on anything for more than 2 hours, let alone 2 hours for a week. So I admire both of your patience.

I still kinda don't believe or don't want to believe how long this shit takes, so I guess I'm gonna have to try it out just to experience it for myself.

>>3046452
Holy shit no. It's 20xx. So the 13 is 2013.

I'll fix the image for future posts.

>>3046438
Your style went from interesting and bold to boring and cliche.

>>3046477
I see your point.

I put down a lot more time on the slightly earlier stuff.
These days I'm pretty much only doing shit I can finish in a day, for practice reasons to avoid polishing turds.

This thread has bummed me out and made me hopeful all at the same time.

>>3044503
I like it anon , keep it up!

>>3046512
Why?

>>3046546
I've been drawing most of my life, and seeing people who are younger than me who have been drawing for a couple years at most surpass me kinda made me feel like shit, but at the same time there's plenty people here who are in the same situation in this same thread working hard and slowly improving their work gave me some hope that I may have a chance to not suck shit if I actually tried and put some effort into learning and getting better.

>>3046467
Don't worry, we are still learning so it's normal we took so much time.

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>26
>tracing pokemon since i was a kiddo
>painting since 2015

It's pretty fucking nice when you trash your own art and skill to oblivion, but then when you check these threads the only people whom are better than you also are ~5 years older.

>>3046784

You shouldn't compare yourself to some random guys like me - because those number games are misleading - but to people with the kind of success or job you aspire to. I was surprised to learn that Guweiz is only 21.
Anyway, more power to you Anon if you're on the right track.

>>3046860
>Guweiz
That fag has a worse sameface problem than kr0n, or however the fuck that faggot spells his name.

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>>3046751
dam blog pls?

26
Graduate next summer, in talks with recruiters and companies and concept artist friends (getting recommended for the team of a hugely popular mmo)
>post work, no.

>>3046895
Not to sound dickish, but it's nice to hear about someone who isn't a wunderkid getting a job straight out of HS. I'm expecting to graduate at 24, so I'm relieved I won't be too old for entertainment industry work. Congrats, by the way! Really hope you snatch those jobs.

>>3046888
That's Godsh0t.

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>>3046438
>10 year old drawing
>its a spiked braclet wearing hand squeezing the blood out of a heart

Holy shit bro, u alright?

Also, nice job, it looks like you got the handle of perspective really early on.

>>3044966
gj mang, keep going

>>3044395

First old guy here, thanks for your kind words. In the last few days, I've been thinking about what other Anons said about the age-meme and reading stuff about neuroscience and learning. I'm convinced that it's entirely possible but it just needs to be done efficiently.

I'm going to do what I said in >>3044321 , it will be an interesting experiment. Also I intend to make a reading sheet for every book I'll try from the Sticky, so instead of just being "my blog" it may also prove interesting for other beginners.

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I'm 29, been drawing as long as I can remember.
Started drawing a lot when I was 12, didn't get all that serious until I was about 17, had a lot of motivation and energy but no discipline or guidance.

Despite being shit tier I had a bit of an ego even if I didn't express it outwardly.
I expected myself to be a lot better than I had any reason to.

So I got frustrated, convinced myself I wasn't going to make it because it was easier than putting in the work to get good.
Took a lot of breaks, the longest lasting almost two years, from 2014-2016.

Decided to give it one last shot, got nothing better to do with my life anyways.

>>3047030
I was 15 or 16 when I made it. Also a complete edgelord (like everyone else that age, so I don't feel very ashamed about it).

>>3047627
Wait, those numbers mark how many years you have been drawing? I assumed they represented the age you were when you did them and I'm probably not the only one.

>>3047629
It's meant to be the year I made it. Another dude itt thought the same, so I've changed it for future uses.

Sorry for being confusing.

>>3044395
>Our best years are still ahead of us, my friend. We still have at last 40 more good years
As someone who's terrified of ageing, thanks for this, anon

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>>3042082
I started drawing when I was a wee little kid, so I don't exactly know when. I know that I drew a shitton already when I was in first grade, but I sucked.
I have never actively sought to improve, because I don't fucking know how. If I improve it is basically trough trial and error because I don't know shit about anything regarding actual theory about drawing.

I also draw very irregularly these days because I can only draw if I have an idea in my head and I am enjoying drawing it. If I hit a roadblock, I just stop and let it go.
These are some sketches I made some days ago. I am trying to draw the one on the left digitally right now, but kinda got to a point where I am like "fuck it" because I hate doing lineart because I can't get the same sort of feel to it as I can with pen and paper.

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>>3047715
Here is the crappy thing digitally.
I sorta want to color it without using the only way I know which is based entirely around using lineart as borders between colors, but I don't really know how one would go about coloring differently.

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19 now, been drawing since I was little, never really got serious about it until 15. Never really touched digital or painting in that time although I do want to learn it.

Pic is from 2013, I'm a tradfag trying to go digital while also trying to learn how to paint and refine my fundies at the same time.

>>3048263
What's your work like now?

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23 soon, started drawing around August 2014.

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20, been drawing since I was a kid but only recently started getting serious.

Actually never practice because depression and because I constantly feel overwhelmed by the amount of shit I still have to learn. Poor hand and arm controle frustrate me a lot. I plan to go digital but I still can't do anything with it.

Top pic is some sketch I'm doing for a friend. Bottom is some study I was doing last week

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>24
I have been drawing my whole life but actually got serious 3 years ago and i got better but then stagnate, maybe i am really retarded because i can't get anything from me being self taught even worse i cant color for shit althought i understand the color concepts and such, maybe i am not cut for this, worse i fell for the furry bucks meme bullshit to only discover that in order to get good cash you need to make weird ass fetishes...

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>age
turned 23 yesterday
>what age did you start
at 19.
>what's your art currently like?
i don't have anything non-personal to show, to here are some studies

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>>3042082
>28 currently
> Started when I was 16
> still suck.

JUST

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just turned 18, been drawing for 3 years. parents want me to go to a college so im trying to find a cheap but quality art college near nc

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23, started learning when I quit med school mid year around 3 years ago.

>>3046751
>tracing pokemon since i was a kiddo
holy shit I also did this. remember putting my life in danger just so i could trace them on the side of the window. good times. love your colors btw.

>>3048552
Man, this is my biggest fear. I'm risking quite a lot by taking the art path. And I dont' have the money for a good school either. I need to git gud in 5 years

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>>3048378
2017

>>3048730
what did you work when you quite med school?

>>3048750
nice

>>3042890
Wouldn't recommend going to FZD desu, research more about that place, I was going to go but then backed out because of the sheer amount of work they make you do there. They have you on insane working schedules, like 12 hours a day kinda shit. If you don't put in that amount of work you won't get what you want out of it! They make you do 3 years of work within the span of 1. Hard shit, but if you think you can handle that for a year, go ahead.

just looking out for ya :)

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24, or possibly 25 now. I don't remember

Started when I was a lil kid, had a "serious" period in my early teens, only got really serious again this past year.

>unfinished WIP here but I don't have much painted stuff, mostly sketch studies

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>23
>Since I was 3, I always doodled in my schoolbooks.
>Chose to study fine art and graphic design in high school
>Gave up on persuing any sort of career in art before I was 18

I draw on and off from time to time and I never like what I do the day after I save it.
I'd like to break a leg to have to force myself to stay put and just engrave proper technique into my mind. I'd just wank and watch YouTube though I know it.

I've been messing with this one since John Cygan died.

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>19, completing 20 in early August
>seven or eight years
>studying seriously since 12 or 13, just for fun
I just like to experiment different ways of drawing cute girls, drawing creepy and cute stuff and sometimes something with a superficial meaning behind.
I never work really hard in my drawings because I get bored really quickly, but usually I draw really fast compared to the others, but i really don't care that much about it.

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>20
>Drew my whole life
>Didn't get into anime art until middle school
>Pic related current art
>Still need work

>>3044936
Ah, yeah I think I get what you mean. Wow, I never even considered controlling saturation haha, that's a huge help.

>>3048851
Where did you get the 3 years of work figure?

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>18
>Been drawing my whole life, started taking it seriously a about month ago.
>Pic related is probably one of my best so far, but the colouring was lazy as heck so idk

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I turned 20 this year

my only excuse for so little progress in 3 years is because of the huge breaks I take for school

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freshly 18. drew since i was 8 or so, started to want to get better around middle school. here's my most recent art, its for someone else. drawn today.

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21, been drawing seriously for about 8 months, was a comfy slacker before then for another 10 months. so around 1.5 years
pic related is the best piece I drew recently

>20
>15 years
>5 years old
>amateurish

I was impressive for a 13 year old and have since stagnated

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>19
>Been drawing my whole life, but only got serious about it around 16
>My art seems to cycle between stagnating and improving. I've been stagnating recently, so I've decided to pick it back up with the studying.
>Pic related is the most recent pic I've uploaded to my Artstation

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>>3049593
Wait whoops, this is the most recent one.

>>3049611
>17
underage b8

art is ok though. really cartoony but it looks like that was what you were going for builds a nice atmosphere. Work on your shading.

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>>3049611
woods look like vagina hehe

(really like this, looks like something you'd see on Cartoon network in 2015)

>>3049611
>17 years old

Nice try FBI

>>3049618
Shitty default watercolor brush mang, gotta learn how to make my own brushes to get good shading and I'm too lost to do that shit

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>>3049625
I feel it
get better software though faggot

>>3048479
this makes my heart fuzzy

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>20
>2 months (started mid april). I did have art classes for a while in high school but I didn't put in any effort so might as well say I've started from scratch.

>>3046438
>first from .15


It's like that one transmetropolitan cover, innit?

30
Start at 17 with concept art .org
Peaked my drawing and painting skills at about 26. Beginner thread material today.
Working some senior level graphic and game design now.

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20 years old.
Been drawing my whole life for fun, started pursuing it as a career when 16. Got more involved in it at 18.
Currently involved in a Game Designing course although I'm pushing to more freelance/illustration kind of thing.

Current work in progress, probably been on this for about 15ish hours.

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Thanks guys, I needed the motivation!

> age
24

> started
Always been kinda of a "drawing kid" but only started taking seriously five years ago

> what is my art like
is all fushit famaliam

>>3043112
Learn color theory. The light colors on darker versions of that color makes it look boring and armature. For example: If you went with a hue of red for shadows on that green it would take it to another level.

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Since I'm posting.
24
I think I'm decent but nowhere near where I should be considering the years I spent doing other things. Seeing all those teens at or past my level doesn't help either but I want to catch up to them.
This is one of the only things I've posted to /ic/. Was a challenge to draw something with no reference in 30min or less.
>>3042348
I also started learning around grade 6-7.

>>3042491
If you want to fix lineart, do confident strokes instead of chicken scratch. Donthose exercises. The comments will probably drop.

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Im 19 about to be 20 pretty soon
Been drawing most of my life but got really into it when i was 15 and got serious last year.

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recently turned 18, hooray
Last year was when I started studying with help from others, but I've been drawing/doodling most of my life.

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23.
I only like to doodle lazy shitty anime that I don't spend long on, though. Large pieces are too much of a inconvenience.

I've been drawing since I could pick up a pencil only tried improving a year or so back.

>>3042082
>18
>started today
>stick figure level
I'm just starting :-)

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21. I haven't drawn in over a year and a half.
I had a "honeymoon phase" the autumn of 2015 being hyped to start finally getting fundamentals but that fizzled out pretty soon after. I wanted to learn how to draw since five years ago but never took the leap past finding tutorials and books.

All I do now is save pictures I think would be cool references "for later". Fuck me.

>>3049699
>Peaked my drawing and painting skills at about 26. Beginner thread material today.
wtf?

I'm 28 this month.
I have copied like 3 things from life half a year ago, only in ballpoint, no hatching, some retardation with markers maybe.
I shitpost every other day, maybe daily even on /ic/ since 2 years. I even give advice to people and recommend books and everything and guillible fucks thanks me for it.

...I want to start drawing and painting though when I get a job and move from parents. Thinking about gouache and inks.

>>3042082
>I'm 18 as of currently, turning 19 next month
>I have been drawing for 3-4 years but never seriously, more or less just my attempts at cute anime girls
>literally decided yesterday to start taking it seriously, mostly due to finally receiving family approval
>began learning the fundamentals yesterday, realized that i can actually do this
>was so proud of myself that i stayed up all night doing stupid stuff
>feel like absolute shit now

I already know that it's not gonna be an easy climb, but i have proven to myself many times before that i can do something if i can set my mind to it.

Also can anybody point me towards some good anatomy books for drawing and maybe an efficient way of doing it? my biggest issue is that i work painfully slow but i tend to grasp concepts like this pretty easily so i think i can make good progress in a reasonable amount of time

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>>3042082
>age
19
>when did you start
ive been "drawing" as a kid, but i didn't really try to start doing any form of dedicated study since like 4 years ago
>whats your art currently like
there alot of factors as to why in 4 years i am not good enough, some of it being things i can't contorl and some of it being me being a useless piece of shit. But i wanna be something, i wanna have something to reach towards, have something to live for.

Progress pic.

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>>3052862
Heres a drawing from today.

Am i gonna make it brehs?

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>How old are you?
25
>How long have you been drawing for?
Non seriously? since I was a kid.
Seriously? a few months ago started to grind my fundies.
>What age did you start?
At 8
>What's your art like currently?
Very beginner-ish and not worth posting. Have a cute animango grill instead.

>>3042082
23.
Over the years I've been attempting sporadically, but didn't start seriously until about a week ago.
Total noob tier. Grinding construction and perspective.

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23
Been drawing seriously for a little over a year since Jan '16. I've been doodling as a kid, and I even took art classes but never actually drew outside of them like an idiot, until maybe 2015, where I'd draw every few days just doing more non serious doodles. So I like to say that I've been drawing seriously, doing studies and what not, since Jan '16. My art is pretty /beg/. I haven't even begun to touch values or perspective(like I said I would totally focus on a year ago haha). Pic related is some drawings I did a few days ago.

>>3049519
The woman sitting down and the skulls are really good Imo!

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18, been doodling all my life but recently stopped. now its rare that i even sketch in the margins of my papers. pic is 1 yr old, jfc long neck

>>3049193
>I never work very hard in my drawings
No shit?

>>3049586
100% relate

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25 now
2 years on/off
23 started

Attached is crappy random sketching I did for this thread in a couple minutes. I have nothing saved, so, yea.

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24
Been into art since high school but was kind of a douche about it and never improved. Started taking it seriously when I was 22

>>3043647
Damn man nice work. blog ?

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26, never drew at all until march last year and now try to do it daylie. I have the great privilige of having my next 2 1/2 years fully financed, and have complete free time which i will be devoting 100% to studying art.

This is a shitty color study i did in ~20 minutes today. I`ve only worked in grayscale thus far, so color is completely new territory for me.

The thought of having started too late haunts me daylie, but it`s the fist time in my life that i`m fully devoted to doing something.

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Im 18,i started drawing december 2015 and right now i have no means to show how i can draw with my usual tools,but i did this like 2 days ago in mspaint with a laptop mousepad

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>24 years old
>always drew as a kid, tried to take it seriously in school from 15 or so before getting kicked from art class - used that spite to begin practicing constantly since then
>Currently into portraiture but I know my work is very derivative. Working on it.

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25 years. I draw since I was 6, started to actually have a (rudimentary) critical sense at 15, but never managed to practice seriously - the more I learn, the less fun I have as I stare into the abyss of what I don't know or how little I have done.

I know if I threw every distraction away and worked for 2 years straight on improving myself I could reach a decent level, but I fail to set drawing as a top priority in my life. I don't have the stability to draw at ease, and I can't draw with this constant feeling of guilt.
It's kinda like depression, how the inertia feeds itself and all, but it only applies to drawing. Everything else in my life ticks normally. Weird. Must be the emotional attachment/investment and lack of concrete goals, as art is a pretty blurry subject.

Pic related was made last month or so. It doesn't get much better than this.
Got to /ic/ today to see if I could find a spark of inspiration, but everything passes by me without leaving any mark.

I wish I wanted to draw...

>>3056710
Can relate to this so much

>>3056710
Got a blog anon? Cute stuff.

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>>3056715
Not anymore, posting stuff becomes a chore of its own that further shuts my productivity down. But have an unplanned midget elf thing.

I'm thinking of doing a comic or some sort of concrete project to get out of the slump and just move forward no matter what. I just gotta try to make a story I don't care too much about "wasting" with my current quality of art, my expectations are my worst enemy most of the time.

>>3056710
Motivation fades, discipline lasts.
You can train discipline just like you can train art. Start there. Never think that it's too late to start, your future self will thank you.

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>>3056727
Yeah, anon, I myself am a living proof of that.
Been learning Japanese by myself for less than 2 years now and am already halfway through it. I also managed to have a physical exercise routine just fine for 3 months, just for the hell of it.
No idea how to tackle art in the same way, though. Never found a method that "clicks" for me, so I keep having random bursts of productivity and stopping, re-assessing, reading tips and tutorials here and there, trying something new when I don't feel like shit... the cycle goes on.

But enough babbling, I don't want to hog attention with woe mes. Coming to /ic/ and reading shit is helping me feel a bit more ashamed and getting back a bit of steam. Off to bed now, good night and thanks for caring. Have this last sketch where I felt like I was expressing something, for a change.

>>3056739
That drawing is actually cute as fuck

>>3056727
>You can train discipline

Any advice on how to do it? The promises I make to myself are gone like the wind every next morning. There must be a way to trick that stupid brain of mine and make some kind of habits...

>>3058328
Start slow, 10 minutes every day. Once this has become routine increase the the time. Time yourself and keep track of how many days in a row you did without breaking the combo.

Also look up "no more zero days", some faggot on reddit did a pretty good write up for a healthy mentality to improve discopline, maybe it'll help.

Please give examples of good, late blooming artists. I'm 18 and only recently started drawing again, I need some inspiration. I'm fucking paranoid that I missed my chance of drawing while my mind develops with it.

>looking at drawing from my childhood
>I've LITERALLY degraded
fuuuu

>>3058705
You're not a late bloomer until your mid twenties, dude. Chillax, start your reps so when the premature age crisis hits you (OMG I'M 20, I'M OLD!), you'll already have some polished fundamentals and not feel like complete shit.

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>>3042082
25 - started drawing when i was five - don't draw much now - changed over to painting

>>3058725
Technically you're a late bloomer if you startet after you were a small child. Thats the only way to become great during the prime of your life.

After that it dosn't matter if you start at 18, 28, 38 or 68, it'll take the same amount of time to get good.

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>>3058654

Thanks, makes sense, it's better to start slow and not break the chain.

25 last month, i think i am one of the few here hat considers art an hobby and takes the pace slow. i love to experiment every media, i help anons when i can and i try to take only the best out of /ic/

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Soon to be 34 , drawing 3-4 years seriously, and a few years casually

>>3052864
no, study REALISTIC proportions
aka Bammes

>>3042388
Keep at it, youve got potential my guy

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22, been drawing for 2 and a half years, started at almost 20

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>>3062657
are you following Gui Guimaraes painting guide lol. its pretty good

>>3062667
Nah i didnt, but i should! His work is awesome and hes an expert on painting cool looking glowy stuff

>>3056739
Very cute

>>3044485
blog?

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>>3042082
Hello OP, Hello thread
Been drawing since I can old a pencil
Started to be really into drawing since last year, because I started an art school
Now I'm not that good with anatomy and shit, but I like to vary my "style"

>>3052864
Yes, do what you want cause a pirate is free

>>3053415
Ohhh I like that, keep going

>>3060942
Love it.

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>>3042082
26
from my childhood. my oldest drawings are 22 years old. I was a bullied looser who draw all the breaks instead of playing with other children in elementary school.
>pic
I did draw it when i was in armed forces (i was a conscript).

>>3058768
That's pretty sick, anon. Nightmare fuel background for a cover of a book. Nice.

>>3042082
I'm 30.
I started at 16(at least seriously at 16)
I have a hard time saying where my art is currently at. A lot of things are on my mind. A lot of things are fucking with my current mental state. I can't create in this environment. Also, I don't like to retread ground. Some people will say my more realistic works are my best while more graphic work is worse and vice versa. I also don't like to recreate work of other artists and...

That last part? Is making art much harder for me right now. The entire world is prying and proding my mind for information. My art use to be invidividualistic but now it's the status quo. It's both awesome and disheartening. I don't want to make art like everyone else. I want to do my own thing. But when my own thing is the same as everyone else because of my influence... is it stale now? or is it flourishing? I created the things I did because that's how my mind works. I have to change my mind altogether to create something new but I don't think it will be something l like. it won't be me.

Fuck the world. Fuck my mind. Fuck the police.

I just want to go home. I don't want to paint anymore. It might be time for something new completely. A way to express who I am without retreading or worrying about if it's been done before. I like writing. I love poetry. I love music. I think I might combine the two, maybe include my art into the mix. With storytelling.

Might come out a bit silly a bit try hard. But I don't care. I just want to create and the thrill of creation is found in the new.

>>3062657
I KNOW YOU
PLEASE DARLIN TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. TEEELLLL MMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

What the fuck am I? Why did you lie to me? Were you all in on it? What the fuck.

what the fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckufkcuif;alks;dlkas;ldk

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25, started as a hobby two years ago, got more into it last year

I'm still pretty shit, but improvement has been steady so I can't complain.

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>>3042082
21 y/o // 95

http://emilnowicki.deviantart.com/

>>3063171
Thanks m8 that is actually one of my comic book characters, I'm doing something like a twisted mix of a dragon ball and berserk.

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>23
>Hobbyist all of my life, started seriously practicing art about 2 years ago
>Never actually drawn much from imagination, but i can combine references into new material
>so sometimes get lucky and create something new that actually looks decent

The problem is, i just feel like i am cheating and learning about how to draw everything from my head is so fucking hard.

>>3066259
>learning about how to draw everything from my head is so fucking hard
Its not hard, if you are not genius its impossible dont feel guilty
>Never actually drawn much from imagination, but i can combine references into new material
Most of proffesionals doing samething. Even they are alwasy say "dont try to draw without referances". You are ok anon dont feel bad.