>tfw slowly but steadily gitting gud

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>tfw stuck in plateau hell

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>>3093359
That's awesome, anon!
>>3093364

Yesterday my mom walked into my room and hugged me, i was shocked at first but later she told me to not give up on myself.

So I won't give up. And neither should you.

>Good at sketching
>Shit at painting
End me already.

>>3093364
You'll get out eventually anon. Keep challenging yourself and try some techniques you wouldn't normally consider.

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>Can't do anything I'm proud of
>realize all my old shit that I used to be proud of wasn't as good as I thought either

It is both a good awareness and a terrible feeling.

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>trying to get good at sequential art

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>tfw trying to get over the practice rut and make something
Even

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>6 year old niece draws with you
>have fun while she draws these stick figure out of crayons while you're drawing
>she draws you and her drawing together with big ol' smiles on their faces
>says when she grows up, she wants to be an artist just like me

>>3093407
Aww thems good feels right there

>>3093407
if she seriously want to be a artist I hope you gave her Loomis and started a 6hour drawing per day program

>>3093371
Same man, I fucking suck at colors. I might be color retarded. Or just retarded.

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>>3093359
>tfw get a bit better
>then a bit worse
>then a bit better

>Only sorta okay at drawing
>Don't know how to advance from my current abilities
>Barely ever finish anything because either I'm not happy with the drawing from the get-go or find an issue I'm unsure of how to fix when I'm about halfway done with it
Fucking shit, lads.

>>3093428
This

Often other successful artist give the advice to just be open with people, reply to other peoples stuff, communicate ect.
So I do that with artists I follow on twitter but always when I reply I feel so fucking akward and want to delete what I just said. They post it on a public space but somehow I feel like I should not reply, even if its a question.

>>3093407
>such a miserable bastard that i will never experience anything this wholesome ever
at least i have my anime

>>3093428
What do you want to get better at?

Study that thing. Look at how other artists draw that thing. Try to draw that thing from reference or from life. Draw it many times from many different angles, always asking yourself what you can improve on the next time you draw it.

The only reason you should be unhappy with a study is if you didn't learn anything. It's not supposed to look good.

>pretty good level
>people at my drawing/rendering skill start to get jobs at studios
>foreign art friends: "wow anon why aren't you working full time already?"
>living in third world country with no studios or any jobs for artists
>all the studios abroad as for +2 years of experience in a vidya studio

Wellp, shit :( commissions aren't a viable option because paypal isn't a thing in my country.

>>3093484
You could work with indie devs over the internet.

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>>3093392
Atleast youre getting better, thats why you should keep some old sketches and sketchbooks around, so you can see how shit you were and how less shit you are now

>>3093484
where do you live?

iktf no studio, atelier or serious institution here at all, it's so frustrating

>>3093522
South America (not Brazil, unfortunately)
How about you?
Yeah. As if art wasn't frustrating enough in general. I feel very lonely and unsure of what to do to make it :/ I can't help but feel a little jelly of artists from first world countries.. art is hard everywhere but I wish they knew what an advantage your location can be sometimes.

>>3093552
same, south of brazil, so maybe we're from the same country

>>3093552
>>3093598
At least North Korea can't nuke you guys. There's an upside to everything.

>>3093598
Oh shit. AR, UR?

>>3093359
How the fuck do you start practicing? I can't get into a routine. I keep quiting after a day or two.

>>3093604
yeah, that's a plus I guess

>>3093604
I wish I lived in Uruguay

>>3093620
Me too. At least i can be unsure of my future and lonely but high.

>>3093604
You kinda have a point.

>>3093626
I dont get high, and I study art so I have no future lol

completely unrelated, are you looking for an art buddy or sth like that by any chance?

>>3093617
Stop quitting after a day or two.

You can try removing distractions, keeping a schedule planner, leaving reminders to draw to yourself, surrounding yourself with what motivates you, or disciplining yourself by punishing yourself when you don't draw.

For like three months I wouldn't jerk off if I didn't draw that day. Now drawing every day is just a habit.

>>3093633
Of course dude. Especially someone that speaks spanish as well
got any contact info?

>>3093648
I have a discord

maurimcree #8907

>>3093660
Gotcha, ill add ya

>>3093663
disregard my post wrong thread

>>3093407
>drawing with younger cousin
>all she does is trace fidget spinners
>just pages upon pages of fidget spinner drawings
I envy you anon.

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>>3093359
>tfw gains were slow for the last 4 months
>buy "how to draw" and "how to render"
>gains city
>and im only just starting to work threw them

>>3093645
Alright, if I don't draw, I'll fucking whip myself.

>>3093407
:')

>>3093407
Tell her to read the fucking sticky.

>>3093415

Study colour theory, it'll help you out considerably

>>3093407
She needs to at a young age that shes Never Gonna Make It

>>3093407
i wish i had this greentxt story of this anon who's little cousin or something drew something and when he looked at it it was generic anime and he just went off on her with the NOT GONNA MAKE IT memes and made her cry lol.

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>tfw don't know what the fuck I'm doing

>>3093407
This warms my heart

>>3093359
this never happens.

irl, it is a lot of frustration getting stuck without being able to improve or even understand where the problem lies, punctuated by sudden and inexplicable progress that rarely happens and is pretty much impossible to systematize or repeat at will.

>>3100216
>getting better doesn't happen
listen to yourself

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>>3100220
progress is never steady. unless you take a really long period of time it pretty much looks like random noise.

not being able to make a piece technically better than one you did a year ago is both frustrating and normal

>>3100232
>not being able to make a piece technically better than one you did a year ago is both frustrating and normal
It really isn't, unless you're already good and progress starts becoming minimal/stagnation. And even then, technicality isn't everything (ie. workflow, speed)

You're too hellbent on semantics than realizing what somebody actually means. Cut it out, anon.

>>3097738
This, color theory changed my life

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>tfw getting worse

>>3100232

>unless you take a really long period of time it pretty much looks like random noise.

The long period is what makes something "slow but steady". Yes, if you zoom in close enough it'll be bumpy, but long term it will show a gradual trend.

You might have periods where you can't top something you really nailed it on a year ago, but your average piece today will normally be better than your average piece a year ago.

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>>3093407
It's time to read Yotsuba again

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>pick up drawing again after months of hiatus
>keep hiccuping because self-deprecation and lack of energy
>all the drawings I draw on tablet look like shit because little experience

Everyone just tells me to keep trying and say that I have potential, but fuck if I know, I can barely bring up the energy to bother with day-to-day shit as is, let alone drawing. Should I try nonetheless?

>>3100315
Answer the inner call, if you actually hear it. Otherwise you will regret it and live a miserable life. Applies to more than just art. Don't ignore the call anon.

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>>3100316
I know. It's there. It's always been there. It's just that life has made it difficult to do anything else but be a depressed mess. And it hurts. But a part of me still wants to keep trying.

Thank you, kind anon. You don't know just how much it means to me to hear those exact words right now.

>>3093691
Give her a spirograph.

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>>3100316
>>3100321
Thank you so much for saying this Im just a random lurker but this honestly hits me so hard. I really feel like you've made my life better just with those 4 sentences.

>>3100315
do studies instead of drawing from imagination. they're less frustrating and more likely to get the groove on.