Hey, /ic/ I really wanted to ask you for advice. What do you

>>3134467
I'd like to know as well, because I'm gonna go fucking insane.

dont rely on motivation. rely on habit. draw every single day.

>>3134467
Get a softer kind of lead, like 4B - 6B.... Get a lot out in your sketchbook and keep moving without looking back. But complete everything you start.

A successful realization doesn't have to be perfect.

>>3134467
>>3134471
Seems like other people got this problem as well.

>>3134467
>>3134471
>>3135598
Essentially what >>3134495 said.

It's either you set a schedule, do it on habit, or just DO it.

Typically it's a result of a more underlying problem like fear. Procrastination starts way, fear of effort, work, stress, mistakes, etc.

But you know what? You can't avoid any of that, so just start and do it, draw. You already have the will and motivation, you're trying, you're here asking how to help yourself. You WANT to be good.

Now all you need to do is work for it. Once you start, you get into the motions and will continue to do it anyways. Stamina is a thing in the beginning, so you can't force 5 hours down your throat, start small like ten minutes then gradually go up to 30 then up to an hour. Make sure to take breaks and then jump back into it.

I come to /ic/, pretend that an hour of staring at a blank page constituted practice and write a lengthy shitpost where I demand to know why I'm not Ruan Jia yet.

>>3135619
l*terally me

>>3135619
You must be lying because there hasn't been a post like that in ages.

>>3134467
I do a combo of 2 things. I look at art or artists I really like, or watch someone draw who I like (like watch episodes of tac au tac or soemthing)

OR

I experiment with drawing methods. Sometimes just learning on your own can be more motivating because it's less boring. Like I'll set a goal for myself like 'okay, I wonder if I can draw this without guidelines if I ghost my perspective lines' or maybe you can try something like 'I'm gonna stare at a picture for 20 minutes and try to memorize everything, then do my best to draw it without looking' or whatever.

You know, goals or games with yourself or something, might give you that boost of interest.

Actually a third thing motivates me, and that's drawing with other people - because then it's social, so you are both drawing and getting to have company at the same time. You could try a few games online like pictionary, or a website where you draw together with people like iscribble.

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>>3134467
Do or do not, there is no try