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/i/, i have a confession to make. i come here every night, and look at almost all the threads, watch the animations, view the life that goes on in /i/, and only wish i could have it. you see, i cannot draw. period. i have the artistic skills of a 2 year old, yet i still come here every night and wish, just wish that someday i can doodle and draw as easily as most of you can.

is this sad/pathetic?
>> Rickz0r !AvrvnsSyog
Shut up, pick up a pencil, and PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH YOUR IMAGINATION!
>> Anonymous
>>83256

yeah but its so frustrating. i can see what i want to draw in my head, like, every line of every sketch i can imagine, but my hand just doesn't bring it out right

in before kill yourself, emofag, etc.
>> *******
>>83259
REFERENCE
>> Troy RULES !c9447qhKns
When I was around 12 I decided that I want to be good at drawing. And back then I was just plain godawful...I guess I was just jealous, because my brother is a fantastic drawer, and my mom was an artist.

Well, its 5 years later, and now I can draw something, look at it, and feel proud it, and I guess that's the biggest accomplishment for an artist.

So for some time I had myself drawing something everyday for awhile. And during high school I've been doodling when I should be taking notes. Long story short: practice constantly.
>> Anonymous
if you have the will then you can be a really great artist.. of course when you start out you'll be really shitty, but so is everyone. you just have to keep practicing
>> Anonymous
No one's born knowing how to draw. You have to do it to learn it. Crap is the price every good artist has to pay to get good.
>> Anonymous
>>83259
Spoiler: All new artists suck.
>> Anonymous
if your serious about getting good, then stfu and begin to doodle and draw during your spare time. Not just a few minutes, I am talking about getting so into it, you draw till you lose track of time. No matter if it sucks or not, just draw, make an objective for yourself, draw out a story/comic/etc.
Ok, done that? Now that you seemed to have developed a drive and enjoyment in drawing for hours on end, begin to look into reference and study and try and improve your artwork.
Without the drive and determination to get better, you'll just improve really slowly.
>> Rickz0r !AvrvnsSyog
>>83259
Nothing will ever come out perfect, and no artist should be too proud of their work. Theres always room for improvement, which is why you keep drawing instead of giving up, even if you hate the results. Your old stuff is replaced by your new stuff, you go forwards, not backwards (unless you hire someone else to draw for you, or you're Scott Ramsoomair, creator of VGcats.)

Look at many Webcomics, look through the entire archives, most of them weren't anywhere near as polished as they are now, and thats because the artists probably never gave up even though they felt like they should have.

For gods sakes, please don't copy and paste templates or fall into the Weeaboo abyss, some people manage to break out of these phases if they become the victims but others aren't as fortunate.

Don't expect /i/ to be a nice place either, be one with an onion, have layers. It's okay to take critique, just make sure its helpful, and remember that no matter where you go someone is going to hate you, don't let it crush your spirit and will to draw. I'm sure you know this all though.
>> Anonymous
7-8-'07

The day /i/ was nice.
>> Anonymous
>>83255
You won't be too welcomed here. All the people that you admire that draw well, are going to have bitch fits about you drawing. Say you're no good and that you decline the quality of the board. See it's a hugbox for fags who are full of themselves.

Rickzor and other less fantastical artists will welcome you because they're not as well praticed as the others and therefore not as full of themselves... yet. They are welcomed by the elitists though because they practically live here and join in on the praise.

E-fame at it's most fucking slimiest, all endorsed by Robert Bopkins himself. Enjoy the faggy politics of a would be High School clique on the internet! Go back to lurking kid and draw on paper and pencil.

Your better off not mastering some little bullshit applet. Oekaki's aren't used for art careers.
>> i
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I can't draw either. Let's be sad e-together

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>> Name
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THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!

Anyway, yeah, doodling is great, it's how I come up with new ideas, develop new drawing techniques, and so forth. I don't have a tablet, and I mostly just piss around with stick figures here, but with a pencil and paper I draw usually every day, and it helps keep me fresh. If you stop drawing for a while, expect to get worse, but if you keep going, you'll get better and better.

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