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Art help
sk524
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
I was thinking about starting to do art but i have a minor case of o.c.d. (I am being serious about his) and kind of freak out if a line is screwed up. Does anybody know if there is a way for me to get into the whole idea of drawing. I have also thought about using the whole computer drawing idea but i don't really know how.D:
Thanks to anyone who helps.
Thanks to anyone who helps.
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You have to start somewhere. And everybody makes mistakes. Everybody. Professionals even make mistakes. This is why you've got to draw multiple lines sometimes to get the "proper" line down.
It's almost like you're telling us you hate cheese, and you want to learn how to eat pizza.
If you really get that upset with things messing up, and you can't see yourself pushing through, it may not be a good idea to go in that direction.
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As far as the computer-stuff goes...learning how to draw on paper first is ideal. Drawing on the computer doesn't help you draw better, and it doesn't make drawing correctly any easier. However, once you know how to draw with the traditional materials, making the transition over to digital is sooooo much easier.
I think you need to be a bit more specific. I could tell you a lot of things, but what do you specifically want to know?
What type of "arty art"? Maybe an example from Deviant Art would help.
Illustrator is usually more for design-based work. Photoshop is usually for digital painting (when you're not actually using it for, ya know, photographs).
Corel Painter may be a good program if you're looking for something that looks more like paint...if that's what you mean by "arty" art.
It is, but don't post anything there if you aren't prepared for blunt, harsh criticism. They're a tough crowd who really know their shit, from what I've seen.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=870
when starting out, what you are drawing doesn't really matter. You really don't have to start on some kind of hardcore drawing routing with figure gestures or other crap like that. That stuff comes later, but for know just relax and start doodlin.
Dude, I totally know, some people write like an essay just to say that the colors need to be a bit less vibrant but still it is good for upcoming artist.
Basically you get 30 seconds to draw what you're seeing, every thirty seconds you have to flip the page and start drawing something else. If you can get someone to pose for you it works out really well because they can just move every 30 seconds and force you to start a new drawing.
Try doing this for 10 minutes every day and use some really inexpensive paper (newsprint and charcoal is good). You stop freaking out about perfecting lines because you don't get enough time to, you're too busy frantically scrawling on the paper.
a good exercise is to get a huuuge sheet of paper, newsprint or something and a charcoal stick and draw big and messy. try and deal with it being messy, acknowledge that it will be messy.
Just draw. Don't worry about using a computer, it sounds like you aren't ready for that step. A computer can be an excellent tool, but paper you can have handy, and bring everywhere with you.
Stop worrying about being good at it. Just draw.