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I started learning drawing in July 2023. Here's my progress so far. (art.plantmonster.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz to c/artshare@lemmy.world

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I marked this as NSFW as I draw nude models.

I started essentially from zero. I tried DrawABox last year, but I gave up in lesson 2 as I couldn't quite understand what I was supposed to do with the texturing and it was difficult to get help in the Discord community.

Now I just got myself a private teacher and found working with pencil much easier than working with ink. I started doing 1 hour per day, but eventually ramped it up to 2-3 hours per day once I found a nice podcast to listen while practising.

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[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Nice work. Keep at it and maintain the philosophy of a life long learner and you'll really see some results.

[–] bobby_hill@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Damn! You started learning this year? That gives me hope!

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nice! For graphite, split a soft pencil, take a strip of lead and spread it around so there's no white showing. It helps with blending and it'll force you to use more contrast.

[–] Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That does sound easier than trying to sharpen the pencil and using the side to draw. I sort of prefer charcoal as it makes it easier to get more contrast and automagically creates texture.

[–] DeadSM@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What ever you do, don't stop and keep dates on your work. You have it fresh now but in 10 years it will be very hard to look back and position pieces in order if you don't. 😁

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Jesse we need to draw

Where did you pick up your tutor? Online/local/something else? Fast progress!

[–] Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Uuh it was some random Finnish classified website that scammed a monthly fee that I wasn't able to get back, so whatever it was, I'd rather not link it. At least I found a good teacher.