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>>2474860

Contours, blind contours, gesture and life (figure) drawing, LOTS and LOTS of LIFE DRAWING, easiest way to god-tier, draw an actual naked live model, it helps a shit ton. Experiment with line thickness. Draw from life, stay the hell away from drawing from photos, only use photos or images for reference material, NOT study material. Imagine, visualize the 2-D image as a 3-D image, it sounds easy, but in application it is, in the beginning, seemingly an impossible task.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_drawing

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_contour_drawing

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesture_drawing

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_drawing

Buy, study and read this book, you don't need classes for the most part if you actually DO all the work inside this book. But, that's what most artists lack, if not people in general, self-discipline to see the task through.

>Drawing on the Right Side of your Brain

>http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side-Brain-Definitive/dp/1585429201/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Pro tips:

Look up some old artists, I mean old, the old masters, look them up, study, experiment, understand and make a copy of their work to understand their techniques and level of mastery of their craft/art. See what it means to have a work truly complete and what it takes.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Master

Understand the color wheel and color theory.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory

Understand proper shading, shadows, how light affects an object, start with the stupid simple stuff, then SLOWLY work your way up. Understand the 10 shading value scale.

PS: At the bottom of the page in the link it also describes the hardness and softness of pencils, I suggest you buy all of them, along with a fancy asf German metal pencil sharpener, a kneaded eraser and a good solid poly eraser.

>https://wikis.engrade.com/valuescalesdrawingpencil

Work, practice, have fun, and live life free.

>>2453087
Thank you very much. I really apreciate your effort. I'll definitly apply what you told me. It helps alot.
And thanks for adding nips to my drawings