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>>45248987
Hey, so I'm the one who complimented your lineart in the previous thread and also the one who drew Hina a bunch of times and most recently, the Tewi drawing. Studying technicals and form and all that jazz has NEVER helped me improve, it just doesn't work with my brain. I've never taken an art class or viewed an art tutorial, I don't even know what foreshortening means (I guess I should google it, nyoro~n). However, I agree with >>45249186. I think the best way to learn to draw is to simply draw from life. I ALWAYS draw from real human references, I don't use other drawings as references and I don't draw from my head when I'm doing a serious drawing. I look at models in various poses instead, swimsuit models are a favorite of mine since I can avoid the awkwardness of looking at naked people while studying how their muscles look, etc. I'm not the best person to give advice because honestly, my art is mediocre, and I am completely self-taught. However, I do love art and I put a lot of my time and energy into creation. All the painting masters of the past looked at real people to create their masterpieces. For example, take the masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault. He borrowed cadavers from the morgue in order to create his masterpiece, he didn't paint "from his head" and neither did any of the other masters. Even if they could draw almost perfectly without a reference, in order to reach a place beyond perfection and continue improving, they always used human models. I've heard it's best to view someone in motion, like a standing model-- however, we don't have the luxury to hire models just to draw 2hu smut, so the next best thing would be to look at static images online instead. Besides swimsuit models, I also prefer using yoga models as references. Stock photo websites like Dreamstime have a lot of great photos to sift through for different pose ideas. Well, there's my two cents for what it's worth. I think your drawings are cute and visually appealing, you have tons of room for improvement BUT you get what makes a drawing interesting to look at (as I see the dumbdumbs on vhu reposting your art a lot!). With a few more years of daily practice, you will surely improve dramatically. Please never give up and continue drawing!