I put this together for a friend, but I figured it might be helpful to other people as well. This doesn’t cover everything, obviously! And please keep in mind that this is just how I do it, and its not the only way to draw a body, and it certainly doesnt cover every body type!!
-You don’t get better at drawing by avoiding drawing until you are better at drawing.
– You don’t have to make a new masterpiece every day it’s okay if all you drew is a doodle of a bug. You are now +1 bug doodle better at doodling bugs.
– Also it’s okay if the thing you drew didn’t turn out very good. Everything you draw makes you one step closer to being able to draw good. You are still +1 step better at drawing whatever you drew no take backsies.
– You are the only person who knows if your art didn’t turn out as good as you wanted it to. You are the only person who can see the things in your art that weren’t what you imagined in your head. No one else will know unless you tell them.
– Comparing yourself to other artists just isn’t fair. You get to see all of your art, the best stuff and the worst stuff. You usually only get to see the best stuff other artists make. You don’t get to see that half drawn badly propotioned face they drew at 2 am and immediately scrapped. So don’t compare your badly drawn 2 am face to their best work.
– Just keep making art. The only way you can really fail is if you give up.
Hope you all have been keeping up with my monster month of Inktober. There are 20+ little drawings like these to see over at my Twitter and Instagram! These four are my quick four horsewomen of the apocalypse: conquest, war, famine, and death. Mini prints of these are coming soon! Loved getting a chance to draw so many horses.
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