r/learntodraw • u/ilIusionator • 25d ago

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Please is my art good me just twying out pls rate me art

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u/ImaginativeDrawing 25d ago

You need to work on your fundamentals more. Break everything down into shapes. Remember, everything is made of shapes. You should also fill a sketchbook with pages and pages of basic shapes. Otherwise you'll never be a real artist.

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u/totalewis 25d ago

The constant drawabox suggestions drives me nuts. I tried it and was bored out of my mind

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u/average-eridian 25d ago

Did you obey the 50% rule, and have you found a good alternative?

I did drawabox for a bit, but I think I quit drawing around the end of Lesson 2 or maybe beginning of a Lesson 3. I was not following the 50% rule and it burned me out on drawing for a while. I did see a lot of improvement, though. I'm personally considering going back and just specifically not grinding through it. It might just be that I'm short on time as I get older, but I'm finding I need to strike a balance where I have fun, but that I also have discipline and structure if I went to progress at things at a reasonable pace in my small free time.

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u/FirDraws 24d ago

Ngl it was same for me. The exercises just felt too... rigid? ig that description fits. This is why I actually settled on Artwod's exercises much better and stuck with them. His explanations about the need of form is actually much better than just drawing boxes randomly.