hiiii I love and admire your work and your art!! everything you make is so exquisite, I can't explain how much I like it. as a fellow artist, how did you learn to do art? can you reccomend some sources to use to learn and use to get better at art?
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In fact, it's difficult for me to answer this question, I've been drawing since birth, but until a certain age I drew without knowing any basics, I didn't attend art school, I just liked drawing traditional art from photos.
In my teenage years, I realized that I wanted to go to university for a creative specialty, so at sixteen I started attending a studio that prepared students for entrance exams. I went there once a week for two years. There I mostly drew plaster heads, and the teacher significantly improved my drawing skills during this time. I also took a one-month painting course at the same studio with the same teacher, but I don't think it gave me anything, actually, I still don't understand painting to this day.
Around that time, I was given a graphics tablet, and I started trying to move away from copying photos, but it was very difficult for me. I had neither style nor knowledge of anatomy, and I didn't even try to work with color. I also had big problems with ideas, very often I would sit and not know what exactly to draw, because my imagination was not developed at all. I'm even ashamed to open my works from that time, they are terrible.
At eighteen, I entered the art academy for graphic design, as I wanted. Of course, we had drawing and painting classes, but they were not given as much time as I would have liked. I continued to draw for myself in my free time because my studies couldn't provide me with enough practice. (If you want, you can track this in my drawings on the Telegram channel, which I started from the first year. There are also a few more of my student works π€)
The most important thing I can advise is to analyze the works of artists who inspire you. I know the advice sounds clichΓ©, but it really works, and not just for me. I like the colors of some artists, some have beautiful characters, some have beautiful locations, some have atmosphere, and so on. Develop your visual acuity and thoughtfully use your favorite artworks as references for composition, perspective, or color selection. Over time, it will be easier for you to get by with fewer references because with experience, you will immediately understand how you want your work to look.
If you want, I can separately list the artists I like and whose works inspire me.
Regarding resources, I'm not sure what exactly I can recommend because I watch very little theory, I respect practice more.
Perhaps I can recommend Alexander Ryzhkin. I haven't watched his videos much, but I know that many people even prepared for admission to art universities based on his lectures, and they succeeded. He has many videos about human anatomy, body plasticity, and so on. These videos are in Russian, but there is probably some auto-translator or something like that.
Also, when we had an anatomy course and when we drew plaster figures, we were often shown images from Bammes's "The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators". It clearly shows bones and muscles, if you happen to get confused by them during drawing.
Regarding digital drawing, I like to watch speedpaints by various artists. It helps me better understand how to conduct work and what possibilities programs offer.
So, I hope I was able to help in some way, I wish you good luck and inspiration in your creativity! :3
