My Barbaric Yawlp

'better' means a lot of things so we're going to improve your confidence and speed.

if we're talking traditional, use a pen, or some other tool that you can't just erase. try to use as few strokes as possible. if that curve came out weird, work with it or start again. it's a sketch, it don't matter. none of this matters.

the equivalent for digital is just try to get your hand away from ctrl z. maybe pick a brush you'd normally ink with, or pick a brush with no pressure sensitivity. and then try to draw something first go.

here's a homework assignment.

set a stopwatch. draw a goblin. head, body, feet, the whole thing. draw One goblin. once you feel like you're finished, stop the watch. how long did it take you to draw that goblin?

set a timer for half the amount of time you spent on that first goblin. if it took you 30 minutes, now you have 15. draw the goblin again. cut whatever corners you want, but it has to be as close to complete as you can get it. and it still has to be the full goblin.

really this is step 2a. now that you've run out of your 15 minutes, think about what part was the hardest. deciding a pose? getting the figure correct? a curve? this is going to take some introspection, and you may have to repeat this step before you feel ready to go on to the next one.

halve the timer again. if you had 15, now you have 7. do it again. now that you've thought about where your weak points are, focus on them. draw the entire goblin. do your best.

same thing now. where did you struggle? what's slowing you down? think about how you can do it faster. actively try to do it faster.

enjoy your 3 funny little goblin drawings you now have. repeat with whatever subject you want.

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i see what you're referring to, but that "never get that final block in place" thing is what infinity is for. the infinity is kind of for the moment when you do the final thing in a never ending pattern. its the last number. there is no last number. its there. you can see it. you cannot get there. but what if you did? then you'd be at two. you are at two. you measure the corners of your house. its a little bigger on the inside than the out. hm.

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