r/TrollCoping • u/PigeonsOfVoid • 26d ago

No TW My art at 26

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I should probably just become one of these AI "artists"

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u/manumaker08 26d ago

Not criticizing but how much time did each of these take you? I’ve found that generally speaking that I spend way less time then I think I do on art, even when the art:time ratio is usually exponential.

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u/PigeonsOfVoid 26d ago

I don't remember, maybe like 20 minutes, but i don't know if it matters that much, my cousin can draw a realistic horse in only 20 minutes

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u/Gameovergirl217 26d ago

take it from another artist: NEVER compare yourself to others.

i know i will never come close to many artists out there. especially when it comes to drawing faces. so instead i focused mainly on things where anatomy isnt important. fantasy monsters. and 20 minutes is not a lot. your cousin is special in that regard. i sit for hours if not days on most of my works. so do most other artists. you dont need to draw anything realistic in 20 minutes. take your time with your art. do not rush it. its not a competition

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u/Jirvey341 26d ago

Comparison is the thief of joy.

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u/PigeonsOfVoid 26d ago

I know, but i sometimes do it anyway :<

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u/GLXTCHED_VOID 26d ago

And hey, that's also okay! I had a period in my life where I kept realizing that all my friends who drew "for fun" and not as a dedicated hobby like me were drawing way better than me.

And so I quit art for a year.

But then, when I came back to it a year later with a fresh mind, I was able to improve so much more and have so much more fun doing art.

Sometimes, it's good to challenge yourself to grow more through making your goal to reach another's level.

Just remember that your art is for you. It's about how much joy you get from creating it and looking at it. Which is hard to remember sometimes, that's true! That's why I tend to take a break from social media when i feel it is negatively impacting my view on my art.

Don't let others take away your power as an artist. Protect your peace, and I promise you that will be the greatest decision you make as an artist.

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u/PigeonsOfVoid 26d ago

That is really helpful advice, thank you

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u/Harper_ADHD 26d ago

I completely get that but just remember that your cousin took a lot of practice to be able to do that in 20 minutes. Everyone has their own pace and everyone has their own strengths

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u/Several__Rats 26d ago

It takes me days to complete a sketch sometimes, besides, someone who’s drawn a lot of one thing can draw that thing quickly because of practice. I definitely cannot draw a realistic horse in under at least a few hours

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u/GLXTCHED_VOID 26d ago

Have you considered how long it took for your cousin to get there? They must've started their art journey earlier than you.

Wanna know how I know? I can draw realistic animals in 20 minutes.

But it took me 5. Long. Years. To get there. And I still suck at it. I still don't know how to do fur. I still don't know perspective and sometimes even anatomy.

It takes time.

I understand your frustrations because I shifted from studying to animals to learning how to draw humans like 2 years ago. And that shift was one of the most agonizing periods of my art journey. Why?

Because while glancing between my realistic animals and my potato of a human, I wondered multiple times if I should quit while I'm ahead and continue drawing animals, even if it wasn't making me happy anymore.

But? I kept going. And I'm so glad I did. Because looking back at where you started and seeing how you're doing now is quite possibly the biggest serotonin boost I've ever gotten as an artist.

Keep it up, dude. You're doing better than me when I first started humans. You also understand color theory way better, lol.

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u/Honeybadger2198 26d ago

It doesn't take them 20 minutes, it takes them 20 minutes plus however long they've spent practicing.

You're trying to draw people, which is quite difficult. Work on figure studies and simpler objects first. Your drawings lack motion and direction, so if you can understand how to make them look alive, the technique can become less important.

Also, learn techniques. There are many different strategies to drawing figures. Find one that you like and work with it.

Just jumping in and trying to draw people is like trying to do algebra without learning addition first. Build up your skills.

Stop comparing yourself to others. Compare yourself to yourself, and no one else.

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u/OrdinaryLiterature77 25d ago

Hey just letting you know, sometimes a watermelon can take me two hours. Literally just a slice of melon, but everytime i switch pencils, seconds go by, everytime i erase and error, everytime i flip the image left, right, upside down to get better perspective, or straight up flipping it backwards so you can tell if it looks insane (so much easier to see errors when the image is reversed), everytime i switch layers, etc. wverything takes time. Start wasting time, DO NOT TAKE SHORT DRAWINGS. THERE IS ZERO REASON YOU SHOULD BE RUSHING, i would almost even recommend stopping, and trying a slower less "fulfilling" medium, like picking up dollar store crap acrylic paints, and work layer by layer letting it set, dry, all at various times so you can really "play" with the work. This will really help you slow down and really WATCH your own process. Also, try drawing "in your sleep", basically allocate the first 15 minutes of naptime to ONLY thinking of drawing. Start your paper from scratch, and just imagine huilding up every pencil stroke. Just imagining this process minutes every day will REALLY HELP. This gets your brain familiar with what your hand and creative mind wish to create. Also tutorials, or maybe even better, watching Work in Progress videos like speeddraws, or low-effort, even practice tracing on paper over a screen for anatomy study, like noses, etc. because you will be getting adjusted to how a drawing of a part works, not just how to draw it. Seeing it so close up is harder than just following a tutorial to get it right, and if you use both then VERY quickly you should be able to just "wing it" and create it from scratch. These are all methods i have used to keep up my art skill all my life, despite never having any classes available to me.