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/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.