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7:12 PM, Monday December 29th 2025

Hello, i know right now we're doing the promptathon, which means no practicing art while it's on. but i've been having this question for a while thats stumped me on how i could be able to achieve my goals. for context, i've been wanting to be able to draw comics for a while now as well as some concept art as a general interest, so in order to be able to achieve that i've been trying to learn as much as i can by going through courses i've bought including this one. the thing is i've been doing so many of these often at the same time that i struggle manage both actually drawing comics and practicing for comics, not to mention any of the other skills like actually writing them.

I also struggle to often figure out my next steps and maintain a course for what i need to learn, for example i often question if i need to do drawabox or drawing basics first due to me not having completed either of them. what do i do?

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4:59 AM, Tuesday December 30th 2025

I recently ran into this problem myself. I have been doing Drawabox but then took a "break" to do other courses. I really enjoyed them, but it was all too much to really gain much from them. I then found myself wondering what to do next. Ironically, the Youtube gods decided to help out and put Uncomfortable's video on the 50% rule in my feed. Watching it again, I think I found the answer.

Just draw. Challenge yourself to draw all the time. If you want to draw comics, draw comics. If you want to draw concept art, do that. Personal projects are a great way, maybe the best way, to use what you are learning. What I think you will find is that there will be things you can't do or really struggle with. Don't get frustrated. The struggle is telling you what to focus on. Since you have been taking courses, I bet you have studied something related to what you are struggling with. Go back to that course and see if you can figure out how to solve your problem. I review stuff from Drawabox and other courses all the time. I feel like I understand things much better when I have to apply it on my own.

I know Uncomfortable would say don't worry about how it comes out. I would take a slightly different angle and say don't worry about how it comes out...right now. Think of it as a rough draft. You probably won't get the quality you want on the first try. Don't worry about it but keep it around. Move on to other things but try it again sometime.

I think if you do this for while you will understand your course work better and your next steps will become clear.

7:54 PM, Tuesday December 30th 2025
edited at 7:55 PM, Dec 30th 2025

Thank you for the response. I do think i understand your point, i've have a bad habit of "preparing to draw things" subconciously i.e I wouldn't do anything unless i knew i was at least semi competent at some of the basic fundamentals of those things; however, i realize this "ideology" contradicts the reality i've personally experienced with me redrawing things that i've drawn as a younger person and seeing the result genuinely get better. I think with just writing comics. the comics i wanna make are so deeply personal, that i dont want them to seem childish or unprofessional especially in comparison to my art heroes who i do realize have been doing this for longer. so far i've done this art thing for like 6-7 (Don't laugh...) years so i guess i feel like i should be better somehow.

edited at 7:55 PM, Dec 30th 2025
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