I'd recommend maybe learning some basics before starting with drawabox (at least that's what I'm doing.) I'm learning basics of just how to sketch things from observation, and have fun with it. Once I'm having fun, then I'll probably start up drawabox again.
Starting drawabox before I even found art fun was a mistake for me, I took it too seriously and burnt out. ctrlpaint.com has some basic drawing advice you might want to check out, in my opinion, it's a much easier resource to start with, although it's much less dense, you might need to look up a few things you learn to get some extra advice.
I believe the point of the 50% rule is to not fear drawing badly, and also to balance work and fun. So you don't really need to know the basics of drawing to do it, but I feel the same as you. When you absolutely don't know how to draw anything, and have the same skills you had when you were 10, it's just not very fun, feels like you're just sitting there wasting time, which I guess you sort of are. You just end up screwing around and doodling things, barely even enjoying it. I disagree with the 50% rules recommendation of not using reference. If you don't use reference, you'll just end up symbol drawing like when you were a kid. The point of that recommendation is to help you not be afraid of drawing badly, so I kind of get it, but it just didn't work well for me. Learn some basic observational drawing (like from ctrlpaint.com) and just sketch things for fun, keeping in mind that it will look bad for a while. Also, if you use reference, try to combine multiple references, and take general parts of them, don't make it an exercise/study, since the 50% rule is meant to be fun, not study/work.
Its_Blazertron in the post "The Other 50% with draw a box"
2022-11-05 14:33
I'd recommend maybe learning some basics before starting with drawabox (at least that's what I'm doing.) I'm learning basics of just how to sketch things from observation, and have fun with it. Once I'm having fun, then I'll probably start up drawabox again.
Starting drawabox before I even found art fun was a mistake for me, I took it too seriously and burnt out. ctrlpaint.com has some basic drawing advice you might want to check out, in my opinion, it's a much easier resource to start with, although it's much less dense, you might need to look up a few things you learn to get some extra advice.
I believe the point of the 50% rule is to not fear drawing badly, and also to balance work and fun. So you don't really need to know the basics of drawing to do it, but I feel the same as you. When you absolutely don't know how to draw anything, and have the same skills you had when you were 10, it's just not very fun, feels like you're just sitting there wasting time, which I guess you sort of are. You just end up screwing around and doodling things, barely even enjoying it. I disagree with the 50% rules recommendation of not using reference. If you don't use reference, you'll just end up symbol drawing like when you were a kid. The point of that recommendation is to help you not be afraid of drawing badly, so I kind of get it, but it just didn't work well for me. Learn some basic observational drawing (like from ctrlpaint.com) and just sketch things for fun, keeping in mind that it will look bad for a while. Also, if you use reference, try to combine multiple references, and take general parts of them, don't make it an exercise/study, since the 50% rule is meant to be fun, not study/work.