For number 4, I like to help you get over this fear. YOU need to realise you are not perfect, and the truth is you think you draw bad because you are constantly comparing yourself to other people's art or to the reference, even if you don't do it consciously, it's happening.
And, now you will never be able to prevent your brain from auto comparing your own drawing to something better. Thus we need to change our way of looking at it.
We need to draw bad before we draw good. We have to. We must. It's a part of the process. Even prodigies are not good the moment they put pen to paper.
Every time you start a drawing, have some thought thinking that you know you will draw not exactly like the reference and it might not turn out how you wanted it to, but that's OK. That's the point. If you always draw perfect then you are a computer. Are you a computer?
So if we always fail, when do we ever get good, or more importantly, how do I know if I'm improving? Well, another strategy is to make progress pictures. Just like how people who go to the gym might take a before and after picture. It's super motivating once you start seeing the progress. (You can't suddenly make huge leaps in progress in one drawing). Go draw something, take a photo of it and don't look at it again. After some time (and I mean sometimes), draw that same picture again and then compare it, you will see a lot of improvement. As long as you practice then you are constantly improving.
Lastly, don't make the mistake of choosing something difficult to draw or expect yourself to paint a full canvas that could be put into a gallery tomorrow. If you aren't good at drawing figures, then practice them. But don't go thinking that you can produce a full painting of all these different characters in different poses wearing different clothing in a full-on unique environment with extremely interesting composition. Who said a drawing had to be fully coloured in, fully rendered, fully sketched out. Try something easier, if you start to feel that you can't handle the pressure. BUT, then again that's not to say that you shouldn't challenge yourself, maybe in a few years, you will look back have a good laugh at all the "bad" art you made.
OP_SLuDgE in the post "Questions about 50% rule"
2022-01-29 06:31
For number 4, I like to help you get over this fear. YOU need to realise you are not perfect, and the truth is you think you draw bad because you are constantly comparing yourself to other people's art or to the reference, even if you don't do it consciously, it's happening.
And, now you will never be able to prevent your brain from auto comparing your own drawing to something better. Thus we need to change our way of looking at it.
We need to draw bad before we draw good. We have to. We must. It's a part of the process. Even prodigies are not good the moment they put pen to paper.
Every time you start a drawing, have some thought thinking that you know you will draw not exactly like the reference and it might not turn out how you wanted it to, but that's OK. That's the point. If you always draw perfect then you are a computer. Are you a computer?
So if we always fail, when do we ever get good, or more importantly, how do I know if I'm improving? Well, another strategy is to make progress pictures. Just like how people who go to the gym might take a before and after picture. It's super motivating once you start seeing the progress. (You can't suddenly make huge leaps in progress in one drawing). Go draw something, take a photo of it and don't look at it again. After some time (and I mean sometimes), draw that same picture again and then compare it, you will see a lot of improvement. As long as you practice then you are constantly improving.
Lastly, don't make the mistake of choosing something difficult to draw or expect yourself to paint a full canvas that could be put into a gallery tomorrow. If you aren't good at drawing figures, then practice them. But don't go thinking that you can produce a full painting of all these different characters in different poses wearing different clothing in a full-on unique environment with extremely interesting composition. Who said a drawing had to be fully coloured in, fully rendered, fully sketched out. Try something easier, if you start to feel that you can't handle the pressure. BUT, then again that's not to say that you shouldn't challenge yourself, maybe in a few years, you will look back have a good laugh at all the "bad" art you made.