Share Your Art on Sidechat | hi! i wanted to come here and ask how to get started with learning how to draw? i want to draw digitally btw but not sure where to even start. i have very light experience but too much (not in digital just drawing in general). also

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Share Your Art 1w

hi! i wanted to come here and ask how to get started with learning how to draw? i want to draw digitally btw but not sure where to even start. i have very light experience but too much (not in digital just drawing in general). also

Anonymous 1w

If you want to do digital art i highly recommend ibisPaint — I used it for 6 yrs! It’s free and beginner friendly But for drawing in general learn how to form figured by shapes and slowly build up detail. There’s also tons of videos online that help with tons of things

Anonymous 6d

I recently stared drawing again and it’s something I wanna do as a consistent hobby, I’ve learned a good amount of stuff. I recommend pikat on yt, they have some of great videos going over boxes, perspective, poses, etc.

Anonymous 1w

i have a kind of style / art i want to do specifically too and it’s so hard to find a good resource 😭

Anonymous 1w

When you don’t have a style or know where to start, I would suggest start by drawing cartoon characters so you get the hang of shapes and their relationships with each and also learn to recreate what you see. The more confidence you build the more you can start more complicated things.

Anonymous 1w

That is also why I directed you to animated first because learning every single pet of the body and how they interact can be very confusing and overwhelming. So like animated characters, focus on the main shapes and how they interact with others around them and it will make anatomy much simpler and easier to learn.

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#2 1w

yes! i actually want to learn how to draw manga. anatomy i know is the big thing they say to learn first. should i just start with some youtube videos?

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racks 6d

You’ll probably hear this alot but definitely practice boxes. I used to just free draw but since I’ve been practicing boxes and using them, my work and poses have came out cleaner. I still need to practice them tho

Anonymous

racks 6d

As far as resources and inspo, I recommend Pinterest. It’s great for seeing other people’s styles(seeing what you like about them and incorporate certain features in your work), poses, and pretty much anything. Whenever I don’t know what to draw, I usually scroll Pinterest and find something

Anonymous

racks 6d

like boxes like actual boxes ?

Anonymous

racks 6d

yeah i read a lot of comics and manga and go on pinterest a lot to see fan art or just other cartoon style. i’ll definitely look more though and start to make a folder

Anonymous

OP 6d

Yeah, basically everything is made up of boxes and by imagining them in a 3d space and combining perspective with it, it helps make the figure more consistent especially if it’s at an angle. Hopefully that makes sense, videos do a better job of describing it

Anonymous

racks 6d

you’re completely right though, i understand what you mean.

Anonymous

racks 4d

hey just wanted to tell you that damn these boxes are hard as fuck but now i can totally see why it helps A TON. honestly if i went without this i think when i got to drawing anatomy i would’ve been stuck. im practicing boxes and circles now and im gonna try to draw perspective lines possibly and rotate the boxes.

Anonymous

OP 4d

Yeah the concept seems so simple but then you actually put it into practice and it’s a whole different ball park😭 even though the style I want to aim for isn’t realistic/lifelike, i still need to practice boxes more just to get an overall better feel for it