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Anonymous · 4mo

how do you draw consistently and kinda fast :') i am honestly kinda jelly, i'm a slow artist still learning the fundamentals

I actually don't, if that makes you feel any better? When I actually sit down to drawsomething, it takes me about a day or so to complete, but I struggle really badly with depression. The Adam drawing and the drawing of Bella and Worm I posted yesterday are the first things I've drawn without needing to force myself in months.

In general what's helped me is that I watch or listen to informative (doesn't always need to be serious, but informative) things when I draw, like documentaries or podcasts, so I have mental stimulation but not as much visual distraction (so no cartoon binges, no YouTube videos, etc), and then I use references. Poses, pictures, screenshots, whatever. And yes, I often trace the pose references I have (obviously use stuff that's made for reference or tracing, don't trace someone's finished art) and it's helped me IMMENSELY.

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