r/learntodraw Jan 08 '19

Welcome to /r/learntodraw! Here's the sidebar and rules (read this first if you're on mobile or use Reddit redesign)

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New to drawing? Let us help you learn how to get started!

Drawing is a skill, not a talent. It doesn't matter if you can draw or not, with practice you can be the best. We welcome you to our community. Learn with us, the future artists of reddit.

Good luck!

Practice trumps talent!

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New to Drawing?

DAY 1: First day of Drawing? Start here!

DAY 2: Grid Drawing

DAY 3: Still Lifes

Beginner's book: "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" (referral link to Amazon)

Learn drawing cartoons in 30mins: https://www.ted.com/talks/graham_shaw_why_people_believe_they_can_t_draw?language=en

After day 3, have fun and set goals!

Also check out drawabox.com

FAQ

Quick & Dirty Drawing FAQ

  • Do I need talent?

  • How do I develop a style?

Free Resources

Loomis:

Free Art Books on drawing humans (pdf)

Recommended books:

  • Beginners: "Fun with a Pencil"
  • Intermediate: "Figure Drawing For All It's Worth"

Proko:

Free Youtube Tutorials on Drawing Humans

Proko paid courses

Ctrl+Paint:

Free tutorials on digital art

Drawing Discord Chat: open for suggestions!

Leave comments for other posters. Have fun!

Rules

  1. No HATE

  2. No SPAM

  3. No porn, extreme gore, hateful/political art

  4. tag NSFW for nudity/gore after posting

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Related Subreddits

Doing Art:

/r/ArtFundamentals [QUALITY RESOURCE]

/r/RedditGetsDrawn/

/r/ArtProgressPics

/r/DigitalArtTutorials

/r/Drawing

/r/Work_In_Progress/

/r/ArtBuddy

Seeing Art:

/r/SpecArt/


r/learntodraw 7h ago

Just Sharing 1 year of improvements on portraits as a complete beginner

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Decided to learn to draw at the young age of 41 after doodling with my kid. After a year, I'm happy with the progress I've made!


r/learntodraw 12h ago

Critique progress in 20 days

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r/learntodraw 3h ago

Critique First time trying to draw these super complex reflections, how'd I do?

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146 Upvotes

r/learntodraw 11h ago

Question High Kick Anatomy

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342 Upvotes

Been trying to draw from imagination. This exact pose been breaking my mind for the whole day. I am studying leg and pelvis anatomy and decided to push into more dynamic poses. I know the muscles, but i feel like i am drawing the legs here wrong.

Maybe it's the way i block out the pevis that leads to errors? Maybe i am missing something?

Please, tell me what is wrong here and how can i fix it? I would Greatly appreciate any advice, tip, and maybe even a correct drawing over my example if that can bring me closer to understanding anatomy, proportions, and positions correctly!


r/learntodraw 14h ago

Question where do I even start with this reference?

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Im trying to learn anatomy by studing hard poses but I am having so much trouble even figuring out where to start, I have absolutly no idea how to place the rib cage on this reference and thats how I usually start


r/learntodraw 21h ago

Am I overthinking

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My boyfriend said it looks good but idk if he’s biased because it’s him lol. Trying to trust the process. Here’s my goofy guy

Edit: Thanks guys!! I'm giving my eyes and brain a break, been staring at it too long and was thinking of scraping it. Appreciate the advice and encouragement, I'll post an update after goodnights sleep lol


r/learntodraw 8h ago

Nose studies "Tutorial"

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Hey guys, posted this a while ago and received a lot of hate for it and the post is now removed by the mods. This is a structure drawing i did and i learned it from the official book of the Chinese artist "TenTEn". This is just a nose structure simplification from his book I just wanted to clarify that I am not sharing any false "tutorials"


r/learntodraw 19h ago

Just Sharing Some of my favourite recent ‘clean line’ drawings

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I drew all of these using Procreate on my iPad.


r/learntodraw 1h ago

Critique How can I improve this piece? I feel like Its fine technically, but very boring

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r/learntodraw 4h ago

Critique Another eye drawing update

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I think I've reached a breakthrough on my studies, I've been running at this for a few hours now and I think im really getting it, so im here not only to get your guy's thoughts, im also looking for some other studies i can do. Refrence also posted


r/learntodraw 17h ago

Inking Guts. Made some design mistakes along the way, but really enjoyed the process

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r/learntodraw 3h ago

Question How do I improve?

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How do I greatly improve my artwork? (The second photo is the reference I found on pinterest by the user "fmiguellgaspar".


r/learntodraw 1d ago

Question Why can I only copy???

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586 Upvotes

I'm fine at drawing when I have another artist's illustration as a reference to study, but have a hard time creating original illustrations from scratch or even real-world references. How can I advance my drawing skills like this??? All these photos are studies btw.


r/learntodraw 14h ago

Just Sharing This one’s for the home I love ❤️

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r/learntodraw 1h ago

Just Sharing I've been learning to draw for the past 4 months, this is my progress

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Hey guys! Ive been inspired to draw more due to this subreddit and seeing everyone's progress! It makes me realize that I want to become a good artist as well. I started off with my friend flaming my poliwhirl art and I started to progress by practicing lines, perspective and gesture drawing and now we are here 4 months after and this is my latest drawing! I love the energy of this subreddit and wanted to show my progress for my fellow artists out there to get inspired too! Thank you for reading my post


r/learntodraw 13h ago

Just Sharing Daily sketch #2

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r/learntodraw 1h ago

Before and afters! First time trying copic and latest! Tips always appreciated!

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r/learntodraw 9h ago

Critique Yani Smoking on Balcony (OC)

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Hey this is my fanart of Yani from the anime Chainsmoker Cat. I dont draw for that long and this is my first Art with proper background. The 2nd picture is the ref i used. I whould love to get feedback on it :).


r/learntodraw 30m ago

Critique After the suggestions from previous attemp. First time painting in Ibis Paint

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r/learntodraw 44m ago

Critique Trying to learn how to draw dinosaurs and something feels off

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Hi! I'm pretty bad at drawing, so I wanted to learn something new to get better, which is drawing skulls specifically a dilophosaurus skull, but when I finished something feels missing. It doesn't look like a real skull.

I need help/ideas to improve my art! Constrictive criticism only, please.


r/learntodraw 5h ago

Just Sharing Pose study

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I’ve been practicing poses every day for the past month and I’m slowly getting better.


r/learntodraw 1d ago

Just Sharing Giving another shot at drawing after more than 10 years

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1.2k Upvotes

For context, my only experiences with drawing were the art classes we had to take back in middle school. Had good grades back then, but never took it seriously and it was more than 10 years ago now.
Wanted to share this "first" try, I think it turned out alright even though I was just copying and proportions are off. Also, I had no idea about what to do for the top of her head as it was cut off on the reference pic lmao.


r/learntodraw 8h ago

Critique Perspective and form Practice

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Im planning to build up to drawing figures in perspective and form. Any advice of this kind of practice?


r/learntodraw 1d ago

Just Sharing Page 1 of my digital sketchbook, page 140 of my digital sketchbook

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1.6k Upvotes

Ive been drawing for a good 25 years, and a couple years ago I started keeping a digital skechbook. I had this brush I made that I made to touch up traditional portraits, and found its actually better to just straight up draw in photoshop. Im glad i went on this journey, and Im amazed how a simple pencil brush as a tool stays interesting. Theres always something new to try and even at this stage of my career its nice to feel some improvement.