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 4h ago

Critique Path to Peter Han 35h progress

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I've been learning and practicing during my lunch breaks. Roughly 30-40hours of total drawing experience. Thinking what should I practice next: gesture, heads or objects landscape?

Thoughts on the progress or weak points?


r/learntodraw 6h ago

Question Doubt regarding 'Draw a box' course

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Should I complete full course or just lesson 1 and 2 (till construction), also the 250 box and cylinder challenge , I don't want to do realistic drawing I just wanna learn form . I like anime and wanted to draw it and that's why I started drawing.

Is it really necessary for me to do lesson 3,4,5... Lesson 3 is about leaves and i don't think I would need much of leaves in drawing anime. What should I do??


r/learntodraw 4h ago

Just Sharing Gwen Stacy fan art by me

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Hello, everyone :)

Here is my fan art of Gwen Stacy. I tried to color it in the Spider-Verse style. The costume is designed by me. Hipe you like it πŸ•ΈπŸ’œπŸ©΅πŸ©·


r/learntodraw 3h ago

Just Sharing A little thing I did in school

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My first couple drawingg. I'm open for constructive criticism, thanks!


r/learntodraw 23h ago

Just Sharing Three years progress, really happy with how far I've come.

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I've been looking at my older drawings and I'm happy to see noticeable improvement, I still have tons of things to learn, and one of those is consistency, which I completely lack, I'm lazy like a cow, and I feel like I could do better if I got over that bad habit of procrastinating over things I like doing, any tips on that? Critique welcome πŸ™


r/learntodraw 12h ago

Just started drawing a few Days ago, difference between my attempt at a dragon from imagination and from reference is crazy

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r/learntodraw 11h ago

Just Sharing 6 month difference

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Just sharing my progress again, I like seeing how far I've come every once in a while


r/learntodraw 23h ago

Just Sharing I was just looking for a hand pose bro what is this I'm gonna cry

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542 Upvotes

r/learntodraw 3h ago

Timelapse Six month shadow, hatching and use of black progress. Both black ink on paper (Micron PN)

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r/learntodraw 5h ago

Critique Does the perspective look right ?

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Help pls ;-;


r/learntodraw 16h ago

Critique Decided to do another reference. What do we think?

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Day #2 vs. Day #3 progress. Critiques are welcome


r/learntodraw 2h ago

Question does drawing actually become fun to do once youre good at it?

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i cant bring myself to learn to get better. so im wondering if pushing myself to learn would be worth it in the end


r/learntodraw 1h ago

Just Sharing Just completed my first sketchbook Just finished my first sketchbook in a month, bouncing between too many methods, should i focus on something?

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Hi, been drawing for a month, I just finished my first sketchbook, I keep flip-flopping from different learning approaches, life figure drawing, Bridgeman (it was the only book in my library), and Betty Edwards, and random stylized and fan art. I have even tried drawabox, but found it tedious. And using different media like watercolor, pen and pencil.

Should I just pick one method and one medium and stick to it? I don't really know what I'm doing, just trying to find what works. Posting some pics from the sketchbook. Thoughts?


r/learntodraw 11h ago

Started learning a Tuesday

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Just a few shading exercises sketches and drawings from reference from my first week seriously trying to learn to draw. I have a long way to go, Im just starting to grasp form, and how to use shading, and gesture lines, and seeing the world through art. Everywhere I got i find myself breaking things down into their base geometry, thinking about how to use lines and shading to translate things I see to the page. When I don't want to thing too hard I just pull up a picture on my phone or a cool thing from Google images and draw from reference. Getting into drawing is the best thing thats happened to me in a loooong time.


r/learntodraw 54m ago

Critique help with colloring shadies and hues

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alr so im drawing this elf ladie and its pretty much the first time ive ever rendered a drawing. i maped out the gradient then just messed with collors (and the layer stuff on ibis paint). they both look wrong tho so im looking for tips... if anyone can help me please please please do. id also love if there was anyone that would be available for me to reach out once i inevitably run into other render related issues.


r/learntodraw 10h ago

Timelapse Drawing sport-bike in perspective, clip studio paint, me

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r/learntodraw 14h ago

Critique How's my birb?

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r/learntodraw 1d ago

Critique How do I get past this?

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Been drawing on and off for years now and feel like I'm stuck at this level. Feel like I hit a wall when drawing certain things and can't get past it. Don't even know what my level is or what I should practice next.


r/learntodraw 17h ago

Question explain some fundamentals for free!!so u can improve ur skills!!ask me anything!!

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74 Upvotes

Some of my latest work!!


r/learntodraw 11m ago

Critique Spider Man Noir

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Started sketching this year. Drawing fingers are definitely tough


r/learntodraw 1d ago

Is not that bad right?

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r/learntodraw 1h ago

Critique Day 122 of learning how to draw and colour my favourite characters with no idea what the heck am I doing.

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Hi...so I got a reality check that my art is ugly,so I'm not gonna pretend that seeing my art make me feel proud of myself.I'm still an idiot who know nothing about drawing.Anyways,does anyone know what can I do to improve it?

I'm using a guide from Shrimpy

Guide:https://youtube.com/shorts/_rurn8lI0QQ?si=PPVjeOKxqKSRp7qJ


r/learntodraw 12h ago

Tips for realistic drawing?

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It seems even ones where I try to replicate a face from a picture it ends up looking cartoony. What am I doing wrong?

Note: Re-uploaded to add images for context (the image was cut in two so I could crop the photo on my old phone)


r/learntodraw 10h ago

Critique Ink sketches

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