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If anyone has the time to help a guy with no talent

Aggybyte

Aggybyte

has an obvious hypno fetish
I mean no disrespect to anyone but I have no money so I can't pay anyone for this. If anyone can help me with this anyway... I have no talent and I want to learn how to draw furries. Could someone teach me? If you don't have time for it just a simple link to a great tutorial would be awesome. My email is aggybyte@gmail.com if anyone wants to follow up with this. I just don't have any motivation to draw without any help because everything always comes out looking terrible.
 
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Arshes Nei

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Uhh, news flash. Most people drawing..guess what? Our art comes out terrible a lot of the time. That's how we learn. Start up a sketchbook and we'll help you out.

Ain't nobody got time for dat, when you're asking for personal assistance in private. We help each other out here. We aren't getting paid either. There's sticky threads on how to draw, we suggest you check that out.

I don't think people are going to feel disrespected that you don't have money, but we do feel disrespected that you didn't even bother to take the time to look at parts of the forums to see what we took our time to post helpful links on those learning to draw. That's really unfair.

Pick up a copy of Art & Fear while you're at it.
 
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Schwimmwagen

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What Arshes said.

I know "practise" is so vague, but it really, really is just practise. Also studies and some theoretical stuff here and there.

Ctrl + Paint is probably the best possible free beginner's resource that we can give you. There's also plenty of good books mentioned in the stickies.
 
Aggybyte

Aggybyte

has an obvious hypno fetish
Sorry... I should've taken the initiative and looked at some tutorials myself. Thanks for not getting angry over my stupidity.
 
rjbartrop

rjbartrop

Active Member
Nobody was born knowing how to draw. It's actually a good thing to realize your art looks terrible, because you at least know something is wrong. It's when you think the world has nothing more to teach you that you should really be concerned.
As for where to learn how to draw. I always thought "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" was a good primer. Andrew Loomis' books are also pretty good.
 
mapdark

mapdark

Fluffy as a shaggy carpet
Aggybyte said:
I mean no disrespect to anyone but I have no money so I can't pay anyone for this. If anyone can help me with this anyway... I have no talent and I want to learn how to draw furries. Could someone teach me? If you don't have time for it just a simple link to a great tutorial would be awesome. My email is aggybyte@gmail.com if anyone wants to follow up with this. I just don't have any motivation to draw without any help because everything always comes out looking terrible.
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Look , it's nobody's job but YOURS to motivate yourself to draw.
If you can't do that , well maybe you are not actually artist material and should find another hobby.
 
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Arshes Nei

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mapdark said:
Look , it's nobody's job but YOURS to motivate yourself to draw.
If you can't do that , well maybe you are not actually artist material and should find another hobby.
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Dude, what the hell? The OP already apologized why the fuck did you need to necro this topic with another chastising?
 
Aggybyte

Aggybyte

has an obvious hypno fetish
I've been drawing furries and have improved since I made this thread... this thread was stupid and I already admitted it.
 
Tailmon1

Tailmon1

Fennec World dominance!
I learned at a young age that I had no artistic tallent when it came to drawing things. Hell, I have problems makeing stick
people. Instead I worked and made it through all the art classes with things that I was able to do.

I can take apart a car engine and reassemble it from memory. I gave up on drawing. Instead I enjoy watching others
draw and I often purchase comissions at Cons and perhaps some from here. They end up on my walls as art like
it should be.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ImGatomon/off2.jpg

One of the art pieces is a hand drawn Washu from The Artist that drew Tenchi Muyo. the others were done
by artists and one voice actor.
 
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Arshes Nei

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Aggybyte said:
I've been drawing furries and have improved since I made this thread... this thread was stupid and I already admitted it.
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Thread wasn't stupid, just hasty? Most learning people do for art is actually gonna be on one's own. I mean people can't take your hand and draw for you. So a lot of it is trial and error. It's just not an uncommon question. I'm glad to see you did look at other threads and researched - because research is going to be a huge part of one's "art life".
 
Fallowfox

Fallowfox

Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
Do you have an account on the art site so I can watch you and your progress, aggybyte? A lot of people would be more than happy to provide constructive criticism on your submissions there.
 
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Arshes Nei

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Fallowfox said:
Do you have an account on the art site so I can watch you and your progress, aggybyte? A lot of people would be more than happy to provide constructive criticism on your submissions there.
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This is why I encourage sketchbooks on the forums. It's the easiest way to see progress especially since people still have the idea that FA is "just for furry art" and don't post up helpful studies (provided people don't embed NSFW images and marks them).
 
Judge Spear

Judge Spear

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In the meantime, while you wait for people to help, sign up for a place called Wysp. A good chunk of lessons are free and they even teach you the fun stuff along with fundamentals.

http://www.wysp.ws/

And this sort of thing doesn't work for me, but a lot of creative people I know will go to TED talks to get inspired if they're feeling down about their work.

http://www.ted.com/talks

mapdark said:
Look , it's nobody's job but YOURS to motivate yourself to draw.
If you can't do that , well maybe you are not actually artist material and should find another hobby.
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Just wanna say something I've been meaning to get off my chest for a while.

The "Rigid/Pretentious Angry Arteest" routine is the exact reason I don't post in this sub forum frequently though I'd love to. It's getting old. It's getting obnoxious. It's worse than people who demand free art in my honest opinion. And you DEFINITELY aren't the only one.
Knock it the fuck off. And don't you dare tell someone they aren't material for something they have an interest in.
Makes me glad Arshes, Zydala, and the others are the mods for this area.
 
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Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

bitch where
TED actually is a good source. I have been thoroughly satisfied with their talks, and there is so many topics to explore.
 
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Arshes Nei

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Batsy said:
TED actually is a good source. I have been thoroughly satisfied with their talks, and there is so many topics to explore.
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Oh it's not that TED isn't a good source, but I think a lot of the problem is that artists were looking for something more targeted towards their struggles. Kind of like recommending an encyclopedia on art history, vs books catered towards art history.
 
Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

bitch where
Arshes Nei said:
Oh it's not that TED isn't a good source, but I think a lot of the problem is that artists were looking for something more targeted towards their struggles. Kind of like recommending an encyclopedia on art history, vs books catered towards art history.
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I see your point, and I do agree. Sometimes certain topics are not directed towards what the person in question is looking for.

But I do have another source. Art 21 is a show about art with a ton of variety, art schools use these a lot for seminars and lectures and you can learn a lot from it.
 
Judge Spear

Judge Spear

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Arshes Nei said:
Oh it's not that TED isn't a good source, but I think a lot of the problem is that artists were looking for something more targeted towards their struggles. Kind of like recommending an encyclopedia on art history, vs books catered towards art history.
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I can see that. Some people wanting a more direct approach. I guess I'm the type to pick out certain noogets from things and apply it to myself even if unrelated.
 
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XoPachi said:
I can see that. Some people wanting a more direct approach. I guess I'm the type to pick out certain noogets from things and apply it to myself even if unrelated.
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Yeah, don't take it as a dismissal. I actually frequent TED too. I think it's a great general place for inspiration. It relates to a lot of different things.

I'm not the one to tell people to stop drawing. I do tell them to expand on drawing which is totally different. People think that drawing has some kind of rigid regimen. You have to start with A to get to B. Art is a bit more flexible than that and is more like a balanced diet and exercise. If you exercise regularly and eat a balanced diet, you'll do fine - even if there are some days you may vary a bit (within those constraints), or if you eat a meal at a different time. So if you decide to focus on something that's more fun to you in art go for it - but if you don't do the other stuff - don't complain your work isn't coming out as good as "insert favorite artist" of yours.
 
mapdark

mapdark

Fluffy as a shaggy carpet
Arshes Nei said:
Dude, what the hell? The OP already apologized why the fuck did you need to necro this topic with another chastising?
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Jesus ! Calm down! I wasn't CHASTISING him , I was stating facts.

If ANYONE feels like mustering up the courage to draw is a chore , then maybe that person isn't artist material. How is that chastising?

I mean , I have seen other people forcing themselves to do something they weren't so fond of for personal reasons that I could not understand. Maybe OP is one of those people, maybe not.

But I wasn't bitching at the guy.

I was simply trying to tell him that forcing yourself to achieve a goal if you're not driven is not worth it.
 
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Arshes Nei

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There's no reason to dig up the post and bug him about it. Especially when he apologized and found tutorials. What part of that was hard to understand?

I mean at least a more productive response was "hey do you have any new posts or art to share since you found the tutorials?"
 
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Schwimmwagen

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Arshes Nei said:
So if you decide to focus on something that's more fun to you in art go for it - but if you don't do the other stuff - don't complain your work isn't coming out as good as "insert favorite artist" of yours.
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I need to do this. Give myself a bit more freedom, I mean.

At the moment I'm pretty much dawdling and not letting myself have any fun or do anything that's actually worth looking at and criticising. I should just YOLO that shit and look at something and draw it.
 
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