It keeps getting better dude. If you're struggling with your lines try ghosting and feathering. Ghosting just means making practice strokes before putting your pen down. Just do the line as you normally would without the pen touching a couple of times and then draw it. Fluid motions really help here. Feathering is basically connecting shorter lines in a smooth way. Usually your lines will get lighter towards the end because you lift your pen. Just set up for the next stroke where the last one starts getting lighter. This should help with circles and curves. Try doing some boxes and blobby things that way and it should become muscle memory pretty quickly :)
@@coolguyjohnson1 No problem. I am no pro myself but I have been at it for a couple of years now. I will definitely stick around to see how your progress is going
@@kemix1357 tried starting a couple times but never went through with it. Would give it another shot at some point since the prices for critique are really low there
Great work! Maybe for the next time, if you're going to draw men, you could keep the tip of the chin as a straight horizontal line, as it looks more masculine. Also, if you get boring of drawing faces, it would be nice to vary the perspective sometimes, even if it may sound challenging. A big chunk of the artist journey consists not only in what you know, but also trying new things. Instead of studying each part or perspective separately, it was easier for me to get used to the anatomy drawing everything at the same time (but don't exagerate the perspective at the beginning, you'll get frustrated quickly xd)
@@coolguyjohnson1 Well, you can always watch tutorials. Different angles are harder to draw, but are more fun to draw and mistakes are less noticeable (as the face turns asymmetric). A video that helped me a lot when I struggled with it was the "🤡 HOW TO DRAW FACES LIKE A PRO (level 1-3)" from Marc Brunet's channel, hope you find it useful.
Here’s a tip : try drawing with pen on paper it’ll make you live with your mistakes thus making you more confident and not retrying to draw a line over and over again all the time it’s also good for your efficiency.And use references and look at other artists and learn from them memorize how they draw their faces and/or the proportions.good luck man always nice to see a new artist you’ve earned a new subscriber! We’re almost the same age! :DD
Alr... 5 minute and I see mistake... and it's a huge one. Yk what the first art skill is? The FIRST thing people tell u to do when u start art, even if u don't draw people? No? Well let me tell u... fill an entire page with circles, every DAY. Trusting ur hand is THE MOST important skill for an artist. If u can't draw a circle, U can't consistently draw eyes, ears. U can't trust shapes and instead try to save yourself with details. But details are nothign with fundemantals and in the end if yk how an eye looks, U need to know how an eye works. Don't use the circle tool :---:
I agree that the just think you need to learn is pen control but the most important thing is having fun. So learn and study but still draw what you love in between
@@ClayStopframe the problem is that after some point fun will be dependent on ur skill. It kinda sucks, but for a good while every artist will have the phase of feeling awful, even tho they draw what they won't but it not turning out as imagined. Fundamentals help that frustration and that's the only thing i meant by this
It keeps getting better dude.
If you're struggling with your lines try ghosting and feathering. Ghosting just means making practice strokes before putting your pen down. Just do the line as you normally would without the pen touching a couple of times and then draw it. Fluid motions really help here.
Feathering is basically connecting shorter lines in a smooth way. Usually your lines will get lighter towards the end because you lift your pen. Just set up for the next stroke where the last one starts getting lighter.
This should help with circles and curves.
Try doing some boxes and blobby things that way and it should become muscle memory pretty quickly :)
That's a good idea, thanks
@@coolguyjohnson1 No problem. I am no pro myself but I have been at it for a couple of years now. I will definitely stick around to see how your progress is going
I'll keep trying to improve
draw a box is a good option for beginners
@@kemix1357 tried starting a couple times but never went through with it. Would give it another shot at some point since the prices for critique are really low there
I love seeing an art journey. You got this!! Consistency is key :3
Tahnks
Great work! Maybe for the next time, if you're going to draw men, you could keep the tip of the chin as a straight horizontal line, as it looks more masculine. Also, if you get boring of drawing faces, it would be nice to vary the perspective sometimes, even if it may sound challenging. A big chunk of the artist journey consists not only in what you know, but also trying new things. Instead of studying each part or perspective separately, it was easier for me to get used to the anatomy drawing everything at the same time (but don't exagerate the perspective at the beginning, you'll get frustrated quickly xd)
If I'm being honest I completely forgot I could draw different angles
@@coolguyjohnson1 Well, you can always watch tutorials. Different angles are harder to draw, but are more fun to draw and mistakes are less noticeable (as the face turns asymmetric). A video that helped me a lot when I struggled with it was the "🤡 HOW TO DRAW FACES LIKE A PRO (level 1-3)" from Marc Brunet's channel, hope you find it useful.
I'll check those out thanks
Here’s a tip : try drawing with pen on paper it’ll make you live with your mistakes thus making you more confident and not retrying to draw a line over and over again all the time it’s also good for your efficiency.And use references and look at other artists and learn from them memorize how they draw their faces and/or the proportions.good luck man always nice to see a new artist you’ve earned a new subscriber!
We’re almost the same age! :DD
Thanks for the tip
Coolio
you doing great! keep up the good work >:3
Thanks! I'll try
keep it up!
That's the plan!
Keep it up dude, you'll get to the level you want to be eventually!
I sure hope so
If you ever get bored of drawing faces you could do an art prompt list for fun. Just for a little break.
I have never heard of that before so I will do it now
there is a point where the hair converges in the head
Yeah sure like I'm gonna trust a mosquito
epic :D
(i literally could not draw a circle to save my life)
Me either dude
That's cool man! hope you don't mind me asking, how old are you?
Guess, I'll tell you i just want you to Guess first
@coolguyjohnson1 mmm judging by your voice I'd say 23? 🤔
Oh so close I'm 17
@@coolguyjohnson1 ohh you're good for your age! Keep up the good work man 😁
Thanks, That's the plan
Alr... 5 minute and I see mistake... and it's a huge one. Yk what the first art skill is? The FIRST thing people tell u to do when u start art, even if u don't draw people? No? Well let me tell u... fill an entire page with circles, every DAY. Trusting ur hand is THE MOST important skill for an artist. If u can't draw a circle, U can't consistently draw eyes, ears. U can't trust shapes and instead try to save yourself with details. But details are nothign with fundemantals and in the end if yk how an eye looks, U need to know how an eye works. Don't use the circle tool :---:
Fine I'll practice circles I've been putting it off
I agree that the just think you need to learn is pen control but the most important thing is having fun. So learn and study but still draw what you love in between
I will learn to control the pen
@@ClayStopframe the problem is that after some point fun will be dependent on ur skill. It kinda sucks, but for a good while every artist will have the phase of feeling awful, even tho they draw what they won't but it not turning out as imagined. Fundamentals help that frustration and that's the only thing i meant by this
FUNdamentals there soooo FUN