Firstly, you have to know how to draw well. Secondly, no anime influence. And thirdly and most importantly, don't just design characters that you want to jerk off to. Oh, and also: absolutely zero Sonic the Hedgehog design influences.
It just depends on which era of sonic you took inspiration
If you draw mainly archie or Adventure Era OCs (not the adventure era art style just the OCs) you are pretty much doomed. Otherwise, you are safe
nice trips
I could understand if this was about an experimental artstyle but we're talking about objectively low quality art. >inb4 ">objectively"
Soul is real but it's kinda annoying how often people use it like a crutch, sometimes it's almost like hugboxing.
The threads will stop when someone posts actual constructive advice. So far anons have just said >embrace being a shitty artist
or >just don't be a shitty artist bro
Like, how do you study animals? What's the exact process that leads to success?
oh ok it's another /ic/ esque "tell me the exact process step by step" thread
dammit anon you'll never learn to draw if you're incapable of figuring anything out yourself and needed every step tutorial'd for you
>What's the exact process that leads to success?
especially when you clearly don't love art and just wanna speedrun success
>What's the exact process that leads to success?
1. take your thumb
2. stick it as far up your butthole as you can
3. wait
trust me it'll work
seriously tho, frick homosexuals who just come in asking people how to hack artistic success, it can't be done, it takes years and years of practice and then luck on top of that
>it takes years and years of practice
Of doing what?
6 months ago
Anonymous
Studying from life, drawing, studying from artists you like, drawing, observing how animals move in nature, drawing, drawing, drawing, lots and lots of drawing
Look at an animal
Draw it
Does it look like shit?
See why it looks like shit
Draw it again
Does it look like shit?
See why it looks like shit
Draw it again
>just don't be a shitty artist bro
this is the best advice you're going to get here, anon. All you have to do is not draw shitty, and draw good instead. You will know it if you are doing poorly, and you'll know when you're starting to draw well. We can't give you a blow-by-blow breakdown of on how to achieve something that is subjective and different for every artist. >but HOW will I know if I'm not a bad artist?
You just fricking will, okay? There's no explanation more complex than that, because it's too unique and personalized to explain. You will just know. LITERALLY all you have to do is draw good instead of drawing bad.
I draw, I just don't have any direction. I've wasted years stagnating even while pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I've seen people in half the time I've spent drawing get extremely good and I don't understand how. Things just aren't clicking for me and it's really frustrating.
Whether you like it or not, the truth is some people just aren't illustrators in nature. Maybe you're not artistic, or maybe you'd do better with a different art form, that's just how it is
I love music but I just can't grasp an instrument after years of trying, so I do other things, it is how it is
The reason these people get good so fast is passion, they love what they do and love is valuable, just as valuable as constant practice, maybe more
>The reason these people get good so fast is passion
I think it's more than that. My friend group growing up all had incredible talent for drawing. Just instant sense for appealing design and being able to translate an idea to paper with ease, even though they really didn't give a shit about it as a dedicated pastime.
Meanwhile, I was one of those "I can't even draw a stickman" types, but I started drawing because I wanted to fit in and be able to do what they do. It took me a solid 3 years and 200+ pages of notebooks to catch up to the level they merely started from and by that point it was late-highschool and they all stopped with it entirely so my original motivation was just gone. but my new motivation was that I just liked doing it. It was hard, and took lots of concentration and forethought to get a result I liked, but it's still fun.
I think talent and skill are two different thinks, and someone without talent can still develop it as skill, but you're right, some people are just going to mog you no matter what. I guess my only real response to
I draw, I just don't have any direction. I've wasted years stagnating even while pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I've seen people in half the time I've spent drawing get extremely good and I don't understand how. Things just aren't clicking for me and it's really frustrating.
is that it's helpful back at your old work and see how far you've come. It's not a race against others but just trying to be a little better than you were before. It also helps if you just like doing it. At least that what I have to keep telling myself.
Have you considered maybe you arent drawing what you like?
I was in a very similar boat to you recently but got better at liking drawing and liking what i draw again when i realized i dont want to endlessly draw the same boring anime faces over and over
These are animal caricatures with more human eyes. Learnt to draw animal caricatures, their gestures etc. and humanize them so they can act. It all comes from being really fricking good at drawing from life
don't be autistic lol
pretty much this.
Firstly, you have to know how to draw well. Secondly, no anime influence. And thirdly and most importantly, don't just design characters that you want to jerk off to. Oh, and also: absolutely zero Sonic the Hedgehog design influences.
i'm a well known artist in my community and nobody knows how much influence i took from sonic the hoghedge, and nobody ever will
It's usually very obvious when any artist grew up drawing Sonic, anon. People know.
It just depends on which era of sonic you took inspiration
If you draw mainly archie or Adventure Era OCs (not the adventure era art style just the OCs) you are pretty much doomed. Otherwise, you are safe
Oooh yeah autism cringe i sure don't wanna see anything that could be viewed as not immediately palatable to normies yup number one concern.
nice trips
I could understand if this was about an experimental artstyle but we're talking about objectively low quality art.
>inb4 ">objectively"
Soul is real but it's kinda annoying how often people use it like a crutch, sometimes it's almost like hugboxing.
Define "autistic vibe"
The opposite of that
You have to accept that you're autistic anon. There is nothing to do about it.
How do you draw cartoons that don't have that normie vibe to them?
why does this image have indivisible details in the thumbnail
It's just artifacting.
no it's a secret message
Big breasts and dicks, sometimes both at once
You've said this every time and it's been unfunny every time
If someone has to keep making these threads because they can't get over their autistic hangups then why shouldn't someone shitpost in them?
The threads will stop when someone posts actual constructive advice. So far anons have just said
>embrace being a shitty artist
or
>just don't be a shitty artist bro
Like, how do you study animals? What's the exact process that leads to success?
oh ok it's another /ic/ esque "tell me the exact process step by step" thread
dammit anon you'll never learn to draw if you're incapable of figuring anything out yourself and needed every step tutorial'd for you
>What's the exact process that leads to success?
especially when you clearly don't love art and just wanna speedrun success
>What's the exact process that leads to success?
1. take your thumb
2. stick it as far up your butthole as you can
3. wait
trust me it'll work
seriously tho, frick homosexuals who just come in asking people how to hack artistic success, it can't be done, it takes years and years of practice and then luck on top of that
>it takes years and years of practice
Of doing what?
Studying from life, drawing, studying from artists you like, drawing, observing how animals move in nature, drawing, drawing, drawing, lots and lots of drawing
Look at an animal
Draw it
Does it look like shit?
See why it looks like shit
Draw it again
Does it look like shit?
See why it looks like shit
Draw it again
>just don't be a shitty artist bro
this is the best advice you're going to get here, anon. All you have to do is not draw shitty, and draw good instead. You will know it if you are doing poorly, and you'll know when you're starting to draw well. We can't give you a blow-by-blow breakdown of on how to achieve something that is subjective and different for every artist.
>but HOW will I know if I'm not a bad artist?
You just fricking will, okay? There's no explanation more complex than that, because it's too unique and personalized to explain. You will just know. LITERALLY all you have to do is draw good instead of drawing bad.
I draw, I just don't have any direction. I've wasted years stagnating even while pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I've seen people in half the time I've spent drawing get extremely good and I don't understand how. Things just aren't clicking for me and it's really frustrating.
Whether you like it or not, the truth is some people just aren't illustrators in nature. Maybe you're not artistic, or maybe you'd do better with a different art form, that's just how it is
I love music but I just can't grasp an instrument after years of trying, so I do other things, it is how it is
The reason these people get good so fast is passion, they love what they do and love is valuable, just as valuable as constant practice, maybe more
Wasn't this the message of Monsters University?
>The reason these people get good so fast is passion
I think it's more than that. My friend group growing up all had incredible talent for drawing. Just instant sense for appealing design and being able to translate an idea to paper with ease, even though they really didn't give a shit about it as a dedicated pastime.
Meanwhile, I was one of those "I can't even draw a stickman" types, but I started drawing because I wanted to fit in and be able to do what they do. It took me a solid 3 years and 200+ pages of notebooks to catch up to the level they merely started from and by that point it was late-highschool and they all stopped with it entirely so my original motivation was just gone. but my new motivation was that I just liked doing it. It was hard, and took lots of concentration and forethought to get a result I liked, but it's still fun.
I think talent and skill are two different thinks, and someone without talent can still develop it as skill, but you're right, some people are just going to mog you no matter what. I guess my only real response to
is that it's helpful back at your old work and see how far you've come. It's not a race against others but just trying to be a little better than you were before. It also helps if you just like doing it. At least that what I have to keep telling myself.
Have you considered maybe you arent drawing what you like?
I was in a very similar boat to you recently but got better at liking drawing and liking what i draw again when i realized i dont want to endlessly draw the same boring anime faces over and over
Shouldn't this be on /ic/?
Draw photorealistic animals then delete 95% of their features. Easy.
These are animal caricatures with more human eyes. Learnt to draw animal caricatures, their gestures etc. and humanize them so they can act. It all comes from being really fricking good at drawing from life
Just don't draw sparkledogs and you're good.
interesting topic
I always feel a little less insane when I see other people acknowledge this specific artstyle of toons drawn by amateur autistic toonophiles exists.