Being a new artist is always extremely hard. Whether its being overwhelmed by trying to start with too much, not knowing where to begin, or being demotivated by seeing art way better online, every artist has issues starting out. For me, it was all three of these. I overestimated my abilities and tried starting with too much. For example this is the first piece I attempted. Although I did use reference, which helped, it looks significantly different from what I was going off of. Even with a reference photo, it is extremely hard to get proportions correct and to get around face anatomy. This piece was way too much too soon, because not only was it a hard angle, but the lighting had dark tones of blue and grey, which is not a good place to start for artists new to shading skin tone, like me. After that I decided to take a step back, and moved on to simpler pieces, all using the symmetry feature, reducing my workload and allowing me to do a simple front view drawing. I also freestyled the design, with a theme in mind which was fantasy creatures. By doing my own design, I had more freedom and it made drawing a more comfortable experience. Overall, for me it was important to start on front view pieces with symmetry and no complicated angles or lighting. After I felt more comfortable with basic shading techniques and getting around different types of facial anatomy, I thought it was time to try body anatomy and do a slightly unsymmetrical angle (no symmetry on) in order to experiment with different shading as well as lighting. I also added in some of my own stylization with a unique brush I downloaded. I used reference photos which is important because it can take a while to get a good grasp on anatomy due to the substantial amount of details. Overall I think it is important to pace yourself as an introductory artist, and start with the basics. Throughout this process I feel like I improved significantly just by taking it slow, and am excited to see how I progress in the future. In a nutshell:
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