User blog comment:Hanako Inoue/Should I give up on drawing?/@comment-28465294-20160916153719

Ah, well. Nobody's drawings look exactly the way they picture it in their minds. I'd be impressed if that actually happened, really. Mine never turn out that way, even in the sketching (which is usually when these things look the best)

I'm sure whoever else that's going to comment here may or may not say the exact same thing, but when you're starting out it's okay to trace pictures to learn! Everyone has to start somewhere and copying something helps you learn how someone does a certain thing or what makes a certain art style. Basically what I'm saying is go trace a bunch of pictures of Hibiki and Falulu and, like, everyone else until their designs are basically burned into your memory. Totally works. That's how most of the people on deviantArt actually manage to look like the actual anime, from what I've seen. Tracing. And anime bases. Which are basically just the same thing except someone else has done it for you and all you need to do is draw hair and clothes. But you know what those are, I'm pretty sure. It's not really encouraged, but you should definitely start off with that and see how it goes.

With posing, that's a little more difficult. I'm not sure what to tell you here, other than I guess maybe just start off with stick figures and then build on that? You can do a lot with stick figures! Or if you have like action figures or something you can use those as a reference, probably. Or Google, even. I tend to use google a lot when I can't figure out how something works or if I've just realised I accidentally broke someone's hand in a drawing.

Sorry if this is getting super long. I'm trying my best not to sound really awkward hahah a;;;

 It's okay to not feel great about your art. You're just being especially hard on yourself because of that reason. It's your art. Made by you. It's easier if you think of it as cake. You've made a cake, and it doesn't look that great, and then you go and put it next to someone else's cake that looks better than yours. Of course it's going to look bad. But then whoever's passing by doesn't care that one cake looks better than the other. They just care that they have two cakes, which is more than one cake. Understand now? Yes? No? Maybe..?

 Anyway all that matters is that person has two cakes. Two pieces of art. Maybe you've drawn their favourite character without knowing. There's always someone who appreciates your art no matter how bad you think it is. Don't give up because you're frustrated about everything you do. Give up because this one thing isn't working out right and then try it again, maybe differently this time. What didn't you like about the first time you did it? What can you do to fix it without jumping too far ahead?

aaaaah I've gone on for too long I'm sorry if you're not bothered reading all this I'll go back to stalking now ;v;

 buuuut if you ever want tips and tricks or something I can probably give you advice on like hands or something idk. Don't ask about feet and shoes because I'm not good at those