I can't draw quickly yet well for stuff. I see people doing it all the time around /co/ (those threads where drawfriends have a conversation using images) and my jelly just spills everywhere
I'm using the same programs and likely an even better tablet, so I guess it's just skill. I can't find an art style I can do well either. I've heard that the best thing to do is copy one and then just let it conform to you, but it's just not working out for me.
I'd practice but I have nothing to draw and when I do, it generally turns out awful, it's really discouraging and I just end up doing something else
wat do :[
I'm no expert on the subject, but I assume with repetition and knowledge comes the efficiency you're looking for. For example, I can draw any standing figure with relative ease and (I assume) a fair pace; I've drawn (and henceforth studied) enough standing figures that I seldom have to put much thought into it. However, ask me to draw a figure in mid-somersault and I'm going to forget up many times before I settle with something acceptable; I haven't practiced such a pose's rhythms and forces that I have to take the process slowly and put a lot of thought into my drawing.
I guess it just boils down to the same thing: study and practice.
I recently found this really cool website stocked with figures from which you can draw from. You can set the time intervals between each drawing starting from as little as 30 seconds and also change a whole load of other settings - you can also choose to draw from animals, too. Even if figures aren't necessarily your forte you can still learn a lot along the lines of mass and motion, I strongly reccomend it:
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/index.php [warning: some pages contain nsfw content, although you are warned and given an option of whether or not you would like them to appear]As for art styles, I've always held the idea that it is very important to at least gain some knowledge and proficiency in drawing realistically before moving on to stylising your drawings. I also think it's really bad stuff to draw your influences from just one style rather than looking closely at many differing ones and building up from there.
Alas, I also suffer from so-called "artist's block", and I would be surprised if I ever find someone who does not. I usually begin drawing whenever I have a fancy idea that's been influenced by something I've seen or done. For example, perhaps after a few solid days of playing some TF2 or viewing some impressive fanart, I myself may start to draw some too. Recently I've come across an artist who's taken a scene or speech from a well known film and drawn it out in a storyboard/comic-like manner. The artist has a very,
very expressive and lively art style and it makes for a quite whimsical result. It's very fun to look at and I'd like to see how fun it is to do it myself.
We're all going to get awful results, especially if we venture into territory which we're not very well versed at. I can get ridiculously frustrated at times - more than I would like to admit because I pressure myself to do something which I simply do not know jack stuff about. I'd like to think it's about taking a step back and breaking down your failure so you can spot
where exactly you've gone wrong and what you need to improve upon.
There I go again - I always get carried away If I'm explaining something! Apologies for the wall of text.
In other news:
I decided I would make caricatures of some of my friends! Maybe I'll snoop around the real-life pictures topic and do the same to some of the denizens of BL.
