Stuck in a money loop, and how do I learn to draw?

antislash · Oct 3, 2015

darkhog said: ↑

It may, though, make you an average artist
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no, i think you are completely wrong on that one... MS paint...tss..cm'on compare apples with apples.
a bad artist will be bad with every tool.... if you talk about cool effects etc... a good artis will use them properly, a bad one will only use them...
and.... you'd be surprised of what you can do with MS.
https://www.google.fr/search?q=MS+p...oTCLP0r5r1psgCFQO3FAodQnkFPw&biw=1822&bih=860

antislash · Oct 3, 2015

Prototypetheta said: ↑

CS2 have the normalmapping plugin?
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it has the Nvidia plugin yes....but results are .... mean

darkhog · Oct 3, 2015

I know what can be done with MS Paint. Problem is this takes days upon days (and if not, certainly hours upon hours). Good tool makes things faster. Again, Unity vs. assembly/raw openGL/DX.

antislash · Oct 3, 2015

darkhog, i'm not arguing with you mate, but drawing comes from you very intime brain... if you don't know where to put a line, a point, a shadow, a light, how to use color shades, you can have the better and faster software, you will just go nowhere.
you can have cool brushes, cool particle effects etc etc etc but if you don't have a idea of how tu use them, you will end with crap... (see the speedpaintin vids, those artists are able to do exceptionnal artwork with only 2 or 3 brushes)

derkoi · Oct 3, 2015

zombiegorilla said: ↑

Fortunately you are in luck. Since presumably you are human and capable of reading and posting here you have eyes and hands that work. (Though those aren't necessarily a limiting factor). You have all the tools you need to learn how to draw. People have been doing it since, well... arguably, since we could be called people.

Learning to draw is very easy and essentially free. There is no trick to it and no really no lessons or tips required and only really 3 simple steps:

1. Find a subject. (Parks are great, as are coffee shops, magazines, pictures, things sitting on your desk or around your house, whatever you want to draw.)

2. Draw it. (Paper and pencil is all you need, though I prefer pen as it forces you to be more thoughtful about every line)

3. Evaluate. (What looks right? What doesn't? The stuff that doesn't focus on next time. Nailed it? Sweet! Next drawing, pick something new or more complex. Ask others for their opinions)

Now repeat those 3 steps many thousands of times and you should be starting to get pretty good. Imagine if those years you have been 'wanting' to draw, you had spent drawing, you'd be part way there now.

True, most schools/courses are only mainly cover application techniques and less broad areas, like color theory, composition, technical drawing, anatomy, and so on. This is because they expect you bring base skills to the table. Many of the top schools require you to provide portfolio to gain admission.

It's like many things, if want do it/be good at it, you just need to put in the effort and do. Waiting to start or expecting to at some point someone to 'teach' you is a good way to never getting it done. Learning is an active endeavor, not a passive.

If you want to be an artist, start drawing. Don't stop.
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Probably one of the best posts I've read on here.

Prototypetheta · Oct 3, 2015

antislash said: ↑

it has the Nvidia plugin yes....but results are .... mean
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Ah. Guess I can just keep using GIMP for that side of things.

Eric-Darkomen · Oct 3, 2015

Since CC 2014

darkhog · Oct 3, 2015

Krita can do normalmaps and textures too. Didn't go into details, but I know it is possible. Krita's a very versatile tool.

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