is one that im a fan of but tbh honest the best “how to draw” book is a sketchbook. it kinda sucks lol but you just gotta actually put a pencil on paper as often as you can.
some youtube videos can be helpful too in explaining how to “see” in a drawing way. perspective, proportions, all that.
Jul 22, 2024
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drawing from life is always preferable to drawing from a flat image on a screen. learning how to draw the human body from life will help you to wrap your end around all kinds of shapes in 3 dimensions, around line, around light and shadow, around personality and expressiveness. it’s a great way to meet people, it’s meditative, it’s academic, it’s fun, it can only make you a better artist. being on the modeling side of these sessions has also given me a new perspective on the process, on what helps people and what doesn’t. most fun and fulfilling side gig i’ve ever had
Mar 20, 2025
I’ve been drawing everyday in a sketchbook everyday since 2018. Drawing is something that I’ve always wanted to be good at since I was very little.
It’s a skill that anyone can learn, just like any other skill. It’s not a walled-off talent that only comes to a certain number of people, anyone can pick it up and learn.
I love how meditative the process can be, it slows you down and forces you to see objects and perspectives for what they really are, not how you imagine them to be.
Feb 18, 2024
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omg now that im free from the hell this semester was i can also recommend all the cool things i learned and habits i picked up lol... draw in a sketchbook every day! trust if you do it EVERY day literally you will go through MULTIPLE sketchbooks... it's so fun to have multiple blank sketchbooks lined up waiting to be filled bc ur like "collecting" full sketchbooks 😭 i already knee observational drawing was important and "all that" before this first semester in a rigorous art program but this fall made me enjoy it a lot more. don't worry your head about "realism versus what u normally draw" instead think of it like grab ur pencil and draw WHATEVER you see on the spot like a MADMAN!! (or use whatever supplies u can use whiteboard markers in ur sketchbook for all i care its YOUR sketchbook go crazy!!) Just put down shapes! Doesn't matter if it "sucks" NO ONE will see this but you! (this winter break I will be doing multiple winter sketchbooks that I'm so excited to do because this time my professors won't be seeing them 😂) Its ur place to go crazy go stupid go do it now 🔥
Dec 13, 2024
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Aug 16, 2024
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it’s such a awkward marker of a new year. a weird mix of wanting people to celebrate you, but feeling tired of the obligation to thank everyone that only reaches out once a year.
i always find birthdays really hard, and fairly disappointing.
my recommendation is to give yourself grace, and do what makes you happy. i know it’s such a generic rec but this past year on the actual day i just took it easy, treated myself to some takeout, and watched a show in bed. a few days after i got together with friends and we went to a restaurant i love but they’d never really wanted to go to. and then we ate homemade cake and watched a movie.
sorry if this isn’t a very upbeat response (: <3
happy birthday!! and know random people on the internet are celebrating you (:
Jul 30, 2024
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or eagles ig
May 1, 2024