Any artists out there?

[azurbanclucker]

I had someone call me a "prolific creator" the other day. It doesn't really feel like it, to me. I have spent the last few months creatively catatonic with depression and crippling impostor syndrome. So afraid of doing something not perfect that I can't bring myself to begin. So, my art comes in "farts" too. This knife bolster is really getting to me, I need to finish it so I can move on to other things, but I've been paralyzed to work on it. Don't want to screw up. More and more people are watching, and I have personal goals to make visible improvement on every new piece. I haven't felt well enough to do my best... so I haven't done anything. Today I finished the outline and I hope tomorrow I can do more, starting background relief. View attachment 3445416

We're our own worst critics. You have nothing to fear. I love your work and it's both unique and stunning. I know that this takes as far as time and talent. You've got this.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I went and dug up the dragons I drew years ago. At the time I considered them my best.

 

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Cool! I’ve drawn several IceWings.
One is Punz, I think you may have seen that one.. then I have Boomer and Skeppy.
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I also did Winter, though he doesn’t look too fantastic..
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And then, of course, Leif.
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i did it
finally

 

[Blue Raptor]

@Blue Raptor
How'd you learn to draw dragon anatomy so well? I would love to be able to draw my dragon characters but I struggle a lot with drawing something there's no real reference of

I really struggle with that too.
I ended up kinda figuring things our by looking up “how would dragon anatomy work in real life.”
Cats are good references. And bats.
I ended up using drawings as references before because I gave up looking. Normally I would never use a drawing as a reference but I changed it enough that I felt ok with it.

I’ve been drawing dragons for a long time now, so most of it is practice, but I can tell ya now I used to suck at drawing them.
I have a tutorial which will be able to explain everything I’m about to say, but better:

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Staring at any drawing of a dragon I see like a weirdo has helped a lot too, then I take some of the things I see other people do and incorporate it into my drawings! It’ll still be ‘my style’ cause I can’t draw things the exact same as someone else.
Like Amer said, I had no idea how to do the wings well ‘till I saw bat wings; they’re pretty much the same and the closest thing we’ll get to a dragon wing irl.

I went and dug up the dragons I drew years ago. At the time I considered them my best.
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Those are awesome!
I will be honest and give some tips, even though it’s super hard for me to criticize.
You could try making the face a bit more angular, like the nose and jaw and adding a horn on the nose or spikes if you want it to look less rounded. You could try making the mouth a bit wider too.
I know lizards don’t have ears, but if you want, you could try adding those and seeing if it makes them look better.
And one more tip for the wings- they’re going to have to be larger in order to realistically hold the weight of the dragon- like bat’s wings which, together, are twice the size of the bat.

 

[Blue Raptor]

i did it
finally
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Awesome! I like the way you draw your charcaters.

 

[Blue Raptor]

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The chicken looks awesome.

 

[Blue Raptor]

We're our own worst critics. You have nothing to fear. I love your work and it's both unique and stunning. I know that this takes as far as time and talent. You've got this.

Very true.
I’ve drawn several things that I very much disliked, and had someone tell me they were awesome. Then I was like “But- but they’re not.. see? Mistake here here and here.”

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Very true.
I’ve drawn several things that I very much disliked, and had someone tell me they were awesome. Then I was like “But- but they’re not.. see? Mistake here here and here.”

Yesterday i was looking at a notebook that had some very old drawings in it. "Vulture dive, Charlotte, age 6." "Woahh, my art was sooo bad. I'm 8 now, and I'm Wayyy better" On the next page was the exact same drawing but apparently drawn at age 8.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Yesterday i was looking at a notebook that had some very old drawings in it. "Vulture dive, Charlotte, age 6." "Woahh, my art was sooo bad. I'm 8 now, and I'm Wayyy better" On the next page was the exact same drawing but apparently drawn at age 8.

I think I have some really old drawings.. I’ll have to dig them up, just a sec.

 

[Blue Raptor]

I think I have some really old drawings.. I’ll have to dig them up, just a sec.

The oldest thing I have is ‘The Bible’ which I made when I was probably ten or so.

Moses and Aaron talking to Pharaoh. Moses walking through the Red Sea.

God zapping Elijah’s bull from ‘Hevin’. Nathan bathing in the Jordan to get healed of his leprosy.

Jonah and the screaming coral reef. Those are people on the boat, yes. Shadrach, Mesach, and Abendego.

An arrow pointing to which one is Jesus at the Last Supper, and Judas frowning on the far right.

Zacceus. Jesus and Judas at the Last Supper again- Judas, just looking VERY cranky.

Peter, staring in WoNdEr as his chains fall off.