Thread by @BeastSoulArt

For every RT I'll give a random art tip!

(until I get tired lol)
I've always wanted to do this and share what I've learned with my personal experience, and if you have your own tips please feel free to share! We're all here to help each other!

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▪Draw what makes YOU happy. Don't worry about everyone else likes. If you draw things you're passionate about, it shows and soon others will follow you in that passion!

▪The day you think your art is "perfect" is the day you stop the drive to improve. I constantly push myself to learn new things, or I look at a piece I created and say "What do I like? What do I not like? How can I improve it?" And work from there!

▪USE. YOUR. RESOURCES.
We are gifted to be in this day and age where endless resources are available at the palm of our hands. Look up tutorials, process images and speedpaint videos for inspiration and use it to improve your own work!

▪Speaking of resources, my favorite YouTubers to watch/listen to while I work are:

Marc Brunet > youtube.com/user/bluefley00

Proko (for anatomy/gesture) > youtube.com/user/ProkoTV

Marco Bucci (for painting) > youtube.com/user/marcobucci

▪Other artists are NOT your competition. The community is here to motivate and help eachother, we all want to see others succeed. Don't get bitchy if you see another artist being successful. Use them as motivation/inspiration to work your way up to your own success!

▪ Take the time to learn about GESTURE. Learning gesture was a huge breakthrough for me, my work stopped feeling so stiff had so much more life and movement to it!

This video by Proko is a good starting point to understanding what gesture is >

▪Developing YOUR OWN STYLE is one of the hardest things to do as an artist. It takes endless time/patience to refine your work and be satisfied to say "that's MY art, MY style". Start by picking little things you like from various styles/resources and apply it to your own work.

▪On the topic of styles; DO NOT rip off of one individual's style. It is not ok. As I said, pull small bits and pieces that you like from VARIOUS resources to create your own individual style.

▪Draw every day. Yep, every single day. Even if it's something small, take a little time for yourself to do a little doodle of something that inspired you that day, or just something that makes you happy. Keeps the art muscles stretched and there's no doubt you'll improve!

▪One of my favorite things to do as a warm up are quick human form gesture drawings, my hands down favorite website to use for this is Line of Action! > line-of-action.com They even have class modes that are very helpful when warming up! (watch Proko's gesture vid first)

▪Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty and try something new, whether it be drawing something different or using a new tool/material, you never know if you'll like it unless you try!

▪Try sketching totally in pen! If you've seen my work most of my traditional sketches are done in cheap ballpoint BIC pen. At first when I started doing it I was worried "what if I mess up?" but drawing in pen unable to erase FORCES you to see your mistakes and learn from them!

▪ If you're a Twitter artist, keep a PINNED TWEET of your best works, a little bio about you and links of your other sites up on your profile. I can't even tell you how many times I came across an artist's profile wanting to see their art and found nothing but memes and gifs.

▪IT IS OK TO USE REFERENCES, IT IS NOT CHEATING. I had to scream this at myself too haha, your resources aren't sitting there for you not to use them, how else will you improve? Don't feel guilty about using them!

▪Try getting together with local art friends and have art jams! Drawing in groups while socializing and bouncing motivation off of each other is good for the soul. ♡

▪Try taking time to go out into the world, draw what you see! Whether it be a museum, zoo/aquarium, a cafe, a park bench, or anywhere else, life drawing can be very relaxing.

▪When you're drawing, don't see it as a flat 2D surface, see it as if you're looking through a window into a 3D scene. Tell a story and build a world, it'll give your piece much more power and "umph" when you give the viewer more to process.

▪When it comes to larger illustrations, composition can make or break a piece! Where are your objects/characters placed? What are they doing? What do you want in or out of focus? How can you lead the viewer's eye where you want it to go? My favorite example is by @wubayard! ↓

▪Keep things that inspire you and feel the most "you" close, for example my desk is LOADED with all kinds of countless creature and monster figures with interesting forms and textures!

▪Don't know what to draw? Do some studies! You can never do enough studies, my personal favorite as of late are material and texture studies like the ones shown below!

(I'll continue this tomorrow! Please feel free to add your own tips if you'd like!)