>>7607374>Just trace and sketch for practice? If you are an ultra beginner, then you need to practice drawing flat 2d shapes. Try to make them accurate.
But yes you can trace things to practice as well. A 3-step would be to trace, then try to copy it side-by-side, then try to draw it from memory.
>I don't even understand underlying anatomy. You don't need to at first. Just focus on drawing accurately, and drawing shapes. Then move on to combining those shapes into bigger forms, 3-dimensional forms, and so on.
>Should I also do that with my own AI shit too?It's inadvisable. The best way to reuse such things as a beginner is to shrink them down really far so they're a "thumbnail" (like the thumnails on your file browser) and then use that as a reference. This compresses them into mostly the larger blobby-shapes and values (values = the light/darkness of a particular point on the image.)
One thing they are useful for can be composition, but just be wary as without significant skill AI art tends towards a lot of errors and poor focus.
It's better to use art you look up to as a reference, because you're doing self-exploration at the same time.
And of course it bears mentioning that you should also draw things around you for practice. Bottles, cups, figurines trees, rocks, yourself, other people etc. This is additionally really good practice since your eyes don't work like a camera does, and you can learn some good bits from doing so - it may surprise you.
But most importantly, remember to just draw shit you have ideas of. Anything. Doesn't matter - just get it down, don't feel like you have to be a certain level of skill to do something. You can always revisit your old art to mine your past self for ideas - think of it like sending messages to your future self
>Hey me! Don't forget about this cool idea!
