Question: If you had near infinite time and were just starting out drawing what sort of method / practices would you do to maximize growth? Seriously just imagine if you could fill hours upon hours of time every day, especially weekends, what would you do

>>7626119 (OP)
mainly play video games. its good for developing eye hand coordination which is essential to drawing

I'd fuck your mom and make a million kids to do the art for me.

>>7626125
he seems happy

>>7626127
Does this mean AI art was caused by that guy who married hatsune miku?

>>7626125
why does his skin look like that

>>7626130

that guy is brave and I wish I could do the same

Anyway all i mean is that I've been thinking of just how much time is in a day and wondering what the actual gains would look like if you devoted a lot of it to drawing

>>7626119 (OP)
Every day I would do 1:1 master studies, then afterwards draw my own "master work", using both ref and imagination.

>>7626119 (OP)
I'd watch top tier video courses like the stuff you find on New Masters Academy, Watts Atelier, and maybe Schoolism.
I'd read the best drawing and painting books like Scott Robertson, James Gurney, Andrew Loomis, Bridgman, etc.
Then I'd do master studies of real life, photos, and my favorite artists.
Honestly if you want to get at least decent fast enough then just binge Marc Brunet youtube channel like Khyle(ri) did.

>>7626142
>>7626144
Okay okay sounds interesting
Not that it matters but I wake up early on weekends imagining the power of the literal time I have but end up using it to grind gacha / ladders on ranked mode of games lmao

Ill post this claydol and dip for a bit

perspective and construction are so overlooked that even an amateur grasp sets you apart from the pack.

>>7626375
So I've heard, I had a buddy say it's the first thing to learn

>>7626149
>the power of the literal time I have
Time is the most valuable currency, even more than money itself. There's a saying in my country that some people (wagies) waste their life working while others (capitalists) pay them so they can use their time traveling, fucking hoes...
I use to play games and watch anime all the time in the 2010s when I was a NEET but in the 2020s I'm focused on learning money making skills and I'm so much better off for it, you don't wanna have a lot of time and waste it all like I used to, it makes you depressed.
BTW I make a lot of money now but I still feel like a neet because I work from home lmao.

>>7626413
This is also why I started investing while young, could've been younger but eh, but Im not too social and still live at home so like 95% of my paychecks just go into the market

>>7626119 (OP)
if i had the discipline i would grind perspective until i can rely entirely on intuition for it
then i would grind cast drawings to learn observation and values

>>7626395
If I could go back to the start I'd focus on it. It makes learning forms intuitive and consequently rendering/lighting and color follow much more naturally.

>>7626119 (OP)
I'd just draw

>>7626415
>investing
HOLD

>>7626440
>>7626452
>>7626464
In other words just draw a bunch of shit, a large variety of shit from different angles

Ive also heard early on it isn't a bad idea to take something, trace over it, and then just and draw it free hand and compare your trace to your sketch to note where issues are

>>7626125
bro looks like such a good boy. Kinda endearing tbdesu.
>>7626119 (OP)
If I had infinite time and was just starting out, I would focus on drawing from life and funmaxxing (drawing what I like). If you don't study the world around you, how could you possibly create your own?
When I first got into drawing, I just drew what I wanted. Letting the ideas out of my head and getting them on to the page helped clear up space for the new ideas to grow for tomorrow. I wasn't great at drawing, but my sketchbooks flourished with creativity, and they were my pride and joy. I tried to get serious about my art in high school, so I began to study all the time. My art became technically better, but all the fun ideas in my head began to rot and my creativity withered away into nothing. I never had any new ideas because the old ones had calcified in my head. Drawing became a chore, and I quit in 2021 because of a terrible professor I had in college. I eventually started drawing for my own enjoyment in late 2023, and I've been drawing every single day since then. If your creativity has died or never lived, I would just start with drawing from life until you get to a skill level to draw what you want.
(Sorry for writing like a flowery faggot, I know what I am)

>>7626479
Of course
Always
Even when I’m 95

>>7626119 (OP)
Find someone with experience in art, someone who you trust and that is willing to help you, not go online to ask strangers for help, that is my only advice for you. Good luck, may the Gods and the muses guide you to the right path, stay dry and safe.

>>7626119 (OP)
I'd learn animation, personally. Even if you don't get into the intricacies of creating actual reels or have any lofty ambitions. The way animators train figure, perspective and their characters are very charming and full of life. I wish I didn't stubbornly go into illustration back in college thinking of labels too rigidly. Train like an animator (up to a point) I guess, is my advice. Often I find some animators better artists than some illustrators. Depends if you prefer to paint/render though then this wouldn't apply to you.

>>7626524
if you're gonna do that just overlay the images instead of tracing

>>7626119 (OP)
With infinite time - how you spend it is worthless you could fuck around for a 1000 years and draw only once during that entire time and it wouldn't be close to infinite

>>7627916
thank you for understanding hyperbole

>>7626119 (OP)
If you had infinite time, then by comparison, your motivation would be near zero. You need limited time to psuh you to do things, otherwise you'll just lie in bed and jack of all day. Infinity is not a concept humans can understand.

>>7626119 (OP)
I wouldn't do anything differently desu. If I knew I had infinite time, I'd take my time with drawing even more than I'm doing now.
Maximising growth though? I guess I'd explore more types of media, take more inspiration from other artists and do more collabs.

>>7628129
>>7628132
infinite free time, not stifled in my free time
why are you being autists

>>7626144
this just seems like learn perspective and construction then draw a lot

>>7626119 (OP)
literally just sit down and draw

>>7629016
that is not a good starting point

I have changed my mind this seems boring as shit, Ill stick to (not) writing

>>7626119 (OP)
Infinite time makes maximizing growth pointless

lol minmaxing threads are always so funny

>>7628143
If you had infinite free time, then all methods will eventually work.

>>7629390
Why

Is this how I need to word it to not have my threads deleted? Fuck me I guess

>>7626119 (OP)
another fatalistic imagination for autists. Just draw

>>7629041
pyw

>>7628160
Yeah, perspective and observation are the most important art fundamentals by far.
Anatomy is optional, icing on the cake.
>>7629210
Drawing's not fun, unless you're autistic.
>>7629390
Minmax is funny, because if you think about it, the "80/20 rule" apply to every skill you learn including drawing, so you better off reading just 1 Loomis or Vilppu book instead of all Christopher Hart books, you can avoid Chris altogether.
You can avoid those meme draw manga books too, specially if they're not from Japan.

>>7629737
because you're all stupid faggots that dont draw but talk about the best way to draw?
its delusional. what the fuck even is that mentality? it's hilarious, like a dusty cheeto fingered fat fuck spending all day on /fit/ and telling you the best way to get ripped

>>7630009
uh ok

>>7626144
>just binge Marc Brunet youtube channel like Khyle(ri) did.
sauce for this?

>>7630474
because he said so