Thread 7715360

Here is my checklist for optimal drawing conditions, from most important to least. What does /ic/ think?

1. SLEEP. SLEEP. SLEEP. 7 to 9 hours, no exceptions. Do NOT drink caffeine 8 hours before bed. Avoid eating any food 4 hours before bed. Sleep is BY FAR the most important factor in drawing well.

2. Ergonomics: neutral neck/shoulders, surface tilt ~20–45°; move the stylus from your shoulder.

3. Lighting: bright, even, glare-free.

4. Session design: one clear objective plus timed blocks.

5. Micro-breaks and eye relief. There's a rule that says you should look at an object 20 feet away every 20 minutes for 20 seconds (the 20-20-20 rule). Follow this.

6. Grip & tool calibration: light grip, low stylus activation force / wider barrel grips.

7. Warm-ups.

8. Vision care. Make sure your glasses are the right prescription.

9. Hydration plus steady fueling (protein plus fiber plus slow carbs). I personally do intermittent fasting and find that it helps immensely.

10. Strength and mobility exercises.

My view is that if you're ignoring most of these, you're seriously underperforming as an artist. Most of the professionals I follow have very optimized drawing conditions. How can you expect to become good if you aren't taking care of your body and your drawing environment?

>Avoid eating any food 4 hours before bed.

heresy

>>7715438
It impedes sleep quality, anon.

>>7715360 (OP)
What about that one guy who's drawing with a phone

>>7715439
just take GABA

>>7715441
Who?

Yeah because that's what most artists do during crunch. It's the most optimal drawing conditions or they don't draw at all.

Why do people even use screen tablets? Screenless is like perfect ergonomics for free.

>>7715360 (OP)
Sounds fine, but most people here struggle to even draw for even 30 minutes everyday. This level of optimization is putting the cart before the horse.

>>7715503
>Sounds fine, but most people here struggle to even draw for even 30 minutes everyday.

Those people have bigger issues (unserious, depressed, etc). When I had an infant and worked six days a week, I still got in about twenty hours of drawing each week just by using urban commute instead of a car and drawing on the bus and tram. You can squeeze in a few minutes of gestures while waiting in line or during one of the many other dead periods throughout the day.

>>7715360 (OP)
here is my checklist
1. draw a fucking thing

>be jap
>be mangaka
>work in small room on my low little table
>sit on floor 12 hours a day
>have hunchback from this
>smoke 20 cigarettes an hour while drawing
>???
>op btfo'ed

>>7715360 (OP)
-draw until hungry
-eat
repeat for x hours until tired. sleep

What has mood to do with it? You draw when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for drawing

>>7715360 (OP)
That is not how you even remotely draw a bow.

just fuckin draw bro

>>7715981
>die at 62

>>7716022
They're hard to draw.

>>7715439
but im hungry before sleepy times ;c

>>7716079
>die at 62

My grandfather died at 65 and he wasn't a mangaka, I'd be lucky to live that long.

I can't draw unless I had a good nights sleep + no headache when I wake up (extremely rare)
I had a good dream that fills me with motivation (very rare)
I have a good breakfast and no anxiety about running out of food I like
The sun is shining and its not too hot not too cold
The first website I go on shows me some good news
I get notifications on social media for my art
and I don't get a text from my mother

if all these things happen when I wake up in the morning (usually I wake up in the afternoon and waste the whole day) then I will draw for ONE (1) hour.

>>7715508
when you have a human life depending on you, it releases chemicals in your brain which motivate you. You're being carried by your baby, its not the same as a neet with nothing to live for trying to draw.

>>7716013
when you actually get good at drawing, it becomes 100% mood and decision making. If you're not in a good mood, you cannot draw happy nice things if that's your style. If you are studying fundamentals, then your mood doesn't matter.

>>7716159
He was quoting Dune, anon.

>>7716588
I was too bitter to see, that brightened my mood

>>7715360 (OP)
Lighting: bright. Glare-free, even.

>>7716610
And?

>>7715360 (OP)
free time is the most important thing

>>7716662
Truke

I hardly ever see you guys use noise filters. Is there a reason why?

>>7716674
chromatic aberration is a sin and makes my eyes hurt.
Noise can be fine to add some grain/detail, but if you overdo it, it looks like shit. And either way it always feels very artificial.

>>7716158
Dude shut the fuck up

>>7716742
I accept your confection