How do I get better at drawing if my drawings look this shitty? I tried using a reference and everything and it still ended up turning out this shitty. I don't know what else to do.

Here was the reference I used

hey, i’ve been drawing for like 12 years. it really takes just a BUNCH of practice. i know you don’t wanna hear that but that’s really it.

also, i would recommend not relying on the reference too much, since your art will never match it perfectly. i used to heavily reference anime art and it just looked wrong since it was a copy and not my own rendition, if that makes sense.

also, work a lot on the foundations like anatomy and poses, they can really spice up your art and make it look really good if you don’t have a lot of skill there originally.

focus on building your own style, and then lightly look over the reference before making it your own!! and it’s not shitty, you have a really good foundation. just keep at it and don’t give up :-D

>>1534868 (OP)
I want to give you a different perspective than the other anon.
It's not that much about the amount of practice hours, but the 'quality' of those practice hours.
Such that if you spent X amount of hours doing A, or the same X amount of hours doing B, after doing A you'll be drawing better than if you did B.

What learning material works better for you and makes you improve the fastest is something you need to investigate by trying DIFFERENT things, as only you will know this. What works for you might not work for me.

>>1534879
I don't know what works for me is the problem. A lot of guides look too complicated for me.

>>1534879
I can barely make myself draw for 30 seconds before i get distracted by phone and my computer. My shakiness makes it really hard to draw anything even with 100% stabilizing on, which is why I switched to a tablet in the first place. I can't figure out any art guides because they look too complicated and exhausting. I've never finished a single line exercise either.

draw from life, a flower pot or a jug of milk can teach you a lot about shapes and light.
Get a pocket notebook and a pen, go outside and draw people on the few second they're still, this'll teach you to see the important parts of a figure and a gesture.

>>1534895
I don't just want to draw simple objects. I want to draw characters. I don't want to spend a ton of time making drawings of just objects. What's actually going to be demoralizing is drawing simple objects because I'm not good enough at the stuff I actually want to draw.

If you cannot draw something simple like an apple how are you going to draw something complex like a character? You have to start with simple things.

>>1534906
meant for >>1534900

>>1534906
>I don't want to spend a ton of time making drawings of just objects. What's actually going to be demoralizing is drawing simple objects because I'm not good enough at the stuff I actually want to draw.

>>1534910
but if you want to get good you NEED to draw boring things so you can draw the cool things you WANT.

>>1534911
I'm going to lose interest pretty quickly then. That's how my ADHD works.

Redoing this whole picture.

>>1534888
>>1534900
>>1534912
Is this fun for you, Howie?

Here's what I've got so far.

>>1534931
Make a blog somewhere else faggot

I'm asking for advice and showing what I'm doing.

>>1534868 (OP)
>How do I get better at drawing if my drawings look this shitty?
PET THE FUCKIN' DOG!

>>1534937
I'm trying to learn how is the problem.

>>1534868 (OP)

You messed up with the head(actual head without hair) and neck, her neck clearly aint that long but because you drew the head too small it dont look right. Fit the head to scale and the neck will fix itself.
The rest doesnt look that bad.

>>1534940
It looks like a fucking eight year old's drawing. What are you talking about?

>>1534942

Its supposed to from what im seeing.

>>1534888
Hey me too! I have ADHD too.
The way that I found to combat it, is to focus on drawing rule34 (cartoon porn). Finding sexy characters that I'm attracted to, and drawing porn of them. That was the only way to keep me interested enough to complete a doodle.
Just practicing drawing clean curves* with pen and paper (fuck tablet + digital, get good at TRADITIONAL art first) is very boring, that's why instead of drawing a nice clean curve, I'm actually drawing the nice clean outline of breasts of that character that I like. Or the lip outlines of her plump puzy.

* There are only three possible types of curves that you need to learn: the serpentine, the cusp and the loop. Mathematically they are the only possible ways a curve can be and that you'll ever draw.
If you master these three types (by doing lots of exercises on paper), then anything you try to draw (boobs, thighs, big bubble butts, feet) will be easy as they're just a combination of these curves.