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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Oct 25, 2019 ^^
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1. Deconstruction.
Don't just copy what you draw, it will only go into your short term memory and get overwritten later. Analyze it. Break it down into simple shapes, bones, muscles, and etc. Understanding what you're studying is half the process towards effeciancey.
2. Recall.
Without using any sort of referance, including your previous sketchs, draw it again from memory. This will force you to think about what you are drawing. Repetition also a key factor in improving knowledge.
3. Criticism and Self-Critique.
Review what you have made and see where you need work. Maybe have someone else review what you made as well. Rinse and repeat steps 1-3.
4. Breaks and Quality Sleep.
Sleep is insanely important towards having a healthy mind... so keep that in mind!
Also, the average adult tends to have a shoter attention span of roughly 30 to 20 mins. If your studying for two hours, break it up with 2 to 5 min breaks inbetween sessions. Your brain is like any other muscle. It needs periodic rest. So don't cram up all your free time with one thing.
5. Eliminate distractions and Multi-tasking
I've always had a bad habit of doing this. Turn off distractions. No youtube. No instagram, and no Warhammer 40k audiobooks playing in the background. Maybe some non-intrusive music or white noise/rain in the background is fine. YOU ARE STUDYING. You don't see people playing Ultrakill while trying to watch John Wick in the background, do ya? Unless they are deliberately showing off.
6. Final notes:
All of this doesn't just apply to drawing effectly, but towards learning overall. I already knew some of this type off a free coursera course... but I didn't really apply it very well. :I
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How I learned to draw, was using references.
When I first started, I would go through Pinterest, and copy drawings that look cool.
I would not directly trace it, instead, use foundations, and simplify it into simple rectangles and circles.
Then I would put details in.
I would do this when I was bored, but made sure to do this at least once a day
This could be copying down pokemon, fun animals, people in fun poses, hands, etc etc.
Then whenever I started getting good-ish at that, I would study a little bit of character design, shape theory, colour theory etc.
Since I got all that practice, learning foundations, and learning why a artist did this etc etc.
This method did leave me kind of tied to references, as any time I didn't use them, it would look completely wrong. So I sacrificed a bit of originality.
But on things I practiced a lot, (general human anatomy such a hands, proportions, faces, cats, and some pokemon) I can do without references.
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FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ADHD LIKE I DO: what can be considered "multitasking" for some can simply be our way of regulating our level of stimulus in order to focus on a specific task. for example, I always have an easier time drawing when I am listening to music or listening to audiobooks. I am able to cope with the difficult task of keeping my mind on the art. I find this helps my memory retention as well, so much so that I can often look at a sketch or drawing I've done and the song or video I was watching at the time pops back into my head!
Every brain is different. Good sleep, taking breaks, and deconstruction are all wonderful methods for my ADHD brain, but my "multitasking" is my way of regulating my stimulus levels to properly focus. Your way may be different. Try to determine when you're most focused and why that could be, and find what helps for you!
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I like Bob. He is probably going through a rough time, deep in student debts from art school, left by his girlfriend and trying his best to come by to make some change for rent and food. His mind is probably occupied all the time not to become homeless by losing his burger flipping job.
You can do it Bob, I root for ye.
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