u/Tushkan4ikkkk

Also in general want to ask those who often draw anime some tips and recommendations

Been using pen tablet for 3 days and want to share and get some advice. I use clip studio paint.

Also a question: Is it okay for your hand to hurt? didn't experience it when been drawing traditionally.

So I started draw a box in the september or october (I don't clearly remember), but it was in the autumn. One of the main problems that i faced here was that I didn't have the tools that they required so i had to resort to simple pencils and ballpoint pens and draw on simple notebooks. (I live in small town in kazakhstan and those things would be expensive here).

I've done almost every challenge (except for textures challenge).

At first when I started and finished the final lesson i was kinda dissapointed since those cars and trucks didin't look good, then i remembered how I used to draw faces (I started to try to learn anatomy when doing 250 cylinder challenge in the february, dropped it but stuck to learning faces only, probably gonna make it into a side study thing in the future, I want to draw people in the future). Turns out when you draw something very often, in my case it's faces, you become more better drawing them. So I just have to draw these cars more.

Probably the most important thing that draw a box gave me are directions. Like before that I didn't know where to start and what to do. But now I know where to go.

I am gonna keep studying of course, made for myself this plan.

1. Perspective, more in depth. (I want to draw in the future more complex scenes, not just one object but entire scenes. Also I heard from one japanese artist that he spent an entire year learning perspective so it kinda motivated me, of course i am not going to spend entire year but only just 6 months )

2. Shading and values. (No explanation needed)

3. Don't know yet, but probably gonna be figure drawing and anatomy.

Also to avoid overburning I recommend treating it like you are in the school, give yourself some assignments or challenges. Don't just draw everyday but break it into several things, like these days i am gonna mostly study, this day I am gonna drill, this day will be free day (Draw whatever I want.) and etc.

My personal week looks like this. (probably gonna adjust it, since right now i am unemployed and have tons of free time, when i will find a job I probably have to change it.):

Monday: Face drilling day (this day i use pomodoro technique and just draw only faces for two hours, no distractions. If you don't know what is it I recommend googling it)

Tuesday: Studying (I mostly studied draw a box, during 250 cylinder challenge I tried to study anatomy with Micheal Hampton's book. But now it's going to be more in depth perspective. Already started looking for courses and books, also if you have some recommendations give me them)

Wednesday: Just draw whatever I want, I mostly draw everyday objects or cars from pinterest. Of course using the techniques that I learned from studying

Thursday: Face drilling day

Friday: Studying

Saturday and Sunday: Just draw whatever I want.

Also my biggest regret is not buying mechanical pencil much earlier, like really these things are great, last two faces were drawn using it.

I am sorry if this post was hard to read. English is not my native language.