r/learntodraw

As the title says I am completely overwhelmed mainly from all the information im getting about how to start drawing as a beginner. I gotten told to learn do fundamentals no matter how borning, don't do fundamentals and just draw for fun, don't just draw from fun or else you won't improve, read this book, focus on one thing, do anatomy, anatomy is too hard for a beginner, watch this video specifically, videos will only confuse you, and so much more

I really do want to learn how to draw but with all this stuff out there I get overwhelmed and feel horrible about all that I draw, is there any genuine way to improve that isn't complex? (Sorry if its a dumb question)

Most of these are from imagination, I’ll usually do a couple of sketches from reference and then try to rotate that specific thing I’m drawing in 3d space. It’s hard but I’m trying.

heres a couple of drawings i’ve been working on this past week. i know the anatomy and proportions are a little off, but i’m mainly focused on better line work with this one.

tell me how i could get better in my line work and how i could fix these drawings. thanks 🙏🏾

I pretty much deconstructed her by drawing a stickman first, then slowly make my way to her legs.

I'm in love with her, she's so fun to draw!

I’ve been studying hands by separating the fingers, palm, and joints into simple colored forms before worrying too much about anatomy or details.

It’s been helping me see how the pieces turn in space instead of thinking, “I have to draw a hand.”

Still learning, but this little exercise has been clicking for me lately. Sharing in case another artist struggling with hands finds it useful. ✍🏾

Basically what the title says. I love comics so I want to emulate a similar style like Jim Lee or Todd McFarlane style, or really just comic artstyle. Should I use brushpens to make it really similar? I only use pen for sketching. Also, does coloring/rendering my art make it more comic-like?

I want to get good at this, only have 65 hours total life experience, hands were tricky 😂 and shading doesnt make much sense yet, but this was done no skeletons and no reference, so please critique id really appreciate if you could help me out

It’s not that I don’t necessarily know where I WANT to start rather how to start. For context I’ve been drawing on and off for about a month just doing whatever came to mind not caring about how it looked, but I recently had this character design pop into my mind, and I now want to make it as well as possible. Which at my current level isn’t really possible. I always see people starting to draw their characters by making a mannequin looking figure or like base (like the attached image).
So how do I do this? And what is it’s purpose?

I was looking through my old sketchbooks and noticed that one of my old drawings (the one on the left) coincidentally has the same shot, same angle, and same OC of mine in one of my more recent works 😭 I didn't even redraw the drawing on purpose and somehow this happened, so I decided why not share it since it compares my progress through 2 years :)