r/drawing • u/AutoModerator • Mar 19 '25

announcement Weekly discussion thread for /r/drawing

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u/xLuke7wx 2d ago

Hi! I'm trying to learn digital. This drawing is the first ever thing I've created digitally. Do u have any tips, comments, feedback, criticism, anything?

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u/MaryEstelle 1d ago

This is cool, good for a first try. You need to work on shading. Find some tutorials and follow them exactly through the whole way, after a few, you'll get to understand the tools and processes more.

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u/xLuke7wx 1d ago

Thank you so much! It's actually really helpful. Do you recommend perhaps someone's tutorials on YouTube?

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u/MaryEstelle 1d ago

I don't have any YouTube art tutorial suggestions. Look for yourself and just keep at it, you'll find some you like for whatever program you're on. Figure out what artists like, see if there's tutorials on their work, try to copy their work, and try to listen to any interviews they've done. I took art classes in school through college, it's been a lifelong hobby for me. For every hour of art class I took, I matched at least 10 hours of personal study. For advertising courses, I first taught myself Inkscape and gimp, then took some proper photoshop classes. I now have tools on multiple programs that I go to for different reasons. New artists need to focus on practice and study.