TheSeveredWorldNovels
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My current artistic skill level is "Can reasonably trace silhouettes using something like Inkscape."
I'd like to get to "Can reliably draw fictional characters the same way, scene after scene." I need that for a children's book I have planned. That or to suddenly be able to break through whatever kind of employment blacklist I'm on.
There is an enormous gulf between tracing silhouettes using waypoints and tangents to creating unique (even simple) scenes that are good enough to try to sell in a children's book. And I really basically don't know what I don't know.
When teaching people to code and starting from nothing, I start with the classic, ubiquitous "Hello, world!" example and then just start adding little changes one at a time. Each step helps them understand one new concept. I'm looking for something like that but with drawing/illustrating.
So, for those of you out there who do know what I don't know, what's a good next step? What is one step more creative than selecting and tracing a subject that I can practice?
I could try drawing a subject by sight rather than tracing, but I think that's probably too big a step.
I'd like to get to "Can reliably draw fictional characters the same way, scene after scene." I need that for a children's book I have planned. That or to suddenly be able to break through whatever kind of employment blacklist I'm on.
There is an enormous gulf between tracing silhouettes using waypoints and tangents to creating unique (even simple) scenes that are good enough to try to sell in a children's book. And I really basically don't know what I don't know.
When teaching people to code and starting from nothing, I start with the classic, ubiquitous "Hello, world!" example and then just start adding little changes one at a time. Each step helps them understand one new concept. I'm looking for something like that but with drawing/illustrating.
So, for those of you out there who do know what I don't know, what's a good next step? What is one step more creative than selecting and tracing a subject that I can practice?
I could try drawing a subject by sight rather than tracing, but I think that's probably too big a step.
