Advice for Beginners - Exclusive Draftsmen Episode
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Advice for Beginners - Exclusive Draftsmen Episode

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Advice for Beginners - Exclusive Draftsmen Episode

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Stan Prokopenko
Before we get started with the course, let's go over some valuable info beginners should keep in mind as you’re learning to draw.
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r.w.
6mo
Drew casually as a teenager and made the exact mistake mentioned in this episode about copying style instead of learning fundamentals. Of course, I wasn't actually intent on learning drawing "properly" at the time, only for fun – but, funnily enough, it was hard to do it for fun because my skills and knowledge were so limited. That's why I'm picking it back up now, and still consider myself a novice. I'm excited to immerse myself in the craft again, and to see where the journey takes me! I've got to always remind myself that it's *supposed* to be difficult - anything worth doing is worth doing badly. A hard lesson to learn, but I am trying to learn it!
@emmabacon
9mo
True. This course is what the world needs. It’s what I need anyway. Thank you.
Lockdown
9mo
Honestly some great life advice in here. Marshall saying "pain is inevitable" and Stan talking about comparing yourself to other artists and getting discouraged happens in every field/hobby. I practice Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. You get very discouraged when a higher level belt crushes you. Its the people that STAY and get crushed who become great. Show up and do your best at drawing each day. You'll undoubtedly improve. If you quit you'll never even give yourself a chance.
@wretchedworm
Can you recommend some fun projects to do? I hope this gets turned into a series.
@wretchedworm
When drawing circles and ellipses, which is already hard enough, is there any advantages of drawing them both clockwise and counter-clockwise?
Jaime mercado
im looking forward to participate on this course! i will probably return a lot of times to this specific podcast episode in the future when im in doubt
Kevin Riedel
Hey Marshall, Stan, I watched out for the eyes.training app from your studen, Marshall. Man it's AMAZING. I start now using it to practice! Thank you for the pointer. Man your student must geek (in the postive way) and I love it! Regards and big THANKS to him, Marshall. Kevin
Sita Rabeling
Thank you!! Very useful 👌
@markb
1yr
Could you possible provide a link?
@creativedragonfly77
I was standing when I was listening!
@attila1221
04:58 Which lesson is about line quality? Can someone please point it out for me? Thanks. Have a nice week.
Juice
2yr
Stan ”Do you REALLY need to sit while you listening to this?!” Me: lies down in bed due to illnes 🫤
@pavlinak
5mo
Haha, exactly same here.
Juice
2yr
I have an illness so I can’t stand up or work out 🙁 I have ME/CFS so I lay down big amount of the day. (Excercise makes it worse) I sit in my armchair When im watching tv or/and make art. Ive made a special armchair table so i can draw or sculpt comfortable from there. A good day i can walk maybe 10 minuites. But this illness also made me find art again and give me time to really develope my skill and learn it all. But another good thing for a healthy mind is meditation and mindfulness. I do that
Juice
2yr
Hahah i didnt noticed that skelly giving birth to Bob ross behind stan
@jannike794
great episode!!
mark s
2yr
what about getting a Proko T shirt?
@tenohmach
2yr
Justin Sweet reminds me of Kekai Kotaki - concept artist for Guild Wars 2! Also: this was totally worth the watch. I usually don't have the patience for podcasts, but this one was very entertaining and informative!
@aehauser2
2yr
Hi Everyone!!! I'm really excited to start this course. I've been watching Proko videos and Draftsmen episodes for about a year now and was really excited to hear about the basics course. Also, I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the,"The dot and the line" book Marshal mentioned was animated by Chuck Jones. I remember watching it when I was a kid after hearing him describe it. You can check it out on Youtube. Good luck everyone!
Tofu
2yr
I wasn't planning to watch this at first as i don't watch podcasts and thought it'll be the standard touch-and-go advice of "just keep drawing" and "everyone progresses differently". But i'm really glad i decided to give this a shot! Very informative and specific that i was attentively listening and watching till the end. Solid advice and inputs...and very much motivating too, thank you! ^^
@william2
2yr
"Just focusing on fundamentals with no style whatsoever." I'm getting called out
Patrick Alexander Büchi
What a great introduction into the course! I'm looking forward to having discussions with you people and improving as much as possible. :)
Margaret Langston
Thanks for this motivating podcast! I'm looking forward to the Drawing Fundamentals course.
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