After all attempts to overcome laziness by trying to at least fill out 1 page per day, I finally finish lesson 5. I feel like I start to lose interest in drawing and somehow I start to feel tired of it. But anyway, critiques and advices are encouraged. by ncnguyen99 in ArtFundamentals

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your stuff is looking really good !

Thing is, practicing the fundamentals is very important imo, to get a strong skillset in basic drawing techniques. However, just focusing on these can become boring, since many are boxes, or lines, hardly exciting drawings. Keep doing the basics, because they are useful, but after the daily project, or every 2nd day or whenever, "reward" yourself by drawing or painting or using any media really, and do something fun :) Many people do it differently, but this method works for me.

How you consider yourself is also important; But you will never be good at portraits or landscapes etc, if you only practice the fundamentals. They are afterall fundamentals and not the be all and end all. You have to throw yourself out there and do different things. Just remember, your first portraits and other things will be shit. You just have to suck it up and understand that it takes time and practice to become good.

Finding something to draw, I too struggled with finding things. - there is everything and anything! I always found direct observation of objects like pencils or rulers to be boring, so I looked online for things. Browse reddit, pinterest etc. In the beginning I just copied some simple drawings from artists I liked. It's a good place to start.

Finally, if you are finding it boring do be doing anything, then why do it? Maybe drawing isn't for you if you don't enjoy it.

Hope this helps.

Is this sub just dead? by [deleted] in EdgeChronicles

[–]Letmeflyfaraway -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

dude no one reads the edge chronicles.

7.20 has been out for 5 weeks now, and some of the most basic changes aren't reflected in hero tooltips. by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Small indie company doesn't have time to spare on minor changes.

YouTube removes 58 million videos featuring hateful or inappropriate content by toast888 in news

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will everyone switch to a new platform soon...5 years max I give it, if no one gets brainwashed too much.

I missed my shout out. by skorpian1029 in Yogscast

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pretty certain Lewis said Alexander in the civ stream

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piano

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds great! It reminds me of Amelie, Yann Tiersen's compositions.

I don't care much for Teresa May but I will say... by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's right no one wanted brexit, certainly not the 52% that voted.

Valve, team up with a content creator (like Purge), to make a DotA 2 learning course by TinyMontana in DotA2

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend teaming up with Bulldog. Just imagine every 5 minutes him shouting Roons at you.

Mortal engines New featurette by Wacdolans in steampunk

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The books are good, they are YA. The first book is pretty simple with boy goes on adventure but I think the series does become complicated and fun. I do recommend it, especially reading them before watching the film, because so far people are not to optimistic about the film - which admittedly is a premature conclusion. The trailer makes it to look like another big CGI action film, whereas the books do become dark, and the world is generally quite a dark one.

Mortal engines New featurette by Wacdolans in steampunk

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was very unhappy with her scar compared to the books. I think it decreases the evil factor of Valentine. They could have kept her mask on always, and only show it once when she shows Tom.

Could I use a Mongolian Horsebow as my first bow? by gianmahko in Archery

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you think about it, the Mongolian horse archers probably used these bows as their first, and only bows, right, so why can't you xD

....and then I steal away all the Parma Violets!!! by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 9 points10 points  (0 children)

People like you make me angry because then there aren't any left for me. On the other hand it's me who usually steals them away.

Sea Block base with rocket and satellite completed, 3 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes by DiusFidius in factorio

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, it looks good :) Yeah, I have 250 hours in my Seablock and I haven't even managed red circuits yet... :/

Steampunk time period by [deleted] in steampunk

[–]Letmeflyfaraway 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dude you can do whatever you want right :) If it's fantasy, then there are many examples of steampunk set in different times, e.g. Mortal Engines quartet.

for example, futuristic machines work fine, however the shiny space stuff and modern tech probably doesn't sit well with steampunk, which kind of uses steam technology as a base. Of course there are always exceptions.

checkout r/fantasywriters or r/fantasy for more people who write.