Hey there.

[AllyAllyAlly]

Hello everyone of conceptart.org
My name is Alyssa but I prefer it if you called me Ally.

The reason why I came to conceptart.org was to hopefully improve my skills and become a concept artist but I need serious help. I enjoy art and have been drawing as long as I can remember. I started to draw seriously last September and so far have been doing it non-stop, until now.

My situation is a bit like some other people on here. I need to change my attitude. Whenever I make a mistake or it doesn't come out right and no matter how hard I try to improve/change it, I feel like a failure, give up and don't draw again for a VERY long time. This makes it even worse since when I do start drawing again, my skills rust and I feel even more bad about myself and begin to feel guilty that I gave up so easily. I see other people my age doing extremely well and produce work at amazing quality, I on the otherhand just sit here, not even as half as good and feel so far behind.

I have an "anime/manga" style which I am desperately trying to shake off and make it into a semi-realistic style, like my idols Ayami Kojima and Hyung Tae Kim but with a bit more realism. My major weakness is anatomy and face proportions.

I'm also trying to find my own unique style but I'm having so much trouble with it. There are so many different styles out there that I love and I can't help but copy them. I've gotten fed up with this and decidedd to do my own style but unfortunately, it's not working out for me.


Has anybody else been in a situation like this? If so, please help me through it! Thanks a million in advance,

Ally

[AllyAllyAlly]

Guessing no-one can help me? :<

[Nezumi Works]

Read the advice I gave to Moonbunny, same applies to you.

For now, don't worry about style. Anime style, realistic style, whatever, it's not important. That's what goes on after you've managed to master (or at least get a good handle on) the basics, and will largely come about naturally from the things you find you like to do and the ways you work. If you're open to it, focusing on the basics of drawing and painting will open a lot of doors you can't even see until they happen, which will take you all sorts of interesting ways. That's part of the joy of making art.

My advice is start drawing the real world around you as much as you can, and take a look at Glenn Vilppu's lessons (http://www.awn.com/category/columns/vilppu?page=2), they have a lot to do with learning basics before advanced, and building confidence.