Amateur artist; Questions?

Can an amateur artist improve his/her drawing skills by taking lessons? I ask because I don%26#039;t know and have never took any lessons. One only thing I am having trouble is, drawing my own stuff - different ideas- creativeness. I need to look at someone else drawing to draw. I cannot draw stuff from my own mind.


Here is an example of my drawing skills. *Again, Image below are not my ideas*


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Not much, I%26#039;ve been busy with school.
Amateur artist; Questions?
Try Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain... it sure worked for me.
Amateur artist; Questions?
i think your doing fine, my drawing level was like yours when i was your grade, but i took art class in highschool, and thats about it, but i actually just got in a competitive art college. but i stild recommend going to art lessons outside school.
Reply:yeah.. lessons definitely help. They%26#039;ll help you with the actual drawing... but if you really want to be an artist, you need to find out how to grab hold of whats in your mind.. and draw it.





dont worry though.. lessons help make it easier for you to just draw what you%26#039;re imagining
Reply:i guess what you want to do is focus on drawing things from life as acuratly as you can first, then you%26#039;ll start getting ideas. I also like to draw things out of some of my dreams lol.Its really good to have in a portfolio too
Reply:yeah lessons are great you really learn a lot. if you have the money, definitely go, cus i went and man if there was a comparison for how i was b4 and after, it looks like 2 different people.





yeah i had that insecurity with creativity and stuff, but its just the lack of life experience. just learn a lot from school and observe the world and you will learn how to be creative.





for practice, (example) if you are into games ( i am) try creating a list of characters from scratch and what kind of game, etc. Who is the main hero? the villain? who is the big muscle guy? who is the female character?, etc. make a character and design it, and say has this been done? what new creative spin can i do to improve it and not copy, but get inspired from?
Reply:In my opinion it takes originality to be an artist in the romantic sense. As far as the mechanics, you have what it takes to do the grunt work in advertising and animation. All those jobs are currently outsourced. You have to live your art before you can create. Art is about observation. Your personal observatiopn is your originality. Most artists wont make enough money with art.
Reply:Yes.Almost every artist whether successful or not will start out copying somebody elses work.Back in the middle ages they apprenticed young talented artists under a master craftsmen.Usually the apprentice will have a style like their masters%26#039; but along the way develop their own style.I can see that you%26#039;re influenced by the Manga art style.When I was alot younger it was Marvel comics as I was hoping to become a comic book artist when I grew up.
Reply:you might improve with lessons but youre not bad at that style of drawing already. practice makes perfect. you could take a life drawing class and explore shading and drawing anatomy, but it will only help if you draw above and beyond your assignments.
Reply:Yes, I believe in always continuing your education in art. You have a natural ability in drawing and a steady hand, but if you take drawing courses, you%26#039;ll be able to improve your sense of value and form.





I have also included a helpful site that outlines all the important design principles.
Reply:Classes help you fine tune, find your style and teach you how to look at the world, great teacher shair ideas and ways to %26quot;get%26quot; the image in your head from there to here (paper, etc)