Ah, I totally get it! I was the exact same way. It does look like you have a pretty good understanding of form though! I can sense that you're wanting someone to tell you to draw and it'll be as easy as that, a quick solution. Unfortunately, if you don't enjoy drawing there is nothing that can be done. There might be a few things making drawing unenjoyable for you which I will try to tackle. First I would suggest is drawing for yourself. I feel like you create art to post for others to see. Or more like you draw with expectation that others might see it. You need to get rid of that habit. Keep a sketchbook that you draw in (ideally daily). No one else gets to see it and your drawings can be as ugly and incomplete as you want. It's completely for fun and experimentation. If you don't like a drawing, redraw it. If a drawing isn't working out draw something else. Or practice the things that are preventing you from realising your vision. If you realise you don't know how a box looks in 3D space, practice drawing boxes in 3D space. If you don't know how the shoulders work, study how shoulders work. If working in pencil isn't working, try pens or something else. The second thing I would suggest is learning perspective. Even character art needs a level of understanding of perspective. I've done a lot of perspective critiques that you can look at on my profile. I believe that perspective is one of the two most valuable things you can learn. This doesn't mean watching perspective videos on youtube and calling it a day. It means actually drawing things in 3D space. The second most valuable thing that I think goes hand in hand with perspective is proportions. Everything has a fixed proportion. The human body also has a lot easy ones you can memorise. Mike Bop on youtube has a playlist of Kim Jung Gi's lessons which I can't recommend highly enough. He was one of the best at drawing from imagination. He made perspective really click with me for the first time. The most important thing is the eye level/horizon line! The third thing I would suggest is construction. Being able to break things down into primitive forms with flat planes will be helpful when putting them in perspective. This is because those flat planes will converge on a vanishing point on the horizon line. What this does is alter the visibility of planes as they get closer to the horizon line. So the further below a horizon line, the more visible the top planes of objects will be. The further above the horizon line, the more visible the bottom planes of objects will be. Breaking things down into primitive forms will be easiest when you learn the bony landmarks of the body. There are spots on the body where bones are visible under the skin. For example, the ribcage and pelvis have landmarks that are symmetrical which, when you draw a line connecting them, it will dictate the entire angle and direction of the torso or hips and that line will also converge on the horizon line. Proko has a good reference for landmarks I which pasted in which you should look for a larger version of. The fourth thing I would suggest is studying artists you admire. Copy a piece of their's you like and figure out what it is you like about their work. Of course this is a personal piece and not something you should claim as your own. The fifth thing I'd suggest is creating original characters. You can base them off preexisting characters if that will make it easier, but the goal is to have fun drawing them. I think the last thing I can suggest is ultimately to just draw more. Stop doomscrolling and teach yourself to draw. Build a habit of drawings whenever you can. Bring a sketchbook with you wherever you go. As for drawing from imagination, that relies on having a large visual library which you develop from drawing from reference. You should always be alternating between drawing from reference and drawing from imagination. You should be trying to remember the things you've seen and put them on paper. There is no shortcut besides drawings something enough times that you can draw it from memory. So first thing is to teach yourself to enjoy drawing. Don't overwhelm yourself with big projects and finished illustrations. Work on just getting comfortable drawing often no matter the quality. I wish you luck! Also, I'm sorry that I couldn't help but draw my fave.

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Anonymous · 2026-03-19T18:22:06.513Z

Honestly, I don't know how to even catagorize this. I just feel so lost on what to do, where do I even start. It amazes me that I'm able to create something like this, but never how to construct one and create I want. I don't know if I should be proud that I can do something like this, or be dissappointed because I don't know the very basics. To be fair, I was not consistent, years not picked up a pen and draw. All I did was consume media, until something clicks. But the very thing I struggle with is to be able create from imagination, I aspire to create my own comic one day, with outstanding perspectives, Anatomy and beautiful colours. But I seriously don't know where to begin. I know I need to start learning fundamentals, but it's so broad I don't even know what to learn. I need a clear goal, a task that can make me feel rewarded for time spent Don't let this art fool you, I am bad at drawing. This is just the "I'm Inspired" phase of too much media.

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Ah, I totally get it! I was the exact same way. It does look like you have a pretty good understanding of form though! I can sense that you're wanting someone to tell you to draw and it'll be as easy as that, a quick solution. Unfortunately, if you don't enjoy drawing there is nothing that can be done. There might be a few things making drawing unenjoyable for you which I will try to tackle. First I would suggest is drawing for yourself. I feel like you create art to post for others to see. Or more like you draw with expectation that others might see it. You need to get rid of that habit. Keep a sketchbook that you draw in (ideally daily). No one else gets to see it and your drawings can be as ugly and incomplete as you want. It's completely for fun and experimentation. If you don't like a drawing, redraw it. If a drawing isn't working out draw something else. Or practice the things that are preventing you from realising your vision. If you realise you don't know how a box looks in 3D space, practice drawing boxes in 3D space. If you don't know how the shoulders work, study how shoulders work. If working in pencil isn't working, try pens or something else. The second thing I would suggest is learning perspective. Even character art needs a level of understanding of perspective. I've done a lot of perspective critiques that you can look at on my profile. I believe that perspective is one of the two most valuable things you can learn. This doesn't mean watching perspective videos on youtube and calling it a day. It means actually drawing things in 3D space. The second most valuable thing that I think goes hand in hand with perspective is proportions. Everything has a fixed proportion. The human body also has a lot easy ones you can memorise. Mike Bop on youtube has a playlist of Kim Jung Gi's lessons which I can't recommend highly enough. He was one of the best at drawing from imagination. He made perspective really click with me for the first time. The most important thing is the eye level/horizon line! The third thing I would suggest is construction. Being able to break things down into primitive forms with flat planes will be helpful when putting them in perspective. This is because those flat planes will converge on a vanishing point on the horizon line. What this does is alter the visibility of planes as they get closer to the horizon line. So the further below a horizon line, the more visible the top planes of objects will be. The further above the horizon line, the more visible the bottom planes of objects will be. Breaking things down into primitive forms will be easiest when you learn the bony landmarks of the body. There are spots on the body where bones are visible under the skin. For example, the ribcage and pelvis have landmarks that are symmetrical which, when you draw a line connecting them, it will dictate the entire angle and direction of the torso or hips and that line will also converge on the horizon line. Proko has a good reference for landmarks I which pasted in which you should look for a larger version of. The fourth thing I would suggest is studying artists you admire. Copy a piece of their's you like and figure out what it is you like about their work. Of course this is a personal piece and not something you should claim as your own. The fifth thing I'd suggest is creating original characters. You can base them off preexisting characters if that will make it easier, but the goal is to have fun drawing them. I think the last thing I can suggest is ultimately to just draw more. Stop doomscrolling and teach yourself to draw. Build a habit of drawings whenever you can. Bring a sketchbook with you wherever you go. As for drawing from imagination, that relies on having a large visual library which you develop from drawing from reference. You should always be alternating between drawing from reference and drawing from imagination. You should be trying to remember the things you've seen and put them on paper. There is no shortcut besides drawings something enough times that you can draw it from memory. So first thing is to teach yourself to enjoy drawing. Don't overwhelm yourself with big projects and finished illustrations. Work on just getting comfortable drawing often no matter the quality. I wish you luck! Also, I'm sorry that I couldn't help but draw my fave.