Typical Artists' Problems, and how to defeat them by BeckyKidus on DeviantArt (original) (raw)
Note: This is a free PDF. You can read it here, and also download it. There is a paid download option too, however - which will give you the exact same PDF. Think of it as a way to give me a small tip if you find my tutorials really useful. (Obviously, it's not required! Just appreciated )
Another PDF? Yup - and this time about Artists' Problems.
Like any other field, making art is filled with questions. Along with the obvious “how do I draw X?”, “how was this effect made?” and “how do I get my materials to behave as I want?” you also have meta questions – or what I have nicknamed “Artists’ Problems”. How do you improve faster? How do you find your art style? How can you avoid feeling terrible and thinking everyone else is better than you?
These are the questions I aim to answer in this booklet – or, at least, I attempt to answer the most common ones, and the ones most artists will wonder about sometime.
Parts of the texts are previously written and posted – and now also improved – articles, other parts are new and written explicitly for this project. So the little collection was meant to be short and concise, and ended up being almost 50 pages and 17 000 words long. However, I’m of the opinion that it’s better to be thorough than to answer things quickly, so here we are.
While I’ve tried to include everything that I consider relevant or common, I’m also sure I have missed parts – maybe entire questions, maybe tips or tricks, maybe different arguments or angles to approach the various issues from. I’d appreciate it if you’d contact me if anything is unclear or you feel something should be added!
This booklet wouldn’t have been as good – or as long – without the help of various other people, who have offered advice, shared their own experiences, shared their knowledge, asked questions, or just discussed these topics with me. A huge thanks goes to all of them! In no particular order:
Tinselfire and BATTLEFAIRIES for feedback about the booklet itself, and whether I had forgotten to include something. (Which, it turned out, I had!)
Everyone who has more or less accidentally taught me stuff over the years, often without their knowledge. YouTube tutorials are a fantastic resource, and I have read many many “proper” tutorials and articles outside YouTube as well. I wouldn’t have been at this point without you.
And obviously GrimAlpaca – for feedback about pretty much everything, as well as for a lot of proofreading. This thing wouldn’t have been as good as it is without you.
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