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 No.4400

so I do an art stream where I draw whatever twitch chat tell me to draw, I did it one day because why not but some people come by and say they like it, I kinda care about it now but I don't know if I should keep wasting my time.

 No.4402

"worth it" in what sense?

You're almost definitely not going to improve your art by drawing random silly things in a livestream.

But there's the life long argument that time enjoyed is not time wasted, regardless of what you spent that time on.

What is it that you really want? Get good at art? Have fun?


 No.4403

I don't see why not.

If you're only doing it for other people you're honestly better off just going to any place with high traffic and drawthreads and just filling the waifufag requests there.

If you're trying to improve yourself then you're going to have to treat it like any other thing you git gud at, namely you'll have to study and practice.

There's nothing saying you can't combine having fun and studying art, just that you'll never get a grip if you just do whatever you feel like and silly requests.

Live for yourself, find your own purpose.


 No.4410

>>4402

i'm not looking to improve my art drastically since I don't take it that seriously anymore, i'm just looking to entertain people by drawing what they want to see out of my lazy art style and just make stories out of them i dont really know. i'm just afraid it'll end up being a waste of my time by the end of it all but yet again I do enjoy making people laugh and I like the interactions I make with the viewers so I think I'll keep doing it for them

>>4403

I guess you're right, I have a lot of fun doing it and I might learn a thing or two about the art style I do and just improve on it slowly, thanks!


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>>4410

>style

Don't ever. EVER. Try to pursue a "style" if you don't have a solid grasp on every single bit of fundamentals and can easily draw relatively realistically from reference and imagination. Doesn't have to be photo realistic, but seriously don't go after it like that.

"Style" is just how artists with a grasp on all that prefer to have things look, and are essentially changing things to suit personal preferences while still adhering to the established rules. Stuff like really curvy hips still adhere to an internal logic of ratio and their shape is still dictated by understanding of perspective.

I say all this because I did basically exactly what you're talking about for most of my life, and only recently have started to unfuck my bad habits.

Well, I was never in pursuit of a style, but I never took any formal classes and always drew things from my imagination.

I mean, I get it, I want to draw the cool stuff too, but you're just going to defecate all over the page if you don't know what you're doing.

A lot of people will still like what you're putting out, but if you'd feel uncomfortable showing it to anyone worth their salt then you should seriously practice the basics at least a little bit.

At the very absolute least, try constructing things out of geometry and shapes instead of just doing the entire thing at once.

I just don't want to see someone go down the same shit I did.


 No.4444

>>4402

You can have fun while getting good.

Do the stream but put effort into the requests OP, also do studying and "serious pieces" streams.




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