[mina .]

hi i want to start taking art more seriously!

do you guys have any tips or resources i can use?


also im really proud of this hand practice twt its the first time i've ever successfully painted hh

note: hhhh imma probably add more to this and render it more but im not tryna achieve perfect realism anyway ;;

[MistCat]

This looks amazing!

Proko is a youtube channel that covers a wide variety of topics with detailed tutorials with frequent guest appearances and interviews with experienced artists. They break up learning how to draw the human body into different segments so they can really focus on say learning to draw an ear, instead of rushing through an entire video of 'how to draw a person'.

New masters academy on youtube, while they mostly contain advertisements for content you have to pay quite a bit of money for, have some wonderful timed study videos.

While not super tutorial-based, I love the channel Arleebean, as she tests out many art products, explains things very well, has lovely art and specializes in watercolor and gauche.

Unsplash has a good library of stock images of all sorts of things.

Last and certainly least is design doll, a downloadable program that lets you pose a model to kinda figure out how the pose works, it's not very realistic in proportions but gives a good-ish sends of what's going on.

Anyway, I hope this helps, and good luck with your art!

[hiero]

here are a couple pdfs I keep at hand
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also the asaro head is great for getting down the planes of the face
im not all that great yet, but it has helped tremendously

[lux lisbon]

these books if you haven't heard of them, i specifically recommend the constructive anatomy, life drawing, and 100 hands ones ! you can find pdfs online i'm sure, and they're probably available at most bookstores. bridgman isn't trying to teach you how to draw, but how to view the body in masses and planes that will help you draw them. if that makes sense?
aj alper on instagram posts lots of portraits and guides on portrait painting if you're into that
this dude on instagram is a really great painter who's super into realism and the importance of values. he posts a lot on his story about classical artists and what makes their art realistic, i find it very valuable and interesting

and here's so artists/instagram accounts filled with art that really inspires me!! all artists that are very technically skilled, they inspire me 2 improve :,)) anywhereuwannago soybeansoul cathykings seoyeongrong interstellarlaw sundaysmiles (my favourite!!!!!!)
and for me personally, the thing that drives me to improve the most and take art seriously is drawing inspo from/consuming a lot of classical art!! go to art museums/galleries and do studies of paintings n sculptures! notice what makes them good and translate that into your own art
p.s. the painting looks wonderful!!!

[mina .]

Waa! Thank you guys for all of the help!!