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Which do you think is better, learning realism right off the bat when ur a beginner artist, or starting from a more loose, more cartoonish style, then learn how to draw a human face?
Cos my art teacher started teaching my class how to draw a real human face, when more than half my class dont really know how to draw a person with the right porpotions. We didnt even start a class with drawing people before this
Just curious :/Jul 14, 2021
Cos my art teacher started teaching my class how to draw a real human face, when more than half my class dont really know how to draw a person with the right porpotions. We didnt even start a class with drawing people before this
Just curious :/Jul 14, 2021
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I think realism is a very good place to lay down a proper foundation. If you were interested in more abstract art, I’d still encourage exploring realism for a bit. I highly recommend it regardless of the kind of art you’re aiming to create later down the road.
It’s completely up to you though.
It’s completely up to you though.
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Realism 100% You get to stylize when you know the basics rules otherwise your stylization will have mistakes and won't look natural.
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I think you should have your "learning art" which is where you practice the fundamentals (realism and such) and at the same time, have your "fun art" (or creative, expressive, whatever word), where you draw whatever you want in whatever style you want. Unless realism is your goal for your art, I don't think you should only focus on learning it, because it could make art boring and you could also end up with the issue where you can ONLY do realism and lack creative skills, or are a perfectionist. Unless you're just doing art for fun and expression and don't care about having good technical skills, in that case, learning the fundamentals isn't as necessary, and you'll probably learn some of it anyway if you practice art a lot.
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I think it depends on the person. Some people would rather start simple and build their way up and some would rather learn all the art techniques from realism first. I think in the beginning, all that matters is having fun, then you can study art seriously.
In the one art class I took, the teacher didn’t really specify, so there was a variety of styles, but they all had some aspects of shading techniques commonly used for realism in them because the teacher basically handed out a piece of paper with examples of hatching, cross hatching, and stippling and said to include at least one in our 2 weekly sketches if we wanted a good grade XD so yeah cell shading was not an option and lots of people drew animals, but it would’ve been a fun class if we weren’t forced to watch a demonstration video spanning sometimes two class periods about stuff the art teacher liked. So all of our projects were “whimsical” and we never got to explore other types of art :D
In the one art class I took, the teacher didn’t really specify, so there was a variety of styles, but they all had some aspects of shading techniques commonly used for realism in them because the teacher basically handed out a piece of paper with examples of hatching, cross hatching, and stippling and said to include at least one in our 2 weekly sketches if we wanted a good grade XD so yeah cell shading was not an option and lots of people drew animals, but it would’ve been a fun class if we weren’t forced to watch a demonstration video spanning sometimes two class periods about stuff the art teacher liked. So all of our projects were “whimsical” and we never got to explore other types of art :D
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Realism is a good to start so you have good TECHNIQUE. Then you can experiment with cartoonist styles later and really make it your own!
Also, if the teacher is teaching how to draw a human face they assume that not a lot of people know how to do it. That's why they're teaching it to you.....
It's for the proportions and it's a beginner skill so that's not surprising
Also, if the teacher is teaching how to draw a human face they assume that not a lot of people know how to do it. That's why they're teaching it to you.....
It's for the proportions and it's a beginner skill so that's not surprising
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Realism. The idea is that if you can draw accurately from real life, you can simplify things down to a cartoon-y style, since the cartoony stuff is based off of real life anyway. Starting from cartoony stuff is actually a bit backwards—you end up thinking you know how something like a face looks when you actually don’t (basically, drawing how you THINK something looks rather than how it ACTUALLY looks). Trust me, the realism will definitely pay off even if it seems a bit difficult at first.
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•l think that learning the basics of human anatomy with a cartoonish style is more easy and enjoyable for someone who’s a beginner at art. Unfortunately, art teachers have this idea that cartoons aren’t real “art” and usually discourage that way of drawing :\
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