he had like this really nice lil thing at the start of class that was in the syllabus that was like " How to ask questions " Like if you ask " Do you have any drawing advice " you are going to get broad answers because youre asking a huge question .

People are going to default to the most true broadest answer which is of course practice. FOR EXAMPLE: How do i get better at drawing BROOBIES People are going default answer Practice

You should ask: Hey do you know any methods for drawing BROOBIES Then people can better point you in a direction or to materials they used to get better

Like i sometimes get questions like how do you rig in live 2d. I will always point people to the materials i used ( Googling how to rig in live2d lmfao ) Girl do you want me to bust out a webcam and we hop on discord for 48 hours and give you a dissertation😭😭

CUZ WE CAN LETS GET BETTER TOGETHER

@Qwerty_Soda I think a better broad answer is “use references”, at the very least it could lead to more specific questions

@HighlandKall Its way way better but i always feel like thats not exactly. Its more like they want a list of materials you used to improve which is always what i try to give now

@Qwerty_Soda I would give them 2 answers First is "Just keep drawing" Second is "Narrow down what you want to improve 1 aspect at a time"

@Qwerty_Soda @SkittlezJuice Had someone in a discord I’m in ask how to draw better after they haven’t drawn in 5+ years. I told them to draw a bunch and then pick out specific things they didn’t like as much in those examples and focus on them. Start broad then get into specifics

@Qwerty_Soda oh, so a more specific question! HOW TO NOT BE SO INDECISIVE GODDAMN I've realized I like textured lineart but still can't do it right cause thicc is good and thin is good and cartoony proportions are cool but more realistic proportions are too and bhlbhlbhlbhblhbhl

@Qwerty_Soda Practice is definitely important but you have to actually focus on very specific aspects you want to improve at a time. You could draw every day for 10 years straight and not improve at all if you do it aimlessly and don’t hone in on what you need to improve specifically

@Qwerty_Soda Anytime anyone asks me for advice, I always start asking questions to figure out what SPECIFICALLY they’re struggling with! Sometimes people ask broad questions because they don’t actually know what they’re struggling with, they just know they’re struggling with SOMETHING!

@Qwerty_Soda people who get mad when i cant give them art advice they ask for are so annoying

@Qwerty_Soda Sometimes i ask really specific questions and i still get broad answers so i think it also depends on the other person’s ability to teach (which not everyone is good at so I understand!!)

@Qwerty_Soda I always say that "omg how do I draw like you" practice literally idk what else to tell you

@Qwerty_Soda If you want advice on people, draw out every aspect and possibility. Draw different hair styles, bodies, ethnicities, clothes, EVERYTHING YOU CAN, and then look at the stuff you think is bad/needs to approve. Then focus on working on that one thing until you deem it okay

@Qwerty_Soda an advice i don't see very often that's really important is: you can still improve in your "downtime". Follow 3-4 people whose work you love and analyze 'what' you like about their work and if you can apply it to yours. spend like 3 minutes trying to figure out the shapes & stuff

@Qwerty_Soda it used to irk me when people would ask pros what tools they used and they would answer “tools dont matter” like YES THEY DO, WHATS THE BRAND OF YOUR BRUSH MAN.??

@Qwerty_Soda I've found that asking about specific things helped me SO much more. Things like "What's the basic premise of foreshortening?" "What's basic color theory?" etc etc. I NEVER learnt anything from "just practice". Practice comes in handy when you know the FUNDAMENTALS, because-

@Qwerty_Soda I totally agree with everything you said, but it's also worth mentioning that a big reason people feel frustrated when they get told to practice, is because they think you're keeping a big, well kept secret on how to immediately draw like a master from them, so they get mad💀😭