I’ve been meaning to draw animals but… I’ve stopped myself.
I’m pretty confident in drawing animals. They’re easy for me because since I was little, they were the only things I could draw without anyone making fun of how they looked. I would try drawing people every now and then, but peers and family always said they looked deformed, alien-like, etc. It was just safer to draw animals because it was something I was good at. But when I draw them now, I feel like I’m coping out. It’s kind of a strange thing to think, especially since I do enjoy it, but a little voice in the back of my head goes on about taking the easy way out of an art funk.
I still really am not good with people. I suck with expressions, movement, life, etc. and that’s what I need to work on. I can draw a poke’mon, an animal, a fluffy thing in minutes but people take me a long time to do and a lot of energy. I did two drawings yesterday and I really don’t like either. I did some suikoden fan art and I can’t even look at it. The eyes look horrible, the face looks misshapen. I sat down to practice and the first thing I wanted to draw was animals.
It’s a weird problem and I don’t know why I felt like ranting about it but it feels good to grumble now and then. Stupid art blocks.
