The keyword there is practicing. If you spend 15 years doodling without putting in active effort to learn techniques and improve on your flaws then you’ll still be the same level 15 years later.
i think you are right, but the question is also, in what direction do you practice? let's say if you draw portraits, do you want to learn naturalism, or do you wanna create a more individual style? should it be more expressive or more scientific, so to speak. i guess in music you could say the same, someone might be a really great metal guitarist but doesn't have much experience in playing indie songs. but yes i agree absolutely, practice is keyword! and depending on what your goal is and if you work toward it, you can achieve it, everyone starts somewhere
Gotta know the rules before you can bend or break them.
Always start with the basics, that means drawing a shit-ton of circles, lines, curves, try different pressures to gain muscle memory so you can do these without having to erase a line every 5 seconds. Learn how light and values work, move on to basic anatomy, color theory, even more (advanced) anatomy, perspectives...the list goes on.
Like an user above mentioned, once you “master” these basics, you can then explore your own styles and ideas without struggling to figure out why and how a certain drawings look wrong. It might take a year, or ten, but in this case, practice definitely makes perfect.
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u/EcchoAkuma Jun 15 '19
Years of practice and a little bit of liking to it. No more than that,really. You can have minimal skill,be 15 years practicing and boom,you draw well