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AWK: The Art Teacherby *Isaia

Cartoons & Comics / Digital Media / Comics / Strips

Drew some of this months ago, finished drawing recently. thus the inconsistency lol.
but it just was nagging to be done.

People say it's good to have balance of constructive self critique and self assurance to be able to make your art improve.
Early on in my first highschool art classes, I didn't have much of that. Luckily, my art teacher was able to snap me out of it. : )

And she became of my favorite art teachers evar.

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~kctree Dec 4, 2012 Digital Artist

I fell in love with this character right away. I am encouraged by this success story, but please consider that this type of advice does not work with every artist's personal style.

When you are brainstorming for new ideas it never hurts to draw relentlessly without an eraser. However, artists at every level should employ erasers. Why use graphite at all if you don't need an eraser? It's a dull ugly medium that doesn't render a true black.

I teach my students to draw "light and loose". We draw as many bad lines as we can and then pick the ones that we like the best. Visualize the final piece on your paper and every line you draw should be a means to that end.

The real sin is letting old technique and muscle memory control your drawing completely. Your mind is smarter than your hand. Visualize and execute! Happy accidents are great.. but nothing can beat the feeling of seeing a perfect rendering of what you see in your mind in physical form.

Draw draw draw draw.. "there is the line I wanted!"

Ok, I will get off my soapbox now!

~dedlit May 23, 2012

soooo sweet

~AngeliqueSimins Mar 29, 2012 Student General Artist

Your lucky all my art teachers from middle school all the way up to high school until college(so far..) told me my art is not good enough my age. They also tell me I am hobbyist, my artwork looked like a fan girl artwork, and I wasn't going to be really artist. But on the other hand do encourage to be a better artist.

~Yangyexin Feb 26, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Haha my art teacher said to me, "Draw more than you erase. It helps" CB

~DragonFiresongs Oct 6, 2011 Student Digital Artist

This usually happens in my art class.
Luckily, I've never had much of a trouble with this; Even if I like someone else's drawing more than my own, I keep going on with my own thing, as best as I can. A pencil is one of the few things I have confidence with xD

~itland-9-13 Aug 28, 2011

This is a very important lesson to be learned. There's just an insane amount of ways in which one can evolve; burying myself in my flaws is pointless. It's better to just go out there and start exploring one's own way of doing stuff

Thank you for this piece. It's really helpful

(I just realized that I automatically tried reading right-to-left. A tiny little bit too much manga, perhaps..heh.)

~lxblack Aug 7, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

True story: I taught my art teacher more than she taught me.

But yeah this is true (and also what I've been told by ten million people). When you stop comparing your art to everyone else's it starts to improve and reach what you want it to be. I only just got the hang of that though.

It does help when people give you compliments though.

=shuyinda Jun 17, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Beautiful. True and I wish she was my teacher!! <3

~Thelittlefairy95 Jun 7, 2011

You seemed like me. I'm amazed at some works here at dA, and certainly I never be able to carry out other such as...

~Cassile Jan 11, 2011

I share that feeling of frustration and worry, I spend more time erasing with my pencil than drawing, and then my mind just grows a blank. Though at those times, when I read this comic and I get to the end, and I read those four words it makes that frustration go away, just a little.
Always will enjoy reading this comic<3

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