I promised to do this on my birthday. So here we go! This will be a small blog were I will explain some ways you can make better art. This is mostly for new artists.

1-Experiment a lot

One day I met one person. This person was drawing in his own art style. Wich it wasn't very good. And they acknowledged it. They said "I just like my art style! I don't wanna change it!". And it's okay! You don't have to change your art style too much. It's your art, as long as you enjoy doing it, go ahead!

However, I also think you should try something else. Why you don't try to make eyes in other way? Or maybe you could use other ways to make hands. Or you should be using other type of shading!

Most of the time, it's going to be something really bad. And that's okay! You need to fail a lot in order to succeed. These fails will make you gain experience. Experience that you may need in order to boost your confidence. Trying new things made me evolve from this

To this

Mostly by experimenting and keeping the good parts of all my attempts. If you wanna improve, try new things!

2-Use references

This is something I don't even do.

I should do it.

Please use references. There's a lot on internet. And that will help you to make better art. It will help you knowing how to draw perspective, drawing muscles, shading, human anatomy, etc. I'm sure you can find one reference on Newgrounds. But Pinterest, Pixiv and Deviantart (I think) has a lot of these images you can use to improve your drawing.

3-Show your art to friends

If you aren't sure about one drawing you made and you don't wanna post it, why not sending it to a friend? Extra points if they're an artist too.

They probably will point you out the mistakes in the drawing. And that's what you want. It's easy to get better if you know were you struggle the most. And you probably can review your own art. But most of the time you won't be able to see all the mistakes you did

I already said it. But it was thanks to others people comments I was able to improve very fast.

And speaking of comments...

4-Be nice when commenting

I think this is obvious, I don't need to explain this.

Being an asshole will not give you good results. If you don't like a drawing, don't comment or try to be respectful. Everyone can accept an opinion when you're not being a piece of trash.

5-Create a habit

Try to make a draw each day. Even if it's just a stickman. But create a habit of drawing every day. This is important!

Making a drawing each day is like doing five push-ups each day. At first it's nothing too impressive, but after a month you start seeing the results.

In art is the same. If you wanna improve, draw every day. Try to keep this ritual alive and you will see how far you can go with only doing a drawing a day.

But you can also draw one thing and the next day draw two things. The point is you keep doing it. Even I keep it up with some doodles every now and then.

6-Try to search for inspiration

There's always something you can use to get some inspiration. A song, a comic you like to watch, an animation...

However if you want to make art as your job and you open commissions, I wouldn't recommend this too much. Since not always you will be inspired. Instead try to learn how to work without said inspiration.

7-challenge yourself.

You think you already are good enough?

Okay, try to make a small gif, or a little comic. Or something that you think it can be a challenge somewhat possible. It will make you push your limits really far away. Take it as a test were you put everything you did and expand on it.

It will be hard, but with dedication and experience, you can do it.

And I think that's it! Sorry, but I don't know anything more. So if you have some advices, please tell!