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by com2kid 1326 days ago
> The hard part is, when I want to draw something 'concrete', I can't... For example, a story between a boy and a girl - The only thing I can do is to draw two sticks in order to make them consistent frame by frame XD.

If you ever take an intro art class, you will spend a lot of time doing boring exercises like drawing a bowl of fruit, again and again.

This teaches you how to really "see" something, how to understand the shape, lighting, the true details. When we look at a thing we typically briefly glance at it long enough for our brain to categorize it, and then we move on. To get good at drawing, you need to train your brain to truly see things.

Then you learn how to hold something in your mind's eye and draw it. You start by briefly glancing away, drawing, then you look away for longer and longer, and keep drawing.

Drawing is not a mechanical skill of your hands, it is a mental skill.

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Drawing is also a mechanical skill. Drawing a perfect circle for example takes practice, and does not involve the kind of mental / seeing skills you described.