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ooo flowey looks really cool! That shading is really nice, I think you have a good grasp on shading already.
1. I don't think I'm really talented. Can I learn without this or it's pointless?
This is such a common mistake, you don't NEED talent! It's just pure practice, honestly!
2. Where should I start? What to practice first? I heard that beginners should start drawing their favourite characters, things etc. Is that true?
This is very, very boring, but draw things from real life. Draw the buildings and people you see, carry around a sketchbook and pencils. Draw EVERYTHING, not just the things you want to draw. It might seem really dumb if you just want to draw undertale characters and not much else, but it does does does does help so much. Because it will teach you perspective, and the basic proportions of the human body, and how to portray difference textures, and how to sketch well, and more, all these basic skills that you will 100% need.
3. Will redrawing teach me something?
Yup! Drawing a thing over and over again (maybe from different angles or something) helps you understand it more and also understand what it is that you might be doing wrong that left you unhappy with the first drawing.
4. How much time should I spend daily for drawing?
As much as you possibly can!
5. Should I look up for some tutorials? ('how to draw hand' for example) I heard it's not a good thing, don't really know why ^^'
Yes, sure, as long as you're positive that it's a good tutorial. I don't know why it isn't supposed to be a good thing, it can help for something that you really don't get, like hands. Hands are super hard, yes..
But what is a better idea is using your own hand or the hands of others as reference. I once spent a day at school just drawing people's hands.. I'm still pretty bad at them but I actually figured out quite a bit from it, like this (sorry for big image):
see, hands are a lopsided rectangle with the fingers arranged in a certain way like so. I could have just googled "hand tutorial" like i did to find this picture, but really, drawing from life is better. But tutorials are still perfectly fine!
6. Could you give me tips? Or, maybe, tell me how did you started?
Hmm... First, some things I noticed about your drawings (only a little harsh don't worry lmao)
1. In the first one, Sans' proportions are super off. He looks a little broken.. I would go back to sketching and studying chubby short people so you can get a better idea of what angle the head should be at, how long his body parts should be, etc..
2. The skull, too, you did a pretty good job with it but maybe you should look at some actual skulls and sketch them and stuff. But it's actually pretty great compared to my first or second try at drawing a skull
3. And I'm guessing the way you drew it was you put a pencil to the paper and just drew the final thick lines? I could be wrong, I'm no expert, but it looks kind of like you had minimal or no sketch. The sketch is very important! Draw very lightly the basic shapes, then come in with the darker lines and details once you're satisfied. Don't forget to study the basic human skeleton and all that:
everything is basic shapes with light strokes, then details and fancy things over that. That's a pretty good rule to follow!
There's another thing, called the line of action, that's pretty good for drawing things in motion:
And how I started drawing.. I don't know, I just started drawing! And drawing, and drawing.. ack
man alive that got long, but I hope it's helpful!! Ping me if you draw anything else, won't you :)
