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[EuchreJack]

Quick Workaround: Become a Broker.  They probably get plugged into some system, and their employer probably pays for it. 

[Magmacube_tr]

How do you draw humans?

How?

No matter what I do, I can't draw a single human being. It's always wrong. Best I can do is a stick figure.

I tried doing a self portrait once. It was horrifying. Like, at-the-very-bottom-of-the-uncanny-valley horrifying. So I am not gonna try that again.

I can draw stunning landscapes, fantastical creatures. I can imagine alien worlds, and portray surreal apparitions.

But a simple simpering human is too much I suppose?

[Egan_BW]

Drawing is hard. One of the hardest parts is that you have to keep drawing ugly things until you're good enough for it to not be ugly.

But yeah, humans are extra hard to draw because our brains are very wired to recognize people. So if anything looks too off, it's easy to spot.

[Il Palazzo]

So I am not gonna try that again.

Excellent learning strategy.

[Egan_BW]

I can't fault it because that's how I approach things.

[jipehog]

You can always cheat, just find something you like online, load it on a laptop screen, put a thin paper on top and demarcate the main lines

[Magmacube_tr]

So I am not gonna try that again.

Excellent learning strategy.

I know right? I am a genius!

What I meant by that was no more self-portraits. At least until I get better at drawing humans in general.

[Superdorf]

This is the resource list I copy-paste these days for people who're looking to learn:

Assorted art resources:

https://alexhays.com/loomis/
The collected works of Andrew Loomis. Covers a range of topics, but especially good for learning your way around the human body.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wsmufautdeemd1/%5BMichael_Hampton%5D_Figure_Drawing_Design_and_Inven%28Bookos.org%29.pdf?dl=0
An alternative human construction guide, a bit more advanced than the Loomis books. Focuses especially on visual anatomy: bones, muscle groups, and the like. (Thanks Gigla!)

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/12/items/PerspectiveMadeEasy/Norling%20-%20Perspective%20Made%20Easy.pdf
An old introduction to drawing things with three-dimensionality. Slow-paced, but plenty of tricks later on for the practiced artist.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh-LKm9cgqk
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFjvNF1U4eM
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMalQC4KTZI
A video series on constructing the head via the Reilly abstraction. Good followup for the Loomis head exercises.

https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/art/Drawing/Ken_Hultgren-The_Art_of_Animal_Drawing.pdf
A former animator for Disney documents the construction of various animals, with an eye to caricature and motion.

https://twitter.com/EtheringtonBros
Assorted drawing mini-tutorials.

Norling and Loomis are especially useful starting-places. The rest is kinda extra, but all neat stuff.

[jipehog]

Wow, that looks like advanced stuff, are you an animator?

[Superdorf]

Hehe, nah. I just draw stuff sometimes

[jipehog]

I draw stuff sometimes.. and while according to two undiscerning 3-6yo kindergarteners it is amazing, they only thing I can do better than they do is using different colors and draw within lines     your stuff looks more advance than that

[King Zultan]

I've found that no matter what I do I can't draw any kind of living thing and I'm not sure why because I can draw nonliving things fine. Which is why I just don't bother trying to draw living things, just empty cityscapes devoid of any kind of life.

[scriver]

I also can't draw well much.

I still remember the time I managed to sketch out a werewolf from a completely rudiclous thing to something looking at least a bit wolfey monster in three sketches. It is my crowning achievement and I kept the page even though it was just a sketchy doodle. I wonder if I still have it somewhere.

I wish I was better at it too is what I'm getting at.

[TD1]

I'd recommend Draw a Box if it's still around.

[scriver]

Done! Now what