It's ok

I used to work on it a lot more, but the closest I got to drawing would be world building and making maps.

that's pretty cool

Well you are still young

You can get back to it if you want

This is 5 years of work.

It's a good career to have, you can work from anywhere and there is a lot of demand

And it isn't as dry as most well paying alternatives

5 years? wow

cool

that's some serious dedication

started sophomore year of high school, slowly still add stuff to it.

You are very talented meratrix

I'm sorry for doubting you

the best art teacher i ever had was my middle school art teacher, and oddly enough the best thing i ever drew was in his class. I got an A+ on it, probably the only A+ i ever got in school lol

My middle school art teacher was similar like that.

the major point he tried to make was to not think about what you were drawing, and to actually not even look at the paper, but to just draw as slowly as possible and rely on negative space. he would actually have us turn things upside down to draw them

This one here is my masterpiece

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/346346446074937356/346352839356055553/Nick_Crompton.png

negative space is one of a number of ways to maintain accuracy when drawing from life/reference

It's a very powerful tool

But you need to understand that it's just one tool

of course

You use it in conjunction with many others

Like plumb lines and triangulation

But I agree with your teacher, negative space is awesome

from my experience it's usually the most helpful

But I'm not sure about not looking at the paper, I've read about it in Betty Edwards' book and did the exercise

It's a unique experience but I can't really tell if it was that beneficial

I guess it's a way to stimulate areas of the brain that you want to develop for improving your technical skills

But I'm not that informed on the science behind it

yeah, he would often say that one part of your brain see's a nose for example, so it tries to draw a "nose" from memory instead of drawing what is in front of you, that is why he taught us the way he did

it is really a technique for drawing what you see, not so much for creative drawing

https://youtu.be/SlDPAdZlojo

yes, he is right that our brain is prone to symbolism

Will she just die

It's probably the biggest struggle for an artist

Drawing what you see and not what your mind thinks you see

It isn't easy projecting 3d information onto a 2d plane

Our brain wasn't built for it