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How long have you been drawing?
Started by The wise Kitsune, Feb 01 2008 05:47 PM
#1
Posted 01 February 2008 - 05:47 PM
I have been drawing for about 6 years...So thats about half of my life. What about you guys?
#2
Posted 01 February 2008 - 06:41 PM
About ten years... And happy to say that I'm still improving!
#3
Posted 01 February 2008 - 07:17 PM
A bout 12..... or more... more thatn half of mine! Isn't drawing fun? The art of the soul.
#4
Posted 01 February 2008 - 07:38 PM
A few years, I have improved a lot, but I still have a veeeeery long way to go!
#5
Posted 01 February 2008 - 07:57 PM
All my life. Past, present and future.
#6
Posted 01 February 2008 - 10:04 PM
I'd say way WAY back like when I was 5 years old or so. I've usually rely on it better for expressing myself than words do (mostly 'cause I'm inept with words) I don't take it very seriously now though It's more like a hobby really and I'm pursuing a field that's not very art related anyways. I'd still like to dabble a bit with it but, right now I'd say I'm just okay at it.
#7
Posted 01 February 2008 - 11:22 PM
About 10 years.
#8
Posted 02 February 2008 - 04:04 AM
Hmm, I always thought that the first thing a kid does the first time he gets a pencil and paper was doodle. I'll have to agree with Sai. I've improved by 500 since the last time I posted something real here. I should do that.
#9
Posted 02 February 2008 - 10:53 AM
A long time, over 15 years at least.
#10
Posted 02 February 2008 - 01:12 PM
Seriously for 8 years. :3
#11
Posted 05 February 2008 - 12:41 AM
all my life really, but I only decided to start drawing seriously about 5-6 years ago
#12
Posted 05 February 2008 - 04:00 PM
Since the momment i was strong enough to hold a pencil.
...well the first thing i used was a chalk XD but you know what i mean
Ren&Stimpy was my first inspiration @__@
...well the first thing i used was a chalk XD but you know what i mean
Ren&Stimpy was my first inspiration @__@
#13
Posted 05 February 2008 - 04:16 PM
Around 23 years or so
#14
Posted 05 February 2008 - 04:22 PM
Almost 7 years now. I didn't start drawing until freshman year of high school when I realized that the teachers could confiscate my fanfiction, but couldn't confiscate doodles if they were in my notes. <3
#15
Posted 08 February 2008 - 01:57 AM
started drawing in 2005 when i got into nights (i wont even show people my art from back then because it is so embarrassingly bad)
#16
Posted 08 February 2008 - 02:59 AM
Ever since I was very very little. I got into seriously drawing way back in grade 7 (so what... 2005? That's about 3 years agoish).
#17
Posted 08 February 2008 - 05:19 AM
I have been drawing for about 5 or 6 years. But I am quitting now. I might draw from time to time, but its not really my passion. College has showed me that.
#18
Posted 08 February 2008 - 07:31 AM
ever since i was little. jeez, i'v been doing it for so long(Granted i only only did it regularly for 4 or 5 years and then i got out of the habit for awhile and got back into it onlt to get out of it again and just recently get back into it last year.) and i still suck! XD
#19
Posted 08 February 2008 - 10:07 AM
I've been drawing all my life, and plan to carry on doing so (I'm 18, if you're wondering). My sketchbook goes everywhere with me.
#20
Posted 10 February 2008 - 12:06 AM
My dream job when I was five years old was to be a painter, so.. yeah, all my life. XD I've only done it seriously for the past seven years though.
#21
Posted 10 February 2008 - 03:05 AM
I don't even remember the time I DIDN'T draw...
#22
Posted 28 May 2008 - 02:24 AM
Hmm... I've been drawing for about two years now. Not too long, but I'm impressed with the looks of my drawings, and I'm sure I'll get better over time.
#23
Posted 28 May 2008 - 11:18 AM
Hmmm since i was about 6. It's always been something i just done even when i had other dreams or ambitions. I'm only really taking it seriously thesedays.
#24
Posted 28 May 2008 - 12:06 PM
Since I realized I could draw pokemon; I had a horrible time trying to draw anything (and had no confidence in my ability to draw because of it) until I started doodling Pikachu. XDDD I haven't been drawing a lot recently, and I've probably never drawn as much as other people who say they like to draw, but that's because I'm a perfectionist who's afraid to try unless some ungodly amount of inspiration smacks her in the face. XDDD But, yes, anyway; that puts me in middle school as starting to draw, but I never really drew as fanatically as people who can truly call themselves artists. ^^;;;;
#25
Posted 29 May 2008 - 09:44 PM
Forever. Trust me. As soon as I was old enough to know the difference between coloring with the crayon or eating it, I was drawing. My drawings evolved from stick figures to stick figures moving stick refrigerators (the handles of which I was very proud of for a five year old) to skinny slightly non sticky peoplez to this: http://i207.photobuc...eeeeeedious.jpg
Ignore the camera glare plz
Ignore the camera glare plz
#26
Posted 30 May 2008 - 12:11 AM
That's what amazes me about this comuntiy. The art. Amazing.
#27
Posted 30 May 2008 - 12:18 AM
My art looks like crapola, actually..... Not very good..... I NEEDS TO GET BETTERZ GRR
#28
Posted 04 June 2008 - 12:10 PM
Well... I've been drawing for more than 15 years, and I'm still going xD;;. Heheh
#29
Posted 07 July 2008 - 06:42 PM
I've been drawing for about 8 years...and still going...
#30
Posted 07 July 2008 - 07:43 PM
I'm gonna move this to the community corner, since its more of a general discussion than anything.
Also, I don't remember. I've been told by my father (who couldn't get me to stop drawing on the wall in the hallway) that I've been drawing since I could hold something in my hand. (I'm 24 now) Not that it could have possibly been any good. XD I remember actually <i>trying</i> when I was around 4, when I would draw stuff from my Dad's Zelda instruction booklet on the walls.
Also, I don't remember. I've been told by my father (who couldn't get me to stop drawing on the wall in the hallway) that I've been drawing since I could hold something in my hand. (I'm 24 now) Not that it could have possibly been any good. XD I remember actually <i>trying</i> when I was around 4, when I would draw stuff from my Dad's Zelda instruction booklet on the walls.
#31
Posted 07 July 2008 - 08:04 PM
I started drawing in...2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade..I duno really remember. I started with stick-figure dragons and dinos. xD
#32
Posted 07 July 2008 - 09:29 PM
I remember starting drawing really early when I was about 5 or 6 in primary school. At the time Dragon Ball was really popular and I was a huge fan so it even got to the point that I drew characters in action and sold the drawings for money at school.
I dont know how my teeth didn't fall out from all the sweets I got with the money... which might explain why I cant stand eating any for years now.
I love drawing and all kinds of arts even if I am still mostly old school by which I mean never having used one of those drawing tablets and sticking to pencil, brushes and the likes.
I dont know how my teeth didn't fall out from all the sweets I got with the money... which might explain why I cant stand eating any for years now.
I love drawing and all kinds of arts even if I am still mostly old school by which I mean never having used one of those drawing tablets and sticking to pencil, brushes and the likes.
#33
Posted 07 July 2008 - 09:49 PM
Ah, jeez. The first time I ever really put any EFFORT into art was in the third grade. Our assignment? Draw our own Pokémon using the Japanese Card Format. Yeah. Happy Days. The Art teacher even brought in an Episode of Pokémon to WATCH. XD I can't remember what the thing I drew even looked like, but I suspect it was pretty awful.
After that, I'd have to say that I started bringing notebooks and crayons to Church so I didn't fall asleep during the sermon. After that, I graduated to a scrapbook and a twelve-pack of colored pencils. And after THAT, about two years ago (I'm seventeen now.) I graduated to an actual art book with a 72-pack of colored pencils. I still bring that to church today. XD I don't know why. Probably habit. I hardly ever use color anymore anyway. XD In fact, I hardly ever draw during church anymore, because I'm too busy running the PowerPoint and recording the Sermon. But I still bring it, on the offchance someone else takes it over that week.
Over that time, I've gotten 100-fold better. I look back on some bits of art that I used to be really proud of a few years ago, that I pinned up on this cork board I've got hanging next to my bed, and I think 'Was I really that awful?!' XD
After that, I'd have to say that I started bringing notebooks and crayons to Church so I didn't fall asleep during the sermon. After that, I graduated to a scrapbook and a twelve-pack of colored pencils. And after THAT, about two years ago (I'm seventeen now.) I graduated to an actual art book with a 72-pack of colored pencils. I still bring that to church today. XD I don't know why. Probably habit. I hardly ever use color anymore anyway. XD In fact, I hardly ever draw during church anymore, because I'm too busy running the PowerPoint and recording the Sermon. But I still bring it, on the offchance someone else takes it over that week.
Over that time, I've gotten 100-fold better. I look back on some bits of art that I used to be really proud of a few years ago, that I pinned up on this cork board I've got hanging next to my bed, and I think 'Was I really that awful?!' XD
#34
Posted 08 July 2008 - 12:38 AM
I don't know I been back forth with so long I can't tell when I started. I do calligraphy artwork you know scrolls that require some drawing. simple I do fine complicated well not so much
#35
Posted 08 July 2008 - 01:10 AM
I've been somewhat of an artist all my life. Although none of my art teachers ever liked any of my work.
#36
Posted 08 July 2008 - 05:13 PM
I've drawn a picture here or there for a long time - the first time I remember trying to improve my art was in third or fourth grade. We were given a sheet full of cartoon facial expressions and I tried applying them to a comic. I started anime style after I got into Sailor Moon, 1995 or 1996. I actually still have a couple of the comics I drew in 1996.
#37
Posted 09 July 2008 - 02:37 AM
2, 3 years?
I thought this said 'How long have you been drinking?' for a second. XD;; !
I thought this said 'How long have you been drinking?' for a second. XD;; !
#38
Posted 09 July 2008 - 05:24 AM
I got Fs in most of my art classes because they thought I was "wasting my talent on cartoons".I've been somewhat of an artist all my life. Although none of my art teachers ever liked any of my work.
#39
Posted 09 July 2008 - 05:39 AM
I've drawn all my life, but started regularly drawing to improve my talent in the fourth grade...so...8 years, roughly.
But cartoons are one of the most successful ways to use artistic talent, in terms of gaining popularity and, most importantly, money...Artistic kids are few and far between where I live, so any interest in any kind of art is praised and nurtured by our art teachers, exception being--ironically--Drawing (class) teachers, who emphasize on realism and still life--and precisely the reason why I won't take that class.
I got Fs in most of my art classes because they thought I was "wasting my talent on cartoons".
But cartoons are one of the most successful ways to use artistic talent, in terms of gaining popularity and, most importantly, money...Artistic kids are few and far between where I live, so any interest in any kind of art is praised and nurtured by our art teachers, exception being--ironically--Drawing (class) teachers, who emphasize on realism and still life--and precisely the reason why I won't take that class.
#40
Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:25 AM
Realism and Cartooning are equally works of art :\. I remember that our art teacher even hailed Anime (Japanimation, as she called it ), as 'a style of art'... while one of my friends' moms yelled at her that it wasn't just a style/way of drawing xD;.I got Fs in most of my art classes because they thought I was "wasting my talent on cartoons".
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