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Why You Own an iPad and Still Can't Draw
The failure of drawing materials without mediums and meat
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The failure of drawing materials without mediums and meat
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Assumed Audience
Assumed Audience
Anyone who thinks they can't draw, but would like to learn
Anyone who thinks they can't draw, but would like to learn
They message me a lot.
They message me a lot.
Which iPad should I buy? What app do you use? What brush is that? What size
should my canvas be?
Which iPad should I buy? What app do you use? What brush is that?
What size should my canvas be?
These questions aren't wrong. In fact they're perfectly reasonable.
These questions aren't wrong. In fact they're perfectly reasonable.
I'm vocal about the fact many of my illustrations are made on in an app called
. I have a full post about my drawing equipment and workflows over at
[8]What App is That?
I'm vocal about the fact many of my illustrations are made on in an app
called . I have a full post about my drawing equipment and workflows
over at
[6]What App is That?
How are you supposed to draw if you don't also have these fancy tools?
How are you supposed to draw if you don't also have these fancy tools?
This is the tricky bit.
This is the tricky bit.
If you go out and buy yourself these same things, you'll have all the right
materials to draw. But that's only the dressing on the drawing dish.
If you go out and buy yourself these same things, you'll have all the
right materials to draw. But that's only the dressing on the drawing
dish.
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What you have is Material without the Medium or the Meat
What on earth do I mean by material, medium, and meat?
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What on earth do I mean by material, medium, and meat?
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Moving past materials
Worrying about the materials should take up - at most - 10% of your
attention and concern. Focus 70% of your attention on learning the
medium while you're just starting out.
Worrying about the materials should take up - at most - 10% of your attention
and concern. Focus 70% of your attention on learning the medium while you're
just starting out.
You can keep 20% of your focus on the Meat. But I wouldn't worry too
much about communicating original, profound ideas at first. Doing so in
addition to learning a whole new language is going to be overwhelming.
You can keep 20% of your focus on the Meat. But I wouldn't worry too much about
communicating original, profound ideas at first. Doing so in addition to
learning a whole new language is going to be overwhelming.
In the same way it's a bad idea to learn Spanish while simultaneously
trying to write a philosophy dissertation in it.
In the same way it's a bad idea to learn Spanish while simultaneously trying to
write a philosophy dissertation in it.
Once you get more comfortable “speaking" in visual language, you'll be
able to shift a much higher percentage of your attention onto the Meat.
You'll get to focus on The Thing You Want to Say, and know enough
visual language to say it well.
Once you get more comfortable “speaking" in visual language, you'll be able to
shift a much higher percentage of your attention onto the Meat. You'll get to
focus on The Thing You Want to Say, and know enough visual language to say it
well.
That's the ideal I'm currently striving for. To reach a point where the
Material is irrelevant, the Medium is a baked into my subconscious, and
I'm all about the Meat.
That's the ideal I'm currently striving for. To reach a point where the
Material is irrelevant, the Medium is a baked into my subconscious, and I'm all
about the Meat.
That's the goal. Don't let the shiny iPad reflection blind you.
That's the goal. Don't let the shiny iPad reflection blind you.
Get past picking the Material. Focus on the Medium. Aim for the Meat.
Get past picking the Material. Focus on the Medium. Aim for the Meat.
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