drawing comms?

[ratcreature]

So, I always have this vague resolution that I should get back to daily drawing. I used to draw something almost every day once, not necessarily anything elaborate, sometimes just a doodle, but still -- then at some point that I don't even recall anymore I apparently turned into an inert sloth about that too (rather than just being a sloth with non

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[dirigibletrance]

Well, if you want, you can just have your f-list give you some drawing prompts directly. I am only an occasionaly doodler myself, so I don't really know of any drawing communities.

[ratcreature]

Well, I tried that open prompt thing a while ago, but there's two problems with that. First it results in a bunch of prompts at once combined with a commitment to people which creates more pressure than having some daily prompt in a practice community. Second, whenever you ask for drawing prompts what people really want you to draw is their favorite characters, which is understandable but not what I want for this, especially since much of my f-list is live action fandom, and I suck at drawing actors, so I get rather stressed whenever I offer open prompts like that.

[dirigibletrance]

Well, there's probably also books on drawing at the bookstore or library, that have drawing prompts in them.

Honestly, I dunno. Just try stuff until something works.

[ratcreature]

I have a shelf full of drawing books, some of them even have exercises. What I'm looking for is the right mix of peer pressure and support that works as motivation booster. If I was a diligent and dedicated aspiring artist, I'd probably just have that motivation or something to just do this on my own, but for me the last time I manage that was when I met weekly with a group of others at my university who also liked to draw for fun witout being art students, and we drew and practiced together. I'm looking for the online equivalent.

[dirigibletrance]

I don't know that you're necessarily going to find it online. It might be one of those social dynamics that can only really exist IRL.