42 tips on photorealism

euclase:

1. Draw what you see.
2. Stop looking at your paper.
3. The information is front of you.
4. It’s right there.
5. There are no tricks.
6. There are no shortcuts.
7. It’s all right in front of you.
8. Draw what you see.
9. Don’t draw what you think you see.
10. Stop it.
11. It’s not an eyeball.
12. Look at it.
13. Look closer.
14. It’s not an eyeball.
15. Stop thinking, “eyeball.”
16. It’s not hair, either.
17. It’s lines and shapes.
18. It’s relationships.
19. Stop thinking, “Hair is supposed to look like this.”
20. Hair isn’t supposed to look like that.
21. Hair isn’t supposed to look like hair at all.
22. Stop trying to draw hair and eyeballs.
23. Draw what you see.
24. Even if it looks wrong.
25. Even if it’s weird blobs and lines.
26. Remember: you are never drawing an object.
27. Never.
28. You can’t draw it.
29. Stop trying to draw the object.
30. Stop it.
31. It’s not an object.
32. It’s really not, I swear.
33. It’s just a piece of paper.
34. And you’re going to put marks on it.
35. So put the marks in the right spot, stupid.
36. And don’t draw extra marks that you don’t need.
37. Draw what you see.
38. The first one thousand drawings are the hardest.
39. So good luck.
40. And don’t stop.
41. Or I’ll come after you and throw Skittles at your head.
42. (Draw what you see.)

This right here. Spending more time looking than drawing.

Someday I will be able to do it too <3