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[JoshRaed]

It would still be work, just work that gets done at an earlier point. Like I know that no matter what I do, none of it will work if I’m lazy. My last comic was literal stick figures in fully empty rooms and ended up working really slowly anyway. No amount of corner cutting will be a substitute for actually getting out my pencil to draw.

Also i’ve been told to learn how to draw fast before I draw good, so wouldn’t wanting to rush out comic pages be a good impulse? Once i’ve made a habit of this, and I can do it really fast, I’d add extra steps and do it better. Like I was told to.

[JoshRaed]

I suspected that the twist might have been lost. I don't know what happened. The last two steps of the drawing clearly had a twist. Maybe it was the way the shirt went back to match his movement that obscured it.

[darthmongoose]

It would still be work, just work that gets done at an earlier point. Like I know that no matter what I do, none of it will work if I’m lazy. My last comic was literal stick figures in fully empty rooms and ended up working really slowly anyway. No amount of corner cutting will be a substitute for actually getting out my pencil to draw.

You mentioned at some point in... either this thread or another, that you have ADHD. I think you need to solve your motivation and focus issues in order to solve your drawing issues. Here's a video you might find useful on what's going on with your brain to cause this, and some ideas for how to help yourself get over that hurdle.

[JoshRaed]

Pancake monkeys or something I was born in 2003 my humor is evil.

[JoshRaed]

God i’m stupidly defensive, and I wouldn’t have had to defend my basic understanding of art if I expressed that understanding through my actions.

[JoshRaed]

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[NickRowler]

Also the cat would probably take maybe an hour. I'm going to draw a cat and time it to find out for sure.

OK, this is what doesn't make sense to me, it should not be taking you that long. If you only had 1 minute to draw a cat, could you do it? It doesn't even have to be a good drawing, just something that people would tell it was a cat.

[JoshRaed]

(You don’t want to have see what this used to say)

[JoshRaed]

[darthmongoose]

I can tell it's a cat!

Why not make a thread, where people give you things to draw in one minute, and you draw them as best you can in that time? It might be fun and help you get the practice in.

[PoquitoBird]

This is a great recommendation and a warm up activity we used to do at the beginning of art class with 1 and 5 minute intervals! Its good practice and lets you draw things outside of your comfort zone.

[TheLemmaLlama]

Hm, okay, maybe I'm just unusually good at ignoring stuff. Like I basically ignore the promo section, but I don't have it muted like others need to. I only get sucked into exchanges when I feel like someone's being offensive, rather than defensive

the moment they expose themselves to others in a public spaces its not all roses, people too get to debate and question if the person at least tries something

Totally; I'm not saying you should stop commenting because you're hurting their feelings, I'm saying you should stop commenting because you're feeding their addiction. Just like they're addicted to posting, people seem addicted to responding. It takes two to tango; yes, they should try to not post every time they have the slightest question - and I'm saying we should also try to not respond every time they make such a post. I guess it's harder for you than I'd initially assumed, but it's probably just as hard for them

@JoshRaed, if you acknowledge you might be addicted, how would you feel about voluntarily being suspended from the forums for a while? IIRC I think that's possible here? Like with addictions I find at some point you need an external force to just put a hard limit on your ability to engage in the addiction, and if being ignored isn't an option, maybe we could ask the mods to help you out instead

[JoshRaed]

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[EncryptedWriting]

Josh don't do it. Don't start this again. You've done quite well and have been rebuilding your reputation. Just drop it and start over.

[JoshRaed]

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[moontokkym]

... I think any reputation you started rebuilding has crumbled instantly from you backtracking on the progress you'd made by reviving a dead thread to ask a question that can seem vindictive.

You're saying "Look, I'm better now" while doing exactly one of the things people were telling you to not do. Your actions here seem to contradict your words and I hope this thread doesn't revive because of this.

[JoshRaed]

@joannekwan
@joannekwan
@joannekwan

Please close this thread, the fact that it ever existed in the first place makes me permanently a worse version of myself, it’s not about anything anymore, and it’s supposed to have been dead for a year now.