Tips on Drawing

[jacintawibowo]

So, with what I have: A firm hand, firealpaca and the hope of appeasing my future audience, is it a possibility to feature my artwork in my projects? Also, if it isn't too much, could a skilled artist out there give me some tips on how to draw? It'd be very appreciated if anybody can help me.

It's totally possible to feature your art in your projects! As the others have said, don't compare your progress to others. We all learn at a different pace.
And you use FireAlpaca? That's a great program! I use it for my comic too. You can make awesome artwork on that program (I like using it for the free perspective tools!). For some tips on that program, another webcomic buddy of mine posts great tutorials on his tumblr. I learned most of FireAlpaca from him, so do check it out!
You really shouldn't feel unsure about the programs other artists are using. Tools and programs don't make the artist =)

[cedric]

Draw every day and eventually you will improve. Unfortunately there are no shortcuts to good art and the first 10,000 drawings are the hardest (and I'm only half joking). Also, for whatever it's worth I'm a firm believer that, at least in comics, writing trumps art. A strip can have bad art but if the writing is strong it still has a chance to succeed. But the reverse is not usually true. Good writing can save bad art, but great art can't save bad writing. Hang in there!

[AngieVX]

If I get it right, the problem with your personal PC is slow performance. I actually used a tablet with a single core PC, pretty little memory and it worked fine with Photoshop. I don't see much difference between FireAlpaca and SAI. Maybe you should check your software settings, sometimes the settings cause low performance. Of course working with 600 dpi+ files and a lot of layers can be troublesome, but if you're not going to print your comic 300 dpi is pretty nice. I actually can't imagine a PC that wouldn't work with a tablet but would be fine for browsing with all the scripts and flash stuff. P.s.: switch off gestures, they can slow down your PC while working with tablet.

[angelfire]

I don't think my art is worth it for comics either. YES IT DO THINK I DRAW WELL! but not well enough that it should be in comic form. I'll draw super awesome busts but quite the opposite for poses.

So what I've done to combat that is to START a comic. A slice of life that updates once a week. It's a practice so you hone your skills as a comic artist. There's no better time to start except now.

Look at the author of Paranatural (I chose these pages cuz boy in the hat is the same as the boy with brown hair)
Page 2:

Page who knows what but Chapter 5, page 109

Your art is going to evolve but it's best to just go at it imo