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What hobby was easier to get into than you thought? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My two are:

Making sourdough. I personally always heard like this weird almost mysticism around making it. But I bought a $7 starter from a bakery store, and using just stuff in my kitchen and cheap bread flour I've been eating fresh sourdough every day and been super happy with it. Some loafs aren't super consistent because I don't have like temperature controlled box or anything. But they've all been tasty.

Drawing. I'm by no means an artist, but I always felt like people who were good at drawing were like on a different level. But I buckled down and every day for a month I tried drawing my favorite anime character following an online guide. So just 30 minutes every day. The first one was so bad I almost gave up, but I was in love with the last one and made me realize that like... yeah it really is just practice. Years and years of it to be good at drawing things consistently, quickly, and a variety of things. But I had fun and got something I enjoyed much faster than I expected. So if you want to learn to draw, I would recommend just trying to draw something you really like following a guide and just try it once a day until you are happy with the result.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The most important part is starting. The second is not quitting at the first failure.

Consistency is the most important aspect for learning to draw (and any other skill, really)

Don't bother with spending lots of money early on. Buy some printer paper (cheap&plentiful), pencils, eraser and cheap hydrographic fineliner pens.

Draw something you want, something you'd like to do, then train a bit, or vice-versa. When starting, use references. Most kids start by drawing characters from shows they enjoy, you can do that, too. Have a reference close by so you're constantly eyeing it and put it to paper.

Draw for fun first. If you still have some energy afterwards, do some exercises to better your line consistency, straight lines, perspective, etc. It's important to have drawing as an activity that makes you feel good first before you start "taking it seriously", training before doing the fun part.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I just wanna say that your comment (and the few others here) got me to whip out my mini paints for the first time in a while and paint a MTG card. I'm stoked with how it came out, even though it's not "good" and I think I might invest in a few colors/a pallet (using cardboard now)