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Hey, guys! I just thought of this a while ago. How long have you guys been drawing?

Well, I'm going to be 14 in November. I've been drawing since when I was 10 or 11. Or you could say, I've been drawing to get better since then. I've been drawing for a long time, but no interest in getting better. Then I started drawing dragons and other mythical creatures. And I decided to get better at them. Then when I foung this website, I was just thrown into a GIANT want to draw.

I drew a bit in my first year in highschool but only during our free-choice lecture where I choose art then I then I lost the will to draw. I started drawing for maybe two/three years ago now and I'm turning 22 in september, but better late then never^^ I started watching anime and begun drawing humans then I started with more fantasy and dragons too. Now I'm practicing drawing hands, which means I'm filling my sketchblock with crappy handsXD

Really? Well, I'm no good at humans. So have fun with those hands! XD

I'll tryXD

I've been drawing since elementary school. Yet I kept forgetting until I got out of high school.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I rather consider that I have been drawing anthro's for 5 years.

Um... I'd say about 10 years. So since the year 2000. Course, I started because I needed an escape from the world and drawing seemed to work great for me.

Cool guys! And I have to say that you all are doing great at drawing.

Technically, I've been drawing since I could hold any sort of drawing utensil, but I only really started to draw seriously with the aim to improve since uh... probably 2003, which is when I discovered and joined this website. Before that, I mostly drew yoshis and would invent different kinds of yoshis. Eventually, I started drawing simplistic, Charizard-like dragons and phoenixes using things like glitter glue and metallic pens and stuff! (Here's something I did to show progress from year to year a few years ago: Link!) When I was introduced to this website and looked at the tutorials, I felt like I'd gained some sort of magical power and it was really exciting to try drawing things. I couldn't wait to start my next picture and so on...!

These days, it feels like art isn't really much fun for me anymore though, unfortunately. I seem to feel a lot of apprehension and get sort of anxious whenever I open Photoshop or my sketchbook or anything since I'm scared that I'll 'do a bad job' and I just don't have that same desire to draw new things that I used to and instead often feel like I have to really force myself to work on anything. Sometimes things will get fun half of the way through painting, sometimes they'll start fun and end up getting tedious. It's frustrating because I really WANT to want to draw and just enjoy the process of doing so, but I end up feeling too disappointed by or uninterested in whatever I'm trying to draw to really put my heart into it. Hopefully I'll feel better about art uh... eventually...!

Aww, I hope you find your want to draw. And the link was great. It is so cool! i guess that old saying is true. "Practice makes perfect!"

yep. Thats true. i started wising up 4 years ago. Anyways, I have heard of that line, by many artists. (practice practice practice, and practice makes perfect).