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Drawing Every Day – Comics for Beginners podcast episode 17

by Palle Schmidt 13 Comments


In this episode I share some tips and suggestions for becoming a better artist. Drawing every day and everywhere is one thing, but what if you find yourself hating the end result? How do you get good at drawing and make it a habit? Well, click play and find out!
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Filed Under: Podcast, Pro Tips Tagged With: career, comics, creativity, critique, drawing, how to, improving as an artist, learning, making comics, mind hacks, Palle Schmidt, planning, pro tips, productivity

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  1. Peter says

    January 20, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    love these podcasts…

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      January 21, 2014 at 5:41 pm

      Thanks, Peter! I’ve been extremely busy, but I will post more soon…

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  2. William McMahon says

    January 25, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    This is GREAT Palle. Your answer to the second question is very reassuring to beginners. the acceptance that, “You’re only as good as you are right now.” allows an artist to not beat themselves up and is as you have said, decreases the frustration and allows more enthusiasm to emerge which in itself translates to a better result. It is terrific that you have taken this time to share!!

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      January 25, 2014 at 4:32 pm

      Wow, thanks William! Coming from an art teacher, your comment means a lot to me.

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  3. Terry says

    February 28, 2014 at 2:08 am

    Great information, thanks for your invaluable knowledge! Very helpful!

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      February 28, 2014 at 6:56 am

      Thanks, Terry! I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know you found some value here. Don’t forget you can find the podcast on iTunes and write a review there. Apparently that helps put it in front of more listeners. Thanks again!
      -Palle

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  4. Sam H says

    June 18, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Hey Palle,

    Thanks for the podcasts and videos, they’re really useful to someone starting out ๐Ÿ™‚

    I’m listening to this episode and there’s a question about building up a habit of drawing everyday. I saw a presentation last year by Susan Weinschenk who was talking about “getting people to do stuff”. One thing she talked about was building new habits.

    She reference previous studies where it was said to build up a habit, one has to regularly keep up a task for weeks and weeks but she followed it up with new studies saying it can be done in just a week or two. She says the way to go about it is to build the new habit into something you do as a daily routine. Say your morning routine is: get up, eat breakfast, brush teeth, shower etc, slot in the new habit (‘eat breakfast, sketch, brush teeth…’) and it sticks a lot better as a habit.

    I unfortunately have no links to hand for further reading but I figured it might be of interest to future listeners/readers ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      June 18, 2014 at 11:43 am

      Hey Sam, thanks for your support! I haven’t heard of presentation but I’m sure it could be helpful for others as well. Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Shaded Corners says

    May 18, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    I’m excited to have discovered your podcasts! They’re really helping me get through the slow hours at my job ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. MT says

    June 14, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Good advice, I think I can use that idea for the practice I need in capturing expressions and details for different characters. Still working on the 3 pager.
    you have been a great inspiration and my new hero

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      June 16, 2015 at 6:30 pm

      Glad you found this episode helpful, MT! Thanks!

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  7. Ian Su says

    October 3, 2017 at 12:38 pm

    Hey Mr. Schmidt,
    I have done some comics, but I feel like the last pages are just messy art, because I really wanted to get it done. is there any tips on this topic?

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      October 18, 2017 at 7:21 pm

      Spend more time on each page ๐Ÿ™‚ I understand completely your desire to get it done, I’m always looking for ways to speed up the process even in the slightest bit. But speed up too much (especially when you don’t have the experience to know what shortcuts you can safely take) and your art will suffer for it.

      Unless you can go the Gary Larson route and come up with an “ugly” or simple style of drawing, I’m afraid you’re in for the long haul. Comics take time!

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