How to Develop and Remember Your Unique Drawing and Coloring Style
Remembering your drawing and coloring styles comes with practice and reflection. Regularly creating art helps reinforce your unique approach and techniques. Keeping a sketchbook to document your ideas and styles can also serve as a reference point. Over time, consistent practice will naturally help solidify your artistic identity.
When you practice your art every day, it's like it becomes embedded in your body's muscle memory. There isn’t any mental thing you have to do to remember because your body just knows what to do. When you constantly practice your style, that practice is embedded in you – that’s your 'memory.'
There is no memorizing involved. After many hours of practice, the muscles, joints, nerves, and bones in your body establish a way of doing things. After many more hours and the passage of time, your style changes and matures. When you pick up a drawing tool, all those hours of practice come flowing back.
Developing Your Artistic Identity Through Regular Practice
Practicing regularly, exploring different styles of drawing, and paying attention to the detail in your drawings is what helps you memorize your drawing style. The process is like creating a character for a comic. Starting may be hard, but with time and adjustment, it can be really helpful.
The closest way I can come to describing the process is 'decide on an element you like and always include that in your drawings.' At first, it can be challenging, but soon after continuously drawing, you will be able to memorize your steps, rules, etc. It's about finding the elements that resonate with you and consistently incorporating them into your work.
Improving and Adapting Your Art Style
After years of doing things over and over again, you learn what works for you and what doesn’t. You start to gravitate in a certain direction, and after a while, that simply becomes your style. While your current art style is something you love, it's also important to continuously seek improvement and address any areas that might be lacking.
Artistic styles can evolve over time. For example, you may want to improve in certain areas such as anatomy or proportion. It's important not to blame your art style if it turns out a bit weird at first – sometimes it just needs some more refinement. However, coloring is a bit more complex. It requires a lot of experimentation to find the perfect technique for you.
Conclusion and Resources
To develop and remember your unique drawing and coloring style, the key is consistent practice, reflection, and exploration. Whether you are just starting out or looking to refine your current style, there are plenty of resources available to help you. Check out my Quora Profile for more insights and tips on developing and memorizing your artistic identity.
Keep creating, experimenting, and refining your skills. And remember, the journey of becoming a better artist is a continuous process of learning and growth.