Ahr river
Always practice. Just doodle. Doodle doodle doodle. Keep a pen and pad and just do simple easy doodle drawings.
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If your aim is to draw comics, then you should just start drawing a comic. Write some relatively disposable script and spend a year or two drawing it all out. You don't even need to post it anywhere, just draw and you'll learn a lot. I spent a year and a half drawing a disposable webcomic, and it taught me everything I know about page layouts. I also got much better at drawing my characters consistently over and over, and developed my own personal drawing style. You can't learn those things from just doing random doodles and the occasional full-blown drawing. (Especially page layouts. If you want to draw comics, then it's very important to learn how to draw those properly.)
The fact that you don't have much time shouldn't be a hindrance. I mean, it's not like you're in a hurry, so might as well progress slowly. Life is long and it's better to become a good artist eventually, somewhere down the line, than just quit.
edited 5th Feb '12 9:44:01 AM by fanty
A little about me - I start to draw around the age of 17 or 18 (yes I started late). I didn't do an art related course, mainly because what I did back then was just a hobby/for fun, but I had plenty of time. After finishing college I started working, I had far less time for drawing.
When I started out, I thought of doing a webcomic when I'm good enough. Now I can see my drawing improved alot compare to when first started, but its still am not good enough to start a webcomic, while my job is starting to up more of my time.
At best, nowadays I draw for 2 or 3 hour every week. I also feel like I hit a brick wall to improve my skills. During my first, second year of drawing, I can my drawing improved leaps and bounds, but I think I remained stagnant after that. That happened because I started by copying the art of webcomic and manga, and I only started to practice the basics only last year (repeated drills of poses, heads, hairstyles, torso, etc). I feel I just am not improving fast enough, and I do not have any actual talent to begin with. Every time I browse deviantart, I just feel depressed looking at 16, 17 years old outdo me.
I'm not sure what to do, besides just keep drawing, but time is a big hindrance. At times, I felt like just quitting altogether. Is it still possible to improve with a mere 2-3 hours a week? Or should I just quit?
edited 5th Feb '12 9:45:03 AM by kalandra