im trying to get better at drawing but im unsure what i should focus on or what resources to use to get better. any tips?

@gavi Try drawing an object while it is turned upside-down, so you focus on the lines better.

Other than that, I don't know. I'm more a calligraphy/handwriting guy.

@gavi Do you have a goal of things you want to draw?
@l_b_i people and animals
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@cadey this is perfect, thank you!
@gavi many people suggest starting out copying other drawings, if you’re really not so good, try tracing stuff, then trace faster, then copy without tracing, then draw with reference ! all of it takes a fair bit of time though so just try to push through the plateaus, i believe in u
@FawnOverFun im ok at doodling but i just wanna get good at it and stuff as a hobby to express myself better. lets hope i can!

@gavi drawabox, as someone mentioned

And then there's .https://www.soloartcurriculum.com/

Learn to draw and paint - Art curriculum for the self-taught artist

Links to art tutorials and learning resources, structured in a way to help anyone to learn to draw and paint to a professional standard.

@gavi my approach in terms of focus has been just.. doing what seems interesting in the moment i guess? different stuff comes up in the process so it still gives a variety of things to practice, and it keeps things more enjoyable for me
overall though i'd say drawing from references a lot helps (especially with getting the hang of perspective and anatomy in my experience). imo the key thing is using that to get an understanding of how that works, like trying to figure out how to break it down into parts/shapes and trying to convey those, rather than copying the overall silhouette. drawing the shapes over photos i'm referencing can also help, i found it useful when i feel stuck trying to figure out how to get things right for whatever i'm drawing
i've found https://line-of-action.com/ quite useful for doing different human poses and animals, though there are some other categories there too, i just haven't done them so i can't really comment on that
https://www.adorkastock.com/ also has a lot of good references for poses and is my first place of choice if i need to find a reference for a pose
Line of Action

Line of Action
@yellow thank you! im adding these to my bookmarks