>>3771423Pretty much never. It's always been gradual. You can look back and see a huge improvement though. Then after a few years, it seems like that doesn't change quite as much unless you REALLY try. You basically know the difference between what you can do now, and what you could do better, is just taking more time and effort and that of course, is unappealing to the brain.
I mean, if you want the most horrible truth imaginable, this is the truth about art: A beginner can do the same work as a pro, or pretty darn close, they just need to spend way more time to do it.
So for example if you're an absolute beginner and you spend 300 hours on a painting, you can make a painting that a pro could make in 20 hours. It may be a little lackluster, but it would not be noticeable immediately to anyone who is not an artist. I'm not even sure it would be noticeable at all to many people who weren't artists.
Also, once you've been doing art for a long time, or if you just have the right kind of mind to understand this, there are cheats to art.
Basically if something looks good, there is nothing else that actually matters. Not perspective. Not anatomy. Nothing. So 'improvement' could be learning the RIGHT things first.
Design covers all sins. If you have things the brain loves in your art, like good silhouettes, you can have gradeschool tier stuff in the picture, and as long as it's well composed, everyone will love it. Artists and non-artists alike. The brain loves filling in blanks. It read things based on patterns. You can leave out MOST art fundamentals, but if you nail design/appeal you win.
If you grind only one fundamental, perspective is the one to grind. It has natural appeal. If you've never practiced it before, you will see some of the biggest gains in your skill most likely.
But yah, my advice is design, design, design.
