>>5835916>what i mean by this is will i get better if i just keep drawing mifune every day or should I start with something small like an apple?Unless you're absolutely retarded, or voluntarily being stupid, you will always improve by drawing, regardless of what you draw.
But if you learn on your own, unless you're absolutely gifted beyond description, it will take you a lot of time. So you generally want to learn from more experienced people.
If you draw an apple carelessly, over and over, you won't progress much, but if you read how an advanced artist approach an apple, and if you try to emulate this approach painstakingly, you will progress faster. The same applies for a figure, Mifune.
>>5835916>Is punching above my weight badIf you never step outside of your confort zone, you'll never progress. You need to step outside, but you need to do so with intelligence. Sometimes you can have a bad results only because you didn't put enough time. Other times, because you will lack on some specific sub-skill (think, proportion, rendering, composition, etc.). You need to be able to figure out what goes wrong, and to be critical towards what you're drawing, and how you're drawing.
Also, if you want to learn to draw for fun, the process is very different from if you want to draw professionally. ~Anyone in a few weeks can struck 3/4 chords in rythme on a guitar, but it takes years and intense work to get to a classical guitarist level.
As a first exercice, were you to want to draw from this picture, try to simplify the drawing using 3 values (look it up if you don't know what a value is), with a minimum number of shapes. Ignore the background at first. This is relatively easy, extremely useful, will help you get an appealing result, and is convenient regardless of how professional you want to be.
