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I'm sure there are rules about composition and techniques you could learn. But in personal experience just putting pencil/pen/paintbrush to paper and trying really hard to observe, or invent is more fun. And keep ahold of your efforts to look back at, every now and again it pays to think about it.
A sketchbook as mentioned by @AlexD is great for this. I also would focus on the positive, not the negative. Look at the things you have done that you like, not so much at the bits you don't. But that's a personal preference.
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Thanks to you both!
Yes, I certainly don’t want to start mimicking anyone’s style or anything. I traced those anchors simply as an exercising in seeing what my hand was capable of for the first time in years. Will try and go freehand from here.
I also have a little bit of tech drawing experience thru my work but it’s not particularly creative but at least know my way around a compass and isometric paper ;)
As for medium I have plenty of mechanical pencils, rotring pens and sharpies to hand so I guess that’s what I’ll be using for the foreseeable.
I think seeing as there’s no end goal I’ll hopefully enjoy it as it will just be for stress relief in theory.
I know the trick is just to draw draw draw but I was wondering if there’s any obvious/basic fundamentals it’s worth reading/watching about.
Thanks again, really appreciated.