Daleport996 said:
(much clearer)

36 hours is pretty slow, but how quickly you get to a finished design is tied a lot to how quickly you can iterate on your design.
Not knowing how you work, I can only speculate that you might be trying to paint most of the thing out before deciding it's wrong. Drawing it (just defining borders of things) can be enough to show whether a design will work. Being timid (not pushing/exaggerating things) also seems to be a common problem. It should be acceptable to produce crazy shit in order to help identify what exactly could work and look cool. Just trying to nail the right note, immediately, makes people stiff and unartistic, IME.

Your friend's work seems fast and reasonably solid. With only 2 years experience, I wouldn't expect him to be able to do that consistently. Whether he loves the particular subject probably counts a lot.

savageorange said:
It should be acceptable to produce crazy shit in order to help identify what exactly could work and look cool.

I take it you mean I should experiment more and practice with different designs before I commit to finish a drawing, which is a great advice, I'll take it.

You're correct in that I did most of the drawing before realizing it doesn't work and starting over. I was aware of this problem but didn't think much of it.
I guess the bulk of my problem is that I only draw when I'm horny and I strive to recreate exactly the thing I see in my head right at that point. Which, yeah, does make me unartistic when I think about it.

I should draw more often (not more, just more often) and focus on the basics like angles and poses before I get into the weird kinky stuff.

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.