If you only have a mouse to draw with digitally then my only advice to you is: stop trying to draw digitally. Draw by hand.
I'm rather of the opinion that most art should start with a real, tactile "you can hold it" drawing. There are actually very few people who can work 100% digitally particularly effectively; and I can guarantee that they all started out with real media when they were learning.
So go get yourself an HB pencil and a sketchpad and draw.
Also, it's totally okay to reference other artists work, but there are two caveats:
1- it's not a good idea to post it online and claim it as your own work. Because it isn't. It's study.
2- You still need to study real life. A lot.
Also, get the idea of style completely out of your head. That should happen organically. Especially get anime out of your head, and don't even think of using the "How to draw manga" books. They're awful and don't do much except teach you very bad habits. There's nothing to say that you can't adopt some manga elements into your style, but using it as a starting point is a very bad idea.
Here is what manga inspired artwork looks like if you study form properly.
Here is what manga inspired artwork looks like if you don't.
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I'm rather of the opinion that most art should start with a real, tactile "you can hold it" drawing. There are actually very few people who can work 100% digitally particularly effectively; and I can guarantee that they all started out with real media when they were learning.
So go get yourself an HB pencil and a sketchpad and draw.
Also, it's totally okay to reference other artists work, but there are two caveats:
1- it's not a good idea to post it online and claim it as your own work. Because it isn't. It's study.
2- You still need to study real life. A lot.
Also, get the idea of style completely out of your head. That should happen organically. Especially get anime out of your head, and don't even think of using the "How to draw manga" books. They're awful and don't do much except teach you very bad habits. There's nothing to say that you can't adopt some manga elements into your style, but using it as a starting point is a very bad idea.
Here is what manga inspired artwork looks like if you study form properly.
Here is what manga inspired artwork looks like if you don't.
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