New to traditional art

[rocky mortar]

I like to draw and would like to become proficient in it but every time I wander around the internet to find where to start its always different. So I'm wondering how do I start learning to draw realism and cartoons as a beginner artist

[iron falcon]

Honestly my advice would be to mix in learning the fundamentals and drawing what you love at the beginning. Dm me if you want to talk about it more!

[rocky mortar]

By fundamentals do you mean like those funky looking shapes in different perspectives or twisted up?

[onyx tinsel]

https://conceptartempire.com/what-are-the-fundamentals/

Decent article to take a glance at

But basically yeah, what you said is a practice that helps the artist learn fundamentals