Doesn't have to be anything fancy, just like some instructions/examples of how to do things and some organized drawing exercises that build upon each other. I'm not really looking to draw portraits of people, I just want to be able to draw the world around me and to put the things in my head onto paper.
I've tried looking before but I usually end up with websites that give "free previews" then ask you to pay for the rest of the course, or lessons and exercises that jump too quickly for me to keep up.
not a resource but a few pointers
point 1: don't be afraid to draw literal dogshit, like scribble that shit out, make your art look as fucking terrible as possible while sketching shit. when making art, you generally want to take multiple passes at something, so when making a final product you'll make the scrappy sketch-layer, then draw a non-shit version over that in ink/photoshop, and then finally add in coloring/extra details
don't worry about making shit look good when you're learning, you'll learn much more from failing than you will from "succeeding"
point 2: abuse the shit out of references and tracing. Like a certain style? Literally copy the shit out of it until you learn the basics of that style. Don't fall into the capitalism-brain of not learning from masters, there's no reason to invent the same wheel thirty times for the sake of "originality" or copyright or some shit, you'll grow into your own style and even when straight up copying shit each person will have their own inherent quirks adapting it
point 3: free 3D programs like Blender can be pretty fuckin useful for throwing up a basic scene and sense of proportion. Blender has gotten a whole lot more accessible in terms of not having a shitty UI recently too. Make/import a model of your floating fantasy castle, shove a few generic people models you got off of the internet for free, and then draw them, adding new detail on the 2D pass over it
shit, it doesn't even have to be a 3d modelling program you can literally make shit in Minecraft and then draw an HD non-blocky remaster of it lmao
point 1: I understand it won't look good starting out, I'm pretty good at drawing shitty lol. I just want something to guide me so I'm working towards something instead of just freestyling it, if that makes sense.
point 2: i didn't really think about that because I didn't want to end up only being able to draw in someone else's style, but it makes a lot of sense as a way to practice. like classical painters learning a style and studying under a master.
point 3: I really want to try out blender and other 3d art programs but I don't think my laptop can handle it :/ I've been saving up to get a new one that can handle stuff like that.
this is all great, thank you