If you're interested in creating and, specifically, drawing, I cannot recommend https://drawabox.com/ highly enough. I would describe it as a "Learn X the Hard Way" programming book, but for drawing. If you say "I can't even draw a straight line," you're in luck because it starts with exercises around drawing a straight line. If you want, there's a reddit community where you can get feedback on your from either the crowd or the creator of drawabox, but that's totally optional.
About 5 years ago I was looking to get back into drawing - a hobby I'd enjoyed in grade school, but more or less dropped for a decade and a half. I tried the "just start sketching" advice a few times, but my lack of skill made it less than fun: the results were so bad that it discouraged me. Working through Drawabox got me over that skill hump where I could draw things that I considered at least ok. That made me enjoy drawing things enough to keep doing it for fun and, as a result, keep improving.
Just to give another perspective, Drawabox does seem to be good but it is exceptionally hard work and at times needs an awful lot of discipline as some of the exercises can require some real willpower to get through - although it is all with good reason to lay some very strong foundations.
However, I could see how somebody who is just looking at if they want to get into art could be put off by it - I was in the same place as you a few years back and it did put me off.
I would suggest perhaps looking at the CTRL+Paint website and follow his drawing fundamentals series of videos... if you get hooked you can always then come back to Drawabox to knock out any bad habits.
That's certainly fair! I'd describe the Drawabox exercises as... maybe not hard, but not exciting? I mean, it's pretty much "do these things => get better." They're not difficult, but there's a bunch of them and some are more interesting than others. Maybe one might describe it as "hard like dieting" vs "hard like math." :)
I'd say DrawABox is good for someone who's decided they want to make a solid go at learning to draw, rather than someone who's just testing the waters. I could definitely see the latter being put off by it!
Do you have any links or anything to support that? He's seemed pretty nice and supportive in the interactions I've seen. Given that you apparently registered an account just to shit-talk him, your word alone is... less than persuasive.
About 5 years ago I was looking to get back into drawing - a hobby I'd enjoyed in grade school, but more or less dropped for a decade and a half. I tried the "just start sketching" advice a few times, but my lack of skill made it less than fun: the results were so bad that it discouraged me. Working through Drawabox got me over that skill hump where I could draw things that I considered at least ok. That made me enjoy drawing things enough to keep doing it for fun and, as a result, keep improving.