#im still working on trying to draw people

[tokocoo]

tartan is stylish!!!!!

#art #good omens #good omens fanart #snek crowley #the worms are still in my brain #still trying to figure out how to draw them *thinking emoji* #people who can draw rl characters easily are so strong how do u do it.... #realising my blog theme is starting to glitch/buttons not working etc but im too attached to change T_T

[crescentfool]

graduation day 🌸

#persona 3 #minato arisato #makoto yuki #lizzy does art #HELLO EVERYONE... i humbly offer a minato in these trying times... are you all prepared for the wave of march 5th art bc aha! im sure not #i looked at the promised day tag on twitter and GAAAH THE WORKS ARE ALL SOOO BEAUTIFUL #truly it touches my heart that soo many people are still drawing fan art for this important day even 16 years after the game has released #this is my second time celebrating it! and i couldn't be more grateful to have met minato and see his story.... #genuinely though his growth throughout p3 is sooooo loooovely and it's rlly hard to put in words. but like. god. i love my wife #dont look @ me for calling him that. i have seen other ppl call him wife material in the tags. they're right btw #oh and uh if u want u can look at my art for last year its smwhere in my art tag.... i like to think i hav improved... LOL #anyway thats all i have to say... i will rb and cry and sing to kimi no kioku tmrw since its still the 4th where i live. take care everyon!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Just popping in to say i LOVE UR ART SO MUCH WAUGH!!!! Its soooooooo exoressive and u get across emotion and movement SO WELL!! I love ...littlr apple ...so much.....u imbue this donkey with Such Chaos

I love this little chaos creature, we should all forfeit our mortal possessions to her.

#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #<- Maybe? I do wanna start a more serious art tag and i did push myself harder than I normally do on this one. Hm. #MDZS #wei wuxian #little apple #Can you tell I've been practicing how to do hatching (Its soooo easy to go overboard #Thank you tumblr user seaslugbananabread (Iove the name (fellow sea creature and bananabread enjoyer)) this was a very sweet message #so sorry its been marinating in my ask box for so long; I wanted to have a good chunk of time to *Really* try and draw lil apple #I hope this makes up for it! I really mean It when I say messages like this really make my week! #It means a lot that people like my comic and can get what's going on in my little doodles B'*) #Esp the little apple enjoyers!! Let's go equine lovers!!! #If people are on board this early on when im really still just figuring out how to hold a pen properly then wow #Idk how to process it tbh! #(To anyone else who sent a message: *YES* I'm working on a doodle for you too; thanks for your patience!)

[intotheelliwoods]

Collaborative 2AL Comic Calling and Info!

Oh BOY did this blow up...

Ive polished up dialogue and framing, in total there should be 30 panels, exactly the tumblr image limit haha! Everyone who is participating gets to draw a panel! I will message you the dialogue, and a general layout once I get everyone in! :) I look forward to this!

30/30 Participants [full!]

If you are interested in joining, please message me here on tumblr or Discord! [Discord would be preferred in the long run]

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-> Deadline for panels?

2 Weeks! Hoping everything can be ready to go to post by September 24th!

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-> What style to use?

Your own! I would love it if you can have as much fun as you can making the panel! The more unique each panel is the better, I dont want to constrict anyones artistic ability outside dialogue, where characters are in a room, and a vague framing idea/expressions.

As for coloring, fully colored and digital would be preferred! Just blue blobs can also work! With the exception of 4 specific panels, flashback panels, in a black/white/red scheme to help differentiate what panel is a flashback, and what panel isnt. I will let you know if your panel is one of those specific 4!

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-> How will posting and crediting work?

When the panels are all done, I will gather them up into a singular post on this blog. Below the comic itself in order of panels would be everyones @ to the blog they want credited, Multiple blogs can also be credited ofc (For example If you drew panel 3 you will be the third @ on the list)

You are also free to add a signature or @ to your blog in the panel art itself!

#the really funny thing is #I think this collab might be done when I hit 4k followers #so does that make this a 4k special? #eh maybe maybe not #eitherway im still doing a dtiys when we get there #... maybe <3 #btw if I dont answer your message if you message me #chances are im just getting a million other messages that is all sdfnjksdfg #this might... fill up really fast..... #ough #lets see ig #anyways I think this is all the info I need? #if you have questions or if I may have missed something here lmk #deadass never seen a collab comic like this on tumblr before sooo #guess I am the first to try figuring out how shit works #if one person has not met the deadline I will probably draw the panel myself #if 3 or more people have not met it I will just extend the deadline by another week

[beybuniki]

one thing i noticed (form personal experience and by observing other artists) is that the longer you draw and create, the more boring it gets to simply replicate references, especially when it comes to characers' fashion choices.

with bnha, i keep mine pretty simple and basic because teens ARE very trend-loyal, but mainly im just lazy lol, but when i AM motivated, i love to think about characters' personal style, what could influence them, but also more trivial things such as budget into account, which is why i love to draw Deku in basic tees or clothes provided by his school (while bakugo gets to wear ed hardy and shoto wears arcteryx). i also love to limit the items like its just more realistic to me when someone as ordinary as deku wears the same 5 crewnecks all the time

which brings me to my actual point, namely that the more frequently you draw, the more you learn to do research andto combine your findings into sth new rather than staying faithful to one reference, and i think that's what makes good art so good, being able to draw inspiratioin from all kinds of niches and creating something that feels very authentic and suspends the spectator's disbelief. sometimes i see art and i know exactly which fashion editorial or which kpop idol was referenced, and I'm not insinuating these are bad things i do that too (less frequently now but i sure did!), my point is it's kind of nice to see how ALL artist start out with rather derivative art but eventually move on to create more authentic art that is less about drawing beautiful and perfect people and more about trying to individualize them and that ALSO means giving them weird clothes, scars, asymmetric eyes, a receding hairline etc. like drawing the same beautiful character 200 times gets so boring and it's just more fun to try and make them a bit more human

#i do have a lot of fashion headcanons but i rarely actually draw like that im so lazy #and again im also still stikcing to references and sometimes pretty closely #but this is an observation that i like to think about #as i said i just love artists that draw from a big and diverse source of references and inspirations #and the same applies to other forms of art as well ofc #just because you enjoy one genre and want to write in that genre doesnt mean you should limit your knowledge and inspiration to that genre #its pretty detrimental like you have to read ALL kinds of things #otherwise it's hard NOT to create a derivative work #and you see that with a lot of mangas #like you can kinda tell which battle shonen mangkas are only into other battle shonen and which ones are well read overall #SORRY #or when people who only read fics write their first original story and its an apposition of tropes #my point is its important to dabble in all kinds of niches #dont aim for perfect skills in one niche i think its more fun and beneficial to give everything a try

[puddii-ng]

a beautiful museum that lies on the sand of an hourglass ✧･ﾟ

#my art #fanart #enstars #ensemble stars #nazuna nito #ex valkyrie #exvalk #WOWW LOOK AT ME POSTING TWICE BACK TO BACK #working on another piece so please have this.. #please hold your applause #i am thee most active tumblr #HEEHEE KIDDING #im really not.. but im trying #this drawing is a bit messy but i still think its pretty #one thing about me is ill find an excuse to sob over exvalk ANY DAY #but to the 4 people who follow me for shumika KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED. #to the people who follow for me for a3... wait a min i have something planned #everyone else.. bear with me i am so sorry #hope u guys like it

[onedragonaday]

1/8/24 Miss Drake (and Winnie) from A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans

#daily dragons #1/8/24 #8 #a dragons guide to the care and feeding of humans #traditional #this ones just a pen drawing bc im working on building up a bunch of drawings #also im very aware that most people wont know who this is #but i am honestly getting my dragons from one of many lists of dragons just. online #i have no ideo who miss drake is but from what of her ive seen i like her #this is also a reminder that ill take literally any suggestions with very few exceptions #no promises that ill do a fantastic job of them but ill still try

[kokoasci]

hii ! i have a question, how much does it take you to finish a drawing ?? i really really love how you render😭, and personally i struggle with it cause i always have problems with the whole trust the process mindset and rush everything .. do you have any tips? T-T

hiiii!!! it depends ;__; usually like a full background piece is at least 15-20 hours of work (although I've been trying to get faster WAA)

normal full body art is usually like 7-10 hours? funnily enough the half body/profile ones take longer bc i get hung up on details 😭

the trust the process part is the HARDEST part of art for me so i totally get it :( so many of my sketches just stay sketches because i cant get myself to keep working on them so i highly recommend just following through with it!! i really would recommend doing small little pieces (even like keeping a sketchbook, i do that and its helpful for just drawing whatever with no pressure of people seeing it) youre happy with to get more confident in drawing larger and more time consuming stuff, and to really not think about how you want the end product to look like but just follow whatever choices you make in the moment. it helps me a lot with feeling more satisfied with my work :D

trying different brushes, different colors and blending modes if you do digital art can be really refreshing too to get out of the process mindset (just experiment !!! it can help you get more ideas in a natural way)

#i struggle. constantly with liking what i make #and i feel like people tell me they really like my stuff (which means a lot !!!!) but im never happy with the end product #so ive been trying to practice drawing just to draw and not care about what the composition or comparing the final product to what i + #imagined at the start (although im still. working on this) #but thank you for asking !! i hope this was even a little helpful :D #ask koko

[shikisei]

what if..

narumitsu..

but priest and devil

(idk which is which you pick)

i got lost . so you get 2 demons and no priest instead sorry

#i tried. i realy did #i think my issue when it comes to like. AUs where they're “opposites” on a more extreme scale #is that its harder for me to make it “work” ? #like in canon they're “opposites” but still essentially work together on the “same side” #in which their moralities and circumstances still align with one another #and maybe i just dont know much about this kind of AU at all but its harder for me to work with while trying to preserve the canon dynamics #i still tried and had fun drawing this at least #TLDR im actually not much of an AU guy but i still like seeing what people come up with and have fun with

[puppyeared]

save me old flipnote studio MVs.......

#im going thru old flipnotes i used to watch years ago and ouggghhg so many good ones #is twenty one pilots still popular.... do people still remember the TRNDSTTER and marble soda meme......... #its like im unlocking some sort of primal part of my brain and everything is coming back to me. one of my biggest inspirations as a kid #i still remember thinking the final transmission lyrics were the coolest thing and watching =TopHat= Bee and Melissa over and over #theres a very specific feeling of longing and nostalgia looking back and watching these again years later #especially when there isnt anything genshin or mcyt and instead its either fnaf undertale eddsworld or another obscure #interest... and not even fnaf sister location its like fnaf 3 and 2. its THAT old. and a lot of oc MVs especially pokemon ocs and furries.. #god but they were so creative u know. i still find it amazing ppl took this little lightbox animation on the fucking NINTENDO DS and #cranked it all the way to 11.. like if u look at the transitions and movement its so fucking fluid its insane..!! HOW DO YOU MAKE THE #CHARACTERS SPIN??? AND CHANGING CAMERA ANGLES??? and keep in mind youre doing this all with a shitty stylus #on a THREE BY TWO INCH SCREEN. you only get two layers you can go up to 29FPS and you only have 999 slides to work with #and 24FPS eats up a lot of that. absolutely insane it literally boggles my mind every time i think about it. AND SOME ARE EVEN FULL COLOR #i forgot how popular EDM was back then too...they were really good for timing beats though so you get a lot of MVs with #strobe last and marble soda. porter robinsons goodbye to a world was also popular with undertale and oc MVs. also a lot of vocaloid #someone made a flipnote abt the warner bros fnaf movie being announced EIGHT FUCKING YEARS AGO. it even used the stay calm audio from #the office.... i wonder how theyre doing now... i love you shitty grainy MV audio.. but i have mixed feelings abt the flashing colors #ppl LOVED animating the sans vs frisk fight. aishite and primadonna were also big ones they were SICK AS FUCK #lots of these inspired my old oc designs.. a lot of my characters had side bangs with one eye covered. animal ears and simple eyes too #now i kinda wanna try my hand at the marble soda meme cause i loved it as a kid lol.. i wonder if i should compare my old and new art here #UGHHHH IM SO NORMAL ABOUT NOSTALGIA. IM SO NORMAL ABT MY SCHOOL BOOK DRAWINGS WITH SHIBA BROWS #yapping #nostalgia

[marblerose-rue]

all the bad dreams that you hide / show me yours, i'll show you mine

#my art #do not copy trace or steal #everlark #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #hunger games #the hunger games #thg #im still working on drawing people which adds to my nervousness x_x i wish i could be as confident as i am drawing animals #BUT YEAH IM SO NORMAL ABT THEM. I. #i literally have not gone a single day where i havent talked about them and im literally having to give myself limits on how much i can #read the books bc i literally went out to get a new library card JUST to do that #i literally cant believe when i was a kid i didnt like them as a couple . #i just couldnt appreciate the fake dating trope and i also took it very literally . and i was also like ten #ive had this ready to go but when i say ive had my mouse hovering over the post now button for a while i mean that so sincerely #PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT THE HUNGER GAMES i try not to overwhelm my sister but #i am very aware i am way more into thg than she is and we watched the movies together #ive been sending her literally every single video abt thg thinking she will enjoy it as much as i will and im probably driving her up #a wall AHBKJAHBHDFJGBKJDHBGG but its fine she expects nothing less #i have to get used to posting non cat art non warrior cat art #you can tell im stalling . just a little bit

[rutadales]

are you a "can't bare to look at my trauma" girlie or "can't bring myself to take my eyes off my trauma" girlie

#c!foolish #c!dream #c!droolish #dreblr #still worry I annoy people by tagging that........ #Sorryyy.. #root draws #technically #new friends old enemies #but it can just work for regular ol d/smp #They're so archer/mirrorball coded #''All my enemies started out friends let me hold on to you #Ive been the archer Ive been the pray who could ever leave me darling who could stay'' -cdream #''Im still a believer but I dont know why Ive never been a natural all I do is try try try'' -cfoolish #blood tw #blood

[waterfallofspace]

Sooooo, I tried a comic format for the first time!~

I knew I wanted to do something with the little A/ku sketch, aaaand this is what ended up happening~

(loosely) based on ~this wav~ that was a birthday gift for the incredible @goodlucksnez so please take this as a second gift, a little past your birthday so let's just call it "brainrot feeding" <33

#waterfallart #still pretty new to drawing hahaha~ my hand hurts #but i managed to comPLETELY loose track of time and crank this out in one night soooo #i'll throw it out there and you guys can do with it what you will <3 #also first time signing my work??? i dont know if that's something you're supposed to do ToT #but i see people doing it so im gonna too~ i should figure out a prettier/cooler sign though #a/kutagawa #a/tsushi #s/hin s/oukoku #aaannndddd now i hit post and try not to think about it anymore <3 #oh also hands are my arch nemesis i DESPISE them okay thank you now hitting post

[carpisuns]

theOrEticalLy . if I opened commissions at some point. would there be. a smackerel of interest . ??

#i have never opened them bc it’s intimidating and I don’t know how to price things!! #but mostly bc i work full time w a good salary so I don’t really need side things to make money #like it feels selfish to suggest that people should pay me to make fanart?? When #a) I already do that for free bc i enjoy it lol #and b) there are so many creators out there who are struggling to make ends meet #and I am privileged enough to generally not have to worry about that #this would be just like extra spending money to fund my scented candle habit DHDJDN #and the clothes I just bought while trying to Discover My Vibe and Finally Be Myself (at age 28 lol) #also tbh it would likely be reinvested in other commissions bc I buy commissions fairly often lol #anyway. idk the idea of commissions always sounded cool but also guilt inducing and scary #it feels weird and silly bc it would make me have to take my art seriously if that makes sense?? #like me saying ‘I think I’m good enough at art that people would buy it from me.’ that feels so bold and like. arrogant or something dhjsjd #coming from me I mean. just a silly little guy who still struggles to draw human limbs properly #ok I’m thinking about how I’d have to make a commission sheet and put a dollar sign on my art and I’m aaaaaaa #and I’d have to execute exactly what people want and what if I can’t!!! #omg ok maybe noT help lol #well im not committing to anything rn im simply. asking a question while the dash is asleep and then running off to bed seeya #i think part of me always wanted to try commissions to see if I could be a Real Artist about it ?? #and potentially end up with like. Portfolio pieces ?? #why I would need an art portfolio I don’t know. I am an editor. What do I think I will be doing here #ppl left comments on my animatic that have been giving me crazy what if thoughts. sit down #don’t look at me #ohhh swirly brain thoughts I need to sleep

[paleiido]

Trying to learn new programs like they all want me to die personally

#ravings at the square #im trying rlly hard to learn things with the little time I have 👍 #some people are just more gifted than me. have more patience and motivation or idk cos goddamn #the prospect of learning how to make a game and working at the same time is so hellish I cant even bring myself to DRAW or write when #working full time. energy drained fr. but ok. i will be optimistic #if u see me whine and cry in two weeks no u dont #learning unity btw. i want. to create my silly little games. #Thats what I want the most in the world is to create. and if nobody will give me the opportunity to do so ill create it myself #Something so so so scary about being nearly 30 and having no direction in life and realizing you haven't mounted to anything but I'm not #dead yet so I still have a chance 👍 I can still create beautiful things as long Im kicking

[todayisafridaynight]

this writing shit hard as hell

#snap chats #i was gonna joke that i should just pay someone but. but that is a thing i could do #HOWEVER i would not want to inflict my arasawa mental illness onto an unsuspecting victim #also i wanna write something for once :( weh :( #i was writing something but then i decided i hated it #but i stiillll wanna write so im scouring the internet for prompt inspo #nothings working....... mostly cause most of the lists im finding are nsff.... #which i might steal for My Personal Folders or goofy comics OOP but still #i almost wanna rb a prompt list and ask for prompt numbers but SIGH #i dont even know exactly what i wanna write #sometimes i think of trying to write something serious but i dont have any strengths in that. im too silly. #i guess i kinda have a fic in mind.......hmmmm...... gonna go play with the idea in docs for a minute #will prob abandon it cause even now that im thinkin on it i dont really wanna do it but ill see #I Repeat my main problem with fic writing is that i always end up wanting to draw it instead #SUCH a pain i hate myself for this #need people to tell me what to write or ill die i hate it here