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joshuaalbert · 2 years

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Geordi if no one else has asked already, Deanna if you've answered for Geordi already

favorite thing about them

he’s literally so good at friendship that he introduced an android and a borg to the concept of friendship. like that’s essentially two entire races that didn’t have an understanding of friendship until they interacted with geordi. I love that while he’s busy holding the ship together all the time, and while he’s an engineer and engineers are. not typically known for being outgoing, he’s still so good at relating to people and making them feel comfortable that ro laren, who has trouble opening up to anyone, straight up hugs him

that said, from a character building perspective, I also really like that it has limits and oversights. guinan has to tell him to take a different approach with barclay because just pushing him harder isn’t working (we’re ignoring for them moment the exact nature of what barclay is doing in the holodeck because they don’t know that yet). he immediately adapts and is successful in making that connection, but I think it’s really interesting to see that it isn’t always pure instinct and sometimes takes more deliberate effort. in tng lower decks, I definitely don’t think he comes off as the worst commanding officer, but it’s a different light than we’re used to seeing him in. it’s a critical situation, taurik is just one crew member among many, and I think it would ultimately feel out of place for him to be super friendly under these conditions even if we’ve seen him reach out to help/reassure subordinates before (ex. sonya gomez).

and these examples make sense in that, as kind and patient as he is capable of being, he IS still the guy trying to hold the ship together and who needs his crew to just do their jobs and you can’t always do that and be 100% unfailingly friendly. sometimes you are going to brush someone off or say something wrong to someone, so I feel like they hit a really satisfying balance there

least favorite thing about them

this isn't really about him it's about the show but he got some of the worst individual/focus episodes. like. in other people’s episodes he’s a cool funny smart guy and then in a lot of his it’s either like “haha geordi can’t talk to women” as though women aren’t, like, people and as though geordi is not really good with people or just kinda mediocre redos of other scifi media (although that said I was kinda fond of the manchurian candidate inspired one). they also just kind of tend to feel Weird in a way I can’t really explain. disconnected? idk. other people have talked about the intersection of racism and ableism in the ways aspects of this character were handled, particularly the romantic plotlines, and I definitely think that’s evident across a lot of his focus episodes. on one hand I wanna do a scene rewrite like I did for remember me for one of his episodes, but on the other, a lot of times it’s the entire episode concept that’s rough.

brOTP

im very fond of the geordi/data/wesley engineering trio that pops up a lot i think they're fun and i also LOVE his friendship with ro laren in the next phase. i wish they'd drawn on that more going forward because it was two characters who hadn't had much of a reason to spend time with each other before so i think it would've been really cool to see them spending free time together willingly even just in the background of other episodes

OTP

i do think he and data are effectively married i do love their dynamic and i was surprised how clear it was that the troy and abed dynamic in community is a direct descendant. that said, i hate that like. all geordi content is in the context of this ship. the couple times I have gone into the geordi la forge tag to see geordi la forge who is my friend it’s basically all ship content

nOTP

I don’t know that he’s commonly shipped with anyone else tbh? I’ll talk more about the leah brahms plotline later in a general sense but I do resent any implications the series tries to make that they would ultimately end up together just because she’s the one woman he had a significant connection with in the series. it’s one thing if like we knew she got divorced and saw them really reconnecting or something but you know they’re literally just namedropping her bc she’s the only woman they could think of that fits that category

random headcanon

I think it is geordi’s god given right as one of the only characters with a sibling let alone one that he was 1) aware of, 2) raised with, and 3) is on good terms with to have a series of completely incomprehensible jokes with his sister. she visits the enterprise and one of them says the absolute stupidest most contextless series of words and they’re both laughing about it and everyone’s just like. uh. okay. for comparison my most recent one with my sister is “you can cut a hot dog up into 16 pieces” so that’s the kind of energy I want here.

unpopular opinion

idk how unpopular this is here but I used to read imdb reviews for episodes before I finally developed some self control and stopped doing that but people on there acted like geordi was the creepiest person alive for the leah brahms plotline and I somehow suspect that opinion represents a racist double standard. I’ve said this before i think but I wonder how many of them were okay with barclay. like as far as I can recall, in booby trap he ran this program literally to try to save the ship, and he gets caught up beyond that as he’s working. it’s a high stress situation, this version of her is someone that he’s really clicking with, and even if he crosses some lines he never set out to do so. this is not a hollow pursuits situation where he created a simulation of a real person with the specific intent to have sex with her. in the followup episode, the real leah brahms chews him out for the program, he’s sorry for it, and he develops a genuine friendship with the actual version of her. I feel like this is a reasonable way for this plotline to be handled! it’s fair to think mistakes were made especially in the beginning since he was kind of specifically looking for a woman when that wasn’t necessary, and he did get hung up on a fake version of a real person to the degree that it impacted his relationship with that real person, but i feel like the intent wasn’t malicious, and those mistakes were apologized for and handled and there doesn’t ultimately seem to be any lasting harm. to me that doesn’t say “wow this guy is so creepy,” it says that he made some mistakes regarding boundaries but ultimately made amends.

song i associate with them

hmm I don’t think I have one? I don’t have one for most star trek characters tbh I was just lucky on the last two. that said electric feel by mgmt did just appear unbidden in my head so maybe it’s a sign.

favorite picture of them

#I think I’m right about how booby trap/galaxy’s child play out but correct me if I’m wrong I have watched. a lot of star trek since then #ty ty!!!!#also I will keep doing them if anyone else wants to send me a character they just take a bit bc. I got a lot to say.#ask game #la forge

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fatesdeepdive · 3 years

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Entry 9: NO

Before doing anything else, I built a lottery house in the castle. The logistics of there being stores and gambling houses within my personal castle, that my soldiers work at, that don’t just give me whatever I want is kinda weird. The lottery gave me a radish I fed to Lilith.

Support: Hana/Subaki

C: Hana confronts Subaki about his tendency to refer to himself as perfect. He brushes it off, because he thinks that he genuinely is completely without fault. This angers Hana, who brings up a time Subaki fell off his horse and challenges him to a duel.

B: The duo begin their competition. Subaki, despite not actually having any sword skills, manages to defeat Hana by studying her fighting style over several months and messing with her head.

A: Hana takes the second round, beating Subaki in a horse race. Hana reveals that she doesn’t actually care about beating Subaki, just about serving Sakura, and the two decide to suspend their competition.

S: Subaki states that he hates when Hana brings up the time he fell off his horse because he embarrassed himself in front of Hana. Also the duo apparently love each other now.

Review: Decent set up, lackluster execution. I do like Hana’s feelings of inferiority in comparison to Subaki, and Subaki is wonderfully arrogant during this line, but the resolution comes from a revelation Hana had off screen and feels anti-climactic. I felt nothing during the marriage conversation.

Support: Hana/Sakura

C: Hana and Sakura discuss their childhood friendship and the fact that Hana has been protecting Sakura since even before she was a retainer. Sakura states that Hana’s stubbornness pairs nicely with her own introversion.

B: Hana reveals that Sakura’s kindness gave her a reason to dedicate herself to becoming a master samurai. Sakura reveals that she chose Hana as her retainer, in spite of her age and objections from others, because of...a reason explained in the next conversation. Gotta love cliffhangers.

A: Sakura chose Hana as her retainer because of all the times she protected her as a kid, so many times that Hana is covered in scars. Sakura feels guilty over Hana’s scars, but Hana brushes it off, stating that her scars are a badge of honor because they were earned protecting Sakura. Small character design note: Hana does not have any visible scars in this game. She does consistently have a scar in her arm in Heroes, and inconsistently has a scar on her left thigh, but neither of those scars are visible in game. Maybe the scars are hidden below her headband?

Review: First off, these two deserve an S-Rank conversation. They have more chemistry than most of the couples in this game. Setting that aside, I enjoy Hana and Sakura inspiring each other to be better. I love the idea of Hana protecting Sakura from feral dogs and Sakura repaying her by making her a retainer, going against royal officials to do so.

Support: Sakura/Subaki

C: Subaki yawns in front of Sakura then pretends it didn’t happen, because he is too perfect to get fatigued.

B: Subaki makes a tiny slip-up when filling out a form and has a complete meltdown, launching into a self-depreciating rant. Hana brings up that she’s seen him make mistakes before, which only makes things worse.

A: Sakura comforts Subaki and he reveals that his obsession with perfection stems from his childhood; his parents hammered in the idea that he must be perfect at all times as to not embarrass himself in front of royalty. He brings up the time he fell off his horse in front of Sakura right before she chose him as a retainer and reveals that he’s thought for years she chose him out of pity. Sakura comforts him, saying that he’s amazing and his slip-ups only make him more charming.

S: Subaki renews his vows as a retainer, promising to always fight for Sakura even if he cannot achieve total perfection. Sakura accepts, on the condition that Subaki marries her.

Review: I actually really enjoyed this one. The main gag with Subaki is that he’s arrogant and thinks of himself as perfect. This line deconstructs that, showing him fall apart at the idea that he isn’t good enough. It didn’t go fully into it, but this line suggests that Subaki may have some real mental health issues, possibly stemming from an abusive childhood. The romance isn’t perfect, but I do like the idea of Subaki ending up with Sakura because she helps him learn to accept himself. Also for all of Sakura’s supports I’m going to pretend that she isn’t like fourteen, because otherwise they’re all super creepy.

Support: Corrin/Sakura

C: Corrin asks if Sakura dislikes her and Sakura, who has never once visited any Fire Emblem or Smash Brothers forum, states that no one could ever dislike Corrin. Apparently, Sakura is awkward and shy around Corrin because she sucks at talking to people. Corrin offers to help her practice talking.

B: Corrin asks Sakura some basic questions and Sakura freezes up from anxiety and can’t answer anyone. Corrin theorizes that Sakura is easily intimidated by other people.

A: Sakura reveals that she’s always so anxious because she heard a rumor that Nohr actually wanted to kidnap her, not Nohr. This rumor was evidently false, because it makes absolutely no sense from a lore perspective. Also, I question the idea that this is the source of all of Sakura’s anxiety. Her anxiety around Corrin, maybe, but it’s odd that guilt over her sister’s kidnapping that she’s known for years wasn’t her fault would make her anxious around other people. I mean, it’s more pronounced around Corrin, but only in this support line. Whatever. Corrin swears to protect Sakura and I guess that means her anxiety is cured.

Review: This conversation is mediocre. Sakura getting anxiety because of something a maid said once is stupid, but Corrin trying to help her get over it is okay.

You’ll notice that I stopped this at the A rank. Well, you see, Corrin and Sakura only have three, conversations instead of four because, despite Corrin having a variable gender, Corrin and Sakura are siblings and Intelligent Systems would never include incest in a Fire Emblem game. They’d never do that because that would be terrible.

Wait. What’s that? Why does it say on the wiki that they have an S-Conversation? Surely this isn’t real.

Oh god it’s real.

No.

No no no.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

What the fuck, Intelligent Systems? Why did you include incestuous pedophilic marriage in your role-playing game? Seriously, what the actual fuck?

And, looking at Corrin’s support list, it’s not just Sakura. Every single Nohr and Hoshidan royal can date Corrin. I don’t know what’s worse, Corrin having sex with her stranger blood siblings or having sex with the people she thought were her blood siblings for years. Fine. Let’s just do the stupid conversation.

S: Sakura reveals that she’s been dreaming about the sibling she never knew for years, imagining what Corrin would grow up to be like. It’s actually a decent idea, albeit one hidden in the evil cursed S-Support that I hate. Corrin asks if they live up to expectations and Sakura states that they exceed them. Then Sakura says that she loves Corrin. Romantically. Corrin, being the sane person, objects, pointing out that they’re half-siblings. I don’t know where this half-sibling thing came from, as far as Corrin knows both of them are the children of Mikoto and Sumeragi. I mean, it is stated in Revelations that Mikoto isn’t actually the mother of anyone but Corrin, but Corrin doesn’t know that yet. Whatever. Sakura pulls out a letter from Mikoto that she only read a few minutes ago that says, psych! Corrin and Sakura aren’t actually related. At all. So it’s cool to bang. Corrin instantly gets over the whole “Don’t fuck your little sister” thing immediately and proposes to Sakura. What the actual fuck.

Review Continued: If ninety percent of the S-Rank conversation is convincing the audience that, no, this isn’t incest, you know it’s bad. And sure, it isn’t technically incest anymore, but who cares? Corrin and Sakura didn’t know that until ten seconds before they screwed each other. This is an incestuous marriage and it’s fucking gross. The writers clearly know it was gross, but they included it anyway.

And here’s the big problem with the Hoshidan sibling marriages: Birthright is built on the premise that this is Corrin’s real family, that Hoshido is her real home. It’s literally called Birthright. But if Corrin isn’t actually related to the Hoshidan Royals, all of that falls apart. They’re just strangers. The whole concept of the game doesn’t apply anymore. Because Intelligent Systems couldn’t release a game where the player insert doesn’t fuck literally every character. And, until we get to the point in Revelations where that is properly revealed, I’m going to pretend I don’t know it.

We got some new characters at the end of the last chapter, so let’s talk about them.

Silas

Silas is a cavalier who went turncloak for Corrin at the end of the last chapter because of a childhood friendship Corrin doesn’t remember. His personal skill makes him fight better when Corrin is injured. I’m starting to notice just how many of these skills specifically relate to Corrin, which makes sense but is still kinda weird. His design is fine, nothing objectionable there. I do think Silas’s forgotten childhood friend backstory is a bit odd, though. And I’m getting sick of characters who are obsessed with Corrin.

Saizo

Saizo is Kaze’s twin brother who looks like twenty years older than him. He’s the slower but tougher of the duo, judging from their stats. His personal skill Pyrotechnics is basically just him blowing shit up, which as far as I’m concerned is his solution to all problems. His mask is really weird looking, but at least he’s visually interesting. Personality wise, he seems like a dick, but in a good way. Our army needs some common sense and he brings it.

Orochi

Real talk: I forgot this character existed until she joined us. Orochi is a mage...er, diviner who has the personal skill Capture, which I’ll talk about later. Her design is decent; I like the sultry hair pulling in her portrait, it gives off a lot of personality. I don’t have much to say, I forgot she existed before the end of last chapter and have no clue what her personality will be.

Birthright Chapter 8: Fierce Winds

Team Corrin travels up the Eternal Staircase, a massive subterranean tunnel that leads to the Wind Tribe Village. Kaze notices that the group is being followed and a group of faceless pop out. Kaze and Corrin slaughter them with ease. Unfortunately, after the battle, the faceless turn into Wind Tribe civilians. Iago appears and explains that he disguised civilians as monsters using magic. He learned it from his favorite movie villain, the Joker from the Dark Knight, who Iago thinks is actually the good guy.

The gang reaches the Wind Tribe village. Corrin decides to just waltz in because sneaking past would be suspicious. Wind Tribe members attack. Not sure how they know about the whole slaughter thing. Maybe one of the fake faceless got away? Whatever.

Our three princesses apologize to the tribe members and they lead us to their chief, Fuga. Then the battle immediately begins. Guess negotiations didn’t go well.

Also here for some reason is Hinoka and her two retainers, Setsuna and Azama, both of whom are absolute morons. But, like, in a good way. Setsuna falls in quicksand, doesn’t care, and Azama immediately declares her dead. The fact that Hinoka has to basically babysit her two idiot bodyguards is amusing.

Setsuna

An Archer that works as Hinoka’s bodyguard. Her personal skill, Optimistic, makes her recover more when healed by a staff. A thing they do a lot in recent Fire Emblem games is to have characters that are based around specific gags or tropes. These are hit or miss, but Setsuna’s gag of constantly endangering herself and just not giving a shit sounds funny. The faced half-covered by hair initially makes her seem cool, but when paired with the dopey face and her personality it makes her look completely distracted. I like Setsuna, from what I’ve seen.

Azama

A monk who seems to be ridiculously optimistic and laid back. His personal skill, Divine Retribution, hurts opponents who attack him when he’s unarmed, which is a really cool idea. Azama doesn’t seem to be quite as funny as Setsuna, but still seems entertaining. I have mixed feelings on his design. I can’t tell if I like the closed eyes or not. The puffballs and wild hair are dumb though.

It’s worth noting that, because we move first, Corrin’s army attacks without provocation. Remember, they can’t see the red labels on enemies.

This map takes place in a desert. We can use the Dragon Veins to make it not a desert, which is good, because Fire Emblem deserts suck. Halfway through the battle, we finally talk to Fuga. He explains that we must earn the right to explain by killing all of his men. Bit of a dick move, chief.

We beat Fuga fairly easily. This chapter was fine, but just fine. Not bad, just unremarkable. Fuga explains that he was friends with Sumeragi and knows a lot about Yato. Apparently, us killing all of his men was a test to make us stronger so we can unlock Yato’s true power. Apparently, Yato can link something called the Sealed Flames and destroy the world. Neat.

Fuga accepts our explanation of the civilian murders. Which makes sense, it was kinda dumb. Actually, wait. Why did that have to be a plot point? Couldn’t this chapter just have been Fuga testing us?

Before we leave, Corrin and Azura discuss that there may be more blades like Yato out there. They don’t ask Fuga, because reasons. Also Fuga gives us his son. Neat.

#fire emblem fates #fe fates #fe 14 #corrin fe #sakura fe #corrin x sakura #setsuna fe #azama fe #subaki fe #sakura x subaki #subaki x hana #hana fe #silas f #saizo fe #orochi fe #fuga fe

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awanqi · 7 years

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Do you have any tips for artists who are just beginning to draw digitally 😀

I sure do! Based on my experience, here are some tips. Some are purely for digital, others are for beginner/and above artists, but I hope this can help as many people as possible! Your question was quite general, so correspondingly, I took it upon myself to answer with unnecessarily extensive and specific passages... and I am sorry

Learn the fundamentals, which consist of color theory, perspective, composition, value, realistic anatomy (only if that’s your aim. I don’t want to say that realism is the only choice, because it really isn’t, but I will say that it is so much easier scaling down complexity than it is to build it up, plus, more knowledge won’t hurt, at least not in this case). Know the rules so you can safely break them.

Learn your program (and your tablet)! Doesn’t matter which one, there isn’t one that has a definite superiority over the other, the main point is that you have to stick with it, learn the tools and how they behave, learn the interface. It’s the same with traditional art, where you have to learn how to mix paint and choose brushes/canvas/ prime your canvas, take care of your equipment, etc. After all, digital art is just another medium, as different as watercolor is to oil. If you have the tools, use them. If you’ve got the ability to ctrl+z, color pick, whatever, do it! But obviously in moderation, like anything else.

Despite the many differences programs can have, here are some things I’d recommend to do on whatever program you have.

Have a high resolution, I have it as 300 dpi. More pixels, more details

If your computer can handle it, have a larger canvas. Mine is usually around 12″ x 20″. It’s really big, though, and my laptop hates me for that lol

Make sure to have a computer with at least 8gb of ram installed (stupid of me to put this in with “tips”, but this is a recent issue of mine and I thought I’d share) if you decide to go with those settings that I’ve listed above. You can always have a smaller canvas to save on memory usage, but the 300 dpi, or at least 250, is recommended. If you’ve got photoshop as your program, 8gb is fine, but maybe don’t run any background programs like ... Chrome? SAI runs quicker, but not enough for 4gb of ram, so I guess for now, stick with 8gb.

As for the tablet, I’d recommend going for Wacom if you haven’t already. They’re the most commonly used, so they would have the most troubleshooting across the internet for if you’ve got some issues with the driver or whatnot. Some minor tips:

Draw for at least a week on your tablet (I assume you would start out with a tablet without a screen, so like, not a Cintiq) to get used to it. Draw even more on it, and it’ll be like second nature. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it!

If your program crashes before you can save your picture, and you’d worked so hard on it and it looked so good! don’t worry. You drew it once, you can draw it again. I read somewhere that when John Singer Sargent’s students painted something really well, he would trash it and tell them to paint it again. Not because he was a total dick (probably?) but it was because he wanted his students to have the ability to paint confidently multiple times, not just one time. Yes, your program crashing and you losing your work can destroy your fragilely rising self-esteem that you worked so hard to produce, but you can recover. Do the same next time and regain what you had, or even more advantageous, draw it even better than before.

Don’t worry about not producing good art at the beginning, nobody does, I didn’t either (except Picasso, but he’s an anomaly. It’s really weird lol. but he ended up as a cubist so I think the universe retained its balance in the end) It’s about producing consistently rather than creating what you might think of as “a good piece” every once in a while, because the more you draw, the more you practice and then the more experience/knowledge and skills you gain. Of course, you should try your best at everything, just try not to be disappointed when your art doesn’t turn out the way you wanted it to. It’s going to do that sometimes. Keep working hard.

If you do somehow start up as quite skilled, great! Keep it up. Work even harder.

But, if you start at a mediocre level instead, like everyone else, it doesn’t matter. Work even harder!

Bottom line is, work hard, work effectively. be patient. Improvement is sure to come.

Learn other people’s mistakes so you don’t commit them too. Self-explanatory, I think.

Do studies of all kinds of artists from all kinds of movements, especially those that appeal to you. Studies can be broken down into categories such as color or value. Old masters did studies of their generation of old masters! It’s a tried-and-true method of learning. I’d recommend to start out with realistic first, then to go to less realistic styles. (but my word doesn’t hold much merit, so you can do whatever you want! free will is a blessing haha)

Find the best way for you to practice. Some people like to be mechanical and draw something over and over again to learn it, others like to make sure to include what they’re weak at in every piece they do. Mainly, though, if you’ve got something to work on, take it piece by piece and work at it until you’ve got it down. One way might be quicker but less interesting, and another might be slower but less taxing and more fun for your mind. It’s your choice!

Challenge yourself constantly, I read somewhere that if it’s not hard or if you’re not challenged, you’re not growing. Try new things, it can tell you a lot about the way you want to draw.

Find what you like/love to draw. I used to think that I had to know how to draw full-scale environment pieces (like what you would see in concept art/visual development) and realism, only, and reject everything else that wasn’t full environment/realism (big mistake btw), to be considered a “good artist”, but have learned since that that’s not always the case. Many artists have their own thing that they do, and they do it well, like how Mucha didn’t need environments or a realistic background to be a good artist, and Frederic Edwin Church didn’t need to paint humans to be a good artist.

Alphonse Mucha

Frederic Edwin Church, The Icebergs, 1861, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Norma and Lamar Hunt. (Fun fact, I saw this in person! It was huge)

Granted, they each produced very different types of artwork when compared to each other, but in their own right, they were still good artists.

So, as you can tell, the concept of a “good artist” is subjective, and for good reason-- because you’re supposed to decide what that concept would be in terms of yourself. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and blahblahblah

but I digress.

Lastly, the beginning is always going to be hard, and it might even suck, and you might even want to give up. But hey, that’s normal! If you really love it, don’t give up. A good piece of art by you is still waiting to be produced.

#that episode of twilight zone creeped me tf out and it was the last episode and first that I ever watched #asks #Anonymous

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dumb-alek · 7 years

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Hello I'm a fellow artist and I have been stuck in an art block for a week.. I really need ideas ahh and I love your art so much it is so unique and amazing! :3 how do you get ideas for art I guess I am asking?

First of all - dlkfjlksfjslkfjsd THANK YOU oh it makes me so happy to hear this!!

especially since like most of the time i think it’s really mediocre;;;

oh my god oh my god oh my god! (i’m really excited about asks like this!!! to help someone and also to share my art experience!! )

The main source of my inspiration is music!

When I was younger, my favourite pastime was getting on a bus or tram, and listening to music, and making memories with it! And also imagine scenes, music videos, animations, things i could associate with it! I loved to make up stories to the music!

And whether you’re looking for something for fanart or original art inspiration, this is a great way to go!!! (if you look through my stuff you’ll notice like 90% of things is inspired by songs)

drawing poses and anatomy

i feel like doing that, instead of trying to think of just a certain piece, is kind of freeing. You can draw poses, or you can draw like. A lot of legs. Or a lot of chests. Detached arms. BUTTS. like. A million sketches of ears. go crazy and think of it not as making art, but just!! doing something w/ your hands!

there’s also a lot of videos about practicing poses that helped me! One that explains the flow of movement that made me think of movement of the body in a different way, and also made drawing poses lots of fun!!

Another one is on the bean technique of drawing torsos!

you can just fill a sketchbook with beans torsos!!! play with it!!!

observing the world

this is a thing i really love to do when i feel i have no energy to pick up a pen anymore

it is important to know when to stop and rest. Remember, you don’t have to make content all the time. Sometimes it’s better to take your mind of drawing and search inspiration somewhere else!

What I really like to do is sometimes just. Take time to look at things around me, but instead of looking at them as a person, interacting with the world, I look at them as pictures.

You can go for a walk in a place that is really familiar, and just look for things you don’t normally pay attention to.

Look at the colours, look how they interact, look at the texture of the trees, look at the perspective of the buildings!

Look at what’s in front of you and try to find a vanishing point of the perspective!

Look at a hill in a park and try to frame it in your mind into a nice composition!

Look at people! Remember the video I linked you about motion?

Try to work out the motion line in the way they’re standing!!!

And try to do that not as if you’re looking at reference. Try to do that not thinking of pictures you could draw. Just look at it. Contemplate it. You’ll see that later on when you’re trying to draw something that knowledge will still be there and might come in handy!!!

change your medium

You draw digitally? Download new brushes. Play with the settings. Create some crazy brushes you would not normally use. Combine weird textures, mess up the density, go!!! Crazy!! And just draw whatever. You will notice that even drawing stupid circles will get more fun!!!

you draw traditionally? Buy a new pencil. Or switch to a pen. Take a really thick marker and draw with it on some white cartboard. Get a sketchbook with a funky texture. Get some charcoal and just. play around.

Get something unfamiliar and just start with drawing lines. or circles. funny shapes. heads. fruit. eyes. Like, whatever you enjoy drawing.

MIX IT UP!!

#alek talks #art advice #hope it helps!#hAVE FUN!!#Anonymous

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