#I feel like I'm forgetting how to draw

[stergeon]

"I was laughing but at the same time I really wanted to give El a hug, I felt so bad for her"

Edelgard: Thank you for your concern but I am quite alright now.

Um, what's going on with this?

Byleth: Hey, I'm not complaining. Ever since we got together my squat game has been insane. My ass has never looked so good.

#fe3h #fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #edelgard von hresvelg #byleth eisner #edeleth #byleth x edelgard #edelgard #sterge.pptx #another one from reddit #i love drawin goofy shit #speaking directly to the camera like she's on the office #feel like i'm forgetting something here. hmm. worried about it. #it's not edelgard's hair slash crown. that's MIA on purpose. #[stares at my text post from january 23rd] i already broke my promise to myself by drawing edelgard's crown again yesterday #i did not elect to do it again today. we are serving Emperor Casual #oh well. #byleth needs to learn to stop wearing heels #idk how people with a large height difference do it #i’ve been informed that f!byleth is in fact closer to 5’4 or 5’5 #i don’t know how i got it in my head that she’s 5’7 #but i’ve decided i don’t care anyway. we’re going by Rule of Funny

[olive-riggzey]

Look, I’m just saying that I think Crick Wellsley and Rondo Ravus would get along really well.

This one’s been sitting in my drafts for a while oops but I finally drew those first two “panels”

#Just a heads up if you Google literally any of these characters you will be bombarded with spoilers so stay safe out there please #I always forget how tall Rondo is and then I draw him and it hits me like a truck #He's like a whole head taller than Sazantos according to the official art so I actually drew him kind of short on accident #ZootaDoodles #Octopath #Octopath 2 #Octopath II #Octopath Traveler #Octopath Traveler 2 #Octopath Traveler II #Octopath CotC #Octopath Traveler CotC #Crick Wellsley #Rondo Ravus #Temenos Mistral #Sazantos #Sazantos the Flameguard #I feel like Temenos would be the only person that could make Sazantos feel uneasy because that man is way too composed for his own good #I'm still getting used to drawing most of these characters but I'll be comfortable doodling them eventually the way I am with Rondo

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A digital drawing of Minos Prime from Ultrakill, who's wearing a strapless slit dress and sandals of the same deep purple. He faces towards and slightly to the right of the camera, his head is tilted further right. With one hand he gestures in a vague pointing motion, his arm folded and held close to his body. There is nothing in the background, but bracing himself on one arm, Minos is implied to be leaning against something about the height of a countertop. The background is a blank purplish black, save for three diagonal stripes in the colors of the bisexual flag. End ID]

Shading study that quite literally came to me in a dream two weeks ago, after this post apparently beamed itself into my mind

(also a few edits below the cut! they're very slight but whatever :])

[Start ID. Three different versions of the previous drawing. The first changes the tone of the lighting from blue to pink, and similarly the shading from pink to blue. The second replaces the faint black border with pink, purple and blue, syncing with the stripes in the background. The third combines both these changes. End ID]

#the tags got NERFED so let's try this again. #peridots-art #minos prime ultrakill #ultrakill #ask to tag #organs #...? gore maybe? for the whole ''transparent chest/visible cardiovascular system'' thing. not very detailed/realistic though so #i don't think this has all of the same charm as i usually find in my posts. but i tried my best to make it work so i don't think it matters #also ''not too happy with how this turned out'' is something i've seen tacked onto posts worthy of being preserved in museums #i heard someone say his snakes should be ball pythons. i'm not autistic about snakes so i decided to listen to the masters #i still have seven levels to p-rank before i can meet this guy!! halfway there (lust/greed and 1-3 remaining) i've only had my own copy #of ultrakill for a week and i already have 33 hours in. anyway he's grown on me i think. absolute bi king and only monarch i respect <3 #i think it's interesting how i now define my queerness by being gray-ace and trans when i first only identified with bisexual. it's still #an important part of me even if sometimes i forget. sorry that sounds completely unrelated but it's related to my feelings on this piece #anyway (i wonder how many ''anyway''s i've slapped on so far) i also find it interesting how often people draw him with this body type. #i think it's cool there's variety in how people draw the uk characters. it just kinda feels right here? i know i unfortunately don't draw #fat characters often at all (partially due to being a primarily fandom blog who likes to stick to canon designs. i wouldn't say i have #trouble with drawing a realistic amount of fat even on rather thin people though lol) but i try! also genuinely unsure what counts as like. #fat vs chubby? or whatever? i don't know exactly how the terminology works and a fair amount of minos' bulk is muscle anyway but. yeah 👍 #men are pretty in dresses my final message. goodbye

[gaminegay]

Old art feels! Oh 15 year old if you could see us now

#alda rambling #alda drawing #I forget how much much MUCH worse I was before and it was everyday life back then #Current life me looks back like God Damn Girl you were really hanging on with your fingernails huh #But I'm SO much more okay now and it's so crazy to remember how I used to feel. God damn 15 year old we made it

[daily-ethoslab]

The last post is the result of me trying so hard to save a watercolor piece only to just make it worse....

#rip that etho drawing #i hate watercolor I'm never touching it again (lier) #ough but I've been missing my acrylic markers #i feel like I'm forgetting how to use em #idk what I would draw with them #i cant just sketch with em cause they're so fancy and expensive #shsnbds #idk

[red-moon-at-night]

Survivor.

kind of a 'then vs now' comparison (idolhood vs living through everything post-idolhood) but in the same outfit.

the urge to quote "despite everything, it's still you" is very strong right now.

#milgram oc #ocgram #koike yumemi #this is where the creative energy is at today okay besties we're unpacking self-image and self-esteem and the trauma and the baggage and th #it's funny bc by drawing yumemi in a more vulnerable state I am now feeling like an overprotective parent letting my kid out into the world #I cannot tell you how much I love yumemi in all shapes + forms ;w; there's so many idol career designs I haven't even gotten to showing yet #the time difference between these two is the closest though - I'd put it at around... 8-10 months before the present day?? yeah. #is it normal to want to hug your own OC? I'm feeling that right now oough TwT #I can't really explain it but I'm really happy with this piece 💜 I think the vibes are just right yknow #my art #Edit: can't believe I completely blanked about what I wanted to mention asdfghjkl- I want to emphasise yumemi's definition of a 'normal'-- #--body is highly distorted. when u spend ur whole life in idol training regimes you forget how fucked up the whole process is. #so for her the changes to her body feel way more dramatic than they actually are... like. she just has a regular body now. but it's not-- #-- *her* normal if that makes sense?? anyway. completely forgot to mention this when that was the 1st thing I wanted to say oof

[mewkwota]

No there is no such thing as me drawing Simon "too many times"

#clearly if I feel like I'm forgetting how to draw him I have to draw him again #I cannot let myself forget how stronge he is #(it also bothers me when I'm driving which is dangerous) #(please do not think about simon belmont whilst driving :| ) #doodle-daas #castlevania #simon belmont #he's uhh supposed to be swinging from his whip on that last shot

[lunarharp]

wip thing...

of my bg3 avatar hellebore. i also did some casual nude studies of my 3 characters which i'll put under a cut... rather unlike me after all. (so WARNING for abrupt non-sexual full Artistic nudity lol...,,,,) (< won't be making a habit of this)

they mean the world to me

#bg3 spoilers #?? idk. gith look so..Emaciated. And long. i guess we don't eat on the astral plane :) anyway..well..too much to say..... #it is very very very depressing having to live in the Real World after that final playthrough meant so very much to me. #i normally feel Hope & suchlike after finishing a highly immersive emotional game..but it's too hard this time and it hurtsssss lol yippee #i appreciate bg3 very much for being a place where i could access the concept of nudity & such like in a way that finally felt comfortable. #bodies are inherently non-sexual. they just Are a Fact of Life. this game being NORMAL about nudity from the character creation screen #makes it possible for someone like me to actually have a chance at accessing sensuality in a way that feels comfortable from there. #dont feel like putting it into words further. im ace. just very grateful to this game. even despite the horrors i will never ever forget it #augoh..gugf.. want to go back. my friends & love are in there.....i'm supposed to just move on? in the real world??? THIS place???? UHH???? #my characters canonically look like that too!! i see them as intersex and not so much trans. They just look that way. #Diversity win!!! the people who enacted horrors upon you and are trying to kill you again respect your pronouns!!!! <3 #I FAILED HONOUR MODE IN THE STUPIDEST WAY POSSIBLE..ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED AN ITEM. MY LOVER TOUCHED SOME BLOOD-TOUCHED RAG ITEM @ THE CRECHE #AND MY PEOPLE MASSACRED US... YOU BELOVED PRAT. OF COURSE IT WOULD BE YOU AND IN THIS WAY #grateful for love triangle chaos...INTENSE EX DRAMA... IT HAD MAJOR REPURCUSSIONS THIS TIME...ohh so very much happened ohh my dear #truly don't know how to face the Real World now for real. I Don't Know. something has snapped. ive realised twt just makes me feel sad lol #if something in my spare time isn't at least half as fun as bg3....like.. it's not good enough. god we only have one wild and precious life #being Online makes me feel a loneliness so wretched and painful and horrible i really don't think this is the answer. #Why did you even start drawing in the first place? Why did you start this? #For real..the need to work this out and decide what on earth i'm going to do now has presented itself. Why try to get better..why be online #someone who has an imagination that can keep them so happy and fulfilled...has no business also feeling a loneliness as profound as this. #why was someone THIS introverted and withdrawn and anxious also cursed with such a restlessness? #What are you going to DO now? because hellebore and their lover are fine....... So what about you...? #hellebore..😭😭 AUUGHH!! I JUST WANT TO GO TO MY BED IN THE INN...PLAY ON MY VIOLIN THAT'S WHAT I'D DO!!!! i'd drink some ALE DAMNIT!!!!! #i was rereading My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness- the only time i've seen this level of emotional isolation depicted-and was grateful. #but then i read her latest book and now she has a debilitating substance abuse situation and it's upsetting. #I hope she finds what she was looking for. I hope we all make it. kind of wild that i dont do such major self-sabotage at this point myself #I truly think anyone who manages to find dear friends and achieve fulfillment and happiness with others outside themselves are amazing. #I see it happen from my tower. i hope we all make it. I hope we can make it through everything to come. #Why did i say all this on drawings of my characters naked. ah who even cares any more......

[thethingything]

oh yeah also, Bread Quest bread 10: cheese topped rolls

I almost forgot to count these ones and I'm pretty sure there are other types of bread we've had that I've forgotten to count too. we just had these buttered with truffle salt earlier and it was a really nice breakfast

#personal #thoughts #🍬 post #food #bread quest #new year's resolutions 2024 #posts made on pain meds #I keep forgetting we're counting any bread besides just white loafs so then I have a bread we've had before and almost forget to count it #it's turned into a fun way of seeing how much variety there is in at least one type of food we eat though #and it means we're getting excited about both trying new types of bread when we get the chance #and about eating types we've had plenty of times before but just haven't had so far this year #I'm realising a bunch of the goals we have for this year are all just about trying new things and learning new things #like trying as many types of bread as we can and both seeing and learning about as many different species as we can #and even the Big Drawing is one where we're drawing a bunch of stuff we're not really used to and having to learn how to do it #and playing around with an art style we're not as used to #and like even though this year has been pretty shit so far I'm pretty sure regularly engaging with stuff that feels new is helping

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 16: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

Yesterday's poll decided that The Adventurer should offer to help the travelers with their broken wagon.....

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After much internal deliberation (and some zoning out staring at butterflies), The Adventurer decides it would be best to offer his assistance. Technically, he IS still following his goal of not getting distracted, because theoretically it would make his journey much faster if he were able to catch a ride on a carriage. So really, this is all an ultimate big brain genius strategy for maximizing efficient travel.. Or, at least that sounds like a good enough justification to him.

Gathering up all of his social courage, he approaches one of the travelers fiddling with a broken wheel near the far end of the carriage and meekly asks if there's anything he could do to help.

The man was so focused on his task, he seems initially startled to look up and find someone near him. "OH..! Oh, uhh.. help? With the wagon?", he smiles pleasantly, gesturing towards a few wooden boards that are just out of his reach, "Sure, kid. If you could just hand me th-"

"Apologies, but we actually won't be needing your assistance, stranger." A taller man, surprisingly almost matching the stature of the Adventurer, suddenly slinks out from somewhere behind the carriage, sternly placing himself like a barrier in front of the man working on the wheel. Wheel Guy nervously averts his eyes, making himself smaller, silently resuming his work.

The Adventurer tries his best to maintain composure against the weight of the tall man's bitter gaze, but can't seem to muster much of a response "Aeughh,,, uh… b-but, h- Bu--HHHh,,?.."

"Look, disregard whatever my father told you, he's old, never has any clue what he's talking about. It'd be best for you to simply move along." ('Father'? They don't look alike at all, and seem to be nearly the same age..)

"W-well.. he.. he didn't really tell me anything, I me-hhH,,.. I mean, I literally just got here, s-so...."

"Good. Even more reason to be on your way."

Placing a gloved hand firmly on his shoulder, the tall man begins to motion the Adventurer away from the wagon, but a strange noise interrupts, echoing from inside. Perhaps some sort of animal sound? Or a person faintly yelling about something? Or… both?

"WH-wHggg… whAT was t-that???!!" The Adventurer immediately stops in place, pausing to listen as the tall man keeps trying to push him ahead.

"I didn't hear anything, stranger."

"No, t-there.. was dEFinitely, UHH, a-"

"Likely something in the forest."

"Wh--aah... d.. do you think it was an animal?"

The tall man continues a dramatic struggle to 'subtly' drag him further down the road, whilst the Adventurer mindlessly digs in his heels, too distracted to even notice he's being so strongly prompted to leave.

"Many animals do, indeed, exist within forests. This should not be suprising."

"...It's just.. ..eughh… s… so weird…"

"I assure you, it is not."

"I-it really sounded like.. like it came f-from insid-"

"Yes, from inside the forest. Now, please, if you would.."

The noise interrupts again. It's definitely someone, or something, in some sort of distress.. And definitely from inside of the cart.

"wHoAAGH, aa!!! T-tHat's NOT from the f-forest, that-"

The tall man fully just shoves him now, sending the Adventurer toppling across the dirt, clumsily rolling and landing just past the other side of the carriage. A mother and young child who seem to be part of the traveling group simply stare down at him with empty blank gazes, wholly unconcerned about helping him up.

As the Adventurer fumbles back to his feet (still confused as to why he was even pushed in the first place), the tall man looms by the carriage, diligently watching to ensure that he leaves.

"Travel safe, stranger."

Despite his initial obliviousness, the Adventurer begins to piece the situation together as he stares back at the man, now fully convinced something suspicious might be going on...

…What should he do next??

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Additional Information

the adventurer's current main quest: follow his map to reach the abandoned castle ruins and see the rare animal specialist about the mysterious egg he has

#paventure posting #poll #polls #choose your own adventure #ERM.. ... hee hee... yes.. alas.. it has been like two months since the last one lol #IT'S SUMMER!!!! how can anyone function in the summer..? It's literally 83F in my room indoors right now at this moment at NIGHT #I'm about to go to sleep.. who can sleep in an 80+ degree room comfortably?? ghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #Really no hope of productivity at all from like June - September basically... EVIL.. and also the spring this year had some heat waves so #AUGhh... my nemesis the Summer.. Or moreso capitalism is my nemesis for worsening climate change and also keeping people in such #economic inequality that cheap apartments with terrible ventilation get made and people cant afford air conditioners and etc. etc. #but ALSO... the summer... grrrr.. 'Heat' you will never be famous.. you will always be lame nasty and so forth.. #ANYWAY.. also sorry this is another blurb that's longer. The text is always longer when there's actually spoken interactions lol #I know I'm not very good at this style of writing (especially when rushing with these) so I always feel kind of awkward having really long #sections people will have to slog through or etc ghbjhjh but.. I don't really know how it make it shorter. the interaction #is just the interaction. certain things must be said and conveyed. peace and love on planet orth. #Ough it's been so long I almost forgot to draw his injuries lol.. in-world it's only been what like.. a day? since he got into a fight with #that mysterious cloaked person who was tracking him to steal the egg. I also always just forget how to draw him in between breaks #hopefully his hair and stuff doesn't look too different. They're meant to be really quick sketches anyway but still.. you at least want him #to be recognizable lol #ANYWAY.. another update from the Son.. what is he up to on his little traveles...

[sysig]

Being a villain isn’t all fun and games! Just mostly (Patreon)

#Doodles #Villainsona #Just Desserts #Charm compilation <3 It's been a while! #Especially so for some of these - like the first ones! #Some of my very earliest Charm doodles were set to ''Ready as I'll ever be'' #A lot happier the first time around admittedly haha ♪ Or more confident and proud and feeling justified perhaps #Charm's villainy has gotten a lot more angsty which is very funny on her cute face hehe <3 #She'll cut loose again once she fully gives into it - if you're gonna be evil you might as well make it fun! She'll get there #Yet another WOY style TVAU Charm - I'm gonna get an outfit one of these days I swear! #I've been working on a design breakdown of classic Charm lately actually she's just - agh how did I do it first try?? #Accidentally excellent design with lots of stops and places for the eye to rest and a good mix of 3D details and 2D ''textures'' #She was designed with the 3D-looks-2D style in mind initially - I have to get back into that mental space somehow agh #Another style that every time I see it out in the wild I'm like ''Oh Charm would look perfect'' lol - y'know the Little People toy line? #Soft plastic with cute chibi proportions! I did talk about the designs as cute palm-sized toys way early on as well haha #Just so fun to imagine holding her like an ice cream cone pfft #Candle ♥ I sometimes forget that candlemaking for Charm is what drawing is for me lol - expression! Delight! #She makes candles based on her interests :D #This one just so happens to be green with red accents - and look the red wick is back! Probably could've gone with a pink one for tongue but #It's fine ♪ A different candle perhaps! Hehe <3 #Do aliens exist in the JD universe? I mean it's me so probably but hmmm #Taffyyyy <3 Sweetest sheep best little lad <3 #So relaxing to hug ♥ #That last one feels so oddly on-model?? Or on-vibe??? I dunno I'm just terribly happy with it hehe #Charm being cute and posed just a little strange in a natural way :D I like it very much!

[monty-glasses-roxy]

On another note, it's actually kinda hard to draw references for all the guys I wanna draw references for because of the simple fact the vast majority of my drawing ability is hyperfocused on quadruped animals.

If you're a visual artist of any kind and you see this post, I am challenging you to go and draw something you've never drawn before right now. Like if you draw humans, go draw some hamsters and if you draw dogs go draw some chickens or something. If you've never drawn horses much before go draw some of them and try your best not to make them look like a dog with a funny face. Go have fun with that right now

#pop rox talks #obviously this is an optional thing lmao #nothing humbles you more than laughing at your fucked up little guys #I'm messing with this post but if anyone actually does this... can I see? #and yeah horses are really funny they're naturally just Like That whadda hell #anyway anyone wanna collab a roxy and cassie piece with me so I dont have to draw cassie /j #anywhey wait #wait a sec I used to do commissions when I was in sixth form (for in-game money not actual money) #most of those were furries #how did I do that wait god damn was I any good at it then did I just Forget how to do it #wouldn't be the first time ngl #I know I wasn't as good then and I've definitely improved in some aspects but #did I do this okay???? did I???? well shit guess who's going through their old artwork!!! #I love that actually it's very fun and feels amazing to see where you came from #but also maddening cause sometimes you look at it and go 'wait how did I do that????' and you have NO IDEA how you did it #like!!! I used to be able to paint digitally!!! me!!! painting digitally!!!! #I could do that!!!! can I do it now? NO!!! I have NO IDEA how I did that!!! #I mean I could if I put the time in to figure it out again but I just!!! picked it up!!!! back then!!! like magic!!!! #how the FUCK did I do that???? #anyway that's it that's the post bye

[blujayonthewing]

accidentally let one blorbo trick me into wearing a protective hairstyle to bed and another trick me into eating robust and filling breakfasts now I just gotta channel Felix to get back into Going Outside Sometimes and Lookin At Stuff and Putting It In A Little Book

#the true purpose of his ending up with straight up self insert qualities. the circle completes itself #felix is very urban now but he grew up in the middle of the forest #SO his canon journal doesn't currently have a lot of nature sketches-- it's mostly people-- but the vibe is there it still counts #CONSIDERING I HAVEN'T BEEN LEAVING THE HOUSE AND DOING SKETCHES FROM LIFE AT ALL OF ANYTHING EVER #lifehack: offload some of yourself into your OCs so they can give it back when you forget how to be a person #it's been... it's weird. it's very weird I'm so out of the habit that I feel like I don't know where or how to start #I HAVE a sketchbook but I'll open to a blank page to draw from life and just immediately bluescreen #and don't even get me started on the Leaving The House difficulties which are many and varied and complicated #I used to be Outdoorsy :') #about me #my OCs #Felix

[gottagobuycheese]

was missing the feeling of drawing with mechanical pencils again when I realized I never actually posted this! this is from uhhh A While Ago, but can never go wrong with some classic Sheik

[ID: A mechanical pencil sketch of Sheik from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Sheik is depicted from the waist up in their in-game outfit, holding a lyre in their arms while staring straight ahead at the viewer. /end ID]

#loz #loz oot #the legend of zelda #ocarina of time #sheik #oot sheik #my attempts at art #I remember how long that freaking lyre took #and those STRINGS omg #gosh it's been so long #I miss pencils... #I miss the feeling of graphite smudging my hand #miss turning my hand around and finding the last to fingers absolutely coated in grey #even kind of miss having to erase all the extra smudges I accidentally leave when I press my hand too hard on the paper #resulting in a border of Clean Erased Margin between the drawing and the rest of the paper #is there ANYTHING preventing me from drawing something in pencil right now #no. #(unless I actually did forget to bring a pencil lol) #(but I don't think I did) #okay well tbf it's not like I'm entirely free I suppose #do have that giant exam that will murder me in less that two weeks #but it's not like I'm not wasting time anyway #if I'm going to waste this time regardless can't I at least enjoy it like come on #it's even femslash february I wanna DO something

[non-un-topo]

Oh, to draw the blorbos again...

#i feel like i haven't really done anything creative lately besides writing tiny fic parts #no time. #i feel like i'm forgetting how to draw tbh

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

wip!!! wip wip wips for you all to eat<333

#my art #wip #sometimes i forget just how LONG i was gone for like?? i never realized how miserable i felt when i didn't draw at least once everyday but! #i'm making up for that now hh >:'Dc school started up again tho so i'm gonna slow down a liiittle bit hh xD #that and i caught a pretty bad cold and i feel a lil too dizzy rn #ah well whatever i'll just go to sleep if i ever want to wake up somewhat healthy again >:'Dc thank you all for waiting<3333