#Mostly I've been reading a lot. Got a book on dragons. A western. Some books on writing to clean up my technique

[solradguy]

The weather needs to stop being cold and cloudy and stupid and miserable so my brain gets back out of fart stink hibernation seasonal affective disorder bastard mode. I gotta draw Sol Badguy but my motivation is directly tied to how much the sun's been out like I'm some kinda sunflower solar panel

#textpost #Winter is ALMOST OVER I saw a dandelion today in the yard and it was over 40f after the sun went below the treeline this evening #HOWEVER. we have gotten snow until May before. Hell on this bitch of an earth #Ordered Loctite for the grub screw on the gear on the extrusion motor shaft for my Ender today #Can't use it til it comes in and I glue it in place... #Tomorrow I gotta work on my 25th anniversary GG zine piece. It's gonna be cool af this whole zine is #Been thinking of things to do to my red jacket too. Might do a design with my brain dog on the back #Haven't thought further than that yet #Haven't worked on translations in a while either. No motivation. Too many think points required to read Japanese #I'll get back into it eventually #I've been keeping up on my kanji studies at least so it's not degrading. God there're so many #Mostly I've been reading a lot. Got a book on dragons. A western. Some books on writing to clean up my technique #Did a little planning for chapter 5 of Interlude this evening too. I didn't get far because I gotta reread Begin's epilogue #and check the actual canon timeline. Though Interlude's got about 5 more months chronologically til it's to the end of the epilogue #Need to clean my pipe (weed) too... #I deleted the Tumblr app off my phone the other day. Need a social media detox. I was wasting a lot of time on here #Getting worked up about shit that doesn't matter

[angelo-oteroart]

Hey there, stranger!

Welcome to my little corner of the internet. Introductions are always weird and awkward for me, but they're important in getting to know someone, so here goes!

Since this is mostly gonna be an art blog, I think I'll start with why I want to be a pro artist in the first place. Simply put, I want to spend most of my time making art and the only realistic way to do that is to make it into a profession. Despite the frustrations all artists feel, especially Imposter Syndrome, whenever I draw everything feels right in the world even if only temporarily. Making art is how I process my emotions and the world around me.

My earliest influence in art was Anime. Growing up in the Philippines in the late 90s to early 2000s, Anime wasn't as niche as it was in the U.S. and it actually was more common for kids to watch Dragon Ball Z, Yuyu Hakusho, and Naruto than it was to watch Spongebob! Anime fascinated me and got me wanting to draw.

My hometown at the time had no bookstores to buy art books from and the internet wasn't as common yet. One summer while spending time with relatives in Manila and getting ready to immigrate to the US, I had to beg my mom to let me take a summer art class. While in Manila, I also got a book called How to Draw Manga by Katy Coope and some art magazines by local Filipino artists.

Looking back, it wasn't the most impressive or life-changing art book I've read, but for a young version of me, it was the start of a lifelong obsession with learning how to draw.

After moving to the US I continued to watch and love Anime and made fan art of Naruto, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Death Note, Bakuman, and Bleach.

I also remember seeing concept art and illustrations on the cover of Game Informer magazines at my high school's library and being absolutely in awe.

I also discovered illustrations from Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons. My focus started slowly moving towards a more Western art style. This would eventually lead me to pursue Game Development a few years later.

After graduating college, wrestling with self-doubt, and putting art on the side burner for a few years I finally decided to go all in on improving my art skills back in 2020. Everyone was staying indoors anyway, and what better way for me to keep my sanity than rekindling my love of art?

Since then I went through Drawabox, Proko's figure drawing and anatomy courses on Youtube, got a 3-month subscription to New Master's Academy, joined Ross Draws' Digital Art Bootcamp, and bought tutorials from some of my favorite artists and a handful of art books. And It's been an absolute freaking blast!

At the time of this writing, I'm preparing for my first-ever Artist Alley table at Awesome-Con and I'm pretty nervous but excited! My art style is somewhat of a mix of Anime and Western illustration styles though I'm comfortable fully leaning either way. I still have a lot of stuff I wanna learn and improve on, but I'm enjoying the process and my life a lot more.

For any creative who's reading this and just getting started I want you to know that you're in for a long and tough journey. However, most things that are worth doing will ALWAYS be arduous. You're not alone in your experiences. Please take care of yourself and support each other whenever and however you can.

Until next time and thanks for taking the time to read this! 😊

#anime and manga #artists on tumblr #digital illustration #fanart #positivity #my story #first post #fantasy art