#artist rant

[verlierer-is-lost]

I have been wanting to talk about this for a while, especially since I keep seeing it on Twitter

For the most part, I agree with this tweet. I struggle to make the PJO cast look like themselves. It’s really important to get those features right. That being said, we also have to remember that a good chunk of the PJO fan artists are inexperienced artists. While there are a lot of artists who are just flat out racist, there’s also the group of artists who have a harder time drawing from life. I’ve seen so many amazing artist who clearly know how to draw black people, but their Annabeth fanart still doesn’t look like Leah.

No hate to the op, again I think she’s right to an extent, but it is so frustrating seeing mainly non artists saying this. And there are so many people in the comments saying “it’s so easy” when it really isn’t. Drawing from life is a skill that comes with practice. And whether you know how to draw black people or not, you’re probably going to have a tough time drawing any of the PJO cast if you don’t have that skill. Thankfully tho, there are a few simple ways you can improve on drawing from like:

I have some notes for Walker and Leah specifically, just because I think they’re the hardest to get right. (I know this probably seems creepy, but it’s so helpful to look at refs) This is all basic info you can find anywhere, it’s not revolutionary or anything

Walker:

-The eyebrows to me are the most important part. They’re much darker, and close to his eyes.

-He also has a pretty straight nose. Drawing him with a button nose will make him look like a random white blond boy

Leah:

-Again, the eyes and eyebrows are pretty important. Her eyebrows are thin and long. And her eyes have shadows underneath(plus she kinda has doll like eyes)

-round face

To show what I’m talking about, I did a quick doodle of Leah from reference. For me personally, when I draw from life I like to pick out a few distinct features that makes them feel real. It’s pretty bad because again I’m not the type of artist to typically draw from life, which is why art study’s can be super helpful to spend time on.

I really dislike when non artist complain about what fan artists are doing. We do this for free, in our free time, for a community that we love. But I also think it’s important to LISTEN TO CRITIQUES. If someone is telling you your Annabeth fanart is too light, you need to listen. As much as I agree with OP that this is predominantly a Leah issue, it isn’t just Leah. I can see throughout the fandom that a lot of artists are having a hard time drawing the characters(and I’m one of them). The PJO fandom has not had real people to base their drawings off of until two years ago, which is probably the reason a lot of us are having trouble with it. Even outside of this fandom I have a hard time with this. It took so much practice for me to get Alex and Henry right from RWRB, and I still can barely draw Henry 😭

Even some of the most experienced artist have difficulty drawing from life, again it’s a skill that takes practice. Anytime you see PJO fanart that actually looks like the actors, it’s probably because they just have more practice, or they’re more experienced artists.

I’m honestly having a hard time finding what OP is talking about when she said “artists draw Annabeth as a random black girl while referencing Walker for Percy” I was looking through saved work of other Percabeth fanart, and I see the same issue for Walker. I don’t doubt that there is work out there she’s referring to, I just can’t find it myself.

Sorry if this was a garbled mess of a post. I know it was really long, but hopefully this can help some artists to pick up on distinct facial features and replicate it in their own artwork. Trust me, as an artist I know it isn’t easy, but practice will always help. Best thing about being an artist is there’s always room for improvement

(Also don’t forget to give Leah black features 👍🏽)

#this whole post might end my career as an online artist #but idk I thought this was an important convo to have #leah sava jeffries #walker scobell #Pjo #pjo art #Pjo artists #fan artist #fanartist #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo fanart #pjo fandom #Percy Jackson #annabeth chase #annabeth chase fanart #percabeth #artist rant #rant #artist #art #illustration #fanart #art study #art critique #the lightning thief #pjo disney+ #pjo casting #pjo series #digital art

[oddarette]

Bye bye DeviantArt

Well I officially quit deviantart today after 17 years. Their mostly AI art peace for Isreal thing broke my brain. The ends do not justify the means and I'm absolutely gobsmacked that staff approved of it. I'm finally out of patience with that site. I stuck around a lot longer than I should have.

#bye bye deviantart #artist rant #it feels like a breakup

[sailorsally]

sometimes when I see other people's art get 1000s of notes I can hear the devil whisper in my ear to completely change everything about my art to appeal to the masses but I am reminding myself that I never liked what masses like and I shall persevere.

#artist rant #i have come so far #and I have so far to go #I won't start drawing in a 'style' i dislike to get notes

[legendsoftheolfaith]

Sad news everyone

I decided that this is not working out the way I was hoping it to work out. I will be shutting this account down. I sat and thought about this long and hard but I couldn't bring myself to see postives. I am overworking myself and as fun as this little thing was, I am not able to keep up with the demand on my own accord. I tend to be a people pleaser and negelect myself what has been a huge problem, as to why stuff has been coming out less and less.

In addition, I was sick when I made this blog, not clearly thinking but every blog or account I made specifically for only one fandom has always failed because I couldn't keep up with what I thought I could do. So once again I am terribly sorry for shutting this down.

I will not stop doing COTL art every now and then, I actually have several other characters inspired by it that I draw quite often on my main accounts. If you are interested in my art still and would like to support me you can find me here under @wels-corner and i'll be reworking my page so you can find me on other socials too.

Thank you all so much for this opportunity and going through this sweet experience with me. I hope to see you all, or some of you on my main

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl au #cotl fanart #cotl askblog #cotl lamb #artist rant #shutting down

[hollisartsblog]

Sorry for the long post, I just felt like I needed to get it out, if you want to read I'd be happy, if not, it's okay!

reading for the first time after almost 5 years what I used to write and think about late at night, and now I feel like doing it again, trying to find the right words.

I wanna talk about being in the moment as an artist, appreciating what you do, and not giving a fuck. (and loving ur young self)

I spent my teenage years drawing and posting here, so I had a lot to read tonight and to think about.

have u ever experienced that strange feeling, where you are like "wow. I was actually so beautiful and smart, who could have ever hated me?"

I was a completely different person, and maybe I miss that little girl, and maybe I hate her even a little. now, I'm not here to talk like I'm in a psychoanalyst's deckchair, of course. but I'm here, to resume the beautiful, however embarrassing in my opinion, habit of writing my most intimate thoughts (shareable, of course) that cross my mind at night, because maybe they can help someone, because we are never alone. just as they helped you years ago, just as it has helped me re-reading them now after all this time. I've had some crazy years. I was young, I was passionate and genuinely free to do whatever I wanted. I had friends, I had just sold a self-published book, I had "fans", I was "successful", I had good grades, I had a girlfriend, yet I wasn't happy. I know it sounds like the usual sweet story about happiness and self-satisfaction, but I don't think so (and even if it was, well, here we are ;) ) I didn't realize how necessary EVERYTHING that was happening to me was.

artists have a huge difficulty accepting that sometimes we have to look inside and accept that we have to constantly learn, instead we are always in a hurry to be perfect, to get likes, to earn, but that's not how it goes. I was literally 16 and already thinking about this, thinking I must be good enough to please everyone.

spoiler: you can never do that.

as I said years ago, our eyes are not the right eyes to judge us.

appreciate the compliments, don't dismiss them with an embarrassed smile. appreciate the effort and hours put into a work even if it is bad for you. hug your self when after a bad day you still have the courage to do what you love. being an artist is beautiful, but a huge burden, especially for us. remember that when our insecurities take over, we are not lucid.

yes, that drawing u posted that got 8 likes made 8 people feel something. how amazing is that?

yes, it will be fine, that text you wrote will be something new in someone's eyes, it won't be something read and re-read to make it perfect. you will amaze and make someone fall in love with what u did.

internet is an amazing place, and sometimes it's not. I got myself into a really bad place because I was too immature and too impatient to immediately be the artist I always felt I was, but NO ONE is after you with a clock ticking away time.

you really think someone care about how much time does it take you to get to your goal? why should it matter? I'm not going to list every single successful person who actually made it and tell you "look! they were poor now they are rich, so u can do it!". i'm telling you to always love the process; I would've punched myself in the face, I hated when adults told me this phrase, but it's true: everything pass. you are not gonna be like this forever. you are gonna love what you do one day, and love life because life takes but gives.

(tw: mental health) I spent years between psychologists and suicidal thoughts, I was never enough, and my art not only made me feel miserable, but it was one of the first reason I fell into depression. it always reminded me how plain, boring, and uninspired I was.

there was never anything that was right in what I did, every comment and every ask you sent me had no weight for me, they meant nothing because I didn't I believed in myself, yet I should have tasted it. now I reread them crying, not believing what I read. I was talented, man, I was full of ideas, I was amazing. I lost that spark, because of fear, of waiting for the right moment. i sabotaged myself because i was afraid of judgement, of pressure, when i had love around me, everywhere.

now I'm in Florence, far from home, studying in a private academy of animation and digital art. would I ever have thought that? absolutely no. I deserve it? Yes. because I, like you artists, have grown, we have learned, and I'll tell you this once and for all: do not give up. things are really getting better. now I'm not saying that because I magically healed and I love my art all of the sudden (unfortunately, I still really struggle) but please don't look at likes, followers. you're good, just because you love what you do, literally that's all that matters. I took a long break, now 2 years, because, as much as I didn't want to admit it, I was starting to hate what I was doing, it had become an obligation, a simple circle to mark before going to sleep on the to-do list. to alone.

16 years old. and it wasn't right.

love what you do, take breaks, post without checking a thousand times, show your work, accept compliments. you have created something, and that is enough.

look at you past as an amazing book you just read, the satisfaction coming from all the pages you already read and learnt from, now you are a different person thanks to them. look at you future with the same excitement when you still have a lot of those pages to read.

#hollis' thoughts at night #artist rant #love is everywhere #good omens #thank you so much for how much i learnt from you and your support

[theblackat333]

Am I crazy or am I onto something

so this website I used to post on, basically just did a thing that definitely gives priority to “sponsored” content over indie content. I’m not saying which website it is, in case they take it back, or if I get my information wrong.

I feel like this is part of a growing trend in most major social medias, of screwing over artists, but still trying to maintain the appearance that “ANYONE can make it in here, you just need to post frequently!”, and while plenty of people have gotten whole careers out of making art for social media, I think that’s about to become VERY, very hard for anyone trying to start from scratch. Looking at all the social medias I post on, the only places I’ve ever gotten decent traction with for original content, have been YouTube, and very recently, tiktok. Tumblr is pretty hard for me to use, and I keep forgetting to post on here, I don’t even know why I bother with WEBTOON, I’m pretty sure I’m shadowbanned on instagram, and even so, I hate their algorithm and stupid fucking cropping, and I refuse to touch twitter.

Im going to get my little tinfoil hat on, but one thing all the places I’ve had major problems with have in common, is that they have a huge problem with AI generated “art”. If I’m going to get really conspiracy theory here, I think a lot of places are purposefully trying to push more AI things out to people, and reduce the amount of actual art getting traction. Since, yanno, social media companies are tech companies, and I think we all know that your average tech company wants to push out AI as far as it will possibly go.

This is all a crummy theory based on nothing but vibes, and maybe I’m just not very good at posting, but I think a lot of social media places just really dislike art, cause it’s nigh impossible to consistently pump out decent looking art on a daily basis. But it’s very easy to post 5 shitty AI images every day without fail, just saying.

#rant #fuck ai bros #ai art #fuck ai art #artist rant #Sorry for the wall of text #anti ai art #anti ai

[hardcoffeegardener]

AAAAAAAA

I NEED ATTENTION SO BAD RN, IM GETTING ANNOYED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARENT RESPONDING TO MY ART POSTS ALOT CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME ANYTHING GIVE ME TKLS OR LIKES IDK ANYTHING AAAAA I WANT ATTENTION ASLONG AS ITS POSITIVE HELPPPPPPPP I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO GENTLY HOLD ME AND ABSOLUTELY WRECK MY TUMMY /silly

#artist rant #art #sfw interaction only #sfw tickling community #non tickles #rant #tickle thoughts

[squirrel-gay]

I made myself cry the other day while printing a linoleum carving I did for Dia de Muertos. It’s the biggest one I’ve made so far and it features two skeletons having a beer together sitting on the street.

I’ve had that idea rolling around my head for some years now, of a skeleton drinking beer by the street. And when I decided I wanted to carve it out, I thought they’d be lonely so I gave them a friend.

The piece is called “Compadres” I’m not sure how to translate it, it’s like friends, really good friends, friends you can count on for anything.

And there I was, arm sore from printing 30 and so pieces (I don’t have a press, I used a spoon) and I’ve been staring at these two for most of the day. Inking them up, placing the paper, and when I turned the paper they looked so… chill.

Like, these are really good friend skeletons I’m printing out. And they got me thinking about how nice it is to have a relationship like them.

To have someone you can be comfortable with, enough that you can have a great time drinking beer on the street, and it’s the best time ever because you’re with them.

And then you take that, and you go “yeah, and even after death, when our flesh is gone and our bones are all that’s left, I’d still wanna hang out with them. And they’d still wanna hang out with me”

Something about that just hit me right in the heart. And I started crying, thinking of everlasting bonds, of friendships so comfortable that you’d seek them out after dying. People that truly are home.

#anw #cherish your friends if you have something like this #I know I do #squirrel talks #text post #friendship #skeletons #día de muertos #artist rant

[purupumpkin]

...

I am having a little bit of a crisis around my art that goes like this.

I actually love my art. I love making it and I love seeing it finished.

I don't really think it's that good but I like it anyway a lot because I feel that it shows my personal progress and it's really special to me as something that I created.

I post my art and people don't really seem to like it but everyone who matters is supportive of me

For some reason It makes me feel ashamed not of my actual art but like, I feel like I should feel ashamed that I like my art?

Like if it's not good enough for other people it's embarrassing for me to like it?

Idk It's a silly thought I know I guess just being proudly in love with my own creations is very vulnerable and embarrassing sometimes because it feels like it's only okay to like something when it's perfect?

anyway I love my art I don't care if that makes me cringe or embarrassing for liking my own mediocre creations but they bring me a lot of joy and I honestly don't care if they're not perfect. I will never find my own art perfect so I am not waiting until I do to appreciate it. I hope this weird feeling might go away the more I remind myself this.

#artist rant #sigh #personal

[verlierer-is-lost]

About to rant about drawing fanart for a sec

I have such a complicated relationship with my PJO fanart, and I think it’s because it gets my social media the most attention. I always see my PJO stuff reuploaded on Pinterest and occasionally Instagram, but never anything else. Not even other fanart I do.

The weird thing is, I haven’t been super excited about PJO since the cast was announced over a year ago, and the only reason I draw fanart is because I know it gets attention. But most artist know, the stuff you have no motivation to create is never going to look as good as what you’re actually excited for. There is very few Percy Jackson artwork I’ve made that I even like looking at. I dislike it so much I have to convince myself to not delete it.

Idk… I’ve tried to move away from posting PJO fanart if I’m not actually into it. I’ll probably be interested again when the show drops, but I’m honestly not sure. I kinda get why so many artists in the DSMP fandom deleted their accounts and formally announced they’d be done in the fandom. It’s so exhausting drawing something you don’t even like anymore, and what makes it worse is how ungrateful and rude fans are about your work. I’ve never had to deal with shitty comments until my art started getting reposted on Pinterest. When I realized I was creating a product for others and not myself, I had to step back.

Ok, artist rant over.

#artist #my artwork #fanart #percy jackson #digital art #Pjo #percy jackson fandom #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo fandom #pjo fanart #artist on tumblr #artist struggles #artist rant #sorry for the rant

[dank-art]

If there’s anything that been harder then sticking to one art style while drawing the same characters over and over again, its figuring out how to draw lokis fucking hair!!!. I don’t know how other artist do it.

You have no idea how many attempts i have made and fully completed before realizing that its either not working, or i want to switch from drawing AOS Loki for Avengers Lokii and then drop them both for loose long hair Lokiii. before i just decide on one that gives me the least headache.

#loki #loki art #loki struggles #art struggles #loki fanart #rant #artist rant #hair #drawing hair #his hairline is such a struggle

[polaroid-steam-room]

Shout out to all the people that know how to draw Vanoss’ beak because SCREW BIRD ANATOMY ITS BEEN A PAIN IN MY RIPE MELON CHEEKS

I have not been able to draw beaks for the last 7 years moment 💔

#vanossgaming #bbs vanoss #banana bus squad #artist rant #fyp #vanoss crew #at least I got my crazy hockey mask men and irish robots from the future #if you’re a fan of vanoss gaming and stuff #make more art please I don’t care if it’s bad artist beginnings and motivational stuff cuz I will eat that shit up #<33333 #lgbtq #art #artist talks about art problems

[legendsoftheolfaith]

I just thought I'd say that you draw the bishops quite beautifully! (Heket and shamura especially)

Keep up the good work, I look forward to what comes out of this blog<333

It is so sweet of you to say, I am doing my best to keep up but a lot is currently changing and happening so seeing you guys be patient with me helps a lot to take off the stress of trying to be perfect. I am planning another story based post like the first one to push the story forward, so stay stoked for that! I might be getting slower with replying to asks but again, the understanding from ya'lls end is helping immensely! -Author (ﾉ´ з `)ノ

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl au #cotl fanart #cotl askblog #cotl lamb #artist rant

[regenesis01]

Idk who will read this rn as I made this account yesterday because I decided to quit Instagram and move my art here. But I swear that I love the fact that Tumblr doesn't have a stupid ass algorithm that doesn't let most people see your creations, or the fact that hashtags are actually useful here.

For those who don't know, Instagram made a new update were you can't see the recent posts in hashtags unless they're popular (top posts and recent top posts) . So now it's only the algorithm that decides which posts it will let you see. Horrible.

#instagram #ai algorithms #instagram algorithm #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #instagram artist #art account #art advice #content creator #artist struggles #rant #instagram update #artist rant #Tumblr is superior #Tumblr>>> #tumblr best #tumblr migration #instagram migration #fuck instagram #vent #vent text #vent in tags

[kaffeekatze]

i hate reels, short videos, tiktoks and whatnot, but if i wanna give instagram a go and have my silly charms be shown to at least a few overstimulated eyes.... i'll at least be silly about it >:c

#persona 5 #morgana #artist rant

[aengusnatureking]

Little vent, ignore it

Venting, author rant, feel free to ignore it.

As a professional musician and writer for many years, I avoid fans and fandom with every part of me. First, I do not like the word "Fun." It's short for "fanatic," and no, I do not like fanatism or anything related to it. Generally, I refer to someone who likes my job as an "Estimator" or "appreciator." I was convinced that my work and the community around it were fan-free, but lately, I have been working on a peculiar project, and despite how much I love it, I know that I need to stay away from this specific fandom. So I did, which was for the best since much of my character and writing were structuralized and used to fulfil some unreasonable, thirsty desires. I know that sometimes that happens, and it is something I don't care about; I can't. But something happened. A character that I canonically made for representing aromantic and asexual is being erased of this identity. I made this character a sexually repulsed and not romantically interested person. I took time to write him that way, despite everything so many people are going around saying, "Aromantic can date" and "asexual can have sex", and, of course, that they can: asexuality and aromanticism are both spectra. Still, we have not come to this character; he can have sex and can't be in a romantic relationship. How do I know? Because I damn create him that way. I'm the author, for fuck sake, not a bunch of thirsty disrespectful and immature people. If they want so badly to sexualize a not real character, I strongly suggest that they invent one of their own instead of stealing and changing someone else inventions. If they can, not everyone can be a professional author. Even if that's not enough, another college of mine points out an episode he writes on social media. A 15-year-old estimator of this work was talking to an adult fan, and the teenager was trying to explain to the other why what the adult was doing ( some art or fanfiction") was disrespectful because this meant to erase the sexual and rotating orientation of the character. The adult answer was to complain about the authorial work for adults, not kids, and then fuss about how the kids were ignorant and did not understand the character. But the disclaimer is "for the mature audience," and that is not always related to age: in this specific instance, it's being proven to be true. The 15-year-old trying to defend little Aroace representation in media was quite more mature than the adult who could not release their erotic tension in another way than shipping some character. Of course, this is not disrespectful to an imaginary character but to the people who work to make that character and who created the product you're enjoying… Anyway, sorry for the rant. I thank the anonymity that I have here on Tumblr.

#author #artist rant #writing rant #writer things #writer problem #asexual #aromatinc #sex repulsed #romatinc adverse #aromantic asexual #aroace