#bc i dont know how to explain How to learn colour theory other than fucking study it

[ndntighnari]

This is definitely just a petty pet peeve, I know, and I don't mean this in a condescending way when I say it, but as someone who has been a professional character designer and illustrator -- as in I've been paid for it and hired by people to design characters and do illustrations as a freelancer -- for the better part of the last... 7 years, given a rough estimate, it really frustrates me hearing 16 and 17 year olds claim that they've been character designers or illustrators for 10 years.

Like, I'm genuinely glad they see their designing as experience!! Because it is!! But when I'm talking from a professional POV, using knowledge I've learned on the job, with techniques and the like that I've trained and honed in a professional paid for sense, and I suddenly get a "yeah I mean I've got 10 years experience" from a 17 year old its like... Please take me seriously, kid. I've been making character designs since I was 6, that does not mean I have 16 years experience as a character designer. There's a difference between professional experience and having fun making characters as a kid, and unfortunately the latter does not get you credibility in the professional field. I wish it did, but there is in fact a vast difference between the two.

This also goes for when I hear people who are hobbyist go "you don't need to learn the basics of art! You don't need to study anatomy or lighting or x y z fundamental!" because on some level I do agree! You can get into art without studying those things. However do not bitch and whine when your art doesn't look how you wanted it to when you refuse to learn colour theory. You need to know the rules before you can break them, is a rule of thumb I have with art.

This is largely just a vent post about people not taking me or my advice even remotely seriously with art btw. I'm often asked for advice on art and then told im wrong or that they know better despite being younger and/or less professionally experienced. It's just really frustrating, because I try to give positive feedback, as well as constructive criticism, but whenever I ask people for art advice, I'll typically get incredibly subjective opinions on what they find looks better. And it's like I am asking for what techniques here work vs don't not if you think the character would look better with fangs or cat ears.

#im frustrated #im not taken even remotely seriously among artists because a running issue in art circlea #at least in intermediate and beginner ones #is that everyone is so hellbent on being The One Thats Right #and im guilty of it too! i can admit! #but i also have actual fucking professional experience #and have seriously studied this stuff for YEARS because its my job and has been #so hearing people just tear shit apart on purely subjective things like they like orange better #despite orange changing the entire mood and vibe of a piece #really fucking sucks #because its all oneupmanship all the way down #and again i know i do the same! i dont know how to advise on some stuff #bc i dont know how to explain How to learn colour theory other than fucking study it #i cant teach it in bite sized bits and give you the whole picture in tiktok snippet sized comments #but i try and give objective praise #such as why a character design works according to general industry rules and general art rules #i.e the silhouette or the lighting being accurate or the design being interesting but not cluttered #also everyone saying g*nshin designs are cluttered? perhaps a touch however uhhh #your standard fantasy designs arent any better ♡ #nor are your fave magical girls or whatever #cluttered designs have their places! and g*nshin isnt even that bad with it imo #you want cluttered look at fire emblem #this is said hella affectionately too btw i love fe #anyways idk i just wish other artists would take me seriously #..... its frustrating too because its ALWAYS white artists who talk down to me

[swordmaid]

12 - 39 & 58 all random let's see what i got LOL

• 12. what qualities do you find attractive in a person?    

i find myself liking people who laugh at my jokes ?? idk man. if they’re attractive then they’re attractive. also people w/ really cute smiles, dimples and arms ? i lov staring at arms it’s so weird kgjfkgj 

• 13. do you have any pets? 

i do ! i have three dogs  – nami, corki and cream. they’re all fat babies

• 14. have you ever traveled outside of your home country?

 i have, i’m living outside of my home country right now lol. the only place i’ve been to that i haven’t lived in is america tbqh

• 15. what language(s) do you speak?

english & tagalog ! 

• 16. who was your first crush?

sdkfjdsf i don’t remember ?? i think some dude that liked me in middle school. but tbqh i probably just liked the attention LOL

• 17. do you wear glasses?

ya my eyes don’t function well

• 18. what is your favorite pastry?

i fucking love bread

• 19. do you prefer swimming in a pool or in the ocean?

in the pool ! i’m kind of terrified of the ocean bc the thought of crabs walking underneath my feet is not pleasant. however if i had to choose where i’d die i’d rather die in the ocean tbqh it’s beautiful 

• 20. bright, dark, or pastel colors?

bright ! 

• 21. what is your favorite social media app?

instagram bc i love validation 

• 22. what is your sexuality?

i’m still exploring tbqh. i didn’t really have the chance to explore my sexuality when i was younger ( than i am rn ) since i spent most of my teenage years depressed so relationships was something i never rlly bothered with. 

i used to think i was ace for a long time since i wasn’t interested in guys and the thought of being w/ one romantically and sexually is really uncomfortable. but then i realised i was looking at the wrong thing and nowadays, i identify as a wlw ! i’m still exploring who i am tbqh but i am comfortable with the idea of loving women.

• 23. do you have any siblings?

i do lmao i have three other siblings it explains why im like this

• 24. what is your favorite scent?

bread smells so good

• 25. where do you want to travel to?

i want to go to thailand or vietnam tbqh. any place that i haven’t been to is good tbqh lmao

• 26. what is your favorite film?

either coraline or corpse bride !

• 27. who do people say you look like? (celebrity/family member)

they say i look like my sister. i dont see it for me but ok

• 28. who is your best friend?

mary ! she’s been my best friend ever since we were like 10 ? i think. she’s a great person and she deserves the whole world :\

• 29. what is your dream job?

i really want to be a film director ! i really love story telling.

• 30. do you know how to drive?

no LOL i’m useless. i’m tryna learn though !

• 31. who is/was your favorite teacher?

my design teacher from high school ! she was great bc she got my humour also was strict enough that she actually taught me stuff

• 32. are you a feminist?

i would say that i am ? i mean tbqh why shouldn’t you be i don’t understand why people don’t want equality w/ everyone lol

• 33. what is your zodiac sign?

hi im a gemini and we’re all not that bad

• 34. do you enjoy reading?

i do ! i haven’t read anything recently lol

• 35. do you have any hidden talents?

i can bake ! i can make some rlly good cookies :\

• 36. have you ever dyed your hair?

i haave. my hair cant catch colour well tho it took like 3 bleaches for my hair to go at least dark grey.

• 37. what is your favorite thing in your bedroom?

prints by disasterina 

• 38. what is your biggest fear?

god i have a huge fear of frogs ? i used to live near a fishpond and every time it rained, toads and frogs would come out and litter the entire roads and i would be terrified of them.

• 39. can you whistle?

nope ! i’d try but i just end up spitting 

• 58. if you could time travel, what year would you go to and why?

ohh my god. early 1990s when internet was still relatively new. i’d dress up as a cryptid and hang around the night, maybe capture some people knock em out and leave them on the woods. wait for people to capture pictures and write conspiracy theories abt me then i’ll travel to the future and read all about it. peak time travel 

 some asks 🌿 / accepting.

#Anonymous #adsfdsfsg this was a lot !! but ty tho ! #mail.