#been on a massive art block

[quotidianish]

Mom-mercs! Ma, mama, maw, and mum.

#crawling my way out of art block. Rahhhhh #old women 🥶🥶😳 #nobody knows if ma is a good mom or not in canon since it’s never confirmed #But I like to think she did her best and believes that she gave them a happy childhood #however she’s yet to come to terms with how said childhood wasn’t perfect despite how hard she tried because of the absence of their father #(among other things out of her control) #maw’s in a grey area of good parent v bad parent #mama and mum have been canonically confirmed to be good parents. Massive w #tf2 #art #how do I even TAG these characters #whatever #tf2 scout #tf2 heavy #tf2 sniper #tf2 demoman #quotidianish #tf2 fanart #team fortress 2 #HOLY SHIT 1K NOTES?? WHAT #mom mercs #tf2 au

[memeticsdivision]

#IM ALIVE #hi. hello. i have been in a massive art block #so heres some dapper art #for the qsmp people on my blog #qsmp #qsmp fanart #dapper qsmp #dapper fanart #qsmp dapper

[pallanophblargh]

Good things: I've been invited to partake in a certain exhibit regarding a certain author since I've had the privilege of illustrating the covers for the UK edition of a certain fantasy series.

Not so good things: I've lost most of the scans for the 8 illustrations (I think I only have 3? 4?) so that means I need to figure out WHERE I stashed the originals. I know I HAVE them, so that's some comfort. But I have so many stashes. And it's been... 10+ years and two moves. On top of that, they may need retouching. Fun times!

A minor "conundrum": I finally need to decide where I would like to offer said illustrations for print. I have a society6, but it is rather dusty these days. That aside, the print quality seems pretty decent (I have not seen with my own actual eyes, but considering I've yet to hear otherwise, I'd say they go over well.) That said, if anyone has opinions/experiences on print on demand storefronts, I'd love to hear them. I'll say in advance I would prefer to not handle printing them myself. If you know, you know.

So yeah: Things! Winged horses abound, and the search for my old art begins. If you are a fan of the old Green Rider series illustrations, watch this space?

#April rambles #text post #illustration stuff #I don't call myself an illustrator anymore since it occupies so little of my time #but I put in the work when its asked #anyway overwhelming imposter syndrome looming since my work will be in the same space as Donato Giancolo and Alexandre Dainche #to which I pale in comparison needless to say #I just draw horses and feathers y'all I'm not important nor do I aim to be #sorry for vagueposting old followers know I do the covers for the UK edition of Kristen Britain's “Green Rider” series #if I sound more self disparaging than usual it's because I don't feel I deserve chances artistically these days due to massive art block #just need to pull myself together and attempt to occupy my illustrator self again #it's been so long #on the flipside it's heartwarming to know people have loved the cover art #I genuinely enjoyed drawing them #I have a lot of thoughts and they would be better off occupying a journal #instead of clogging up tumblr

[madfangz]

littol mob n pochita hanging out bc theyre the cutest ever

#mob #pochita #mob psycho 100 #chainsaw man #shigeo kageyama #hello its been a thousand years lol #sorry. had a massive art block #but i just wanted to doodle them i love them ^__^ #my art

[h0lymanteca]

Emma's birthday art redraw!

#hi i've been dead for almost a year but im back #i also havent been drawinf much because my life went to shit #but i found Jesus so that's good #im currently trying to make amends and make things right #wich has kept me away from my computer as i have a massive art block #but i managed to make this at least #anyways please enjoy #emma #the promised neverland #tpn fanart #yakusoku no neverland

[famousmyth]

quick sketch of the magazines scene of mopi, one of my favorite scenes from the movie

#kinda half assed tbh cus ive been in a massive art block #but nothing stops the mopi hyperfixation #keanu reeves #river phoenix #my own private idaho #mopi #sketch #quick sketch #art #fanart #my art #digital art #film #movies

[apencilandpen]

The last couple of months I've been watching a whole lot of Drawfee. It's super fun and funny, the hosts are great and they're especially good artists. I've been feeling like I'm pulling at the leash of my art as of late, trying to like, grow and develop but not really knowing how or where to start, or being scared to do bad art. I want to push my ideas BEYOND the realm of fanart, and that's hard, bc that requires more actual practice and stretching ideas conceptually than what I usually do. I've generally been feeling really bad about my art, feeling like I can't draw or what i wanted to draw was stupid or lame or "out of my league." And none of that has been helped by the time of year, other elements in my life that I'm frustrated by, and the general everything of the world. It's been really hard to even pick up my pen and doodle, even badly.

But a few weeks ago I watched the Drawclass hosted by Jacob Drawfee on how to practice when you're not good at keeping a schedule or routine. And not only is he a really good teacher, all of the points he made clicked in my head. The schedule worked. I'd been wanting to get better at interiors, and I have. And more importantly, picking up a pen and opening my sketchbook doesn't feel as bad anymore.

The past few days I've been watching Nathan Drawfee's Drawclass grab-bag, and this part stood out to me:

He was talking about how a lot of the times when you're starting out, or somewhere in the middle of the beginning of your art journey, all you wanna do is accurately draw a guy. And that's what I've been doing for lime 2 years. All I wanted to do was accurately draw my guys. Then I wanted to do more composition-y representations of my guys. Then I wanted them to have more mood. And now I want to move beyond doing all that and accurately drawing my guys and into telling stories. Maybe inspired by music or my guys or concepts or characters or shows or movies or from my own roster of OCs that have gone untouched for too long. I wanna do series and big illustrations and backgrounds and lighting and characters. I wanna look at more real life professional illustration work and pick it apart. I wanna read and get more art books. I still don't wanna monetize my hobby, but I feel like my art has just been plateauing for a really long time and it's finally hit a growth point. And Drawfee has made it fun to think about that. It's a lot less scary when its fun.

#ive been having a real hard time with art lately and actually WANTING to do art is a MASSIVE improvement from where i was a few weeks ago #im working on a big traditional puece rn that ive been planning for months and finally said 'fuck it' and started #its coming along really nicely too and im really pleased with and proud of it #i think im gonna work traditionally more for a while #digital is fun and fast but i miss my pens and inks #i hesitate to even call it art block bc its just a symptom of a greater issue #but im really happy about wanting to make art that not only feels cool but also fun and FEASIBLE #long post #drawfee #just my two cents #my stuff #my post #digital scrapbook

[funnywormz]

been having a mild identity crisis lately so if my blogs just randomly get deleted out of nowhere sometime dw abt me i'm fine i'm just figuring shit out

#i've loved this blog but i feel like i tend to be pretty open and kinda immature and thoughtless on here sometimes #and i'm considering reining in my internet presence more #i'm also in a massive art block atm and if i do start drawing more regularly again #i've been thinking that i want to switch to more original stuff #also maybe having a go at writing again too #instead of deleting i might just leave it inactive that's a possibility too #i am very attached to the funnywormz name though #maybe remake this blog? idk

[sintrup]

sometimes the urge to draw comes at 1:02 in the morning so you might as well give in to it

#will wood #in case i make it #willard! #will wood fanart #digtial art #work in progress #been facing a massive art block in all things i do #be it drawing or writing or anything else #that might just be the depression coming for all my motivation

[fitzselfships]

Who would've thought that being exposed to one of your triggers (that you only recently found out is a trigger) on a daily basis would be bad for your mental health. Save me f/os </3

#negative #mutual who I'm terrified of cutting off is posting about nothing but h/azbin h/otel #< the mutual isn't anyone here btw #but. I'm terrified of bringing this up with her #since she like. really seems tk not be okay with people who hate v/ivziepop or her work :( #I can't even go on twitter anymore since I keep getting hazbinhotel jumpscared #it's literally my entire tl right now even though I have everything related to it muted #I have had tk block so many peo0le today just to try to rpevent it from popping up #I feel so stupid that some show has become a trigger for me #just. finding out about that sa scene has made it so every time I see anything hazbin hotel related #I start getting intense flashbacks to my csa trauma :( #honestly at this point I think viziepop herself is a trigger for me #seeing her art brings back these memories too #you can call me stupid or sensitive or whatever but i literallt have no control ocer this #I didn't want this to happen. I didn't want some stupid cartoon to become a massive trigger for me #but it happened anyway #sorry for rambling like this lol #this has just been on my mind forever now #it's been almost 2 months now and I'm just. exhausted #csa mention #< in the tags

[pillarsalt]

I would love to see more abortion designs on your Redbubble! I love your art and really want to buy a sticker but I’m not in a position to use the more overtly gender critical ones :(

Yes! I've been actually been meaning to make some more abortion rights related soon, on the list 👍

#i love feedback thank you #ask #to be honest with you folks I've been clawing my way over a massive art block streak #I'm getting my head back in the game though

[shad0w-elemental]

everyone in the Origin System deserves love & respect, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity <3

#warframe #warframe fanart #pride 2023 #finished just in time for pride month = u = #ive been in a massive art block for nearly the entire month #and only got inspired to work on this like a week ago #but im really happy with how it turned out ^ u ^ #happy pride tenno! #my art

[elquacktism]

Y'know what maybe e!Wilbur just has a little bible hyperfixation

#tntduo church boys au #ok thats the tag now #i keep thinking about this au but i can never draw it down bro #ive just been having a massive art block these past days ngl #e! for like evangelical idk

[candyn-gutz]

i gave up on adding my character designs into my application btw. i wanted to do them digitally but it all just looks fugly 2 me.

#i only have to do a *gags* autoportrait *vomits* #then throw in a few collages and call it a day :] i can pump out a few more designs as well before i get the most #massive art block of the century #eden rambles #then my suffering is over (this couldve been easily avoided if i made up my mind sooner)

[cheddar-baby]

I feel like tumblr people would really enjoy Cassils cause they have this huge train and fight energy to all their performances.

#Cassils #art #performance art #i love cassils work and have been following them for years now #they do some wild stuff like collecting gallons and gallons of random peoples pee for a performance #swinging around a room full of clay suspended from the ceiling #physically just beating up a massive like 8 foot block of clay as a performance and turning that into a sculpture #their whole deal is like very physically demanding performances that talk about trans experience #Vimeo

[worm-priest]

I really want to draw but I feel so burned out

#I ordered two new sketchbooks and I want to finish the one I have now #because I have like 10 pages left #but I feel like if I push it I’ll get a massive art block so I don’t want to risk it #I think I’ve been frustrated with the paints I have #because they’re kinda bad quality #but I’ll have to finish them before I buy better ones