#drawing journey

[watchmego]

“Does it hurt, Naminé? Watching your two childhood friends fight all because of you? You have my sympathies. From the heart.”

Drawing one of my favorite scenes from Chain of Memories! In the novel, they are looking into the ball together at Riku during this line.

#kingdom hearts #kh #namine #Axel #chain of memories #drawing journey

[madfantasy]

Dear blogging

Wish you peace, always. Considering all, it been extra rough. My guardians were sick, and my fragile of a stability was about to break— but it okay now, and the pendulum of consciousness returned swaying in my head.

Somehow in the middle of everything, I was starting to feel okay and accept that this is the best it can get for this non verbal Mani. I honestly I stopped living as if there was tomorrow maybe the majority of 2023, zero drive or hopefulness, and lately started to accept that there's no denying that I'm not made to survive this life, and dropped all pretence that I'm able, set a 5 years counter. Because if mere looking at people's faces distress me so much that I blank out &/or go mute, since childhood, no amount of me forcing myself to watch videos/ pictures over and over can fix that. That's simply how I'm made and I know that now, and in a way it's bringing me peace.

Because I thought I'm bratting when I wore my headphones to cancel out noise that were literally going to drive me insane, or when I couldn't respond to messages knowing that I can articulate deeply in writing but ignoring all the endless times when I simply couldn't, and have forced myself to eat many things that set me days in nausea and abdominal pain while I only enjoy liquids more and get high off of fruits, I love them so much half my OCs are named after some.. and drew.. drew even before I spoke because it was my only outlit to express because how much I'm told I'm like a robot, I'm so expressionless and non reactive and disgustingly literal, even when they actively beat me black Nd blue to stop drawing, I couldn't.. where do you free those emotions when U can, i needed emotion displays and heartfelt trimmers, thrilling or killing, I needed to do them as if my life depended on it, and I haven't realised it back then, but my life was dependent on them, even when I had 'no talent ' , as I have always been told.

(commissioned by precious Julia ♥️🖤)

And besides drawing my needs, I actually, physically, started to feel better when I didn't do what my body said it literally can't do, all my life:

-Walked away from my guardians arguments, my chest stabbing pains became less frequent.

Stopped "practicing" my voice &/or facial expressions, I talk for 2 minutes, immediately my whole face muscles hurt, voice is cracking and gone, I don't feel like my eyebrows hurt as much. I'm okay being the monotone no expresso train c:

-stopped eating what I "don't like" (I mean it's not like I have much choice, but stopped feeling guilty over refusing it cuz food be tight) Nd now I can actually drink more water, and my tummy aches are on lower levels now

-i stopped dealing with Discord, or group chats in general cuz I don't expect accommodation over things I can't deal with. Stopped stressing over doing engaging material that no body seems to care about, cuz I'm not a good judge of demand, or stressing over either I should be thanking everyone who spams me with likes or not, (while I appreciate it to the moon) 90% of the time they don't respond Nd Im forced to think like I've done something wrong. I'm now at more ease with posting — (literally I have to fight the urges to delete my socials daily) just with interacting with who addresses me (I lov U guys sm) and I've been more relaxed from it.

I returned to "speaking in riddles" cuz if I don't use the words my brain spews no matter how weird they R, a tire will pop somewhere on the other side of an AU- idk lo'

-i rock, hum and laugh OUT my maniacal laugh, hard and strong, continued loving and talking to my plushies as I used to do, the easiest thing I could do to feel calmer again. As everyone should do

.. I stopped saying the word sorry. It's a naughty Mani era.

Accepting these facts and many, even with having no will to live had me saner than I ever been, at least I hope so.

I just know that I have a few to be grateful of: that I'm still here somehow, even with my dwindling income, Nd my internet not worth costing 120$± I'm always grateful for the sudden one or two commissions that keeps me here and buys me coffee and pumpkins seeds..

I still struggle horrindously with sleep. But I'm grateful at least I'm at pure ease playing games. Games been my go to media for knowing basically all based on books they were made about, like Severus and Tintin, I still play their ps1 games! Tho I got stuck on this game & their sleep has given me so much ease lo

I'm at my happy place rn, heh.

Bonus panel: ye they R hungry for that SHI- lo 🙈

And an honorary appearance of my OC with Tintin hehe

Stay safe, don't feed the overconsumption machine, don't give up on your heartstrings's stringers, don't worry— there are people who think and feel like you always between the crowds, and I'm thankful that I share the same timeline with you♥️🖤

Sweet dreams 🌃 19.2.2024

#text #drawing journey #non binary artist #on the spectrum #personal

[lady-gothique]

Idk what I'm doing but it's fun 😂 I want to get to the part where I'm not questioning so much what I see vs what I draw with every line that i make

#personal #figure drawing journey #figure drawing #gesture drawing #anatomy drawing journey #drawing journey #my pic

[endermen-impasta]

Our Art Style: An Explanation

< Hi-ya guys! I'm here to give a deep dive into our art style! In the past I've gotten some comments on posts that I should close my lines or that it doesn't look "real" and so I'm here to info dump on what I do to draw. (( also how I draw so fast ))

< The art style we use is a cartoon-ish one! It's not meant to be real, and it's supposed to keep characters simple, colorful, and more expression-like. It gives the characters more feeling and sometimes a better view on what they're feeling, so on.

< Why our art has so many disconnected lines is because our art isn't meant for animation; it's for comics, pictures, and anything that stands still. The open lines also make our art fluid and easier to pose in more expressive ways. We've started to do more complicated poses with our art, which isn't made to be drawn together as one line!

< On our art journey we didn't really have any drawing references or practice with other art styles. We made our style without anything at all! It was only last year that we actually got art references that help us get better. Our art style is unique and it's just like that ig.

< Why we draw so fast is because drawing was the only thing we could do practically (( before writing )) When someone says "practice makes perfect " they mean it. It takes us about a minute and thirty seconds to draw a character we know how to draw! The broken lines also help out with it, but otherwise we had A LOT of practice with doing only art ever since we could pick up a pencil.

#art style #system art #mari's random thoughts #mari's explains stuff #random post #art #drawing #lore story #drawing journey #art journey #small artist

[ihategrass]

The thought of Jazz being in possession of the crown of fire is so funny to me.

Imagine all the ghosts in the zone looking at the halfas human sister having one of the most powerful relics in their realm

#she is beauty she is grace #she is a queen ready to pick you apart psychologically #my art #sketchbook #danny phantom #drawing journey #jazz fenton

[kardbird]

I just found one of my old drawings and… the difference between before and today???

Like, I improved so much these past months

(But no i still don’t know how to draw hands)

#drawing #self improvement #drawing improvement #drawing journey #drawing hands is so hard

[borgesperovago]

I just rotated a sphere in order to get a different angle of lighting

#drawing journey #day 1 #drawing

[ruporas]

dragon meat, you, and me

#marcille donato #falin touden #farcille #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #tw blood #tw body horror #tw gore #as a normal farcille fan this revival has been on my mind since i first read it and getting to watch it is like yippee!! #like messy revivals are everything - the consequences that will haunt u for the rest of the time they are alive #the initial hopeful moments where it all seemed well but quickly descend to That not being the case - losing not only the bit of evidence #evidence that your dream may work out but also someone you deeply care about in the process… marcille my Beloved #ofc wholly thruout the journey - at the forefront of it - getting falin back was the most crucial point but so wuickly :(( it was lost #on the other end its crazy to think about the compoments of falin now - human - dragon (dungeon) - marcille’s magic and desperation #the food the crew cooked (digested) - she is made of many parts!! #also i did not realize how medical it feels to draw smth like this. i dont usually explore the inner parts or use a lot of blood #in my work so rendering everything and looking up refs it felt quite magical (?) #ruporas art

[silentdrawingjourney]

Once again, I'll have to post last week's and this week's daily drawings in bulk on the weekend.

Documenting each day takes a bit too much time at the moment for me to post daily.

#drawing #drawing almost every day #drawing journey #learning to draw

[ionomycin]

Traveller

#artists on tumblr #at it again with the detailed backgrounds #there's something so relaxing about drawing 49285947 leaves #it seems we've kind of skipped the colorful part of autumn here #went straight from summer hot days to winter depression grey #all of my DMs are on hiatus or travelling so no D&D for a couple of weeks #bless them all on their journeys and forays #i hope every DM is having a good day actually #thank u for your service

[lukellios]

What a difference six years makes

#botw #loz #link #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom #totk #i cant really say how it feels to look at the difference between these two #botw was such a huge huge part of my growth as an artist #the first isnt “bad” #the concept is cute and the emotions come across well enough! #i remember drawing it and being really proud of it #but wow drawing it again... #its a world of difference #it doesnt even look like the same artist #the new version has so much depth and even more visual clarity #the anatomy makes more sense and holy shit my lines have improved soooo much #thanks for all of your who have followed me since the beginning and watched this journey #thanks for believing i could be this type of artist #lukedoesart

[watchmego]

It’s a miracle anyone makes art with traditional media cause I can’t even make a not wonky digital cylinder

#drawing journey #bad art #progress check

[madfantasy]

I'm reminded of the day I moved out and now realise its a year has passed, living here. Also reminded on how hard I tried to speak noting now I'm non verbal & only spoke 10% of the time in my entire life and how my voice cracks & disappears just 2 minutes in and how graciously got lots of comments there mocking my voice, I was going to mute it but will keep it for memory

Anyway

Throughout this year I truly had tried everything, everything not to go back to square one. But here I am again.. in the same place of stressing losing my only outlit to the world just cuz I can't guarantee the net bill will be paid at the end of each month, still hungry, still lonely. My highest achievements was getting commissions 4 years ago enough to start saving up and getting myself+ siblings things for the first time in pur collective lives, and having real hope to look forward to.

But then my savings gets stolen, I gradually don't get commissions as much even when my tiktok was getting views and all the remaining tips I got barely covers the net anymore or went to bulk up groceries cuz guardians also struggled with the raise of everything and i was back to 1 hour a day every week net access..

So most of 2023 I was dormant, no drive to live, my soul trying to leave me yet I tell it I don't want that to happen, first time in my life drawing became the heaviest of burdens instead of a bliss. Only the previous month, after a year of moving out to another dead end (which im super thankful for still cuz otherwise- its the homless status), my artistic muse returned to me— full blast out of no where, I can hear the music as I drew rocking me into oblivion. The burning passion to need to create that I can never explain, like its an opera screaming void that drowns out everything but the need to do this idea, that the whole world apparently depends on. The second I finished an idea on my drawing list, three were written in its place. And in the end, more often then not, its apparent that only me that feels this way, and I know im a silly Mani for it, but at least happier, even if I'm still standing on square one

I wish you well dears 💛

#text #personal #drawing journey #vent

[lady-gothique]

I've been posponing anatomy my whole life even though it's been on my priority list since childhood. I owe it to my inner child to have fun in the learning process and allow myself to make mistakes. I remember drawing a lot of fairies when I was a kid just to design the outfits, wings and hair in different themes. Always front view, arms behind body and no faces like this example 😂

This is my starting point from what I can draw from memory without proper knowledge of the human anatomy. All I have to do is make time to practice and be kind to myself 💜

#personal #drawing journey #figure drawing journey #anatomy drawing journey

[mienar]

the wandering painter, part one

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#artists on tumblr #illustration #animated illustration #animation #backgrounds #animated gifs #background illustration #myillust #landscape #plants #scenery #summer #hiii! just wanted to share an artwork i made that's super fresh from the oven ksfknsf #'the wandering painter' will be a series that consists of artworks that has elements that i struggle to draw and am trying to improve on! #ive always really struggled with the process of painting (for example) clouds fields grass grasslands flowers etc #despite the end result coming out satisfactory imo but i cant deny that it most of the time feels like a fluke #so this series would consist of my journey of improving how to draw said elements/areas more confidently :D #this artwork in particular - i studied and practiced how to paint/draw silver grass better along with grasses and clouds #i feel like im sorta getting the hang of it but theres definitely room to study and experiment how i can paint it better #so yeah! nonetheless i really hope you'll like this! and i hope you'll have a lovely day/night ahead <3333

[ihategrass]

A normal guy stargazing

#I will be great one day #this is just my beginning #my art #sketchbook #danny phantom #danny fenton #drawing journey