#how do people make such good digital art

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

If I was in a lucid dream with a ghost, I would simply impress them with my blunt rolling skills

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs au #MDZS disco elysium au #This is brought to you by my Scrambled Egg brain - slowly burning up as I try to finish a long comic for this AU. #I hoped it would be done several days ago but I've changed things so many times....It is now Very Close to being done! #I probably should have just posted each page daily but at this point I'm just being stubborn. I want it complete and together. #Ruining the surprise a bit to say 'yeah its a digital art comic' #But its been tricky figuring out the style I want to use for it! #hence the swaths of MSpain(t) doodles that boil down to 'how would this look if I did X?' #I wanted to do a fully Black & White Ink style. But I scrapped it. Then I did small bits of colour. And scrapped it. Sigh. #This comic started out as just the first panel and then my brain went 'hold on. Its time to make a dumb joke' #Any disco elysium fans who finished the game probably know the scene I'm doing for the *actual* comic after seeing this <3 #Anyways I know in my heart LWJ would roll the worst blunts ever his first time. And then dedicate himself to the rolling craft- #-until he has finally mastered it. He would roll blunts so good that people would hire him and pay him a monthly salary for it. #But he declines. His master blunts are for his beloved and his beloved alone. #wwx would roll above average but after having lwj do it for him he can ever go back.

[ra1ny-daze]

first will wood of 2024 woaw! !

#i am a bit late. #i just have rreaally specific dnd/oc worldbuilding brainrot #and have spent tens of hours drawing stuff for that instead :’) #it’s the type of shit maybe 3 people on this earth care about (me. my bestie. my dm) #also thinking about starting really boring background practice. maybe do a jacob-drawfee-esque bg challenge idk #i need to learn how to draw good backgrounds in ways that don’t make me want to die #anyways i draw the music man. i am still obsessed w him dw #will wood #will wood and the tapeworms #art #my art #digital art

[coffiicorgii]

More fake Peppino for y’all 💙

#pizza tower #pizza tower fanart #pt peppino #peppino #peppino spaghetti #pizza tower peppino #fake peppino #pizza tower fake peppino #pt fake peppino #my art #art #digital art #I LOVE THEM OK #I love when people make fake Peppino scary but my art style doesn’t really support that xD I’m not good at doing horror #so you get silly goofball fake Peppino from me instead! <3 #he’s just friendly and unaware to how unsettling he looks to others :]

[zenopic]

Had a lot of fun with this actually. Painting with colour is therapeutic :0

#how the heck do people manage to come up with good backgrounds?! #AND make it proportionate with the characters #I can’t even… #good game is good #glad it finally got a sequel #thankful I don’t have to play this with a Nintendo stylus like them olden days #the world ends with you #neo the world ends with you #twewy #sho minamimoto #rindo kanade #fanart #digital art #artists on tumblr #portfolio #not a greyscale base this time woot! #video games #jrpg #am I a weirdo for actually liking Minamimoto? #favourite part are the background ppl #reaper #game #procreate

[theswedishpajas]

The man truly can’t take a genuine compliment 🙄

#my art stuff #digital art #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #astarion ancunin #this is part of a series I like to call “I’m never settling on a singular detailed artstyle” #I have no consistency in drawing realistic people/characters other than my shapy cartoon style #but I truly don’t get enough opportunity to properly shade anything with art in that style-!!! it always looks weird to me-!!!!! #I think some rude lil worm in my brain is wriggling around telling me it’s a futile attempt at still doing realism #cus I’m one of those “gifted” artists that grew up promising his parents he’ll end up among the big names or whatever #constantly training to become better at art but with realism oil paintings as the goal #you know how it is 😔 #I wanna shade my lil funky designs but they never feel good enough to really put energy into or whatever so I compromise with stuff - #- like this where I try to draw characters more accurately while still stylizing them and shading them however I feel like it #which is great and all but I should really learn to give my more relaxed and less perfectionist art a chance #I deserve to enjoy the process and the result without working myself dead #it’s so much easier and rewarding to copy cartoon styles - stylizing realism makes me too anxious of doing it “wrong” #at least cartoon styles give me a goal to reach or a reference to strive towards #man I really should just cut myself some slack altogether #either way - this man is a flustered mess and he’s embarrassed about being called adorable in public or something #being teased in an affectionate way about his sweeter side and stuff #don’t ask why he’s shirtless - anatomy is just a lot more fun for me to draw sometimes #tasteful nudity and all that is extremely gorgeous to me #i need to practice anatomy more cus I just kinda did some shit and went with it this time with a BIT of consideration for muscle structure

[alfiely-art]

Um. What if I and my mutuals were birds. What then

Og image

*posts this then disappears so I don't delete it*

#sorry if this is. cringe !!!!!!! idk. i like you guys #it was fun imagining how wed all look like as birds #but ermm. if you. do not want me to do sfuff like this lmk. idk #sowwy i dont feel good and im overly worried this art of. birds. will make people mad. #idk. #mutuals #drawing #art #my art #digital art

[fatedroses]

A bit of community service work to repay his third chance leads to Hien witnessing Zenos' own special brand of weird.

#ffxiv #sketch #digital art #zenos yae galvus #hien rijin #adventurer zenos #I have finally sat down to learn how to draw the porcupine + his outfit and I will now unabashedly misuse this new power #aka stuff for the au amongst other things #where hien reluctantly gives zenos a chance to prove himself #only to find out hes surprisingly efficient with a strong sense of work ethic- *if* he actually cares about the work hes doing #not at all anticipating that might involve him turning partially into shinryu just to get a bit more utility #and that to redisperse the aether into the surroundings zenos is very carefully making sure the laser is not going to hit anything #I also like to think that once zenos starts learning to respect more than WoL that he is just shockingly polite to people #even if that means when hes listening he is just ***Staring*** #->Lyse+Hien+Yugiri also getting unabashedly praised- Lyse especially- when he learns more about Ghimlyt #following in WoL's footsteps I like to think he'd *try* to form good relationships with leaders and people he meets- #-even if much of it involves attempted murder towards him only for him to go “hey- I can't die. let me do something else for it” #also completely unrelated but I just want minstrel's ballad:shinyru to be the canon version of the fight #I adore how absolutely unhinged that fight is #dog farming meant my entire fc got to sprint across his back and sit on his shoulders before he lobbed us all off #because he was stubborn #and hated dropping the mount for any of us

[pipskippy]

2023 art summary ヽ(´w｀) i ended up not posting most of my stuff for the latter half (yet) but i’m really happy with a lot of what i worked on!!!!!

#my art #art summary #2023 art summary #art school is actually so fun sometimes did you know that. i made so many fun comics and experimented with new stuff. sometimes i wasn’t #any good at what i tried but it’s still sooo rewarding when i improved even just a little. and it feels REALLY good #to be able to show off some skills or familiarity with materials that i use less often these days #bc i can show my marker or colored pencil drawings and my classmates who have only seen my digital stuff are excited about it sometimes :-] #bc i really just like working in a lot of different mediums and i’m really thankful that my love for art and art making hasn’t dwindled #even though of course i have dormant periods and times where i don’t feel like making art or i feel frustrated with what i am able to do #it always comes back around. just like how i always feel better whenever i feel depressed #and i just love art and colors and i love the world and the people in it and myself and all the people i have been #anyways i hope you all feel happy or you will soon hugs and kisses goodnight (extremely loud thunk on the floor)

[tecchous-thicc-buttocks]

blorbos in tha phone

#FIRST EVER DIGITAL DOODLE GUYS I DID IT WOOP WOOP #airbrush my beloved #feels like watercolour and that makes me a lil giddy #anyways this was mostly retraced off of a template (?) i JUST downloaded ibis and wanted to get to know the pens #ill eventually get back to drawing once i figure out layers :sob: #i did this so spontaneously but i realize i have a lot of art moots. maybe too many #i have so many ideas to doodle but no skills no money to commission others no idea where to start no bitches no hoes no life #if time is nice to me i may begin a series of impersonating my fav tumblr artists' styles bc im only good at copying *wiggles brow* #if not be prepared for me to give up on re-learning how to draw people and go back to doodling cars and buildings #hmmmmm perhaps ill draw the bsd street racer au that's been feeding off of my braincells #DIGITAL DRAWING IS A LOT LESS SCARY THAN IT WAS LAST TIME I TRIED IT #maybe because i was like. 12 when i last tried digital. but shh #my brain draws clear images i just wish my hands could follow #*places stylus between eyebrows and squints aggressively then draws with mind* problem solved fr #OMG IM SO SAD THE REFERENCE WAS FOR ONLY 4 PEOPLE most bsd cliques come in 5s #was gonna do doa or hd then my brain went nu uh if someone wants i can do them tho #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd art #art(?) #bsd flags

[bigfootswashingmachine]

i know these are after 10 pm feelings but i truly am so sad that i don't have the motivation or time to draw as much as i used to and i'm sad that tumblr's culture has deteriorated so much bc now there's really no point in posting art here anymore even when i do draw

#i used to draw ALL. THE. TIME. it was all i did. and now i've stopped or go long blocks w/o drawing and a lot of my skills have deteriorated #i'm very bad at dynamic poses. or drawing anything in motion really. and composition and scenery and color grading. #and lately i've been very frustrated with where my style is and how it does not translate between paper and digital well #and i forgot how to draw FACES. of all things. that is literally ALL i draw man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i dont knowwww i don't know and even when i do draw i don't really want to post it anymore there's a bunch of stuff i haven't posted #not sure how to phrase this but. it's not exactly because my art doesn't get notes. it's bc even though i've always gotten very few notes #when i post art i'm fine w only getting a few notes because that's the hazard of only posting oc art #but a few years ago even when i had way fewer followers and less art experience people still interacted in ways that made it worth posting #it felt rewarding to be part of the creative community! it was really fun and a lot of people were making cool stuff #and now they don't bc the landscape of tumblr has changed over the years and it feels dead here man #and i wish that wasn't such a big factor in me wanting to draw. but man i just like my characters a lot and i wanna share them. #and i feel like i'm not doing a good job

[size-two-shrimp]

The curse of having drawn for years and having a decent enough grasp on the basics is that it's hard to find advice on how to improve.

#its more just an issue of not knowing where to start. do you just find pictures online and trace them? draw the picture? #i always hear about doing studies or taking classes and like. id do studies but i cant find literally aby advice on how to do them or how #they work. studying anatomy makes sense but how do you do it in a productive way. master/art studies make no sense unless you want that #art style. pose studies make sense because then you know how the body can move. and i cant take classes because i do digital #and most classes in my area are both too expensive and for painting. id look up stuff online or on youtube but ots #*its mostly geared towards people who are just starting out which was definitely good for me a few years ago but now the “draw often :)” #and “learn shading” type of basic tips dont apply anymore because i have a grasp on how they work. #anyway ignore me and my art woes i just want to learn better anatomy lol

[rabble-dabble]

So, regarding your latest piece.

VGDVYHFBTGFHFTFHDBCC GOOD! VDVFYBTHFCGJC5V5HFHDYD

LOVE IT!

AAAAHHHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT!!! (and apparently so did other people too!!)

it's a redraw from last year's lyricstuck- but to be honest, i did the redraw literally last year. as in it was only a month after the first one that i decided to put in ACTUAL effort and redraw the fuckin thing. it worked out pretty well i think because it looks SOOOO much better than the original!

it took me a couple of days (because i put in actual effort lmao) but i was working on it for HOURS, just for like days straight because it was the only time i had to do it, so i knew i needed to finish it. i also fixed up mistakes i put in the first time - spelling mistakes, spacing, just little touches that needed fixed or coloured i didn't do originally. i think i struggled the most with the villian panel - i'm a bit insecure with how clearly you can see my (to me) childish drawings because i don't know how to work without lineart that well. i just blurred it last year but blurring it for the second one ruined the vibe i was going for so i kinda just grit my teeth and posted it knowing it wasn't my best, but hey, at least i tried!!

overall, i'm glad it turned out so great. it also highlights how much effort i've put into my artwork, and how it's paid off, plus how much more i still need to improve. i think i need to improve my backgrounds more, and learn how to not only draw things that AREN'T people, but without lineart as well.

thanks for the ask i was literally smiling when i got it <3

#answered #anon #evil john anon #ahhhhh i love the redrawn lyricstuck!! #i had it literally drafted for the whole year on my tumblr just for 4/13 #i was like 'i am not posting a shitty lyricstuck again. i know ill just make it in advance!' makes it a WHOLE 11 MONTHS BEFORE #btw thanks for the ask because ive literally been trying to figure out my art goals recently #and figuring out 'non lineart and non people drawings' is a good goal #backgrounds too i still draw trees like a 5th grader XDD #i was always better with people than anything else but i think its reaching a point where i need to improve my backgrounds too #so it can catch up with my ability to draw people. i guess the lineart thing is more personal but not every drawing looks good with it #and i cant just do lineart people and nonlineart things because that looks weird (to me) #i mean tbh i know how to make background but its just kinda hard translating a traditional skill (like painting or watercolour) to digital #hopefully i can figure it out

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

painting a mackerel today :]

#taking a break from digital art for a bit bc my computer is fucked up #so im getting around to finally painting a bunch of little ceramic things ive got laying around #ive got...m tiny glow in the dark ghost..... fish that i am going 2 make into a mackerel.... mushrooms in a lil terrarium #:] #going 2 make mackerel part of my brand more. theyre so pretty #i finally got to the zora in the totk playthru im watching and i looove them so much #i want 2 draw a mackerel zora #u know how. youtubers will sometimes draw themselves/have people draw them as characters in the game theyre playing for thumbnails #randomly got like. the impulse to dothat for myself earlier #god. would love 2 make youtube videos someday. when i havemy own space again and money to afford a non-laptop computer #i wanna be a mackerel zora!!!!!!!!!!!! #i think i wanna make myself a little logo sometime #like.... if i actually am serious abt making sellable art one day (which i would LOVE to do btw) #i wanna.... have a little ghost/mackerel combination logo #like a fish whos body turns to bones halfway down or something. idk. im not super good at concepts like that but i wanna try #im not a graphic design person but... man.. would love 2 have a little guy #idk its ramble time today #having a lot of feelings abt art. pride made me feel things abt being sn artist #i wanna make stuff like that. i wanna be able to sell things like that. #have a little booth i can decorate with moss and mushrooms and fish and ghosts and things. make it Mine. #and make stuff that ppl think is cool. man. idk #head in hands. i have so much work to do

[h00f]

woah, hi! it’s been a while!

i’ve just finished another year of college, and i think i want to try taking my blog back and using it for my own enjoyment! i’m going to start posting more art i’ve been making, but also reblogging things! and sharing thoughts! ive really, really missed being able to do that, so i’m starting it again now! no more fear :)

i just posted a piece from my last semester, and i will probably put up some more later tonight and tomorrow! hopefully even reblogging things here again!!

i hope you’re all doing well, and ily!

#if i havent replied to you i am still deeply sorry. i have a very hard time talking to people these days; especially digitally #reminds me of bad times. so i will just be posting for now until i can do that again! i hope you can forgive me #today i had to take one of my cats to the emergency vet. i might lose my house soon but i’m happy to be making art again. it will be ok! #anyways hi! this is soup! i’m one of jayson’s alters! #back in 2020 i had a really really bad time. and my brain fractured more than it was before #and now i’m a lot of people! but we work together and my life is fairly happy these days! #i want to learn robotics and how to 3D model; im interested in metal casting and prop making too! #i draw lots but never finish anything. sketchbook pics will have to do for now #im not really writing this to anybody; it’s just been really hard and i miss the comfort of speaking my mind. and this is my blog!! #so i will be apologetic no longer!! i’m going to shitpost and reblog funny memes and post art i’m proud of #and i hope you all will join me for this new era! #and a new text post tag too because i’m tired of thinking nobody cares! bc they do 💛 #souptxt #oh and if ur curious.. theres about 15 of us? youll probably see the variety. my ocs came to life and live in my head STORYTIME GONE WRONG!! #LAST THING: IM A SCULPTURE MAJOR NOW……… #so i make statues but ALSO ive been making stuffies! and prop masks! well just the one ok but still #also? i work as a baker and it’s actually… really nice. it’s good to like the labor i put in! #i will send u pretzels if u ask nice enough

[xxlumos]

Sometimes I wonder if 2D artists, and I mean the OG’s who’ve been in the industry for awhile, heavily dislike upcoming 3D artist. Cause, let’s be real, 3D and now AI is dominating the industry. The thing is, the art form and technology is evolving and thus we have to with it. It’s only a matter of time when the tools you use now won’t be useful in the near future.

“But the new art/movies are looking boring/too perfect and I dislike 3D” that’s why I think we should learn these tools and use them in a revolutionary way. That’s why I think “Into the Spiderverse” was so successful for example.

#sitting at work all day makes me think things lol #this is particularly not directed at anyone but my endless thoughts #will be making a separate post on that hehe but #I started working at an animation studio where I am only one of the few 3D artists #and we’re all super young #and the reason I studied this was because sadly the 2D art form is dying #hear me out #almost no ‘good’ studio is working like Disney did years ago #now we all use digital #all the artists who wanted to do their work HAD to learn how to animate in 2D #hell even most show today are not animated frame by frame #so yeah I am wondering if these people #(men who are dominating this industry) #dislike 3D artists #who come into such a workplace with this knowledge that they don’t (yet) have #and I don’t mean the 3D artists who are thinking they are superior to their seniors oh no #you should always respect your seniors #but only if they respect you too though #anita rambles #3D Art #2d animation #3d animation

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

#art #artist #digital art #art help #help #art advice #art tips