#i wanted to try a fun texture this time

[valeffelees]

some quick snowbaz sketches for the soul :)

and also this lmfao

#been trying some new things lately #usually i do baz's hair up in a front middle part #bc ive always found it kinda fun and cartoony looking #but it was making his face look really fucking weird here so i tried drawing it down and back #+ parted to the side of his widow's peak instead #and i think i like it a lot better this way #ive also been trying to add more texture to his and simon's hair #to help make things a bit easier when im colouring #and i feel really fuckin good about how that turned out #like i have such a hard time drawing simon's fringe but i really like how it looks here #im also trying to overcome my fear of eyelashes lmfao #(and my general lack of confidence with drawing characters touching/interacting) #so yeah lots of fun new things happening here at the ''god i want to get better at art so bad'' club #n e way -> #carry on #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #sketchbook apocalypse

[fidgetspringer-art]

✦ Linger ✦

#artists on tumblr #art #illustration #my art #digital art #digital drawing #my ocs #noah #oc art #You know that feeling when you're touch starved as all hell so when someone does touch you the feeling sticks around for hours after? #yeah that #with a side of Noah running away from what he REALLY wants but can't allow himself to keep #meaning he's then repeatedly shocked to realise he does in fact end up missing Martin every time he runs off #i'm still having a lot of fun experimenting with some new stuff #really happy with how this one came out though #i think i finally nailed that balance between texture and smoothness i've been trying to achieve for a while now #at the core of these experimets is the hunt for the style i have in mind for a future comic project #and i think this is very close to what i'm after #I want to use pop-art elements like these more as well #those bold colourful outlines and haphazard shapes slapped on top of things #messing with gouache on the side is genuinely helping me think differently when i paint digitally which is very neat #loving the process so far and excited to see what new skills i can learn from this

[disposal-blueeee]

another super self-indulgent chapter 20 / 21 drawing

edgar belongs to jhonen vasquez

scriabin belongs to @zarla-s

#vargas #edgar vargas #scriabin vargas #zarla s #vargas zarla #scriabin #hello and good night #* changes her brush again * #textured brushes for sai2 save me #textured brushes for sai2 #save me textured brushes for sai2 #this is just a mess of me trying new stuff . i like the result . #well ummm hello . time to ramble about my stuff . you can stop reading this now . if you want #going back to school on tuesday . #drew some other stuff but but they're related to weird crossovers or they're just sketches . i might post them . #this is supposed to be a dump account after all #i've been fine ! holidays were nice and i had many days to rest . got a new phone too . #also my birthday's in idk like 19 days ??? excited !!! #this was so fun to draw #i was just doing this and then my brain said " hey this is like super self-indulgent #but i don't care i enjoy to draw them like this way too much to stop #i'll try to get something else done before going back to school #i want to paint something else for a friend too . . . ugh not enough time !!!! #okay i can't think of anything else bye

[fox-guardian]

comics aren't fun because you get to put your blorbos in situations, comics are fun because you get to give them silly expression after silly expression and get used to drawing them 10000 times

#ramblings with major #sidenote that's a fun tidbit about character design #you have to think about what medium you're putting the character in and how that will affect the design #like for occasional epic illustrations you may be compelled to put more tiny details and that's fine #but for comics and animation where you're drawing things 1000000 times over and over again #you may find it easier to take a couple of those details off! or at least find a shortcut for them #i like comics and animation so i try to keep my designs on the simpler end (usually) (i do love me some Texture) #but another fun thing. is that there are no rules. and you can simplify Anatomy too if you want. #so i have made sam and celia so so squishy and small like 4 times now because i didn't wanna do full anatomy (especially hands) #anyway we've got some GOOD sams and celias. and a couple good alices as well <3

[8g-soymilk]

Day 17 of @quezify's Eggtober! Blacklight sensitive egg for today! Additional pictures below the cut!

Process pics:

Paint Texture Close-ups:

Extra angles under black light:

#my art #eggtober2023 #eggtober #traditional art #acrylic painting #I realized some of my neon paints reacted to blacklight and wanted to make a piece exploring that #this was also my first time trying to use acrylic modeling paste and it was fun adding a 3rd dimension to this painting #sry for the barrage of pics idk how to capture its texture that well since I usually just scan my paintings

[lemongogo]

i need 2 get back into painting fish

#said in the ‘gary i need’ voice #or painting in general . i want 2 get into plein air #and go to like . arizona or smth and paint the landforms . soo red and orange and rocky and dusty and ❤️🫶 #the round brushstrokes on tht 1 would be so much fun~_~ #its such a tiresome medium though.like all the set up and cleanup and stuff #i refuse to learn abt oil precautions so i just stick to acrylic but even then it dries so fast and its like.mindgame trying to decide what #to focus on in the little time u have . and god forbid u paint on a layer too soon and u lift it off the canvas #HELLLLLLL. but the end result is always so worth it . like holding a physical piece.its 3d .its REALL #fish r so much fun to paint bc 1 u get to pay attn to their morphology but 2 they jave the best textures #im not averse to painting fur but i lovee . the interplay btwn light and fish skin. its so epic and awesome #the only other artist ik of in my family is my uncle & he METALWORKS!!! FISH !!! ITS SOOO FREAKIG COOL #i want to learn from him so bad . guh.GUAHHHHH. anyways i just think its funny that the two of us r fixated on recreating fish #crosses my arms . #okhh.. i also wnt to get into mosaics . god.GOAODDD #did i talk abt this 1 alr.. reread the b1p arc w the mosaic and fresco work and it makes me so sick why couldnt i go to art college and make #frescoes and mosaics .woe is me or whagever . no but its so tempting 2 just buy some tesserae and get 2 it .. #i saw a pigeon mesh mosaic n it like lit that fire under me . what we need js like one giant art collective #that magically provides all the supplies in the world for free and we hold hands and make art in 20 different disciplines 2000 different wys

[thethingything]

so the way we draw lighting in portraits a lot of the time looks a lot like early morning sunlight and I'm just now realising this is probably because early morning is usually when we're both awake and have sunlight shining in our room so that's when we're most likely to take selfies and those are what we use for lighting references half the time. at least it ends up looking nice lol

#personal #thoughts #🍬 post #I don't know why we decided on using selfies and not like... just looking up reference images but oh well #I want to try playing around with different lighting more though and trying to get the hang of different vibes and times of day #we were debating trying a thing where we pick one theme to focus on each month like lighting or textures or whatever #and then doing a bunch of studies to get better at those in between our bigger drawings #because I think that'd be really fun and it'd be interesting to see how our art improves as we do that

[chiropteracupola]

king of wands / six of wands

#em draws stuff #henry v 1989 #and this was extremely fun and quick to draw which surprised me #I wonder if working on a canvas 1/4 the size of my usual one helped with that at all #usually my canvases are around 4000x4000 but I am rapidly running out of space on the ol' ipad #soon it will be just a piece of metal that runs autodesk sketchbook since I keep deleting its other functions to free up space #proper art notes. everything below the waist costume-wise is my invention since. y'know. absolute potato quality reference pictures. #may go and borrow the dvd for better quality screencaps and perhaps some costume pictures in neutral lighting #excuse my questionable french as well please #and regarding the tarot part I almost did page of pentacles for montjoy because They Have The Same Silly Hat #but six of wands had a more fun composition and a strategy I agree with on If You Don't Want To Draw The Horse Just Hide It Under A Blanket #....the idea of getting just the montjoy half printed on a shirt or something whirls through the mind. I really really do like it #and I could take the texture off and allow it to redevelop as the printing inevitably starts to flake! there's a fine plan there! #having a funky good time with this still although it feels like I broke into an abandoned grocery store and am trying to get it operational #despite that it is just me by myself in here stocking the shelves with bizarreties

[the-shy-artisan]

having to reorder faux fur because the texture is not up to your standards is so annoying ;;

#paige chatter #finally got around to opening the white fur i ordered MONTHS ago and the texture is abysmal #it's plasticky and thin and just not fun to touch #there is no way in hell i'm making more beastos out of that #so i ordered from a fursuiter website; i've used it once before and i LOVED their stuff; it's super soft and silky; the best i've ever used #only problem... i've got too much faux fur in my stores; left overs from old projects ;;; i'm trying to get rid of it lmaooo #hoping maybe someone will come forward and want to use it for halloween costumes at least #ah well; time to wait for the mail again lol

[mujori]

time to gut out some stuff out of my mods folder

#so much Bloat #I do not need 30gbs of just Hair... #mate... #i updated my game last night & that was a journey (updating mods was not fun. it was never fun.) #also downloaded that rly cool chalk'd ui last night #spend some time trying to make the More traits in CAS mod work with it without sacrificing the dark mode text. #it worked but it's kinda cooked. just had to load the traits mod after text-standalone and before texture-standalone (by renaming it w/ 0's #but visually the trait slots in CAS show 3 when rly there's 5. minor ui issue there but whatever idc i want the darkmode text everywhere! #i was gnna open the files and dissect/tweak it myself but Lord i was not doing that at 4 in the bloody morning #i think i may waddle back onto simblr #and back to posting on publicCCfinds 💀 #(i dont even think ive posted consistently the entirety of 2023 compared to the first 6months of that blog being established) #(me posting 1 cc i find on my feed once every 8 weeks) #looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool #yap yap yap yap yap #ramblings

[tomaturtles]

Art Fight attack on @weirdplutoprince 's Malu and Cairu!!

#art fight #art fight 2022 #toma draws #THE BESTIES..... I ADORE THEM #first time i ended up reading a whole webcomic bc of artfight. its soo cute and fun i love it #I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THE TEXTURES IN THIS ONE i've been meaning to try something like this for Ages #also can't believe art fight ends today. im so sad bc there were a lot of ppl i wanted to attack but didn't have the time to #but this is good bc i gotta shift my focus back to Responsabilities fjmgh there's always next year!!!

[vicious-ambitous]

Crab..

#remembering crab #have not had it in years but I want to try it again #i don’t know how old I was but I was tiny and my dad dipped some in butter and I loved it #I have only had it once so I have no idea how it tasted or what the texture was like #similar case with calamari #it was breaded and fried I think #food mention #cw food mention #wish to try these things again #also artichoke is also ver tasty #I don’t like the hearts though so my parents take those #but they’d boil em and we could pick the leaves off and dip the ends in butter and eat them #tasty plant #the main leaf is firm and rubbery and inedible. but the leaf tip had a small amount of ‘meat’ on it #they were fun and tasty #why have I been thinking of sea food the past few nights at the same times #brain confusing

[hyah-lian]

K so not a loz thing bur I've been feeling rly online-chatty lately

It might be one of those kind of a 'taking advantage of folks' thing but I got some of those fancy colour ear plugs (sorry "noise reducers") to try out. (I really hope it ISNT shitty reasons and it is a thing done with good intent)

I get rly sensitive to sound at night when I'm stressed and sometimes get overstimulated with sound especially at work so if anyone is wondering about them I can let you know how it goes

So far it's comfortable. I have really really REALLY tiny ears. It fits comfortably so far. Not rly doing much for the low level hum I hear a lot but p sure thats from me clenching my jaw and also probably old man tinnitus shit. But that isn't what bugs me too much. I'm taking them to work tomorrow to try during breaks qnd we shall see

#not loz #neurodiverse stuff #trying new things to help be comfortable and functional to the level i want #unmasking practice stuff. yknow the whole thing that comes with hella late life diagnosis #(adhd stuff confirmed. other stuff ???? sensory fuckery OH BOY YEAH) #inalready have blue light glasses i bring to work too. doesnt do much for cutting light but it does help #whether thats bc i used to wear all the time glasses and it was comfy having a frame qround the world #or the tint qnd extra layer between Too Much and my eyes i cant rly say bc both have been feelings i had about it #also wearing more stim stuff like worrystone textured necklaces and things i can bite if need be #fun Acceptable Noise Making items #and being more open about what I struggle with AND what I excel at have all been helpful #and life is slowly getting more comfy to navigate. therapy helped a lot too to help me identify stressors and emotions #so yeah. im proud of all that too. and was v happy to see people talk and share openly on it and that got me to try #so idk. if this maybe helps someone else thats awesome. if not it helps me see how far ive come so also cool

[pride-of-storm]

...like. i probably Am Capable Of pulling a neo twewy shoka cosplay together in three days before the con But. do i actually wanna invest that effort and money??

#mrrrrr #i do not want to make the dress or try to locate a close enough match #and i don't want to buy a wig #(or give myself bangs and pretend wavy brown is close enough to straight black under a hood) #so that Probably tilts the scales to no #but also... red lipstick and fun facial expressions and oversized kitty hoodie......... #also i am kinda frustrated that it's been over a year since i've done a new cosplay #or even significantly updated an existing #i would make sucha cute shoka!!!! #i'd definitely have to figure out eyeshadow tho #anyway cosplay lineup for kumo is looking like sypha hawks minamimoto #minamimoto pants do somehow still fit #gonna try to fix sypha sandals but honestly i think i'm just gonna shove sabito flipflops into bag as backup no matter what #i am Still! gonna finish sabito! properly!!!! #but that will involve four rounds of block printing and drying and therefore is probably straight up physically impossible #even if i could muster the energy which is perpetually In Doubt #and also i am deeply unsatisfied with that wig and definitely do not have time to order wefts so #anyway. i do not think shoka is going to happen this week But i will play neo twewy and contemplate tonight #i had initially been considering reworking minamimoto for neo twewy version but lmao no #fuckin snakeskin textured coat no way am i bothering to find that #i don't actually have a wig for him so it'd basically be an entire new cosplay #ugh like i wouldn't shave my legs for shoka but i have v appropriate lacy leggings and they would be So!! Cute!!!! #okay she is not happening this con :/ #but she will stay on my list of possibilities #storm's posts #personal

[8g-soymilk]

Did a Title Screen markup for Eggtober! Thought it could be fun to make a retro game inspired thing for World Egg Day set in a world of Egg peeps.

#eggtober2022 #eggtober #pixel art #my art #wanted to try doing something with the contraints of the Sega Genesis #I've never used 9-bit color before but it was pretty fun to mess around with #tho 512 colors ends up feeling like not a lot to choose from sometimes #256×224 pixels btw #might animate this later this month if I have time #or add some extra texture to the foreground

[teaboot]

This is gonna sound rather conceited but I feel like it highlights an issue we have in Art.

I'm good at art. I've never had a hard time making art. I started using crayons before I could walk. Painting, Beadwork, sculpture, sketching, stippling, whatever- once I have a feel for the material, it doesn't take long to start doing what I want with it. It's been a common theme my whole life.

(Y contrast I'm awful at things like dancing, performance, sports, etc- in all things there is balance, right?)

Now, I've taught myself to use so many artistic mediums now that I KNOW how to most efficiently integrate them into the brain database. Once you really *understand* a material, it's much like memorizing the layout of your house, or flexing a muscle, or something in-between- it becomes PART of your brain in a way I cant quite articulate. But to get there involves just fucking around for a bit doing nothing in particular.

And I've found, especially in group settings, that nobody seems to be able to see you make something badly and leave you alone. Even if you say you're fine, you don't want help, you're happy, you're having fun, it's fine, they gotta ride your ass and hover.

I was at a class the other day for something I hadn't done before. The medium was one I've never used, so once the instructor told us the basics I started experimenting with weight, gravity, texture, viscosity, saturation, temperature, etc. The instructor had given enough info to know what was dangerous and what was safe, and beyond that I just wanted to absorb what I could about it.

And no insult to the instructor, but they kept checking in. Which was fine the first few times.

But then, without asking me what I was trying to do, started giving tips. That I told them I was grateful for but didn't really need just yet. If I had a question, I'd ask.

But they kept coming over. And touching my shit. And manipulating my project. And touching my hands. And using my tools. Without fucking asking.

And this happens every time. EVERY TIME. And by now I know the best way to get them to fuck off is to make something way beyond their expectations so they know I'm capable, then go back to doing what I want.

So I did. I wanted to keep having fun and learning, but instead I made something beautiful that I really didn't want to make, and wasted my time, and really didn't learn what I wanted to learn at all. I knew the formula to create a beautiful thing, so I followed that formula the same way I have a hundred times before, and didn't get to try anything spontaneous or ugly or exciting, just so I could be left alone.

And I know when I was a kid, I was aware aware people saw me puttering alone on something ugly assumed I had a special issue and treated me like I was stupid because of that. (I was neurodivergent.) And at at time I knew that I could do a neat trick for them like a trained pony and they'd go, "Oh, surely they aren't defective if they can do something like that!" And piss off.

But what if I hadn't known how to do that?

What if I hadn't been talented, or "special"?

What if I'd been just any other average kid trying to learn, and I couldn't pop something pretty out of my ass to get them off my back?

My problem my whole life has been that I haven't been allowed to make anything ugly in peace. I'm capable of beauty, so I have to make beauty, or get stepped on. And once people see what I can do, they get loud about it. "Look at this! Look what they did! We all know who the best is, don't we?". And that used to feel good, but it's tiring.

And how many people like me just wanted to play? Just wanted to have fun and experiment? Who were having fun with no goal in mind, or just took longer to learn, who gave up because of all the obnoxious helpers breathing down their neck with no way to shake them off?

How many of us are made to feel defective because we aren't doing things beautifully?

I have a lovely piece of art I didn't want to make.

I think I'm gonna frame it.*

(*I think I'm gonna burn it in my yard.)