#scrolling through this board on pinterest and im so<3<3

[cheruib]

it’s a serious thing to be alive

#scrolling through this board on pinterest and im so<3<3

[wasyago]

Absolutely adore your Joel designs Yago <3 [Well, I adore all your designs, but the Joel and Tango ones are very cozy to me especially.] Do you do research / mood boards / etc to get your ideas, or do you doodle around until you find something you like?

UWAAH THANK YOU QWQ !!!!!!!!!

generally i frantically switch between doodling and scrolling my gallery / pinterest in a constant state of panic over wanting to introduce new interesting ideas but realizing i need to think with my own head and not look at other art...

i do have a couple separate pinterest boards for some specific things, like, all the cyberpunk and sci-fi things are in one place, all the armor refs and tutorials in other, animals in other, horses are separate from the rest of the animals bc there's too many of them, real life clothing and fashion in other, etc. yknow for cases where i 100% need lots of references and inspiration. plus i search up additional refs when i know what im looking for / already have an idea for a design and just need it to be accurate.

but most of the time it's just my gallery. i save a lot of art that i like, and when i need ideas but i don't really know what exactly i want to see, i scroll through this massive pile of all sorts of different things until something catches my eye. can never tell where inspiration might come from, so i find that having it all in one place is better than having lots of small organized folders that i need to individually look through.

hmm i feel like im not answering your question at all......... i used to always have clear references and things i deliberately and consciously took inspiration from, and i did research into themes and what could potentially enhance a design. if you look at my older art, design sheets especially, you can see that a lot of them have references in the background, and are more thought through and planned. i've stopped doing it at some point tho. not sure why, probably just got lazy. although i think around that time i was also coming to terms with the idea that i don't need to have a set design that i follow 100% correctly every time, and that instead i can have fun and draw characters however i like and let a design form over time. so that probably had an effect.

nowadays most of the ideas for designs come from my mind and visual memory, plus inspirations from the gallery, though it is less deliberate and more of a "oh wow that's cool". that's also where the frantic switching and panic come in. which makes it a lot harder to track down or to explain...

uhh yeah

👍

#yagotalk #silver im sorry i hope you got some of it at least #im gonna go sleep my brain is refusing to work

[moondirti]

pleasee how do you get your pinterest to be so beautiful like what do you search for to get the most visually delicious pins for your boards

they're absolutely stunning

thank u so much darl! i spend an egregious amount of time on pinterest, so here are some things i picked up –

aesthetics have subsets. i usually get as niche and specific as possible when creating my boards, otherwise you’ll end up with a less-than-cohesive colour palette/subject matter. for example, if you’re looking into cottagecore, consider the different variations of it. fairy, gothic, witchy, country, etc…

on that note, there are a standard set of tags you can apply to any aesthetic that’s bound to get you the results you’re looking for. adding vintage, funky, soft, cute, or other adjectives in the search bar will help you narrow down.

but to answer your main question, i don’t use specific keywords (mostly because i dont know what im searching for half the time). it usually starts off by finding a picture i really, really like on my home feed which doesn’t fit in with my pre-existing boards. from there, i add it into a secret, nameless board and scroll through the ‘more to explore’ section below that pin. usually the vibes are a close match, and i keep on adding until pinterest’s algorithm has enough to recommend me other pins like it! i’m usually very picky while sifting through them though, which might explain why you feel my results are more curated. they’re not! im just a design student with way too much time on my hands lol

naming comes last. once i have a good idea of what the vibe is, i’ll come up with something so hyper specific you’ll wonder what the hell it even means. it’s my favourite part and usually adds an extra ‘yum’ element, if that makes sense. by making it decipherable only to you, you’re adding your own touch on a board that’s otherwise impersonal

i hope this helped? there isn’t rly a secret, just a tedious and picky process :) if you have a specific board you like, you’re always welcome to just pull pins from it until you see it manifest on your home feed <3

#༄dee answers #darling anons

[ryemackerel]

HALLO i was wondering how you get out of art block?? your art is very expressive and i absolutely adore all your colour choices and designs. ive been having trouble with art block for a very long time now so i’m just trying to ask other artists how they get outta it <3 i hope u have a niceday yesyes

OUGHH HELLO!!! holy crap, art block is the WORST. everytime i encounter it, its always hard to beat it D: theres days where i feel like i WANT to draw something so badly but my brain just. cant function

i dont have a definitive solution for art block, but whenever i do, i have a few ways to cope with it. sometimes they work, sometimes they dont? but whenever the time comes and im just sitting at a brick wall, i got some survival tips

1. come up with random silly ideas,, it could be anything: random words, phrases, scenarios. they can be as nonsensical as you want them to be. during art blocks, my mind is completely dry with ideas, so i always try to compile a list of ideas from the past so i can come back to them later on. i try to come up with random duos or something as simple as “mcdonalds date”. i might not work on these now, but maybe some random lil word can spark that creativity in me

heres my art ideas list… i have some ideas that are like 8 months old in there BGAHSGA, but i save em there till i feel like working on them

2. STRUGGLE DOODLES!! i like to make a bunch of doodles of random scenes that i think about in my head. doodle practically anything. your favorite person, favorite animal, something you see outside your window, frogs?

heres a few of mine. most of the time, i NEVER get to finishing them. however, during art blocks sometimes i like to go back to really old, incomplete guidelines and add some new, random addition to it. sometimes i forget what my sketches were exactly meant to be? and i guess thats the fun about interpreting stuff and giving things a new spin to them. during art blocks, i HATE trying to come up with new drawings from a blank canvas (since i dont even have any ideas to begin with). but working on old wips, or completely revising them? sometimes these can be super fun :]

[and bonus tip!! and this is like, a golden tip that everyone loves: going back to super old drawings and redrawing them!! its my favorite. i absolutely love seeing the improvement ive made over the years. its also pretty easy to work with since you dont have to stress about coming up with completely new ideas from a blank slate! GAHH i should do that more often.]

3. search up your favorite fanart, go on pinterest, anything. i love this one.

search up some really cool photos of outfits, aesthetic backgrounds?? i find myself searching up a lot of fanart of fandoms im in, any word with “aesthetic” at the end, casino aesthetic, anything! pinterest has always been my go-to platform to find ideas. i go on the app and not even a second in, im blown with all of this cool art n character designs. i have a problem saving almost everything i find into my boards, but at least i saved a chock-full of ideas i can work with. :)

a thing about me: ive never been the type to try and force my art block out. whenever im facing a block, its extremely difficult for me to come up with things on my own. sometimes i let it wait for a while, but that tends to take a REALLY long time. D: if i dont feel like drawing, or doodling, or really doing anything? i always like scrolling through really pretty photos. that tends to spark a small idea in me i can work with, and sometimes i manage to get out of art block from there. it starts out small, then over time it gets even better.

these photos especially gave me WAY more motivation than i ever had to draw wilbur during an art block moment. i started off making small random doodles of him in a neon city and over time it kinda turned into a fixation for neon cities. i LOVE imagining characters in random photos i find on pinterest.

wishing you the bestest in your art journey!! this crap’s tough but i know you can break it yo. thank you so much for the ask!

feel free to reblog and add your own ideas below :] i was only able to come up with a few, but if youd like to add on, go right ahead! /noforce

#ryemackerel asks

[tayne-dot-exe]

Im not on tikok and all that so I dont thiiiink im as bad as those kids who are doing all the -core aesthetic hyperboost niches and trends, but I LOVE to distill all of the things that visually appeal to me so I can maximize them.

I love patterns with a lot of warm natural tones when im at the thrift store so im trying to create some stripe patterns that use the full range of what I consider natural tones, that in going to make a shirt with but I want it to also work as wallpaper. For representational prints I am less interested in stylization but I have many Critters I like and I love like "guide" type posters so I'm collecting pics of animals and plants based on some adaptation and locomotion lists I've been making for years and Im going to have this printed as fabric for the front half of the natural tone pattern shirt, and reuse the images to print for the wall maybe too.

Maybe the biggest category of my aesthetic (since animals are more of an interest I want to express than an aesthetic) is scifi and retro tech, and I think I could get all the elements I see and hit reblog into an animation of a crt monitor going from windows 2000, to flowerbox screensaver, to green wireframe, to hacker text, to motherboards and computer gore. Maybe I can get more random 3d object internet graphics in there. I have an all neon green on black outfit for anything edm and a windows crt cosplay suit for this vibe but I dont think I really need to convey this in clothing its more of an Image collecting aesthetic.

Kind of related to nature but Not theres 3 different "aquatic" aesthetics I like; fishing outdoorsman, tacky beach house decor, and fantasy mermaid. But I would want to convey these also without being redundant to creatures represented in the first thing, so no fish mounts or shells. So for the kinda kabit man I would want a jackalope and a singing bass, maybe a lure collection? And beach house does have some highly specific colors associated with it, and for decor theres still a lot of boating equipment you could do instead of shells. Mermaid kinda has colors associated with it but thats tricky.. but I'm gonna try to do a cute crop top in teal with delicate beading and patterns that evoke waves and scales....

I have pinterest boards for all these things I can really narrow down and probably get exactly right for decor and clothes but besides the nature stuff the other thing I always have been figuring out how to visually convey is my sense of humor like maybe I could still be a funny t shirt guy but when I see a funny shirt I'm like hmm actually a shirt could have anything so what would I have... But scrolling through my more "curated" blog and knowing I already "covered" the old web and computer stuff I decided the other major types of things I feel go there are messed up food (always been my go to), convoluted engineering, out of context diagrams, and branded products that make no sense.

Anyway I am so in here and I said im better than the everything -core crowd but actually I wanna hear if anyone has this stuff pieced out for themselves like this, I love a curated taste

#tayne newsletter

[juneberrie]

aw babe are you ok? <33 sorry ur sitting alone at lunch, i've been there and it's pretty difficult 💗 and about ur friends + the board game thing, is this like a 1 time thing or do they do this a lot? because ur a great person + u genuinely deserve better if they treat u like that regularly x

on a different note, did u listen to any of those rock bands + if so, what did u think of them? - 💜

ty angel <3 im doing good, i spent all of lunch watching tiktok lmao but i could see the friend who usually wouldve sat w me sitting talking to their 9th grade friends after basically ignoring me for a class period 💀 but its fine lmao

about the board game—like its not a regular thing but i feel like they just got tired of me? i mean i was on my phone but so was literally everyone else. half of them got up and left at times during their turns and we waited for them, but i was scrolling through pinterest and i got my turn skipped like three times b4 i noticed… and ty bae it means a lot <3

i listened to like two blondie songs and a few aerosmith songs cos ive been busy af lately (its finals + the last week of school) i didnt really listen to enough songs to form an opinion on blondie but i like aerosmith!!! im probably gonna listen to a few more of their songs n albums <3

#꒰ 💜 ꒱ؘ anon!! #⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ mailbox #btw im hugging u super hard rn love <3

[lesbian-fangirl-forever]

Day three of doodling Eret in outfits from my Pinterest board: Rainbow sleeves and skirt

I added more suits to the board so I’m hyped!! I also wanna note that im not going through the board and picking myself, I’m scrolling with my eyes closed and randomly slapping the screen to grab an outfit :3

This one however was chosen by a friend of mine lol

#scribbles of the vee #dsmp fanart #eret art #eret fanart #eretfanart #fanart #dsmp eret fanart #dsmp eret #ert

[svndvn]

Your are is beautiful 😍how do u get inspiration?

Well first thank you !! :) As for the inspiration question I don’t really know, I don’t have a process really .I do have a pinterest where I collect pictures that I find cool, whenever I have a white page syndrom I just scroll randomly on some of the boards and I feel like drawing again :) If you’re talking more on “style” inspiration, I really like Grace Liu, Alvin Fai and Yoshihiko Umakoshi, (and for backgrounds design, OF COURSE Oga Kazuo and Claude Ponti) So Im looking up to them and trying to understand what I like so much about them I guess and try to reach their level of achievement :) (I keep it cool Im not on Nekketsu mode haha)As for stories I am a big fan of sad kitsch old french songs and through this weird melancolic/romantic/depressive soft vibe I often find ideas for dramatic situations and them I try to create a story with that :) But I guess in fact I do have a process, I always come back to what made me feel like drawing in the first place , by surrounding myself with people who inspires me and make me feel calm . It’s just .. remember that you love it ? Hope this answer you question (sry it’s messy :/) Have a great day ! :3Love SVN 

[zzpopzz]

Really long rant about how I made Vanilla Twilight, I typed it at 2am so it’s kinda crappy and boring, just skip through this post.

So I'd been thinking about it for a long time now, even before finishing Vanilla Twilight that I'd talk about it if someone asked, well that never happened so I was just thinking that I'd let it go but that post is so important to me so well fuck it I'll just talk about it anyway. I did it completely on a wimp like how cool would it be if I make a lyricstuck for Toumaki like I'd be the first (if anyone did this before me im sorry). The first song I intended to do wasn't VT, it was a much shorter and easier song. I saw the music video first time after a while and the lyrics gave me some scenes to draw right away, like the tones, the atmosphere, the lyrics all fit them very well, made me wanted to draw something happy but sad. The ending for it was a happy one instead of a sad one like other songs I did (I didn't post the ending for any of them, just let the viewers decide what it's gonna be) I was very scared like what if it won't turn out ok and people gonna hate me for it or no one even gonna look at it. Also what I visualized are mostly illustrations with backgrounds, what I never done before so high chance it won't go anywhere. I thought well let's just see how far will I get and won't talk about it at all until I post it so at least I won't be all barks no bite. I was very traumatized that someone might know about what I did so I locked all the files when I shut down my PC in case someone hack into it lmao. I started with making a storyboard(kinda) for it, this is where I first got trouble because there was some part I didn't think of when I visualized what I'd draw at first ( 'I don't feel so alone' part mostly and some in between) and it's only at this point that I realized how many I'd have to draw (over 40 images total) and it's mind blowing for someone who rarely finish a painting like me at that time, that number is more than what I'd draw in a year. VT doesn't have choruses that meant I can't do tricks like repeat some panels (I don't like this anyway). I usually painted on small canvas before that but I wanna make sure I can fix things later and some idea I had was pretty big so I used 3000x5000px canvas then trimmed them down ( I didn't know how big it was and it's huge). The idea was to make a tumblr scroll-post like a lyricstuck (my favorites are by paperseverywhere and toastyhat/emptyfeet , they made really cool tutorials about these) so I tried to drew out compositions that would look good scrolling down panel by panel and have some connections between them (this didn't turn out so good in the end because I wasn't good lol) Since I was scared that people might point out that I draw something wrong, it took me almost a week or something searching for references (check my pinterest board) like the streets, sky, houses, roads, outfits, poses,... I was going to draw. I got some knowledge about bikes by this too, like I can tell the differences between road bike, mtb, touring bikes,... I also see and captured bunches of screenshots and reread ywpd trivia countless time to make sure I won't get anything wrong. If you take notice, every outfit Toumaki wear in there are all canon, from anime or promos. The first few panels was really exciting because I had never painted so many with backgrounds before, I was really happy when I almost finished the first verse even compared to the full 3:50 of the song it was only 20 seconds and I thought maybe I can pull this after all. The last panel was intended to be Makichan standing infront of his house looking at the sky but I wanted to show the sky at the end of the panel and that wouldn't work on scroll-down post so I had to leave it for later, I repainted this panel for about 3 times and finished it just 30' before posting. The first panel of the second verse wasn't turning out alright too because that was my first time doing a 3 points perspective drawing and the colors didn't turn out as I wanted either (my intention was a green/gold dawn scene). Things kinda worked well despite that until the scene when Toudou sits in his ink, gdi I didn't know why I was so caught up in that and painted every piece of that wooden floor, it took me almost a week but turned out better than I expected so I was ok with it. I was going to make sketchy paintings for all of the panel but I did too much details on that one so it gave me the impression that I'll have to do just as much for every others. Now I still had school to go and that semester my uni got me pretty crappy schedule that made me have to wait for classes at school frequently, I was frustrated because I didn't get to paint during that time and I might finish it too late (even though I didn't set a deadline) and when I got home I just spent so much time checking twitter and just can't pick myself up to draw and ended up feeling shitty about it. *Side story*  I was so mad because I didn't get anything done and there's still more than half of the whole thing to do and the worst part is that I had no one that I can talk to because I didn't have any friend who ship Toumaki and I also don't want to publicly talk about what I was doing, I wanted to surprise people when I'm done, I didn't wanna give people the expectation then screw it up (I literally thought I'd drop a bomb not a grenade lmao) I can't remember how long was that shitty phase but I felt like it was so long, I barely finished verse 2 at that point. I was so mad at myself and my progress so I spent a few days to look at time management threads and this helped a lot, I changed my habits completely  by this and I still apply those methods now, like I used to stay up til 3am to read fics (bless you writers you fueled me with your writings bless you all) then I switch to bed before 12 and get up early for a good start or reduce working time while increasing quality* After that I kinda got things together,I just went ahead with painting tho it's still kinda tiring, I had to work on 5 essays during this time too. At this point I was like screw all, I give no shit about what everyone thinks I'm just gonna finish this and get some good nap (I practiced power nap to get more focus time for painting but dude everyone wants a good long nap) 10 days before uploading I found out that there's a Toumaki day (I'm so sorry), I was going to posted on the first sunday of June (I did researched on which was the best time to post on social medias so I randomly picked a sunday) and Toumaki day is the last sunday of May, that meant I had 10 days left and 15 panels to paint! I was going to ignore that but I already made it big I should make it right too so I shit my pants going through those last panels. I purposely hiding Toudou's face till the last verse to emphasize the feelz and got so relieved that I finally got to paint him (I read some tags that some viewers got emotional at this part so I'm so glad it worked). The whole things was put under Makichan's perspective so I was so sick of painting him at that point, he showed up in every panel and I can't paint him ugly because he's beautiful (especially his hair, I spent shitload of time painting them). I can talk lots about why I picked to do so but that's headcanon shit and it's embarrassing so let's just skip that. The last day I had only 3 panels left and I was hell confident that I've got this and somehow spent the whole evening rewatch Toumaki pingpong ep (end me). Of course that didn't end well, I managed to finish those by midnight but I still had like 3 panels that needed  repaint completely and all 43 needed retouch and edits. My plan was to post at 9am sunday (thats 9pm saturday est) so I had to get up at 5am and finish all that, I ended up cutting down 2 panels and simplified the instrumental panel (some tags said that was nice so I was at least relieved). Unlike other songs I did, the length of every line's quite different and the original sizes I did would make viewers have to scroll slower or faster at different parts. I didn't plan this beforehand and had to trim down some panels even the parts that I really liked and spent lots of time on. I also found out that people outside the homestuck fandom might not familiar with this type of post so I made a video too (I’m sorry I have zero skill in editing). After posting I was terrified of people's reactions or worse, there won't be any reaction so I turned everything off and went to sleep and woke up with an unimaginable number of notes I'd got, I set the target of 500 notes and I really didn't think that I'd get past that number like maybe 2-300 (well my other songs didnt even get 200), at the end I got 5000. I spent the next week reading and screencap tags given in reblogs, I put them on desktop and they're still my motivation til now. Vanilla Twilight is the thing I'm proud of the most even until now, when I've done other songs and projects that look somewhat better. If I have to recommend one thing on my blog I'd recommend it despite its' unskilled paneling, poor composition and muddy colors. It was the first time in my life that I'd put so much effort into something and went through such emotional roller coaster, the feelings I put into it was raw and the idea was very original compared to other songs, I improved and changed a lot during the 2 months I spent on it and never once regret doing it. ***Anyway, you sure have much free time to read it this far, here's a little game for you: I put random things in VT and HF like some characters/stuff from other series, my ocs,... (there wasn't anything purposeless in there even the logo on their cups or the bags they wear) just send me anything you find and I'll draw you something in return**

#toumaki #tweetdump #rant #poopask

[pomegrntes]

tagged by @flitwickfilius this is long so its all under the cut if u wanna read it

on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about life right now? 2 or 2

describe yourself in a hashtag? uhh #im gonna cry

if you could do a kiss scene with anyone, who would it be? the thought of doing a kiss scene makes me uncomfortable but i wouldnt mind tom holland

if your life was a musical, what would the marquee say? a who

what’s one thing people don’t know about you? im not gonna say what it  is bc i like to bottle things up ✨🧚‍♀️

what’s your wake up ritual? wake up ritual is wake up at 12 and then fall asleep a bunch of times while trying to get out of bed and then actually staring my day at 1:30

what’s your go to bed ritual? pee, brush my teeth, get hungry an hour later, eat, brush my teeth again, then watch some tv or something, and then mindlessly scroll through my phone until 3 am

what’s your favorite time of day? late at night when my whole household is asleep and its just me, alone, hanging out

your go to for having a good laugh? brooklyn nine nine or the odd1sout

dream country to visit? just somewhere far away

what’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had? im sure theres been one but i cant think of any

heels or flats/sneakers? sneakers, but not like running shoes; vans or converse 

vintage or new? new, but i do have an appreciation for vintage things 

who do you want to write your obituary? my animal crossing villagers; more specifically, nan or boone

style icon? theres no one in particular but the way i dress is definelty influenced by pinterest

what are three things you cannot live without? this one pillow i cant sleep without, my laptop and thats it

what’s one ingredient you put in everything? i dont rly cook but tomato ig

what 3 people living or dead would you want to make dinner for? i wouldnt cook for people i burn everything but malina weissman, tom holland and jacob batalon

what’s your biggest fear in life? everyone leaving me and me being all alone 😹😹😹

window or aisle seat? on bus; aisle, on plane; window

what’s your current tv obsession? it would be brooklyn nine nine cos the new seasons on netflix and i havent watched it yet, but since i dont have netflix rn its naruto

favorite app? it used to be tiktok but tiktok is getting kinda annoying with all of the locals on it now so pintreest ig

secret talent? if only i was talented

most adventurous thing you’ve ever done in your life? im a boring person

how would you define yourself in three words? i have no personality i cant answer this

favorite piece of clothing you own? corduroy pants or my uncles old adidas hoodie he gave me

a must have clothing item that everyone should have? clown outfit

a superpower you would want? teleportation or ability to change appearance

what’s inspiring you in life right now? nothing im slowly losing my emotions

best piece of advice you’ve received? i dont think ive been advised much

best advice you’d give your teenage self? please shut up 

a book everyone should read? six of crows or renegades

what would you like to be remembered for? forget me❤️

how do you define beauty? i dont freaking know

what do you love most about your body? nothing

best way to take a rest/decompress? staring at the ceiling

favorite place to view art? i dunno what this means

if your life was a song, what would the title be? tell her to stop crying

if you could master one instrument, what would it be? none im not a band nerd

if you had a tattoo, where would it be? wrist or ankle

dolphins or koalas? dolphins 

what’s your spirit animal? im not white i dont use that term

best gift you’ve ever received? my friend recorded a really cute voice message for me on my bday

best gift you’ve given? my presence is a gift

what’s your favorite board game? monopoly or life

what’s your favorite color?  im not rly sure but i have an appreciation for a lot of colours, forest green has been hitting diff lately tho

least favorite color? brown

diamond or pearls? dont rly care

drugstore makeup or designer? i dont wear makeup but designer sounds nicer

pilates or yoga? neither❤️ who do u think i am

coffee or tea? coffee

what’s the weirdest word in the english language? i dunno but it bothers me that theres some words in urdu that i cant explain in english 

dark chocolate or milk chocolate? milk

stairs or elevators? stairs

summer or winter? winter

you are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat? i despise these kind of questions

a dessert you don’t like? cupcakes, ive also started developing a dislike towards cake

a skill you’re working on mastering? working out, i was good for a month but then i couldnt do it on my period without getting awful cramps and i have yet to get back into the routine

best thing to happen to you today? woke up early enough to buy turnips in animal crossing

worst thing to happen to you today? my coffee tasted bad

best compliment you’ve ever received? my grandma implied that im basically her favourite

favorite smell?  a light man/ cologne smell and cotton

hugs or kisses? hugs

if you made a documentary, would it be about? why cats r superior

last piece of content you consumed that made you cry? i cry over everything i watch but more recently it was mrs svorski dying in girl meets world

lipstick or lipgloss? is chapstick an option

sweet or savory? savory 

girl crush? malina weissman

how do you know you’re in love? how would i know

a song you can listen to on repeat? scrawny, the king, maniac, little league

if you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be? theres a few people

what are you most excited for/about this time in your life? the only thing bringing me the slightest amount of joy is animal crossing

tagging: if ur reading this, congrats ur tagged to do this!

#this took way too long and too much thinking