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archandshri · 6 days
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22nd March ‘24 - [arch] Mad About Munch, Warm-up sketches and daaarknesss???
Good evening, Shri! I forgot that it is Friday, but at the beginning of writing this, I have an hour and 27 minutes until Friday is over, so I WILL be on time!
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Wow, like a lot has happened? But I also don’t have tons to show for it. (it’s because I’m working on cool secret project that I’m not allowed to talk about which is fun!)
Stuff i have been doing
Museums :0!!!! I have been travelling and in my old age apparently, I like old art now???
Gathering a lot of reference images - photos, but also general inspiration
Finally organising my digital space a bit! I backed up like 3 years' worth of Procreate images and cleared out half my iPad
Getting some of my sketchbooks, especially comic development, digitised and onto Google Slides! I follow a similar process to when I was at uni still, with a huge PowerPoint for a project that contains reference images, inspiration, plot bullet points, and links to google docs where I write the scripts, development sketches and finals. It makes it super easy to go back to important parts of the development and be reminded of things I might have lost in the development process
Warm-up sketches because you bullied me into it (affectionate)
Continuing to explore colour
2 things I would like to tell you more about: 1) Edvard Munch!!!!!! If you ever get the chance to visit the Munch Museum in Oslo, do it!! I hadn’t seen a whole museum dedicated to one guy before, but seeing so much of his work in one place, in person really helped me understand it better. They also had a fantastic audio tour to rent that made it super accessible. I had just come from thinking about colour last week and becoming more comfortable with darker colours, and I had been thinking about personality and narrative in settings and backgrounds - both of which he does really well. In particular, The Sick Child, Eye in Eye, and The Sun stood out to me.
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2) Play. AGAIN!!!!! I feel like I’m constantly having to fight myself, reminding myself to let go, play around, and explore without the expectation of a final outcome. You told me to try some 20 min warm-up and cool-down sketches - which I’ve been doing and has been going great! They’re not all perfect and aren’t supposed to be, but I’ve also had some really fun outcomes that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. I also feel like I’m getting more of a grip on colour :0
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Plus, I’ve found that I haven’t wanted to post my terrible sketches or even my better ones?? Which has been nice to make without the need for sharing. However, I have found myself craving a final image to share with all of Tumblr and Instagram, thinking of possible images that would do well on those platforms. I think there is a small part of me that wants to create those because it would be fun, but I think it’s mostly to fix the number-shaped hole :/ Hank Green made a good video which mentioned the fact that platforms are EXTRA BAD with teaching creators to be addicted to them, even more so than consumers. Video here. It’s good.
I was listening to the Imp and Skizz podcast earlier (Episode - Rendog pt 1), it’s a great podcast, they chat about Hermitcraft a bit but mostly about what being alive is like and being a creator, I really recommend them too. Anyway, Skizz said he was once told to ‘create videos that he wanted to watch.’ And I think it’s a good approach to have when creating. What do I wanna see/ read?
I would love to chat to you about the balance between dark tones and silliness in storytelling too, but it is 11pm and I do have to get up early tomorrow. Plus, I’m not sure I have enough thoughts yet. But for now, it’s left me thinking: what do I want to make? Am I campable of silliness in stories? I want to tell stories with an undertone of darkness, that discusses difficult themes, but how to we do that while keeping it entertaining and not just Too Much(™)?
I dunno, just thoughts I’ve been having. I wanna get them down, even if I don’t have any solutions yet. In the meantime, please accept these sketchbook pages in lieu of philosophical answers. 
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Thank you for listening to my rambles once again!
Love <3 Archie
Ps. I saw Frozen the musical and it was Very Sibling, and I cried. It made me think of you and I think you would like it (it’s only a bit different to the film but it makes such a difference omg)
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nicolezaridze · 2 years
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god pls 😳🙏
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marianaillust · 1 year
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My 2022 summary of art ~🎨
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starspilli · 1 month
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was suddenly overcome with the inexplicable urge to draw jason fishing
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archillustrates · 2 months
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I make mixed media comics and sequential illustration. I’m super passionate about all kinds of texture, digital and traditional print and paper craft, and love to expand on traditional print formats we have (make books weird!). Also!! I love thinking about the weird fact that we’re alive and experience things?? This comes into my work a teeny bit too! I’m super excited to share my illustration journey with you :0
Big inspo: <3 In by Will McPhail (makes me cry every time I read it please check it out) <3 Natalie Andrewson’s awesome riso and colour work <3 Folky/Punk/Alt music of many kinds!! (Currently The Oh Hellos, Ball Park Music, The Beths, Jonah Corren) <3 Lizzy Stewart has my heart <3 Adventure Time <3 My wonderful beautiful D&D group
Currently obsessed with: new sibling ocs, life series, hermitcraft, thinking about what life is
Currently working on: improving anatomy and character interactions
My tags: #archillustrates - drawings n stuff #arch is learning - essays n development n thoughts!!
Links!! https://www.archillustrates.com/ - website https://www.instagram.com/archillustrates/ - instagram https://linktr.ee/archillustrates - other stuff!! @archandshri - art process blog!!
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cozylittleartblog · 8 months
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@staff if you [change] the [design] of the fucking [dashboard] i will kill you
edit. i want it on the actual post that i am not actually making a de-th threat against the staff. that's shitty. the caption quotes the fucking costco hot dog meme, which i originally said in the tags. if any staff member sees this please do Not take it personally
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thefourofdiamondsart · 4 months
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After the Quest
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isbergillustration · 7 months
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Angels, Fallen Or Otherwise
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alilarew23 · 5 months
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daily reminder that
once you decide something is happening/has already happened/is yours/will 777% be yours, you can feel whatever the fuck you want to feel, you can think whatever the fuck you want to think, you can carry yourself however the fuck you want to carry yourself—it DOES NOT MATTER. there is nothing, and i mean NOTHING, more powerful than the energy of decision, than the absolute unwavering belief in a specific outcome. decide, know, and stop giving your power up. if you’re on my team, you’re fearless, you’re winning, you’ve already won, and that’s on god.
love you, strong one. 💋
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solmesia · 7 months
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thanks @fangsandfeels :)))
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archandshri · 2 months
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Fighting my sketchbooks - Arch - 26th Jan ‘24
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For the past several weeks I’ve been creatively resting - playing a lot in sketchbooks. Most of the time, I find myself a little bit addicted to the grind of making polished, finished projects, but I’m trying to take a break from that at the moment and just have a play around! This has mostly involved drawing a lot of fanart (I’m on a minecraft yt hyperfixation right now - kill the part of you that cringes!!!!) which you can find on my tag #archillustrates if you fancy. 
Though I’m trying my best, I find it hard to ‘just play’ in sketchbooks. There’s part of me that feels stuck if I’m not improving on every single drawing I do - which is just impossible. This does give me a drive though, even if it’s not entirely healthy. I’ve been enjoying playing with new materials - here you can see some experiments with a new dip pen I was given for xmas and some lovely inks. I’m loving the range of thickness you can get with your linework with this nip, although it’s a bit hard to control. (These are some OCs that might make it into a comic one day)
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I’ve been playing with more cartoony styles and proportions for several weeks now, and I feel like I’m reaching a limit in my development of those styles before I have to go and study more anatomy. I think taking anatomy study slowly is key for me. I find it draining and don’t have a natural inclination to do it most of the time. Adding a little bit here and there in different projects and in between other themes I find more engaging makes me more interested in learning. We can’t become perfect overnight, and the pressure to do so is what kills the fun. Right now, as I’ve been playing for a while, drawing some observationals feels right. So here’s some I’ve been doing!
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This might be a bit existential for my first proper post, but I’ve been thinking a lot about what motivates me to create and how for me it’s absolutely to fill some kind of void - be that something to keep my brain occupied or validation. I’d like the process of creating artwork to mean more to me, and I don’t know what that looks like yet, but it’s on my mind. I think focusing less on outcomes and the validation I receive from it is important. It’s tough though! Hopefully I’ll begin to understand my relationship with my artwork a little better soon. Would I still make if no one was watching?
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nicolezaridze · 2 years
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yeah 
instagram | webtoons 
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buttonheart · 3 months
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Mmmmm fem Dabi ♀️
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ashandcinders · 3 months
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She should be the one to do it
Patreon / Instagram / Twitter
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theartofmadeline · 7 months
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wizard husbands go to the farmers market
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nots-27 · 5 months
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The beta kidz!
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