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See me finish this thing on Stream, Wednesdays @ 6pm CST it’s gonna be cool!

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A commission drawn for a  DnD campaign.

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I wanna dance so tophat time

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My cat does this thing where if you pet his butt it rises to the sky like you’ve activated the butt canon and idk i was thinking about that when i did this

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Blep

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WIP vent piece

i spent way too long on the lineart so there’s this to work with

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Okay reblog if you’re an artist who STRONGLY PREFERS reblogs with commentary

People are apparently under the impression that reblogging someone’s art and adding a comment is frowned upon and that can’t possibly be true, every artist I know of sees a reblog-comment as like the ultimate definitive reward for their hard work.

Obviously don’t feel bad for NOT adding a comment if you’re shy or just don’t know what to say, but if there’s something you would like to say about a drawing you’ve liked enough to reblog, I’m pretty sure most artists crave hearing it.

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warmup of my trio of precious rp babies draw the squad meme

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first try at animating. and it was a draw-over hah. not sure what aster did to deserve it but he appreciates it a lot

but he won’t get anymore if he flusters his kisser :( @ryiko

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Trying out a new style, I dig it.

@dragonblunders thinks bristlebacks are gross but they match Aerwyth awesome because 1. They bleed, 2. They’re purple.

I like to think that Aerwyth isn’t super fond of Gallant but Gallant loves the bananas out of Aerwyth so it’s a great relationship they share.

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Brownie would steal socks, and then she’d lay on them. She used to beg sitting straight up because she knew it would always get her treats. She barked really loud, this high pitched scream that only came from little dogs. She was so smart that it made her stubborn, and she picked and chose when she would listen to you. I used to sit there in a beanbag chair watching bioncle and the little mermaid with her in my lap while she slept. When she was little she was too scared to walk around in the city so I would carry her. But she was tough and strong and didn’t take shit from any of the other dogs. She was scared of scissors and wouldn’t let us trim her feet so she would slip and slide on the tiles.

Brownie was a good dog, she was my dog. She passed away with mom holding her, an old, tired dog who was apart of every single thing I’d done since I got her when I was 11 years old when Mom walked into the petstore expecting to walk out with a hamster. She liked carrots and chicken and sleeping in the sun and it’s going to be very quiet without her.

I imagine wherever she is, she’s got all the socks in the world and she can see every single one of them. She can see us, she can see the world, and she’ll sit up and beg and not even God Himself can resist giving her a treat for it.

March 23, 2003 - January 12, 2016

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Some Artist Tips you May or May Not Know

Just from personal experience.

1: Never try to draw on an empty stomach. You’ll make mistakes and be uncomfortable. (But don’t stuff yourself till you’re sick either.)

2: If you have to go to the bathroom, go. A full bladder or otherwise does serious damage to the attention and patience spans. Plus it gives you time to stretch your legs.

3: Before you ink it, leave it alone. Come back later (a few hours, a day?) and check for major anatomy mistakes. Work on something else while you’re waiting.

4: Stay hydrated! The brain and fine motor skills work better when properly circulated.

5: Do not have an excessive amount of sugar before sitting down to work. You’ll get jittery and impatient. Same goes for immense amounts of caffeine.

6: If you’re stuck, take a break to stand and stretch. Walk around the room. But don’t THINK of it as a break. Just take time to really focus on your body. Loosen it up, get a goooood long stretch and some deep breaths. (but don’t pass out!) It’ll jolt the mind awake and let you really relax a moment.

7: Keep. All. Your. Old. Art. I don’t care what it is. Keep it. Date it if it’s in your computer folders. Make a suitcase filled with it. (I personally have ALL my old art in a thick work folder.)

8: Keep your sketchbooks together, used and unused. If there’s a good sale on sketchbooks, get two or three! You won’t regret it later. There’s no such thing as too many. (I currently have about ten spankin’ new sketchbooks and I know I’ll need/use every single one of them.)

9: Date your sketchbooks. Put a start and finish date on them.

10: I’m afraid I don’t practice this one: date your drawings. You’ll be happy about it later. You don’t need to SIGN every drawing, but do date them. At least date pages.

11: ART BLOCK HAPPENS. Art block is pretty much a CONSTANT state of mind for artists. You’re never out of art block totally. But sometimes you get bursts of inspiration that make it feel like you’re out. So instead of feeling like you’re ill if you suddenly have artblock, remind yourself that this happens all the time, and you get out of it eventually, every time. c:>

12: If you’re REALLY stuck on some bad art block, do what I do.

Draw a brain barf. This is where you take a blank sheet of paper, and you just LET your hand be A.D.D. Draw whatever comes to mind, as it comes to mind. in the middle of drawing a hippo in a top hat but you think of a jolly rancher riding a unicycle? Switch immediately.

Let your brain just vomit all over the page. You’ll be surprised what comes up and what art block this can get you out of. It’s gotten me out of it various times.

13: Take advice from more experienced artists. But do NOT take everything as Gospel. Some people are just wrong.

14: HAND SHYNESS/ ART ENVY/ SELF CONSCIOUSNESS/ AND SKILL IMPATIENCE WILL EAT YOU ALIVE like a Titan. Do not let yourself get shy after looking at ‘better art’, do not let yourself think your art is worthless or your skills are worthless, and do not let yourself get frustrated that you cannot be at a higher skill level RIGHT NOW. Your brain will try to do this. All the time. Keep yourself in check. If you keep going at it, and keep working, you will get better. This is why you keep your old art. Look at it to remind you how far you’ve come.

15: Draw what you like. This is so important. (This does not apply for exploitative art. :l That’s just wrong. So long as you’re not targeting someone harmfully, I guess you’re fine.)

But don’t let people’s preferences dictate what you can and can’t draw. Draw whatever the heck you like. Accept that no matter WHAT there will be someone out there that hates it. Always. This is just a fact of life. But don’t let it get you down. I would have stopped being an artist at day one if I had.

16: You never. Stop. Learning. Ever. You will be old and grey and still be learning new things. That’s okay. That’s the nature of art. Even the ‘pros�� don’t know everything.

I hope these help someone out there~

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when youre drawing and something is wrong but you cant figure out what it is

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“Sketchy art styles are cheap because they just fool your mind into seeing the outline you like best”

You mean like how shading fools you into seeing depth and pose conveys motion that isn’t there? You mean like ART?

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Trying something new on a recycled concept ayo

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me: ok i WILL NOT MAKE THIS DRAWING HYPERSATURATED this time

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me: INCNREASE THE HUE