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this is how i imagine it happened

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mother superior's freetime activities

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Dragon Cult by Andrea Carbone

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Three hours before a party googling 5 benefits and tips for beginners of loving-kindness meditation

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maybe i was crazy. but maybe, just maybe, i came up with the best crossover idea ever

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Windows 7

Windows 7 is the next release of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft.

Windows 7 is intended to be an incremental upgrade with the goal of being fully compatible with existing device drivers, applications, and hardware

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Getting moldy this semester

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I'm trying to get used to digital again

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I hope I'm not just a mutual to you, but someone you want to bring up in irl conversation so you have to awkwardly and cryptically say "my friend..." and refuse to elaborate on my origins or the origins of our friendships

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regal omen bairn / horned bairn

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playing with my cerebral spinal fluid. #myfluid

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Murky hates the feeling of socks so when its too cold to go barefoot artemy has to put the socks on and off over and over until they sit right

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The thing with amateur local theater is it is almost always bad BUT keeping it alive is the most important thing

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hold on babygirl dont die there will be a new freaky little character for you get insanely obsessed with

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i think you can be 40 and have a coming of age narrative

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photography round 4 poll 3

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Portrait of Lena Żelichowska wearing a frock by Benedykt Jerzy Dorys, 1931:

submitted description: a woman in suit and tie holding a cigarette

A blacksmith by Maciek Przeklasa (2021?):

propaganda: The badassery of the subject goes a long way. He looks so comfortable, like he just asked an old friend for a light. Also, consider this. Too much light or contrast would blur the heat gradient on the horseshoe and/or the details of the subject's face, but both are so clear. The sparks on the tip of the cigarette give you some dynamics, and the background is atmospheric but subtle. Just a really great portrait.

about the artist: he is on ig and fb, and he appears to be hire-able for weddings

submitted by @slaviclore

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humbly asking for your traditional art tips (and more specifically if you have any advice for how to make details look as good as possible) 🙏🙏

Hii hello!!!!! I apologize for the time it took to answer this ask but I feel the concept of time is slowly but inexorably slipping away from me!!!!!!!! Your question is really interesting because I rarely feel comfortable posting my traditional art at all.. and the little advice I have comes from a place of great insecurity!! But I'm incredibly thankful for your ask as always friend..

I go to an art school so I've had the chance and luck to experiment with quite a lot of techniques.. but I haven't really managed to "master" much of any! Aside perhaps from the good old graphite.

My humble advice is to stick to whatever makes you more comfortable. I know everyone always says positive change comes from leaving your comfort zone but sometimes.. especially when it comes to art.. which has to be expressive and liberating for you first of all.. it's not wrong to find Your Spot. The physical medium you actually damn like to hold! To get in touch with! To improve and strive for the interpretation of it that satisfies you! I have never been a tactile person, I am not delicate nor careful when I work. If erasing and starting over is not an option, then the work is not for me. Mechanical pencils (2b to 4b) and sheets of paper (preferably easy to transport) will undeniably just be the mediums I prefer! But I've found watercolors and acrylics to also be very comfortable with time. It's important to find your niche, I believe!

The way you work and the time you put into it is also very important! Working with physical mediums is objectively more physically taxing than digital ones! A graphic tablet and a screen don't require you to organise your space much, nor to be much spatially aware at all.. but any other technique does. You have to find yourself a comfortable space to work, to fit your materials, a good enough lighting setup etc etc.. never forget your body has needs and It always works better when they are nurtured..

And speaking about time. It is crucial to. Look away. Walk away from your projects Often as hell. Especially because you don't have an undo button. They WILL look weird if you spend an entire day staring at it without looking away eventually. Stretch. Eat. Watch something else. I found taking breaks to write helps a lot!!!

And about details........ if you are working with a reference image. I cannot explain how useful the grid method is. It's the oldest trick in the book. The literal Egyptians used it. Divide the canvas in As Many Shapes as you like (no shame in making them small. You can do whatever the hell you want) as long as the image you're referencing is divided in the exact same way. After having laid down the general shapes work bit by bit. SLOWLY!!!!! DON'T RUSH YOURSELF!!!! And I swear you'll touch the heavens. It's so satisfying genuinely.

If you're just drawing something without reference...... which is the best feeling in the world Don't get me wrong. But you feel it's in need of details. Don't police yourself get the references. It enriches your visual library of a TON after a while. You absorbe the shapes and then you'll just know how to draw them!! Look at the references now and you'll have them engrained in your mind with time! (Any of this is true But not for shoes. Never have I managed to draw a shoe without a reference in my life. Shapes entirely beyond my comprehension!)

My curriculum (photos taken rn sorry for the horrible lighting.)!! They are not good nor inspired (it was. School work) But I was thinking of the times I made these when giving advice! So I think it would be useful to know what I was talking about <3 It's just B or 2B graphite: