nixzeroz

[nixzeroz]

my opinion on oc x canon as an artist

It doesn't hurt anyone, go for it! As long as the relationship dynamic isn't questionable I don't see why it's seen as bad or cringe worthy.

Self inserts x canon can be tricky however, like for example if you're grown drawing yourself in a relationship with a minor, fictional or not, it's odd.

I think as an adult you can have completely separate original characters who are minors in relationships with other minors (I mean how many tv shows and stuff do we see of teen couples... They're all technically someone's oc) but making a character who looks similar to yourself and having them in a romantic relationship with a child is strange to say the least.

[nixzeroz]

universal artist pet peeves, non-artists take notes!

"Can you draw me?" It baffles me how entitled people are sometimes. It's fine if you're paying for a commission obviously I'm not talking about people who paid, I'm talking about the people that genuinely think they can get away with asking for a free self portrait.

"You're so talented." I wasn't born with natural talent, I've been drawing since I was a little kid. It's years of practice.

"I can barely draw a stick figure." Please just compliment me like a normal human being...

"That's too expensive." Most artists' prices are more than fair. Sure, to you it might just look like pixels on a screen or pencil on paper but to us it's taking time out of our day for you, we could be doing anything else but we're not. If you wanna complain about your $35 full body commission then do it yourself.

"They look like (character name)" For the love of god stop comparing original characters that took hours to draw to stuff that already exists. It's rude. "Oh haha that's cool but that looks like this thing that already exists so basically you're not creative at all." You get me? It's annoying as hell. Unless they're a blatant ripoff just stop.

"Your art style looks too much like (artist name)" It's true some artists like to use other styles as reference, I personally used to really look up to Hiro Mashima's art style but then it developed into its own thing. Unless someone is literally tracing another artist please just stop, nobody "owns" a specific art style just because they're more well known than other artists. We all start somewhere, referencing other artists is a good thing. It gives you an idea of what your goal is.

"Rendering process..." We've all seen certain drawings be memed to hell and back like that one Kaeya drawing, however a lot of these "oh..." "rendering process" comments are directed to actual kids and baby artists, it's gross. You know how many 12-13 year olds have literally quit drawing because of assholes on the internet? If you don't have anything nice to say, shut the fuck up.

"Personally I would (unsolicited advice)" Unless someone asks for constructive criticism, stop. We all have opinions but that doesn't mean you need to express them. Giving random "advice" when it isn't asked for is rude and backhanded as fuck, and really discouraging.

take a shot every time I wrote "unless"

[nixzeroz]

my oc, Nàdur. He's a 9ft tall forest elf :)

Also, before you point it out I'm very aware he looks similar to the Na'vi from Avatar, it wasn't intentional at all. I came up with his design before I had even watched Avatar, literally all I knew about it was that there were blue people, I had never even seen the character designs. So with that said please don't compare my art to existing media, I'm well aware of the similarities and it's generally rude to compare hours of work to something that already exists! /lh