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old sketchbook doodle i’m still super fond of

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peace walker is a serious game about nuclear deterrence

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trying to remember how to draw with help of warden bethany hawke

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instagrams of varying quality

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Free Palettes by Kawiku

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pearl wip, mainly posting so i actually remember that i want to clean it up and finish it. su characters are so much fun to draw!

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practise @ working from reference/putting faces in the right place (tbqh) from a few days ago

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i’ve decided the answer to my consistent digital inking woes is to say FUCK LINEART and just do a second, tidier sketch layer. more like with cleaning up something i drew in pencil.

it’s still not that gr8 but it’s getting me over that bump of, you know, “I can’t colour this bc i haven’t inked but also i hate my inking” aaand my goal with arting is to start learning to actually finish stuff instead of having a gazillion unfinished sketches everywhere

(i think what i might do with thing i drew last night -- bc it’s a gift and i want it to be nicer!! -- is do some serious cleanup now that i have the sketch and basic colours down and then focus on necessary shading and detail work)

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you know when your sketch looks p. decent and your inking looks fine on top of it but as soon as you hide the sketch layer the lineart looks like it was done by a five year old? yeah.

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not for no-shame challenge because this is old, but since the theme for #2 is “high fashion”, here’s a sketch i never finished from 2013 (?!) based on this versace dress (f/w ‘91-’92)

i may actually tidy it up and finish it because it’s a lot better than i remembered it being?? hmmmm

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Clara! (Tequila!)

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to be quite honest the trick to drawing most things and drawing art you like is to not try too hard

If you become too focused on getting things just right then you sacrifice the more expressive part of your drawing.

which in other words generally leads to stiff and kinda dull art

so don’t be afraid to draw things off model, you can always redraw things if you need to! nothing is ever set in stone, so don’t stress about it

when you do studies is when you should focus on figuring out how to draw things right, but when you’re drawing actual pieces don’t worry about the outcome and just have fun.

I can guarantee you’ll like a piece you had fun drawing more than one you stressed about getting right! So go wild!!

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A++++++ drawing challenge

downmoon and I have been enjoying doing a drawing challenge this month so we made one for February and it’s excellent; without further ado:

Val and Amelia’s Drawing Challenge For People Who Can’t Draw All That Well

Something you doodle all the time

High fashion

A dragon

A very cool hat

A pirate ship

Something spooky

A Hogwarts student

Swimming accessories

Someone in so many winter layers you can’t see them

Tea party

Sparkly unicorns

A scene from your favorite movie but the characters are replaced with dinosaurs

A fairytale retelling with really weird casting

PASSIONATE ROMANCE

The most ridiculous sports anime character

Aliens disguised as humans

A pair of very fabulous socks

What one of your fave characters sees in the mirror of Erised

A fancy dress

A balloon animal

A chimera

An illustration for a song lyric

Your muse personified

David Bowie from any era

A tattoo

Something seasonal

A bug

A Smash Bros character

edit: if you want to show everyone your masterworks please tag it #no shame challenge !

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unfinished pokeyman colouring practice because i got bored and sick of it \o/