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oorangesoda · 4 days ago

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I think the more I try and focus on having “perfect anatomy” the more I end up resenting what I create.

I get so hung up on whether or not things look “right” or “correct” and yeah, don’t get me wrong, it’s good to understand anatomy and how the body works. But it’s not everything.

When I just draw for the sake of drawing, focusing more on broad shapes and the flow of the drawing rather than whether or not that arm looks just right, or that torso lines up perfectly with the hips, I end up liking what I create a lot more.

Again, don’t get me wrong, practicing anatomy, understanding anatomy, and knowing the way muscles/bones twist and contort is good, in general it does make things better.

But if you’re drawing for the sake of being “perfect” or “correct”, it strips all the fun out of it. At least for me

#orange posts #this is literally me just trying to rationalize and walk myself through art block #or at the very least give myself a pat on the back #I think it’s really important to remember that you don’t have to perfect everything you do #especially when it comes to art #it’s subjective! it’s supposed to be fun! it’s what you make out of it!#drawing that little freak (sona) last night really helped me realize I don’t have to be ‘perfect’#I can draw for the sake of drawing #not do all the fancy line art #or tiny little details #I can just #draw a shadow freak in oversized clothes and that’s okay!#n e way #a reminder to all my fellow artists #have fun and love what you do #even if it’s not ‘perfect’

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chloesimaginationthings · 3 months ago

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All FNAF protagonists are artists.. and traumatized..

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gigizetz · 3 months ago

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Antinous sketches

I will redesign him a bit for Wisdom saga because his old design looked too much like Kaeya from genshin impact. Still keeping the eyepatch though, that's my favorite part of his design.

For his design I was mostly aiming for this intimidating, vain, kind of brute hunter aesthetic. I'm not really used to drawing manly men so he'll be quite the challenge to animate.

#I HATE DRAWING MUSCLES SO MUCH #my comfort zone in art is literally the complete opposite of manly big strong guys #but if I made him a twink just for my own sake I would never forgive myself #whatever if I managed to animate that design of Scylla I can do anything #epic the musical #digital art #art #epic: the musical #greek myths #epic the musical fanart

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humming-fly · 11 days ago

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The 2D vs 3D contrast of the sonic and shadow generation hubworlds cracks me up the more I think about it

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#behold a 2am shitpost we're so back #sxsg #sonic x shadow generations #sxsg spoilers #sonic x shadow generations spoilers #which I'll tag just to be safe lol #this comic comes purely from the fact I was trying to play both games at the same time #swapping between them after each boss #and that really does highlight the difference pretty starkly lol #shadow the hedgehog #omega e123 #my art #doodles #comic #still haven't quite figured out how to draw these guys but we're gettin there #to my knowledge shadow doesn't have a holographic map on him but let's pretend for the sake of giving him something to look at #he's a weird pseudo sci-fi guy he can have one as a treat #edit: you saw this before I came back and added in omega's symbol no you didn't

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kanis-things · 2 months ago

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#dragon age #dragon age fanart #solas #dread wolf #while drawing this I was thinking that his agents are also kind of wolves but of course only he can be the dread one #and yes he is a shepherd of “wolves” here cause in the end who is to say that his agents were not “sheeps” lol #I finished it for the sake of my bestie

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 1 year ago

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The musical episode.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #Remember jin guangyao: If you do any treachery you will face the wrath of five horses.#When are the horses going to come into play? You'll see.#s2.ep8 had beautiful music... I listened to it on loop while drawing!#Good music to chill out to before you fly into a rage.#This episode really cements how JGY's mind works - It is a matter of long-term outcomes at the sake of nearly everything else.#Morals do not matter to him if the outcome is more favourable.#and at the center of it all - he has learned that the only person he can truly trust is himself.#In turn - the only person his actions benefit are himself.#He will do anything and everything it takes to reach a position of power - not just for the power. But because it means safety.#Because it was something he was denied and the idea of not having control in his life again is unforgivable.#'Happiness' isn't a goal. We are looking at someone still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.#Everything and everyone is a piece in a game. Bonds and friendships are assets. People are dispensable.#He wants to climb for the sake of climbing. He wants praise and recognition because he feels it is deserved. It's all so hollow.#We could go deeper into his psyche on this.#But these are also tags under a comic in which 'evil penis music' is the punchline.

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bastardlybonkers · 9 months ago

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feetman

#hlvrai #half live vr but the ai is self aware #gordon freeman #gordon feetman #so idk if theres any like ‘metastory’ to there being a player or if its literally just supposed to be wayne #but i thought it would be kinda interesting for the player to be his own guy #cause like to me #a big part of it that makes it fun is that gordon has like #no actual stakes #dude is getting pissed for the sake of it #he knows its a game and is just freaking out at the ai being so alive u know #now since i cant remember if theres some kind of canon or metastory to the player you can completely decide for yourself why hes playing #or how he got the game #is he just some guy? is it an experiment? is it for his job? who knows!#hes The Player #also if ur wondering why his design is so similar to gordons #its cause i didnt wanna stray into the unrecognizable lmao #also. i really really really didnt wanna draw the fucking suit #and yes thats benrey on the tamagotchi #i think it would be very funny if he could cart them all around in tamagotchis #sorry for long tags

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ineed-to-sleep · 8 months ago

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Blacked out in front of my tablet and woke up with sketches of my Touchstarved mc + Kuras my beloved. woops

#I found out dr. kuras is 6'6 I said hold on lemme get a stool so I can climb this man #touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved kuras #kuras #sleepyscribble #oc.emma #my mc is meant to be a self insert but also like. I wanted to come up w a design and character arc and everything jkvkvk #so I ended up basing her on my personality/looks but taking her into a direction that would fit the game #she's like. me but 'characterized' and a bit exaggerated for the sake of being a character yk #the way she turned out is that she's basically a friendly happy go lucky mage who laughs at her own misery but hides #a deep layer of self loathing underneath all that bc of her curse #having been cursed all her life she believes she's a monster and the sunny personality is a way for her to 'make up for it'#but at the same time she feels like a farse. like she's only luring ppl in to an inevitable demise #and she thinks she's selfish bc despite knowing the danger she poses she still goes out there and puts herself among ppl #bc she craves human connection. even tho she feels guilty for 'indulging' in it #anyway I love the cursed mc concept in this game <3 it's been really interesting to think abt how that would affect someone #also I kept her physical features looking pretty much like mine #bc I wanted to draw myself in a cute way. teehee #but the clothing I was basically thinking like. early game simple clothing that she didn't rlly pick for herself #and maybe later I can have an updated design w something she would actually pick for herself

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gen-toon · 8 months ago

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#tadc #the amazing digital circus #tadc jax #jax #tadc ragatha #ragatha #bunnydoll #I need to pathetically explain myself here and say this was just one of those go to bed thoughts I've had for a while.#It was an idea for the sake of daydreaming and I never intended to ever draw it but then it happened and I got carried away.#I'd honestly call this a bit of a un-headcanon lmao #None of us know at this point so any one of them could be close or not close to losing it.#Saying that I feel Jax seems like one of the more stable of the group and out of the both of them Ragatha is closer to abstraction if at al #But it's interesting to think if he actually isn't to some degree and there's more behind that grin I can't lie #And I wouldn't portray abstraction like this either I'd go about it differently. again just one of those fleeting throw-away thoughts #It ends ambiguously but you can decide what you want. I know how it ends.#I just got really into portraying the mood or cinematics without any dialogue.

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heynhay · 11 months ago

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merry Christmas klancers 🎅

#I did the whole happy holidays art and I was like yayyyy I’m done I did my Xmas art #but um everyone looked like they were having so much fun w Xmas klance doodles I had to get in #klance #Voltron #vld #art #my art #Keith kogane #Lance McClain #I scheduled this at 2am but now it’s out im no longer abt to pass out I can dissertate in the tags #anyway I think they’d both be pretty awful cooks #like realistically a klance cookie making situation would be like #both of them oversold their cookie making skills and ended up in a contest (hunks the judge) for who could make them best #but they’d both suck. burnt salty raw awful etc etc #and they’d be beefing so hard like they’d take it so seriously #but for the sake of me wanting to draw cute Xmas art #let’s just say Lance is the slightly less horrendous cook and can make some cookies #there is no world I can reconcile Keith with the kitchen #I just know that boy feeds off instant noodles and unseasoned jerky

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ratzhatz14 · 1 month ago

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could you draw reflective detective (glisten x rodger) pleasee☺️

Ofc!! I don't ship this, but it's still a good one!

#i see these two more as family #like stepson and stepfather. yknow?#reflective detective #You can interpret this as platonical or romantical #+Im just drawing for the sake of my comfort lol #dandy's world #dandys world #dandys world glisten #dandys world rodger #rodger x glisten #glisten x rodger #adding these tags feels wrong HELP 😭#other ship names for this idfk #hmm.... now i wanna post my old ship art #and maybe draw my ships!

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saradrawing · 1 month ago

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a very lupintic summer 4: the beach -tanned- boys

two hours after

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spect-era · 1 month ago

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Lineups for my project I’m working on slowly …

#you can hear me sobbing bc I don’t wanna draw human based ghouls but I have to for my own sake…#my art #the band ghost #ghost bc #ghost the band #nameless ghouls #papa emeritus iv #copia emeritus #mountain ghoul #swiss ghoul #aether ghoul #rain ghoul #dewdrop ghoul #cirrus ghoulette #sunshine ghoulette #cumulus ghoulette #anim project updates #might post frames and other things to that tag in the future

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butchdykenormallen · 9 months ago

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hello fanartist. in front of you is a character who is canonically fat, and mentioned to be fat in the media. you have 30 seconds to explain to me why you've drawn them skinny and box shaped without saying "its my style," "i don't know how to draw fat people," or "i didn't know they were fat" before i push you onto the landmine behind you. the timer starts now.

#SORRY DIALTOWN ARTISTS MAKR ME WANNA RIP MY HAIR OUT #okay you dont draw the fanonly character fat. thats fine i dont care #okay you dont draw the fandom-applied fat character who isnt fat in canon as skinny. thats also okay.#WHY WONT YOU DRAW THE FAT CHARACTER FT #WHY ARE THEY SOSKINY #ITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE SORITE!!!!! YOU CAN SEE IT!!!!! FOR FUVKS SAKE!!!!#THEY'RE LITERALLY CALLED FAT #THEY'RE LITERALLY FST!!!!!!!#FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.#YOU PEOPLE #sorry i heart dialtown but this fanart makes me wanna pull my eyeballs out and use them s martini olives.#loser_txt.png

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lemongogo · 1 year ago

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sry i dont know what 2 draw anymore T_T . elendira portrait #999

#trigun #trigun maximum #elendira #elendira the crimsonnail #my art #im sure u can see it but ive been so uninspired w art lately T_T #ive tried to remedy it by just looking and observing. breaking down other works that i want 2 take direction from #but i tjknk its like . just jamming ME UPPP #and now im tjinking Too much ab it and psyching myself out #help me sorry i blow up the tags on every drawing i post ab my art struggles😭😭#its like im whispering in here thouggh. just talking 2 myself and no one has 2 know except the ppl dealing w the same feelings #HAJAHA #anyways. i drew this just to say i finally drew smth agajn and im just going to be ok w it #like sure its not exciting but i like the colors and that shld be enough . OK !!!!#smth smth saw a post that talked ab how u get too in ur Head about this and then u dont share stuff and it becomes cyclical #and youll never get anywhere unless u just throw ur hands in the air and let it Be .#creating 4 the sake of creating . love and joy in sharing what we made and what we like #YAAAY #and bc i love elendira so much.. my go to girlie 4 art block #i need to draw her in fight scenes . i need 2 make art of her like sweaty and bloody yah . clenching my fist #maybe a livio fight scene bc i love it so much T_T

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bixels · 11 months ago

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While I do think anon was rude, I do think it's pretty shitty to set up all this stuff you were going to add the au and then just drop it. It's disappointing. Definitely unfollowing.

Bye.

#ask me #anon #once AGAIN.#I am not dropping anything #the au is not getting cancelled. more than likely i'm gonna take a break from it until i find motivation again #But I've been drawing the AU for half a fucking year #In that time I've only drawn 5 things that aren't mlp related #I'm getting tired and my last few posts didn't do as well as I'd hoped #And I'm not about to burn myself out on mlp au art even if I really do love making it #I'm still gonna make comics. I have a bunch of ideas.#Tulli and I still wanna do the limited run merch shop #Discord is still coming. Sunset is still coming. Sombra is still coming. I have so many ideas #But I need to do something else for my own sake. Did you know I was supposed to get the background 6 designs done by now #But I didn't because I'm TIRED #I've been keeping myself on a schedule to keep content pumping despite travel and school and family and I'm tired #what i'm getting isn't matching what i'm giving and that's nobody's fault. i'm not frustrated at anyone. a slump was bound to happen #drawing the au was fun until it become my Thing. Because when your Thing––your identity––starts to faulter #it can really make you freak out #And that's not healthy for the project or for myself. I need to find the fun again and I'm sure I will #I'm really appreciative of everyone's support in my inbox and replies it really does mean a lot especially given that about 2/3 of my #followers followed for mlp. But if you're gonna react to me saying “i'm gonna cool down on mlp art and draw my own stuff” with “i'm #disappointed in you." then Leave! I think it's good you're unfollowing #you are not obligated to stick by my side! But don't act like I'm doing you a disservice by turning my attention elsewhere #I didn't promise anyone anything and I definitely didn't say I'm breaking any promises.

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