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[chriskotiesen]

Oh hey, your art owns majorly, and I covet your skills muchly. I wanted to ask, how do you go about drawing portraits from imagination? Do you have any tips or resources you could recommend? Regardless if you respond or not, hope you keep drawing forever.

Thanks so much!

I guess I approach drawing people roughly the same way that I draw anything else: Absorb as much knowledge as possible, by whatever means possible, and experiment a lot.

I don't have any specific resources to recommend, but there are lots of good ones out there and they're all good for different things. "Anatomy for artists" resources are a great reference for the general forms, medical resources can explain the fine details, and studying other artists that you like can teach you a lot about interpretation and stylization (although be wary of learning detailed anatomy based on other artwork because nobody is perfect and you may not even be able to easily tell what they might have exaggerated on purpose). Even if you have a simplified style where you don't usually draw the subtle little details, any insight is valuable. The more anatomy you know, the more options you have to work with.

That said, nothing beats studying from life. And while you absolutely should draw live subjects when possible, it's good to remember that you don't need to be holding a pencil to absorb information. I think I just pay more attention to other people's faces than the average person whenever I'm looking at or talking to someone. Try to figure out what makes someone look distinctive, or attractive, or intimidating. How accurately do you think you can guess their age, or heritage? Based on which features? Is there any feature they possess that's different from anything you've drawn before?

Whenever you think you've learned something new, experiment with that knowledge! To me it feels like a waste of time to draw the same picture twice, so I'm constantly trying to come up with combinations of features, angles, styles, shapes and colours that I haven't used before. I think that artists who are less confident at drawing people tend more toward stereotypes (giving a 'manly' character all of the 'manliest' features, for example) and that can sort of work for some cartoonier styles, but I prefer a more realistic messiness. Real people don't fit into neat boxes and have all kinds of fun combinations of features. Sometimes I'll just start sketching a face without a plan in mind and won't really be able to tell the character's gender or race until I'm almost done. Other times I'll foresee it going in one direction and try to turn it around before the end.

If you always try to do something different then I think you eventually run out of boring choices and become forced to make more interesting ones, or at least choices which are new to you, which can in turn help you to develop new ways of thinking about a subject. And I do a lot of sketches, so I burn through a lot of ideas. Plenty of them are pretty mediocre and that's okay. 'Bad' art is just a byproduct of making 'good' art. If a picture turns out poorly then I just try to figure out what went wrong, save it anyway, file it away where nobody else will ever see it, and start a new one. The hundreds of drawings that I've uploaded to the internet are nothing compared to the mountain of stuff that I don't bother sharing.

Hopefully that helps a little bit!

[khiphop-discussions]

Hey I'd love to hear about the Lee Surin and Noel coaching story if you don't mind telling us! Also you got to meet Chillin Homie?! That's dope, I really like him but not many people know about him unfortunately, wish he had more songs out there. Hope you're doing well, stay safe!

Hey! Sorry, I actually tried to reply to this yesterday but I accidentally deleted my reply + tumblr was posting my asks really weird. I guess it was some type of glitch. So anyway, on to your question.

Both guys have slightly different versions of events. No:el says that he paid Surin for the lessons and to get feedback on his album and rap in general. However, Surin only did like one lesson and then rest of the time they went out to eat and talked lol. Surin says that he did the lesson but then the rest of the time they talked + ate because that’s what No:el wanted. 

As for Chillin Homie, I technically never “met” him cause I was too scared lol. I thought he was kinda scary because of the time on SMTM777 when he was lowkey beefing with New Champ (they squashed it on the same episode though. IDK if you saw or not). Also, when I first saw him at the club he was with Blase Kid from HIVE Crew (the same guy who did Movin’ & Movin’ with Coogie) and it seemed like he was yelling at him (obviously he wasn’t. I think they were just having a conversation and they way Chillin Homie was moving his arms made it look more dramatic. Maybe he was telling him some sort of story or joke? I’m just sure he wasn’t yelling at him because they hung out the rest of the night and were talking still). 

On top of that, he was turning down requests to take pictures from some fans so all that together made him seem kinda scary. The next time I saw him was on another night performing with Webster B. Webster B was singing “Asian Drum: and Chillin Homie was being his hypeman. Chillin homie messed up one of the lyrics and they subtly laughed about it while still performing. Long story short, I never actually spoke to him cause I was being a punk. After getting BACK from Korea, I regret that because I found out he’s actually really nice and not scary at all. He responded to me on IG during a live. Him and a friend were at the studio and some how Jennie Kim came up in conversation so I was said “All the guy rappers like Jennie Kim” and he read it to his friend and they laughed and were like “please don’t misunderstand us!” (or something along those lines in Korean)

[kazoosarentsatanic]

Meeting the Egos

“Okay guys, we need to focus, Signe’s only going to be gone for so long. Chase, stop trying to shoot Anti- the discs are just going through him and making a mess everywhere. Marvin, as much as I love the fact that you’re getting better at magic, I don’t need a colony of rabbits invading my recording room, so please make them disappear for the moment. Jackaboy Man, please don’t practice your costume changes in the middle of the house, I don’t want to walk into the kitchen and see that. And for fuck sakes Henrik, can you wait to stitch Rob’s arm back on him until after this meeting?!” Sean exclaimed, frustrated with the lack of progress they were making. None of the egos were currently listening to him, and trying to gain back control was like trying to corral a bunch of five year olds after recess.

  “No Sean!! Zis is a very delicate procedure and must be done immediately!! It cannot vait!!” Dr. Schneeplestein exclaimed, not looking at their creator as he leaned in to examine the severed limb. Rob moaned and slowly nodded his head, which Schneeplestein took as a sign that the zombie agreed with him instead of Sean, and proceeded to stick the sanitized needle through his rotting skin.

  Sean sighed and ran his hand through his hair, making it stick up more than usual. As much as he loved the fact that the community had believed in his characters so much that they came to life, it was hard to deal with them at times, especially when the community was in full swing and constantly creating different ideas for the egos. The tulpas (as Sean had discovered they were after some research on the internet) were forced to include whatever was believed about their personalities by the fans due to their nature, and sometimes that meant that they were unable to calm down until the wee hours of the morning when the community was mostly asleep. However, Sean had needed to talk about the next big project he was going to do with them on Youtube, and that required them to all be out when Signe wasn’t around to discover them.

  “Wi͏l̸͘l ̨̛y̛o̵̵ų̴͜ ̶̴͘st͜͠҉o̧͢p͡͠ ̡͘t̶̵h́͠a͜͢t͏̢͢ ̷̢̀a҉lr̵e̕àd͝ý̡?͜?̵ ́I҉t͟'s̴̨҉ ̢̕͞g͟e̷̕t̸t̢͏i͡n̶̕ǵ r͘è̵̛a̵̛ļl͏͟y̵̢̨ a͟n͘͘ǹo̢y͝i͏͞n̢g.” Anti glared at Chase as he glitched again, the disc Chase shot at him phasing through his form. Chase just smirked at Anti’s obvious annoyance.

  “Why would I dude?? I haven’t gotten this shot yet.”

  “Bȩ͟c͠҉͠a̕u̴̡͟se̷ ͠if̶̛ ̧͞y̢͢͞o͞ú d̶͜ơ̴͜n͟'̢ţ̢̨,̴̛͝ ̴̛̕Ì͜'̧l͞͏l̸̢ ̡͠ś̴ki̢͘̕n҉̕͠ ̶yo̵̷u͟͡ ̀͠ìn̶̨ yo̧̧u̡r͟ ҉s̶l͝e̴̴͞e͡p̧ ̨̀an͏d́ ͝w̴̴̢eà́r ́͞͠ỳ̸̷oư͘r̸̵͞ ̶̛͠intè̶s̀̕t̷̢͏iné͢s͘҉͘ a̡͏s̴̢͞ ͞a̴ ̡҉ne͝c̶kl̨̀ac̵҉e!̕!͠”

  Chase scoffed. “Bro, you used that same threat last week when Jackaboy Man ate the last cookie, and yet he’s still breathing. Face it Glitch Bitch, you’re not scary anymore. You’re losing your touch.”

  Sean decided to intervene before Anti serious maimed Chase, finally fed up with the egos ignoring him.

  “Okay, listen up!! We’re going to sit down, shut up, and have this meeting. The faster we finish up, the quicker you guys can get back to what you’re doing, but we need to get this done now!! Signe’s going to be back any minute now and if she finds you, she’ll-”

  Sean’s speech stopped short as he heard a knock on the door.

  “Sean, are you okay?? Who are you talking to??” Signe’s voice carried through the closed door, instantly silencing the room. Sean’s eyes bugged out, and he frantically hissed at the egos to hide as he cleared his throat, trying to come up with an excuse for the noise.

  “I’m fine, Woosher. Just recording a video.” He replied, cringing as Marcin accidentally knocked over one of the lights in his haste to hide, creating a huge racket.

  “Sorry, Sean!! I promise I’ll fix it later.” Marvin apologized, wincing behind his mask.

  “It’s fine, just hide!!” Sean whispered as he tried to shove Marvin into a nearby closet that was already inhabited by Chase and Dr. Schneeplestein.

  “Sean?! I’m coming in!!” Signe announced, already twisting the doorknob before Sean had a chance to reply.

  Signe opened the door to a sight she wouldn’t have believed even in a dream. Perfect replicas of the characters Sean on his Youtube channel were spread throughout the room, each one trying to hide in one of several hiding spots. All of them, including Sean, had frozen in place, allowing her to process what was going on as she surveyed the scene. She spotted Jackaboy Man hiding not so secretly behind a lamp post, his red leotard standing out against the thin silver pole. Chase’s and Dr. Schneeplestein’s heads were stuck out of the closet, having been beckoning Marvin to join them in there.

  Sean gaped in horror and immediately stopped pushing Marvin, causing the magician to fall to the floor. In his panic, Marvin tried to cast a cushioning charm, but ended up turning himself invisible, his body creating a dull thud as it hit the floor.

  Nobody moved for several moments, all trying to process the situation when Anti appeared on Sean’s computer screen and said what they were all thinking.

  “W͘̕͡él̕͜ļ,̧ ҉̴s̨h̨i͢͞͠t̸̢͠.͏́”

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Hey, I hope you enjoyed this!! This is going to be a two-shot, I'm just having a little bit of Writer's block on the next part, so I'll submit it when I'm done. (I'm also going to post this story on my fanfiction accounts after my other JSE story is complete because the fluff will be needed.)

-- Ahah! It finally posted! Peter-1 Tumblr mobile-0! I love this and I'm SO eager to read part two!! Thank you so much for this!

[jincherie]

I just wanna say!

I'm about to go to bed because I have an 8am class tomorrow, but before I do!! Please know, I love checking out every reblog and reply because I love hearing what you guys say!! I always check when I see reblogs in my notifications and activity feed. Having said this, I've just noticed that despite the fact some of you have reblogged my posts (I know cause I clicked on your blog and saw it there 💖) I have not received notifications for that reblog!! Tumblr is doing me dirty apparently and some notifications are missing or just not showing up at all. This is annoying!! Not just cause I'm not getting notified, but it means I might have missed some notifications already from some people and might miss some in the future and that makes me really sad. So, I'd like to apologise in advance!! If you tag me or reblog something and want me to see/respond and I don't, it's not because I'm ignoring you!! It's just because Tumblr is being a butt and eating my notifications!! 😣 I'm sorry for people that might get their feelings hurt because of this!! I'm not ignoring you, I love you all 😊💞 ((On a similar note, a couple of weeks ago I woke up to a notification on mobile in the notification bar that someone with a url that had "chocolate-(something)" in it messaged me, but when I clicked on it to read it didn't show and there was no evidence of any message! I thought it was a glitch and Tumblr had just mistakenly notified me for something that didn't happen, but after this I realised one of you probably did message me and I am so sorry!! I tried rlly hard to read that message but gave up because it was like it didn't exist in the first place. Tumblr literally ate it. This frustrates me and I feel really bad, I'm sorry!! Feel free to send an ask or try messaging again if you'd like! I really am sorry Tumblr is doing us both dirty like this 😣)) Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know!! I believe communication and honesty are key and I'll always do my best to provide both of those to you guys! Goodnight~!💖