#I was also going to shade and render this

[nadianova]

hey nadia! i was wondering if you had any advice for someone whos learning to draw. i just really love your art, specially the way you do color and anatomy and i thought you might have some useful tips or suggestions. sorry if im bothering you with this. but in any case, i hope you have/had a nice day!

if you like how someone else draws a thing copy it. learning to draw takes a while and its all about managing your motivation and its normal to go back and forth between your eye to spot mistakes and your hand/mind being able to correct it, being aware of that helps to not blame yourself. being antagonistic towards your own art is the biggest hindurance for learning. i dont think im capaxble of giving more specific advice outside of that so i can just list random things i do but i have no idea if this is beneficial or not unless you are me

idont particularly care about anatomy or detail and am happy with cartoony shapes that are close enough and tht makes my life a lot easier. i feel like i only started shading my flat colors very recently too cause i dont care about rendering. i thiki doing lineart is boring as hell so i just clean up my sketches a little bit. nobody really gets stuck on details and what matters more is the general idea. to me art is about taking the easy route and every shortcut i have available even more so given my daily chronic pains

also like im always looking up references from gelbooru since looking at real people is boring to me. if i get stuck i do a lot of tracing of the hard parts like hands or head shape proportions. (i have aphantasia so i have no mental images so i will literally forget what my own characters look like unless im looking at the directly)

idk keep drawing and internalize that mimicking artists you like is the way to get towards your goals cause reinventing the wheel is entirely optional and be nice to your past self who drew the thing youre currently looking at on your canvas

[mellohiizz]

so. the wato video, huh...

as you can see, i'm very hung up on watfies right now...

[falsesecuritysketches]

"You're feeling something, aren't you?"

[martyryo]

his biggest sin was having blue hair and pronouns.

[averlym]

"We are pleased to inform you that you have been awarded the Phaethon Prize...."

[lunarcloak]

haunted by the past

(for the sake of the future)

[alukaforyou]

eye... need to stop sleeping at 3am when i have work the next day le sigh.... anyways v funny how i need at least 5 ref pics at all times to feel safe LOL first real attempt drawing on procreate i mean i made some sketches and fcked around w it before but idk how i feel about the textured lines, i do like it on one hand but idk if it'll look weird with smoother coloring idk i will def export this into sai to color cuz im just sooooo used to sai my beloved💖 i render / paint SOO specifically with sai idk wat to do in like any other program the brushes just act different so my workflow is like??? also an artist i love works on clip and one part of me is wondering if i can color better if i also work on clip but i dunno 😐 clip looks complex i did try it a few yrs ago and got intimidated by the unfamiliarity and gave up way too fast 😓 idt i will ever render on procreate but lining is somehow a bit easier on the screen i think? or is that just the textured brush lol i think its harder lining with a non textured brush in general.

ALSO!!!! I SEE YALL IN THE TAGS WISHFULLY WRITING ABT HOW YALL """""WANT TO""""" ALSO DRAW URSELVES WITH UR BLORBOS and...... WHAT THE FCK IS STOPPING U!!!!!!!! everyone who wrote "i should draw myself w x" GO DO IT!!!! 😾 dont make me say it twice

its really fun i promise :3

[a-very-tired-raven]

sometimes i like to imagine how he'd react to other bug 'mons..🐛🔥

[bizawa-art]

not pictured: sakura absolutely showing naruto and sasuke up post chunin exams with her new big sword skills she learned from the big sword master himself

[sunshades]

Wait repost before I go to sleep cuz I just noticed it djdnt end up in the tags. Putting the sillies in lil outfits... bonus from a ship meme a while ago :3c

[woahrarepairsagemare]

And intimacy is when you kill your visitor with a machete .

[hulloitsdani]

Well ain't this a tangled web we weave? I did not expect this turn in my high effort shitposting character arc, yet here we are!

But as promised, in celebration for the CYL8 win, here is an Alfonse anatomy study rendered for your viewing pleasure! Just in time for valentines day.

[skunkes]

i knowwww mixing your own colors is better i do it with my gouache and i like doing so but with watercolors (which i have even less of a grasp on) im resisting just buying More. Neon colors. Those gradient colors. Holo colors id never ever use even if i did use watercolor a lot. Igts so beautiful i just wanna have em

[thedailyvio]

Day 12-17

WIP Below:

[crystalpallette]

get you a girl who can give you everything

this started a long long time ago when I made a joke about how sega should put ringo in more dresses, and then my friend reminded me that oh yeah!! I can do that instead!!! and then one thing led to another and we joked about punk ringo and I drew that too. using ringo like a dressup doll is so cathartic it's kinda crazy

some bonuses (original designs, timelapse) under the cut bc I like these designs!! I might do some more with them!! please disregard the band poster in the first second of the timelapse that's something else!!!

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

_____ used Destiny Bond! _____ is hoping to take his attacker down with him!

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(Belatedly) celebrating the one-year anniversary of the 'Destiny Bond' comic with a rare, fully-illustrated piece. A bit of extra context and rambly thoughts under the cut 🫶💖💕

A little over a year ago, I posted the first part of the Destiny Bond comic, originally intended to be a one-off doodle exploring the consequences of Morty's prophetic abilities on his relationship with Eusine.

That sketchy doodle of mine ended up being a whole narrative project spanning across a few months, before I eventually took a pause on it to focus on my mental health (having reached a low earlier in the year).

It was a daring enough project in and of itself, especially with how I had spontaneously taken it on when I was still recovering from a years-long burnout with 2D art. Though (temporarily) stopping sooner than I had hoped, I can confidently say that this little comic project of mine had helped to rekindle my love for drawing as a whole, and had further lead me to meeting some of the most wonderful people and friends in this small corner of the Pokémon fandom (whom also happen to be obsessed with these two silly guys from the GSC/HGSS games). It's a project I hold dearly to my heart, and one that I hope to revisit and continue once I feel ready to do so; as the story has yet to truly kick off (I'm not even joking we're still in the prologue technically I'm yelling /lh).

I hope to be able to share the rest of this story with you all one day, in whatever new form it'll take as. For now, I want to say thank you, from the deepest parts of my heart, for supporting this passion project of mine - and to assure you to tune in for the future of this title. 👀✨