#I'm artblocking a lot lately

[fennethianell]

As promised, a bunch of sketches I did in free time. Obsessed is an understatement.

[taxinealkaloids]

behold hitherto unposted htn doodles! harrow+her terrible mentor, harrow+her terrible roommate

[homosexualcitron]

i want to do art trades with moots so badly but i want to finish the current chapter i'm working on before arrgg

[daily-whistlepaw]

daily whistlepaw until ru becomes PoV day 1046

accept this ruby gift Whistlepaw is brining

[floofery]

🍳 "Mari, do you have to be so corny all the time?"

🍳"but..."

🍳"... I love you too... haha..."

Heromariweek day 7- Free Day!

Alt version, speedpaint, and more under the cut! Rbs heavily appreciated ty <3

Sorry this is so late! I really wanted to get this done for the picnic prompt, but artblock hit me like a truck and... yeah.

Alt w/o text:

Uhh.. I think this took around 23-ish hours? However a lot of that was me taking way too long to paint things... probably could've been cut down to 12ish hours without my indecisiveness lol

Speedpaint (yes I imported the image of the picnic basket I'm so sorry... Icheating? Maybe just wanted to get this done by the end of the week,,, forgive me,,)

Happy Heromari week I'm so glad we get to celebrate our token straights <3

[orphyree]

I've been quite absent lately and I apologise for it. I'm completing two Bachelors at the same time this semester in order to finally start a Master in History at the end of this year. So I have a lot on my hands atm :,)

Plus, I've been through an artblock for the past few weeks. While waiting for it to pass, I started drawing one of my favourite screenshots I took from my most recent BOTW gameplay.

Revali has always been one of my big fav.

[sattorntempura]

:) i would really appreciate it if you gave my oc a chance. If not, it's okay. *cries*

Hey, peeps. Lately, I've been going through this uuuuugly artblock for my main project. (This is my first post, scary, lol.. really nervous)

So, a few months back, I drew a Devil May Cry OC. The images are under the 'more' tab, but i would really appreciate it if you read this first. With this art block going on and the urge to draw something other than my main/serious project, I decided to make a small comic of my OC's childhood and how he ended up meeting the main/canon characters/crew.

And if you're new to the DMC world, hello, welcome! I hope this little comic will encourage you to check out the official games, it's pretty fun!

Try to guess who I ship him with... Hey, don't look at my pfp! That's cheating!

So yeah, there's going to be some sketches/panels of this ship. Dw, nothing too explicit/graphic. It's fluff, lol. I think that's what they call it? There's going to be more information regarding the dmc - oc comic in a future post.

I know there's a lot of different opinions when shipping an oc with a canon character, so that's why I added this little 'more' tab/bar below so in case you're not interested, you can scroll away :) for those who choose to stay and continue on, thank you.

My oc's name is Ezra. He was created when a cool friend of mine invited me to RP the DMC5 storyline with them. I was kinda nervous at first since it was my first time to ever RP with someone. I got the hang of it, though! And it was fun! (The next/future post will provide more information of that if anybody is interested. Since it's kinda the reason why Ezra exists in the first place.) I am not sure if I will include the RP events in this comic, since like I've mentioned, it took place in the DMC5 storyline, and its quite a lottt. Just like the canon game. So I might draw the day (i mean the in-game time) after the Qliphoth was taken down. Or summarize the DMC5 storyline. There's still a lot of time to think about it since I'm going to start off with the background of this character, then when he becomes an adult, and then when he meets the crew.

☝️ This is how the cover of my oc's DMC comic will look like. The title is blurred out because I am still debating whether I should change it or not. Lol, it's kinda edgy, I might keep it that way.

☝️These right here are adult/present Ezra and a few panels of Vergil. I am still experimenting with the way I draw Vergil since I want to have him look a little closer to the game than the way he looks in manga. (Which is hard since I prefer drawing the exact style of any series official art... Because if I do it in my own version, it never looks like the character. So yes, this is a challenge.)

The drawing with Ezra's full body is supposed to be Ezra holding his scythe over his shoulder, but I gave up on finishing it since I didn't like the way his coat looked. You can even tell from the different coats he has in the other panels/images...

The image with Ezra getting food poisoning was from eating Dante's food. This idea stems from all those memes with Dante creating unidentified matter, whereas other characters like Vergil make decent food.

The first image and 3rd image are actually linked together, hehe. I wonder if any of you know the tilted towers reference? Lol

☝️Another Vergil sketch. He is laid next to Ezra in bed. (You can see the pillow that Ezra is cuddling with peeking in that image, lol). This moment is related to Vergil's nightmares.

☝️ The first image out of the two is one out of the 2 closest friends BEFORE the DMC5 events. I think you will really like them. They've put a huge impact on Ezra's life and are the very reason for the way/who he is today. I still don't have a design for the other friend, that's why it's not provided here.

The second image is just baby Ezra, not having a clue what the adults are talking about. The adults definitely didn't call him that...

☝️Lastly, this is my reaction once I created this DMC OC and decided to ship him with Vergil. I have no clue why Samsung does this to my images once edited, lol.

The same friend mentioned before also had me create an OC for a game that they play, and I failed to not grow attached to this character. (What!? I created them. They're like my own children now!) I might show u guys how he looks like when I finish his design.

If you guys have any questions, feel free to hit that, uh, *checks profile*, Ask me anything button, I will try my best to respond. If I don't respond, it's because I am still a boomer to this app and don't know how to operate it. Another reason is because the answer to your question may be a spoiler.

Like I've mentioned before, information about the comic itself will be explained in the next post. I don't spam post, so don't worry about getting lost in my profile trying to look for more information. I will try to have a pinned(?) post, if this app allows me, where I can add links like the way I've seen other users on here do it.

Haha, I add lazy watermarks (even though my art ain't that worthy) because I've seen small artist get their art clapped by a-hole users without permission. This has also happened to me, but it was yeeeaaarrrsss ago. This is why I don't post much of my art nowadays. Especially with the "art" bot-stealing going around. I need to find a better way to not let it happen to my art ever again.

Thank you for taking the time to view this, I really appreciate it! If you are interested in my OC's journey in the DMC world, feel free to follow me. You might even see my art growth/process between the very start of the comic to the very end of it! I hope it gets better... lol, watch it get worse- they slowly transform into stickmen HAHA

[kingzombear]

The Despair.

Man, a lot of times, I wake up and just wonder what the fuck I'm doing or if I should even bother. Artblock/burnout has been kicking my ASS lately. I have SO MUCH I want to draw, but I draw so slowly, and I feel like my style is underdeveloped, stiff, unimpressive.

GRARGH I'm SICK of feelin' like I'll never be good enough. I gotta fight the urge to throw in the towel, but drawing is all I know. It's the one thing I'm best at, and it feels like my best is nothing short of Mediocre.

I have therapy in a bit

[kamigui]

Hi! Ok, this might sound kinda strange, but i'm the guy who asked you to let me translate you haunted house AU few months ago. So I did it and here some messages from your Russian fans:

"This is one of the most wonderful Welcome Home AU's! Mix WH and haunted house is just brilliant idea! My favourite part is the duet of Julie and Frank, they are gorgeous as reporters! Every character has its own individual appearance and personality, what is really respectable! Kamigui I want to wish you further development of this au, good mood and luck!"

"This is beautiful! The character's design is pretty and beautiful (my favourite one's are Howdy and Sally :3), the plot is interesting, me and my friend are dying to see the whole story! Author I love you!❤️"

"Author is amazing, character's designs are magnificent, and everyone has its own charisma! Especially Howdy, Frank and Wally 😄 I'm really interested in continuation of the plot of this story and how it's going to end!"

"Author is just wonderful! I really like her creation and her WH AU <3✨

I want to wish her to continue delighting fans with her beautiful arts 🌸

I really like this AU and character's designs, especially Wally, Barnaby and Howdy

Thank you very much for this gorgeous au, love you!!💖💖💖"

"*Loves it affectionately*"

"I really hope to see comic based on this au. IF THIS HAPPENS I WILL KNIT TOYS BASED ON YOUR AU! (Sorry. I just really like it)"

I literally cried when I read this 😭 You don't know how much these words mean to me! These are the sweetest words I've heard in days. Thank you guys so much😢

I haven't been doing so well lately. I've been under a lot of pressure from school. Especially the artblock... These words really cheer me up!

I've always thought that my AU weren't as famous as others, But because of you guys' support I'm still passionate about writing these stories and settings! Don't worry guys! I'll finish the whole story about Haunted House AU, I just need a lot of time, haha!

Some of you may know what's been going on lately(on Twitter), but I'm not leaving this fandom, I really love you guys! Thank you guys so so much🥰

[wachtelspinat]

I've been in a rut as of late, and I really want to get better at form and anatomy. Your style is one of my favorite ones ever, what would you say were your biggest inspirations throughout the years?

hey, first of all i’m so very sorry for the late reply. hope you get to see this still since it’s been a while since you sent this ask... sorry

secondly, thanks a lot! i try to give some insights here, this question's always kinda hard for me to tackle because i'm having a hard time identifying my style and what makes it tick, idk... i guess it's a combination out of everything i like, starting from the artstyle of tf2 to various styles of my mutuals and people around here (but i think tf2, wanting to draw humans ever since i first laid eyes on tf2 and the cartoony artstyle of it all are my major fuels, ngl). 

as for anatomy and form: this is a matter i just recently pushed myself into because i felt really stuck in my ways. like... i never really did studies in my life, so when i wanted to draw i kind of had to count on it to ‘just work’, idk if this makes sense... i always felt like i didn’t actually know what i was doing there, and i worked with ref a lot (i would always recommend using ref, no matter what, what i want to say is that i realized i had not enough fundament to truly fool around in the way i liked to). and now that i started actually doing anatomy studies i feel so dumb because yeah. it IS making things easier x) i understand tho that for most it’s a motivational issue... you have to find a way to make it work for you. like doing studies, but implementing what you learned into a sketch of your blorbo, as an example.

as for resources, it’s hard to find good tutorials, mostly because the place is flooded with art bros trying to tell you “you don’t NEED anatomy and here is why” and then they make a sketch and you can SEE that they put SO MUCH ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE INTO IT. so there’s a lot of bs out there. there is good stuff out there tho, but it might take you a while to find what’s best suited for you. i could make a list of yt channels that really helped me but the thing is, everyone is at their own lvl and with different goals in mind, so i don’t think this would be very helpful.

what i can link you to tho are 2 videos that really opened my eyes in regards of a) finding your style and b) getting better at drawing a certain topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLfH9yOGs3o - this video tackles the whole ‘finding your style’ topic. because i often give the tip that you don’t find your style, style finds you (and i still think that is in its regards correct, because you just get subconsciously influenced by the media you consume and like and your fave artists’ style’s if you really dig them) but the ability to actively WORK on your style is there. it’s just something you have to put a lot of work into. but we’ll never stop learning, so there’s that. (she describes it with her landscape drawings but really this works for anything... from dynamic linework to just trying to find the right energy in your pictures)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ufz75UvHs - this one really helped me getting over my fear of ‘drawing something ugly’ (big words from someone drawing ugly men as a hobby) but hear me out... because i have a weird brain that makes me recoil from something my mind thinks is ‘imperfect’ i really often get stuck with my art and either don’t experiment at all or get stuck with a sketch and spending hours on it trying to fix it... so approaching this matter like the video described just... melted that away. because when you draw 20 faces a day just telling yourself “NOBODY will EVER see this” you start loosening up... or at least i did. it’s also good for an analytical brain or people who strongly lean into that. this approach was especially nice while being stuck in an artblock... because i could easily just fool around and it kind of changed how i see doing art... like... nothing is ever perfect so i don’t have to make it perfect, i can analyze my art through a more neutral lense than my emotional attachment to it now... does that make sense?

last but not least, there are a ton of good resources out there for anatomical studies, my fave is still “anatomy for sculptors, understanding the human figure” by uldis zarins sandis kondrats.

SORRY THIS GOT A BIT LONGER BUT i put A LOT of thought into this as of late so yeah... maybe it’s gonna help someone too

[whalehead]

Damn I'm so deep in the artblock... Really sorry for not posting anything or not showing any signs of life in general. All my time is consumed by college😭

However, I really wanna thank that one person, who have been reblogging my posts REPEATEDLY for two days in a row lately, and was concerned about my well-being. It gave me some motivation to show that I'm still alive, lol, and even post something.

Thanks to y'all! I'm reading every reblog with happy giggles and feet wiggles. It really means a lot to me🥺❤

[iaki5]

I’m making this post to talk a little about what’s been going on in my head lately and what I plan to do next on this blog, so if this is not important to you, then just skip it :3

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So uh.. I'm taking a little break. I won't be posting anything for now. I don't feel very good and I just don't have the strength to force myself to sit down and draw something, even if I want to. I understand that if I force myself to draw, the drawings will not turn out the way I want, which will make me even more upset and the desire to draw will disappear even faster. I don’t think it’s an artblock because I have a lot of ideas on what and how to draw, I’m just tired. And I don’t think the break will be long. Maybe a week, maybe two, but definitely not a month or more. So I hope that we will meet again soon.

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About what will be next. I plan to continue to practice drawing characters from Pizza Tower. I see good progress in drawing Peppino and Noise, so I’m not going to stop. Next will be Gustavo I think. Maybe I’ll start drawing fanarts of Mystery Skulls Animated again because I miss these sillies sm.

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Aaannd one more thing! I'm thinking about a complete redesign of Yaki (you can see it in the picture above). Since I am the kind of person who often likes to change something and does not like to linger on one thing, I no longer like Yaki's design because of its complexity in drawing, color pallete and unnecessary details. But I really like one of the options that I drew and I think that in the future the design will be based on it. I will also completely change the blog design, intro post and avatar. The only thing that will remain the same is the character's name.

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Phew, I think that's all! Thank you for reading to the end. I wish you all a good morning, day, evening or night, and I’ll go watch silly videos on YouTube. 🫂

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[wehavekookies]

Hey Kooks! I love your artwork and you really inspired me with mine. Truly, you’re a favorite artist!

Lately, after a crazy year with a lot “drawing for work”, I’m on my school vacation and I work as a freelancer, but took some vacation days as well, but lately I’m having a big time to sit and draw, I’m into some crazy limbo and can’t get into some routine to help me. Do you have a routine/schedule, and any tips?

(Plus is the fact that I lost a folder with all my Start - Don’t Finished artwork, so I got a little lost lately..)

Have a nice day, end of the year and take care. Cheers! <3

I'm in a bit of similar situation to be honest, having hard time to sit to drawing work (or any work at all XD), or even to personal stuff. This year has been very draining and i feel it in my bones.

But i do have a routine, yes. It's not always super effective, but waiting stuff out not always works and is not always something one can afford, so gotta find some methods, right?

I usually try to schedule a couple of hours a day for drawing and just sit to it, even if it will one or two hours only, but to move forward. But what I found most helpful was dividing work into less and more demanding parts. When I have a hard time getting to it i grab one of the less demanding parts (something smaller or more "automatic", like rendering or painting easier parts of the picture, or even just cleaning stuff) and work on that, leaving the more challenging part for another day. It usually works in a way that over time it gives me a feeling of progress and a bit of a boost, enough to eventually go through the harder parts.

Letting yourself last in a limbo can have a stressing effect, so even the smallest and easier things done, and even in smallest amounts - can get your brain feel better.

So far this method got me through all of my "limbos" and "artblocks", so maybe it will be helpful for You too <3

Cheers and thank You for the kind words! Have a good day too :D

[kimikitti]

your art has character, soul and thats a struggle to portray for a lot of people; it has motion and i can envision the way your art moves on the canvas even if it is a still image

your concepts have wit, your characters feel familiar, established, and your art has such a witty, humorous charm that is daydream-like yet grounded and real

-your art feels alive, is what i'm trying to say. And i think that if i could reach through the screen, it would have a pulse to prove it too.

I know this is late, and you’ve probably sent this a while ago but I didn’t want it to disappear from my inbox so I didn’t want to respond. Thank you for your kind words. Truly you describe my silly drawings with more beautiful words than I can think of. Whenever I’ve had artblock for the past few months I keep scrolling through my inbox to read this message. And it feels nice to remember that someone can see something so amazing in the things I do, even when I can’t. so thank you, really.

[dogmime]

artblock woes as a "professional" full time furry artist, warning for a very long-form vent post.

so i may be in the worst artblock i've ever had. i used to believe artblock didn't exist, as a teenager especially -- just if i kept cramming coffees and iced tea into my body i'd be able to make what i want. and usually that worked. my mental health isn't particularly bad lately as i've been well-medicated, but despite that, nothing i make feels good. it comes out and i look at it and hate it immediately. i don't have a drive to draw my ocs or anything special or meaningful, either. nothing comes out the way i want it to, so why even try in the first place? why not just commission someone else? it's always the easy way out for me. when i know someone else can portray my idea better, that's what i usually end up doing.

you may have noticed i am typically commissioned to draw furry art. a lot of it a very toony, colourful art style. if you follow me and have seen my work, you'd know what i'm talking about. but a big thought that's been biting at me lately is that it's so bland that my art has become consumerist, like a brand. it draws people in like a colourful advertisement. "vintagecoyote" branded art contains no uniqueness or pizazz - nothing that sets it apart from anything else. it just grabs your attention and maybe that's why people commission me. and god am i thankful for that, but it still feels bad. my work feels soulless. like nothing that goes into it matters, thats what it is, just unfeeling cold happy furry art.

of course the only way to break out of this is by forcing myself to keep going and learn more. but the fact i have to learn more in general is pissing me off. like i'm embarassed. i'm a PROFESSIONAL, right!? why should i have someone else teach me? it's shameful. i am ashamed to hate my artwork this much.

[the-talon-ted-meem]

Just a little random rant here, but I'm happy to see myself kicking out art again. I gotta definitely thank Murder Drones and The Amazing Digital Circus for helping me break out of probably the worst artblock I've had in a long time. I enjoy their stories and the animation is so good it makes my dusty heart want to get back into it again.

Now with a bit of the rant part, the previous job I had as a graphic designer sucked absolute ass and the boss even more. There was no HR and if filing reports on the government websites wasn't a pain in the ass I'd have his business investigated. Near my two weeks notice I found a lot of my artwork and things in the dumpster during the mornings we clean up before starting our day. He never asked if I wanted to clean up and pick stuff out of my desk, no I was an artist who saw their Very Own Artwork In A Dumpster and had to fish them out because ITS PORTFOLIO WORK.

The feeling you get seeing your shitty crackassed boss tossing your own creative work into the trash like your a little kid not worthy of anything hurts. I tell you. It hurts. As much as I moved on from that job and work in a stable and respectful environment, that still stuck as a scar on my heart for several months that it's been hard getting back into art and animation again. I havnt been paying attention to my animation classes as much as I used to but I still want to. But I guess seeing a lot of indie animators spring up and rebel against hollywood standard is the kind of thing I need to see lately.

So thank you for inspiring and still kicking on.