#THIS RLLY SUCKS HELP

[enden-k]

depression is kinda kicking my ass lately but seeing the person in the tags of my ocs calling youri gorgeous makes me so happy it made me smile just now so yes!!!!! ppl do read tags!!!!! and sometime they are powerful enough to get someone out of a depressive slump 😭💙💙💙 thankyou sm honestly

[specialbluehens]

i think it would be very silly, a little hee hee funny, if shane ended up put in an older sibling role (without trying) to the younger bachelors/bachelorettes

[pepperpixel]

I haven’t posted art in forever, (I am currently working on art tho!! It’s just taking me a bit cuz.. job..) but! But… what about if instead of the art u guys came here for. I instead posted pictures of the cool lil outfits I’ve been wearing recently that im rlly proud of… what about that???

[zariyen]

Do you have any art tips for beginner artists?

hi! i'll do my best to list the most useful ones for me from the top of my head! but if you're asking about something specific, lmk too!

always use references! this is 100% the fastest way to improve quickly! and don't forget if you're posting artworks using references, to always ask for permission if needed and to credit the reference! here's a very good post with links to various art tutorials and references :) try to do things out of your comfort zone!

i remember my sister drilling this into my head as a kid lmao: if you're going to draw people, make it a habit to draw the whole body, not just a face or bust. this way you can improve drawing the face and body at the same rate, rather than perfect the face and have like. a shoddy body HAHAHA (<- speaking from experience - my sister warned me but i still did not listen) here's an example from when i was 12 lol i went so hard on the eyes but my anatomy wasn't great so the drawing looks kind of goofy

if i'm being honest nothing has really changed even now HAHAHA you can still tell i spend too much time on the faces and neglect my anatomy studies a lot 🥲

3. don't worry too much about building a signature art style if you're a beginner! experiment and imitate art styles that you like, and it'll eventually develop into something you're comfortable with

4. speaking of art styles, Naoki Saito-sensei does very in-depth art videos for people looking to develop and improve their art, and he covers a variety of different topics! the link i provided is for his new YouTube account, since his first one was unrightfully terminated :( since it's new, there aren't a lot of videos up yet but he'll be re-uploading all his old ones soon

5. this video by tppo is also a useful tutorial/explanation for style breakdowns, using Mika Pikazo-sensei's artworks! also another good reference for building art and colouring styles

6. unless you're going for a specific art style, try not to use black colours for shading. Instead, try using a darker version of your base colour with the hue slightly adjusted. it's a little difficult to explain so i made a tiny diagram underneath:

it makes the colours pop a lot! Kurahana Chinatsu-sensei and Akiakane-sensei are really good at doing this 😭💖 that can also apply to lineart! but again, only if you're going for this kind of colourful art style :') do what feels right to you!

7. lastly try to enjoy drawing! if you do what you enjoy, learning and improving will come so much easier to you :) i can understand the urgency to improve (it's like my default state of mind 🥲) but if you keep focusing on that, drawing will eventually just start to overwhelm and frustrate you. try to combat it by doing something self-indulgent! i like to draw my ocs whenever i start getting burnt out :')

8. actually i lied this is the last one!! never give up!! it's so easy to feel bad or frustrated about your art no matter where you are in your art journey, so what i like to do to try and fight that is to look at my old art and compare the improvements! here's one of the earliest oc drawings i could find from my childhood vs my most recent oc drawing :pensive:

[basils-dreamhouse]

having a sleep disorder and making plans is hell. i literally got invited to do something later and i had to go out of my way to take a nap to make sure i dont doze off right beforehand or even in the middle of it even though i slept for 9 hours earlier (nap not included)

[mewos-laptop]

Am I overthinking the definition of this word so that way it doesn't apply to me again or do I genuinely believe what I'm saying

[motor-city-selfryed]

i wanna cry i rlly hate being new to things

[bookinit02]

sorry i haven’t been writing as much guys i am too busy finding the hottest and most lesbian-looking chick in each sims world to date

[mariatesstruther]

Just seen someone call Maria selfish for leaving Tommy in TLOU2 when he needed her the most and I’m like???? Did you see him in the farmhouse, that’s a man who is obsessed with revenge and she’s probably given him ample chance to get over it but 18 months later he’s still obsessing over Abby. Maria (and Dina) were both more than justified in cutting ties with Tommy/Ellie for their own sakes. If Tommy and Ellie are too far gone and won’t allow themselves to be helped, their partners are more than justified in eventually making the decision to focus on their own mental health because I can guarantee the post-Seattle Tommy was not easy to live with.

Having said that, hope both couples make up so TLOU3 can just be the remaining members of the extended Miller family all living happily.

But seriously, why is it in any form of fiction or real-life, the woman is ‘selfish’ for actually putting her own well-being above someone who doesn’t want to be helped.

Sorry, little rant but jeez people don’t give the woman a break sometimes (also just a strange character to have beef with given she’s like the only ‘good’ character and she’s got such a minor role)

me just now realizing with this ask that show maria and dina are both gonna go through the same angsty bullshit (getting left with a child by their grief-consumed partners):

also dont EVER be sorry for ranting in defense of maria in my inbox. i love it. i need it. it feeds me. it also balances out all the weird ass bitter and shady messages about maria i get from people with nothing better to do. go off

(and also ALSO. tlou3??? is that officially a thing???)

[mac-audcheese]

So I just fucking found out I skipped over season 2 episode 98 of mcd and NO ONE TOLD ME !! So that fucking ripped my heart into a million pieces

But yeah I rlly love garroth dad and I think y’all do too so yippie daddoth he’s such a cool guy

[pepperpixel]

Rune factory 5 art!!!! Cuz I’ve been playin it a lot recently! And I finally got married to Lucas so I wanted to draw some stuff of him!! Cuz I love him. He is a lil weirdo god whomst I cherish and adore..

[candyredterezii]

woohoo yayayay my hours are getting cut AGAIN

[shabadarada]

My jaw literally hit the ground you have so many ocs (/positive)

YEA AND THATS NOT INCLUDING THE SIDE ONES ‼️‼️ AND THE ONES I NEED BUT HAVENT CONCEPTUALIZED AT ALL!!!! What being in your head for a whole ~20 years does ig

[munchboxart]

[Ai ask anon] tbh the whole thing with the ai scare felt like a bluesky promotional campaign (not saying that it was, but like the exploitative manner of it). Just scatter a bunch of ppl crying wolf, say that there is a better alternative, disregard and discredit all the valid concerns and critiques and say leaving and mass deleting is for the better. The creator of bluesky is a former twitter owner too so its not like they don’t know how exactly to appeal to people …

I did think about that, but I didn't want to take such a pessimistic view on the whole thing. It doesn't really change anything. Especially not when I see it affecting my friends and people I follow more than me.

It's important to remember that some people, if not most, didn't even want to delete their art. And even if they did discredit and ignored the critiques, they still lost something that takes time to do (posting, making connections, getting followers, etc.).

[zwampp]

ooo im on the metro and there are ppl with rlly good cosplays

[tired-twili]

Venting bcs what is social lifes man