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ilovedthestars · 17 days

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I wasn't kidding when I said I spent an hour just trying to sketch out the pose for this drawing! Sometimes you just gotta go through like 8 sketch layers to figure out what you're doing.

I also ended up looking at two references--this one from The Pose Archive, which I traced the legs from after struggling for a while to get proportions that looked right, and a photo of myself that I asked my roommate to take so I could figure out what to do with the arms. The process got significantly faster when I remembered I could use references and started working with them.

I think it's good to show some of the behind-the-scenes of your artwork every now and then, both because process is cool and because it removes some of the sheen of "whoa, i could never make that." I know I get discouraged at times by artists who "make it look easy," when really I can't see all the time and hard work that went into making something. I don't want to create that feeling for anyone else!

So, here's a glimpse into how much I struggled to get the pose right, and below is the timelapse where you can see how much I fiddled with the colors until I had something I was happy with. It was probably at least two hours of "i am spending way too much time on this" and "why does this still not look right" before I got to a point where I started thinking, "wow, this looks good." But I got there eventually, and I'm really happy I stuck it out!

#hmm what to tag this #stars wips #i've only used that for writing but it works #art process #i don't wanna be like 'obviously everyone must be comparing themselves to my amazing art' or anything lol #but i've been in that position and it sucks! i still compare myself to lots of artists who probably also feel insecure about their own art!#so it's important to me to stop every now and then and be clear about where I am #in terms of time and effort put in; in terms of materials; in terms of experience and education #so no one is trying to compare themselves to me and feeling that they come up short #when i spent five hours on something and they spent one; or when they're just starting out and i have multiple years of formal art educatio #because that is not a fair comparison! and at least for me it helps to know that #i'm so excited about how well this drawing turned out because i feel like it shows how much growth i've had recently #i do not think i could have made this (to the same level of quality) a year ago #let alone when i was younger and just starting out #anyway. i hope what i'm trying to do & say comes across here #and if you're just here cuz you like watching art timelapses i hope you enjoy it lol

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