#but thats ok! thats what ocs in harnesses are for

[meiuya]

ok well this has just been sitting in my drafts for a little while i was going to just keep them in there but i want everyone who is going to scroll through my blog to look at my central country mahoyaku promise of wizard horses actually. thanks everyone<3

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I am in LOVE with your art <3 do you have any tips for beginner artists ? 👾

HELLO i am so glad you enjoy my art!!! i wanna preface this by saying i am by no means amazing at art or drawing so take everything with a grain of salt!! i think i've done a post like this before but i can do it again!!

ive found that if you grew up drawing it's a lot easier to get into it and be better at it,, ive been drawing for as long as i can remember ans i still have a bunch of my really old drawings from lkke 2015-2019 (everything before is probbaly with my dad cuz he was in love with my art as a kid)

so i do think its a bit more difficult to get into it if you didn't start out early, but don't let that discourage you in any way.

eveb if you aren't a super creative person or weren't labeled the "art kid" in school, chances are there's a lot of potential and creativity bubbling under the surface that you just need to activate!

i feel like a lot of people say that you shouldn't 'copy' artstyles or whatever when starting out, but i think that's probably the best way to find what you want to draw! like, if you form an art style off of yourube tutorials or your favorite artist, as you keep drawing and practicing you'll start to stem off into your own style.

you can look up tutorials for any type of drawing you want to create, like realism, anime, cartoonish, whatevwr you'd like to start out with, go for it.

and then just practice! i knwo everyone says that but it's genuinely the only way to form your own artstyle and avtually enjoy what you make. you can make ocs, fanart, scenery, whatever makes you happy. thats what art is all about, is something that you want to express and expressing it!

i think the biggeat thing is to not be hars on yourself. it may take awhile before you're completely happy with your art, and it might even be never. everyone is constantly improving in their art, nothign is ever going to stay the same while drawing. and that's okay! i think that's why it's so beautiful; because you can enver blame yourself for heing 'bad' because at one point in time, that drawing was amazing. to you, or anyone else like your parent or friends, that art was beautiful.

ok i got a little philosophical there but basically don't be scared to copy art styles and keep drawing them because eventually you'll stem off into your own thing even if it's just a variation it's still ur own art. all of us have subconsciously or consciously taken traiys from other peoples art styles and incorporated it into our own, but aomehow all of it looks different!!!!

don't make art into somethting stressful for you if you don't want to. let drawing be whatever you want, a pastime, hobby, job, life, whatever art is to you, own it.

idk if anythinf in this made sense but remember art is to express! a blank canvas at your fingertips. ily and i hope your art journey is fabulous

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Do you have any advice on writing/creating ocs? Thank you!

Usually it starts out with just a small ‘hey what if...’ and then the person sort of grows in your mind, developing and growing bigger, more detailed (Like an actual pregnancy lol)

A lot of the time, your oc’s personality hinges a lot on what kind of story you’re writing. Georgia is a lot more chill and ‘average’ than Morgan, whose personality is a lot more dramatic and ‘loud’. This is both because Georgia is a mostly well-adjusted grown up woman, with a background thats a lot less stressful than Morgan’s, but also because Georgia is the lead in a very character driven, not particularly action packed romance story. If her story had been a movie, it would’ve been a feel-good chick flick (my fav kind of movie lmao) 

Morgan, however, is the lead in a story thats a lot bigger than her. Her character needs to be a lot stronger, more dramatic, to stand out against all the crazy stuff happening around her. She wouldn’t fit in the kind of narrative that Georgia was in, just as Georgia wouldn’t be a good lead in the kind of story Morgan was in. 

So you need to ask yourself what kind of story you’re writing, and what kind of main character you need to make it work. 

Also, dont be afraid to pick and choose things from your OWN personality. We should write what we know, to a certain extend, and that definitely includes your characters traits. Georgia definitely gets her hermit tendencies from me, as well as her artistic flair, and her hopelessly romantic outlook on life (How do you think i managed to write the woman accepting her crush will never love her back so convincingly lmao) 

In a lot of ways, Morgan isn’t as much like me as Georgia was. Morgan is SUCH a Gryffindor, while I’m a pure Slytherin. She’s a lot stronger than me and not as afriad of what others will think of her. There are a few things though, but mostly in the looks department: She’s short, blonde and har grey eyes.Morgan gets her sarcasm from me and is not always so good with new people. Most importantly, she’s half danish, which means i get to insert a lot of my own culture in her, which I’ve immensely enjoyed. 

People give a lot of flack for writing ‘selfinserts’, but the truth is, the more you insert aspects of your own personality in your character, the easier it is to write that character. Just dont make is super obvious. And dont be afraid to add things thats NOT like your own personality, its always fun to try and guess how someone with a different personality would react in whatever situation they’re in. Just don’t make it harder for yourself than necessary. 

Alright,, i feel like I’m rambling a bunch. Basically: 

1. Ask yourself what you need from your character to make the story flow

2. For every strenght you give your character, you should thinkg of a flaw too

3. Is this character an extrovert or an introvert? Knowing this is a super good beginning bc that aspect is super fundamental to how your character works around other people

4. What is their background? Parents? Siblings? Give them a detailed history, because our histories shape our personality. For example: I went to a school in 4th grade where i was rejected by the other kids and i was alone a lot, so now I’m scared of rejection and I hate being alone in a crowd because it feels humiliating. This is something i know about myself: It’s a weakness, but its also part of mer personality, and something I’m working on overcoming every day (See, in a character, this would be an interesting flaw to make the characterwork through) 

5. Maybe do some research on different personalities. the Meyers Briggs personality test is always a good place to start

6. Give them some interests, quirks and so on. Little things that arent necessarily important to the plot, but just serve to give the character some depth. Something that gives the reader a sense that this is a well rounded character: Georgia likes painting and star gazing and trying out new dishes. Morgan reads classics, she likes historical chick flicks and she has the kind of red-green colorblindness that distorts the colors when they’re next to each other (my sister and dad has this. I do too, to some small extend) 

7. Character profiles!!!!! Go on the internet and find a character profile that asks you a whole bunch of questions about your character that you should consider, and then answer all of them. You’ll know your character a lot better by the end. But make sure the answers make sense. You cant just decide that your character is distrustful of old people, there has to be a reason. Maybe her grandfather turned out to be a mob boss of some sort (lame example but ok) Just remember that traits dont just show up one day. They happen for a reason, so find the thing in the characters past that create this strenght or flaw. 

Most importantly, remember: Everytime you react to something, your reaction is subconsciously influenced by your past, but also your core personality. Morgan starts out really angry, but she mellows out, because anger wasn’t her core personality: It was a product of her past. Once she starts working on overcoming her past and her insecurities, she stops being angry and in the defense all the time. Your character should change and grow during the story. Sometimes, you make that change subconsciously, other times, you should make an effort to remember what direction your character is heading. Be sure you know what your characters core personality is, and which parts of their personality is ccaused by their past. 

Ok wow i need to stop now. I hope this helped! If you have further questions or something I didn’t cover, don’t hesitate to ask more. I can try to give you a shorter answer next time ^^