#hello fandoms are fucking terrifying and im glad ive never delved into a single one lmfao

[spearxwind]

I don’t have that much advice because I’m still trying to get better at it myself but something i do is try to work with as limited a palette as i can (it’s hard, but it gets easier for drawing characters repeatedly, and it makes it less likely that the colors will clash with each other too much) Also, looking at ‘natural’ palettes from animals helps too (and then repurposing them into other drawings), just separating a couple of different browns/oranges from somethings pelt and using their eye color (usually something much more vibrant) as an accent color

I also like to avoid picking colors from the very edges of the color picker (from ANY edge, mind you) and I always pick slightly towards the grey range (or the desaturated range, if you will). it doesnt look like much but it makes the colors not look like youre eyes are going to burn out

a lot of people think that very bright, warm or cool looking colors are The Best for art and that you’re just purposefully making your art look dull if you don’t use those but... its really REALLY not the case. nothing out there is bright colored, everything we see tends to be pretty desaturated or mixed with other colors/reflections so their brightness gets toned down

knowing color theory imo is less about knowing what colors to use and more about being able to make your drawings ‘pop’ and seem bright without actually using any eye blinding colors

i hope this makes any sense :’) 

Aw man... this was incredibly sweet to read, I’m really happy that i had that effect haha 

but yeah, man. Something thats definitely worth realizing is that no matter what, you’re making characters for YOURSELF. And you need to make things you yourself enjoy and have fun with 

who cares if other people feel like you need a hyper fleshed out character with every 484895 of their story arcs and details thought out immediately.. and who cares about cringe anymore like who’s going to stop you from making a mary sue.. the oc police? i dont think so 

just. make something you enjoy!! don’t let other people (or your internalized guidelines) prevent you from making all the cool stuff c:

hell YEAH DUDE U GET THOSE PATCHES. LIVE UR BEST LIFE but also god i wish that were me........... i want snail patches :’(((

thats me!! <33

god yeah id love to get into game of thrones but its just so fucking long and people are so annoying with it lmfao 

i want to watch a lot of series/movies and get into videogames but i just dont have the time or the money. 

also for the record.... i want NOTHING to do with fandoms, whatsoever. i don’t interact with communities for ANY piece of media, and I dont think i ever will, i’d rather just sit in my own little corner and enjoy things for myself