#how to make a good composition out of this

[zukriuchen]

I totally understand why online art communities have landed on "don't discourage artistic expression of any kind" but the insistence on making a one-size-fits-all piece of advice out of it is annoying as hell. Because it usually ends up in the most algorithm-friendly, nonthreatening territory that's geared towards making you feel good and saying nothing. Like, here's someone with a very plain statement that "I dislike when artists develop these skills instead of these other skills" and apparently that's terrible and anti-art, why? Just because it isn't 1000% positive "do whatever you want forever"? For one - you can still do whatever you want forever! Different things work for different artists! Maybe that helped you and is what you needed to hear, maybe composition or linework or other technical aspects being discussed is what other artists wanted or needed to hear, too. This reblog chain is just people upset that one of these was valued at all, and I'm not sure how that's conducive to artistic expression instead of just being 'pro-vibes' On that note, the characterization of any and all artistic "rules" as the realm of elitist snobs, while telling people not to care is characterized as "artists helping other artists" is fucking depressing to see, because guess what a lot of those "rules" are meant to be?? Yes, turns out developing certain skills helps you achieve results that you would not have been able to otherwise. And many, many, many artists have put years of work into documenting and compiling tried-and-true ways to develop said skills because yes, they actually wanted to help other people achieve the same. Whether you personally value those results, whether you think it's necessary for your own art, that's all up to you. Of course there's plenty of genuine criticisms of what is standardized; it's absolutely worth studying how institutional power informs and enforces racist, sexist, classist, Eurocentric standards for what does, or does not count as "good" art. You don't have to unquestioningly accept every pre-existing method just because it's an established thing, you don't have to hold up technical prowess as "objectively" superior. I just think it's also a bit conceited to dismiss common, well-understood practices as if everyone in the past was either an idiot or a bad actor. All of that is besides the point anyway because OP didn't even say "technical skill is the only thing that matters" or "artists who don't improve according to my standards will be put to the sword" or any of the stuff people are projecting onto this post. It's just people seeing a mundane criticism, and deciding it's worthy of condemnation because god forbid anyone voice an opinion on artists that does not conform to the tone and cadence of a children's entertainer

nothing sadder to me than when an online artist posts a side by side of the same picture from 5 years ago / redrawn this year, and the first one is fluid and energetic and full of character, and the second one is flat and static and clean to the point of sterility

[upsidedownsmore]

Hollowframe - Stalker

:)

Lots more stuff under the cut!

Closeups:

Alternate "Pale" version:

Could say this one is slightly more """lore accurate""" because the red in the above version isn't really connected to anything in Hollow Knight, but I'm taking a bunch of liberties with this project as is anyways lol

Timelapse:

(flipped it halfway through to make it more continuous with Jade's piece)

Screenshot of references I used:

(also flipped, oops lol)

Previous addition (Jade!):

Artstation:

Free (or pay what you want!) Google Drive link for the entire Hollowframe Project on my Ko-Fi:

[alasquirtrt]

needed to contribute to the dismal amount of mr aph greece fanart

[hinamie]

spiraling

[hootyhoowoo]

A little 15 min doodle but first post of the year has to be Bingqiu!

[abstractfrog]

My comic for The Retired Colourman! I love this scene between Mariana and Sherlock sm

[feng-shui71]

World’s best matchmaker and brother-in-law, everyone.

[killjo-q]

trying something…

[swagglessmoth]

The Hatake: the clan of the crafting table or smth

DAMN I FORGOT TO TAG THE AUTHOR

@pestoast ⬅️⬅️THANK YOU FOR THE FIC 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

[quirinah]

i! ro! ha! (six years edition)

[kingpains]

got to see the @narcissistcookbook in dallas, thoroughly enjoyed it

[ducktracy]

proper reupload in the high quality this fantastic segment so deserves; eagle pig and duck bias notwithstanding, this will forever be my favorite variant of the fabled switcheroo (and a reminder that Daffy was first at his own game!) the committal on behalf of both characters--especially the sincerity of Daffy's feigned sincerity--really sets it apart

[otherworldworldy]

I need a physical calendar to help me keep track of scheduling, but I moved recently and couldn’t find mine

So my extra ass decided to just make myself a calendar

[gomi--neko]

Leon chair paintings cause I promised myself I would paint more in 2024 these took foreverr

[funkle420]

ppl who can draw mecha are so cool wtf

[javierduffy]

Same anon from earlier who sent that ask about how Dutch would react to javieran. I finished the fic but uh it's porn lol. If you're still interested it's "steady beat" on ao3

anon i would like you to know that i spent the first 20 minutes of my shift sitting in the bathroom reading this and i do not regret a single moment

THAT WAS SOOOO GOOD ARE UOU INSANE !-?/!?:3! JAVIERAN CONTENT WAS EXCITING ENOUGH ALREADY BUT PORN ??? AND SOFT, FLUFFY, HEAD-OVER-HEELS IN LOVE PORN ???????? you wrote this for ME !!!!!!! and i am SO GRATEFUL !-!2!2!3 OMG !!!!!!!!!! it was sooo good i was literally giggling and kicking my feet the whole time, you nailed their dynamic sooo so perfectly imo 😭💔 reading that was such a pleasure thank you for the food !!!!!