#hpefully this helped a little bit !

[pepprs]

ok i survived yom kippur. but it took every single scrap of strength in my body and i’m not completely better yet

[lemongogo]

SO NEW YEAR. I need to start practising things that'll actually improve my art 'skills' right? WELL. How do I do that

yeah of course !! i guess it really depends on what you want to improve and how seriously you want to dive into learning new techniques. i seriously slacked in motivating myself last year, so you and i can work to better our art together !!

most importantly, you should aim to draw every single day. ideally, i would shoot for at least 30 minutes a day, regardless of what you choose to do (sketching, working on a larger project, coloring, scribbling to improve line strength and arm movements, etc.). that might not always be attainable due to a busy schedule/life in general, but i think even a good 5 minutes at the very least can be beneficial in disciplining yourself to take a moment to focus on ur art. especially when you feel like you can’t/don’t want to draw. sometimes you’ll dread it, but once you lay down a few lines, you slowly start to get into the groove and it ends up not being so bad by the end of it :-)

next, i recommend working on developing good warm-up habits! before you even draw, take a few minutes to stretch your arms and wrists. address your posture, relax the tension from your body. and when it comes time to pick up the pencil, start out with very basic lines, circles, curves, etc. work on pushing and pulling your lines when appropriate. grow your line confidence & stop relying so much on quick repetitive strokes to complete shapes. shade different areas w various pressures, etc. essentially just scribble and doodle on scrap paper to loosen your grip & toy w the very very basics.

then, take some time to focus on observational studies ! they are so important. so important !!!! it’s so easy to look @ these and push them off in favor of what you rly want to draw but promise me you’ll at least do one a week. at the v least. take the time to look at shadows and structures around you . pictures can be great resources for things you dont have immediate access to, but observing how objects exist in three dimensions w perspective, light sources, etc. will do exponentially more for ur improvement than pictures ever will. if you intend to draw people, this includes gesture poses. i recommend looking into nearby life drawing resources in your area that offer weekly sessions (usually for a v low price, usually

in addition to that, consume a lot of media !! find movies, shows, comics, fanart, etc that you really really enjoy. such gives you the opportunity to incorporate different aspects of the things you love into your own art in order to evolve your style. furthermore, it just widens your grasp on new concepts, topics, and ideas.

and @ the end of the day, draw for yourself. satisfaction w ur art comes when you’re not worried w how others perceive it. obs if you’re posting your art online you can’t rly shake that nagging thought but like. draw what you want to draw. in the styles you want to draw them in, w the colors you really adore. if you want to try something rly rly new but are scared of how it might turn out, experimentation is such a wonderful tool that’ll also push you towards improvement. if it starts to become more of a chore than something you find pleasure in, ask yourself what’s holding u back and what you can do differently :-)

[shonokee]

I created something kinda cool by accident? XD

I don’t know what to say if I’m honest xD

Is it possible to interpretsomething into this... whatever this is...?  For a moment I was really frustrated and sad because i thought my drawing skills sucked... so i just randomly drew anything. Drawing sad, agry or depressed stuff always helped me to come over bad feelings and drawing this made me feel a little bit better again vwv maybe I’m going to draw more of this strange style..? Hpefully I can create more of it xD

This picture fits s3/stump day Marco, too I think. I love drawing him ‘cause he’s really easy to draw for me :3c