#i actually love how this sketch turned out

[signanothername]

it might be an awkward question but-

HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO DRAW SO MUCH?? how do you get so many beautiful ideas? how do you keep yourself motivated? tell me your secret I will sell you my soul

🩵 🫴 take it.

Why thank you 🫳🩵

Ah the question ever

Truthful and simple answer is that there’s no secret

This might seem contradictory considering how much I post, but I genuinely am not as motivated or as inspired as I seem to be

I struggle a lot with ideas and motivation and that is a problem I have on a daily basis that’s been happening for years (I have SO many wips that I never shared)

It’s not about the struggle, it’s about how I curated my art to that struggle

I’m at a constant threat to experience burnout (certified chronic pain and chronic fatigue haver), so to combat that, I take measures to make sure I don’t burn myself out and actually reserve the very little energy I have to continue doing artworks/comics

To give you a specific example, if you notice with my comics, they’re always sketchy and are never colored, that’s not because I don’t want to make colored comics, but because of knowledge from previous experiences that if I actually forced myself to make colored comics, I’d immediately plunge to burnout and would probably not be able to draw for a few weeks after because of it (in fact the last time I made a colored comic was here, which is a rare occasion even then btw, and that comic caused me to experience a near burnout)

Which was extremely frustrating to me at some point might I add, because before 2021, I had no problem making so many colored comics and artworks at a short span of time, I actually had motivation before (something that is lost to me now), so you can imagine how genuinely frustrating it is, it even made me feel like I’m not a “real” artist

(The concept of what is considered a “real artist” is bullshit btw, someone who draws stickmen everyday is as much of a real artist as someone who makes diverse fully colored artworks with backgrounds and everything, as long as you use your creativity and turn it to something meaningful, you’re already a real artist, regardless of skill or the extent of which you are able to conceive with your art)

That being said, it’s all about finding your own footing and workflow, what works best for you? What doesn’t?

Some things that you’d love for them to work (in my case making colored comics) might not work in reality, life is disappointing like that, so it’s also about acceptance

Acceptance of yourself as you are, maybe it’s not what you truly strive for, maybe you wish you could do more, but sometimes taking a step back and looking into yourself to see if you can actually achieve what you want with the resources you have could be life saving

So when it comes to motivation? Find your workflow, what are the things that you know could make you lose your motivation? On the other hand, what are the things that preserve your motivation?

Not only that, but time management is also a contributing factor

Of course, my own way to preserve my motivation/energy is as follows:

1- never force myself to finish artworks/comics if I feel like I can’t (even if I really really want to), I save them up for later when my motivation for them kicks back in

2-let perfectionism go, if I keep fretting over whether every line in an artwork looks good I’ll never accomplish anything but destroy my mental health (certified perfectionist speaking btw)

3-comics stay as sketches, as much as I want to make beautifully colored comics, I know this will only contribute to my burnout, so keeping it real with myself and what I can accomplish with my own resources (energy, time, health, etc) is important

4-making multiple sketches in a day then choosing what fancies my brain that day, or getting back to older sketches I already made before (sometimes months before) to see if my brain has the itch to work on any of them, by doing that, then I’m giving myself actual diversity in choices to choose from, which helps me feel like I don’t have to be forced to work on anything new, or something that I don’t wanna work on

For clarification, I’m talking actual sketches, not cleaned up ones, if you make clean sketches you won’t be able to make multiple ones in the same day

Here’s an example of what I mean by sketches

5-stop beating myself up over things I can’t control, if I keep being harsh on myself over the fact I couldn’t finish an artwork or the fact I’m not satisfied with it, it’ll only contribute to make me feel bad about myself and that would only contribute to me losing even more motivation which contributes to beating myself up and so the self torture cycle goes on, myself deserves to be pat on the back gently and be told “it’s ok, you’ll get there in time”

6-teach myself that it’s ok to lose motivation, there are times in which I do not open my art app for weeks, instead of hating myself for it, I tell myself “you need time, you’re tired and you need the break”, and it’s true, if you lost motivation, it’s most likely due to something else contributing to it

So i just ask myself what’s up, sometimes, I’m overworked in other life aspects, other times I’m in too much pain, so instead of forcing myself through my demotivation, I take care of these factors demotivating me so I’d feel comfortable enough to be able to work on artworks again

If I couldn’t identify a factor contributing to my loss of motivation, then I take it as my own brain telling me that it needs the break, it needs the dopamine if doing something different and I do that, whether by watching my favorite shows, playing my favorite games, trying a different hobby like writing or reading, etc

7- work on my own time, sometimes I do finish artworks quickly, and I do have the capacity to do so, but I’ve noticed that my loss of motivation became less of an issue when I gave myself the actual time to work on artworks, sometimes, a simple artwork that I could finish in 20 minutes takes me weeks to finish, not because I can’t finish it earlier, but because I intentionally worked slowly on it as I’m working on other artworks just as slow, that way, I don’t overwhelm myself and I’m making progress on multiple artworks/comics at the same time, and seeing such progress gives me even more motivation

Cough, anyway, got lost in talking about motivation ghcchch

As for your other question about how I get my ideas, it’s usually something I saw that inspired me, whether an artwork, something irl, etc

Or even sometimes, my own artworks inspire ideas for comics, so I’d draw something, then ask myself (asking yourself questions is such a great helper when it comes to coming up with ideas) why is the character doing this? How did they get there? Etc

That helps me come up with answers which are then answered via comics or multiple different artworks

For example, this comic, what inspired it was me asking myself one simple question, “what would happen if Murder actually asked Nightmare for a visit home for once, instead of running away like he always does?”, and that immediately got me to work on the comic

Of course, it doesn’t mean I always am on the ready for an idea, in fact, a lot of the time my mind is blank, nothing up there to help me, which is why I turn to mindlessly sketching sometimes

I just open a canvas and start sketching, what? I don’t know, I’m just gonna sketch something, could be a character, environment, scribbles, meaningless lines etc, it’s my iwn version of a warm up, and it helps a lot with making my brain get into the zone

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head

Enjoy a look into my brain chhcchch

[itsonlypolite]

Thought I'd share it here too because honestly, I really like how it turned out!

Thank you so much again for letting me render your sketch of our Heros!! It genuinely helped me get out of my art-related rut! And I really mean it when I say that I had an absolute blast rendering this, I'm absolutely obsessed with how you drew my human!Hero, and your own Hero, as always, is an absolute sweetheart and joy to see! Thought it could be fun to give them some color <3

I'm so glad you shared this here because I am SRSLY OBSESSED WITH HOW GOOD YOU MADE THIS. Putting the original sketch here because everyone needs to see you are an actual miracle worker, how did you take this and turn it into THAT

I LOVE your Hero sm!!!!! So fun to see our Heros hang out :)

[luvst4rc0r3]

just wanted to say i loved both 'slave' fics! idk if you're continuing it but please do! they were so interesting!

“Slave” PT.3

Jinx x F!Reader

WARNINGS:Cursing.

WC:554

NOTE:Not proofread. This is Jinx’s POV of the situation. ALSO THIS WILL HAVE 2 MORE PARTS.

Normally, the hum of her gadgets and the constant chatter in her head drowned out the loneliness. But tonight, even the voices were quiet. Even Fishbones seemed heavier in her hands as she sat on the cold, grease-streaked floor.

“Why’d you leave, huh?” she whispered to no one, her knees drawn up to her chest. Her fingers toyed with the trigger, not out of malice, but habit. She wasn’t going to fire. Not this time.

The question bounced around her head, louder than anything else. She tried to answer it, tried to twist it into something she could understand, but all she got was static.

They’d told her it was too much—she was too much. That she didn’t know how to stop. That loving her felt like standing on a bomb, waiting for it to go off.

But Isha looks at Jinx with displeasure. Like she was trying to tell her “Hey! Why the fuck would you chase out my other mother who actually took care of me?!”

Jinx had laughed then. It was her first mistake. The second was saying, “You look like everyone else.”

Isha’s face had gone tight, jaw clenched so hard Jinx thought it might snap. Then she left. Just like that. No explosions, no fireworks, not even the sound of the door slamming.

Now, no one called her. No one sat cross-legged on the floor while she worked, tossing her bits of scrap metal and asking endless questions. No one hummed under their breath when they thought she wasn’t listening.

Jinx hated it. Hated you.

But she didn’t hate you. Deep down she knew that hate she had for you was her missing you.

Her stomach twisted, and she choked on the sour taste of it. She could fill a hundred walls with your name, a thousand blueprints with sketches of your face, and it still wouldn’t be enough to make her forget.

She’d tried forgetting. Tried blowing it up. Burn it down, smash it apart, erase the memories like she erased everything else. It didn’t work.

The voices, they told her to move on, find someone else, something else to focus on. But the silence in the hideout told her the truth. She misses you, Isha, and Micheal.

“Isha,” she whispered into the quiet. The name tasted bitter and sweet at the same time. Like the candy Isha used to bring her, the ones Jinx pretended to hate but always finished.

Her pink eyes darted to the little pile of wires and broken circuits by the workbench. Isha had left her gloves there once, and Jinx never threw them away. They were still draped over the edge, the leather worn and soft.

Jinx wasn’t sorry. Not really.

And that was the problem.

Fishbones slipped from her hands with a dull clunk as she folded in on herself, forehead pressed against her knees. She stayed like that, curled up in the quiet, like maybe if she got small enough, the world wouldn’t notice her anymore.

For a moment, she imagined Isha walking through the door. Her sharp eyes, her steady voice—both somehow managing to make Jinx feel like she wasn’t completely broken. Like someone had stitched all the cracks together, even if just for a moment.

But the door didn’t open.

And Jinx knew, deep down, it never would.

HEYY!!!

I’m kinda happy how this part turned out!!! I’m currently trying to finish this before midterms😰😰😰 AND To write another series which I was passionate abt.

ANYWAYS

I want food and sleep

[i-am-a-fan]

Was Red in too much trouble after PIF and DBK found out she was eating bacon

Oh. It's really not how the DBK family reacted that you should be worried about..

[sam-violet]

chillin in the hot springs 🌱

+ a closeup

[xxplastic-cubexx]

graph

bonus:

[myokk]

my favorite bookworm

[mbohjeezart]

Dog ears

Graying hair

full face visor

full beard

Rendog, the man you are...

[unriding]

a … a gift from the talented @kruinka 🥹 thank you so much!! ദ്ദി ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ)

[callme-mag]

Okay, but listen to me...

This image of Connor + The painting of "The Fallen Angel"

And as a result we have this drawing I made:

Details:

[neolxzr]

alien stage but its in my style ?

[lavander-galaxy]

HE WAS WALKING AROUND WITH A LOADED SHOTGUN READY TO FIRE AT ME A HOT ONE ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

AND IT WENT STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEARTTTTT 🗣️🗣️🗣️

@sonderfairy

[fatedroses]

Adventurer Zenos and G'raha cause I had to draw my silly guys. I just enjoy the idea of Zenos hanging out with fellow bookworms and being begrudgingly (though occasionally willingly) helpful.

[seepingfrommyskin]

Me after drawing ff6 fanart for the billionth time 😱 (click for better quality on pc)

(Closeups!)

Edit: A BONUS ALTERNATE VERSION I FORGOT TO POST EARLIER SMH

[queerquintessence]

“depollute me, pretty baby

suck the rot right out of my bloodstream

oh, dilute me, gentle angel

water down what i call being grateful”

[murdleandmarot]

The gang’s all here!! They’re on the case!! And there’s no ghost that they wouldn’t chase!!!!!

@mysticalcats’s Foxglove, @toki-toro’s Chaumet, @emimii’s Clownaire, and my own Bluebelle :)