#i dont want ugly drawings in my sketchbook

[thedogslegart]

This all i got 🤗

[meruz]

it's been a while since the last time i piled up all my sketchbooks so here's all the ones I could find from the last uhhh 6 years ish. since graduating art school lol!!

scattered thoughts below the cut

it's harder for me to use a sketchbook consistently as a working artist... in school I would sketch a lot aimlessly in class/lectures etc but nowadays it feels like everything I sketch is with an end goal in mind for work or some other project. if I want to draw """for fun"" I really have to find and allot time for it which can feel silly lol. I do a lot of sketching on public transport now.

I didn't take pics of the interiors but I think its kind of interesting that i feel like the heights of having a nice looking sketchbook interior for me peaked in college. in art school, people often ask to look at your sketchbook so I really filled pages and made sure they looked nice. there's also a lot of energy in those pages... in contrast my highschool sketchbooks and post-college sketchbooks are pretty ugly on the inside because I'm really the only one looking at them lol. my sketchbooks now are especially ugly because i dont even care about the drawings being good. i think in highschool i tried to make every drawing as good as possible because I was really struggling to improve just basic drawing skill and in art school i tried to make the page at least as nice as possible. now its all about ideas and iteration, i just keep making bad drawings and keep flipping the page.

EDIT. also last time I piled up all my sketchbooks i divided them into sections for each year of art school which kind of felt like chapters of my life.. if i had to divide these into sections its a little less clean but its probably something like this

[readingismyhobby24]

hiii faith !!!!!! how have you been doing today? :3 ive been kinda meh today im like forgetting everything i did today now😭😭

yesterday i made banana bread !!! its already all gone 😭😭 it looked and tasted AMAZING tho!!! i never got my mom or brothers opinions on it though :( my dad said he liked it atleast

tomorrow is picture day at school :D i know its “wear your best outfit” or whatever but my best outfit is my botw shirt. atleast its not the ugly neon green (bonus it was way too tight) shirt i had to wear for picture day last year

being in a new school is still so weird cuz sometimes im just standing like toon link in the hallway when i need to refill my waterbottle or get something for my teacher from the printer

i need to lock in for whumptober i still dont have ideas for all fics i swear im just gonna be rushing all of these . i HAVE time to write fanfics during school time too .

i can literally just write stuff in the notebook/sketchbook i carry around if i really wanted to (but instead im drawing the chain and rw slugcats because i decided to memorize legend, wind, and warriors’ designs, and all of the slugcats designs)

I AM SO SORRY NOAH!!!! THIS WAS LITERALLY BURIED IN MY ASK BOX!!!!

I've been doing much better than I have been for the past, like, week (if all my posting today hasn't shown that lol).

I LOVE BANANA BREAD!!!! I'm sure it was amazing! I want banana bread now...

Honestly, a botw shirt is literally so cool to wear on picture day.

Ajskhgkdkhs. The pictures. That's literally me 24/7 🤣

For Whumptober, I seriously need to lock in as well. I was hoping to have five fics already written by now, and I haven't even started any of them!!! I'm kinda freaking out about it now 😂 But I think I'm only doing around 10, so it should be fine. I hope that all the writing goes well for you when you do start!! Wishing you the best of luck!!!

[r31lt4s]

today was a rollercoaster of feels except the roller coaster goes up a little bit then straight down into hell

one time I showed this rlly cool girl in my class how to do her footer in computer science and this morning she was saying things like "my footer was easy bc ‘my name’ was so nice to me for showing me this website...." and I felt rlly happy

but then, in third period I was drawing my new THERIAN AND NOT FURRY oc and one of my friends at the table saw the drawing in like ripped it up and said you're a furry

and also in third period I told the same person that I was bi and then they just randomly called me gay faggot but theres another boy in my class who is bi and that's her bsf or smth soooo....

ALSO THIS MAKES ME LIVID

so in sixth period that same person was saying things like "oh don't say shut up to me" and as a joke I say "shut up ' friend name'" and then they call me a faggot and then pull out the drawing they ripped up (they kept it for some reason) and says "you draw furries you have no reason to talk" and then they just start fucking interrogating me like "have you drawn more furries like this????" and "I dont believe this is the only one you drew"

AND THEN THEY SAID "I better not see anymore furry drawings." BITCH. YOU WENT THROUGH MY FUCKING SKETCHBOOK. THATS LIKE BREAKING KNTO SOMEONES HOUSE AND SAYING "wow your decor is ugly. I dont wanna see this again from you." AND YOU CANT JUST FUCKING TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE ME DRAW DIPSHIT.

AND THESE ARE MY NEWER FRIENDS BC I JUST MOVED SCHOOLS FOR MIDDLE AND IF I STOP TALKING TO THEM GONNA BE ALONE

AND THEY SAY THEM AS “JOKES” BUT I DONT REALLY FIND THEM FUNNY…

JUST…. AAAAAA

sorry random vent

[sioster]

im so sleep deprived,,, but i also interested on the chapter 5 cuz you keep ref to them,,,,, i have a very grabby hands,,, gimme gimme, throw it to my face >which part of that au you personally like? and do you have their designs in mind?

NOOO FINDJNFEVBYFBGF why am I like this and have the urge to reference my stuff 24/7 </3 so sorry ahgnjht ):

not me looking thru all of my school notebooks, workbooks and studentbooks looking for the designs 😭 this is what being addicted to drawing does to a girl instead of drawing only in a single sketchbook </3

very readable summary of the story: (oopsies a bit of blood spilled 'ere)

>wil the hero accidentally blows himself up during a fight (villian dt vs hero sbi minus tommy) (L)

>a civillian (drem) scrapes him off the pavement and tries nursing him back to an okayish state, no bonding here

>dumbass wil leaves the civillian's flat (he's barely walking- dear starclan he's literally breaking down from pain ,,GO BACKKK,, STOP RUNNING OUTSIDE)

>wil meets the villian that he sees as his arch nemesis (dream). Wil initates the fight because he was not very stable at that moment, dream on the other hand sticks to defensive moves since he doesn't want to open up wil's old wounds. Dream slips and cracks open his head like an egg- dream's civillian identity is revealed, wil is torn on what to do, in the end he takes dream back to dream's flat (hes not about to share his addres if he even has one)

-the roles have been reversed, its now wil that has to take care of delirious dream, they finally start to bond. So far the things I have here are just '...sickfic typical stuff again </3' and a comfort after nightmare scene that is important to the growth of their relationship (dream has a nightmare about the time he slipped and wil was practically just yelling and watching him choke on his own blood. in the nightmare however, wil never unmask him so he can breathe- dream chokes, literally drowns in his blood as that face hidden behind bandages watches him. When dream wakes up, wil comforts him and takes off his face bandages by himself for the first time to show that dream no longer asleep and he means the words that he calmed dream with)

-yeah after that i dont really have anything more than just fluff, also yeah at that point wil officialy moves in- it's not like he already was practically living there for the past few months. If this ends up as a fic I'd say to end it here for an open gate if I ever write a sequeal, but fr real I just don't have anything more planned yet lol

Goger- freezes time for short periods of time, long bow

Hero/Villain powers and weapons so far:

Snapneck- fire bending stuff. whatdidya expect </3, fists

Dream- believed by everyone to have super stamina, actually shapeshifter (only dt knows), axe

(there are 2 other heroes (not dsmp) made if I would ever need em in the bg, plus 2 crack antiheroes)

Phil- vampire but instead of bats it's crows (not sure if the blood aspect will stay), a saber

Techno- superstrenght, probably a long sword or a crossbow with some kind of thing allowing for close combat

Tommy (hero apprentice)- electricity, so far doesn't know how to really use it, small daggers

Wilbur- nothing and hes sad about it ): , any kind of explosives (still needs a close range weapon tho..)

So far I only have aliases/hero&villain names for dream (civilian Dream, supervillain Zmora) and wil (civilian Wilbur, superhero Muza)

.... yeah I had to use polish words for them ( : (zmora = mare, muza = muse)

I call this piece "your hands are so close dudes just hold them"

fullbody designs with ugly face bandages since I didn't know what I was doing yet back then... btw ye wil lost a chunk of his right hand to the explosion oopsies 🤗😊

finally good looking c5!wil's face bandages 😭 also bonus at!ratza i guees xD

Oh and a favourite moment... I have a difficulty choosing between the confrontation resulting in cracked egg and the after-nightmare comfort sokbpbsbb0a both of these moments have so much of character in them (not really shown here but man,, this ask answer is already super long) so much of insight on what's going on in their brains nlvlmfmpdpdppkf

[iwaasfairy]

Fae fae when did you learn to draw digital? Like do you have any tips I’ve been practicing but honestly it’s so hard haha

I remember sometime early 2021 I think you did a lot of haikyuu art and it was amazingggg wow

-🪐 anon

fAE FAE pLS dgusgfus I LOVE THAT??? heLP but uhmm honestly i think the main reason why my art looks better now is because i've been practicing my basics a lot? and like, its a constant battle to get better and hate your old art yk,, but i'm glad i did it and i can't wait to see how much i'll improve in the future! BUT! as for practicing tips, i would recommend splitting up exactly what you want to tackle first.

digital drawing is a very different skill than sketching. coloring is a very different skill. backgrounds are a skill in itself. drawing bodies,, etc etc etc,, and it was really frustrating to draw sometimes bc it feels like they all go hand in hand? but splitting them up and practicing solely on that- can really help make it feel more doable yk

also drawing on paper is v helpful to me personally. get urself a practice sketchbook, even tho they are two separate skills they kinda are tied together. if you improve one it will also show in the other

and yEA i did do some art in 2021 that i was really proud of. but i do gotta say looking back, those arts took me like 72 hours and so much references that it always felt extremely overwhelming and scary to draw. i like them a lot still, but i dont remember finding it very fun to draw back in 2021

and sometimes it's embarrassing for me to look back at old art and not shudder in shame, but the fact is,, that i was happy with my drawings back when i made them. he reason i'm not happy with them anymore is bc i've practiced, and become better, yk? for fuck sake, atsuko used to look like this (left) and now he looks like that (right)

be a little kind to yourself. it's hard to admit that you can be good at and suck at something at the same time. your improvement will be directly linked to how often you can stomach to be bad at something tbh hahahah i stopped coloring the way i used to in 2021 because i loved doing it but i actually sucked at it. and im still in the middle of practicing coloring, and most of what i draw is ugly and i hate it,, but thats okay. i hopefully will find value in it once i start noticing some improvement

anyway sorry for the ramble the point is, find your weak points and target them. and then, practice. practice practice practice. dont believe these tiktok artists who say "oh i started drawing in 2021" and bust out the most amazing portraits in the history of ever. that isn't the reality for most people;

[smol-tired-binch-blog]

Gotta vent rq but like GOD I want to draw I love doodling I love my silly little sketches I miss drawing the yakoozies and magical girls but like I need a laptop replacement which i WILL be getting but it won't be for weeks. So i have a sketchbook. That should be nice right? I mean i only started digital art in like 2020, maybe late 2019, should be fine?

NO, i was so HYPE for my first ever Surface BECAUSE i Am Not Good With Pen And Paper! And i say that as someone who has been drawing since she was like 4, yknow? I remember drawing in my sketchbooks, I remember my Creepypasta OCs from when i was 14. I remember thinking how one day I'd be REALLY good at drawing, noticing my progress and looking forward to more. Turns out though, i can get proportions right in the first go. And for some reason i never have a decent eraser, so trying again and again is just frustrating and ruins the paper or still leaves those ugly indents and smudges.

Like on a computer, you can SELECT specific parts of the drawing and CHANGE THE SIZE!! you can use LAYERS!!! You can sketch and then linework til your hearts content, and yeah it fucks me off, but it's somehow reassuring thay i can just delete the layer, delete the whole thing and start again simple as. I can zoom in, i can press the Undo button. I can draw until it looks nice. Cant do that with paper.

"Oh but sketchbooks are MEANT to be for your ugly stuff" I DONT CARE. I DONT WANT UGLY STUFF. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRAW MY OCS AND MY FAVE CHARACTERS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT COMPETENTLY FROM THE GET GO. Like jesus you'd think I'd know what koi boi and his skinny twink boyfriend look like by now but NOPE. it frustrates me PERSONALLY because i like a silly little sketch, i can have it be a lil rough, a lil simple. But it needs to be Recognisble and Nice Enough. Fuck this.

[trollocs-ooc]

5 6 29 & 40 forrrr the romancer gyuys the yaoi gyuys the the 11 & the 2nd

oof all of these r hard but ill try

5.Your oc has to make something for an art exhibition. What would they make? How terrible is it? Would they enjoy making it?

Second doesn't really do art but i feel like he'd have the "I dont know how to draw this, guess it'll have to look bad!" mindset. Based. He'd prolly draw some like political critique if it wouldn't get him murdered or some goofy shit

Eleven draws but he's not nearly confident enough about it to want his art in an exhibition. I feel like he'd be too much of a perfectionist or not know what's"good enough" to actually finish on time

6.What is your oc’s vocabulary like? Does it match the way they talk? How would you describe their speech?

Well this is hard because. My ocs have my own damn vocabulary 💀 but lets say

Second says anything on his mind and will talk in short sentences, unless hes ranting in which case be prepared for a novel of a rant. He doesn't care to carefully word himself so he won't be misinterpreted, in his mind anyone whos misinterpreting him is dumb and can fight him abt it. He's got favorite swears and a pretty simple vocabulary, but will drop random shit in there sometimes just cuz it's on his mind and HE gets it (like, on that post that i turned rbs off for, he said he was like Hrairoo foretelling the destruction of the warren, that's just a Watership down reference. I was gonna use the greek myth figure Hrairoo/Fiver was based on but i forgor what she was called). He talks like this irl

Elevens speech on the blog used to be carefully constructed, proper, calmly put, so he'd get misinterpreted as little as possible, and he usually didn't swear. As he loosened up more he started swearing more, and showing anxieties as well. The prim and proper speech is not how he talks irl. It is a completely different experience to have time to write something and to say it in a conversation. Just um or ahs everywhere. He doesn't have a big vocabulary

29.If your oc was in a video game, what would their idle animation be? (When the player stays still for too long, the animation that plays.)

Imma be honest idfk. Maybe eleven would sit down and pull out a sketchbook to draw and second would look generally annoyed and impatient

40.Are there any habits your oc has picked up from people around them? Do they know where they’re from? Does your oc try to stop themselves from doing it?

Eleven: swearing, pacing. He tries to stop himself from doing both of these

Second idk maybe caring more about his appearance? In a self care way not in an I'm So Ugly way

[noeliaenpapel]

How to fill a sketchbook and not die trying

If you are reading this, you probably have a sketchbook (or many) waiting for you. Or maybe you are thinking about buying one. Perfect! Welcome to the club!

The most difficult thing is to fill the first page, the reckless blank page. And for that I have a very simple solution. Don't use it! How? Yes yes, you are reading it right… start on the next page. It seems like a very silly thing but it really works and it takes all the pressure off to start something new.

Now, before continuing, I invite you to confront some myths regarding sketchbooks. Of course, it's my personal opinion and we may not agree in everything, but after years of failure, I learned a little bit and now I really enjoy the minutes I can dedicate to my lovely sketchbook.

Use a sketchbook that you like. It doesn't have to be very expensive, otherwise it can be intimidating. But you have to be attracted to it, you have to like it.  You can do it yourself without knowing anything about binding. Chose the sheets, go to a printing shop (i dont know the correct name in each country) and bound it with a spiral. Ta dah! A perfect sketchbook with the best paper for the materials you will use, or a mix of papers.

Your sketchbook doesn't have to be perfect but it doesn't have to be a disaster either. We are always advised to use it as a notebook, as the name says, for sketches, but the ones we see online are works of art themselves and we want ours to be similar, right?. So, if what we do is very ugly, we hate the sheet and if it is an amazing work of art, it generates us too much pressure to continue it like that. If it's for drawings or doodles, I rather use cheap paper or other simple notebooks. In my sketchbook I draw slightly more elaborate sketches that  don't take much time. And if I do something ugly, I remember that "I DONT HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO POST EVERYTHING I DO ON INSTAGRAM".

You can have a sketchbook for each type of material that you use or purpose that you are going to give it, but if you are just starting, I recommend using only one so you will not end up with four incomplete ones.

Use materials that are suitable for the type of paper that your sketchbook has. If it's plain computer paper, using  watercolors is going to be impossible. Unless you have 300g watercolor paper. Otherwise use pencils, markers, gouache, crayons. But if you really want to use watercolors no matter what, try to make a few washes because the paper will get ondulations because of the wáter and it may bleed to the other side.

[theartisticgamingwitch]

Any habits you like to share with the class?

OK welcome to the 7 deadly sins of my art farting career. Hopefully i will not get the punishments equal to these said sins in my life So buckle up cause were starting hot with lust.

Lust is a complicated one because im not twisting the anatomy to the point its not legit accurate. Looking at you superhero comics and games that are just boobs and ass mostly mortal kombat is a fall of this.. i just.. can't draw ugly people. Dont get me wrong i honestly am trying! Its just complicated. And dont worry i may write smut but i cant draw it either.. Ill try if im brave enough but i know better not to put it on my portfolio...or here..

ENVY ohhh boy do i have it. and i have ways to control this lil demon! Its okay to compare yourself to the masters/ other people BUT, not to the point where you think copying them 1000% will make you just like them! Mish mash your favorites to make your own style. Thats how i learned mine. Compete with yourself not with someone else. Take breaks from other peoples work if they make you the sads and focus on your end goals. ok now BACK IN THE CORNER ENVY!

Okay whos next *sees sloth playing animal crossing* Right. you.. I tend to get unmotivated by projects easily if im stressed the hell out or i dont like somthing in my sketchbook.. so i just put it away and go play some video games. IMHO this isnt 100% a bad thing.. we all need a break for a kit kat bar every now and then however HOWEVER!, Making excuses for weeks at a time effects your artwork later, So this is why you need to focus on the game but also allow yourself to take maybe 15 min breaks to do anything else besides video games. Water your plants, Play with your pets, Party in your room, EAT SOME FOOD!

Next is Gluttony and taking on too many things at once is a good and bad thing all at the same time. Welcome to the world of ADHD. This is mostly bad for me cause im a people pleaser and i want to please everyone except myself (yes my dad raised me as a doormat im slowly growing a spine.)

Now the biggest sin i have out of all of them...almost killed my chances of getting into this school.. PRIDE. Its okay to take pride in your work but, you have to learn when to step back and give what the client wanted..even if its in graphite form. Bite your lip and hold those words you were gonna say and just give what they wanted. You might just get in.

Next is greed and like i said before im a people pleaser not a greedy person so this one is off the table kind of however, i have seen people on my artstation and my linkdin accounts trying to work with me cause im going to this school and they gave off red flags. One was even a huhbot trying to sell me makeup. o

*looks at wrath* Okay buddy youre up! Now im not the 100% type to use blood, violence, and edgyness into my work. Its more i hate my own work and it drives me insane to where i wanna crumple it up, yeet it in the bin and start over..and this cycle can continue for a few days till i go into sloth mode. Dont be so harsh on yourself to where what your drawing is no fun! Try to think about it from another view if its not what you expected. You might be surprised on how it comes out.

[swagging-back-to]

the thing about my human drawings is that i genuinely dont have a style... it changes every time i sit down to draw and i am not joking at all. my sketchbooks look like a collaborative project from 50 different people.

it isnt even minor changes, it's very drastic. i cant sit down and push out any sort of consistency in my quality because even my skill level changes with the style. sometimes i want to draw in one style but all im able to produce is a completely different one. sometimes two styles clash with each other at the same time and I'll end up with sections of the body drawn in separate styles. it sounds like a fun picasso thing but it isnt. it's just ugly and disorganized

and then i have to go back and change it all much later (like a year later) so i can make it as intended.

[skyfri-slj]

what is the FUCKING point of erasers if they cant DO THEIR JOB and just SMUDGE EVERYTHING?????

[heckolve]

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[dausy]

I accidentally got a Daily Deviation on Deviantart. Which very cool, thank you so much. Its not my first one ever but first one recently and I'm still impressed with the amount of active users there. Kept my inbox a bit busy. I kinda upload and run so I wasn't expecting that much interaction. I probably should pay more attention to it because honestly it has netted me more interaction then the ever holy twitter.

I've so far screwed up my day today. I accidentally slept in til 9am and I can't tell you the last time I did that. Maybe on a nightshift a couple years ago. I usually am up by 6am. So my entire day and schedule is thrown. Im debating if its even worth it to go to the gym at this point. Silly I know, somebodies early morning is 9am.

I did finish painting the silly drawing I'd been trying to get to (the bubbletea guy above). He's been in my sketchbook for a while but I either kept going out of town or I ended up doing another project instead. This one was actually the one I meant to do in my cheap dollar store pastel watercolors from Typo but I didn't think it'd be colorful enough to use all the colors..hence I drew a rainbow llama. But thats why he's kinda colorful. In hindsight the watercolors definitely would not have colored that background (I was thinking about doing a gradient) and I could not get colored pencil to go over those watercolors either. So it wouldn't have worked out. Which is why its always so scary to try out cheap art supplies! If you draw something you kinda like and destroy it with bad supplies it kinda physically hurts. When I drew him I was trying to keep it kinda ugly to where I didn't care if I destroyed him but then he turned out cuter than I had anticipated. He got my regular wash of color instead.

anywho, I know its obscenely colorful haha.

less obnoxious.

But again, the vibrant color is fun in the sketchbook he's in. If I was a journal-er I could decorate the entire occupying page with stuff and it'd be artistic.

I did film the painting process of him that I'll upload to youtube either later today or tomorrow. Since my schedule is so thrown off now..ugh..I dont know. I wanted to start one last project too celebrating the end of august.

[vickkinha]

Some headcanons because i have a lot of them pt.1?

(Remember it's all my headcanons)

Nancy Wheeler

she doesn’t like candy that much, she would prefer something salty than something sweet

probably named at least one of her guns

she sometimes is clueless, like if someone tries to make a joke she will ask questions and say "i don't get it" until everyone just gives up on explaining

her notebooks usually have lots and lots of doodles

Smells nice, really really nice

facts, she knows a lot of fun facts and casually drops them in the conversation

Talks about jonathan a lot

she loves to tell stories about anythings

will hear you talk about things you like for hours because she loves to hear you being so passionate about things

Loves to watch movies, most drama but sometimes she likes horror movies

eddie munson

he would love to get other people to like metal or dnd

He doesn’t like when you touch his hair but likes to touch yours

he enjoys others company most of the time, he sometimes just stays with you in silence doing something just because you're there

he loves his guitar, wont let you touch it unless he is with you and sure you wont drop it or something

he likes horror movies but get paranoid when he watches them, wont admit it tho

he likes to jumpscare people, wich causes some problems like that time he jumpscared Steve and ended up punched in the face 💀

He let dustin choose a tatto for him once, a bad idea cleary but he got a really bad tatto just so he didnt let dustin down

Robin buckley

She really likes music, she sings its not bad but it isnt good either, but either way you love to hear she sings

will joke about anything 24/7

takes things to literally sometimes

She panics easily and only calm down after a while

Needs instructions to do the most easy thing

Loves dogs, like she can not pass by one without almost crying while petting them, never had a dog tho

had a cat once, it ran away and she never had pets again

hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs and the best hugs

dramatic, will hold you in place so you don't go away

loves to paint her nails even tho she doesn’t know how to make it look nice

probably would give her friends those 2$ rings because loves to give out presents

draws, not too good but its not ugly

has a sketchbook filled with drawning of her friends

Steve harrington

man will take any excuse to take off his shirt

let robin paint his nails like once, he didn't like it but stayed with it to not make her sad

Dont jumpscare him, he is more fight than flight

he will not go out without getting his hair nice

is worried about the kids 24/7

his favorite kid is max but don't tell the others

tried to play dnd once to make dustin happy, he didnt understand ANYTHING

confused 24/7

says he likes horror or action movies but in reality loves romance movies

he doesnt like to cry infront of people because his parents said it was stupid to cry :(

Likes dogs and cats, dont want neither of them, thinks he cant take care of it properly

his hair is his weakness, if you touch his hair he probably will melt

when he gets drunk he gets either crazy or sleeps a lot

i have a lot more about all the character will post more later maybe lol

[thebeautyoffanfics]

hello!💙💙i hope im not bothering you but may i get a tsukasa or mitsuba x reader where their s/o loves to draw but never lets them see and one day they steal their s/o sketchbook and dont see any drawings of them and the boys are a lil dissapointed but their s/o has a secret sketcbook that they always keep with them filled with the boys portraits?? it would be rlly cute!!(feel free to ignore tho!)💙💜

tsukasa yugi x gn!reader, mitsuba sousuke x gn!reader

a/n: no worries, you aren’t bothering me at all!! This is a super cute prompt, so thank you so much for requesting! (i love writing mitsuba too,,, just gotta love the sharp-tongued, short-tempered characters <3)

warnings:

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Tsukasa Yugi <3

He thinks the fact that you can draw is super cool!! Probably more so than you do, to be completely honest- he’s extremely enthusiastic about it, but that also means he’s extremely annoying about it.

Lots of “let me look, let me look!!” “I wanna seeeeeeee,” “(Y/N), pleaaaaseee, what’re you drawinggggg?”

“Tsukasa, I love you, I love you very much. But, I promise you, if you don’t shut up and let me draw in peace-”

“:((“

So, of course, if you don’t let him see it, our gremlin of a boy is going to look through it one way or another. Pestering you relentlessly didn’t work, trying to slip it casually into a conversation didn’t work, so! You leave him no option!

One day, when you’re minding your business in class, Tsukasa checks your locker. Maybe, just maybe, you left it in there?

Hmm… empty- next stop!! Bookbag!

His eyes practically lit up, his expression excited, practically screaming “found it!!”

Tsukasa would open the sketchbook, silently wondering what on earth you could have drawn. His only experience in art was… well- with things that weren’t intended for art. It wasn’t ever proper “art” either. Just a lot of smearing. But anyway-

A part of him sort of hoped it would be something with him. Maybe even a little doodle, it didn’t have to be a fully colored, lined, amazing piece. Just little doodles, cos you loved him so much, and he infested your mind like the little parasite he is… y’know….

So, as he flipped through the pages, admiring your style- amazed with every little doodle, every little pencil marking, every little detail- he kept an eye out for anything that could have even vaguely resembled him. Yet, once he reached the end, he was rather certain that there was nothing. Tsukasa felt a bit disappointed, pouting despite the fact that you weren’t there to see it.

“Tell me how I knew you were up to something,” You sighed, looking at the boy seated next to your bookbag, the last pages of your sketchbook flipped open. He ignored the comment, placing your sketchbook to the side, then hugging you. You returned the hug, giving him a confused glance.

“What? It’s nothing incredible, but was it that bad-? I don’t even know everything that’s in that, so-”

“You didn’t draw me :(((“

“You didn’t ask me to???”

Still, you couldn’t help but laugh, well aware of the other sketchbook you had stored in the more secure part of your bookbag. Patting his back, then letting go of the hug, you bent down and grabbed your sketchbook and bag. Replacing the sketchbook he had flipped through, you then reached in and grabbed the other.

Somewhat embarrassed, yet know he already found out about your artistic abilities and would probably be glad to see himself, you handed him the sketchbook. “I’ll have you know, I’m not exactly overjoyed with you right now. But, since you’re a sneak, I’ll let you look at that one.”

Tsukasa opened the sketchbook with renewed energy, excited to see what was inside it. Was it him?! Did he actually infest your mind?!! Was he a good model??

Uncharacteristically, his face was slightly warm as he looked over the first page. It started off with a fully finished drawing of him- a very strong start, if he did say so himself. Not only was it him, it was awesome.

He flipped through the rest of the pages, happiness and excitement practically radiating off of him. You could have sworn you saw his eyes sparkling.

“THAT’S SO COOL, (Y/N)!!” Tsukasa would yell after shutting the sketchbook, throwing his arms around you happily, making sure that the sketchbook didn’t get damaged as he did so. “You did draw me! You drew a lot of me!!”

“Ahah- yeah. You’re… cute, after all. Why wouldn’t I draw my boyfriend?”

Mitsuba Sousuke <3

Nosey little dude, but on a more casual level than Tsukasa.

“I’ve shown you my pictures, so you should show me your drawings.”

“That makes sense,”

“So, show me.”

“Nope!”

“(Y/N)-”

Though amusing, Mitsuba will start to pout after a while. “Tch- it’s not like I wanted to see it anyway. It’s probably lame.”

“Awesome then! That doesn’t make me want to show you any more than I previously did~!”

Insert Mitsuba sticking his tongue out at you-

Still, Mitsuba does understand where you’re coming from. After all, he never shows you pictures he’s taken of you. Therefore! It’s only logical that you wanted to draw his cute face!! He muttered this, crossing his arms, yet pretending that it was no big deal to him. Nope, those little comments and attempted glances were nothing-

“Mmh? You’re cute, yes.”

“That’s not what I- whatever, pervert. It’s clear now. You don’t want to show me, ‘cos there’s raunchy art in there! Pervert! Creepy, you’re so creepy-”

“Then aren’t you a pervy creep for wanting to look in my sketchbook?”

“I-”

Mitsuba may have not talked to you for the rest of the day- but it’s fiiiine, he’s fiiiiiiine.

Especially since, by the end of the next day, Mitsuba passed your locker, planning on returning to the class from a bathroom break. As he glanced over at your locker, not fully shut because of your bookbag shoved into it, an idea crossed his mind. It wouldn’t take long… a little peak wouldn’t hurt. Just to make sure his s/o wasn’t a pervert, of course! Not out of personal interest!

So, he grabbed your bag, rummaging through it until he found a well-used sketchbook. His interest peaked, as he grabbed it, opening it up and flipping through the pages.

Some of the pieces were similar to pictures he had given to you, but he didn’t spot anything of him. Sure, your art was impressive, and he was rather content finally getting to see it, but-

But where was his cute face?? Not even his name??? No dreamy “(Y/N) Sousuke” written? Nothing.

Well, it’s not like he cared anywa-

“Really, Mitsuba? You needed to use the bathroom?”

“AH-” He yelped, shutting your sketchbook, as if that would make it seem like he wasn’t just flipping through the pages in slight awe. “Shut up, pervert! I went to the bathroom, I just- you were being suspicious.”

“By drawing?”

“YEs.”

You laughed lightly, though embarrassed as you took the sketchbook from him, putting it back into your bookbag. To be completely honest, your heart was beating a bit faster, slightly nervous that he found your art ugly. It wasn’t anything in comparison to his pictures, you thought..

And, when you turned around and caught a glimpse of his slightly disappointed face, your heart beat even faster. “What? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” He said, somewhat defensively- well, that much was normal.

“Sorry, it’s probably disappointing- I know my art isn’t the greatest, but it’s definitely improved over time. There are things I need to study, but-”

“Hey, don’t assume I’m upset with your art, dummy. It’s…” He blushed slightly, looking away from you and shoving his hands in his pockets, “it’s really cool. I’m impressed.”

“Then why are you pouting?”

“I’m not pouting.”

You raised your eyebrows, making Mitsuba flush further, opening his mouth as he thought of what to say in response to that expression. “I just- well, you were weird about it, so I figured there was something about me- something weird or suspicious. But, it’s all perfectly normal.”

It took a moment for you to get behind his words- but, after getting behind Mitsuba’s extremely indirect way of saying things, you understood what he meant. He wanted you to draw him. After processing that, you bit your lip, wondering if you should actually show him your other sketchbook… a glimpse at his slight pout, though it was now confusion at your conflicted expression, you turned around, rummaging through your bookbag.

Then, you pulled out another sketchbook, and pushed it against his chest. “Since you’re so insistent. Just go ahead and look through it, I guess.”

It was Mitsuba’s turn to raise his eyebrows, as he took the sketchbook, and opened it up. His face burned, as he flipped through the pages. They were… filled with him. It genuinely made his heart pound, looking at the array of doodles, line art, and fully finished pieces- occasionally, a small heart or smiley face would be doodled alongside them. If he didn’t find your art incredible before, he definitely did now. Of course, he’d never admit it to your face, but his expression was enough for you to understand.

“A-ah… gross- idiot. Of course, I should have known a pervert like you would draw such a cute face. It’s obvious.”

“Right, right. Honestly, just give me a penny each time you call me a pervert, I’ll be rich in no time-”