#mango makes art

[mangk0]

we're up we're off and away we go!

[xixneo]

drawpile sketches

[its-a-me-mango]

Late night meme guardian research or something, that's what they tell everyone it is anyway.

[mangosaurus]

benrius collab with @withdenim and @bendarius! 💛💙 i did the initial sketch, houston did the lineart, and squid colored it in. we gave each other a lot of free range, so it was really fun to see how each piece took a new direction throughout the process. you can see my sketch and houston's lines below the cut!

[mango-peach-strawberry]

Happy 37th, Kid Icarus! Redraw from 2 years ago to celebrate

[turboemmy]

[dr3am-b3an]

The new short destroyed me dude

[purpurps]

been obsessed w their dynamic lately. please ask me about them i beg.

i loveee using this shading style but it takes so long (this took an hour and a half,,)

[quiverymango]

Y'know what? Screw it...[WoF-ifies your Fiddlestan]

[angermango]

you know sometimes those FMA Brotherhood VA bloopers just pop up and loop for a while in my head

[mangoisgay]

“I want to live. Just like everyone else.”

Close up under the cut

[mangk0]

"The wolf that seeks always its own kind."

[trans-rights-coastalmangoes]

sighghghg okay. decided to make my own post about it since i see people sharing this sentiment a lot.

PLEASE learn to like your art without the validation of getting reblogged.

I see a lot of "likes < reblogs" and the post in particular i'm responding to makes claims like "artists can't grow (???), they receive little to no feedback, not getting shared can discourage them and make them give up on what they love, some artists struggle to get over 100 notes, etc etc etc"

But like. what do you mean actually "grow" as an artist?? do you mean develop your technique or do you mean gain a bigger audience (these two are very different things). if youre motivated by people sharing your art, does that mean you're less inclined to make art if it's not gonna get popular? what about the weird art only YOU could create that's gonna resonate with like 5 people max?

like the issue here isn't that people aren't sharing your work enough, the issue here is that we've turned creation into a thing that can maybe get you some popularity from people you'll never meet. like. 100 notes?? 100 NOTES??? that's!!! a lot of real life human people who liked what you made!! imagine a room of like! 20! 30! 50! people reading/looking at the thing you made and enjoying it. but that just gets converted to a number that people now keep an eye on to see if their art Was Good this time

i'm begging you if you want feedback and you want to feel like your art is seen and you want to talk about it.... literally consider bringing it up in conversation. show it to your friends. show it to your family!! find other artists you can talk to beyond putting a fun little comment in an rb, get conversations/friendships going and say "hey check this out" or "hm the color feels weird on this, what do you think?" Sign up for a local art class / find a local artist collective!! see what happens!!!

anyway point being this reblog/note count/"leave a comment and fuck off forever" format on tumblr isn't a good substitute at all for real human connection and it's NOT the thing that's gonna help you Grow as an artist. as well, PLEASE make art that feels good in your soul to make and don't tie your self esteem as an artist into how much someone else enjoys your work (although this is a LOT harder to do bc it takes a lot more work unlearning. but i believe in you!!)

[its-a-me-mango]

MEET AND HUH?????

[fallenrain40]

pssst... avm fans and the crane wives fans.... looky

i love the sad but am very glad they are both a happy lil family now <3

lyrics from: Never Love An Anchor by the Crane Wives uhm shout out to @dollettodraws for making that post giving all the characters songs from the crane wives cause that inspired me to make this hehe

[maulfucker]

starting artfight strong by hitting @cawsceries and @engagemythrusters with a fruity pair