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brb-on-a-quest · 3 months

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the bookwyrm urge to collect so many notebooks and planners as if that will fix me-

#i just see so many pretty ones and im like skdjflskdjf #i want to do that too!! but also #need to level up the art skills #i can't even keep to one notebook I'm going back between two different ones rn #hopefully this will help me come up with New Journal Plan for Fall 2024 #cuz i want to start a fresh one for the last school semester #brb-rambles #brb-life

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keymintt · 3 months

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found an old flygon i drew back in my gimp-and-deviantart days and it's kinda bonkers comparing it to my recent illustration and realizing that there's been over a decade of me making art between these two pieces

#don't normally post things like this but the comparison is so direct with these pieces it's neat #i was around 12 when i was like 'i think i wanna be an artist when i grow up' and it's truly wild to think that i'm at a similar skill #level as some of the artists i looked up to at that age?#it's also funny bc the feeling of needing to improve and get better at art and realizing how far you still have to go also doesn't go away #wish i could show my younger self my artwork sometimes i think they'd lose their mind hkldhgldf #my art #no i won't shut up

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tainebot01 · 6 months

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Another Ace Attorney animatic, this time inspired by a video by @arcticflakes here!

#my art #ace attorney #sebastian debeste #yumihiko ichiyanagi #miles edgeworth #ace attorney investigations #aai2 #aai2 spoilers #spoilers kinda?#all it really spoils is that Seb ends up back at law school #but I’ll tag it anyway just in case #Kay’s filming this all go down #the world needs more AAI2 animatics #especially with Seb #used the Themis Law Academy bg from DD because I wasnt feeling confident in my background skills #but I at least added some nice colours :)#also used the official sprites as reference for the poses #except for the last 4 Miles poses #because the sprites don’t really convey the emotions I wanted #namely:#Slight Amusement #Concerned Intrigue #Captain Picard levels of exhaustion #and Outright Discombobulation #respectively #not really sure how to write an image ID for a video - will try look up a guide?#I crammed to finish this on April fools and just got it done 30 minutes before midnight #and here I am uploading it on April 2 #so I guess I’m the fool here #Youtube

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psysucker · 5 months

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#artists on tumblr #robot fucker #nsft art #gay art #illustration #lgbtq art #it seems like i'm out of babyjail so here's some new shit #one thing about me is that i think robots are extremely fuckable #need to level up my robot drawing skills #this is a marked improvement over my last attempt though lmao #psysucksart #cw: suggestive #cw: nsft

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autumn-applepie · 5 months

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University ever pushes you so low you have to go buy a couple of beers? /srs/neg

I'm gonna vent in the tags for a moment humor me for once /gen

#No but I'm serious this place is a nightmare /neg #Venting in the tags #humor me for a second. you go to this uni and they promise you a place that will teach you how to become an artist #on both like. morality and skill level. they feed you with bullshit for MONTHS. “oh mistakes are fine! they make you grow!”#or “oh this is a community we work all together there are no discriminations this is a safe place to learn and improve”#and we like. work on this projects - THAT WE ARE NOT PAID TO WORK FOR SO *WE* GET TO PAY FOR ALL THE MATERIALS AND SHIT FOR THEM.#to like “help the community” or whatevrr because “artists are born to inspire others and bring joy” and blah blah blah. BUT. LIKE. THE THING #THE THING IS. NONE OF THESE PROJECTS WILL END UP ON OUR CURRICULUMS. WHAT WE WORK 6-7 YEARS FOR ARE NOT SEEN AS REAL EXPERIENCES.#AS IF WE'VE DONE LITERALLY NOTHING FOR 6-7 YEARS. AND LIKE. THE PROFESSORS ARE SO RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY AS WELL.#If they don't like you they WON'T EVEN GIVE YOU THE EXAM. BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO DEMONSTRATE IF YOU WORKED OR NOT. IT'S UP TO THEM.#THEY DECIDE EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE AS IF WE ARE SOME SORT OF FUCKING COMMUNIST KINDA BULLSHIT WORKERS.#Someone fucks up? *WE* FUCK UP AND EVERYONE PAYS. Someone succeeds? *WE* SUCCEED AND EVERYONE GETS THE CREDITS.#THIS IS ALSO WHY NONE OF THE WORKS WE DO END UP IN OUT CURRICULUM BECAUSE ITS MADE SO THAT *THE UNIVERSITY COURSE* DID IT AND NOT *US*.#IT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT AND I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE IF I DO MY PARENTS WILL KICK ME OUT CUZ THEY DON'T WANT ME TO BE AN ARTIST #So I'm trying to STUDY for the exams and the “professors” are getting mad at me that I'm not staying 10 HOURS IN THAT MOTHERFUCKING ART LAB.#WORKING AT THEIR NONSENSE PROJECTS THAT WILL NOT END UP IN MY CURRICULUM.#“Oh if you're not willing to put all your efforts for the course this is not the place for you” BITCH I *AM* PUTTING ALL MY EFFORTS!#THIS EXAM IS *LITERALLY* PART OF THE COURSE!! WHAT KIND OF FUCKING BULLSHIT ARGUMENT IS THAT!!!!!#Istg I'm gonna cry I want to kms /NOT SERIOUS #I'm gonna cook dinner. chug my lemon beer. and try to study like a normal person and beg this shit will end soon #Don't worry I'm not going to become an alcoholic I just need something. anything and I'm ABSOLUTELY not gonna start smoking I hate it /srs #tw alchohol mention #alcohol mention #tw smoking mention #smoking mention #vent #tw vent #// mike speaks

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medi-bee · 1 year

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What if there were these characters that I loved so so much….. what if they wouldn’t leave my brain until I drew them….. would you guys still like me…………..

characters belong to @lanternmice and @saturncoyote respectively!

#my art #me expressing my affection through pictures instead of words like a normal person #you guys are both so cool to me…… hi #it didn’t work btw these guys are still in my brain. they’re stuck in there #I want to draw EVERYONE’S characters!!!!!#but oh. ohhhhg. I am an anxiety creature and I have so many things I want to do all the time but no energy to do them #I can feel my art skill leveling up the more art I do? who could have predicted that #but that just makes me want to go back and redraw everything I’ve ever done auughhhh #the hardest part of drawings are the idea sketch and lineart. everything else is mostly therapeutic #but I will never understand clothes wrinkles. I really peaked there with that one tlai fanart I'll never beat that #SORRY I LIKE TO TALK IN TAGS IGNORE THESE #tags are nice because I can just jump from one topic to another and no one cares i don’t think #I need medication and I don’t care what it’s for at this point

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pup-pee · 11 months

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OH YEAH HERES A BORINGASS DICK DOODLE DID

Y DO I DRAW HIM SO ORANGE?????????

#hey hey whats my favorite color? guess i bet u cant guess i bet i #i found a way 2 draw faces somewhat ok #is it just me or is my laptop fucking up the color???????#watercolor brush my beloved #whenever i draw dick my like art skill level goes up & idk y its only 4 him #look @ his boring ass face!#dick grayson #dc #puppee art #y is my brain like “mmm yes try semi realism but make sure u use the most unrealistic colors/shading style in the world ok”#i need 2 make dick NOT ORANGE IDK HOW HE GOT LIEK THAT IN THE 1ST PLACE?????#swear 2 the lord in heavens i used 2 draw him differently #im rambling brrr

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heartless-curr · 2 months

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anyway my creativity is off the charts recently i've already started the beast!atsushi alter ego redraw

#if i'm being honest i think doing this is genuinely going to help me improve as an artist #both because like. i am having Fun doing this and it forces me to try out a variety of artstyles and techniques :]]]]#like for the dokuzu piece i started with the background first #which was entirely new to me #and it's been giving me ideas for my own original compositions #though i fear my skill level isn't up to par with what i want to draw... so i need to practice more #ohhhh stormbringer when i improve my art skills some more.... watch out.... you're getting art.....

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acircusfullofdemons · 1 year

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after years n years of longing I finally have a toyhouse! I am still uploading all my ocs/paras — trust me, there is a LOT. Naturally Phantasmagoria has the most content but I'm slowly working on getting all my brain gremlins on there. It's a little bare bones in most places but I'm sure yall understand <3

#paraportal #luka.txt #gathering up old art has sent me into a frenzy #mix of ''wow this sucks compared to my current skill level'' & ''jesus this design is shit why did i think that was a good idea''#kinda like lookin at baby photos idk #ive been SLLOWWLLLYY doing refs for those that need it. working thru dreamset circus' cast rn apparently.#toyhouse

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flashhwing · 2 years

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having recently finished Fabian’s run with Alistair making the final sacrifice, literally any Alistair/male!Tabris art I see is gonna make me cry regardless of how cute or fluffy it is

#man I need to level up my art skills so I can draw Fabian and Alistair #I wanna draw the mid-zombie attack rose scene #and Fabian post-blight with a rose pendant tucked into his armor #and a couple other things #this has been a post #dragon age

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youssefguedira · 1 month

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having to constantly remind myself of Course i do not know or understand everything yet. i started doing this like a couple months ago i have made one (1) thing of course i have no goddamn idea what i'm doing and that's fine

#like the shitty action movie wip IS beyond my skill level rn and this is just a fact and that's not necessarily a bad thint #it's something i'll have on the back burner for a while because it's something i want to have the ability to do well #but like. just in general. went to world's most reassuring webinar today where the guy was like Look. you're gonna fuck up. and it's gonna #take time and probably you will want to do everything now and that will not happen and it's Fine. it's literally fine. and that was super #super helpful especially for me rn wherein it's like. i am at such basic stages i can't do anything really beyond mess around for the next 3 #years and i need to just like. be fine with that. so that's where we are #neon has thoughts #don't mind me #reminder tag #film is so goddamn frustrating but unfortunately i still really want to do it even if i don't understand it all yet #gritting my teeth you have to make art that sucks you have to make art that sucks you have to. it's good for you

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aria0fgold · 3 months

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After struggling with his arms I am now struggling with his hands, it's always the hands... the bane of my existence...

#aria rants #cain knightley oh you are so lucky i love you so much that im willing to suffer just to draw you as pretty as i can #cuz honestly i wouldve just went fuck it we ball with your hands and fuck up the entirety of your hand anatomy but i wont #cuz i love you and also i need the level up to my art skills esp on drawing hands. one of these days id be an expert with drawing hands #and then finally id have one less enemy to my art journey! but for now i suffer... im gonna be climbing out of this drawing covered in bloo

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wondergrowth · 6 months

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even in talking to older coworkers or friends, it seems so rare or at least difficult to really know what you want to do with your life like “professionally”, it feels like the choice is really between doing something i enjoy and accepting that i’ll never be financially above the baseline of survival, choosing a profession that makes money but makes me miserable, or maybe working part time in admin and trying to be more successful in my creative work with the extra time

#idk it seems like every time i get to a new level in my current career i end up feeling miserable and overstressed in less than six months #and used to put up with it because i really was dedicated to trying to develop professional skills in dance and aerials in my free time #but now that i don’t have access to training and am honestly probably too old to be successful in that field anyways #i can’t seem to tolerate the office life as easily #not to mention my current job is super rigid about 9 to 5 work and taking away remote work #i need to get back to my meditation and movement and art practices and spend more time outside but i’m so tired all the time

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my-coven-is-claudia · 6 months

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bro the day i learn how to draw again is the day i become unstoppable (it’s never coming)

#ever since 2021 i’ve just had INSANE art block #like cannot draw anything without referencing/taking inspiration from a million different things #as someone who used to draw something substantial EVERY DAY as a kid i legit don’t know how to get out of this funk #and im at this weird point in my art journey where my art is teetering on looking semi realistic but im still not skilled enough #so it just looks uncanny valley half of the time #also i just get a heart attack when i do traditional art cuz im so scared of fucking it up #digital art has really improved my skills but also shot me in the leg when it comes to be comfortable making shitty art #the undo button is my worst enemy #also art gcse is killing me and i need to get my coursework finished STAT #cant believe im considering doing it for a level WHAT AM I THINKING

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slugandthorn · 6 months

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pain and agony of having so much to learn to make more things but I need a job/further schooling to learn but I have to have made the things first

#.txt #Painful cycle unable to find value in my art but I already gave up and I'm already trying again some one needs to make this easier #And I think my life would be simpler if I just focused on drawing over 3D and tech anim but the time it would take #To function at a professional level as some sort of concept artist.#Also fine artist and concept artist community is well. Unfortunately unbearable.#Lacking so much animation experience in 2D and 3D I'm having trouble focusing on it to move forward.#The most experience I have is in 3D character art at this point probably but inability to finish things which also plagues #Every other concentration. As well.#I am sitting alone in the room trying to find something of value to express and it will never reach anyone. Existential dread like.#I think it's the searching for storytelling skills limiting me because I do not have the competitive nature #To be that into raw technical skills. Which is killing my ability to make a portfolio.#If I had more time to just keep on keeping on at my part time job I think I would just make the graphic novel I want to make.#To have something expressed and in the world. And then I could actually focus on technical things.#But this thinking has just become a roadblock it is not feasible but I do have several paths planned I just have to.#Recognize what is useful to me. But not just giving up anytime I have a new idea.#My interest goes between implementing animation within a greater scene and also the technical minutia I think is whats killing me.#Making multiple portfolios at once. Which isn't so bad bc ideally I'd be doing generalist work. But generalist means more time limitations.#My brain is convinced it can just work past time as a factor. Which is how we reach the problem I am having now (need money).#I think something I need to recognize is I've always thought my perspective and understanding of stories held some value.#But that only stands from my own perspective and it does not have value outside of that.#Even if it does reach other people it does not retain interest. And while it benefits me internally. I'm not making a career of it.#Which is fine.#I think the things I valued from story can still be found in technical skills. And anyone can develop a technical skill with some time.#If I keep my focus.#I think that's something close to a resolution I've been looking for. Been needing some profound change in my life and I think the desire #And constant failure of communication has been what's preventing me from moving forward.#I want to go out and do things. That is possible. Focus on skill and ability. Maybe the other stuff will come later.#Digesting this and hopefully not spending my days sleeping anymore.

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ethereiling · 8 months

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its genuinely so miserable to watch thousands of people in art industries being laid off thanks to corporate greed when all youve ever wanted to do is make a living off of creative work... even individuals talk endlessly about how they refuse to support artists anymore because ai can do a better job... nobody wants to support small groups of artists because theyd rather go see the latest marvel movie or whatever.... like what am i supposed to do here. am i supposed to just work a soul crushing job the rest of my life. how long until things get so bad that people like me that struggle to work are just left to die. how long until people realize its already happening with people worse off than me

#avpswjy #you increasingly have to have like. mind blowing skills to be ale to compete with others in the industry on any level and its exhausting #i just want to tell stories man!!#i dont have the time or energy to study art on the level i need to to keep up #and i dont know how to get my stories in front of people without having to market everything #i dont want to be a product to sell. i refuse #but idk how to make a living doing what i care about otherwise #i dont know how to not burn out #and i just dont have the safety net to not work myself into burnout #it sucks!!

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