#redraw from last year btw

[thapunqueen]

THEY ARE CRASHING THE FREESIDE PRIDE PARADE !!!!!!!!!!!!

[xxyamaxx]

𝓢𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓱.

[jane-trademark]

happy pride month to all idw sonic fans

[waskojey]

happy valentines ✨ (late) pov you're anne and marcy 👀

late bc tumblr didn't let me upload this >:( maybe sasha's pathetic loser vibes were too much for them

[frostbite-fable]

learning to draw by being really mentally unwell about a guy

[hollyisanonymous]

oh. huh.

(6/24)

[unknownarmageddon]

god i gotta think of something to do for pride month

[pearl-kite]

WIP Wednesday

Made progress o3o How do people come up with outfits I don't know how to dress Claire why is it so much harder than it looks, is it just HER being picky aaaaa

It's actually coming along pretty well, but then again I think I'd be happy with any progress from that old one. Nah, I'll take it, it's actually coming along quite nicely

If you're looking for any excuse to post a WIP, be it art or writing, here's your excuse: I tag thee. Mutual or not. Whoever, go crazy have fun

[b1rdbra1ned]

Dumping some ii wips from 2022 i never finished or posted here

[pansy-picnics]

I WAS RLLY HOPING I COULD GET THIS DONE FOR THE ACTUAL ANNIVERSARY BUT I RUSHED LAST YEARS SO BAD SO I DECIDED TO ACTUALLY TAKE MY TIME ON IT LOL……..i considered just redrawing my pride pieces from 2021 but i thought that was too boring!!!! i like how this turned out a lot more

HAPPY AWL RELEASE BTW!!! i just remembered to preorder it like the day before it came out so it’ll be a while before i play but i’m excited🫡

[mewtubez]

Mew Ichigo!!🍓 This is actually a redraw of an old drawing from last year btw and i think i see some improvement👀

[ronderuwu]

tcw redraws from last year (i'm not dead btw)

[p6rpura]

some arts from last year... i think i should redraw 🥹 BTW MIKEE SCHMIDT I LOVE HIM... and vincent is here too ig...

[capn-twitchery]

do you have any tips for drawing expressions? it’s one thing that I always notice about your art, I love how expressive your characters are.

thank you so much!! it really means a ton bc expressions are one of the things i've focused & worked the hardest on over the years :D ♥

which ALSO MEANS--HA, YOU ACTIVATED MY SPECIAL INTEREST TRAP CARD i am now going to talk at you all for far too long about it >:) buckle up!

prefacing this by saying i Love animation, this makes me biased as hell with where i get my sources + how i study art. anyway!

i think my biggest #1 tip is don't be afraid to get goofy with it--characters don't have to look cool and stoic all the time, they can be silly! if an expression reads better, but looks a little off-model, do it anyway! make that guy look weird!

i draw little thumbnail expressions a Lot, whether for actual art or for just fun doodling. i don't have any recent ones to hand-- but here's some from a while ago. they help a ton to figure out what works quickly without worrying about actual facial features

they also help to see if i can push an expression further, it's easier to test out weird things on a tiny round doodle and then translate that into an actual drawing later on. pushing expressions To The Limits is a really good exercise in itself!

gonna put the rest under the cut bc it's getting long & i have a lot more to say

ok this in itself is a whole topic i can go on about for hours, but i'll try to keep it semi brief--i Love considering how different characters would show emotions! how one character would express sadness, how that would be different to another, how one character would smile vs. another, stuff like that!

related, giving characters individual expression quirks. twitch's :3 mouth & lazy lidded eyes if you could see them anyway & Very Smug Eyebrows, while grace has heavy low eyebrows & sad puppy eyes & usually looks at least 10% unsure at all times. it makes every single twitch smile look slightly not genuine and makes grace look. well. you know. the quirks are really fun to think of, and it makes drawing expressions feel a lot more fun when you personalise them!!

expressions can be easier to think of when you put characters in scenarios & consider how they'd react. it can also help to think of the character Moving/talking, instead of as a static image. mini comics or just adding dialogue to art helps a lot with this, i've only just started doing it and i'm having a blast!!

ok this one is weird and hard to explain and might only be applicable to me bc i can't see images in my brain-- but i'll throw it out there just in case! lots of artists make faces in the mirror to reference their own expressions, but it's never worked for me

i Do still act stuff out in my brain & make faces irl, but instead of doing it in the mirror, i just make the expression & consider how my face is moving in Words? ok for example This Comic, last panel for twitch--i'd run through the dialogue in my head and move around how i feel like they would, and list it off in Words--raised eyebrows, closed eyes, tilted head, etc etc. then i have a framework to base the expression on! and i don't need to stare into my own face in the mirror for reference. no mirror needed at all, actually. win/win. i do this for body language too

(yes this makes you look insane btw. sorry. if you do it too long best case scenario you get very dextrous eyebrows and worst case scenario you might start making cartoon character faces irl (or both) (i'm both))

not sure how much it helps specifically with expressions outside of animation, but it's a fun exercise--learning the limits of a character's face, animation calls it squash & stretch. drawing a face in the two most extreme states. so on character expression sheets you'll see weird faces like this⤵️ that's what that is

another exercise, i always have a ton of art saved that i like the expressions of. usually a lot of concept art for films. i'll do studies of them & redraw them, and/or take ocs and redraw them with those expressions! it's a great way to look at how other artists do stuff and yoink bits you like.

you'll hear this a lot if you look up Any art tips, but references & studies are great. i get a lot of inspo from disney concept art bc their artists are very talented people, but currently i hope disney studios' own hubris eats it alive. i want to see mickey mouse buried in a hole, the rat bastard. anyway some places i personally take inspiration from:

i look at a lot of animation concept art, some good sources are characterdesignreferences, livinglineslibrary, there's pdfs of animation art books all over the place too.

specific concept artists i like are jin kim & shiyoon kim !! they do Great expressions.

outside of film industry, tealin and tracy butler of lackadaisy cats are some inspirations! tracy butler has a great expressions tutorial here

if you find this stuff interesting & like reading, the illusion of life by ollie johnston & frank thomas is an incredible insight into the thought process behind stuff like this! there's a pdf here, unfortunately just a scanned copy but worth a read if you like this stuff!! specifically chapters 'character development', 'animating expressions & dialogue', and 'acting & emotions'

sorry that was an essay and a half but hopefully it was a little bit helpful!! i always love talking about this stuff so if you want anything clarified/just wanna talk about it more i am Always ready to go off >:3

[imdoingjustgr8]

The homie knows how to do peak sonic art-style, I'm JEALOUS LOOK AT THIs.

IT DOESNT COME CLOSE TO YOUR STYLE YOU BEAUTIFUL BASATRDDDD GIVE ME YOUR STYLEEEE!!! /pos /jk

i wouldn't say it's peak personally, my style's still pretty inconsistent and i've only recently got it to develop that way my art used to look like this from just around february this year i have no fucking idea what i was thinking from drawing heads that way 🙃(little redraw from last month on the left for reference)

also i think your tails design is really fucking adorable smh your style gives me retro kid cartoon vibes he looks so plush toy material i'd hug him 🫶🫶 (also blue shoes tails supremacy)

oops i forgot to say ty though btw 🫶

[partyinverton]

Guy who abandoned this story for like ever voice um. Hi guys

(This is a redraw from last year btw, ze original is under the cut)