#relearning from scratch

[woodpengu]

Learning to draw anatomy is not a beginner skill.

I repeat:

Learning. To. Draw. Anatomy. Is. NOT. A. Beginner. Skill

Drawing anatomy is made up of other fundamental skills that support efficient and sustainable drawing technique and practice. Fine tuning one's hand with the general fundamentals is a surefire way to improve one's ability to draw anything.

[this has been a PSA from someone who's beyond done with being stuck in a rut because healing their trauma yeeted their abilities]

[electrocandii]

quick color practice. funny beanie guy + transparent version bc bg was lazy for dis one

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

got given some super nice art pencils for christmas and naturally decided that the first portrait i’ve attempted for about ten years had to be humbug era alex turner

[kaijuno]

I was practicing my singing styles today because I can sing, I just need to find the right tone and the right genre and I think it might fucking be gospel goddamnit >:(

[transrevolutions]

unearthed a drawing I did of @thecandlesticksfromlesmis's modern au enjolras circa early 2022. god what I'd give to be able to draw like this again.

[sickosdotjpg]

What's your favorite thing to draw in art? Like poses, body parts, clothing, etc?

obvious and cliché first answer out of the way: love to draw a nose, for obvious and horny reasons. love rendering blush/red noses/etc (equally obvious reasons, lmfao). designing outfits. fluffy hair (not necessarily long hair, but more long = more fluff so i'm biased). LINEART !! i used to hate lineart but i changed to a different brush last year and ever since then lineart and me have been best friends. uhhhhhh stupid meme redraws. probably half a dozen other things i can't think of at this time! man i love art.

[thefloatingstone]

Welcome world of to my horror

I forgot to say! The lineart for this image is up on my patreon for patrons to colour from the $5 and up tier 💖

Patreon link

[heartvisor]

[venerablehoney]

What are you using to learn German? Or do you have anything you recommend using?

I dug out my old german workbooks and I'm watching some german tv shows! My recommendation for learning a new language is find people who already fluent to talk with and do things you already enjoy (reading, listening to music/podcasts, shows) in that language

[us-the-voices-and-more-voices-2]

me: why don’t I remember some things

also me: OH YEAH L TAKES OVER FOR LIKE 87% of EVERYTHING

[thedickcavettshow]

the one thing about me is that you can explain photosynthesis to me a million times every single day of my life for the next 70 years until I'm dead and it still will never "click" in my brain

[dogboyheaven]

Gary. I NEED to figure out a new way to draw that I enjoy enough to re-spark my love for traditional art

[vampiregeese]

going through art block AND my style changing (god. ew) AT THE SAME TIME. i am fighting DEMONS OUT HERE

[viarayy01-blog]

FINALLY FIGURED OUT OUT SW MODELS THEIR HAIR GODBLESS… NEARLY DONE WITH THE BASE MAYBE ILL FINISH TONIGHT

[chillysmoothie]

Thanks to the new rarity labels it's now easier to learn values for making fair trades! Everyone who already knew how to make fair trades has to relearn everything tho get fucked losers

[bookwyrminspiration]

yo quiero aprender español. ¿tú tienes consejo sobre como aprender un nuevo idioma?

(I speak english natively and I've taken some spanish classes. this is my best attempt at asking the question in spanish. el oh el)

Hola! Te entiendo bien :)

I don't know that there's much I can say you haven't heard before; a lot of advice is similar because at the core, language learning is about repetition, and it's just a matter of how you go about that.

Something I've done is take things I'm familiar with--like my tumblr/phone--and change the language. It's intimidating at first, but I'm so familiar with tumblr that I know what most buttons/notifs say in English, and now I can see how it's translated. I also use it enough that words that were unfamiliar are now second nature--I think and look for "guardar imagen" instead of "save image" regardless of the device's language. it's immersion on a smaller scale, and you can always change it back if you need to

Another I do is imagine myself having a conversation with someone in the language, and using a dictionary whenever I can't think of a word I want. SpanishDict (a website and app) is my favorite for spanish. This way I teach myself the words I actually want to use in conversation, the ones that get overlooked in classes but are relevant to you, and you start to translate your voice across languages. You'll have to look up a lot more at first, but gradually less and less

I'd also encourage trying not to translate directly when encountering the language. By this I mean if you see a sentence, don't go through and translate it to your native language to understand it; try to understand the concepts directly instead of using your language as a middle ground. Nothing translates perfectly, so understanding and thinking about the language on its own will be more efficient and effective in the long run.

The movie tip is an old one, but it's repeated for a reason. Watch Movies/shows/youtube videos with captions in your target language. And if you're up for it, watch it with the audio in Spanish (you'll have to change what you search for, but exposure to native speaking is SO helpful--just audio works too); speaking (or signing) is much more inherent to language than writing and reading, but it always seems to be least focused on when learning a language--at least in my experience. maybe because it feels more difficult, but it's so crucial, so I urge you to face the hurdle

And throughout this, be patient. Language acquisition takes time, and it can feel frustrating when something doesn't seem like it's sticking, but it will. We're building entirely new patterns of communication; we both have to learn the new way and set aside how we tend to think. The more you throw yourself into it, the more mistakes you'll make, but you'll come out better for it in the end. I've learned so much making a fool of myself--and in most spaces, no one cares, because they understand you're learning and just want to help you improve. It's intimidating, but don't compare yourself to native speakers, compare yourself to your old self to see your progress.

I don't know how helpful this is, but it's a little of what i've learned in the 4 foreign languages i've studied--y si quieres, siempre podemos practicar juntos :)