#rip deviantart

[whatlurksbean]

You've made your choice, but we'll miss you posting on DA

deviantart made the choice for me, unfortunately.

[supposedlysecretlysapphic]

*sigh* Instagram are deleting my inktober posts? Like since when was it a crime to post daily? There are no more viable art platforms left on the web I tells ya

[sodapail]

Movies are the best place to find art references of people doing mundane things (imo) and the fact that every streaming service on earth has screenshots blocked makes me so mad. Mad beyond words. Yes I could pirate but I can’t stand having low quality screenshots with popups in them. 

[aestetet]

im gonna be uploading the drawings i've posted on dA that i haven't posted here!!!

[a-box-full-of-eneco]

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[eliotbaum]

Hi! I'm sorry if this has been asked before but do you use any textures in your work? I love the traditional feel it gives your pieces!!!! your CoS art gives me life

tysm 🙏❤️ I do, but not always. I sometimes use textured brushes for flats, which mostly does the job, though more often than not I’ll add a noise filter on top. Every now and then I use a grainy, stained, paper texture on top, depending on the drawing.

I think I got most of my textures off Deviantart back when it still was a thing haha

[peskypawz]

dragon fruit

[reggiejworkshop]

"Son Goku"

Earlier last week we lost an anime legend.  So, in order to celebrate the person who created one of the most well-known anime franchises of all time I drew one of his most popular characters during my Youtube livestream.

A fighter, defender of the planet, and a friend you can count on.

This isn't the first time I've drawn this character, but it has been a while. I decided to draw him more in my own style rather than trying to replicate the franchises' iconic style. The art style of franchise is probably one of my favorite elements of Dragon Ball as it has a very distinct look. Cartoony, but at the same time, it is very angular and dynamic.

As an extra element I added the four-star dragon ball as brief nod to the show's early beginnings.

This turned out great considering that this was done within an hour and a half stream. Although I could have done a better job on the hands.

RIP Akira Toriyama 1955-2024

[cozylittleartblog]

Just wanted to mention this to someone who does art and get their opinion on it:

Sometimes I see some artists do redraws of their old artworks or characters and think "Wow, uh... their older art looks better." Sometimes it's only mildly better, but other times it's vastly better. Like the Upgrade, Go Back! meme.

I understand that art skills are supposed to develop and change, hopefully for the better, but sometimes it just feels like they got... worse? Somehow? Idk. Maybe it's because they were copying another artist's style while finding their own, and it's their own style that doesn't vibe with me? Just curious what your thoughts are about this.

Also, your art has consistently been great, so this isn't directed at you.

I do see this on occasion yeah! usually (in my experience anyway) its because people take a sharp turn towards a stylization that either isn't to your or most people's tastes, or that they don't understand or are still developing. switching up how you stylize your art is like starting over in a sense, you're changing from what you have practice with and that's always going to cause you to revert some as you have to re-learn things you understood in your previous style. i had a pretty big style shift in 2014 when i took up the basis for how my art looks now, and i remember feeling like some of the stuff i was drawing might have looked better if i was using my older style instead. that's something artists just have to push through and figure out, and they'll likely come out of it a better artist than they were before. constructive critiques are a good way for them to figure out why their art might not be as "good" as it used to be, if they're open for those.

art is not always a linear journey, and i would also say things like passion and motivation have a part in it too. feeling inspired sparks you to make something the best it can be, if you're not feeling it (and esp if that feeling lasts for a long time) it'll leave you making decisions you otherwise would not have let fly, and that can result in worse art. and some of it is just personal preference! it's not that their art is better or worse, it's just different now, and maybe that doesn't vibe with you the same way their old stuff did. and that's fine 👍

(thank you! :3 i admittedly struggle a bit with Not Feeling It sometimes like i just described, so it's nice to know people still enjoy what i make when that feeling hits.)

[thisguysaul-blog]

[karokawwo]

ok so i'm attempting to watch a rain code playthrough since i'm actually pretty curious

but so far, compared to the danganronpa games these designs look fucked

[asexualbookbird]

gotta say really not a fan of apps and websites making their dark themes highly saturated. its way harsher on my eyes than plain white and i hate how there are no longer any desaturated themes left

[deviantchan]

Bulma on the Beach

[kitttenteeth]

i wish they would have killed me too when they killed flash player ..............

[killapunk]

As much as you may think otherwise I am not an impressionable little depressed teenager anymore. I used to idolize a little handful of celebrities when I was like, 15. I dunno if they actually count as celebrities, but anyway. Comic artists and artists that were big on dA and the like. I'm quite a bit older than that now and not only do I form my own opinions without help (yeah this was a part of it), I also find myself at a place where I like my art just fine as it is and don't want, or need, external validation from my teenage heroes. I'm able to look at their work now and be like "banger" and then draw something myself and be like "banger". I've also decided I never want any impressionable depressed teenagers looking up to me (haha). If you were one of these I am sorry and thank you for trusting me with your vulnerable years.

[starry-bi-sky]

back on my bullshit

and by bullshit i mean "rewatch MCD for the millionth time in a row and resist the urge to make an MCD OC"

i have yet to succeed in my bullshit.