#time for WRIST EXERCISES

[stealthpoptarts]

My legs hurt so bad but I did Exercise ™ so it's OK ig

Still taking a break though because working myself too hard is Not OK

[genericpuff]

I'm about to ask an embarrassing art question: what's your advice for beginner artists who struggle to draw a good circle?

You don't need to draw perfect circles! I can't even draw perfect circles! My circles are shit! Look at this garbage!

But! They do what they're supposed to do :)

(and if I really need a "perfect" circle for something, I just use rulers LMAO)

But! There's still a lot of value in learning how to draw circles ✨ confidently ✨ and with ✨ gusto ✨, so let's do an ACTIVITY >:D Please feel free to follow along! All you need is a sheet of paper and a pencil, or, if you're a digital artist, a fresh canvas and a round brush!

On your clean sheet, draw circles like how you normally would. Scribble them out, don't take your time with them, just do a 1-3 pass circle, you should only be spending like a second on each one. Start with small circles, and then gradually build up to some bigger ones.

While drawing those circles, did you notice it got harder to draw them the bigger they got? Maybe it felt like they were "outgrowing" your range of motion?

Start with a new page again. But THIS time, as you scribble out the circles from smallest to largest, focus on your elbow when you draw. Pretend there's a heavy jug of milk taped to your wrist that's preventing you from moving it. Oh no, what do you do now? Keep that wrist still and move your elbow instead. This will give you a MUCH larger range of motion that will allow you to fully utilize your drawing tool without your wrist restricting your movements, which is, as you might be discovering, very helpful when you're trying to draw bigger circles.

These are exercises we would do in our life drawing classes back in college, every single day, before proceeding with our actual model studies. It seems silly and boring, but it can really help you develop confidence with your technique which is ultimately all it comes down to - it's not about perfection, it's about decision-making, and building confidence in the lines you put down, even when they're not "exact". Imperfect lines and circles are often more expressive than if they were perfect, anyways! You just need to develop the confidence in creating them <3

Best of luck anon! (•̀ᴗ•́)و

[a-loose-collection-of-ants]

[coffee-without-anesthetics]

king of puppets boss fight time . sigh

[bunnihearted]

goddess the body feels sooo good after a workout 🫠

[cadaverre]

my goals at the moment are: finding the perfect slouchy pocket and buckle black leather bag that can fit my laptop, buying more rings and fixing my damn hand problems

[feddy-34]

thinking abt fred when brock has his big owie elbow surgery...... yk he's going insane trying to do as much stuff as possible so brock doesn't have to lift a single finger around the house

[patchworkgargoyle]

It's genuinely so nice to have a hobby that I can actually tell I'm improving in. With writing, I have no fucking clue and usually I think I'm getting worse and not better, but with bass it's so rewarding to be able to look at a song I tried to learn a bit ago, went "oof that's too hard," put it aside for a while, and then come back to it after a bit and be like, "...y'know what, I could totally do that with practice now."

Plus I can learn songs that I used to have on my very first mp3 player so many fucken years ago that make my inner child/teen very happy.

[paper-mache-stars]

If you’re still accepting sketch requests, could you possibly draw Dr. Steinman? Or Peach Wilkins?

I love peach so much actually he's so funny

[gaytobymeres]

-_-

[nerice]

found a webpage for dealing with rsi (up to complete recovery) including testimonials i have HOPE now happy 1 month since i quit my shit ass job <333333

[pepperpixel]

what 4 days of playing maplestory m does to a persons wrists is…. appalling… straight up sickening…. Honestly disgusting… like, holy shit…

[jonny-b-meowborn]

the hell of wanting to walk around like a dog but not only not being built for that physically but also having weak wrists prone to injury

[dredshirtroberts]

oh *now* she wants me to see a doctor about my joints doing things joints don't normally do.

bit late ma.

[yardsards]

practicing my penmanship some more

[nyan-bynary]

Chronic pain is truly amazing (awful) bc after nearly a year and a half of no shoulder issues it came back to hit me like a semi truck