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Get jolly with it

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merry christmas to this specific microraptor who’s eating some unexpected snowflakes. he doesn’t know what december is

inprnt shop

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Discord servers are outside of my natural habitat so I'm never sure of what to do when I'm in one

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3am

Stickers

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Dinocember 2024 Week 1

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I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.

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redesigned a character i adopted a few months ago!

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i love looking at pictures of cheetahs because some of them are just the most beautiful breathtaking majestic-looking animals

and some of them are her

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my piece for a secret santa!

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the anesthetic apparently hasn't fully worn off yet

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when i’m sad i just draw luci looking pretty

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An overview of my recent work, as you can see I'm still finding my style.

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Saying "mosquitoes are annoying" after one bites me but shaking my head the whole time so the attractive single ecologists in my area know I understand their value in the ecosystem and that we would slowly die if they went extinct

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how my brain picks a new favorite character who sucks