so legs tend to look more like squares so if you'll put some jeans on him that would help,it's hard for me to explain because i learned to do things different...
#creative-discussion
mighty bronze
but first it's the scrotch wich is like a triangle
from that point comes the legs
mighty bronze
exactly,but again that's why i tell you that is hard to do it,because anatomy is the primary thing we have to understand before doing other things
fleet gazelle
I’ll just have the leg about like that
mighty bronze
good
lament turtle
mm-mm. you dont need to be afraid of anatomy, its enough if u understand the essence of these chibis. my suggestion search for some pic, and choose one whats similar to your ideas
fleet gazelle
Yea I never even used anatomy
As long as the leg is not like twisted or bent backwards it’s fine
mighty bronze
do as you wish,there are always different ways to do it
lament turtle
ah, you doing from the splash art?
mighty bronze
yeep
lament turtle
will you color it?
mighty bronze
maybe not...it takes too much time,i just enjoy to sketch the characters i like
lament turtle
ah isee
devout bridge
IT CONTINUES
echo mesa
lol, I love it
rocky lark
Does anyone know of any groups more focused on writing and not drawing? I don't have much to add when it comes to physical art haha
echo mesa
You can talk about writing here, too
I write, Rain writes
There's certainly plenty of writers lurking around
echo mesa
drawing gud, wuld totally recommend
echo mesa
echo mesa
Thanks ^~^ I'm trying to get into making comics, but I'm not the most consistant person lol
lucid drum
lament turtle
what do you mean about "consistant-person" ?
echo mesa
I tend to to pick up projects and never finish em lol
echo mesa
Tru
I def admire the artists that do manage to stick to things and finish them
mighty bronze
such a lazy ass slime....
lament turtle
i feel you guys
echo mesa
I still rly like this 4 practise: https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/#
Good for anatomy
shell notch
scratches butt, digs gold
mighty bronze
Uh i mean i saw some questions let me check better
echo mesa
Just gives you pics to use as references
lament turtle
Jar: only drawing female nude models
mighty bronze
It's more like a challenge
echo mesa
Listen: I like drawing lady butt
mighty bronze
Lol
strong ingot
Love that site
lament turtle
perv
echo mesa
mighty bronze
Ooo that's great!!
echo mesa
pretty sure its only perv-y if you're staring in a sexual way
lament turtle
im leaving goodbye everyone
echo mesa
Ciao
mighty bronze
All the anatomy study kinda look like that so there is no shame 
echo mesa
I like that Line-of-action generally has the people with a blank background
So you can rly focus on lighting/shadows too
Ye, I dont see the point in feeling ashamed by the naked body
Its a body, its not always sexual
strong ingot
Yeah I’ve been to live ones and it’s more like staring intensely at a body part just trying to get the proportions right
mighty bronze
Ah yes i was thinking the colored background was only to make the character stand out more but it gives beter vision for dark and light too,like when i color on a gray layer digitally
lament turtle
oh this looks good. i mean this practice challenge
maybe at the weekend i will give a try
echo mesa
I totally recommend
I need to use it more often tbh
lament turtle
also I can suggest Scot McCloud's comic books its really good
when I wanted to learn how to make comic it helped me a lot
"Making comics" thats the title
echo mesa
Google got me here looks for Making Comics
mighty bronze
Oh I'll check for it,i am still procrastinating to do a comic drawing other things 
lament turtle
i think you can download in a pdf version
in english version
but if u want to buy it I highly recommending that
i have like.. i dunno for 4 years and I always re-read when Im making comics
echo mesa
Decent price, I might get physical copies of both in a few weeks
lament turtle
"Understaning comics" is rather a philosophic way to learn about comics? i guess. its about the comic's history and how is maded how much did it change
but still very enjoyable
strong ingot
A Good Dragon 💯
mighty bronze
Omg this one looks way more amazing than the others!!
echo mesa
A good dragon, I like
sullen bone
it looks traced it is traced?
devout bridge
https://puu.sh/ByIoZ/eda9b46c73.png in which i continue to be an idiot and make bad decisions
@echo mesa have you looked up croiquis cafe on yt? they do timed poses so you can hash out really quick gestures :0
i highly rec them theyre my favourite modelling reference
devout bridge
thank
fringe gyro
@sullen bone it's not traced... How does it look traced...
sullen bone
sorry
mighty bronze
lone mountain
this comm im doing has to be sitting and no matter what i try it just looks jacked up
devout bridge
i think it looks fine how you have it :0
lament turtle
what do you mean jacked up?
lament turtle
i dont think there is anything wrong or messed up with this drawing
devout bridge
eyyy
strong ingot
ooooo i love it maru ♥
cold path
thank you!!
serene radish
aaaaaaaaa its so pretty!
cold path
thank you!! its my friend jolene as a robot master from megaman
echo mesa
@ brush y plz
restive parrot
donates brushes
echo mesa
;D
I'm just too rough on brushes, hopefully getting more of em next week at least
fleet gazelle
Im kinda starting to base it off the one on the right so for the head a rounded rectangle or a rounded square?
echo mesa
Dunno that you really wanna think square or rectangle for a head
Maybe think more, broad watermelon that has fallen over
fleet gazelle
So the rounded rectangle ?
fleet gazelle
Neet
onyx island
I love the rose on the tip of the tail!
fringe gyro
Thank you!!
hard lynx
👀 scribblin
hard lynx
devout bridge
https://puu.sh/ByVtZ/88db7be5e3.png im in a clown mood again
hard lynx
HONK
devout bridge
HONK
topaz hatch
@pulsar sky where did you learn to compose music?
pulsar sky
Band class?
topaz hatch
oh shit they teach you that in band?
pulsar sky
no
topaz hatch
oh
pulsar sky
I learned to read music in band
topaz hatch
oh I see
pulsar sky
i learned music theory by myself x3
topaz hatch
yeah I can read sheets, but hard to make for me
Ah okay okay
I always admire composers lmao
pulsar sky
do you have any current music programs?
pulsar sky
I just point and click
hang on lemme see if I can find something one of my teammembers made for teaching how to convert NES soundfiles to FL Studio
topaz hatch
oh I see I see
pulsar sky
since it's not 100% original... I cannot sell what I do in good conscience
<.< last donator made me go out of my zone but i managed it because he had a MIDI of what he wanted
ahh found it.. it's not exactly what you want.. but it shows how to make music on FL studio
the guy talking is known as Lord Kazuhito.. we work together on harder things.. and I don't like being in videos or anything so I let him do it x3
azure nightBOT
NSF2MIDI to FLstudio Tutorial [ 374 views | 4.17 rating w/ 5 likes (1 dislikes) | Duration: 20m10s | Uploaded: 2016-07-23 by VGMRMissCoriel ]
topaz hatch
thank u so much
pulsar sky
i need to change the donation link on that vid xD
devout bridge
https://puu.sh/ByWg5/62dd55fa01.png obligatory black phillip
strong ingot
🙏
pulsar sky
btw @topaz hatch , you don't need an actual piano.. use the piano roll and you are covered :3
topaz hatch
Oh I also play the piano
by reading sheet music, so I might as well use it anyway
lol
mighty bronze
Omg that goat is insane!!
pulsar sky
oh i see.. well remember that CTRL Q is your friend if you use it well
devout bridge
thanks smookie
topaz hatch
i'll keep that in mind 👌
fickle orchid
second wip so far, touched up from the base sketch and worked on the details now, will start to line this soon
mighty bronze
Oh my freaking God...just as i expected the sketch was great but this...this is amazing!!!
fickle orchid
thanks smookie!
fickle orchid
thanks kyle!
fickle orchid
nah it isn't weird feeb :>
i actually enjoyed drawing the web strings
but yes, all the whoosh
patent prism
I tried to make a little frog cake and I? failed? succeeded? idk it looks weird because i've been staring at it too long. feedback?
also wow cherry neato
devout bridge
i cant tell that its a frog exactly, but it looks like a lil round green bunny to me :0
that being said its still cute
patent prism
thanks feeb honestly yeah it's hard to make it look frog-like if you get what i mean it's just kind of a blob with an open mouth lol
devout bridge
its still cute tho! i see the white bit as a little floppy white ear lmao
happy lil frogs
patent prism
OOH
i see it now
yeah just tilt your head to the side a little lmao it looks more like an open-mouthed frog then
devout bridge
i see it now!
patent prism
hooray 
now i kind of want to make little bunnies lmao
i don't even have a reason to make these
what am i doing 
devout bridge
lol
mighty bronze
i'd say the rounded square
onyx island
Ohhhh cute!
mighty bronze
thank you Macko!
mighty bronze
omg i love it!
mighty bronze
i may draw a sunflower in her hair too!
lament turtle
do it!
mighty bronze
lone mountain
you know ur desperate and bored when you starting shipping your own ocs with eachother
serene radish
Beauty 
mighty bronze
devout bridge
SAME JEV
devout bridge
Aww
strong ingot
theyre soo cute
mighty bronze
some really cute vegetables neil
rocky lark
@lament turtle I love them so much!!
lament turtle
thanks !!
lone mountain
i wish more kakegurui ocs existed
lone mountain
i need more students to join my council
elfin swan
soz Jev I’m already part of TASC can’t join you
mighty bronze
what do you mean by that jev?
elfin swan
lmao all of that was from autocorrect
lone mountain
i just want to see other people kake students is all
cause i love it but im apparently the only person in existence with ocs for it
which idk why cause it was popular as fuck
lone mountain
kakegurui, its a series
mighty bronze
searched for it too because i didn't know lol
but it looks interesting
i get it now
lament turtle
all you need to know is that it’s about gambling
mighty bronze
base colors
ugh that been said i'll let the rest for tomorrow my eyes will explode lol
lament turtle
wait is this Harley?
mighty bronze
yeep
lament turtle
aww
mighty bronze
mighty bronze
thank you jev!
mighty bronze
Thank you 
patent prism
preview of some sprites I made that I'm planning to add to my sweet tooth mod! (it's been so long since i updated that lmao)
from left to right: green frog cake, pink frog cake, victoria sponge cake, black forest cake
onyx island
Mmmm black forest cake, the cake always promised but never delivered..
never heard of fog cakes though, gonna google them hehe
Ohh they look good, frog shaped cake hehe. idk why I read it as "fog" cake O.o
patent prism
thank you guys also yes i love the frog cakes i just found them randomly on the internet and i just had to make them 💚
torpid crane
why is the outline so dark aqui
lament turtle
i think thats the wrapper!
patent prism
yeah, that's supposed to be the paper liner
torpid crane
ah, images that i found on google were all square at the bottom so i was confused
onyx island
Awww, she's a good girl indeed, and cute too!
sullen drum
Finally continuing this
unreal stream
torso, yo
hard lynx
huehue
strong ingot
cutie ♥
hard lynx
no u
strong ingot
rice pls
hard lynx
wink
serene radish
Awwwww so cute
hard lynx
nou
lone mountain
i love it
hard lynx
but i lov u
half sandal
d'awww
fleet gazelle
Do I do the rest of the cloak or the eyes?
Cause with the cloak idk which part to start it on
lone mountain
poses are hard
lament turtle
Tbh
serene radish
Awwwwwwww
patent prism
aw that's so cute jev
also i need y'all's opinions: leah with tank top, blue jeans (stolen from her ex :p), and hairclips??
i've only made the front-facing sprites so far
echo mesa
I love the hairclips
Idk about the tank top, kinda looks like shes just wearing a bra?
half sandal
nice jev!
patent prism
good idea makco, that would probably be fitting for her as a a character because she's always exploring and out in the woods
half sandal
I like it aquilagia, although I'm a bigger fan of the non-saddle-walking versions
patent prism
also jar it probably looks like that because i was unsure how far to let the neck go down
yeah not a huge fan of the bowlegs either but i'm lazy 😛
half sandal
hehe, fair enough
patent prism
I opened up the sprite for her ex and I saw those jeans and i was like "hmmmm 👀"
half sandal
Oh Leah... gotta write another couple chapters soon
patent prism
i was going to edit her anyways because i dislike the dressy sprites in the seasonal outfits and wanted to create something more appropriate for leah to be roaming around in
patent prism
yeah but i don't think long dresses are very practical to be adventuring in
patent prism
thanks for the feedback though everyone, appreciate it!
echo mesa
How to fix an error in sketchbook: Wrappers, lots of them
hexed bramble
honestly ideal
storm wave
@patent prism maybe if you raise the neckline it wont look so bra-y? o: (I also kinda played around with a less crop-top-y look since esp when wearing so little it doesn't look very adventurey imo either. But that might just be me) c:
((either way tho I rly like the direction of that design!! I'd definitely swap her dresses for it any day haha))
patent prism
@storm wave oh haha i've moved on from the front-facing sprites, actually finishing side-facing right now but this is what I did for the front-facing:
so actually not very far off from your A
(added wear in the jeans and mud on the boots as well)
storm wave
cuute!
onyx island
Ohh yes, looking good!
patent prism
thanks!
hard lynx
sweats i didn't realize you could change the resolution in sai until like today
storm wave
sdfghjk better late than never?
echo mesa
I dont think markers and I were meant to be
Considering my idea of colouring is yelling 'Aurrrgnah!' and scribbling
Water colour hides the insane scribble at least
echo mesa
I'm not mixing them lol
Just getting into markers for the first time
mighty bronze
Ah i see
echo mesa
But my marker stuff is all
Messy
And while I approach water colour the same way, it doesnt look messy
mighty bronze
Lol well that's interesting
echo mesa
I think
Watercolors gonna stay my main way of art for a loooong time
Probs doesnt help that I just got mega cheap markers
storm meadow
Expensive markers are not easy to blend either
You gotta have good expensive paper as well 
Looking good Jar!
echo mesa
Thank ^~^ I'm drawing a page of her and her sisters
Got a black and white version, but I wanted one with colour 👀
storm meadow
I love this pink. Reminds me of your hair
echo mesa
The plan is to eventually make a comic of them 👀
;D My hair has surprisingly ended up a close match to my OC's hair lol
storm meadow
Oh wow
echo mesa
I need to redye my hair this week, got a patch of 'trying to go blond' in the front
storm meadow
Your hair is definitely a form of art 
onyx island
echo mesa
Hopefully finishing that sketchbook this month
(which is looking less and less likely tbh frantically draws anyway tho )
storm meadow
You can do eeeet
echo mesa
Still got so many page 😰
storm wave
finish.... sketchbook????????
on the list of things I've never done sdfghjk >.>;;; I just.... keep buying new ones bc I have No self control
echo mesa
I specifically made it a goal lol
I have two finished sketchbooks, but I dont like either of them considers lighting them on fire eryday
mighty bronze
I am finishing my 3d sketchbook but i kinda sketch less on the paper since the digital art got me
storm wave
^ that too dfghjkl
mighty bronze
I need a plan 
storm wave
i dont like using my sketchbook pages in order dfghj I feel more comfortable drawing with a few pages of distance from other drawings
but its mostly a game of flip to a random blank page and go ham
echo mesa
I use the pages in order because I find it frustrating to have to go back through and use any blank pages I missed lol
mighty bronze
How can you jump pages?it's impossible for me to do that
storm wave
flipping through my sketchbooks involve loooots of blank pages between drawings lmao
mighty bronze
I think It's just like doing a wip digitally,you do it and than start something else than come back at it later or never
storm wave
working on a Meet the Artist thing. Behold the face of the heathen who dares use sketchbooks out of order
echo mesa
Looks good ;D
I love those Meet the Artist things
mighty bronze
That pose is dope!!
storm wave
tyyy same!! I was checking them out on google images for inspiration & theyre all so cute sdfghjkl
tyyy I dont know how to sit like a normal human being (nor do I know how to draw it sdfghjk)
echo mesa
Sitting normally is lame
awkwardly slumps onto chair curled a lil to not bother the cat that was there first
echo mesa
Would be cool if all the artists of the server started doing em 
storm wave
have y'all done that stardew farmer meme?
mighty bronze
Nah
onyx island
What is the stardew farmer meme? 😮
echo mesa
The one in the dA SDV group?
There's two different memes there for it now, the new one has more info
storm wave
ooh neat I haven't seen the 2nd one
echo mesa
I think the other one still looks nicer, but its cool to have one with more info
storm wave
same haha
onyx island
Ohh a character sheet
storm wave
the translucent vibe of the first one was rly nice aesthetically
mighty bronze
I'll redraw my farmer yes yes
onyx island
ohh yes I like the simpler one, though I'd add a field for the character's relationships to it
echo mesa
I have no gray marker ;c
storm wave
rip
echo mesa
Gril on right usually wears gray shirt
storm wave
wardrobe diversity :D
echo mesa
tru, I dont rly draw the gril in brown much
She! deserves! 2! be! drawn!
sullen drum
Lined the 2nd part finally
storm wave
niice
nova laurel
koog u amazing, i have no idea how you have the patience to draw so many bois in one picture, but it looks great
they also look handsome <3'
sullen drum
AAAAA thank you so much!!! 💛
About drawing many boys, I just love doing groups haha
😅
storm wave
dfghjk I get tired halfway through drawing a second person
which makes drawing couples really sad :,c
one of them always ends up so much uglier than the other sdfghjkl
wind viper
Hi can I get some stardew memes
lament turtle
Not from here
sullen drum
Lmao, it's kinda hard, however considering I did a lot of group drawings (even around my first months of drawing)
Oh, just got a great idea now, I might remake the first one I ever did
fleet gazelle
lol
wind viper
What about music
storm wave
this channel is for user created works
so like if you make something, you can share it here. Stardew fanworks will also be shared, but anything official would be for another channel
echo mesa
I had words I was gonna say
I forgot them
mighty bronze
it looks like a photo album lol good job Jar
echo mesa
Thanks ;D Photo album wasnt rly the goal
But you saying that makes me want to make my next sketchbook entirely photo album themed 👀
storm wave
me: after this, I can do the farmer character sheet
my body: no, no absolutely not.
storm wave
I've always wanted to do like one of those fake photo albums dfghjkl
they're super cute but also a lot of work oof
echo mesa
I only have portrait sketchbooks
I feel like a sketchbook made to look like a photo album would look way cooller in a landscape one 
nova laurel
those look cute Jar i like the pink hair
echo mesa
Thank ^~^
nova laurel
made a tentative portrait sketch of the protagonist of the game i working on, but its not 100% decided yet
echo mesa
it cute, I like the clothing
nova laurel
if he stopped brushing his dumb hair in front of his face, his hair style would look like this tho
thanks jar <3'
storm wave
i support him and his emo hair
mighty bronze
so far it looks really great!
mighty bronze
omg there are thousands,no,millions of different art styles and i need to focus on my own
no rush but daaaamn
mighty bronze
omg but meanwhile i'm so happy i get so much feedback on instagram 😍
and if i look at my drawings i already see how i draw things in my own way tho 
echo mesa
Do you have an art account on insta? o3o plz lemme follow
echo mesa
180'th follower high fives
mighty bronze
lool
yeeey
i have a point to add
so
this one came from myself and idk why but i really love how it looks
i might stick to it and improve the style i think
fleet gazelle
how much of the eyes do i hide ?
tawny lark
So my crush liked it a lot, and I could not be be blushing more right now.
tawny lark
I know ya did
I just have very low self confidence
onyx island
It's okay, we're here to support ya! 😁
tawny lark
Thanks dude
mighty bronze
shading Haley in a different way and omg i enjoy it a lot already
btw i'm glad she liked your gift
onyx island
Ohhh she has a sexy tan in this version
mighty bronze
onyx island
I love it!
mighty bronze
thank yooou
storm meadow
Andrew I love this version! Sexy tan indeed 😩👌🏼
I’m weak for sexy blue eyed babes
mighty bronze
Haha thank you soy!
tawny lark
Thanks guys
thin dagger
YES i cant wait
mighty bronze
the planes are killing me but i start to understand them better tbh
mighty bronze
i don't understand what are you talking about
fleet gazelle
as with the eyes on my chibi do i hide some of it behind the cloak or just have all of the eye viewable
mighty bronze
you are free to do as you wish after all you draw it so you decide how your character should look
unkempt tinsel
Me havent draaawn in a while
Yall been doing great sdv stuff
I needd to get on a schedule so i can write again tbh my last update was in may and i feel awful
mighty bronze
Take your time jade
hexed bramble
yeah! don't write cause you feel you have to
unkempt tinsel
I want to but it can be hard to find time to write without distractions 
hexed bramble
I get that, hope you find a good way to focus!!
mighty bronze
I understand you really well,procrastination,personal problems pfft i hate it too 
unkempt tinsel
Thank
And yeah feels
Itll be good for me to finish my fanfic and then i can focus on my original writig again
hexed bramble
that looks really cute! great work on the roof, i always struggle with it so much
fickle orchid
Small wip of the lineart, i'll tackle more of this bad boy when i get home from work
fickle orchid
Yea spider man au for my farmer :v
No regrets
Design i made up since i wanted to make a spider-man outfit that fits him
But i look forward to finishing this when i get home :U
unreal stream
workin sloooooow
unreal stream
Going with wide hips but I'm struggling with the upper torso
unreal stream
so just an upside down triangle?
lament turtle
pretty much
storm wave
or anyone you wanna give wide shoulder to :T
lament turtle
im not sure, where should i post my sketches? i will not work on them anymore but i dont want to call them finished
just fun sketches
storm wave
sketches can go here if you want~
storm wave
creative. Art-gallery is SDV exclusive
blissful girder
ohhh
lament turtle
ah, i dont think i can send to art gallery? cuz i dont have any artist role or lvl 25 or anything
blissful girder
oh
echo mesa
No one can send to art gallery
Sketches commonly go here
blissful girder
there should be a general art gallary
frail adder
If It's SDV related, it'll be reacted with a special emote and put in Art Gallery
blissful girder
owo skech gallary
mighty bronze
I found your tumblr and meet the artist post when i was searching to see how other artists drew themselves Coyote,really cute XD
storm wave
thats why creative & creative discussion are two separate channels
frail adder
Ye ye
storm wave
sdfghjk ty
echo mesa
Sounds like something that'd just bloat up the amount of channels @ skech gallary
blissful girder
opi
lament turtle
maybe i will crop out the better ones and send as finished 🤔
blissful girder
bathtubs are revers boats
frail adder
Reminder tho that this chat isn't a general discussion like #adventurers-guild and not a meme channel like #images-and-memes
blissful girder
? opi?
lone mountain
im so tired
sullen drum
Ohhhh that looks so cool!!
sullen drum
Yes Kuro best boi
lone mountain
kuro and tetora are fucking cute
sullen drum
Ikr I luv them both
mighty bronze
Omgg wish i watched more anime so i had more inspiration drawing characters
Not just anime but cartoon in general
sullen drum
Not a big fan of Shu here but I like that one too fsr lol
storm wave
anime does make good drawing inspiration :3c
so do video games~ I love drawing FE characters,,, but only the ones w/o armor sdfghjkl;
mighty bronze
I always liked the mages and archers/hunter more,definitely i will draw a mage!!
devout bridge
i dont think ive shipped anything thats not ocxcanon or oc/oc in..forever
i forgot what having ships is like blobsweat
lone mountain
anyways my wueue is cold to being cleared adn im relieved, like i want more but its nice to clean of your slate first
yeah im slowly getting back into ocxcanon or just pairing my ocs with eachother
there needs to be a dating website for ocs
LOL
devout bridge
FOR REAL
im tryina start something with someone on th but theyre as busy with school as i am
so our kids are just. never going to interact
lone mountain
there a lot of people i tried with but i just
couldnt click with them
or my character didnt
devout bridge
yeah
lone mountain
there this person i met that we have a lot in common like A LOT but none of our characters fit eachother
or if they do one of them is inactive
devout bridge
or they just come from really different insp places design wise? like th is full of anime-inspired ocs and thats great but none of them look like theyre from the same universe as any of my kids 😩
lone mountain
so we're just like "maybe one day.... never"
lone mountain
yeah i find too many ocs that are even more anime than mine
or its one of those character where you can tell its an adopt
cause it has so much going on
in the design
like are they a goddamn idol
who needs to wear this much clothes
and accessories
lone mountain
YEAH
i mean have ur fetish character honestly i dont care
just have fun with it man
devout bridge
no yeah, do what you want, but be upfront about it if we're tryina rp??
lone mountain
oh yeah for sure
i think what grinds my gears is when people want to use a certain character with you
and non of your ocs work
so ur like
'we gotta au it'
devout bridge
oof yeah
lone mountain
but they just dont wanna au their oc
LIKE ITs NOT HARD
ITs NOT CANON EITHER
CHILL
devout bridge
or like you both want a ship to work and it doesnt so u just 'they're..friends. probably'
lone mountain
bruh i feel too bad to say that
LOL
i just go silent
and dodge that
cause like most of the people ive tried with get like
too obssesive of a ship
but im in my head like 'they wouldnt actually work tho.'
devout bridge
i mean sometimes u get fun relationships outta it? like theyre not dating or anything, but they hate each other and having an enemy/rival is neat
lone mountain
oh i LOVE those
mighty bronze
I see you create an entire world around your characters and give them a lot of life,personality and thinking,it's still hard for me to understand these things
devout bridge
i am literally always thinking about my ocs
lone mountain
i usually build a world with another person but i havent recently had anyone to interact with OTL
devout bridge
the goal is to make a career outta it but who knows how to write stories lmao
mighty bronze
I see
I kinda writed 12 episodes when i had free time for a comic i wanted to do,that's what pushed me to draw
Wrote*(
lone mountain
comics are so hard omg
lone mountain
when it comes to story building the best can do detailed timelines
mighty bronze
I don't give up
devout bridge
i love comics but im so bad at coming up with interesting panels
lone mountain
actually writing is too hard for me
devout bridge
i can think of events but i can't think of ways to tie them together?
lone mountain
yeah most of my comics are just meme ones i shitposted
devout bridge
or motivations for things
lone mountain
that too
mighty bronze
I will start with something simple anyways like a slice of life comic and I'll see what can i do after it
Again this is just a plan
storm wave
hhhhh ocs
im late but Im here and I have so much trouble pairing my ocs with other ppl's ocs bc I'm just like "ok but how can I control every aspect of their life and daydream about them constantly if one of the characters is out of my control 🤔"
also ppl who arrange comics are magical. I never know what I'm doing when I try to make a comic like uhhhhhhhh box....... another box,,,,,,, hey lets ,make THIS box slanted Just Cause haha
devout bridge
smh i had a ship with someone for like 5-6 years and now we dont talk to each other anymore and idk what to do with those ocs :c
i need new partners aaa
storm wave
ahh that sucks,, That's why I never rly,,, invest in my rp characters like,,, what do I do when my rp partner leaves???
lone mountain
honestly i think thats why i like shipping with other people
its more fun to be surprised
plus it makes you develop your own character in aspects you normally wouldnt
devout bridge
yeah
lone mountain
everything being predictable is just boring
storm wave
that's fair
I just rly like the characters that are v Personal and that I've had for years and years and have changed and developed in that time as I grew up
I have characters I made when I was like 14 and I'm 21 now so like. That's a p big period of irl Character Development that translated to fictional character development as how I felt & understood characters (and what I wanted in my characters) changed
lone mountain
yeah thats kinda how my oldest oc is
i made his character too dependant on his backstory and future than i cant really put new things into his life
storm wave
oh I have some of mine planned down to their grandchildren sdfghjkl
devout bridge
i never plan past children tbh but i def have mental health ocs lmao
lone mountain
my new ocs will still have stories for them but i dont make them as restricting as i did when i was younger
devout bridge
spins wheel 'aaaand you won....gender bs. soz my dude, try again later'
devout bridge
a;slkdfj i noticed that a lot of my more recent ocs are nb or end up that way after enough rping
its a problem
unkempt tinsel
ahh i love talking about ocs like that
i have some ocs that have stayed with me a long time too
the one in my icon, mimi, is my oldest oc
i made her when i was 9
i've been working on my personal story some, it's called shroud of turin
there was actually one character i was having a lot of trouble with because this story i've had with me since i was like idk 12/13 and i've been working on it for that long (i'm 22 now)
but today i figured out what to do with her and i'm eager to design her some more so she fits. the other 3 major characters are pretty solid
lone mountain
my oc pattern is they either have only one parent or none at all
storm wave
mine's p idealistic. More a mix of single parent & 2 parent households
half sandal
I've been thinking about the characters in my story a lot recently. It might be fun to try comic style someday for them
sullen drum
My characters usually have the usual number of dads/mums or don't have parents
half sandal
I tend to not flesh out OC's backgrounds until it becomes necessary.
"And what about your parents?" asks one of the canon characters.
me frantically trying to remember everything I've ever written for this OC and what would fit best. "Uh... they're dead? No, alive. Just divorced. No, they're together, but dad's depressed, so it's kinda like living with a single parent?" thinking to self, nailed it
sullen drum
Unless you're my first boy Noah who emancipated from his dad
😅
And then there's another boy I've been planning to have his own parents divorce and each of them get married again with other people
manic folio
Idek what that means
lone mountain
really depends on what oc for me
like my mains are obviously way more fleshed out than others
ill someone sketch designs of relatives for my characters but im too lazy to actually give them any personality
and that theres no point either
storm wave
most of my ocs' families are very vague in character. They don't stand alone at all
none of the parents have been drawn unless the parent was the original oc & the kid is my ocs kid who's also a character???
but yeah lmao
devout bridge
sorta same jev? like family members are p basic until i decide to rp them too
but for the most part theyre just people who exist
unreal stream
creating curves one goddamn wip at a time
Finally have a torso piece I don't hate.
devout bridge
i want to draw but i have two papers to write and im furious about it
i wanna finish that goat and figure out what to do with it
hard lynx
eat it
strong ingot
Living life deliciously
devout bridge
s m h
patent prism
progress ;-;
devout bridge
explain to me why i want to make a design with wings when i have no idea how to draw wings
why im do this
patent prism
hah, i've done that before too feeb. the pain is real
sullen drum
The pain of re-doing the hair just for expressions
patent prism
i envy the way you draw your hair koog, so much more detailed than what I can do aha
mighty bronze
I agree with Aquil,that hair is one of a kind
sullen drum
Awwww thank you!!!
I just happen to love drawing hair, a lot 😅
patent prism
got the basics of the portrait down, suggestions?
only 8 more of the regular sprites to edit as well and then i might try playing around with the flower dance and/or wedding dress
brazen lark
maybe make the shading on the arm a lil bit more subtle??? (like a lighter color) i dont have a claim over pixel art since im abt 6 years out of practice dfjghdfgd, im just lookin at other portraits for comparison
i think ur doin a good job so far tho :0 !!
brazen lark
that comics feel when u make a character hold something and then several pages later u realize it disappeared halfway thru 🙃
if any of yall were around me at the hot time of 3 am, youd hear me yell, AW FUCK WHERE DID THE CIGARETTE GO
devout bridge
oH MOOD
OR WHEN U FORGET TO PUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN THE BACKGROUND
LIKE A FRIGGIN DOORWAY
i hate comics but i want to do them lmao
nova laurel
and thats why I almost never draw background c:
brazen lark
KFJGHJDFGD LIKE THE NIGHTHAWKS PAINTING @ THE DOORWAY
comics is So Much To Do but god damn if it didnt make me better as an artist
devout bridge
i gotta do more of them but nnnngh consistency and perspective.......nnno
but i want to do them so i mean. im gonna probably
perspective can suck my entire butt tho. i hate it cause i realise a mistake when im far in lining nearly every time lmao
brazen lark
god perspective is an absolute nightmare bc whenever im drawing thumbnails, im like, :D im gonna draw all these different angles and make the panels and whole comic in general look Tasty as Fuck, gonna make that composition POP
but then when im actually drawing it, i want to Die
devout bridge
the biggest of moods oml
thats me with zine stuff. 'i can make this comp pop if i do some complicated bs' then it comes time to do the whole sketch phase and im just 'ive never drawn in my life' about it
brazen lark
this is Sort of a wip
i know that im very very close to the end @ the thumbnails u__u, just havent reached it yet
and then once im done with that, i can go So fast with everything, i can do flats within an hour its so easy
devout bridge
this isnt what u were tryina show me but im just 'dang its wild seeing how other people set up their csp windows'
you are...way more organised in your comics than i am
brazen lark
o yeah!! i always thought seeing ppls set ups was neat
devout bridge
i throw down incomprehensible scribbles and try to carve something out of them with little to no real planning lmao
brazen lark
LMAO
i think most of the time, ppl have their csp windows on both sides, but i like shoving almost Everything to the left bc its more convenient for my Big Ass Screen Tablet
devout bridge
ha
i have them on both sides for my big screen
but i like working with mirrored canvases so its still funky
i think y'all have seen that already tho
https://puu.sh/BrJ5D/f19581d4c9.png this is the last screenshot of my setup that i took soz haha
dont...ask about the canvas size cause i have no idea why either
brazen lark
KFDJGHDGDF i think thats the first time i seen someone use inches instead of pixels
unless theyre workin on a print or somethin
brazen lark
OH OK
devout bridge
i think i meant to do something else?? and then just?? ootd doodled on there instead
i have no other explanation
brazen lark
i think thats a p common setup! or at least having the mirrored canvas up there, esp when ur recording a speedpaint, its easier for the viewers to focus on the canvas that isnt moving all over the place
devout bridge
yeah
sometimes i have a third lil window above the mirrored side for refs
i just set it up like i had photoshop tbh
brazen lark
im honestly rly glad i have the screen tablet since i could just use my laptop screen to hold All my refs and duplicate canvases, so i can use all that workspace for drawin
and also to test colors bc screens are fucky 😔 🤙
devout bridge
u rite
storm wave
me, seeing my finished drawing on my phone: what the fuck
devout bridge
oof
storm wave
me, seeing my finished drawing on another computer: what the fuck
brazen lark
oh that was a HUGE mood for a while
storm wave
colors always change and I think I've just. grimly accepted that
like "oh this is blue now. Okay"
devout bridge
me, liking the colours on my tablets screen better than the ones on my laptop: how do make colours move
brazen lark
yeah laptop screens,,,,,,,Bad, mine usually makes the colors much Warmer than i intend to, i should honestly ignore it but i use my laptop so often that i just try to appease every screen i have LMAO
storm wave
me, when ppl say they like my color choice: so my laptop screen isn't that fucked. good to know
I feel like I have the exact opposite problem haha whenever I see my colors on other screens, they're always cooler than I meant
brazen lark
the most horrifying thing that happened to me was thinking one of my ocs had Darker skin than they actually had, when i got a newer laptop and looked at my art of them i was like, oH GOD WHY ARE THEY SO PALE
brazen lark
me, subtly making them darker: this is fine this is fine, no one will notice, this is f
devout bridge
i got lucky cause they were a clown oc, but i accidentally gave him green ass gloves instead of grungy dirty ones
storm wave
at the end of the day, if my colors look good to me........ then damn well good enough sdfghjk color perception is relative
devout bridge
me, seeing someone use bold, saturated colours: oh i want art like that
me, seeing someone use rly soft pastels: oh i want art like that
me, seeing someone use limited palettes: oh i want a--
storm wave
sDFGHJKL: callout @ me
brazen lark
mood
devout bridge
my punk ass for the last 2 years: GOLLY GEE I SURE LOVE USING MUTED PURBL
storm wave
I generally tend towards soft, warm colors tho
devout bridge
i used to be very earth toned and then i wanted to learn to use purple so?? i just forgot all colours existed 😭
now i have a purple oc
storm wave
I just. color adjust. I put every single color on a different layer so I can change my mind
colors always look,,,, so different in context
devout bridge
hard same
brazen lark
oh i do that all the time when im designing characters
storm wave
its like that "which color is darker sIKE THEY'RE THE SAME" mind trick except irl
devout bridge
👀 i gotta do my new dnd kid and i have at least 3 colour choices to pick from
a;sldkjf y'all're gonna see a lot of them when i can carve out time
storm wave
color in the color palette: I'm a dark color c:
color when I actually put it in the drawing: I'm so fuckkkin pale and desaturated
brazen lark
good!!! i love seein dnd characters
storm wave
ooo nice nice nice
devout bridge
coyote ur gonna see them double lmao
storm wave
oh yeah haha
designing my character was easy bc I was a Coward who just reworked an existing character
devout bridge
;alskdjf but like. im here for wild skin colours on nonhuman races im just not here for dnds old 'pale = good/pure' stance on skin colours so
im taking the whole heavenly thing as far as i can go with it lmao
storm wave
"you see this fantroll? he's a tielfling now. 👌 "
storm wave
haha
brazen lark
the fan troll thing made me die a lil bit on the inside bc i too had a hs phase
i Love painting with non humany skin colors
devout bridge
huehuehue i never did
brazen lark
blue is probably my Favorite
storm wave
my HS phase formulated like 60% of who I am today & I will never escape that
devout bridge
i have a few colour options set aside for them but i gotta figure out more things
storm wave
i keep making golden themed dnd characters..........
devout bridge
lowkey sad cause their face is gonna be my fave part and the team wont even see it unless they take off the hood
storm wave
awe
storm wave
oooo
devout bridge
i love dnd kids......
storm wave
most people: *get wild & creative with their apparel and color palettes*
me: hey aren't we like. fuckin peasants. isnt this like. medieval. did anyone actually wear anything but beige. colorful fabric sounds Expensive 🤔
it also doesnt help that I have no sense of color re: my own wardrobe like uhhhhhhh grey??? more grey.... grey and black.... black...... dark faded blue......................
devout bridge
i mean, a lot of pigments come from dirt, rocks, and moss
thats why theyre called earth tones
so reds, greens, and beige are prob all fair game. rich colours less so :Y
unless u come from a rich background or smth i guess
brazen lark
i would probably elect to say,,,, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck it bc magic
devout bridge
also that
storm wave
thats super valid
but my mind in actually designing characters myself is just ???????????
omg feb if u do black and gold we'll be Matching
shell notch
mm....
storm wave
yehaw
devout bridge
https://www.colorhexa.com/ OH YEAH colour site that really helps my ass out
mighty bronze
What the hell,you draw eyes so good!
brazen lark
looks great so far!!
devout bridge
how do you draw hats my dude cause i always die
but ye colurhexa helps me out when i like. get reaaally close to a colour but it aint always working?? sometimes u need it 😩
shell notch
hard lynx
sweats bad times when colour deepen don't work no more
hard lynx
YOU SMORT AAAA
storm wave
i run into that issue a lot when I use the marker tool in Sai & wanna turn it into lineart. It just. doesn't go above a certain opacity so no matter what adjustments you make it wont get very dark.... but ye ya just gotta layer it haha
hard lynx
thank u!
storm wave
👍
echo mesa
Such a cute draw tho
hard lynx
smooch but u cuter
echo mesa
cx
fleet gazelle
Isn’t that normal?
twin sage
shell notch
i ve been in lewd path since i was born
fleet gazelle
See it’s normal for slime
sullen drum
Lewd is just normal stuff for me at this point lol
humble lava
oh dear.
shell notch
'3'~
lament turtle
now im awake in inside too
so back to the comic-topic
i feel your pain guys like drawing a background is suffering
but try to think the invers. like u are not drawing bg because u have to you draw bg because it will make the story, your character richer
like make some bg to explain the world around your character, hide small details or foreshadowing play with it
storm wave
drawing the bg is hard bc I don't know how to draw trees. or furniture. or like. 90% of objects asdfghjk
lament turtle
for a daily webcomic its normal to not use bg, u can use variant bg style like drawing only the important stuff and the lineart is rough, or only the shapes of the object keep it simple etc
storm wave
If I could go back in time I would. hit my younger self over the head and tell er to practice objects & scenery u asshole
lament turtle
u can always practice that, i mean u dont have to be young to learn smth.
storm wave
you dont, but its a lot harder when you expect more of yourself/are used to a higher quality
drawing backgrounds + characters is just. rly :( bc the level in quality between the two is so Different
mighty bronze
why do i feel like monday's are the days when i can't draw anything???
lament turtle
what if u turn into a fun challenges instead of practising study drawing about bg?
storm wave
but not drawing characters isn't fun either bc it not only looks eugh all around, but also isnt as fun ;;
lament turtle
like designing challenges. pick one object and try to draw that, then design some bg about it. like a theme
storm wave
ive been trying to force myself to do more pieces w/ background. it's just rly Tough
lament turtle
Smookie
i feel like the mornings the worst time to draw
storm wave
mondays
mighty bronze
i see
lament turtle
mmm-mmm im thinking what can i suggest you to not hate bg drawing.
bc i know that feeling
echo mesa
I dont personally understand the hatred of Mondays
Mondays are just another day to me lol
storm wave
when I was in high school, I could draw every day except the weekends when I was actually free lmao
mighty bronze
i dont say i hate it,just can't draw
echo mesa
Perspective is the hardest thing about backgrounds imo 
lament turtle
^^
echo mesa
I know you didnt, but a lot of pepple do
storm wave
Mondays were never the worst for me. It was always Wednesday
lament turtle
i still struggle with perspective and im way too lazy to learn it. like doing right-perspective is witchcraft
when i though i understand i try to draw but its a mess
and im like
"this is fine"
storm wave
but I always saw it in a glass-half empty way. Less "yay the week is halfway over!!!" and more "fuck,,, still another half to go"
tbh I very much regret not studying art traditionally
echo mesa
darn, I dont have the dog in fire emote anymore ;(
storm wave
at least then they would've forced me to study perspective from the ground up (as much as I would've hated it)
lament turtle
did u learn in an artschool?
echo mesa
I rly like Line of Action for studying different poses tbh
Would be cool to find a furniture version lol
lament turtle
aaa i will look up
storm wave
nope. I started pursuing an animation BS which kinda speeds you through everything with a focus on animation not so much drawing
lament turtle
i mean i have some good bg references somewhere
did u gradulate?
i mean at BS animation
storm wave
nope,,, I moved midway through & am in a kinda Transient period atm. I still have another year to go but I don't think I'll be going back to that school
lament turtle
wait is BS a basic university level or BS stuff is still happening in highschool?
im not sure
storm wave
bachelor of science. It's a 2-year degree
I would've done 4 year if it was an option but I was @ a college, not a university
storm wave
the plan was to do the animation program + core classes and transfer
echo mesa
Animation seems like a difficult thing to learn
Like
Perspective with motion included? wow
storm wave
I do kinda Regret a little tho,,, I really liked it the first semester or so, but after that if felt like animation was more. 3D. and I am Ass at 3D & dont have very much fun doing it
echo mesa
Fair enough, I always think 2D first when I think of animation lol
storm wave
Idk I might still look into it and see if I can stick to purely 2D. The only Sad thing is that 2D is kinda falling out of style. Your really only see it with like kids/preteen cartoons which aren't rly my vibe. I would be interested in like little kids shows but those are getting taken over by 3D which is cheaper & faster to produce
3D animated movies are Amazing tho. If Maya didn't give me such a headache, I would wanna go for that
i've decided what I Really need is someone who loves backgrounds but cant draw ppl/animals so we can team up together to create one (1) complete drawing
echo mesa
If I ever return to digital I'd love to team up for a draw lol
echo mesa
Ive never done collabs, but they do seem fun
storm wave
the fun part is when you find someone who loves what u hate doing so u get out of doing it & they're??? happy!?????
tbh I think that just. the best setup for any kind of team.
find ppl who love what you hate to do so u never have to do it (while everyone feels like they're the lucky one)
echo mesa
lol, tru
Lucy and I can be like that sometimes
She likes colouring but not the lineart so much
Twas rly cool when she coloured my sketch a while back
storm wave
ooo i feel that
lineart is my Enemy. But it's made itself into an on & off aquaintence since I stopped trying to do "good" lineart
now all my lineart is v sketchy & kinda messy and doesn't fufill any of the Qualities of Really Good Linework, but I'm a lot happier doing it so meh
echo mesa
I dont mind lineart, I dont think I rly hate any part of art
I just have stuff Im happier to do
storm wave
haha awe
echo mesa
Sketchy linearts always nice to look at tbh
storm wave
it works~ rly it's all a case of wanting to do all the styles you don't sdfghjkl
me, seeing all the different ways ppl color: I wish I colored like that.... and that............... and that and that and that
when rly my coloring style is nothing but an amalgamation of all the coloring techniques I saw and loved so much I wanted it in my own art
brazen lark
I am also incidentally awake for some reason at ass oclock, and that looks rly good jaaaar