#creative-discussion
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even my standard size of small boobs in my default style is as big as tifa's
who is tifa?
she looks cute
finished cauldronnnnn
spooky
oooo i love it!
anime chess that's secretly a dating sim
@still field LMAO as a FE nerd i love this description thats sooo true
Ik this convo died like an hour ago, but when it comes to drawing a character it usually takes me 3/4 hours
Designing and developing a character tho, takes me alot more time, since it has the whole world-building aspect of it
And since characters must make sense inside that world and must have their own goals, personality traits, motivations and stuff i would say its a matter of the complexity of it all
For my main story, ive been refining the characters (both design and personality wise) for almost a year
sorry for wall text too
sketching and colouring
For me its the lineart
It feels neverending
Even more when its my semirealistic artstyle
For me it's everything. 
what sdv gal should i do next π
ive done all the bachelorettes and robin
im doing ALLLL of the girls
The coffee lady!
OH the desert merchant?
probably
Coffee lad best gal
if i work on a drawing for 4 hours
I guarantee 2 of those were spent sketching
im so different lol
my art style is pretty simple so it takes me about two hours to do a drawing
lineart is nice and calming and simple for me
probably because my lineart style is so simple
and then i spend like 10 minutes sketching, 10 doing lineart, and the rest to color lmao
Lineart is my worst enemy tbh π
where stuff should go
i sketch for like a second and then i figure it out later
anatomy and perspective
takes so much time
i always end up making really detailed sketches
so i make less mess in the lineart
Because my sketches are just concepts/silhouettes, and making that mess of lines into one coherent line is 
Like its more.of a proportion sketch than a actual sketch
this is how my lineart looks
and the sketch
but i have a drawing tablet lmao
you just move stuff around
without having to erase
i dont even remember where i got it but ive used it like twice π
yeah that makes sense
Moooood
i dont have the patience to learn how to do digital art
Arts class made me hate all mediums
im too busy relearning how to draw every 2 months
digital art is super simple compared to traditional
because i dont draw for like 2 months and then i forget everything
especially when it comes to making adjustments
like you can easily resize a specific part without erasing or having to use white paint and do the whole thing over
theres just a lot of shortcuts
i asked my dad for an ipad for christmas a while ago so i could get procreate and stuff and he got me the LAST IPAD thats NOT compatible with apple pencils
like im very grateful that i got that ipad, dont get me wrong
its just kind of funny that i cant use the main purpose i originally wanted it for
yeah, but since ive never used keyboard shortcuts i wouldnt even know haha
i drew on my phone for a short while and i hated the whole
tap with two fingers to undo thing
but it would be hard to switch i imagine
ive still drawn on my ipad without the apple pencil
drawing with my finger was a gross mistake
but its not very good pc i have to use my fat fingers π€
the second image looks so good tho
i have to make my sketches really detailed
so i feel more secure about what im doing
I mean i usually sketch the face
This one is a werido but its the only wip i have
next time i do a sdv girl ( i think im actually doing marnie next ) ill post all of my steps lol
i make sure i have all my details
before i start lining
next time i do a sdv girl ( i think im actually doing marnie next ) ill post all of my steps lol
@strong quail draw shane
Like i have some guidelines depending what im doing
best boy
shanes the first guy im doing after im done with the gals
yayaya
Hecc yeaaaπ€
ive kinda stopped using guidelines to an extent
i only use the cross for the face sometimes
so i dont make it wonky
I mean with guidelines i mean instead of drawing a backpack, i draw where the handles are
Wait no handles the uhh strings
That go around ur arms
straps?
Yeaa! Straps
heres a better example i just found
like its a sketch, but i do freestyle a bit when i lineart
why are all my wips for the same character aaa
i may be whipped for my own oc help
(also damn thats a messy lineart i may have to clean it up)
i like messy lineart to an extent
but i can never seem to do it
cause i just end up fixing it
I mean clean sharp linearts are kinda satisfying
The type of lineart that drives me thru the walls :,D
i could never do super clean lineart
like
sexy line weight and stuff
i cant do it
mine is just simple
Aww
Line weight sexy 
But im not bold.enough with it
I dont play with line thiccness as much as i should
same here
it doesnt really fit my style anyways
ill just stick to how i do it for now
til i get better
I feel like ur style is kinda stable
I have a vibe for that kinda stuff
Ive kinda settled down on mine
I used to do all kinds of experiments and chsnges
my style is slowly becoming stable
Now i usually play only with colors but the style remains kinda consistent
like
from my first piece of digital art to what im working on now
its grown and changed a lot
one of my first drawings
(nae i love ur festive username)
Im bad with words tday
thank you!
i love yours too
Now i usually play only with colors but the style remains kinda consistent
@unborn granite i wanna try playing with how i render my stuff
Love that shved sidebang~
i really just do flat colours
and then i like
add a lil shading
but i wanna make it a bit more complex
and sexy
Ive tipped my toes on rendering imgs a BUNCH of times but i just never finish one (1) drawing with it
Its just not my vibe 
Actually no i did finish one
Two!! But both were realism practices
Basically recreating an img so it dont count
Thats a real nice rendering π
This is what i meant
Proud i didnt eyedrop the colors or do the grid trick for this one
woahh
But yeah, long story short i hated each and every second of it
the JACKET
I will never again 
Yeah, that rendering u showed me rocks
this is a nice one as well
ive been following this dude for a good while now
he used to do broadway stuff way back when
like damn??
whyy is she so good??!?! helpΒΏ
also that dude has his renders DOWN
u can feel the skill
love how they use kinda angular shading here and there
its one of my fav things tbh
i usually just make all shading straight lines and call it a day, i cant just make some shading straight and other not for some reason
love how they use kinda angular shading here and there
@unborn granite saaame
its just warm and nice and i love it
Some nice color palettes going on too π π
tried using vector graphics for the first time for a class project, what do you guys think
Trying to design some faction flags for that Roblox game I occasionally mention. This is the New Monarchy.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/521085761353678891/776671118789836810/New_Monarchy_Draft.png
Well, at least a draft of the flag.
guys, just wondering, how many light source overlay layers do yall use? cuz i usually use 1-2 but i saw someone saying that they use 3-10???
@gloomy turtle i love guns
figuratively
i use around ,,, 3-5 layers just for the hair,,
for the hair i use 1 layer as base, 3 layers of shading and 2 layers for highlights
but im just using a layer for primary light and another layer for secondary and i thought that was enough?? but is it?????
hh i like to colour everything with watercolour brush, so i so most of my shading on one layer,,,,
ah fair enough
and add more layers for things i want more contrast on
and,, uh a crap ton of layers for highlights, depending on how shiny i want it
tmw you did too many highlight layers and now everything's white aldsjfaj
jk that was in the past
lol
i saw on yt someone used only the round brush and using one layer and painted a realistic batman
thats boss level
guys, just wondering, how many light source overlay layers do yall use? cuz i usually use 1-2 but i saw someone saying that they use 3-10???
honestly it depends for me, for a full digital illustration, like most of my haunted joja art, iβll use around 3-5, sometimes up to 10 if i wanna achieve a certain effect, but on a normal drawing, probably 1-2
anything that includes any neon lights for me gets a bunch of overlay layers to really achieve the look i want
Thanks Amaryn
@urban nexus
Thank you for the response, I have had a few pieces take a lot less time only being a few hours but due to the fact I have to use references to be able to draw it's all the research that takes longer than actually drawing it
good artwork will always take time
mine isnt good but it still takes like 5hours 
haha samee
same, I usually just split the time I do on a single drawing over two days
3-10 layers overlay? my god
I'd say the artstyle would be so complicated
like somehow close to realistic maybe
or maybe lotsa patterns
guys, just wondering, how many light source overlay layers do yall use? cuz i usually use 1-2 but i saw someone saying that they use 3-10???
@exotic snow 1
sometimes none
cause im lazy like that
mine isnt good but it still takes like 5hours :notlikesouda:
@velvet sun bro same
I use none sometimes but i do enjoy doing color dodges on my art!
Another eye
nice eye
I use none sometimes but i do enjoy doing color dodges on my art!
@warm finch oh thats a nice idea, i usually only use color/glow dodge for signing my work
color dodging is super fun!
i color dodged the eye in the second box, i also color dodged the fireflies and the ground a bit to lighten up the area
That's cutee, I love the among us one lol
Awww the little angel and demon one are adorbs
this is for people who think they suck at digital art just starting out:
you are adjusting to a new medium! its hard to know what to do when you start out. digital art takes alot of time to get used to. youre doing great, i promise.
this is my very first digital art piece, compared to my knowledge about digital art and art in general, ive improved a lot since then
this is for people who think they suck at digital art just starting out:
you are adjusting to a new medium! its hard to know what to do when you start out. digital art takes alot of time to get used to. youre doing great, i promise.
Facts
for people that sort their art: how?
rn im naming them with the date at the front, then by genre, then by alphabet 
sometimes i dont even know what category to put this stuff in
Do people categorize their art?
I just kinda vomit whatever name i feel like and make windows order it by date 
I do kinda categorize it by folders thoe
I have the old folder, the wip comic folder...
i'd love to do that, except the dates of my old art are messed up since i've had to make copies of them 
And then everything that doesnt fit just goes outside
thats a fair system
homework is icky
Yea π€ π
U just need to make hw out of smth cool to take the enjoyment out of it
Heck if playin SV was homework i would probably hate it
for sorting i like 2 have a folder thats named the year
conveniently numbered so the folders r in the Right Order
then inside that, a folder for each month
then theyre just numbered in the order i did em
See, the way I do it is I draw so rarely I barely have anything to sort
π
i try to finish one drawing per day, not every drawing has to be good
but its still practise to be doing smething
ooo i like that system jar
progress
also same i just make these 1 minute doodles if i dont have time that day
i love that so much nae!! 
the hand and face are very nice 
but then i decided id rather work on one good drawing every 2 or 3 days
than crank out something sub par in one day
thank you
im trying a new colouring style
drawing masterpieces every single day just aint possible for a student like me 
idk how some peeps do it
they just cranks out full compositions
i could never
especially since there is still a lot for me to learn
I used to draw everyday in class religiously, now i barely even doodle once a week 
me too
nae
i've been too focused on making fan art for instagram i that havent actually focused on personal art for a portfolio
really unfortunate
this drawing im working on is probs gonna be the best thing i make this month
i dont think im gonna have the will to top that til next month
i like doing fanart
speaking of
this is fanart that im doing rn
fanart is fun! just not great for a portfolio
dont mind the fact that my sketches always have detailed faces and messy bodies
i've delayed making one because i was too intimidated by the requirements π«
i use a lot of references
for his own gain :D
oh what series is it a fanart of? :0
oh this makes me think... i should make a folder specific for references 
i just... use google imgs... 
oh what series is it a fanart of? :0
@unborn granite its sean from the movie blindspotting
i never have the heart to do a drawing big enough that i dont finish it in one sitting
best thing ive learnt this year is using a multiply layer for lineart
because if i dont finish it in one sitting i dont finish it periodt
That used to be me
I out grew that
I realized that I can't always make something nice in one sitting
I would burn out so fuckin fast if I were to draw every day. Like, at the moment once a month is often for me, so it would be way too much at once xD
Ive been drawing long enough to know i probably wont grow out of that, unless its for work or smth
I usually draw for hours and hours just to finish
Bc i know i wont finish it if i dont
im way too hard on myself when drawing
I've only been doing art seriously for about a year now
For the sdv Christmas event I might do a redraw
Cause one of my first digital art pieces was for the Christmas event
ive been drawing since i could pick up a pencil
6/7 years... Whoa time goes fast 
I've been drawing for a long time
But I never really did art in a way to learn
Im getting old...
Just did it to do it
I kinda started wanting to learn, but i feel i started actually improving one year in or so...
I've My tablet a year or so ago
Didn't use it for a couple months cause I did a lot of mixed media
Finally got super into art cause quarantine
i stopped drawing a lot this year
Mood
i slowed down so much
i dont think ill be able to do the art comp of a piece every month because i havent drawn every month
Oof
I dont put myself goals to draw this much in this amount of time and stuff bc i know i just wont complete it
And if i do ill hate each and every drawing of it
i hold myself up to really high standards so i get easily burnt out
I mean, everyone has their own pace
And their own skills
When i started i didnt get burnt out bc i couldnt draw animu girls as well as people in the internet bc, hey those people have probably been drawing for 5 years or so
I thought it was a bummer my miku drawing looked like a smurf with cocaine problems yeah
I've kinda stopped shitting on my drawings
But i didnt let it get to my head
Cause I realized that I'm getting better
Even if I'm not as good as some peeps
There's obvious improvement in my art
Theres this curve that explains how skills improvements work
And it was this straight line that would go up and straight and up again
When ur on the straight it means u arent improving, thus the whole "aaa i hate my art"
Then u hit the eureka moment and start improving, "hey maybe im not so bad at all"
Then that improvement ends up on a straight line again and thus the cycle repeats
Each part of the cycle may happen in the course of days or years
Depends on the person and skill at hand
im just so fucking tired of being burnt out all the time
I realize now that the biggest reason i used to get burnt is bc i would compare my art to other peoples
Really dont have advice for that tho bc ik saying "just stop comparing" doesnt help lmao 
I've stopped comparing a long time aho
Ago*
Cause a lot of the people I was comparing myself to hav been drawings for years
And they practiced everyday and learnt the fundamentals and stuff
Wouldn't be fair to me to compare myself to people like that so I stopped
maybe I should find another name for my projects....
bru-

I could never
Altho my projects do have strange names
What I'm working on rn is named "I'm a tuff guy"
I always key smash when itβs time to name a file...which makes it super not easy to find things later π
I did that for a bit
Then I realized how dumb it was and started giving my stuff real names
i used to key smash π
then a few years ago i started using numbers so everythings in Order of when it was made
Yeah I need to get in the habit of making a new file for every picture, all of mine have hidden layers and folders that are whole different things >.<
best tip for young artists imo is to record the date you made it π i wish i did sooner
Record dates
Why?
Also doesn't windows do that?
LAST modified or whatever it's called
do you not write the date you make ur art?
No
so if you draw it again, you got an exact date? idk
i just make sure i know the month and year it was made and consider that good enough
I don't really care that much about when I do stuff
well windows does do that, but its a problem if its a photo of an art or if u retrieved a copy of it (aka me)
can't you just look at it's creation date from windows
smetimes you lose creation date tho
like, i have files that have been transferred and copied so many times that its like
the creation date just isnt the Right Date
exactly
"I did this a year agoc
" I did that a couple months ago"
Why so the date important?
its just a personal preference i guess 
The dates thing made me feel bad about how long it took >.> no hate on the method tho! I am just slow ._.
I've looked back at my old stuff a lot
the feeling that I can go back to them is enough
looking back makes me feel better about where i am
Same
Iβve been dragging my old unfinished stuff across the finish line kicking and screaming. I had good ideas! Just more ideas than motivation
I wanna do a redraw one of these days
or makes me guilty for not improving π
Definitely gonna redraw my first sdv contest entry
Oh I love the redraws, or when someone draws the same character in a bunch of different styles
yeah!!
That piece was so crusty idk why I ever thought it was good
But the fact that I can say that means I grew a lot
Cause back then I was super freaking proud of it
redraws fun π
Hecckkk yeeea π€
i need to find smth to redraw but there are too many Choices to make
Aww, the stripes are gone :c
maybe if i ever redraw it again the stripes will return π
And the tiny panty shot, itβs like she grew up herself LOL
I have a piece I'm gonna redraw
i think i didnt draw the stripes bc i was just too lazy too
stripes were so tedious when i was doing mouse art
It was a commission
So I'm gonna give the new piece to the person that commissioned me
As a nice thank you for being on of my first clients
omg people who draw with a mouse π© utmost respect
the most i can do is the pen tool (maybe)
i drew with mouse for years before getting my tablet earlier this year π
idk if i could do that again
oof I drew with a mouse for a long time
I didn't really get into drawing with a mouse tbh
All of my old drawings are on my old laptop so theyre as good as lost π
I did it like twice
so hard
I drew with my finger for a bit tho
Thats thrice
That is super nice happy holi!
Also drawing with a mouse is like the Dark Souls of art
Is ir just me or are messages tripled
i just thought the colours on my digital art looked so much better so it was worth the pain of Mouse Art lol
Discord is doing stuff help
i used to draw with finger
got a xp-pen artist 13.3 few weeks ago
fun times
my wrists are so happy
ooo neat! how is it
has some problems but beats my old wacom with no screen
My days of shading with the airbrush
Gross
ah same
π smetimes i look at the wacom tablets lots of pple seem to get as their first tablet
and im glad i was somewhat fussy about getting my first tablet
using the cheapest tablet from amazon yeah totally <_<β
it seems like so many pple get this as their first tablet
like
is it actually good? who knows
Iβm so intimidated by the ones with screens LOL
my tablet doesn't have a screen, but it's bigger in size than the one i sent a pic of
I have the wacom intuos art, and im SO glad i went with medium instead of small
My first and current tablet is the one by Wacom
my first and current tablet is huion so i dont know how wacom is
Works fine for me
i have a gaomon
I used it for like 3 months then switched to xppen
ur internet doesnt tho π
My tablet is pretty small
Mine is about that size, like smaller than a sheet of paper, itβs a Huion
My wrists get goosebumps when i see small tablets 
mine has a lot of buttons cuz i thought i would use em. nope. keyboard shortcuts B')
Mine doesn't have any buttons
Oh I definitely love the buttons on mine
it about the size of my laptop keyboard
undo undo undo undo
Idek if I wanna upgrade
I work well with my current one
4 buttons are enough 
ohh very nice
damn boi it big
Ctrl+z, ctrl+y, ctrl+t & ctrl+s
Idk if I'd want a tablet that big
i probably coulda gotten a tablet sooner
but im glad i waited and ended up with this one
big boi for big boi arts ποΈ 
Big boi art
smetimes the size is annoying
i cant draw if i have a cat on my lap π
Pfft
but yeah big tablets are a bit of hussle though
I have a tiny desk and I have a hard time fitting both my laptop and tablet on it rn :D
first world problems
usually i kinda just:
My tablet is tiny and fits on my desk
has my laptop fallen off the back of my desk before? yes
I Stand and draw so it's perfect
i usually need my laptop screen closer to me or else i hunch over π
now i have my tablet in place and feel like i should be drawing π
my desk isn't wide enough for that π
Ooooh Iβve always wanted a standing desk, maybe as like extra, that would be cool
I use the mousepad part as a tablet stand
That setup looks uncomfy
I could never
fine for drawing, mildly annoying for anything else
so thats when i kinda just yeet the tablet aside
Gaaang π€
blue fren . . .
My laptop is set diagonally
Useful for shortcuts and stuffs
But tablet goes on top of keyboard when im on bed
Then my tablet is beside it
Laptop on lap = tablet on keyboard
i always accidentally press buttons if i leave my tablet on keyboard π
laptop on lap tablet on tab
My tablet is also set diagonally
Perfect for standing and drawing
If I didn't stand and draw my back would've been fucked by now
g*ming π
im confused by the laptop
Monster brand? since when
Gayming :D
I canβt tell if my tablet is small or my laptop is fat or both
im guessing both ;D
Fat laptop :0
I use my mouse on my laptop
A fattop if you will
is that laptop from like
2012/2013?
My tablet goes in the place the mouse would normally go
2007 π¬
o dang, an old boi
it's a turkish company
prtty cool you've had it last that long
I've had my laptop for about 7 years
I only do side tablet if im playing games like osu
Getting a new one this black Friday
Also reduced area for speed and aim 
Iβm scared to ever change bc my friend put photoshop on there for free for me and last I heard they do like subscriptions for ps now??? Like cmon
Lol photoshop
I hack my way through adobe programs
The double msgs make you seem extra mocking XβD
I need em for school 
i got given a free copy of photoshop once, and now i just kinda
keep it on a usb to put onto any new laptop
I could never cope with a subscription based art program
i use csp now and the paying for it monthly is Mildly Annoying
Im more of a pay once use forever kinda guy
And they donβt even have an option to buy it outright?
Hate subscriptions
I'm glad csp is a one payment thinf
Monthly for csp is only got iPad and android iirc
you can do a one time payment for csp
or pay month by month
nah, i pay monthly on my laptop
Why not pay the 50 one time?
i dont have 50
Subs end up being more expensive in the long run
^
maybe so
but i dont have 50 to drop one time
I agree with the img above
Thatβs the new boot fallacy? Or theory? Whatever itβs called
Now you seem extra motivational
If I do another comm or two I might have enough to upgrade to ex
if im not paying for it
then im just not drawing until ive saved up
@ world: commission me so i can buy art program lol
I mean i use firealpaca/medibang so 1 thing less i have to worry about 
You have a Twitter?
That's a good way to get your stuff out there
i have twitter, just never been good at using it 
I used firealpaca for a long time
Really? Iβve found Twitter to be the worst for art, at least comparing to Reddit, insta, tumblr, and etc
I mean
If you put out quality work, have a link to your portfolio, terms and prices there will be people it there that want to buy your art
insta is starting to lose its quality for artists 
For my artstyle, i dont need any fancy paying software so π€
same i just stick with free stuff
Fistbump!
Twitter is more fun for me
Insta is ass with cropping
i dont rlly mind the cropping now. i rather make art however i want instead of worrying about it Β―_(γ)_/Β―
Iβm lucky if I get 1 like on twitter, the same post on Instagram or tumblr could get hundreds of βnotesβ or w/e theyβre called on each site
Im bad with media 
me too
cant handle more than 1 at a time, really
me cropping my long pics to post to instagram
I don't really care for likes
I'm more concerned with how many people are actually seeing the stuff I post
I just donβt get Twitter LOL how does tweet
And my tumblr isnt a thing since the nsfw ban
If I post in both inst and Twitter I'll definitely get more likes in insta
slowly dances in Italian idk that many people see my posts on any social media
but i have two people i follow on insta and we all share each others posts and thats nice
Cant have boobies anymor π
But I don't reach as many people there
are any of you thinking of using artfol once its released?
Whats that
its another art sharing platform thats in beta rn
Never heard of it
Like deviant?
Never heard of it
a lot of its design is just "dont do what instagram is doing to artists >:("
Sounds like a solid model so far LOL
I might get into that
thats $73 in nzd 
i think you can still join beta if youre an android user!
198β¬?!?
Oh geeze thatβs a lot to throw down when you can just give them 10$ a month
Auch
i havent actually posted anything on artfol yet but theres filters for wips, critiques, etc!
But thats almost as much as adobe asks for a yearly sub to photoshop so fair
$73 in nzd is for the pro one tho
It's gonna be expensive
I donβt mean to derail the convo, but do any of you know much about making gifs?
make a few frames and export as gif probably? i forget
ive made them once in my life π
LOL well Iβve had this problem where my gifs only play on tumblr, on Reddit, insta, and Twitter it doesnβt play and sometimes wonβt even load as a still image. I was wondering if anyone happened to know what might be up with that?
I even had to make a halloween themed gif as homework
Sorry that was unclear, the gifs only play on tumblr*** other sites have the problem
guys, just wondering, how many light source overlay layers do yall use? cuz i usually use 1-2 but i saw someone saying that they use 3-10???
@exotic snow
late response but i'm one of those 10+ ppl lol
sometimes i use 20 or more
mostly because i do multiple layers for lineart before sticking them all together, and i do seperate layers and clipping masks for each individual element
a layer and mask for the skin, another for the hair, etc
not to mention overlays for lighting and detail on the hair and then also one for background
Hmm, maybe something about how u compressed it into the format didnt work correctly?
instagram doesnt accept gifs. youll need to make it into a short video :\
This is what i did for the hw
I did try the making into a video thing, just every program I used made it look all crappy, like high JPEG material
Thatβs crazy spooky ππ
Auch that doesnt look right
oooooo thats so coolll
that looks epic 
That black ball on the ceiling isnt supposed to be there
And the final letters rendered weird
i think the ball makes it more ominous
^ yeah
It looks rad dude, like for cereal!
oo scary
Thanksos
Teachr gave me a 8 
Bc apparently i didnt really "animate"
I just moved stuff around
Hereβs one of my gifs, tho Idk if itβll play on discord
But i aint doing frame by frame movement that takes froever
AWW BOYS
BOYS IN LOVE
bruh thats literally animation
Omg it plays on discord!!
ah i see
But halloween themed
And with only one week
And with other homework for other classes
yikes
I aint animating shit
Oh dude thatβs totally animation, esp in the style you did. I object to the teacher
Besides photoshop is SLOOW on my laptop
I made a gif on someone blinking once. Totally an animator now
I had to draw everything in medibang and import the imgs to photoshop
Bc it was that bad 
I donβt mean to derail the convo, but do any of you know much about making gifs?
@vagrant crow i did one in firealpaca once
Also we got quarentined in the middle of that week bc that SAME teacher came up postive
Still, apparently my work is worth an 8
LMAO
Tempted to go tell him to suck a fat one, but it would prove useless so i just let it be π
Been searching for a while
To see if i can find any old drawings on this laptop
found this insteasd
i have no context to it either
its just hidden behind 6 folders
yeah some things just get lost to history
you don't feel like it's yours whjen you unearth them
kawai corn 
a lot of my files are saved in the fire alpaca thing
corn babyes
somethings are better left unearthed..
time to redraw :D
did this for a sdv contest when i first got here
one of my first digital pieces
very good image i drew
idk why i didnt just use a font
mmmm paint
i drew this over a year ago but im still impressed with it
thats really good
that piece i sent was from about a year ago as well
damn that progress
Its so good wtf

ive improved a fuck ton ngl
But i guess i change more their way of being rather than their looks
you should be
Heck yea
a year ago nothing i drew would look like this
i was so crappy yet so proud of myself
omg i love that pose
the uwu aesthetic a little bit cringe looking back on it
i would break my entire being trying to do that
but proud of the triangles π€
old art......
my style is soooooooooooooo different now its crazy
same
omg the bangs
i like how cartoony it looks!
the line weight is kinda on point
and the face has a unique and aesthetic looking vibe to it
kinda like a kids book
i might redo this drawing one day
i kinda like it
i gave her mittens cause i couldnt draw hands
omg life hack
heh clownsies
Aw i just noticed-
Dont have any drawing of all my ocs together that isnt from when i first drew em
Back in 2018 
there's a good development on the long haired short guy, he started out as femenine delicate korean guy and ended up metal loving japanese tall buff masc boy (so masculine hes not scared of being femenine π€ π³ )
dont look at his hands pls
my friend liked her design
Like adoptables?
so i just gave it to her
Oh
not my character anymore
Aw 3:
what are adoptables?
Its like people who design characters and sell em
I personally dont get it
But its a thing
I mean i think i dont get it bc all the ocs i have revolve around my stories
And theyre so entertwined that getting some randos design would defeat the purpose
people have differnt uses for them i suppsoed
i dont have a story for my oc i made
it was just a design
then i gave her a name
she has no story or personality or anything
i mean
even if you do buy a character with a background and personality you dont have to use it
you can just like the design
But again my ocs are set in a realistic world, so design wise theyre just,,, normal ppl
They have some querks like sora and the long hair
mine was a normal person as well
just wore wacky clothes
and a plastic mask cause why not
im to lazy to come up with all that
Its fun thinking how they would interact between eachother and stuff
Heck yeah clownsies
I mean im slowly giving up on ever making a comic for them tbh
I have them as characters completely set up, each with their own backstory and stuff
But making a comic is time consuming
Ive ranted on and on abt my ocs to my irl friends and they all love the story
But i guess its just a story i wont end up telling to the rest of the world 
you could totally do it
you have the style perfect for a comic
just start small
do the story boards for a couple pages
lines them
colour
even if its a page a month
Thats the thing, i have the story but idk how to set it up
Who should be the protagonist, how should it start
Like each character has their own story and then they kinda come together as a music band
Maybe i could do a chapter for each character? But then how do i line up when they meet up
Bc each of them meet at different rates too
Its a logistics nightmare π
I feel the story is too ambicious for my abilities
Too complex and entertwined
almost all my pfps are my artworks
Heck changed it to ice cream boye
Because no matter the season irs always a good time for some ice cream
Heres it
I based the colors off what i usually do
With highlighters on my school notebooks
Thats also why the grid thingie is there
Wanted to make it look like a notebook doodle
But failed miserably because i lack the right brushes for that
Like this
my obsession for cute boys in short shorts is showing oops
wow. really cool how you used highlighters 
Nice! He reminds me of Wilbur
whats he playin π€
Other than the ankle that looks amazing
Does it look like that in the show? Cuz that looks broken lol
Ohhh wow, thatβs a little disturbing
L is very cool
i love it omg i love L
The ankle doesn't look wrong, but a little bit uncomfortable for the character.
these seasonals arent gonna be as hard as i thought they were gonna be 
:O shes so prettyyy
yooo
HOW DID YOU DO THAT
THE COLORS
ROBIN πͺ§
?
that's not the pleading emoji
Ah. Now i can read it better.
are the prices ok?
If you believe the prices are worth your art, then you don't need to change them
They are fine either way
is non-stardew art ok here
Ye
Eee but like i devalue my art alot and I know its not good but i can never seem to value my art more than 5$ but i estimated those prices would be ok
The classic dilemma: Is the artist or the client undervaluing the artist's work?
im not sure. The only person who ever commissioned me told me that me chwrging 25$ wasnt enough
Well it's at least definitely worth more than 5$ from what I've seen.
if you work hard it doesn't hurt to charge what you think it costs
Izzy's Art is truly amazing, it is totally worth more than 25$
Or at least charge 25$ and not feel guilty in the slightest about it.
AHHH well i think it look like izzy works hard on how they paint their art and fullbodies are really laborious too
Alcoholics Anonymous but instead it's artists that can't bring themselves to charge what they deserve.
β"sometimes I'll even sneak in a request for family members or friends when no one's looking and then refuse payment"
oh wow that's some serious paper warping
just place some paper weights on it and leave it for a few hours or days and problem fixed
Furniture today is cuckoo clocksss
these seasonals arent gonna be as hard as i thought they were gonna be :partytime:
@balmy venture is that leah or robin ?! either way shes so cute
@gloomy turtle its not warped its just kinda curved
but its not that warped
also bc a lot of paint went on it
@mossy leaf paper weights?
same thing in this case
and yeah that's pretty curved
just stick it under a few heavy books overnight
^
Paper weights just means taking heavy flat stuff like books and placing them on paper
Helps flatten the paper
To make sure any dust/dirt from the weights gets to the painting, i recommend putting a piece of paper in between them
Between the painting and weights i mean
okie
the drawing is in cellophane so it should be oki
oki i officiallized the commissions
you're a very good artist
thank you :)
theres a really good humble book bundle for animation and other stuff and idk if i should get it 
yep! including sound design, acting, and related books
dat moment when you received your 1st like in your artsite be like.. 
took me a week after my DA just born
yet sadly I made my DA during mod development, so I hardly post any art oof
and also i have made food baskets because i still have quite a bit of catchup to do on furniture oops
I MADE A SPELLING MISTAKE ON MY COMMISSIONS SHEET
Reeeee
rip
Eee but like i devalue my art alot and I know its not good but i can never seem to value my art more than 5$ but i estimated those prices would be ok
@lament turtle 5 bucks is the lowest you should ever sell anything for
because when you take out paypal merchant fees
you wont have any money left for yourself
oki i officiallized the commissions
@lament turtle do you have your terms set up? cause thats important
Those food baskets make me hungry for some reason
you should probably make really detailed terms to protect yourself
and add it to your invoices
Did you remove your commission post? I get a Page Not Found error when going to the link.
Did you remove your commission post? I get a Page Not Found error when going to the link.
@tawny lynx who?
love the shading
Ooo, looks nice.
@glossy steppe neer bad
hes not bad :(
The art is good , just neer bad
shane has noticed a thing
@dire plaza you up? I can give you a team name for Robin and the merryish men
HAER
or HEAR
feel free to ping me back whenever you get up
i gotta log off now
a rainy boy
he looks so good
i love his hair!
@balmy venture are you working in a mod or just doing art?
im making my own portrait mod into a seasonal version, using paradigmnomad's coding (with perm ofc)
I like 
i like it
when i play sdv again (when 1.15 comes out) ill use it
if its done in time
i like the style a lot
aww she looks so cute!!! i love leah 
i LOVE your versions of the portraits :O
@frozen plaza Interesting, but how did you connect the names to it? I see Elliott, Harvey, and Robin, but who's the A?
do it, dont let ur dreams be dreams
the art here is so incredible i love seeing these portraits they all look great
jessie go crazy on the pixel art
pretty pretty art
:O frog what happened to u,,,
Wdym
ur fish now
o
i am so in love with your art style 
Aaaaa tenkyu 
