creative-discussion

[exotic snow]

you can measure yourself

[vernal nexus]

You can measure yourself

[warm finch]

||Mine has grown prolly half a cup over the lockdown|| soooo i see why my art shows girls with bigger boobies these days...

[exotic snow]

hahaha omg

(but honestly same....)

[warm finch]

Lmaoooooo

[exotic snow]

but they get bigger when im near my period..?? for some reason;;

[warm finch]

My oc all had flat chest back in middle school

Now they’re all grown up

[exotic snow]

anyway we're straying away from creative topics lmao

[warm finch]

We areee

Still my favourite draft

[exotic snow]

AAAA cuteness

what is that tho alsdjfa

[pastel iris]

so in the end, I only categorize boobs based simply on : S, M, L, XL lol

[warm finch]

My poro

[exotic snow]

tonguey boi

[pastel iris]

for my artworks I mean

[warm finch]

Fair enough

He good boi amaryn

Very good boi, i snuggle him every night when i sleep

[grand cave]

that SLEEVE

[tropic halo]

boobs in art for me art just
them being there
and them not being there

[exotic snow]

oh another source for boobs is .. hentai manga

[pastel iris]

small prolly ranges from <B, medium C-E, F-G for large, then above that for extra large

[exotic snow]

the boobs in there look .. good.. i guess

[warm finch]

I mean not wrong but they’re usually veryyyyyyyy big

[exotic snow]

^ yeah

C- E is medium ..? oh

[pastel iris]

jeez hemtai is mostly inaccurate and exaggerated lol

don't use that as your base

[warm finch]

My boyfriend literally says it’s hard to find smaller boobies characters and he isn’t a big fan of massive boobies

[vernal nexus]

It doesn't even matter how big or small boobs are, as long as they are positioned correctly and not like... right under a girls chin, ya feel

[exotic snow]

flat chested girls have a fanbase i heard

[tropic halo]

this convo derails so fast

[warm finch]

I hope junimos don’t come in and see this convo

[exotic snow]

honestly😂

[vernal nexus]

But we're just discussing anatomy.

[pastel iris]

be mature and simply redirect topic to something else, it's not hard

[exotic snow]

true

[warm finch]

So anywayyyyy

[pastel iris]

also small sized boobs characters isn't hard to find tbh

but again it depends in his perspective

[exotic snow]

especially in anime ig

[warm finch]

Not loli

[exotic snow]

i dont like lolis, except kanna

[grand cave]

I’ve been focusing on a lot of naked poses recently in traditional and I’m just, gosh, so concerned for accidentally stumbling across it while trying to show my art books to someone someday since they’re hidden amongst a few. Like “whoops! oh look the next page is a snake girl let’s look at that instead! :D”

[warm finch]

Sometimes i wanna draw lolita dresses

[pastel iris]

most of my pal (they are hardline otakus lol) said that lightning has smol boobs, and what do your bf think butter?

lolita dresses are big deal, all frills and stuff

[warm finch]

I heard kanna

[exotic snow]

I think it's more how you yourself see it, I on one see nothing wrong with drawing naked models tbh

[tropic halo]

yeah

[pastel iris]

don't bring up weird things like lolis please lol

[tropic halo]

in my art folder theres a whole folder filled with naked drawings

nothing sexual about it so if someone sees idc

[pastel iris]

of course I literally don't mean that way kek

[tropic halo]

just me trying to not be shit at anatomy

[grand cave]

Neither do I haha, it’s more just so an unexpected surprise that I don’t particularly want to run into if I was showing it to a young person who would probably make a big deal out of it 😂

[pastel iris]

also if your bf wants to look for girls with smaller boobs butter, try look for FF characters, even though I see FF womens are pretty much normal sized

[exotic snow]

i once heard someone say, any body part is not sexual unless and until someone intends it to be so ig that sums it up

[exotic snow]

lol yeah tbh in that case, i wouldnt even show them anything

[tropic halo]

yeah
i agree with this

[exotic snow]

im lowkey scared of children/younger people

[tropic halo]

a boob is just a boob til you want it to be more than a boob
then its a boob ;3

[pastel iris]

talking about body parts is fine, but some people can be easily triggered if someone brings up about underaged body parts and easily causes misunderstandings

[exotic snow]

mhm understandable

[warm finch]

True..

[pastel iris]

and the chat suddenly dead

lol

[warm finch]

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-monkey-puppet-meme-awkward-gif-15268759

[exotic snow]

i was thinking so hard of something to say lol

[pastel iris]

make it simple : return to previous topic, boobs

[warm finch]

I was whining at my boyfriend for a selfie

[exotic snow]

imagine if we were all in a room irl and we all went silent

[warm finch]

I’m prolly too busy playing with my plushies then😂

Because i kinda am rn

[exotic snow]

because of this convo i think i'll be more conscious of mine from this day onwards

it'll make for good anatomy study lol

[pastel iris]

conscious of what exactly

[exotic snow]

how to draw boobs

[tropic halo]

im just trying to figure out this dumb body

[pastel iris]

kek

after seeing your artworks again, now I just noticed I haven't seen you drawing women

[exotic snow]

girl thighs are hard to draw as well

uh huh, yeah

[exotic snow]

in what sense?

[pastel iris]

oh waitasecond

now I see leah

[exotic snow]

Leah's about the only girl I've drawn, i think

[tropic halo]

im trying to make a ref sheet for my oc

the arm is just giving me a hard time

[exotic snow]

usually when im having a hard time drawing, hitting myself in the head with a pillow often works

[tropic halo]

pfft

[exotic snow]

something could just be stuck

[pastel iris]

yeap just stalked your whole post in creative

[tropic halo]

i might just go back to my first drawing of her and just steal the arm

[pastel iris]

only leah apparently

[tropic halo]

not art theft if im stealing from my self

that cancels it out

[exotic snow]

sometimes i feel uncomfortable drawing girls and i dunno why

[pastel iris]

and I think you also draw hers quite big ama kek

[exotic snow]

oh? lemme check

[pastel iris]

eh, being uncomfortable on drawing specific sex on character is normal

[exotic snow]

huh. they dont look that big to me tho, they look about my size

[pastel iris]

lots of artist has preference drawing on 1 sex

are you sure you have knockers exactly as big as your head?

[exotic snow]

well my head is... bigger ig lmao

[pastel iris]

because I see leah's has size around her head

[exotic snow]

but the way the shirt clings to the boobs, they are about the same

yeah, leah's face... the longer i look at it the worse it gets alsdfjajsd

[pastel iris]

how I measure boob size on character is from head size

[exotic snow]

i measure by eye by shoulder width

[warm finch]

Are we still talking tiddies

[exotic snow]

or by hand size, cuz.. you know

[pastel iris]

yes butter

[warm finch]

Aight

[pastel iris]

ah right, hand size as well

[warm finch]

I was talking with my mom about covid in hong kong but I’m bacc

I love drawing hands

[tropic halo]

same

[exotic snow]

are yall talking about how yau ma tei is in lockdown lol

[tropic halo]

hands are fun

i hate drawing arms tho

[exotic snow]

fingers are fun

[tropic halo]

fuck arms
who needs em

[exotic snow]

i love men fingers

[warm finch]

HOW DID YOU KNOW

[exotic snow]

I'M FROM HK BRO

[warm finch]

Amaryn where you from?

GASP

[pastel iris]

gosh I hate drawing hands

[exotic snow]

gasp

[warm finch]

You must know cantonese!?

[pastel iris]

no idea why are you enjoying it

[exotic snow]

yeah

[warm finch]

OMG

[tropic halo]

its fun cause its easy

[warm finch]

Can i dm you?

[exotic snow]

canto, mandarin, eng, japanese and a little bit of german

[warm finch]

Omg

[exotic snow]

UWU yes butter

[tropic halo]

just like
put some small meat sticks on a meat stump and boom hand

[exotic snow]

i like mine looking more like sausages

[tropic halo]

boney sausages

[pastel iris]

I can't imagine someone with sausage fingers

oh heck I forgot today is my nightwatch day

brb

[exotic snow]

This is art by Yura, the Japanese artist i talked about
The hand here is just- chefs kiss

[tropic halo]

damn

those folds

that white shirt

is really sexy

[exotic snow]

all her art is so seggsy

i stare at them for days

[tropic halo]

ive been staring at that white shirt for a while now

[exotic snow]

Yura also drew this sprite, this seggsy mf

the way she draws clothes is just- just.. i have no words

[vernal nexus]

Clothes are so weird, you'd think they'd be so smooth but they're wrinkly everywhere but if it's too much wrinkles, it's also weird. 😩

tl;dr clothes are hard

[tropic halo]

pfft

im just gonna comm someone in the future to do this ref sheet for me
ill just draw more portraits and cry

[exotic snow]

i find this way of drawing clothes is the easiest for me, i just add a lot of shapes

[vernal nexus]

I usually do the same as with hands, look at my own and figure it out.

Also bullshit my way through it.

[tropic halo]

honestly
me

i bs my way through a lot

[exotic snow]

or just put them in pockets

[vernal nexus]

I'm over the putting hands in pockets or behind the back. 😔 ✊

I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore. I draw my bad hands with pride!

And I don't hide eyes behind hair/bangs on purpose anymore either.

(I'm just being proud of how far I've come, don't mind me haha)

[tropic halo]

omg why did i never think of this

time to give everyone i draw bangs

[vernal nexus]

...you're welcome I guess? haha

[exotic snow]

hide both eyes behind bangs, big brain moment

might as well hide the mouth with a scarf

[tropic halo]

and the ears with muffs

and then put one hand behind the back and one in a pocket

[warm finch]

Ears with muffs with frogs

[vernal nexus]

Ears aren't even that hard tbh.

[exotic snow]

mhm, they are fairly quick/easy to draw

[vernal nexus]

I want someone to draw that totally hidden person because currently I'm too lazy to do it but I wanna see it lol

[exotic snow]

i wanna draw it but stares at my tiny ass tablet

oh actually, i wanna do an art roulette thing

[vernal nexus]

Mine is also tiny. Someone with a BIG screen tablet should do it... 👀

[exotic snow]

where one person does the sketch, one person does the lines, one person do the flat colors and one person does shading and finishing

[exotic snow]

👀 n- nae...?

[tropic halo]

me who struggles with ears

[warm finch]

Ears are fine for me

[vernal nexus]

We all struggle with different things. 😔

[tropic halo]

lol no

[warm finch]

I like drawing ears

[tropic halo]

i can barely use it

id end up drawing a stick man

[warm finch]

But i struggle with coloring soooo much

[vernal nexus]

But a stick man with his eyes behind bangs, his mouth behind a scarf, one hand in the pocket and one behind his back.

[exotic snow]

its him

[tropic halo]

omg-

i love him

[mighty bronze]

very nice him

[warm finch]

i am really feeling like drawing some winx club girls..

i realllly realllly like musa but i can't seem to capture their personality and character that well

[exotic snow]

i had to google them to find out who they are and, there's something very nostalgic about their character designs I like it

[warm finch]

i absolutely don't like the season 8 art style and how covered and child friendly the show has become

[rain mauve]

tada~

finally finished it

[abstract lichen]

So cute!

[warm finch]

ahhh

[rain mauve]

added a little dunsparce so people dont steal

[warm finch]

so cute ;-;!!

[rain mauve]

thx :)

that moment when someone compliment your art and you KNOW they are about to ask if you can draw them for free

that has happened more than once at school -_-

what should i do a gif of next?

dino coming out of a chicken egg

[warm finch]

lmao yea, ppl don't understand the term commission sometimes

[rain mauve]

yeah

step 1: shake

step 2: begin crack. (this section might start looping funky)

[cosmic shell]

does this look alright to yall? I'm on the fence about her eyes?

or maybe this?

[rain mauve]

i dont know, i am not at that level yet, sorry :(

i finished my 32X32 gif though

[cosmic shell]

it's all good

I think I might have fixed some issue with the second

[rain mauve]

tada!

[cosmic shell]

the eyes look less harsh

awwww

so cute!!!!

[rain mauve]

i am practicing with stardew valley sprites first cause A: i love the game and B:it is easier to do little pixel art at my level

it is harder to see the flaws lol

[cosmic shell]

nah, that's what I tell people who are interested

Less space to fill up with small shit

[rain mauve]

yee

think i screwed up the timing on frame 1

there

now the dunsparce blurb is more visible

[warm finch]

aww it's so cute

[rain mauve]

thx :)

[cosmic shell]

Lola looks like a potato 😦

or a little gnocchi of cuteness

maybe the cheek wrinkle helps?

[bleak bloom]

Yeah the wrinkle seemed to help

[cosmic shell]

bam

[sullen leaf]

i love her!!

she looks like shed give me a good hard talking to about my bs and then make me a bunch of cookies and it would be therapy

[cosmic shell]

❤️

I do the portraits for Ridgeside, the official ones

so that's our girl Lola

[sullen leaf]

Wonderful!

[pastel iris]

https://twitter.com/forexposure_txt/status/1353129358290870272?s=20

For Exposure (@forexposure_txt)

"those who pass a vetting process and pay a $1,500 annual fee plus $500 up front – will have the opportunity to publish original content to the Rolling Stone website. This allows members to position themselves as thought leaders and share their expertise”

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"If you work for us, then you have to pay us not the otherwise" -Business nowdays

[delicate gulch]

who tf is going to pay $2000 to write articles for someone else

[sly narwhal]

wtf

[humble lava]

if they didn't have any supervisors I could see people with too much cash blowing that 2k to shitpost on the site

[pastel iris]

no idea, one thing for sure I won't 😆

[dense wing]

ooooh lola is grandma in tagalog

Lola looks wholesome

[echo mesa]

mmm, yes
that is How Anatomy Works

djonks
leggies r short

[vernal nexus]

I feel that so much Jas

I like that pose though I'm looking forward to seeing the finished piece :3

[echo mesa]

thank ^~^
after ive finished it i get to play sims

[sullen leaf]

Hi! Okay I wanted to make a lil npc oc and idk about her, is something off? Perhaps her color pallet is too similar to Demetrius ? obviously these are just base colors

[royal geyser]

Oh wow! I love her! If you want to make her portrait in a more "vanilla" style, you could add more shading, but she looks great.

[mighty bronze]

Birb

1 sketch done, 19 more to go weheh

Yes, I wanna sketch at least 20 cartoon characters, my favs from old/new cartoons

[vernal nexus]

I love the portrait and the design!
It looks really nice to me already. The points I noticed that might feel off to you: The shading of the skin under the chin is quite dark and the same colour as the lines. If this is intentional, ignore me. If not, the shading can be a bit lighter and still give a sense of shade.
The other thing I noticed is the straps of the top: On one side it's flat on the body, on the other side it's a bit more curved.

If you're not looking for advice at all, ignore all that. In any case, keep it up! :D

I think the colour palette is fine! I especially like her hair colour.

[tropic halo]

when CA does outlines he doesnt just use one colour

he uses a darker hue shifted version of the colour hes outlining

csp gang
Dont forget

[gloomy turtle]

csp looking like a gatcha game

[sullen leaf]

Ah thank you so much!!

I’ll take this into account

[balmy venture]

whats the sitch on 1.5 in the art channels? are we allowed to show the new portraits?

[stuck robin]

just spoilered i think

[balmy venture]

oh aight

1.5 spoilers then but this lady has been a Pain

[ember zealot]

i dont know who that is because im too busy too play enough lately but now i want to play 😔

[sly narwhal]

that's me after seeing all 1.5 spoilers

[balmy venture]

yeah honestly i haven't touched 1.5 yet lol just need to update my portrait mod

[pure phoenix]

Can someone help me with drawing faces? I'm having a really really hard time atm (,:

[sullen leaf]

Sure!

[pure phoenix]

I'll PM the picture to you because I'm super insecure about my art

[sullen leaf]

Ok I

[tropic halo]

i can offer advice as well if you want

[unreal stream]

messy sketch

[stuck robin]

so can i if you'd like a third opinion!

[unkempt tinsel]

i'm doing the people yelling at a cat meme

[tropic halo]

omg i love it

lowkey about to steal your background colour
im getting bored of grey

[unkempt tinsel]

yesss go for it

sketch is done

[tropic halo]

omg i love it

[unkempt tinsel]

thank uuuu

i'm really happy with it i had the giggles while drawing it

[tropic halo]

nailed the expressions

[unkempt tinsel]

thanks!!! i had a lot of fun with that LOL

[unkempt tinsel]

i am having an insane amount of fun on this

[marble storm]

That is incredible and hilarious!

[unkempt tinsel]

thanks

[marble storm]

Of course, your artistic talent is truly amazing

[arctic ingot]

omg jade hahaha

i love how u color

[unkempt tinsel]

awww tysm

[humble lava]

I love it, but would need someone who has seen the newer movies to explain the 2 characters on the left to me

[unkempt tinsel]

the two characters on the left are bo-katan and koska, bo-katan is someone who was in the animated shows and recently ||the mandalorian||

[warm finch]

God i love it

[unkempt tinsel]

the adventure continues

[sly narwhal]

woah looks good so far!

[fossil helm]

Wanna know a fun fact?
👀

I draw with my finger and my finger only (digitally) 😳

[stuck robin]

omg i love that for so many reasons dsfafdk

artsy that is amazing! i could never and i admire artists who use their finger to draw so much

[velvet sun]

i used to draw with my finger before realizing it looked like shit

[sly narwhal]

i used to draw with finger until i got a tablet and pen

[desert mural]

i lost my stylus so i have to draw with my finger lol

[mighty bronze]

Sounds interesting but I can't lol

Big fongers

Getting a new tablet was truly a blessing

[velvet sun]

Im angery

[odd tiger]

Should I draw plague doctors/nurses or some frogs?

[vernal nexus]

Frogs 👀

[steep thicket]

...frogs dressed as plague doctors?

plague doctors holding frogs

[tropic halo]

this

[rain olive]

Looks so cute forsy!!

[lament turtle]

Frogs.

[unkempt tinsel]

frogs in a plague doctor mask

[vernal nexus]

Plague doctors in frog masks. 🤔

[unkempt tinsel]

even better

[tawny lynx]

"Polls found that our previous masks were intimidating to the peasantry."

[tropic halo]

plague doctors wearing frogs as shoes

[tawny lynx]

Every time they step:
rib-
-bit
rib-
-bit
rib-
-bit

[unkempt tinsel]

[velvet sun]

wow drawing is hard and i can't do it lmaoo

[cunning bluff]

Woop woop im new

[velvet sun]

everytime i make a sketch it looks bad how

[marble storm]

I very much disagree with that statement

[velvet sun]

you clearly havent seen how inconsistent my art is lol

i just dunno how to mak it look good

[unkempt tinsel]

it's good to try to finish stuff even if you're unhappy with it, that can help

[marble storm]

I absolutely love the last sketch you sent, and yeah, what Jade said

Jade gives the good advices

[velvet sun]

uuugh but i hate it so much i cant finish it

it's so ugly

[unkempt tinsel]

i think you're being a bit too harsh on yourself especially if it's the last thing u posted in here

but it's your art so if you wanna do something else, you can ofc

[mighty bronze]

I do like to finish what I start, at least till the line art

that's the beauty of it, you never know what will come up next, just look forward and love what you can do because everyone has a different style and way to work

[tawny lynx]

Hey, you.
Yeah you.
Shush; your art is great.

[odd tiger]

@lament turtle imma do it >:)

[heady oriole]

@odd tiger You leveled up to Cowpoke. You can now speak in our voice channels!

[odd tiger]

Yay!

[tawny lynx]

I think you're just in the valley of the shadow of death the Dunning-Kruger effect, Forsythia.

[velvet sun]

leg

[tawny lynx]

Oh, "legit", right?

[velvet sun]

No just leg

[tawny lynx]

Ah ok.

Funny though because I'm in pretty much the same spot, but being aware of the effect doesn't make it all that much easier to deal with the feeling.

[tropic halo]

the cartoony part of my drawing skills is boring

i keep drawing everything realistically ;-;

[long thicket]

i cannot get motivated to draw big things recently
I just rush an OC drawing and the shading and lineart feel smudgy and i can't focus on what i'm making and it's very frustrating-

[sullen leaf]

Okay so I’m really enjoying this so far, pixel art is some NICE. But I just wanted to share some progress and any feed back anyone has

Her hair was really fun to shade

[stuck robin]

that looks amazing so far!! only advice i would really give is making her bottom lip a bit taller and using a different color for the bandanna outline

[sullen leaf]

Thank you thank you!

[mossy leaf]

the progress is looking really good!

[rain olive]

Looks nice salad!!!

[tropic halo]

yeah it looks really nice

portrait sketch of my new oc
cartoony faces are hard but im getting there ig

[stuck robin]

the hair looks really cute!

[mighty bronze]

Indeed

[unkempt tinsel]

i luv the hair!!!

and i also like bob staring at me

[sullen leaf]

I love how you draw lips!

[lament turtle]

Trying a dwarf fan art with my new stylus, any thoughts?

[lament turtle]

Now I just realized that I don't know how to make an arm

[mossy leaf]

lmao

just put a blanket on his shoulders, problem solved

[lament turtle]

Lol

That's actually a good thing

Now I can progress on this

[tropic halo]

hes there for moral support

blankets to save the day

[unkempt tinsel]

awwwwww

[lament turtle]

The new dwarf jar

[balmy venture]

this looks very nice but are you intending to put it into the game as a portrait? because if so it needs to be a certain size (unless ur using portraiture)

[sullen leaf]

No, no it’s just a lil personal thing. I don’t know anything about using custom portraits

[balmy venture]

oh okay! well nevermind then lol its very nice

[raw dragon]

new pixel art style, I guess? I dunno, I'm trying to for a bit simpler artstyle so I can make anatomy look a bit better (non pixel and pixel)

[lament turtle]

The collar isn't what I wanted

Any tips?

It looks weird

[gray gazelle]

if you're going for a layer of cloth on the collar, try to think about the edge of cloth as a long, smooth cylinder that's being draped in a loop around the neck/collar area

sketch a tube shape first, keep the thickness of it consistent, then smooth out the lines at the bottom area of the tube

also hi everyone i went back to work recently so i havent been very active but it's still really nice seeing everyone's projects!!

[lament turtle]

Hummm

Let me try something so

[gray gazelle]

oooooooo

ugh i love the way you paint skin <3 <3 <3 you do a really good job of giving it dimension and shadow without over-rendering

[stuck robin]

over-rendering

looks good nae!

[hard wind]

Why does it seem like you gotta be good at realism to be considered a “real artist”

[lament turtle]

Something like this?

One side looks good (right) the other not that much

[hard wind]

I need guidance

Idk what to paint or draw next and it’s been too long

[stuck robin]

something stardew related!

and you definitely dont need to be good at realism to be considered a "real artist"

[sly narwhal]

mhm, i only draw anime cartoon ish and i still consider myself an artist

[lament turtle]

I ended up with this

[sly narwhal]

oo looks good

[hard wind]

Ik but it feels like there’s too much pressure to actually learn realism

I’ve put weeks and weeks into making notes on realism

And proportions

And I don’t know man

I’m getting better it’s just annoying that I have to learn it to be successful as an artist

Or at least be considered successful

I don’t think it’s true but according to the outside opinion it’s very heavily valued

Idk I don’t like it

[hard wind]

Fantastic

[fossil helm]

You don't need to learn it to be successful, but it is important.

You don't need to "master" it per say, but you should learn the basics if you want your proportions to be more realistic.

its not required at all though, no matter the opinions of others.

[hard wind]

Yeah true true

[tropic halo]

thats not true at all

[hard wind]

Idk I wanna go through this art school

And they got a whole thing on that according to a couple people ik

[fossil helm]

Im doing a zoology major once I get enough money to go to college 👁👁

[hard wind]

Oooooooo

[tropic halo]

teachers push students to learn realism cause once you have that foundation youll be better able to stylize and simplify while keeping great proportions

[hard wind]

Yeah but I’m talking like school commissions and all that stuff yk like

Everyone want realism lmao

[fossil helm]

But I recommend drawing in your normal style while your also learning realism, so you don't only draw in realism and almost forget your normal style.

[fossil helm]

😔😔

[hard wind]

Yeah I’ve done that so many times

Lol

Hold up

This is what all my recent stuff looks like

[fossil helm]

oh nice

[hard wind]

Bc it’s for my college portfolio

And I don’t like it

[fossil helm]

😔

[hard wind]

I wanna go back to drawing stuff like this

This was fun

[fossil helm]

Well then do it 👐

[hard wind]

I can’t I don’t have time

It sucks

[fossil helm]

:/

[hard wind]

I gotta spend all my time doing sculpting and my college portfolios and stuff

[fossil helm]

oof

[hard wind]

And the little time I got left is usually spent on hw and stuff

[tropic halo]

its not about style tho
Its about understanding the basics and getting a proper foundation

[fossil helm]

Im doing homework rn 👁👁

[tropic halo]

people get so obsessed with the idea of having a unique art style

[fossil helm]

Yeah ik, just a friendly reminder lol

[hard wind]

Same lol

[fossil helm]

I think I have a decently unique style

Its not my main focus tho

[hard wind]

Being unique is impossible to avoid

There’s always something different

It doesn’t have to be so drastically different compared to others

It’s just how you make what you make

[fossil helm]

this is a basic representation of how I draw dudes

except I usually add hair and a face but whatever

[stuck robin]

nagbut i like your art a lot!

[hard wind]

Ooooo

[hard wind]

Thanks homie

[stuck robin]

the colors in the second one are so sick and the perspective and glow in the fingers on the first one plus the crosshatching is really cool

[tropic halo]

im not too worried about finding a unique art style

i just wanna make nice art

style will com eventually

[fossil helm]

An art style is just how your brain remembers how stuff looks and how you can draw that on a canvas or whatever

[humble lava]

that's the way to approach it if you're serious

[tropic halo]

yeah im more focused on improving

[hard wind]

@stuck robin thank you lol I accidentally used crosshatching on a piece that was supposed to be either paint or charcoal but I’m glad it ended up being the optimal move lmao

[tropic halo]

some people are so focused on keeping their unique artstyle they hinder themselves from improving

[hard wind]

Also I tried transposing music onto a 2”*2” area and that was a mistake lol

Don’t try it

[stuck robin]

lmao

[hard wind]

Yea exactly

[stuck robin]

when i focus and worry too much about my art style i get way too in my head and all existential crisis-y/ wondering how someone as uncreative as myself can have a unique artstyle so i just do like nae said and try to focus on improving 😩

[tropic halo]

yeah

[echo mesa]

whenever pple talk about art style it kinda bugs me
pple place Way Too Much importance on it

[hard wind]

Honestly the thing that helped me grow a lot is branching out

[tropic halo]

art style really isnt as important as people think it is

[hard wind]

Don’t stay on one thing for too long

Style is impossible to avoid and extremely difficult to develop in the sense people talk about

[stuck robin]

• sweats in only drawing females from the shoulders up *

[hard wind]

Your style is already present in your work

[tropic halo]

same here

i used to say stuff like
id never do realism

[hard wind]

Just learn to embrace it

[tropic halo]

but doing a lil realism has helped me

[stuck robin]

like drawing hawt noses

[hard wind]

I do realism out of fear

[tropic halo]

i now properly understand the structure of the face
and i can colour and shade planes properly without my drawing looking flat

[hard wind]

I can draw anything but faces

[echo mesa]

i only rly enjoy realism when it comes to fruit and landscapes tbh

[hard wind]

I can draw a perfect body

And all that

[lament turtle]

Try doing it like this? Why am i drawing in class

[stuck robin]

damn i wish

[hard wind]

But when it comes to drawing a whole face I can’t

[stuck robin]

thats so cute

[hard wind]

Like if you look at my series this year

[tropic halo]

i love faces

faces are the best

[hard wind]

There’s probably only like 1 or 2 actual fully fleshed out faces

Lmao

I wish I could do faces @tropic halo

[fossil helm]

face

[tropic halo]

i love doing the different styles of noses
and lips

i love em

[gray gazelle]

(skjdksjdfh im a major over-renderer i feel u )

[fossil helm]

Same but not with lips

I don't do lips lol

[lament turtle]

Bruh what even is rendering idk her reeeee

[hard wind]

Idk if you’d consider this a face

[tropic halo]

you should practice some realism on humans
itll help with your stylized pieces

[stuck robin]

woah

[hard wind]

It’s just the eyes

[lament turtle]

Woah that's great

[hard wind]

And that’s all I can really do w a face

[lament turtle]

I ended up with this before the post

[hard wind]

@tropic halo Fr at some point can you teach me how to draw faces

[tropic halo]

probably the best thing ive ever drawn and will ever draw in a while

[hard wind]

@tropic halo at some point

[tropic halo]

most effort ive ever put into anything

[hard wind]

Lol

[hard wind]

Oooooooooo

[tropic halo]

idk how to teach tbh
just read some anatomy boks

[hard wind]

That’s really good man

[tropic halo]

i went through some of those on my own time
and studdied the planes of the head

[lament turtle]

Ayeeee ibis paint x gang

[tropic halo]

then i watched some youtube vids
and did a lot of practice

[hard wind]

Honestly teaching is p easy and that’s also helped me grow in art

Like it seems daunting

But it’s really only the factor of time

That makes it difficult

[tropic halo]

i went through a lot of sketches like these

[stuck robin]

i know im learning art in the wrong way but.. im getting somewhere so im ok with it

[hard wind]

I can’t do digital for the life of me

[tropic halo]

i dont think theres a wrong or right way to learn

[lament turtle]

Yay

[fossil helm]

What program is that 😳

[tropic halo]

theres some basic stuff that everyone needs to know
but its really just what works best for you
as long as its not counter productive

[hard wind]

@stuck robin there’s no right or wrong way lol just make art and your already learning

[tropic halo]

clip studio paint

[fossil helm]

nice

[stuck robin]

ik theres technically no wrong way but im literally staying in my comfort zone, not really caring about anatomy n shit just making it look like a person ig?? 😩

[hard wind]

Realizing what you’re doing wrong is great for improvement as well

If there’s something you wanna learn

Then what’s stopping you

[tropic halo]

this right here is so important

[fossil helm]

me for the first half of my life be like

[gray gazelle]

when i feel like i'm starting to get in my comfort zone too much with stuff im working on, i pick one part of the comfort zone and try to move out of it in the next piece

[tropic halo]

so many people are just lost in their heads

[gray gazelle]

also yes this

[tropic halo]

thats why its good to get criticism

so you dont end up growing into a delusional artist

[fossil helm]

like this

it resembles a human figure I guess

[gray gazelle]

you do have a really strong sense of proportion! which is important, and honestly one of the most difficult parts of starting to learn and understand anatomy

[stuck robin]

thank you nagbut and noodle for the advice

i agree

[gray gazelle]

from there it's a lot of tightening of the basic screws

[hard wind]

@stuck robin if you want lessons or some guidance or something like that in branching out into a new style I and I’m sure many people here would be glad to help lol

[fossil helm]

I wasn't even trying with anatomy I thought the atamony sucked so that's a surprise to hear 🤡

Also your out here talking about proportion while the oc I drew that your referring to is 7'2 lmao

[tropic halo]

i love doing cartoony ish works
but i just cant bring myself to stylize to that level
i like having all my proportions realistic

[gray gazelle]

LOL for proportion i mean the way the shapes of the body relate to one another! it makes sense and it isn't like, uncanny valley, you know? sometimes (esp when moving to a human figure in a cartoony style) it's easy to lose that humanoid aspect in the proportions but you have a good balance

[fossil helm]

tbh I think I stylize a bit too much

this man being an example of thst

[hard wind]

I got notes if anyone wants them too lol

Like a whole ass Wikipedia page of proportions and shit

[fossil helm]

B) 👌

[fossil helm]

his cheek really went <

[gray gazelle]

usually when i'm teaching figure drawing to my kids (we just finished a huge figure drawing project so ive got these notes fresh) i start by having the students sketch a rough gesture of a figure in a simple pose and then going through the 8 head model so they can see the differences not only in how the figure occurs naturally, but also how they naturally read the motion of the figure

[hard wind]

Not much on the face yet tho

[fossil helm]

Wait are you a teacher 😳

[hard wind]

Bro

Are you a teacher

[gray gazelle]

ah yeah

[fossil helm]

bro your old

not in a rude way lolol

[gray gazelle]

lol

[hard wind]

Yoooooo

Another teacher

[tropic halo]

best advice for drawing faces is just
looking at references
and see how each face is different

[gray gazelle]

LMAO im physically 23 but spiritually 87

[tropic halo]

do lots of sketches

[hard wind]

I only teach one person tho

[fossil helm]

I'm still a teenager wondering what type of pancakes I should eat today while your out here teaching people 😳

[stuck robin]

face is so difficult because its the most recognizable part of the body so theres like a fine line between uncanny valley stuff vs stylization imo

[hard wind]

So idfk

Lmao

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803420511350030427/unknown.png

[stuck robin]

hi teach 🙋‍♀️ !

angel ganevvvv

[hard wind]

I’m only 17 so idk if I can even be a teacher

[tropic halo]

best portrait teacher

[hard wind]

@tropic halo thank you so much

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803420579696082989/unknown.png

[hard wind]

Imma snatch that

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803420617385967646/unknown.png

[gray gazelle]

i mean in a waaaay we all teach and learn from each other by sharing our work, that's the nice thing about being in a little art hub

[fossil helm]

👌👌

[gray gazelle]

ooo yeah nae these are great

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803420803042377758/unknown.png

[hard wind]

@gray gazelle what age do you teach

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803420879954509824/unknown.png

[fossil helm]

2 year olds 😩👌

[gray gazelle]

i teach art actually lol

but it's like, an after-school kind of thing?

[fossil helm]

pog

[hard wind]

Ahhh icic

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803420961613283408/unknown.png

[hard wind]

Same w me sorta @gray gazelle

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689604045131743262/803421366455238696/unknown.png

[fossil helm]

so an extra curricular thing?

[tropic halo]

and boom thats it

[hard wind]

Except as I said before it’s only one person lmaooo

[gray gazelle]

im not in a real school currently it's like a company that does art classes

[gray gazelle]

o worm? niceee

listen!!! you gotta start somewhere

[tropic halo]

i could never teach

[hard wind]

Yea ig idk

[tropic halo]

i dont have the patience

[hard wind]

I worked my ass off for like 6 weeks

[gray gazelle]

you start with one then it becomes 3 then before you know it everyone is calling you "Mx. X" and you're like "oh no"

[hard wind]

Making proportion notes

[gray gazelle]

"im authority"

[hard wind]

And I’m only 17 going hard in my junior year tryna get through my shit

[fossil helm]

Im an age 👁👌

[hard wind]

And I missed half a semester lmao

I didn’t sleep for so long

And it was only for one person lol

[fossil helm]

dang I can't spell 😠😠😠😠

[gray gazelle]

oh nooo :'c wait was it like a private tutoring thing?

[stuck robin]

zoom academy is just 😃 👌 great

[hard wind]

Word 😳

[gray gazelle]

or private lessons I should say

[hard wind]

More private lessons to an old friend that wanted to learn

[gray gazelle]

aaahh

[hard wind]

There are other that want to learn as well but this is like a trial stage rn for me

[gray gazelle]

ok i gotcha!! yeah the first few times you teach (esp on your own) is pretty hard

[hard wind]

I made this for the upper upper body and that took more than half a day to get down

It was ass but idk man

[gray gazelle]

but the benefit of teaching in a one-on-one setting is you work directly with the student, you can really understand where they're coming from and how to explain it

omg woooah that's a really tight ref sheet

[hard wind]

I’m glad I get to teach it especially to an old friend of mine

[gray gazelle]

man look at those delts

yeah!!! it's really fun right? even if it's hard

i think the nicest thing is when I get to teach adults, a lot of times it's like

[hard wind]

Fr it’s one of the only things I look forward to anymore lol

[gray gazelle]

adults that used to make things, or want to make things, but dont know how to start

[hard wind]

I teach my art teacher stuff and she teaches me stuff too

[gray gazelle]

and it's cool to see where everyone is coming from and helping them rekindle that

[hard wind]

It’s always really nice

Yea

[gray gazelle]

!!!! that's so groovy

honestly i learn a lot from my students too especially the kids

[hard wind]

Dude Fr

Kids are the most creative and smartest artists ever

They aren’t limited by what’s in front of them

And it’s amazing to watch them go at it

[tropic halo]

best teachers are the ones that dont sugar coat

[gray gazelle]

lol one of my kids used a fan brush in a really cool way to get a leaf pattern and i was like "saniya ,,,, can you show me how you did that,,,?"

[tropic halo]

if youre not breaking my spirit and making me cry then i want a new teacher

[hard wind]

Lmaoooooo

[gray gazelle]

sfksjfhkjhf yeah oh my god

see there are some classes where i maybe put a few extra slices of bread on my complement-critique-complement sandwich

but i try to keep it meaningful

[hard wind]

My teacher sugar coats all her critiques except for mine lmao

and I could be more glad tbh

[gray gazelle]

there's a lady named betty freidan (i think?) who wrote a rly good book called drawing on the right side of the brain, and one of the things she talked about was like

teaching people to find value in their art, even when they do not like it

[hard wind]

Like she goes in on a couple but I’ve never heard her say “hmmmm are you sure about that?” More to anyone except me

[hard wind]

If you can I would love to see this book lol

[tropic halo]

i hate when people suger coat stuff
cant expect me to learn if youre buttering me up

[fossil helm]

off topic but I wanna animate this
https://open.spotify.com/track/7o67roCVsFiCt7Cf0ZLOJq?si=UZqY60Z3Qzaxo6hUHRsw6Q

[gray gazelle]

and the main example she gave was how in middle school students start to see the difference between what they envision vs what they create, and compare it to the standard or realism/the mental image in a way that's very one-note, so they miss all the interesting aspects of what they've done by looking at all the things they got wrong

[stuck robin]

heh that would be a fun song to animate

[fossil helm]

indeed

[tropic halo]

i wanna make an animatic one day
but rn im working on my extended universe and i have to make like
20 portraits for all my characters

[gray gazelle]

and that leads to kids feeling like art just "isn't for them" because they get so caught up in the dissonance, which is why a lot of people stop drawing around grades 5-7ish

[hard wind]

Fr in my AP classes on critiques people were going in saying “quit half assing all ur shit man” and stuff like that on a piece of paper that everyone looks at lol

[fossil helm]

laughs in a universe with 35 OC's in it and a ref for everyone

also I have 37 pages of plot send help

[stuck robin]

thats awesome!

[hard wind]

Oooo yeah your ability to think freely is limited by what’s around you

[tropic halo]

i like when people are straight with me
just tell me whats wrong so i can work on fixing it

[gray gazelle]

so i try to keep that in mind with my crits, i ask the student what they're struggling with, try to give them advice in the right direction, and point out something else that i usually like, genuinely like and enjoy about their work

[fossil helm]

The old animations I made for it could use some improvement so I might remake them

[gray gazelle]

yeah i hear you, im a lot more straightforward with the older students/more serious students

[tropic halo]

imagine

[gray gazelle]

a lot of the kids just wanna vibe and i cant blame them lol

[hard wind]

I feel bad cause I intimidate all my friends that wanna get into art

[fossil helm]

it.can be a reality if you try 👐😳

[hard wind]

I’m open to help and critique them

[tropic halo]

im making a comic with em eventually
so i wanna make sure all the characters i have are completely fleshsed out

[fossil helm]

Nice

[hard wind]

But I’ve only had one friend that will allow me to be direct w them

And that’s who I’m teaching

[fossil helm]

You sound like a pog teacher lol

[tropic halo]

making a website to store everything

[hard wind]

@gray gazelle can I see your art btw?

[fossil helm]

I just use toyhouse nowadays

[tropic halo]

eh
toyhouse wont work for what im doing

[fossil helm]

makes sense

[gray gazelle]

this is the website of betty EDWARDS (not freidan lol rip), who wrote the book (she has tons of useful workshops and things) https://www.drawright.com/

and this is the book! https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side-Brain-Definitive/dp/1585429201

[azure night]

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

[tropic halo]

i want people to have a place to view characters with all their background info
the plot of the story
settings
all that stuff

[stuck robin]

nae is the recent pony tail part of your au?

[tropic halo]

yup

its milo

[stuck robin]

uber why

[gray gazelle]

thanks !! i try to do my best i really like teaching

[fossil helm]

B)

[tropic halo]

ignore bob
hes a place holder

[stuck robin]

afdjhasf oops i didnt mean ponytail i meant ponytail art part

[hard wind]

Oooooo thank you Imma show it to my teacher

[gray gazelle]

also yeah haha ive been doing a lot of digital stuff lately but i teach traditional since that's what i like, have been doing for more than 2 years

n some old school pieces

[hard wind]

Yooooooooooo

That looks so good man

I love it!

And I can’t do digital for shit lol so it always amazes me to see art on that platform lol

[gray gazelle]

yo it took me AGES to figure out digital stuff oh my god (also ksdjfkdsjh thank you)

[hard wind]

Yw!

[stuck robin]

noodle those are so cool!!!

[gray gazelle]

thank u

[hard wind]

@gray gazelle lmaoooo this is the only digital piece I’ve ever made and it was for a graphic design course

[sly narwhal]

;o looks goodd

[gray gazelle]

ooooo what was the project? i really dig those colors

[hard wind]

It was on google draw lol

And thank you

[stuck robin]

people are so talented and make such cool art it makes me happy

[hard wind]

Idk it was a blow off project bc of covid

[gray gazelle]

ive never used google draw,,,,, is it like, useable

i jumped from krita to csp right away lol

[stuck robin]

tf you used google draw??

[sly narwhal]

i think i've used it for shitpost art and it's very hard to use

[hard wind]

@gray gazelle idk lol it’s adaptable ish

[gray gazelle]

YOOOOO DUDE THAT SLAPS

[stuck robin]

i commend you

[hard wind]

But this is the shit I’m used to doing

Thank you lol

That’s my series for this year

[gray gazelle]

i love how expressive your lines are??? and you have such a good balance and contrast of values too

[hard wind]

For my AP portfolio

[hard wind]

Thank you lol I went through 3 ballpoint pens

[gray gazelle]

I was gonna ask if you used ballpoints ksjhfksjhdf

[sly narwhal]

ahaha worth

[gray gazelle]

wow yes agree with cinnamon

[stuck robin]

noodle i feel like ive subconsciously known you were a teacher all this time

[gray gazelle]

really well done nag

it's the Vibes, man

[gray gazelle]

i cannot dilineate myself from the Teacher that Tries to Connect Vibes

[hard wind]

It’s all sad lol

My series is just sad shit so far

[gray gazelle]

you do a good job of treating the sadness with levity tho

[hard wind]

Thank you

[gray gazelle]

i find a lot of times younger artists kinda make the sadness/emotional focus of the piece like, the whole piece? and that distracts from the actual work itself and takes away from the value of the emotion, but you really balance the context well with the content'

"younger artists" i say that like i literally didn't graduate from college like a year ago lol

[hard wind]

In all my pieces it’s meant to be dramatic in subject with black and gray but there’s a glowing pop of orange in all of them to represent an absence that still holds presence in our lives idk it’s a wack ass Idea lol

[stuck robin]

ive literally painted with my own tears

[hard wind]

It’s meant to be more about absence than sadness

[gray gazelle]

ooooo i like that symbolism

[hard wind]

But idk it’s all sad asf

Lol

[gray gazelle]

same i cried on most of my thesis pieces in school lmao

[hard wind]

Last year my portfolio was questions or something

I forgot

[stuck robin]

both the crazy detail and the greater picture in the piece with the eyes is insane nagbut

[gray gazelle]

shoulda gone for performance art, i coulda just filmed myself having mental breakdowns and gotten a's across the board easy peasy

[hard wind]

Word 😳😳

I wish I could change but I’m locked in at this point

[gray gazelle]

you're almost there dude!!! just like.... 4 more months til ap submissions? 5? 4-5? it's been a long time since i thought about aps rip

[hard wind]

I think so idk

[gray gazelle]

good luck!!! your work looks so strong though i think you'll do really well based on what you got already

[hard wind]

I got a 5 last year and I need to pull through with 2 more 5’s to avoid crippling debt over my head for the next 50 years lol

And thank youuuuu

[gray gazelle]

and your art teacher sounds clutch based on what you told me so i think you're in good hands in terms of guidance

[tropic halo]

performing arts at my school was wack

[gray gazelle]

oooo good luckkkk

omg what was it like

[tropic halo]

it was either that or music
so i chose music
cause is take that over dancing on stage in cultural dress anyday

lots of traditional stuff
nothing fun and new
just shit from african days

[gray gazelle]

aaaaa gotcha

[hard wind]

Dude I wish I could do music too

[gray gazelle]

^^ same

[tropic halo]

music was fun

easy pass

[hard wind]

I play 3 instruments rn and idk

It sucks cause I won’t be doing anything with that

[tropic halo]

memorise some dumb theory stuff for the written exam
then play random songs for the practical

[hard wind]

AP theory tho

I could do that

[tropic halo]

i play a couple instruments
but none were from music class
i didnt do it cause i liked it
i just did it cause it was an easy grade

[hard wind]

Yea

Idk I played piano for like around 10 years and idk

[lament turtle]

I’m drawing Shane rn but. Here’s the thing I can’t draw men

[hard wind]

I haven’t done much w that

[lament turtle]

oh I play Piano too!

[hard wind]

@lament turtle sickkkkkkk

[lament turtle]

I’m trying my best 😭

[hard wind]

Also I can help you drawing men

Or try to

I got some notes

Hold up

[gray gazelle]

i think the extent of my musical background is the time in 4th grade where everyone had to learn the recorder but that's it lol

[lament turtle]

thank you!!!

[hard wind]

Yoooo I did that lol

[stuck robin]

same, i learned how to summon satan with hot cross buns

[lament turtle]

you did what-

[gray gazelle]

skjdfksjdhf

[hard wind]

@lament turtle

Here’s some basic proportions on how to draw the male build @lament turtle if you need some help going through it lmk

[lament turtle]

thank you!!

[hard wind]

Anytime!

[gray gazelle]

some elementary schools in the US have their kids learn to play the recorder one year (usually 3-4th grade?), i think for like, lung strength or something? there was an actual reason behind it that wasn't to give everyone hearing damage im p sure

[hard wind]

Wait

[lament turtle]

no I know the recorder part I meant summoning Satan

[hard wind]

Fr?!

[gray gazelle]

OH LMAO

[lament turtle]

I also played recorder NDBDBCBC

[gray gazelle]

ripripripripr

[hard wind]

That’s why they made us play?

Lmaoo

[gray gazelle]

i think so???? i remember reading it somewhere

but also that could've been a whole lie and a hald

*half

[hard wind]

Hmmmmm

[tropic halo]

i play the alto sax
the guitar
the piano
recorder
and i played the trumpet for a bit in band but buzzing was not my thing

[hard wind]

Anyway idk I play piano, clarinet, and trumpet

As well as most other percussion instruments bc

Piano n shit

And trumpet annoying as hell honestly

I don’t play it much anymore but I own one and I know how to play so idk

[tropic halo]

buzzing is painful

[lament turtle]

I play piano and clarinet

[tropic halo]

it was was hard to change my (insert italian name for muscle memory here) to switch from alto sax to trumpet

[hard wind]

@lament turtle yooooo

My man

[lament turtle]

LFMDJHSHDHD

also I rather for you to reply to me rip

[gray gazelle]

oooo yeah i can imagine, that's a whole different mode

[hard wind]

I play clarinet and piano primarily

Good stuff

[gray gazelle]

a bunch of my friends played alto sax in hs

[tropic halo]

its done

1 portrait out of 9320193102 completed

[lament turtle]

WOW

[hard wind]

Oooooooooooooo

[gray gazelle]

!!!!!!!! <3

[hard wind]

That looks amazing

[gray gazelle]

he's so cute!!!!!

[tropic halo]

oh shit
i didnt do anything to his bubbles
theyre still just a sketch

[lament turtle]

oh yeah when replying please don’t ping, thank you!!!

[tropic halo]

but thanksss

its a boy-

[gray gazelle]

ak sorry

he is very cute

sweet expression

[hard wind]

Ohhhhhhh I thought you wanted me to ping im sorry lmao

I’ll watch out for that in the future lol

@gray gazelle can you critique one of my pieces rq

I’m giving it to the buyer tomorrow and idk something about it seems off to me

[gray gazelle]

ooo sure

[lament turtle]

nono it’s fine!!

[hard wind]

Okay good sorry again tho lol

[gray gazelle]

oooo ok so 2 questions:

1. what medium is this
2. what was the context/prompt (?) for the piece

[hard wind]

It’s all just acrylic paint and they literally only told me abstract and cool colors

I didn’t have much to work off of lol

[lament turtle]

p cool!

[gray gazelle]

aah i gotcha

[hard wind]

Thank youu

[gray gazelle]

is there anything in particular that's throwing you off? i think it looks really groovy

[hard wind]

Idk just the spacing ig

[gray gazelle]

kinda reminds me of those slated minerals with all the layers

aah ok lemme take a closer look

[hard wind]

Here’s a zoomed out picture of it

It’s on a 2’*3’ canvas

[gray gazelle]

i think the reason the spacing is throwing you off is because you have a very large shape taking up the majority of the composition in a way that's very organic and asymmetrical surrounded by similarly organic/asymmetrical shapes in contrast with a very stark, deep, solid space, but personally i think it reads very well

especially seeing the zoomed out version. it reads really well within the smaller space

it's like i'm looking through marbled glass in a stained glass window almost

wow i really love that shape in the bottom right

reminds me of moss growing on a little rock in a way that makes me smile

[hard wind]

?

Ohhhhhhhh

Lol

[gray gazelle]

yeah that's a very nice shape

[hard wind]

I thought you were talking about the signature

I’m dumb lol

[gray gazelle]

LOL nah you're good! also avery nice signature

[hard wind]

Thank you thank you

And yeah idk it was my first experience w pouring

So idk I’d say it went p okay ish

Lots of room for me to improve in that area

But thank you for the feedback!

[gray gazelle]

overall though i think the spacing is generally good, the only area that makes my brain a little fuzzy is the far left edge of the big main shape? since it's so wavy in contrast with the smoothness of the other borders, but i think that's mellowed out by the actual motion of the colors in this piece

of course!!! i hope it helped, i'm sure the buyer's gonna love it

very serene and beautiful cool shades

[hard wind]

Yeah that was the most controversial inclusion of my piece lmao

[gray gazelle]

oooo we love controversial art decisions~

[hard wind]

Based art 😳

[gray gazelle]

people just like a lot of rhythms and symmetry usually, but i think the disruption of the symmetry here works generally well

[hard wind]

Alright alright

Thank you sm again lol

I always ask for help or advice at the worst times when I can’t do anything else to it lmao but thank you

[gray gazelle]

yeah no problem!!! i hope it helped

[stuck robin]

NAE IT LOOKS AMAZING

[gray gazelle]

and i do the same lmao

[stuck robin]

nagbut that looks so cool!!

[gray gazelle]

it's the Stress of looking at it and never knowing if it's actually done

[hard wind]

It helped a lot lol I’ll keep your advice in my mind for the next encounter I have with pouring lol

Dude

I hate that feeling

[tropic halo]

thank youu

[hard wind]

I’ve overdone sooooo many pieces

[tropic halo]

im glad my art is improving to the point where i dont have to fully render it for it to look nice

[hard wind]

I go in on realistic pieces and I can’t stop touching the subject lol

[gray gazelle]

right??? literally one time i unsent and resent a work (it wasn't even a paid piece!! it was a silly doodle for my friend!! for fun!!!) because i kept looking at the document and screaming internally and changing things

[hard wind]

It’s so hard to just be content w what you make sometimes

[gray gazelle]

yeah

[hard wind]

Brooooo I’ve done that way too many times

[gray gazelle]

i have to physically force myself to close the documents and hide them in folders when i finally make myself stop

[hard wind]

Like shit that doesn’t even matter bothers me so much lol

The only problem I have with stepping away from a piece is that

I never come back lmao

I have pieces that I’ve left unfinished that are like sooooo close to being done opened for like a month

My dresser has like a literal 50 unfinished pieces

On it*

[gray gazelle]

ooo yeah i have a lot of traditional pieces like that

[hard wind]

I have a piece that I’ve been making for my friend since beginning of sophomore year

[gray gazelle]

there's a canvas with lily pads i haven't touched in months even though i only meant to take a day off from it.... in april....

[hard wind]

And I haven’t touched it in about a year now

[gray gazelle]

^^ yup

it's the weirdest type of grind

[hard wind]

Still hanging to dry lol

[gray gazelle]

oooooooo

[hard wind]

Dude I could make a whole portfolio of unfinished pieces from april lol

[gray gazelle]

oh wow those ripples in the water!!!! amazing

[hard wind]

April was all trial and error for me on the lockdown

I did art on and off

And thank youuuuu!

[gray gazelle]

oh geeze yeah i hear you

[hard wind]

I think I maybe finished one piece

And I’m redoing a piece rn

[gray gazelle]

i was working at a paint-and-sip and all my coworkers and i were having existential crises of "we keep saying 'oh if only we had time, we'd just paint. and now we have time, and we just. cant paint'"

[hard wind]

Dude I feel that all too often

[gray gazelle]

finishing a piece is still big though!

[hard wind]

I’m on top of my shit constantly and I have too much free time

And all I do is sit and sometimes sleep

[gray gazelle]

honestly? sometimes that's all you can do lol

[hard wind]

Frfr lol

And the piece I made is probably one of my all time favorites even though it’s not completely original

[gray gazelle]

oh????? can i see????

[hard wind]

Yeah it’s actually one of my selected works for AP this year

[gray gazelle]

listen most famous art isn't even original, it's mostly just bible fanart lol

!!!!! nice

[gray gazelle]

OO

[hard wind]

It’s from an anime I was rewatching over quarantine and I felt like remaking one of the landscapes

[gray gazelle]

oh wow

the textures you got here are really stunning

with the road and the foliage both

[hard wind]

I used like 4 different mediums I think

[gray gazelle]

what did you use?

[hard wind]

I used some graphite, alcohol markers, watercolor markers, colored pencils

And there’s more than four hold up

[gray gazelle]

oh wow

honestly they all flow together really well i thought it was all just watercolor or gouache

[hard wind]

Gel pens, paint markers, one very very small part I used acrylic paint and oil pastel, and a dying alcohol marker if you count that as a medium

I can’t do just watercolor

Idky

It’s always gotta be alcohol markers or pencils or paint

Something I can actually control ig

[tropic halo]

its been getting easier for me
i usually try to refine everything as much as possible

[gray gazelle]

oh woah you did an amazing job meshing those mediums together seamlessly

aaa yeah watercolor is tricky