creative-discussion

[lament turtle]

I gave Shane joja cola but he hates it in the base game so

[gray gazelle]

it's super finicky

[hard wind]

I don’t know how anyone paints tbh

I can paint

But I don’t ever enjoy it as much as I think I will

[hard wind]

Lol

Dude imma be honest

I played stardew for about a combined 5 hours

Idek how I got in this server lol

But I’m here so idk

[gray gazelle]

lmao amazing

[hard wind]

“Good artists steal”

I forgot what the quote was

But it was in that premise

My teacher told me that a lot

Mainly in the context of it not being wrong to base your inspiration off of someone else’s work

Or to try new things

[gray gazelle]

aah yeah

i kinda hate that sentiment about it being "stealing" tho lol but that's just because of a personal gripe i have with a contemporary artist being a bad person

[hard wind]

Oh and the other piece I have is for the same friend and I finished it but it looks like garbage so I redid it

[hard wind]

Yeah fr and especially now

I feel like consequences for doing literally anything wrong have been upped by like ten just over the course of like the last 6 months

[tropic halo]

i didnt think i would like it much in the beginning tbh
but its so calming

[hard wind]

It’s a scary world

[tropic halo]

reminds me of this

[gray gazelle]

skdjfsdkfjh all my art history hot takes are bubbling to the surface i need to stop myself

[lament turtle]

well guess I’m stealing my art

[hard wind]

There is a serenity you can achieve with painting I feel but for me it’s using every media to ever exist lol

[lament turtle]

Anyways sketch is done!!!! Gonna send this to my computer

[hard wind]

@lament turtle yoooooooo

Oh shit

sorry

[lament turtle]

ITS OK!!!

[tropic halo]

i dont think i would enjoy traditional painting very much tho

too messy
takes too long to dry

im impatient

also cool shane

[hard wind]

But anyway that looks fantastic!

[tropic halo]

i havent drawn him in a while

[lament turtle]

first time drawing then lol this is very pog

[gray gazelle]

omg serene he looks great!!!

[lament turtle]

thank you!!!

this is only a wip hehe

[gray gazelle]

absolutely pog (is that how you're supposed to use pog or am i just being old)

[hard wind]

Yeah that works lol

[gray gazelle]

(lmao excellent thank you youths)

[hard wind]

Yw lol

The meaning is kinda fluid

It’s just meant to replace basically any word that means something good

Like you say poggers or pog or something like that when you win a game or something

[gray gazelle]

aaaaaa okay

i gotcha

[hard wind]

Or you can say that’s pog

Yeah

[gray gazelle]

okay that makes so much sense.... my kids literally say it constantly and i feel like the fuckin "how do you do fellow kids" meme

[hard wind]

Lmaooo

[lament turtle]

it’s to show excitement or surprise (in a good way!)

wait you have kids???

[gray gazelle]

OMG NO NO

the kids i teach!!

[hard wind]

Lol

Ahhhh dude I just realized something

Tomorrow is the last day I’ll be taking all my bags to school

[tropic halo]

lmao yall still go to school

what a bunch of nerds

[hard wind]

For the past couple months I’ve been working on that one paint pouring piece and I’ve amassed a total of 100 bottles of paint that I bring w me to school

[gray gazelle]

oh my god?? your poor back

[hard wind]

I gotta wake my sad ass up and haul a massive canvas with 5 bags and drive to school

At like

5 am

Shit sucks

But like at least I’m getting paid lol

[hard wind]

My back hurts lmao

Constantly

[gray gazelle]

oof

[hard wind]

*no bueno

Lmao

[gray gazelle]

yea god

do some exercises for your traps if you can omg

and then take a big nap

[hard wind]

It’s funny when I place my bags in the passenger seat and the no seatbelt alarm thing goes off

Knowing my bag weighs as much as a small child

But now I’ll only be taking 2 bags and a portfolio case to school w me

So that’s a huge relief for me and my back

[gray gazelle]

yeah wow

well congratulations on the minus one child on your back now!! lol

[hard wind]

Lol Frfr I’m hyped

[balmy venture]

nearly done with these comms >:-)

then i get to do More

[gray gazelle]

dfdklfj posted the wrong one earlier but im almost done with this render and im putting myself to bed so i can finish it all hopefully tomorrow

[mossy leaf]

Oh damn that is good

[mighty bronze]

The shading looks really cool

[tropic halo]

@mighty bronze wanna do an art trade
I've never done one before but I figured it would be cool to do one with someone ik won't ghost me

[mighty bronze]

Whoaaa

For real?

Of course this would be really fun!!

[tropic halo]

Kk
Just let me know how this works and the specifics so I don't mess up somehow

[mighty bronze]

I'm going to dm you when I have some more free time

[tropic halo]

Kk

Can't wait

[vernal nexus]

Soooo does anyone else who's self-taught feel kinda inferior? ...asking for a friend obviously 😬

Oh damn I've just noticed all the details I missed in my Penny/Farmer artwork 😩

[echo mesa]

nah
being self-taught vs going to a school? doesn't rly matter
i watched a video talking about it last week, wish I could remember who posted it

[tropic halo]

nope

[tropic halo]

you can always go back and edit it

[vernal nexus]

Ah man then it's probably just the way a friend of mine talks to me whenever I talk about art :c

[tropic halo]

going to art school doesnt make you an automatically good artist
it just means you have more experience in the professional side of things

[vernal nexus]

It's good to hear you two aren't feeling the same though.

[vernal nexus]

Yeah I might do that at one point ^^

[tropic halo]

iirc you dont even need art school to get a job in the industry

you just need a banging portfolio

that shows variety

[vernal nexus]

I mean, I don't want to go to the professional field. I'm just feeling bad when I'm talking about art and someone acts like I'm a child figuring out how to use crayons.

[tropic halo]

then just ignore em

[echo mesa]

then thats just them being a pretentious ass, lol
nothing to do with you

[tropic halo]

dont be around people that make you feel inferior without good reason

[vernal nexus]

I don't think they're trying to be mean, but when I say "I gotta do the background" and they go "You can do it!!" like I'm ...idk ?? Am I overreacting? It feels so condescending.

Of course I can do it, I never thought I couldn't??

[echo mesa]

i dont think you're overreacting
potentially they could mean to be condescending, who knows?
but theres also the possiblity they're just trying to be encouraging

like, some pple definitely struggle with backgrounds

[tropic halo]

oh
how does that feel condescending?

[vernal nexus]

Or when I'm like "I'm struggling with the pose right now" and they're like "Just take it slow"... it's just weird, I'm not looking for advice. I just wanna say what I'm doing... :x

[echo mesa]

tbh, smetimes i feel a tad talked down to
and i kinda just have to pause and go, 'they didn't mean it that way, pause, reconsider'

[vernal nexus]

Yeah they definitely don't mean it bad. It just feels like they think I'm feeling bad and they need to cheer me up but I'm not feeling bad at all.

[tropic halo]

thats
good advice tho

take it slow
dont stress yourself out

seems encouraging to me

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[vernal nexus]

Yeah but I know how to do it. It feels condescending because they seem to think I don't know how to do it.

[echo mesa]

doesnt rly feel like good advice to me tbh
like, ofc you should take it slow, why would anyone need it said to them

could be possible that when they reply with advice, they just don't know what else to say

[tropic halo]

because when people cant figure somehting out they tend to get frustrated
thats how humans work

take it slow
or youll get it eventually
are normal reactions to that

[vernal nexus]

Yeah that's true. Maybe I'm coming off as frustrated but I'm not really frustrated and that frustrates me.... 😂

Like when I'm chilling and someone says "Don't be mad". I wasn't mad but now I am

[echo mesa]

that do be a vibe

it is prtty easy to be misread and misread others moods online, tho
which like
f 😔

[vernal nexus]

I do really think it is a personal problem for me. And I know they mean to be encouraging and they mean well. But goddamn if I don't feel likr a child learning to walk when they talk to me like that.

[echo mesa]

i think its still prtty valid to feel that way
maybe it might help to think other how you'd prefer them to respond, and discuss that with em?

[vernal nexus]

I feel like this is an underlying psychological problem oops. :x

Yeah I should definitely speak to them next time.

[echo mesa]

;D

[vernal nexus]

Thanks for the talk, you two!

[echo mesa]

[vernal nexus]

I may just not show them my stuff anymore. :x Another way to just avoid that and not get in their face about it. Because I know it's uncalled for. I'm just being an ass. 😩

[tropic halo]

guess i wont really ever get stuff like this
cause as much as i love input and critique from others
when it comes down to it
i dont care much about what other people have to say
so i dont read too much into anything

[echo mesa]

i feel like i always care too much lol
so completely understand the vibe

[vernal nexus]

I envy you! That's such a good point to be at.

I care a lot what others think.

[tropic halo]

i have no reason to

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[vernal nexus]

Which is why I tend to not show off art because what if everyone hates it even though I like it.

[tropic halo]

then whatever

if you like it thats all that matters

[vernal nexus]

I like your matter-of-factly approach to things.

I'll try to think more like that.

[tropic halo]

only time i really care for other's opinion is if its on stuff thats just plain wrong

like anatomy stuff, colouring advice, shapes

stuff like that

facts

yeah ig i care for facts

not opinions

[vernal nexus]

That makes a lot of sense.

I'm just very sensitive when people think I'm too bad, too stupid, too weak etc to do something.

[echo mesa]

^^

[tropic halo]

as long as you know that youre not all those things it really shouldnt matter

[vernal nexus]

I have to tell myself I'm fine more.

I started a Leah portrait earlier but it's in the early stages so I'm gonna work on it more before I show.

[tropic halo]

i love portraits

the face is so pretty
always fun to work on features

[echo mesa]

portraits are fun
i rly need to practice lips/noses tho

[tropic halo]

yeah
ive always wanted to give you tips and such but you seem like the type to take it the wrong way so ive refrained

[echo mesa]

i did lowkey take a few things you've said the wrong way, but ive kinda realized at this point that you arent saying it to be mean
you really are just trying to be helpful

[vernal nexus]

I need to practice facial expressions.

[echo mesa]

advice on lips/noses would def be appreciated tho
i only recently started drawing lips at all

[tropic halo]

ig i do talk a bit dry
so they thing i say might come off as mean

[echo mesa]

idk how to word my thoughts good

but yeah, at this point ive kinda gotten use to your more dry tone and try not to assume the worst now

[tropic halo]

i cant say ill ever stop talking the way i do tho
ive always just told people to ignore or block me if it bothers them that much
cause ikk for a fact i dont type the nicest

its very matter-a-factly and blunt

[echo mesa]

i dont think you have to change
you are as you are, and I think that's prtty cool
I like that you seem to just set goals and focus

[tropic halo]

yeah my main goal is to just improve

get better at the different aspects of art

[mighty bronze]

You do give nice critiques nae

[tropic halo]

i try my best

to get to the point
without being offensive

[mighty bronze]

Well I really meant that haha

You're not really

[echo mesa]

i love how you use that emote lol

[tropic halo]

its probably my fav emote

[echo mesa]

but ye, its clear that you are focused on improving, and i think thats good!
like, personally, my goal might be to improve - but I get distracted by other things a lot

[tropic halo]

it works for when sumn is sad
or really good

yeah i get distracted too

my brain just wants me to start these random projects

that im in no position to do yet

which is why rn im just doing the story of my comic thing
no matter how much i want to start the art

[mighty bronze]

Comics ohoo

The pain

[tropic halo]

sneak peak

im making a carrd site to store stuff
like a lil wiki page but for me universe

[echo mesa]

i have no patience, i just start projects regardless lol

[mossy leaf]

ooo that sounds fun nae

[echo mesa]

i should work on more pages of the comic i did start tho 😔

[tropic halo]

yeah its fun

creating a whole world with all these people

[mighty bronze]

If ima do comics ima do short 4 frames ones

[tropic halo]

i deleted everything i did on my comic so far

i started prematurely

[mighty bronze]

Like memeing with my cookie OC

[mossy leaf]

damn

[tropic halo]

without any idea the direction the story is going in
didnt plan characters
and the art is just
not good for a comic style

[mighty bronze]

Owww

[vernal nexus]

Cookie OC??

[mighty bronze]

Cookie OOOCCC

[vernal nexus]

You have my attention.

[tropic halo]

so i gotta get all those straight first

[mighty bronze]

Yeah

[mossy leaf]

consume cookie oc

[vernal nexus]

Cookie waifu

[mighty bronze]

I should redraw him, reason why I do comic studies

His name is Crumble Chip

[echo mesa]

stares at the minecraft comic I started rly do gotta put thought into the style you use for comics, oof

[vernal nexus]

Crumble C. Chip
The C. stands for Chocolate

[echo mesa]

so tedious to draw new pages for . . .

[mossy leaf]

at least no raisins

ooo that looks good

[vernal nexus]

Of course no raisins, he's not a monster

[echo mesa]

thank u

[vernal nexus]

Ohh I love those landscapes

[mossy leaf]

is it chocolate covered raisins

[echo mesa]

thank

[vernal nexus]

Oh god the ultimate evil

[mighty bronze]

Noice

[echo mesa]

its the landscapes that make it tedious
rly recommend doing more simple art styles for long term comics

[mossy leaf]

or just use a 3D background or screenshot

[vernal nexus]

Yeah I can imagine. Landscapes are a whole new level of effort. 😩

[echo mesa]

its rly helping me improve at landscapes tho, so thats a plus ig

like, this? kinda Eh

[mossy leaf]

I really want to have a art style

[mighty bronze]

Pig pog

[echo mesa]

i think this is way better in comparison

[mossy leaf]

stinky pig

[vernal nexus]

I wanna get back into landscapes but then I forget and do SDV art lol

[mossy leaf]

lmao

[echo mesa]

i wish that was me
i always mean to do more sdv art
and then i DONT

[vernal nexus]

We can switch

[echo mesa]

slides my ability to practice landscapes over

its only thanks to minecraft that I enjoy drawing landscapes tbh
I like drawing the scenery I see as I play

[vernal nexus]

same but my side of the trade

[mighty bronze]

Ima draw landscapes when the summer/warm weather hits, will go in the park and try to sketch what I see, really want to train my eye to observe

[mossy leaf]

oo great idea!

[vernal nexus]

Ooh have fun! I hope the weather is gnna be nice soon :)

[mighty bronze]

Spring hopefully

[echo mesa]

that sounds nice
i drew my neighbours house once
i should do more drawing stuff based on irl

[mighty bronze]

Ayeee

[vernal nexus]

Still life. You get to draw your fruit and eat it too.

[mighty bronze]

Heheh

[vernal nexus]

I need to work on my colour picking skills.

Or, like, develop that skill in the first place.

[echo mesa]

i love drawing fruit

i havent drawn any fruit since i moved away from photoshop tho 😔

[mighty bronze]

Same, I should really study gray scale

[vernal nexus]

Saaame

[echo mesa]

pple who draw only in grays? gods

[mighty bronze]

Wew

[echo mesa]

Jade did art of Robin with a limited palette once
am forever in awe of that

[mighty bronze]

I swear ima be prepared for this inktober!!!

And try to draw some stuff

[vernal nexus]

Ohh yeah I wanted to do art with a restricted palette too

[mossy leaf]

I wish I was able to just have an infinite supply of ink

[vernal nexus]

Maybe i will with my recent Leah portrait if i don't forget

[echo mesa]

me, with my hoard of ink:

[mighty bronze]

Ima just use black pencil liner hue hue

[echo mesa]

i havent used my ink in ages 😔

[tropic halo]

sdv art for me is just drawing shane over and over and over

[vernal nexus]

I don't think I have any ink left.

[tropic halo]

that sounds fun

i might try that one day

[vernal nexus]

Mood. For me it's Penny :')

[echo mesa]

i hope you do ! i think your art would look cool with limited colours

[vernal nexus]

Which is why I'm trying Leah now.

[echo mesa]

when it comes to SDV, i default to drawing Haley/Abigail/Penny
Abigail or Haley the most depending on mood

[vernal nexus]

I used to be on ColourLovers where there are sooo many palette choices and just pick one and draw something with it and it was fun.

[mossy leaf]

I just do abigail only

[vernal nexus]

If everyone draws one character, every character will be drawn

Teamwork yay

[tropic halo]

hehe

[echo mesa]

i have a yearly palette challenge i do ;D
didnt do great with it last year

. . . the gradients were fun too tho

i wonder if everyone picked one sdv character
would we have enough pple to get em all?

[vernal nexus]

... well technically we should but there seems to be a lot of people partial towards Abigail, as far as bachelorettes go :D

[tropic halo]

ugh
i cant bring myself to do challenges

i like freedom

ill do sam and shane
best boys

[echo mesa]

thats a mood
i find monthly ones to be the ones i can manage - bc its just one thing per month
i got the whole month to do it and whatever else i want

[vernal nexus]

I'm fine with Penny and Leah.

Challenges are hard because I feel like I failed if I'm not in the mood to draw. No daily challenges for me.

[mighty bronze]

Ohoo, I doo need to give more attention to SDV, maybe do muscle study on Alex

[vernal nexus]

Ngl Alex would probably like that

[mighty bronze]

Weeew

[echo mesa]

im doing a daily challenge now it do b hard

Slama compliments my red x's tho, so thats nice

[mighty bronze]

I can't do something every day (if I'm not free) but I can at least sketch something random

Hue hue

3 out of 20 so far

Smh so many x jar

[vernal nexus]

Do you have a set list of cartoon characters or is it just whatever char you wanna draw?

[echo mesa]

i already felt bad about that ;-;

[mighty bronze]

Yes I have a list, 10 boy 10 girls

[vernal nexus]

Is Darkwing Duck on the list? 👀

[tropic halo]

i could probably do daily challenges
but id much rather focus on sketching and improving than cranking out full pieces everyday

also smookie
jun is coming out so cute
i havent drawn a child in a while so im enjoying this

[vernal nexus]

I don't have enough time during the week to do a full piece every day.

But I wish I had.

[echo mesa]

i definitely have the time to do a full piece everyday and practice
. . . it just comes to energy tbh
i spend too much time doing Nothing bc barely awake

[mighty bronze]

List

Ima do them in time

As I want to work on other things too

[tropic halo]

i do cartoon studies as well

mainly from ghibli stuff tho

since it keeps proportions but is still stylized

perfect for me

[mighty bronze]

Wonder if you guys recognize most of them

[echo mesa]

ik all of em

[vernal nexus]

I know the ones from the 90s...

But not the new ones. :|

[tropic halo]

i havent seen most of those but ik the characters

[mighty bronze]

Hah

Luz is the newest from owl house

.img Luz owl house

[azure night]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-owl-house/images/4/40/3)_Luz_Noceda_(Uniform).png/revision/latest?cb=20200925143725

[mighty bronze]

Such a cutie

I wonder if Yumi is the oldest there wew

.img Yumi Yoshimura cartoon

[azure night]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/hihipuffyamiyumi/images/e/e9/Yumi21894.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20180301213020

[tropic halo]

my brain is forcing me to give everyone i draw long hair

sigh

[mighty bronze]

Lol

Not bad

[echo mesa]

long hair do be a lil easier imo
i find short hair styles hard

[snow jolt]

Oh man, i really want to draw kim possible now

[mighty bronze]

Wow, for me is the reverse

[mighty bronze]

Haha

Kim is awesome

Such a nice example for a teenager nowadays

[snow jolt]

Yeah! Her design is honestly amazing

[vernal nexus]

That reminds me I wanted to draw Leela and Tiabeanie. On topic of cartoon characters. Maybe I should make a to-do list.

[tropic halo]

long curly hair is superior

[echo mesa]

i love curly hair
rly need to practice it more

[lament turtle]

Someone has any tips on making foot? This is kinda big in my View, I'm open to anything...

[tropic halo]

look at real feet

and break down what makes that foot a foot

[lament turtle]

could you kindly explain with more simple words? I'm not an English native speaker

[tropic halo]

idk how much more simple than that i can get

[lament turtle]

crap my English

In the sketch looks good but meh

[tropic halo]

its good to want to jump right into full pieces but its always good to do some practices
itll help your piece look good in the long run

[lament turtle]

Thanks! I'm mostly testing the stylus so this isn't a full piece. I'm just not liking the foot

[vernal nexus]

You could take one of your shoes and position it in front of you as a reference, then draw what you see.

[lament turtle]

That's...

something that I didn't think of it...

[tropic halo]

thats basically what i said...

[vernal nexus]

Yeah it is.

[lament turtle]

crap my English

[vernal nexus]

What's your native language?

[lament turtle]

Brazilian Portuguese

[vernal nexus]

Oh I don't speak Portuguese unfortunately :c

Otherwise I would have tried to help you in another language than English.

[urban rock]

I need help with the hild it stands out to much I am fine with the shape but the color stands out to much I don't wanna make it too dark but i don't want it to basically be a different kinda part but I want the person to look at the blade first instead of the hild and I also don't wanna change the purple/Magenta with blue colour scheme am I asking to much can you guys help me please

[tropic halo]

sketch

[urban rock]

Fnek

[tropic halo]

maybe try using a differnt outline colour for that part

the blade and the part you hold wont be the same material so they wouldnt have the same gradient

[urban rock]

Hmmm I will try to use this

[mighty bronze]

OMGGGG NAEEEEE

I have... no words

I feel so behind because I aaaa

Didn't start yet

It's so amazing!!!!

[tropic halo]

hehe
im glad you like it

and dont worry about starting just cause i started
i just had nothing else to draw and i watched a break from the portraits i was doing

[mighty bronze]

Ngl, I really thought I should give Jun a snake pet 😭

[tropic halo]

yeah i saw on the paper you said he liked snakes

figured id give him one

to to figure out if im doing lineart
Or if im just cleaning up the sketch

[mighty bronze]

Awww

[mossy leaf]

that sketch is amazing

[tropic halo]

thank youu

for the first time in forever
im gonna do lineart
or atleast
a really really clean sketch

[mossy leaf]

a clean sketch is technically a lineart

[boreal seal]

I love this!

[mighty bronze]

When people draw your oc better than you do

That bunny on the T-shirt omggg

😭

[tropic halo]

hes basically done
I just have a bunch of clean up to do
like a lot

[orchid knot]

That looks adorable, nae!

[mighty bronze]

Omfhsjdajhdwksnkahrbrkdkxksd

I...

Need to start too aaaaa

[tropic halo]

ill share the timelapse whenever my wifi stops being stinky

[tropic halo]

thank youu

[mighty bronze]

can I... ask to make his T-shirt blue instead 😭

[tropic halo]

sure
whenever i go back to it

[mighty bronze]

sniff

[tropic halo]

@mighty bronze https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581210067534217217/803672594875678780/jun_speedpaint.mp4

[mossy leaf]

love it!

[mighty bronze]

BRUUUUH

I AM STARTING NOW

AND YOU ALREADY FINISHED

GSDagewgtfesafas

lmao

tbf I think I can finish it in 3 days since I will be free

[tropic halo]

im not finish
I have to make the shirt blue
and try my best to clean it up a bit

[mighty bronze]

STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLL

[tropic halo]

its a process

[mighty bronze]

the speed paint tho

really nice

Ima record it too

[tropic halo]

hell yeah
speedpaint gang

[mossy leaf]

attempting to draw fuyuhiko for the first time

[mighty bronze]

oooo

[tropic halo]

idk who that is but that suit is sexy

those folds

muah

[brisk ravine]

Lemme know what you think

[unkempt tinsel]

looks super lovely! i adore the lighting

[gleaming mauve]

^^ i love it!

[mighty bronze]

so nice!!!

[bleak bloom]

Ooooo

[tropic halo]

yeah its pretty

one day ill get back into cell shading
one day...

[bleak bloom]

Lazy shading

[tropic halo]

somepeople do it so well
I wanna be like some people

[bleak bloom]

Yeah lol

Its simple but some people make it look really impressive

[mighty bronze]

so simple yet so complicated to follow...

[tropic halo]

the main reason why i stopped doing cell shading is cause it didnt feel like much up a step up from the flat colour stage

i felt bad charging a different price for shades and flat colour

[brisk ravine]

Thank you for the feedback!

[mighty bronze]

look at me trying to sketch hair and not kill anything

I always felt my sketches are so messy but I clean them nicely doing the line art

[unreal stream]

Finished a sketch of a thing

[tropic halo]

love it

and also

cool sketch

[mighty bronze]

mee-ooooooow

hmmm is the ket head too smol I wonder

ah whatevs, I can fix that hehehwhe

now it's time to record it huw huw

[fair elbow]

So cute!

[mighty bronze]

hur hur, no u

[humble lava]

it could be a serval hybrid
smal head is name of the game for them

Savannahs. that's what that mix breed is called.

[mighty bronze]

wew

ah indeed!!

[humble lava]

in truth it's less smol head and more longe body. but still

[hard wind]

What should I do for the background

[glad ember]

I piracy a gam

[hard wind]

Damn what

[lament turtle]

Arg

where are the pirates

[hard wind]

Yo ho

[lament turtle]

ARGH

arr

[humble lava]

Not here. Pirates are removed from here.

[hard wind]

Pirates

Gone

[velvet sun]

argh im a pirate

time for some sea shanties

[hard wind]

@velvet sun which one

-Arrrgh

[velvet sun]

idk bro

[lament turtle]

It's best to just stop talking to/about the person pirating. DM bouncer and ignore the rule breaker

[hard wind]

What should I do for the background tho Fr

[tropic halo]

idk
i dont draw backgrounds

[velvet sun]

lmao same

i cant draw backgrounds for shit

[tropic halo]

i only do simple stuff

like skies

@mighty bronze is this ok

[velvet sun]

sdhns is it even worth finishing this

[tropic halo]

yeah

it looks very nice so far

im too lazy to ever draw locks

[hard wind]

Shid the piece I have is a selected work for AP

[heady oriole]

@hard wind You leveled up to Cowpoke. You can now speak in our voice channels!

[hard wind]

And I need a background

[velvet sun]

the problem is that im making a portrait, and now i have to make a second one in the same style that i can no longer replicate

[hard wind]

Wtf

[tropic halo]

aye youre the cool colour now

[tropic halo]

you always draw in this style tho

[velvet sun]

no i dont lmao

[tropic halo]

huh

[velvet sun]

sigh boy i sure do wish that i could cell shade

[mighty bronze]

AJSHHESJDUSJDKSKDIWHRJDIFSODJDOD

[grand cave]

u killed smook

[velvet sun]

rip smookie

you will be missed

[tropic halo]

just use a hard brush to do everything youre doing now

i assume that how cell shading works

[velvet sun]

cell shading is too hard i give up

[tawny lynx]

Big brain move is to shade traditionally on a separate layer and then perform a Color-to-Alpha operation on the lighter shades and then lock the layer's alpha and color fill what remains.

Wait that legitimately might work to at least get started.

[lament turtle]

never give up

why am i purple

[lament rampart]

Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm making a mod that adds about 20 mushroom species to the game, and I'm wondering if anyone is interested in doing the art for those mushrooms? I suck at art 😅

[hard lynx]

@glad ember Quit with the piracy comments.

[hollow turtle]

guys i've been working on my fic nonstop and i'm up to 27k words. i dream of shane and harvey

like when i start a project i literally CANNOT stop until it's done

[odd tiger]

@lament rampart what mushrooms are you planning to put?

[odd tiger]

You ever get like anxious when you're drawing?? I do but especially when I'm drawing people and have to look up drawing references. I don't know why

Idk if this should be in here or one of the off-topic channels but I sort of want to just get it out there so probably one of the off-topic channels..

[sly narwhal]

using references is normal

[velvet sun]

because art discussion isnt allowed in the art discussion channel

[grand cave]

Any art related discussion can be talked about here :) its just when conversations start to go off topic onto like, movies or something completely unrelated to art is when its asked to move to an off topic channel

and I can't draw SHIT without a ref

[velvet sun]

man whenever i use references my art ends up looking more realistic than i want, because i end up just copying the reference

[ember zealot]

i used to draw entirely without refs and i can say with absolute certainty that my art has improved since i started using them

[odd tiger]

Oh okay. I get using references isn't wrong but I can't stop feeling anxious when I do. Its only with people though

[grand cave]

The only photos on my ipad are refs, thousands upon thousands of pics

[odd tiger]

Thought talking to other artists about this might help a little

[velvet sun]

haha im not an artist so i probably cant help you

[odd tiger]

Well I think if you draw at all you're to some degree an artist. But that's just my view on it

But anyway, it just bugs me. I REALLY want to get better at drawing try and progress but I always end up backing out of my idea and just ending up sad about it

[open tulip]

don't forget to grab your clippy points that's right nae i stole your job

[velvet sun]

thanks, i'll be sure to claim my nonexistent points

[tropic halo]

nope

i have no reason to

[tropic halo]

i think i forgot to post it today cause i already claimed all of mine

[open tulip]

op lol

[tropic halo]

even the most professional of professional artists use refs

[velvet sun]

chicken man i hate him

[open tulip]

the jaw omgg

sharp af

love it

[tropic halo]

damn bro

he can slice me

any day of the week

[raw dragon]

I kinda wanna do a portraits mod, but doing everyone's portraits sounds like a pain in the ass

[tropic halo]

it is

its gonna take a lot of time

might make a portrait mod just for shane tho
one day

[velvet sun]

are we allowed to post like,, a collection of sketches? like all in one picture

[mossy leaf]

Yep

[velvet sun]

this is only like half of my art folder

im going to be deleting alot of it

[stuck robin]

gay.png 👌

[lament rampart]

I have a list of about 20. I ended up finding some help, but would never object to more interest, haha

[humble lava]

only thing that wouldn't be allowed is a mass of single images. Better to make an imgur album for those times or something.
on side note I believe I need a closer look at the dworf pic

[tropic halo]

just the stuff im too lazy to put in the right place

[mighty bronze]

Can't wait to put many other creations in mine

[tropic halo]

a lot of these folders are empty since i started doing art in the latter part of 2020

[velvet sun]

OH FUCK ITS THE CATS DUDE

ASDfghg

[tropic halo]

probably the greatest thing ive ever drawn

i spent way too long dressing these cats up as hamilton cast members

[mighty bronze]

Lol

[odd tiger]

I love that so much xD

[odd tiger]

Ah well I'm glad you found some help

[bleak bloom]

OMG I LOVE THEM

[echo mesa]

thinkin about getting mechanical pencil
idk which 2 Get tho :SDVpuffersweats:

[ember sequoia]

oh i have a couple that take the really thin leads, you can get 2B lead at art supply stores for more defined lines too

[echo mesa]

the one io thinking about getting comes with 0.7mm lead

theres a 0.5mm option too

[arctic ingot]

im a staedtler fan but i dont use mechanical pencils

[echo mesa]

i dont usually use em either
but im sick of pencil sharpenings lol

[mighty bronze]

I have one 2B as well but tbf I am not using it much since I use blue pencil for sketch mostly, 2B is way too light since I wanna sketch a dark line art using a 7B pencil even kek.

[arctic ingot]

sharpening pencils using cutter is relaxing for me heh

[echo mesa]

i like my sketches barely visible uwu

[arctic ingot]

woah 7b for lineart rlly dark

[mighty bronze]

I want it to be really clean and look noice

Wait me sketch those 20 cartoon characters

Ima also color them

[arctic ingot]

but with 7b, wouldn't it be easily smudged? :o

[mighty bronze]

I use a paper to rest the hand

Wanted to use the liner pen but weh, Ima mess up the whole thing if I draw a line wrong, still not used to draw fast clean lines

[odd tiger]

Oh yeah I got really shaky hands then drawing sometimes

[mighty bronze]

Hands go

[odd tiger]

Haha hands go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[mighty bronze]

Brbrbebrbrbrbr

[odd tiger]

Lol

[bleak bloom]

same, doesnt help that i have a condition that makes my hands shakier

am i imagining things, or did the color for modder role change ever so slightly

i feel like i was more umm, orange before

wait i can test it, i bet i have a screenshot

[ember sequoia]

all the colors changed a bit! #bulletin-board has details

it's for colorblind accessibility

[bleak bloom]

Ohhhh

Yk last night, at first i thought it was the blue filter on my phone, and then today i wondered if i was imagining things.
ty for proving im not insane 🥴

[velvet sun]

finally a respectable shade of orange for the modders

[bleak bloom]

i feel like now its not as orange, maybe a bit closer to coral or peach?

[blissful sonnet]

does anyone use a certain size for the canvus?

[sly pawn]

TYRAHH

[blissful sonnet]

Im trying to find a size that i could use for most of my artworks

OMG LILY???

[sly pawn]

hi! it's been agesss

YES

[blissful sonnet]

IS THAT U

[sly pawn]

IT IS I

IT IS ME

[blissful sonnet]

AHHH

HUG

[sly pawn]

also i just use a random size and size down the canvas once i've decided what to draw

[sly pawn]

[blissful sonnet]

how have u been??

[sly pawn]

i'm doing okay! hbu???

[blissful sonnet]

ah that makes sense~

[sly pawn]

yuppp

[blissful sonnet]

im doing well!! Just trying to get through school

im glad ur doing well~

[sly pawn]

same here

[blissful sonnet]

it be a struggle 😔

[sly pawn]

heres a wip for the discussion just so i can prove our convo is art related

[sly pawn]

honestly.

[blissful sonnet]

LMAO

[sly pawn]

im just having a break between lessons rn

[blissful sonnet]

Breaks are important so you wont break down

[sly pawn]

👈 👈 that's the spirit

[blissful sonnet]

ah, lily, have you done any new artwork?

[sly pawn]

ofc my love

have youuu?

[blissful sonnet]

nope, been to busy too ;w;

[sly pawn]

aww

[blissful sonnet]

share some love?

[sly pawn]

mmmmokay

[blissful sonnet]

yayay

[sly pawn]

ill show you my most recent

[blissful sonnet]

OMG

LILLYYY, ITS PRETTY

[blissful sonnet]

Ooo, my hero academia!!

[sly pawn]

and this was my most recent

[sly pawn]

👍

[blissful sonnet]

are these ocs or just randoms?

[sly pawn]

the middle one is an oc, the other two are just randoms

[blissful sonnet]

ahh kk

i missed talking to u ;w;

[sly pawn]

same here

i think i saw you around izzy's server and i was waiting for you to pop up

OH

hold on no im getting confused

I meant i saw you around here

[blissful sonnet]

ah, i havent been around other servers besides sdv ;w;

[sly pawn]

Yeah

[blissful sonnet]

Ohhh

yeah i drop by sometimes! which is like random without any thought

[sly pawn]

Ouu

i only recently came back maybe like a week ago

reconnected w izzy and chrom

and I've been posting art here and doing some more modding

[blissful sonnet]

i havent spoken to them in ages

do u know how they are?

[sly pawn]

Yeah

they're doing well!

izzy's server has like 1K members now

[blissful sonnet]

glad to hear that!!

[sly pawn]

and chrom is still drawing ||big tiddy|| girls with perfect anatomical arms and legs

which im still jealous of

[blissful sonnet]

LMAO

[sly pawn]

He sometimes drops by the server

from time to time

[blissful sonnet]

the art i remember of chrom was rapunzel last time i saw

[sly pawn]

Ah yes

the only servers im really in are game related/art related ones and izzy's

also

Bg show me some of ur art

[blissful sonnet]

same!

Ooo, kk!

[sly pawn]

Ouuu!

I love the shading on the tree and grass omg

[blissful sonnet]

thankk u!!

[sly pawn]

ofc ofc!

[sly pawn]

Oooo!

[blissful sonnet]

this is my most recent, its for christmas pfp!!

[sly pawn]

i love it!!

[sly pawn]

ouuu the flowers are pretty!

[blissful sonnet]

i referenced off of real flowers for those!

[sly pawn]

they look great!

i've got an art folder where i have a folder within for each month

And ill put my work for each month in there

so at the end of the year, I can look back on how i improved

[blissful sonnet]

i should do that this time around~

[sly pawn]

i recommend i recommend

[blissful sonnet]

all i did was put them in one folder and called it a day

[sly pawn]

Pfft i used to do that as well

But i really wanted to see actual progress

So i've decided to do this

whew

[blissful sonnet]

yup yup, thats a good way to see progress

i should do an artwork before january ends!!

[sly pawn]

i have this that i havent posted anywhere but i think its kinda cute

[sly pawn]

yesssss

[blissful sonnet]

Oooo

i love the way the lips and eyes turned out

[sly pawn]

working w inverted colour scheme

[blissful sonnet]

what program are you using lily?

[sly pawn]

ty! when i started doing lips like that it can be difficult

[sly pawn]

clip studio paint^

[blissful sonnet]

Ooo, ill add that to things i should buy once i have the money

[sly pawn]

Yessss i recommend

It's really good

[blissful sonnet]

yup yup!

any tips when it comes to the lips?

[sly pawn]

i'd use procreate but i dont have like a small tablet i have a drawing one that mirrors my computer screen

Hmm

Well it depends on what lip style you like

[blissful sonnet]

mine is more of a downwards kind of style

[sly pawn]

for the way i do it, i draw like the two corners of the mouth as dots and sort or draw 2 lines so that they look like they will connect but there's a gap

N just sorta shade the bottom lip darker than the top but it switches

i mea

the other way around

[blissful sonnet]

Ahh gotcha

[sly pawn]

ALSO use lighting like white dots and marks to make them look glossyyy

[blissful sonnet]

Ooo

ive seen those before but i havent tried it yet

[sly pawn]

i'd give it a go

[blissful sonnet]

im about to start drawing, so lemme just get them lips~

[sly pawn]

just sort of think about your favourite art styles you've seen other people do and incorperate bits into your own

Yess~

[blissful sonnet]

mhmm, lemme just look at ur art style real quick

[sly pawn]

it changes daily but sure haha

[blissful sonnet]

oh yeah!! On the hair, what's the best way on doing it?

[sly pawn]

close up of the first one you can reference if you want

Well i found my style of doing hair just through trial and error

I love doing overly curly - strandlike hair

So just sort of gauge a hair shape when you're sketching out the iea

[blissful sonnet]

So its more strands of hair then one huge blob?

[sly pawn]

idea*

[sly pawn]

Yeah

and just add strands and wavy bits and just give the hair personality yk?

[blissful sonnet]

yup yup!!

thank u so much lily~

[sly pawn]

of course!~

[blissful sonnet]

Ill first try a close up of the face before getting better at the body

[sly pawn]

yeah that's deffo a good idea

i only did head and shoulders before being brave enough to try full anatomy

this was the art i was doing last year around this time

the improveeementttt

[grand cave]

(Very sorry to interrupt just wanted to share this wip quickly, okay back to ur discussion tyty)

[sly pawn]

OUU dw about it GD and that lookS SO GOOD

[grand cave]

Awwwhhhh thank you!

[sly pawn]

Ofc ofc!

[blissful sonnet]

OMG

@sly pawn i lost internet for a good 10 mintues-

[sly pawn]

oh dangg

i thought u had just gone to draw haha

[blissful sonnet]

oh phew, im glad u didnt think that i was ignoring u

and that art was from last year??? U IMPROVED SO MUCH OMG

[tropic halo]

[sly pawn]

yessss

[blissful sonnet]

hiya nae!!

lily i inspire to be uuu

[tropic halo]

Sup sup

[sly pawn]

:o

Hi nae!

[tropic halo]

Don't mind me just lurking

[sly pawn]

feel free to lurk haha

[blissful sonnet]

happy to have u!!

[sly pawn]

Aw I got biology to do now but I'll be back after if I finish early

[blissful sonnet]

while i had no wifi, i was drawing for a bit, and cant seem to get a good hightlight in ;w;

byeee lily!!

good luck~

[sly pawn]

ill see ya in like an hour or so!

[tropic halo]

My one input is to not worry too much about art style
Too much focus on that will hinder your development
Just focus on getting better
The art style will come naturally

[sly pawn]

ill need it Imao

[blissful sonnet]

that's a good way to look at it nae

for me, i keep looking at my art as if it werent any good ;w;

[tropic halo]

Stop focusing on what you don't like about your art and focus on what you do

Big it's a piece you hate try to pick out the positives

ITll change your outlook

[blissful sonnet]

im srry nae but i cant understand what u mean by this

i should try and pick out the postives?

[tropic halo]

Damn. That's a Lot of types

[modest sphinx]

Why do the drawings I draw out of boredom in my math book turn out so good compared to in my sketchbook 🤧

[blissful sonnet]

yo same rose 😔

[tropic halo]

Even if it's a piece you hate try to pick out the positives*

[modest sphinx]

i tried to redraw him in the sketchbook but i couldn't recreate the essence

[blissful sonnet]

hmm, ill try that nae!!

also, nae do u know how to use highlights for lets say lips?

[tropic halo]

"I like they way I coloured tho"
"I like how I drew the hair"
"I'm proud of the hands"

Stuff like that

[blissful sonnet]

@obsidian nebula #images-and-memes

pls head there~

[modest sphinx]

uhh I don't think that belongs here yeah

[blissful sonnet]

ahh ok

[tropic halo]

I don't like a lot of the stuff that I draw but I always try to not crap on it

[modest sphinx]

artist impostor syndrome go brr

[mossy leaf]

quite sus if I do say so myself

[blissful sonnet]

MICKO

[mossy leaf]

hewooo BG!

[mighty bronze]

Nae smh

You draw really nice stuff now shud up

[tropic halo]

pffft

yeah i like my art

but sometimes

the stuff i draw just isnt it

[blissful sonnet]

hruuu!!

[mossy leaf]

doing great just relaxing and drawing

[blissful sonnet]

ayyy

im doing the same!

[bleak bloom]

4000x4000 for most things personally

[grand cave]

2480x3508 for me

[blissful sonnet]

holy moly

mine is just 768 by 768-

[tawny lynx]

1533¾×2342±5 personally

[blissful sonnet]

how is this looking?

[spiral gale]

ice angy

[blissful sonnet]

oop-

well, i was given a pat doggy emoji so im glad u like the art piece~

[tropic halo]

go higher
for better quality

and putting your dpi at around 300 350 is good too

[blissful sonnet]

dpi?

[tropic halo]

helps reduce pixels

and also it looks nice so far

dots per inch

there should be a setting for it in most art programs when creating a new canvas

[blissful sonnet]

thank u nae!!!

[tropic halo]

same here
or 3500 x 3500

[blissful sonnet]

lemme find the dpi real quick

[tropic halo]

what program do you use?

[blissful sonnet]

ibis paint x

[mossy leaf]

I do 1920 x 1080

[blissful sonnet]

i will one day get a computer to run better art programs

one day

Ah thank u micko!!

[tropic halo]

yeah i think it has it

ibis is actually really good

[blissful sonnet]

im thinking of trying 1000 by 1000 for right now

[tropic halo]

ik people do do pog ar ton ibis

[grand cave]

You can do a lot in ibis, you just need to learn how to work it

[blissful sonnet]

i love using ibis, but then its slow to respond on what im using and i actually glitched it out a bit

probs cause of my chromebook ;w;

[grand cave]

Like I’ve seen some stuff that looks like it was done in photoshop, some of the brushes are pretty nice

[tropic halo]

this is by noiz eka on insta
they work in ibis

[blissful sonnet]

holy moly!!

[mossy leaf]

oh damn

you can practically make godly art in ms paint as well

[grand cave]

Oh I’ve seen that piece!

[tropic halo]

their stuff is really good

[blissful sonnet]

i remember watching this video on a santa being made in ibis paint

[tropic halo]

so yeah youre not limited to your art program
its just how you use it

https://www.instagram.com/noiz.eka/
for anyone that wants to browse

[mossy leaf]

MS paint drawing

[grand cave]

Heh, If you haven’t then I question what you have been doing with your life over the past 10 years

[mossy leaf]

that I found

[blissful sonnet]

ikr LOL

the recommendations be doing some good things

[tropic halo]

noiz has been teaching me how to paint
god bless em
my art has improved so much since ive started taking their advice and such

[blissful sonnet]

i better go read their advice-

[bleak bloom]

Ping

[tropic halo]

its been stuff in dms

[bleak bloom]

Oh okay

[blissful sonnet]

ohhh

[tropic halo]

@blissful sonnet just incase you wanted to know the brushes they use

[blissful sonnet]

Ive been looking around for importable brushes AHHHH

thank u oh wise nae

[bleak bloom]

Oh wow that's impressive artwork, and then with those as well, that's interesting

[bleak bloom]

That's great advice

[tropic halo]

ikr

noiz best teacher

[blissful sonnet]

OHHH

[bleak bloom]

facts bro

[tropic halo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/795412873382723585/803381391910764554/IMG_20210125_224753.png

their much sexier version of my oc

one day ill understand faces that well

one day...

[blissful sonnet]

oh wow-

[tropic halo]

my idol

[mossy leaf]

[mighty bronze]

Ima yoink that as ref for Milo when ima do the clean line art hue hue

Still bit concerned bout the hair

[spark void]

love it!

[tropic halo]

[exotic snow]

damn i almost forgot, again;; thanks for the heads-up nae

[mighty bronze]

Ima get them all in the next 5 days

Wonder what will buy

[spiral gale]

uh,,, guys,,, does this look okay anatomy wise? i feel like something at the torso is off but i didnt had any ref and fsduhsdf

[blissful sonnet]

It be looking good

[warm finch]

I think the left arm needs a lil bit more work!

The two arms look kinda too short but but left arm is worse

[tropic halo]

messing around with the default brushes and made this
idk what it is
but i like looking at it

wait

wrong thing

smh my head

[mighty bronze]

Ooooo

[mighty bronze]

Ok so apparently I have done so much art this month and I didn't have much free time which is amazing!!
Can't wait to see what I'll do in February when ima have more time for myself \o/

[true shore]

pretty

[mighty bronze]

majestic ears

[calm tiger]

Did a little more work on this guy. Trying to shade fabric/cloaks is hell to me.

[odd tiger]

Oh I finished my drawing of Harvey btw, I'll post it a bit later

[severe crag]

I don’t really love Harvey in the game but he’s rlly fun to draw so he’s growing on me lol

[odd tiger]

@severe crag he's so cute!

[severe crag]

:) thank you!

[hard wind]

I started

[unkempt tinsel]

i am making another masterpiece

[quasi ocean]

beautiful

[tropic halo]

i love these

even if ive never seen anything even remotely related to star wars

[unkempt tinsel]

i am glad you can get some enjoyment out of it, i have a lot of fun drawing them

i'm so sorry sebastian i have not drawn you in ages

this is all i'm doin tonight, i'll finish it tomorrow mayhaps

[spiral gale]

i fixed a lot of stuff fsduhdsfuhsd better?

nice yeehaw may i join the cowboy stuff?

[unkempt tinsel]

that looks lovely! i adore the shading especially on the pants

and of course, all yeehawing is welcome

[crude hawk]

discuss

[ember sequoia]

that's a 1.5 spoiler, so that should be in #792314345018228737 :)

[crude hawk]

is it really

[ember sequoia]

yup, that wasn't possible pre 1.5

[lament turtle]

DUCK

IS THAT A DUCK?

[opal pumice]

seeing all this art inspires me to draw more

[plain cedar]

Goose

[lament turtle]

GOOSE

I LOVE GOOSE

[opal pumice]

GOOSE

[lament turtle]

i used to draw frogs on my front porch

[lament turtle]

then my mom confiscated the chalk bc i made a big mess

art

[opal pumice]

No

[young harbor]

low res

invalid

[lament turtle]

Higher res wins

[hard wind]

@plain cedar yoooooooo

Shit looks amazing lol

That duck looks amazingg

[plain cedar]

Thank youuuu

My friend made me draw the goose lmao

[lament turtle]

[hard wind]

Idk what it is but the way it is especially for chalk is like

Reaaaaaaally good lmao

Goose good

[plain cedar]

Haha thanksssss

[hard wind]

Np homie

[lament turtle]

you drew the goose?

[plain cedar]

Yes I did!

[lament turtle]

oh from way above

was lookin at those memes

[unkempt tinsel]

your art is very pretty lauren!!!!

[lament turtle]

yus

[unkempt tinsel]

i love the bear

[plain cedar]

Aaaa thank you jade!

[hard wind]

SHidd

It’s 8:55 and I got hw

[blissful sonnet]

yo same

[marble storm]

You are an absolute legend, lauren, please never stop doing what you do, I genuinely love seeing what you post

[plain cedar]

Wait same timezone too?!?

[hard wind]

YOOOOO WORD

No fuckin way

[plain cedar]

cst gang

[hard wind]

Frfr

[marble storm]

Est over here, 9:56

[hard wind]

Cst on top

[plain cedar]

I’m middle state

Yayyyy

[hard wind]

@plain cedar what if you like my neighbor or something lmao

[plain cedar]

LMAO

nah nahhh both of my neighbors are little kids

[blissful sonnet]

my teacher is playing miley cirus

[hard wind]

Damn both mine are old

[plain cedar]

I haven’t met anyone who lives in my state so

[hard wind]

Damnn i live in MO

[plain cedar]

wait

Missouri?

[hard wind]

Ye

[plain cedar]

I live in Kansas LMAO

[hard wind]

No fucking way

[plain cedar]

WOW