#creative-discussion

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tropic halo
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that holds you back a lot

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art style comes with time

cosmic oasis
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Cries in those 9 years I spent drawing

fossil helm
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An art style is just how you remember how to draw certain things

cosmic oasis
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Welp I gotta throw that in the trash bin

tropic halo
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art style is how you draw

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and thats just it

tropic halo
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art style changes a lot as you learn and improve

fossil helm
cosmic oasis
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Wise words x2 ,, I’ll be using these tips

tropic halo
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if you see my first peices here youll see how my drawings changed

cosmic oasis
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Hejdndnksndd

tropic halo
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but trying hard to stick to a specific style will hold yo back a lot

fossil helm
tropic halo
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dont be afraid to change once you learn more about the basices

cosmic oasis
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I do have a bit time rn I could doodle

fossil helm
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2 months ago, my art looked very different

tropic halo
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same

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iveo nly been drawing for a couple months

cosmic oasis
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Screams in 2015 drawings

tropic halo
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and ive been doing a lot of studies and such

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they help a lot

cosmic oasis
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I don’t have time to study for anything other then school, my friend told me to study too

boreal seal
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I’ve only really been drawing loads for the past few months

cosmic oasis
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I’m not a fast learner

fossil helm
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Ive been drawing seriously (somewhat) since may 2020. Everything besides school stuff for realism is self taught 😼👌

So I didn't study barely anything

cosmic oasis
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And I don’t think art is for me ngl

tropic halo
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by studies i mean
i just find a picture i like then try to copy it

cosmic oasis
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AaaAAa no I had bad times with that

fossil helm
boreal seal
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The thing you posted in creative looked good.

fossil helm
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Who?

cosmic oasis
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I don’t have a positive mindset ,, I always look at the bad sides of things

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I’ve been told to stop that a lot

tropic halo
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well
that wont help you improve

boreal seal
fossil helm
cosmic oasis
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Bad habits I guess,, I am trying to fix it HC_Cry

fossil helm
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Its good that your looking to fix it 😼👌

tropic halo
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same with getting commissions
buyers dont like when artists have negative attitudes towards their own art

cosmic oasis
tropic halo
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just stop caring

fossil helm
cosmic oasis
fossil helm
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nice

tropic halo
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i mean
if you go to buy a car and the dealer is just tlaking about how shitty he thinks the car is no one is gonna want to buy that car

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its the same with art

cosmic oasis
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I’d buy it

tropic halo
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so i recommend changing your mind set

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ah
ok

fossil helm
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Mindset 😼

tropic halo
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cool ig

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if youre thinking like that then i cant help you

cosmic oasis
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As long as I think the cars of I’m fine with it

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Neofnekskjd I swear I’m trying to stop that

fossil helm
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brb someone in another server might be stealing art, I gotta double check

cosmic oasis
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I have time rn to doodle or well practice so ima go do that

tropic halo
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theyre not gonna spend their money on something thats talked about in a negative way

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have fun

bright topaz
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A commission im doing for a rp im in

fervent stratus
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ah ok

cosmic oasis
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Le g s

tropic halo
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nice

lament turtle
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@brittle epoch @fossil helm @marble storm @boreal seal thx alot

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:333333333333333

brittle epoch
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:333 pls post more updates

tropic halo
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i want to sit under my own vine
and fig tree
a moment alone in the shade

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at home in this nation we made

blissful sonnet
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poetic

velvet sun
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Wait a second

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Nae are those hamilton lyrics

blissful sonnet
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hold up

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it sounds like it ConfusedGirl

tropic halo
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yes they are

tropic halo
velvet sun
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NO

unkempt tinsel
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i don't want to talk about how long it took me to do this fucking gun

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i am very happy with him tho

gloomy turtle
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hot damn

unkempt tinsel
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here's og sketch so you can see all i changed

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thank u arcane

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it's coloring time, i think the hardest part was getting the hand and gun right

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smooth sailing now

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DAMMIT just saw a huge mistake

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ok

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i got this

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hold on

tropic halo
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its so sexy

fossil helm
unkempt tinsel
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NAE emotions

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thank u very much

fossil helm
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I agree tho 😳👉👈

unkempt tinsel
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yall keep me goin

fossil helm
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spicy

tropic halo
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this reminds me i need to go make osme art

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some*

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of something
idk of what
but i need to draw

fossil helm
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I should be drawing but instead I'm working on finding headcanon voice claims for some ocs

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Ive found 6 I think so far

unkempt tinsel
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yesss y'all should and headcanons sound fun!

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ok does the right arm look correct to you

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i was like "he doesn't have an ELBOW" but i'm looking at the angle of the gauntlet and i'm not sure if it makes sense or not

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(i am using refs but emotions i don't have the perfect one for how i have his arm)

fossil helm
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Yeah, it looks fine 👁👌

I didn't notice that he might possibly not have an elbow til you said that lol

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But even then he has a fine elbow

unkempt tinsel
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i will try to add a bit more of his arm which hopefully makes it look better

fossil helm
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yeah, sounds like a good idea SDVpufferthumbsup

unkempt tinsel
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the gauntlets are also one of my biggest adversaries...

fossil helm
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😔

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I struggle the most with hands

not hands specifically, but fingers

unkempt tinsel
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ughhhhhhhhhhhh i'm gonna have to redraw his whole arm

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i thought i was done

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😭

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i can't believe i didn't notice

fossil helm
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😔😔😔

lament turtle
unkempt tinsel
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oh that looks super cool

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ok i think i fixed it 😭 foreshortening is hard

unkempt tinsel
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flAAAAAAAAAAAAAts

silver relic
unkempt tinsel
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thanks! i use clip studio paint

marble storm
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LOVELY

silver relic
unkempt tinsel
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i use a tablet

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for da pc

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thanks himi!

silver relic
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ahh ok. thank u! SDVpufferheart

unkempt tinsel
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np np

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i had cheaper tablets for a decade if not just about a decade and saved up to get me a nice cintiq

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i've really enjoyed it

warm finch
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So clean

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I love that lineart

silver relic
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yoo same, my dad had a wacom bamboo tablet laying around and i used it for awhile before i got my ipad

exotic snow
exotic snow
unkempt tinsel
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thank y'all 😭

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and yesss bamboo tablet was my lifeline for ages

silver relic
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haha. it was a time at first figuring out hand/eye coordination though 😂😂

unkempt tinsel
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oh yeah big mood

fossil helm
tropic halo
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i have my eyes on the 24 inch pro with the 4k screen
but im literally so poor id have to sell a kidney

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or both of em

unkempt tinsel
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i have the more affordable one

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i want tp say it was the 600 dollar one

tropic halo
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and live my life drawing on dialysis

unkempt tinsel
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no way in hell i was gonna get the 1.2k one

tropic halo
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theres one for like
3k

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plus 500 bucks for the stand

unkempt tinsel
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theyre so expensive im cryin

tropic halo
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ikr

unkempt tinsel
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i use a little lap desk for mine which i use for my laptop too

tropic halo
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i might get an xp pen

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theyre cheaper and work just as well

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the 15.6 artist pro

silver relic
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wtf, so expensive...might as well just buy an ipad then

unkempt tinsel
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the pens r nice

tropic halo
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lmao no

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id rather spend 1000 on a tablet than on the whole ipad + apple pencil + procreate setup

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not my vibe at all

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procreate seems hella limited

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ive heard you only get a certain number of layers

silver relic
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huh, diff strokes for diff folks... i’m vibing with that exact setup lol

unkempt tinsel
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i think ipads are good for general use but i wouldnt get it purely for art personally

silver relic
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yeah it’s like 200+ something layers max

unkempt tinsel
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but people do make gorgeous art with it

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im glad it works for you!

silver relic
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the only thing is no vector work. thanks!

tropic halo
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yeah its just what works for you

unkempt tinsel
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oh that sucks ):

tropic halo
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i find the pc and tablet setup way beter

unkempt tinsel
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i dont do vector often thp so thayd be fine with me

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soz phone

tropic halo
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especially with the type of art i do

silver relic
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ahh understandable. maybe my hand eye coord is just bad lmao

tropic halo
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tablets have screen

silver relic
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the one i had was no screen, so i had to keep looking at the computer and not my hand

grand cave
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Layers are limited depending on how big your canvas is and how old your ipad is. If you have a really old ipad + a huge canvas then your layers would probably be quite limited, yeah
for performance reasons

tropic halo
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yeah thats not for me

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i use huge canvases

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ad i put a lot of stuff on each layer

silver relic
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generally what size canvas? just curious

tropic halo
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i use 7000 x 6000 some times
and sometimes i use 3500 x 3500

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depends on what im doing

silver relic
grand cave
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You could very easily work around it but you already have a pretty nice setup from what I know nae?

tropic halo
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eh
I have a cheap laptop and a cheaper tablet

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

silver relic
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ahh yeah that’s p big. my canvases (screen size) are ~2000x2000

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haha i guess as long as it can make art, it works! SDVpufferparty

tropic halo
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i work on bigger canvases for my commissions

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and i might eventually switch to photoshop for my paintings
so idk yet

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maybe if the ipad version of csp wasnt subscriptions based id think about getting one

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cause csp would be perfect for me there

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to just use on the go

silver relic
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lol i want to give photoshop a try but it seemed a little overwhelming SDVpuffersob

unkempt tinsel
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my canvas sizes are way smaller but i am getting used to drawing at 50% and doing detail at 100%

tropic halo
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ive gotten used to csp so photoshop comes easy

unkempt tinsel
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so maybe i wil move on to even bigger canvases....

tropic halo
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i work pretty zoomed out as well

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but ive started using that extra window function csp has

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then i drag this window to my second monitor
so i can see everything i do zoomed out so i can know if im working ok

unkempt tinsel
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omg

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i should do that, that sounds insanely helpful

tropic halo
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yeah it updates in real time

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well not real time

unkempt tinsel
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especially since my laptop has a bit of a diff color

tropic halo
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every stroke

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you make appears there

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i only found out about it recently

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i saw someone do it in a sai speedpaint and i looked into it immediately

unkempt tinsel
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THAT'S SO COOL

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(i just did it LOL)

tropic halo
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another thing i did was make my watermark into a brush

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so instead of copy pasting it everytime i can just grab the brush and stamp
i love making my life easier

unkempt tinsel
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yooooooooo that's awesome

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i need to make something like that with my full url

grand cave
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I really hate CSP on the ipad. For some reason it feels like a completely different app than the pc version.
If I could switch back to a drawing tablet, I might. But def not a screened one... I think that's what I hated about my old one so much.

tropic halo
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oh
i didnt know csp for the ipad was so different

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even more reason why its not for me ig
ill stick to pc setup for now

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would be cool to be able to draw on the go tho

mossy leaf
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I have tried CSP on my phone and it looks so different compared to the pc version

grand cave
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I was going to demonstrate, but alas

tropic halo
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rip

cosmic oasis
tropic halo
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im surprisingly more comfortable using a graphics tablet than a screen one

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but im gonna upgrade eventually and im gonna force myself to get used to it

brittle epoch
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csp expires???

mossy leaf
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nope its just on mobile and touch pad the free version only allows 1 hour per day to use it

brittle epoch
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ojhhhhhh

tropic halo
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i could never work in csp if it was limited

lament turtle
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Drew some of my pal's ocs might ask anyone to hand me some your ocs lol

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Bc I am literally bored asf PAHAHAHAH

fossil helm
unkempt tinsel
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here's my boy tetsuo

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maggie might be more your speed.... wow i really need to draw her again....

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this art is sooooo old

mighty bronze
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Drawing your own OC again...

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Why I don't do it already

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I might use nae's reference to draw my baby again

unkempt tinsel
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this art is also like 2 or 3 years old and i still like it, i need to learn how to draw him better (my oc turin)

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ok i'm done looking thru my ocs i'll just feel so guilty not drawing any of them in ages

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awwwww very cute smookie

mighty bronze
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Burn baby burn!!!

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I haven't even drew a pet snek but nae did it anyway!!!

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I'm such a bad father

mighty bronze
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February passed like a fart and I did nothing almost

marble storm
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disco inferno

ember zealot
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this isnt even complete 😩 but here ya go

atomic laurel
fervent stratus
blissful sonnet
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My OC Naono! Drawn by one of my best friends, i have yet to draw her myself Sweats screms

blissful sonnet
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how does one fill up their sketchbook? i literally only have a page full and its just my oc above me

midnight vapor
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Just draw whatever comes to mind and make a page of it

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Like if you wanted to draw mayor lewis

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Draw him in the centre, and around it draw stuff like his purple shorts and ||golden statue||

blissful sonnet
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i want my sketchbook to look neat tbh ajam_sadboi

midnight vapor
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Oh 😂 Fair enough

blissful sonnet
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what does ur sketchbook look like cz_blurry_eyes

midnight vapor
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Don't actually have one

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I mostly use computer

blissful sonnet
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makes sense, i do the same but my dad bought me a sketchbook and like, i want to make use of it

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because dad used money on it

midnight vapor
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Yeah

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Did the Artisan Leah Bot break again?

velvet sun
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yeah

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FUCK ITS MARCH

lament turtle
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Happy first year aaaa

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one year of being a sleep deprive dude

tropic halo
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its about sketching and practicing and just doodling whatever comes to mind

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only people ive ever seen with neat sketchbooks are the ones that do youtube

mossy leaf
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I have a sketch book but I never use it because I just like to just doodle not sketch most of the time

tropic halo
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i dont have a sketch book

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im too lazy and privileged for traditional art

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idk how id function without my lasso tool and undo

lament turtle
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Guys, I need your opinion on something. I wanna paint a gift for ConcernedApe to celebrate the 5th game anniversary (yes, I know I´m late lol). Do you think I can DM him here on Discord once it´s gonna be finished, so I can show it to him? Or will that be inappropriate
It´s just gonna be a portrait of him surrounded by junimos and other game stuff

mossy leaf
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oh you can definitely dm it to him through discord

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I am sure he will like it

lament turtle
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I already emailed him once, offering to translate the game into czech, to which he replied. I thinkit´s okay, but I just wanna make sure

blissful sonnet
tropic halo
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youre gonna have to go through a lot of ugly sketchbooks before you start making pretty stuff

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80% of your art journey will be (or should be) ugly practice sketches

mighty bronze
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!!!!

blissful sonnet
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i feel like, i should make one of the sketchbooks i have to be used for practicing anatomy, hands and etc. while the other one i show to others ACOSP_molang_think

mighty bronze
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Most of the drawings go in my big portfolio since the sketchbooks pages are detachable

blissful sonnet
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because one of my other sketchbooks is already pretty ugly from the amount of drawings i have in it ajam_sadboi

tropic halo
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you shouldnt care if its pretty or ugly

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atleast

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not at this stage

blissful sonnet
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helps when im looking at my progress

mighty bronze
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Mhm

blissful sonnet
mighty bronze
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My brother has like 8 portfolios lmao

tropic halo
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me who deleted all my art pieces SDVpufferchickcool

mighty bronze
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I haven't even filled half of it

blissful sonnet
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noooo nae

tropic halo
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eh
most of em were crappy anyways

mighty bronze
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No art you do is crappy

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Nevah

tropic halo
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nah

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thats not true

blissful sonnet
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say that to my art sob

tropic halo
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saying stuff like that breeds delusional artists

mighty bronze
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Ok... sometimes

tropic halo
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gonna make a lot of shitty stuff before you start making actually good art

blissful sonnet
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how long have u been drawing nae?

lament turtle
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LET´S GOOOOO

mossy leaf
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oooo looking good so far

lament turtle
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Thank you! His nose is d i f f i c u l t

tropic halo
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but drawing in general
sicne i was a child
arts and crafts classes and such

lament turtle
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He has very sharp features SDVconcernedCA

tropic halo
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but i realy only started basics and such last year

blissful sonnet
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Ooo

tropic halo
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i wanna do a lil drawy draw but idk what to draw

cosmic oasis
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Draw something you don’t usually draw

mighty bronze
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Snek

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More sneks

cosmic oasis
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:O sneks

lament turtle
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SNEKS SNEKS SNEKS

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I have 3 pet sneks. They´re perfect. Sneks are always the right answer

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starting to look more like him

sly narwhal
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woah looks gooddd

lament turtle
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thank youuuu

fervent stratus
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looks good

exotic snow
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oo niiiiice

mossy leaf
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going to colour in fuyuhiko and Hiyoko some time in the far future

lament turtle
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ah yes the chaotic babies

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BABY GANGSTA and BABY BULLY

north kite
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who's wearing who?

mossy leaf
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you know too muchemoji_love_gun

mystic salmon
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My first stardew valley oc fanart after like years of not playing SDVbear

silver relic
mystic salmon
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Yes! I had fun with the costumizations I couldn't believe there's a skirt feature now *0 *

silver relic
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haha. i love that there’s diff skirt lengths but i can have my farmer wear pants too :)

broken jay
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I can’t draw leg.

glacial fox
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sketch

cosmic oasis
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YOOO THATS SO COOL

silver relic
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i really like the background !!SDVpufferwow SDVpufferwow SDVpufferheart

fervent stratus
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thats so cool

boreal seal
stable pagoda
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Does this pose look natural? What can I improve?

silver relic
stable pagoda
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Hmmm I see what you mean, thanks!

silver relic
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np! can’t wait to see your final drawing:)

worthy vale
stable pagoda
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Noted, thank you for the input! awwshucks 💖

open tulip
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how does one color and/or shade the sun

glacial fox
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google sun

tropic halo
# stable pagoda Does this pose look natural? What can I improve?

the perspective of the body is kinda wonky
the right leg (our right) is facing sideways while the part of the thigh closest to the pelvis indicates that its forward facing
the left leg is also no straight
the part where the arm cuts is bent and there is no join there
when working on poses ignore the overlapping limbs and work on them individually
the right arm is also a lot thinner than the left one and the position of them is a bit unnatural

gloomy turtle
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I would probably move the head down a little bit

tropic halo
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i was kinda overlooking the head cause i just assumed it was a place holder
alone with the hands and the feet

stable pagoda
tropic halo
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np

warm finch
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i think the leg on the right from our perspective (so it's left leg) is a bit funny, might needa work on it a lil bit!

cinder falcon
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Would anyone be interested in animal crossing x stardew valley art?

stable pagoda
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Yes!

unkempt tinsel
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that would be super cute

fossil helm
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yes

past karma
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I'm trying to make a new oc but I have no inspiration for them and I was wondering if anyone has anything, like a phrase, creature, picture, or website I can use I'd really appreatiate it

spiral gale
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@past karma vibecat

past karma
charred terrace
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Hey I’m debating making a stardew chicken plush as part of a birthday gift for my partner. The problem is my fabric selection... kind of sucks lol

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I can’t find anything that’s like, beige that’s textured appropriately so I wonder if I’m gonna have to compromise. Do you guys think I should go with this white minky fabric or a yellow ish (it’s a bit more yellow than the picture makes it look) faux fur?

gloomy turtle
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faux fur

unkempt tinsel
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i also prefer the yellowish

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progresssss, progreesss......

warm finch
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Gdi it's so good Jade!

blissful sonnet
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AHHH

unkempt tinsel
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thank uuuu emotions

blissful sonnet
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that looks so good jade!!!

unkempt tinsel
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i'm really happy with his pants

blissful sonnet
warm finch
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I'm not lurking I swear

unkempt tinsel
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LOL

warm finch
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It's definitely not like I was waiting for Jade to post her wip

tropic halo
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even though it hasnt loaded
OMG IM SURE ITS SO SEXY

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ah finally loaded
and can confirm
very sexy

unkempt tinsel
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LOL

warm finch
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I can't wait for nae to be piss gang again

unkempt tinsel
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i talked about this in another discord but he somehow makes having like 3 accent colors work

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i am in love with his outfit, i've had so much fun coloring this

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i have to finish up the gold, draw his 2 symbols, then figure out a background and he's donezo

tropic halo
tropic halo
grand cave
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Jade your talent makes me silently sob I love that piece so incredibly much, your shading is gorgeous!

tropic halo
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muah

unkempt tinsel
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emotions thank u nae i had so much fun with that

THANK U GD

charred terrace
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Thank you rase, the jade-I council and Arcane for the help btw!

gloomy turtle
unkempt tinsel
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np pls post wips of your chicken, it sounds like a really fun project meowaww

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i'm sure your partner will love it

charred terrace
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I’ll absolutely make sure to post some wips! Really hoping they’ll like it lol

unkempt tinsel
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i'm sure they will!

unkempt tinsel
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my layers are still a hot mess but i named many of the layers this time.... in ur honor nae....

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i probably don't need to have separate layers for colors but i'm paranoid so i tend to anyway

lament turtle
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I dont wanna put this into the other art place but I wanna show this off because I love it so far

unkempt tinsel
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aw I'm loving it!!!

grand cave
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I found my old high school art book while rummaging through my old boxes

raw dragon
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made may sprites to replace Jaz for a mod I'm working on

lament turtle
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Joining for my friend's dtiys and yeah here's a wip of it lol

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It was his Size Shifter OC and I made it a little bit thicc and did the hair a little bit wonky aaaaa

fossil helm
raw dragon
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I hope I get featured soon

stuck robin
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well leah was backed up a bit tbf

loud quail
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I made a bat boi

queen arrow
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looks cute

ancient blade
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My drawing tablet arrived yesterday, and im today the whole day at home... Time to test it :)

sly narwhal
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oo poggers

fervent stratus
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nice!

charred vapor
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should i stream showing how i make these

midnight vapor
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They look really cool! Especially the stars and sky. Up to you really

charred vapor
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like would u guys show up

frail adder
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WIP of best girl Wanda 🥺

midnight vapor
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I do not envy drawing that hair

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😂 Looks like it requires a lot of patience

frail adder
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It does 😭 I’m drawing every single stand individually

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Halfway done w that part tho!

midnight vapor
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Yup! Looks good so far

frail adder
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Thanks 😄

tropic halo
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naming layers gang

tropic halo
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i just do clumps
strands stress me out

frail adder
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I’ve found a system that works for me and looks aesthetically pleasing to my eyes but it’s just hell on my wrists 😂 If sai had a symmetry tool it’d be my best friend

tropic halo
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then just copy and paste it

velvet sun
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i hate resizing my canvas because it means i have to do math and i can't to math all i know is that i want my canvas 128 pixels bigger please

tropic halo
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add 64 to the length and 64 to the width

midnight vapor
#

That's more than 128 pixels bigger

tropic halo
#

how so

midnight vapor
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64x64 is a lot bigger than 128

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64x2=128

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I might be wrong

tropic halo
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im confused

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she said she wanted to add 128 pixels to her peice

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64 pixels on top
and 64 pixels on the side

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thats 128 in total

fervent stratus
#

i have no idea how it works but i think ur right nae

velvet sun
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the problem being i can't add

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i actually meant 128 onto the bottom of the canvas

lilac onyx
#

quick mafs kek

tropic halo
#

just like
use a caalculator

midnight vapor
#

You're right

tropic halo
#

i do mean add it to the dimensions tho-

midnight vapor
#

Ok Idek

tropic halo
#

add 64 to both these numbers

midnight vapor
#

Pensieve No idea

frail adder
#

Tiny update I’m still suffering but at least hair is done now 👁️

lilac onyx
#

cutee

tropic halo
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very nice

frail adder
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Also canvas dimension stuff is difficult math hard

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Thank u both..

tropic halo
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is it?

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just choose some numbers

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and make it higher or lower as you please

lilac onyx
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yeahh, my brain just deletes itself when numbers memegasp

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what is math

frail adder
#

I mean if u have the specs to make it bigger yea

tropic halo
#

i dont even pay attention to the numbers much

midnight vapor
#

Same

tropic halo
#

i just start with 3500 x 3500

lilac onyx
#

id usually just use the crop tool and resize like that tap

tropic halo
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then make it bigger as i please

frail adder
#

My main issue is getting a canvas thats big enough for me to draw on that doesn’t make my computer a frying pan, cus i draw kinda big

tropic halo
#

yeah i just adjust it by this normally
but if im doing something where i need to be specific i type the numbers

lilac onyx
#

what program do u use and how much ram do u have?

charred vapor
#

if u guys could upvote for those who dont know im a starving artist and im trying to sell some art

lilac onyx
#

might wanna invest in bigger ram

tropic halo
#

i dont think self promo is allowed here

charred vapor
#

oh ok

lilac onyx
frail adder
#

I use sai and i have 4gb LOL I’ve figured it out now but in the past it was difficult, i plan on building a pc soon-ish but i have a laptop atm

tropic halo
#

sai should work fairly well with 4 gb of ram

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cause thats exactly what i used to use

lilac onyx
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might wanna try posting in r/artcomms, r/hungryartists, r/dnd etc veni

azure nightBOT
tropic halo
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and i went up to canvases as big as 7000 x 7000

lilac onyx
#

yeah! sai should be pretty lightt

tropic halo
#

sai is fairly light weight

frail adder
#

It does work well yeah i just have to be cautious of the canvas size

lilac onyx
#

photoshop is just stinky, i work on 2k and it still lags a lot >:(

tropic halo
#

yeah ps is a very heavy program

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i love it tho
for painting

lilac onyx
#

but its so useful:'

tropic halo
#

i mainly stick to csp tho

lilac onyx
#

yeah! the brushes and adjustment layers r so nice

frail adder
#

Oh oof i tried photoshop once and no bueno, I bought csp as well only to find it’s v slow on my laptop 😭

lilac onyx
#

:o how good is csp compared to ps?

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aww nuu wanda

tropic halo
#

depends on what you want

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for one csp is way cheaper

lilac onyx
#

if u can afford it, look into getting bigger ram maybe? 4gb is tiny ;3;

tropic halo
#

doesnt lag on crappy computers
you have the entire assets store at your disposal

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incredibly customizable

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and lots of tools

frail adder
#

There’s a modeling program as well

lilac onyx
#

u had me at doesnt lag on crap computers memegasp

tropic halo
#

yeah
and 3d assets

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and you can also import all the ps brushes into csp

#

so overall i prefer csp
but ps is really nice for painting and blending

frail adder
#

It goes on sale a lot for 50% off as well and it’s a one time purchase if you have windows

lilac onyx
tropic halo
#

but csp works just as well so 🤷🏾‍♂️

lilac onyx
#

i will consider RunBoi

tropic halo
#

but normally its $$50

lilac onyx
#

hmgggg

frail adder
#

There’s also a trial!

tropic halo
#

youre in tina's server

lilac onyx
#

he run kek - O OOP

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u know tee?

tropic halo
#

yeah

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teener is my guardian angel

lilac onyx
#

smol world

frail adder
#

Dam nae rly said “this u?”

lilac onyx
#

kek they rly did LOL

tropic halo
#

hehe

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her server is the only place ive ever seen that emote so it just clicked

lilac onyx
#

yeah!! i think she made it (?) not too sure but its a whole ass mood

tropic halo
#

yeah
im 87% sure she was the one that added the motion blur and stuff

lilac onyx
tropic halo
#

Anyhoe idk if I wanna try painting an original piece or doing a study

lilac onyx
#

do u have ideas already for the original piece? :o

tropic halo
#

Nope

#

Oh shit
I forgot I have an art trade to do

lilac onyx
#

kek do tht firsttt

tropic halo
#

Yeah I probably should

blissful sonnet
#

trying to shade ahhh

tropic halo
#

you should look into hue shifting for picking colours

#

cause theres blood under skin

#

adding a lil pink to it helps

#

colours like that add more vibrancy and life to your pieces

silver relic
#

i suck at coloring lmao. any background color suggestions?

midnight vapor
#

I think the yellow works well. You could try a pale purple or blue though?

silver relic
#

i like the blue!

midnight vapor
#

Yeah definitely better than purple

silver relic
#

thanks for the suggestion! SDVpuffershy SDVjunimolove

tropic halo
#

doing a study

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ignore how rough it is
i just wanted to get colours down and stuff

boreal seal
#

That could look seriously cool

tropic halo
#

yeah hopefully ill be able to render it well

cosmic oasis
#

I love it so fa

tropic halo
#

no idea where i wanna start tho

cosmic oasis
#

Far*

tropic halo
#

maybe ill go fishes
water
lilypads
rocks
then cat

cosmic oasis
#

Kitty

tropic halo
#

thank you

cosmic oasis
#

Don’t thank me I’m just stating facts

tropic halo
#

its really just blocks of colour rn
so its not cool yet

cosmic oasis
#

I still love it SDVjunimolove I’m sure it’ll turn out amazing

tropic halo
#

hopefully

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ive been trying to get used to working without a sketch as of late

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i just block in the skeleton with colours then i start with the rendering

#

mostly just for objects ands tuff tho
i want to practice that with characters

jovial cradle
#

guys can i get an opinion please SDVpuffershy

tropic halo
#

lets just take a second to appreciate my watermark brush

jovial cradle
#

WOAH HOW

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HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT THATS SO COOL

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uhh anyway

tropic halo
jovial cradle
#

which looks better bc i want to do more of these and while i like the coloured hair lines i feel like the rest of the lines look weird

jovial cradle
tropic halo
#

it has more depth

#

when youre working with coloured lines i suggest just colouring the inside liens

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and also add more contrast between the lines and the thing your elining

jovial cradle
#

ok ,thank you SDVpuffershy

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it's just a doodle for a D&D character so it's not perfect but i might do some more

tropic halo
#

ive never played dnd

frail adder
#

Dnd is fun!

#

I haven’t worked much more on this since I started flats but it’s coming along nicely skelliedance still very messy and very wip but getting somewhere at least

cosmic oasis
#

I played dnd with my friends like 1 time

tropic halo
#

unamed layers-

#

how come youre still using sai 1 tho?

#

sai 2 is way more optimized
and it supports transparency

frail adder
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I name them sometimes but I’m lazy 😭 and I remember which ones they are bc I never use a lot of layers anyway

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And I’m just pretty content w sai 1, im not a super serious artist or anything i just draw for fun and sai 1 does what i need it to do — i do have sai 2 but i just haven’t gotten around to using it

tropic halo
#

oh ok

tropic halo
#

life of an artist

lilac onyx
#

puref masterrace

tropic halo
#

whats that?

stuck robin
#

pureref ✊

#

its a reference window holder program thingy

tropic halo
lilac onyx
#

yeah! it consolidates all ur ref into a window where u can move things around etc

#

its like a super light version of ps but just for pictures

tropic halo
#

i see i see

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ill look into it

#

i doubt my pc will be able to handle multiple programs

lilac onyx
#

look dis, how convenient

tropic halo
#

oo

lilac onyx
#

oh i think its really light, u should be fine :o

tropic halo
#

i dont use many references tho

#

normally just like
one pic at a time

lilac onyx
#

ahhh i c i c

tropic halo
#

lets see how this goes

#

ignore my ass wifi

#

perks of living on an island in the middle of nowhere

lilac onyx
#

my brain is goldfish brain so if all my ref isnt directly visible i just dont use them memegasp

#

omg MOOD LOL

#

1mb/s?? who dat

#

we only know 14KB sob_sun_with_face

tropic halo
#

hell yeah

stuck robin
#

also yeah its super light!

#

i hope you like the program 👀

tropic halo
#

ill test it out in 4 years when its done downloading

lilac onyx
warm finch
#

It's ok at least it's downloading

#

Better than no internet at all!!

tropic halo
#

that is very true

blissful sonnet
tropic halo
#

Np

unkempt tinsel
#

i might actually need to use pureref

lilac onyx
#

do eeeet, its pretty goodd

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u can have it be in glass mode too so theres no bg behind ur ref imagess

bleak bloom
#

ooh nae returned
hope you're doing better now

lilac onyx
#

hey, kinda a srs topic but what do yall think of the crypto art situation? lanadead for those who havent heard yet, its bitcoin type deal but using art as currency sort of and it generates a MASSIVE carbon footprint and it makes me so angry that people are still participating in this despite knowing the huge environmental effects

fossil helm
#

wait like irl art?

Or like digital art?

lilac onyx
#

digital art!

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if you can be bothered reading^

fossil helm
#

aight brb

(gonna read)

lilac onyx
#

look at the numbers on that, it makes me so angry that people are doing it just because its profitable and not thinking of the long term consequences

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1 eth=electricity for 4 days :/

fossil helm
#

ok I'm not reading that whole article (too long) SDVpuffersweats

but reading a few paragraphs makes me very concerned already

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like SDVpufferwoke

lilac onyx
#

yeahh AngyCat

fossil helm
lilac onyx
#

lets be angy 3 gether >:((

fossil helm
#

:[[[[[

unreal stream
#

Progress
Stomach needs a repaint
Im very tired.

tawny lynx
#

I'm just appreciating what appears to be proficiency at drawing hands, especially at weird angles like that.

lament turtle
#

Hey

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Im bad at pixel art in some ways

#

How do I make the axe look like its leaning more towards the camera?

tawny lynx
#

I'd think you'd take the more general principles of foreshortening and apply it to pixel art.

#

I can't say that there's any advice in this regard specific to pixel art, if that's what you're asking.

tropic halo
#

did two fishes

#

i have
a lot more to do
then i can start working on painting the water

lilac onyx
#

good job!!

fossil helm
tropic halo
#

??

fluid basin
#

@hollow thorn Probably the image is grey because .png or not?

hollow thorn
#

Ah yep

blissful sonnet
tropic halo
#

thank youuu

#

before

#

i really need to work on the perspective of those lily pads

blissful sonnet
silver fulcrum
#

proper shading could help with that

grand cave
#

Oh god more art gallery spam~ I cannot keep up help there’s so much good work

nova folio
#

i wish the posts in art gallery had a link to jump to the original post in #creative cuz sometimes people post an album or something

fossil helm
#

this is bingus

lament turtle
#

This is really sloppy but I sketched out a rough idea of smth for my friend

vapid void
#

cool

blissful sonnet
#

does my shading look good?? @tropic halo i tried improving off of ur version cz_blurry_eyes

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i need to define the nose more but happylove

mossy leaf
#

oooo that shading is really good!

blissful sonnet
marble storm
#

INCREDIBLE

blissful sonnet
#

THANK U HIMI

marble storm
#

I COULD NEVER

blissful sonnet
#

I BELIVE IN U

marble storm
#

The talent here is so amazing omfg 😩

blissful sonnet
#

ur amazing PetTheCat

marble storm
blissful sonnet
marble storm
#

Ur amazing too ACOSP_ANGERY

blissful sonnet
gloomy turtle
little cedar
#

what do you guys think of this song, it's for a mod i'm working on for stardew valley

#

I know it's a odd thing to ask but how does the music make you feel? I'm trying to go for heartfelt feeling I guess, sad but happy for the future kind of feeling.

gloomy turtle
#

its kinda action-ey,like in a big city

#

really cool song though, definitely could fit within the vanilla feel

little cedar
#

thanks for the input 👍 Music is my favorite part of modding, I'm not great at mapping yet but getting there in time

loud quail
echo dragon
#

Noice

fervent stratus
#

looks cool

tropic halo
tropic halo
tropic halo
#

you should try making the shading un the neck a lot darker tho

silver fulcrum
#

oooohh

tropic halo
#

so it shows that the head of casting a shadow

silver fulcrum
#

send it when ur finish

tropic halo
#

ill probably scrap it

#

ive grown bored of it

silver fulcrum
#

lmao

blissful sonnet
#

thankk u very much nae!! HeartyPuppy

tropic halo
#

np

#

youre improving quickly
its great to see

blissful sonnet
#

gireohtuireth

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it means a lot when ur the one to say it

tropic halo
frail adder
#

Update on my Wanda drawing, I changed a few things but I’m currently working on flats which is tedious 😭

#

I haven’t worked on it anymore since yesterday but soon

tropic halo
#

how do you normally go about shading hair?

frail adder
#

Typically I don’t, flat color is usually all I do for everything because i cba lol

tropic halo
#

oh ok

zinc geyser
#

Wips go here i guess

jovial cradle
#

handsome

zinc geyser
#

Also did this thing

stuck robin
#

cool!!

mighty bronze
#

I promise it won't take... another month to color

deft drum
#

feedback? (its a wip)

lament turtle
#

it is beautiful

#

that is my feedback

deft drum
river trellis
#

very pretty

bleak bloom
bleak bloom
tropic halo
#

i am
about to draw john andré
and i have no regrets

mystic salmon
#

stardew valley customization is such a great tool for character design when I get stuck SDVpuffersquee

lament turtle
#

Got a wip here,,, yourosopreytyt

#

Me when boys in skirts SKDALSDASDA

tropic halo
#

nice

deft drum
lament turtle
#

Looks good!

loud quail
#

Making bongo cat funkin mod

#

I need a third song

#

Got bongo cat sing and eeeaaaooo

velvet sun
#

hhh dumb sketch

#

forgot to draw her wings but ok

glad lava
#

That's really cute!

zinc geyser
#

half a these are sketches so ig ill post here

stuck robin
#

i love these!!!!@@

#

amazing caricaturey sketches SDVpufferwow

#

the morris is terrifyingly amazing

silver fulcrum
#

those sketches looks really good

#

Awesome work!

zinc geyser
#

Thamk

#

I feel like Krobus has seen god

#

And Emily has seen things

fossil helm
#

@reef estuary so I haven't started the animatic yet but I got character design 😳

(might edit it later idk)

#

Ive been trying to use wider body types a bit more to get more comfortable with drawing them so I thought this was a decent opportunity to use one :)

reef estuary
#

I was gonna say I love the design because it strays from typical characters you see online!

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The hair is my favorite part

fossil helm
#

Yeah :))))

also thanks lol

fossil helm
reef estuary
#

Has an 80s retro vibe

fossil helm
#

That's exactly what I was going for SDVpufferpoggers SDVpufferpoggers SDVpufferpoggers

reef estuary
#

Keep up the good work though seriously

#

And ty for the update ofc

fossil helm
#

np and thanks :D

charred terrace
#

so I'm working on sewing a stardew chicken plush as a gift and I'm wondering what's a good size to make it... I'm wondering if trying to scale the pattern to the size of an actual chicken is a good idea or if that'd be too obnoxious size wise lmao

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also what doesnt help is that when I go to look up measurements of chickens I unsurprisingly get stuff about more or less the edible aspect of a chicken which is not what I want lmao

silver relic
#

i think any size would be cute!! real chickens are actually fairly big (id guess slightly smaller than avg house cat)

#

but huge plushies are adorable if you’re able to make them, but i think they’d be more difficult to make/get proportions right

charred terrace
#

that helps things out a bit honestly, I think I had printed out the pattern a bit too small even though it looked kinda big at first lol

silver relic
#

ahhh lol, well gl on your project!! pls share it when you’re done 🥺SDVpuffershy

fossil helm
#

wip on sketch 👀👀👀

stuck robin
#

💎💎💎

charred terrace
#

update: trying to work on this thing is increasingly difficult when I have a cat practically bouncing off the walls in my room

fossil helm
fossil helm
#

and another one

slate saffron
#

I made another stardew valley portrait for someone 😄

humble lava
#

I feel like I've met him SDVpufferthink

jovial cradle
#

let me guess, he's called Dave, Steve, John or Alan

fervent stratus
#

probably dave but that looks so cool

boreal seal
#

he feels like a dave/steve it guy

fervent stratus
#

yh

slate saffron
#

I feel like John would fit for him but his user name is sponge xD

mossy leaf
#

drew this after reading some puyo puyo dialogue

lament turtle
#

Here’s another one I never finished idk if I will lmao

vapid void
#

cool

fossil helm
#

The next background I need to make is the outside of an arcade but idk what vibe to go for

reef estuary
#

by me (ArtsyCat) hi

fossil helm
#

yes

#

hi

reef estuary
#

**h e y . **

fossil helm
#

greetings

reef estuary
#

how are you ...

fossil helm
#

i m pretty g o o d

#

im actually going to the store in a few minutes with my mom lol

reef estuary
#

oh damn have fun!

#

Grab me some bubblegum

fossil helm
#

I'll ask if I can get some cause I'm broke atm and my mom is the one paying lol

#

also bubblegum does sound kinda good so SDVpuffershy

reef estuary
fossil helm
#

yes

#

aight I gotta head out now, my mom is getting ready to leave lol

reef estuary
#

see you later!!

sinful moon
#

Meh, I didn't want to look up synonyms for Nexus in case I had to redo the text, so Dimension Mods it was.

severe topaz
#

or number 2

#

i cant decide

cosmic oasis
#

2

vapid void
#

yeah, 2

severe topaz
#

dyu lot think it looks better that i removed those 2 freckles that were closest to the mouth?

#

and cheers for the criticism SDVpuffersmile

fossil helm
#

But I did get a sweet plant

I name him Jimmy

reef estuary
#

I like Jimmy @fossil helm

#

I've always wanted to name a pet plant

#

But my name would be Q

fossil helm
#

jimmy

fossil helm
#

jimmy is gud

he likes to sit :cowboy: :thumbsup:

reef estuary
#

is that pot big enough for Jimmy?

fossil helm
#

I'll move him to a new one soon lol

reef estuary
fossil helm
#

The store just puts the plants in the smallest pots possible to save shelf space

#

😔

#

But I'll get him a new one soon 😼

reef estuary
#

Your plant thanks you

lament turtle
#

I dunno but I should ask yall, does an intimate moment between 2 people is considered nsfw or nah? Like a girl topping a boy lol

#

If it was considered, I should crop, focusing to the girl q.q

fossil helm
lament turtle
#

They kinda wear pjs but yeah, I feel the gal is wearing her brasierre so oof

fossil helm
#

oof moment

tawny lynx
#

It's usually okay I think to post things like people wearing only their underwear (usually spoiled), but yeah, when you factor in their pose and what they're doing, it gets a bit iffy, and we don't see stuff like what you're describing very often.

#

Could always run it by Bouncer first.

warm finch
#

depends on clothing and how "intimate" you're drawing

#

if anything you can always ask a junimo in private first!

#

i'd say jade is a good person to go to, she's sweet and fair

#

fair as in her judgement and her face, i'm not tryna be smooth but i think i'm pretty smooth 😎

analog notch
#

some amber sketches in different styles

#

can't decide which i like more 👀

stuck robin
#

i like the first one 😌

#

the second one her head is very big 😳

tawny lynx
#

Or her hair grew out.

#

suddenly wants to see fanart of Amber with a short haircut

tropic halo
#

damn
her head is huge

unkempt tinsel
#

a type of character in one of my stories that i haven't done in ages

#

they are angels, benevolent soul collectors

lament turtle
#

i like it a lot

tropic halo
#

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#

I LOVE EM

unkempt tinsel
#

thank u guuuyysssss i don't show my creepier art here much but that's only because i haven't done it in a while 😓 but it's like kind of extremely my aesthetic

lament turtle
#

i like the idea of angels appearing just as otherworldly or ominous as demons

unkempt tinsel
#

i might color her since i really like how she turned out

#

me too!!!! i love that

#

all of my angels in this story look ominous, those are my fave kinds

tropic halo
#

yess
colour her

#

jade's art makes me so happy

unkempt tinsel
#

that means a lot!!

tropic halo
lament turtle
steel spruce
unkempt tinsel
#

aw thanks!! id have to write it first hahahah

cosmic oasis
#

Color her i wanna draw herrrr

unkempt tinsel
#

the story is basically a "rapture" scenario where every adult disappears while only children and teens remain, and there is a huge disease that turns kids into zombies or kills them entirely, theres lots of monsters and stuff

cosmic oasis
#

I’m down to reading this

unkempt tinsel
#

the main character is a religious girl who is accompanied by an older boy and they are trying to figure out how to stop the spread of the disease

#

and etc symbolism classic challenging of faith and horror all that good stuff

#

thanks! and ill do my best, ive never colored them before but itll be fun fogurimg out what to do

cosmic oasis
#

:D

#

I’ll cheer you on!

unkempt tinsel
#

figuring*

#

ty <3

cosmic oasis
#

Good luck

velvet sun
#

i have an art project that i dont wanna do woo

cosmic oasis
#

F

steel spruce
unkempt tinsel
#

thank u, i kove horror I've just been in a fan art mode for some years now 😭

stuck robin
#

i love the angel's design SDVpuffershocked

warm finch
#

Oh i like the art jade

steel spruce
unkempt tinsel
#

LOL

#

yeahhh 😭

#

well i do draw my ocs quite a bit but i haven't in a few months

warm finch
#

I drew my boyfriend in a gown.

unkempt tinsel
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that's so cute!!

glad lava
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Aww, that's really great!

oblique pivot
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thats adorable!!

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i was hoping to have this done by now, but i havent gotten to work on it very much lately so wip:

charred terrace
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well it took a few days to actually get around to it but I finally got the pattern for the chicken plush cut out

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I feel the wonkiest part when it comes to me making a plush is the tracing out shapes on fabric

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ohh boy with how I scaled this I'll have just enough fabric lol

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I hope my cat knows how difficult of a job he's making this become lol

blissful sonnet
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her hair seems boring to me, any suggestions on hairstyles?

desert mural
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panda buns are cute

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i think the gint bangs kinda restrict it if that makes sense? like some hairstyles wouldn't look as good with the amount of loose hair down there

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probably stick with something loose tho

blissful sonnet
mossy leaf
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Loving the shading BG! it looks so good

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I would personally add a bit of hanging strands of hair in the front, and you could use the darker colour to help the strands of hair in the hair standout, by that I mean draw lines with a darker colour than the base hair colour and draw the lines with the flow with the hair

blissful sonnet
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Ooo

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ill do that!

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thank u micko HeartyPuppy

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i wanted to do that but then i feel like the hairstyle is a bit too boring tbh ;w;

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and im noting down that i should use a contrasting color to the hair shading ACOSP_molang_think

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loose strands might work ct_nod

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what color would you suggest for the dark pockets?

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Im thinking a dark purple tbh cb_kanna_sip

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ah so base color ACOSP_molang_think

vapid void
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how do i pin my art

blissful sonnet
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bot does yup!

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thankk u so much nae HeartyPuppy

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lemme do that right now cb_run

vapid void
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its not sdv related

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damn

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whatever

blissful sonnet
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lemme yoink that real quick nae

mossy leaf
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wha- where did nae go?

grand cave
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She’s still here

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Just that... conversation went poof

mystic salmon
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a quick self indulgent sketch with hayley lol SDVpufferowo

blissful sonnet
blissful sonnet
grand cave
silver relic
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ofc! SDVjunimolove SDVjunimolove

blissful sonnet
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gddd, ur art gives me energy to stop procrastinating aSDVpufferrise

swift mountain
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I made an oc for a lesser known franchise and was wondering if anyone would like to learn more about her 👉 👈

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In particular, it's for this game centered around horses and riding horses with a side dish of magic. It's called Star Stable

blissful sonnet
swift mountain
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Could I dm then? I understand this server isn't for star Stable so I don't want to dump lotsa info here

blissful sonnet
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it depends on u!

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this is creative discussion so its giving info on a character u made SOyay

grand cave
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Holy shit I used to be obsessed with SSO for so many years
If we’re talking about the same star stable, the video game

blissful sonnet
boreal seal
nocturne linden
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attempting to do one of my silly little embroidery designs but its hard and my brain hurtds

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this is what a lack of fine motor skills does to a motherfucker 😈

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I’m trying to actually make my own shit bc it doesn’t feel like my embroidery when I trace or really heavily reference something but I also don’t really know to draw

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I hate how the torso shoulder part looks so here have a lip balm

undone flare
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i thought the lip balm was there for other reasons

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tiddie

fossil helm
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||same||

undone flare
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but it looks promising so far

nocturne linden
undone flare
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is artistic nudity allowed in this server

silver relic
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and no details

nocturne linden
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its meant to be like... not rounded im just makin a box with details here

undone flare
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i was just asking for myself in the future if i wanna post something SDVpuffersweats

nocturne linden
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sorry lol i was just saying

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ive lost my needle threader fuckss saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake

swift mountain
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farmer oc redesign 😳

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idk how to draw straw hats so enjoy the hitch hatched criss cross on her head

tropic halo
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drawing my husband
john andré