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Art Log - 06/2024

It's been about 3 months of using Procreate for me!

Would have never happened if it wasn't for my good friend who's an incredibly talented graphic designer. She let me test drive Procreate on her iPad. Back in the day we bonded over being weird artsy kids in school and now we're being weird artsy adults together 🤝 Best friendship dynamic.

According to tumblr, I posetd my first digital painting on April 4th (over on my other blog). I think I made a bit of progress since then, even though I didn't make a lot of paintings in the meantime.

For every single painting I'm still making a traditional pencil sketch, upload that to Procreate and then start coloring on top of it. Not sure if I'll ever get fully confident sketching directly in Procreate.

I started liking the process and the result more around the third painting when I started using a combination of soft and hard shading with some hatching for texture. So that's the 'technique' ended up using more deliberatly for this portrait of Aziraphale.

Gotta stop drawing side profiles, that's way too many side profiles 🙈

I'll post a more detailed making-of of that portrait to document my process a bit.

The trajectory of the stats is a little concerning: 1st painting (3hrs 50min, 16 layers), 2nd painting (5hrs, 21 layers), 3rd painting (9hrs, 23 layers), 4th painting (23 hrs, 62 layers). Yeah, probabaly not a sustainable trajectory. I need to learn how to make some quicker illustrations. I tried here, but did not like the result that much.

I will forever love traditional drawing and painting, but. Digital art ... it's nice! There's no extra space needed to store paints, no brushes to clean later, fixing mistakes is easy, trying out several different color variations not a problem.

It's a goal of mine to make more complex paintings some day. It will be hard for me, I just love portrait drawing too much, it's my happy place, you see? Right now I'm working on another portrait. And then I have another planned after that. So. I'm definetly not going anywhere fast with those plans, that's for sure 😅

I drew like I'd never see my art again.

I drew with the potential thought that I may never recover my old drawings.

I drew with the expectation of LOSS. And I was okay with it.

Yeah, it existed but I no longer had proof of it.

Like a record lost in time.

Female bodies studies with my girlies ^_^

little love clown for valentine's day 💘

First post. Also, deadmeme1111 is my insta (which is just a meme/spam account) if you’d like to follow it. 

Art Fight!

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If u see this then that means you are legally required to follow me on art fight <3

I'm so artsy, could you tell?

How are you enjoying the winter?

im 100% honestly and truly obsessed with my own art lmao

i love it, everything i make it a little love letter to myself, so the fact that others enjoy it jst makes me the happiest person ever probably

|| Important Announcement Regarding Fanart ||

     It is becoming even more apparent that people aren’t respecting fanartists and their works. The best rule of thumb is If you didn’t draw it, or receive artist permission to repost it for them,  DON’T DO IT. You shouldn’t like/reblog unsourced art as it only encourages blogs to continue doing so and their actions going unchanged. Tags like;

#Credits to the artist

#Credits to the owner

#Not my art

#facebook

#weheartit

#pinterest

#google

#deviantart ( as in mentioning you found it there without linking the appropriate member you found from.)

[Etc.]

These are not proper credits. Also, even if you ARE crediting the artist make sure it hasn’t been posted numerous times or you aren’t reposting their art when they have it already posted on their personal tumblr. The point of them posting it on tumblr is to share it with us and it isn’t hard to hit that reblog button. It shows the artist that their work was enjoyed and it serves further to encourage them to continue with the hard work.

“If they didn’t want it on the internet they shouldn’t have posted it.”

I see this statement a lot, obviously they wanted to share their work and share their passion with everyone but is it really so hard to go to their page and like/share it from there? If there is a picture that you are uncertain of it’s source and you would like to see it’s source or share it with someone give saucenao.com a try. Sometimes careless fans constantly reposting art gets the artist in trouble become of distribution and laws. Example; A fellow artist of mine mentioned about a law changes in their home country made them take their art down simple for if the government saw/deemed it inappropriate, even if someone else was reposting it. They would be fined heavily and possible even go to prison. They ended up taking down all of their “shipped” art but still worries that their art could be circulating. Also there are other law and regulations we aren’t aware of and when more posting occurs outside of the artist knowledge can cause them to remove the art all together. 

“I don’t speak ” —- “ so I couldn’t ask them anyway.”

There are a few really good guides about asking members on pixiv if you can reblog or use their art for blog things. ( Example right here—- >> [x] ] They even pre set some phrases for you to copy and paste and also published what some replies would translate to. Also there is a good chance that a few of them speak a little english. If the artist says no, THEN DON’T DO IT.  I shouldn’t have to say that. I don’t care if everyone and their dying grandma does it. So quick review;

If you didn’t draw it, don’t post it without permission

You see something else someone posted without credit, don’t like it or reblog it. 

External outside multimedia (weheartit, pinterest, facebook, etc.) are not sources.

I am tired of seeing art that I like but I have seen many times being reposted and have 20 separate posts being reblogged over again. I also hate not liking a picture due to improper handling. It is sad, rude, and really disheartening to other artists who want to share their works and I hate it most when the artist has to take their work down.

I used this image because I’ve seen it posted without a source SO many times.  (I’m looking at you Disney fandom)

Artwork - [x]

a thing that annoys me a lot nowadays is the way the average person unceasingly consumes art in the vast ocean of information that is internet - especially young people.

most treat art as it is some kind of disposable and throwaway thing that serves ephemeral delights and put no effort into understanding it; it’s all about aesthetics and catchy visuals with no real depth or actual meaning.most of us nowadays don’t care who put effort into art - we don’t care who’s the person that manages to evoke and transmit all these feelings. it’s just an endless need to be aesthetic, beautiful and in-tune with modern standards consuming pictures like we consume our food and all the materials that we need to make ourselves “happy” but in the internet it comes for free; we don’t even have to try. 

makes me think the way we praise and give so much credit to older artists like picaso, warhol or dali after so many years but give no respect or visibility to modern artists that struggle to be relevant and the least succesful, in an institution that has done almost everything and drained itself out of ideas and original concepts. “there is a deeply ethical appeal in the desire for a more inclusive representational landscape and certainly under-represented communities can be empowered by an enhanced visibility, the terms of this visibility can often enervate the putative power of these identities." 

- peggy phelan (1996)

I drew Icarus !

No rizz but, I’ll learn and make random shit for you just because I like you.

Grim Reaper x Water demon Felix

Halloween is coming soon, but I might probably be busy fewer weeks, but I have been thinking that what I should do with Felix as for Halloween? I know he is a water demon, but I really want to know what types of costumes he should wear for Halloween. But I thought to myself, "hmm, maybe I should do Halloween comic that Flug and Dementia meet Felix in near the lake? And if Felix could be combined as Grim Reaper, then that suit for him."

So yeah, ummm ..... Sorry for long talk, but here he is now.

Guys!! I started to notice that my drawing is progressing into pretty good!!!

How the heck????

Like how the hell does Felix as a kid (2021) turned into beautiful art style?!! Damn I have been practicing soo hard...

Oc doodle

I drew something for Valentine’s Day but forgot to post it. Sorry 😞

Yellow kid as me.

shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

Reblogging for future purposes

So you want to make an OC?: A Masterpost of Ways to Create, Develop, and Make Good OCs!

i made this masterpost in hopes that it helps you in making your own OCs ah;; it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! if you’d like to add more resources then go for it sugar pea (´ヮ`)!

How to Write Better OCs:

basic tips on how to make your oc even better

tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great

writing specific characters

a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character

kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME

Character Development:

how to actually make an OC

Q&A (to develop characters)

more Q&As

giving your character a backstory

how to write an attractive character

Diversity

adding more racial diversity

avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it

writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)

masterpost on writing more diversity into your story

cultures of the world

guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Test to see if your character is a Sue

Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus

Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues

Villains

villain generator

need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam

villain archetypes

what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?

Relationships

character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)

how to write strong relationships between two characters

8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others

OCxLove Interest Handbook 

develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!

how to write realistic relationships

how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)

ARCHETYPES

12 common archetypes

8 archetypes for male/female characters

female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)

a list of archetypes

NAMES

how to name your character

random name generator

most common surnames

surnames by ethnicity

APPEARANCE

tips for better design

basic appearance generator

pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)

clothing ref masterpost

DETAILS

give your character better powers

a list of professions

proactive vs reactive characters

positive and negative traits

interest generator

skills generator

motivation generator

123 ideas for character flaws

list of phobias

again, this is to help inspire you or help establish your OCs! i hope you get a lot of info and help from this ahh ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

“Midnight Blues”, a series of nightly landscape illustrations at the beach.

I added a code to my blog that prevents Pinterest pinning without permission if any other artists are interested