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returning to my roots

#drew(?) this with the fill lasso tool on firealpaca #mettaton ex #undertale #utdr #eyestrain #id in alt text #id included

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originally intended to draw this from the pov of the character whose tie he's pulling on but then I learnt I cannot fucking draw from that angle so here is this other sketch I made

#no id #suggestive #kinda?

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wire tutorial for a friend

#:) #advice #Not Art™ #no id

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god i love making animatics in my head i wish drawing was real

#Not Art™ #i wish animating existed ;oensive

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started as a sketch for a collab with irls and then I went a bit overboard

#firealpaca #digital art #coloured sketch #bees #feel like i should explain the drill so #when I was researching bees to base the character off of my thinking process was like this: #-> bees have black bodies so maybe they should also be black #-> i wonder if there are any african bumblebees (I didn't wanna do honeybees cause I don't think they look as cute) #-> carpenter bees look pretty similar to bumblebees and they're found in south africa #-> carpenter bees are pests that bore holes into wood and can completely wreck building projects due to the sheer number of holes #-> maybe she's like a vandal who like. idk fucking drills into walls ig (that ended up becoming more like "she goes to abadoned places and #i did not do any of that research into the background though that shit is just Plant

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Art tip for developing your own style: Reference your own favorite art pieces!

If you look at the parts you love about your own art, you’ll replicate them and your style will become stronger and more consistent!

#not art™ #never consciously thought of that that way but huh yeah that makes sense #advice

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Did you know? Or did you forget? You can do whatever you want with your art. Put random scribbles wherever. Horizontal lines over your character. Add dots everywhere and on everything. Draw eyes different than the rest of the face. Change art styles halfway through. Cut and glue paper cutouts. Use paints and markers together. Use all the filters. Use photos on top to add texture.

You can do what you want. Like literally literally literally.

Add a rubber ducky in the corner for no reason, put text in different languages on the background, leave your handprints or wipe your fingers on the paper.

Go have fun now this stuff isn't meant to be stressful for you

#not art™

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while we’re here, learn to draw realistic muscular people! all abs and veins visible is a body building, muscles tensed, aesthetic thing. for this i recommend looking at weight lifters and wrestlers and any kind of real athlete, who will have the right amount of body fat over their muscles. a big muscular guy when relaxed does not have visible abs.

#👁👁👁 #not art™ #no id #advice

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all my advice about using real athletes to learn drawing bodies beyond hard abs, and my particular pref being wrestlers, also applies to women btw. you can draw women who r strong and not an hourglass shape. fucking do it.

kris statlander, rhea ripley (look at her SHAPE), willow nightingale, ruby soho, these r just four off the top of my head that have obvious musculature and different body types. skye blue and julia hart have more slim cheerleader style bodies as well, i REALLY wanted to put emi sakura who is fucking STOUT (adoring) in this post but i couldn't find a good demonstrative pic, the list goes on

DRAW DIFFERENT BODIESSSSSSSS

#oo #for later #not art™ #no id #felix..

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I don't usually click tumblr ads but that site has a lot of great drawing refs tbh

#bunch of hits and misses I'm ngl #but some of those hits I'm 👁 👁 👁 #no id #not art™ #for later

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*firmly grabbing all beginner artists by the shoulders* you have to embrace inconsistency. inconsistency is good because it means you are learning. if you focus too hard on making all your art look the same you are really just holding yourself back and forcing yourself to make the same mistakes rather than develop and grow. style and consistency can come later on when your grasp on the fundamentals is stronger. now take this juice box and get out there and make some art.

#not art™

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#not art™ #no id

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I'm not dead

#wip #work in progress #oc art #original character #digital art #realised while describing this that Neon's artist glove is on their left hand #oh well #I guess they're left handed now #charactions #their character arc revolves around trying to fill different roles for other people #they grew up having to be a model student cishet man under strict conservative parents #and after leaving that environment they immediately tried to fit themself into the role of a typical trans woman lesbian #and this drawing is around when they start breaking free of that and coming into their own identity #dying their hair. cutting a fringe. realising they're genderfluid and aro-ace #yknow. the usual. lmao #also the jacket is meant to be holographic/iridescent. i've only just started rendering this

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#wahoo #id in alt text #not art™

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#no id #nice #not art™

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tboy wants to draw his Characters but has to read his lame ass drama scripts. travesty

#it is not actually a lameass script it is Death of a Salesman which I have been wanting to see for a while anyway #also I have bootlegs of the performance so I don't actually have to read #I just want to draw More #not art™

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target audience reached

#not art™ #no id