#I COULD DRAW I HAVE ART TRADES TO DO BUT :))))

[disposal-blueeee]

halloween thing i drew for an art trade with @cherry-207 ! she asked for edgar and scri dressed as angel and devil . you can see her part here !

edgar vargas belongs to jhonen vasquez

scriabin belongs to @zarla-s

#hello . uhhhhhhhhhhh #UHHH WAIT WAIT I CAN EXPLAIN I SWEAR #i know i haven't posted a thing since like A MONTH AND I'M SORRY BUT i have a really nice excuse for this . yes . #right after posting devi's drawing my mom BROKE HER FOOT ?? WOAH ! #and idk maybe i was sad or . stressed because i had to do a bunch of things my mom used to take care of and it was really stressing #this + school stuff + a drawing a day + some other things pretty much started killing me #and suddenly i was getting hives every single day after 11.30pm . yeah . it was TERRIBLE #so uh . i had to stop doing some stuff for my own wellbeing . like . drawing . for example #but it worked ! #now i just have a bunch of mosquito bites on my hands . they seem to like them . #OH SO well um YEAH DRAWING #an art trade with one of my friends !!!! drawing this was honestly so fun #as you can see this is from october 25th . but i wanted to wait for brusk to finish her piece before posting it #te quedó precioso emily . valió totalmente la pena la espera . tqm #edgar's costume looked so boring next to scriabin's #he looked way prettier with wings but if i wanted to add them i would have to erase 90% of scriabin and he came out so pretty to do that #so . instead of making him wear something pretty and detailed like scri's costume i had to make him wear something you could see and think #“ oh yeah that's an angel ” #i explained this to brusk after showing her the drawing and she said #“ if you think about it . him having a traditional costume fits his character " #and i was like OH #ACTUALLY YEAH THAT'S COOL #anyways i really like this one . the colors are so pretty . i finally found a way to make my colors warm and pretty . #WELL UH THAT'S TOO MANY TAGS BYE #vargas #zarla s #vargas zarla #scriabin vargas #edgar vargas

[skunkes]

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#talkys #everyones always like omg i wish i had the confidence to even privately draw self ship stuff whether it be self x oc or oc x canon etc #i will trade with one of you. any of you. it's so humiliating. to not be able to interact with something unless you're in it. #no experiences to draw inspiration from so you have to insert yourself into everything. #only knowing yourself so you can only make ocs kinda like yourself too ! or only really develop em if theyre Like You. #it's not a self love thing for me. i guess thats also why i feel the need to do it. im about as real as the rest of these fictional #characters too. augh. #whatever! back to drawing me and talon hanging out. but strangling myself about it. out of anger toward myself #i wish my art could come from anywhere else but all i have is me in my room all alone #also god. i know every artist has their niche itd be boring if we all did the same thing but #why'd this have to be mine. why did i get the worst roll. why me. why me. why me.

[pl4n]

#my art #ive been so jsvgjsnsndjbdjks #just a big ol jumble of kahsjdbskdhi #and i wanna draw more but im so uninspired aahhaah #i kinda wanna do some studies or smth but ahhhh idk i also just wanna lie in bed when i can #i so tire #but being lazy and bored is also so exhausting haha it feeds itself #so yeah itd be good to try to push myself a bit in my free time to do smth kinda fun chill engaging #its crazy bc theres so much that i could be doing but i have such a hard time being self motivated... #so outside motivation like work or friends is the only reason i do literally anything #which sucks bc i have a lot of things id like to be able to do on my own but yeah. idk why its so hard to do things for myself #that being said if anyone sees this and wants to do lil drawing challenges or trades or smth together that might be niceee #im sort of painfully shy online haha tho im not so much irl #i think the thing abt it for me is the feeling of creating these lil digital footprints #like if i send a message or make a post its just preserved like that... forever.. actually i recently looked at emails from my childhood #and its really cool to see a slice of the past like that but still. idk why it bothers me tbh. i just never got used to it #memories fade and warp over time right? so it really feels like existing in the world and talking to people is just a passing moment #it doesnt really feel that way w the internet. as small and insignificant these small imprints might be #and im really just being neurotic but yeah. maybe i dont like the feeling of taking up space and slowly widening it with every little step #yea thats neurotic fr LOLL #anyways im really rambling away in these tags haha but if ima post this art anyway its such a good excuse to ramble into a void :D #and a good way to practice existing on the internet. im sure ill get used to it

[brittlebutch]

going two layers deep in a fantasy to 1) a world where the bird trading cards from that make some noise prompt are real and then 2) world where they have insect trading cards of the same variety

#N posts stuff #‘i’ll trade you three acorn weevils for your sappho underwing’ type shit #my parents have been pushing me to think about going back to school for a different bachelors or perhaps a masters #i like bugs a lot but i also can never quite tell if i’m ‘smart enough’ or interested in the right things for a entomology degree #always default back to the internal acknowledgement that my interest is a lot more Visual than intellectual #so no degree. but then the thought pattern always leads back into ‘it would be So nice to have a bunch of insect cards that you could sort #and collect and rearrange and all’ such a thing isn’t real i think #but actually it could be if i wanted it to be actually; i do really enjoy drawing/painting insects #only i haven’t done any art in goddamn Months there’s been a gray void in that area of my brain instead #but hey maybe one day i guess ; but first i’d have to finish this painting one of my brothers asked for Months and Months ago oops #you might realize that we lost the thread on getting a second degree entirely. i usually do; it’s hard to feel like it’s worth the effort #and all the alterations to my schedule when my first degree turned out essentially useless lmao. #so that just makes me want to go a layer deeper in the fantasy to a world where i could learn just to learn instead of needing to be #some vague and esoteric notion of ‘employable’. alas.

[erythristicbones]

mutuals/followers do this: art trade with me <3

#im p sure i use this exact wording everytime i get the hankering for art trades #anyways #skill level and speed do not matter #tbh since i trust the vast majority of my followers/mutuals i'll also say that im fine w any type of art you do in return #could be headshots lineart traditional anything my dudes #i will give back a fullcolor chibi or fullbody(whichever you prefer) for every trade #i just like both drawing other ppls ocs and gifting art to friends n nice people #technically my art trades are open 24/7 so this isnt a new offer #i just really wanna do some rn #ive got primarily humanoid/cat/pokemon ocs so i can throw whatever yalls preference is at ya to draw #im usually p good at having mt art pieces done in a couple hours #but im tired tonight so i imagine i'll do any trades i get tomorrow!

[one-winged-dreams]

Not to make all my posts today complaints but I am so fucking tired of being stuck in this state of stagnation where I can’t bring myself to do anything, even though I REALLY WANT TO DO THEM

#let me play ffxiv or overwatch or wow or SOMETHING for the love of CHRIST #I COULD DRAW I HAVE ART TRADES TO DO BUT :)))) #nothing #i'm getting nothing #brain machine broke #vent

[bubblellop]

Days fade into a watercolour blur Memories swim and haunt you But look into the lake, shimmering like smoke Rises the moon

[Art trade with @draconic-asterism <3333]

#my art #illustration #digital art #clip studio paint #drawing #art trade #i almooost forgor to upload it hiii i like this a lot <333 also read olivers story right now !!!!! do it do it odti #anyway i could have drawn that background bette r but uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh peace and loev

[ragingtwilight]

guys i need to trade bodies with someone real quick to get my motivation back this ones getting burnt out

#nooooooo i only wanna do 2 more attacks but im worried ill be too stumped or tired to finish them aiahdjjd #one is a 3 chara revenge 🥺😭 #and the other has SO MANY BIRD HEADS UGHHG #birds r my no.1 enemy in art #i am going to kill them 👁 👁 #i could totally trade the bird chara for a different one but i dont wanna #whos to say when shell be back and on the opposite team as me grgrgrrr #absolutely devastated by the amount of charas in my bookmarks i wont be able to draw in time #unless i did extremely quick sketches and nothing else #which is not happening bc this is more than just an art trade!!!! #GRRR #if i have time & sudden motivation ill prob draw more when these 2 are done but rn im set on stopping after these 2 #gonna take all of august off to recover LMFOSOAI #the second artfight ends i might just stream klonoa LMAOO #i def plan to i just dont know how soon after af

[jarchivussy]

so fuckinh evil that my ocs are only in my brain . wdym i have to make the content myself???? if i want to read a 100k slowburn or watch a shitty amv or edits set to horny songs that focus on their tits I SHOULD BE ABLE TO !!!!

#originals #literally need a 50k+ slow burn fic for kai and morgan NEOW. #opened ao3 bc i wanted to read smth and scrolling past all of my fandoms realized that i want smth about my ocs.. #anyway. does anyone wanna do an oc art trade thing ?? #doesn't have to be drawings either. like once i release my doc into the wild maybe someone could do writing drabbles/web weaving #i would literally kill for ANY content of my ocs (other than mine) #ocs

[gemharvest]

Uuuggghhhh I hate not having the freetime for one thousand art trades nor the money to buy a lot of commissions. I want art of my OCs sooooo bad rn.

#ramblings #and i cant do it all for the same reason i dont have time for a thousand art trades #<- cant draw them all myself*** would be better wording #i know i could probably ask in discord servers im im if anyone is free to do a request but i dont like asking for free art- #-unless its in response to someone advertising doing requests

[rubberduckyrye]

Google how do you draw faster without losing quality--

#Giving myself the bad feels because I want to draw more often and stuff but #my art takes me so long and takes so much energy ;~; #I wish it didn't... #I miss being able to draw nearly every day #I wish I could draw fast #aaaa #My brain was made for words not for art #I think like that's kind of the trade off #I think in words and most people think in images and pictures apparently #I have to actively TRY to get a picture in my head and tbh it often is only very brief #Compsition was really hard for me before I started using my 3D models #then I could tweak the poses until it felt right and THEN I could draw #But posing is also like #kinda hard??? #it's tedious I think #I might look up how to make different hand poses and stuff just so that's not like #something I have to fuss with every time #like if I make a hand pose and save it then I can reuse it #that kind of idea #Hands are always really annoying and hard to pose so that would probably be for the best #at least it'll speed up posing #I might also make some generic poses like walking and running #just bases to work from to make more unique poses for art pieces #Anyway long story short #I'm a slow artist because I'm a fast writer #that might just be something I need to live with #And I need to find ways to short cut the process for art so it's not nearly as miserable to draw for me #I've been kind of tempted to try out making 3D models of all the characters I want to or like to draw #And use special methods to just use that to make line art for drawing because boy can I NOT be fucked to do line art #I've been kind of wanting to get more into 3D stuff lately too so idk

[gibbearish]

a weird little thing abt me is i will definitely mock shitty ai art but it never feels right doing it about the hands simply by virtue of the fact that a lot of them look indistinguishable from the hands i was doing years ago when i first got a drawing tablet

#like id have the right number of fingers obv but like. putting the thumb on the wrong side #fingers bending weird directions or connecting in weird places #weird anatomy at joints‚ freaky nails‚ bad proportions‚ bad perspective‚ etc etc etc #people say 'this isnt ai like in sci-fi its just machine learning' but to me its a lot more interesting to look at it as #'this isnt ai like in scifi /yet/' #like yeah the stuff ai does in fiction isnt possible at this point but like. i find it difficult not to wonder if this #is the ai version of infancy stages yknow? like. #ppl go 'its cant write its own stuff its just recycling stuff its been fed' as if thats not kinda how people . learn to talk? #idk i just find it hard to agree with arguments that act like where we currently are at is the furthest these technologies could possibly #evolve in our lifetimes #'it just makes things up' you mean like toddlers going on long winding rambles about unicorns and monsters or w/e #'it cant do art good' you mean like a child? or even just literally Anyone who doesnt know how to draw yet? #like. idk. i feel like people are trying very very hard to insist the ai of today is still the same as it was in the clevverbot days #and that its impossible to evolve any further #people want to cling to the old days when ai stuff didnt pass the turing test by a much wider marging than it tends to now #dont want to admit that it does indeed sometimes surpass the turing test and likely would be able to even moreso were it #not for restraints #(see: that one stock trading ai that did insider trading vs various chatbots not bring allowed to write disparaging things #about copyrighted people or w/e) #if ai stuff was still truly indistinguishable from human works then we wouldnt need to spend so much time #hashtag exposing things as being ai generated #and i just think its bad to‚ in pursuit of that‚ mock things that are like. just stuff all beginner artists struggle with #i guarantee you there is not a single artist out there who hasnt drawn a hand that made them want to curl up and die at least once. #i got very off-topic there but swung it back around at the end there so. hashtag win #origibberish

[mattypattypinky]

Sometimes I wish I could commission self-ship art but i am unemployed w no credit card

#damn man 😔 #i mean i can draw myself #I'm an artist LOL #but like idk sometimes i wish to see my selfship (especially 🌻💔) in other styles #like damn man 😔😔😔 #someday I'll have money and a job to be able to commission people... someday 💪 #mattypattypinkyposts #vent but not rlly a vent bc I'm not sad abt it it's just like #i also would do art trading??? but like #my art style isn't very goodd when it comes to poses like i feel like i have an issue w drawing the same 5 poses everytime 😔 #like yeah i can practice posing #i use pose inspo alot #but like UGH!!! I wish my art could be like. idk. fucking... rokoroko or smth #rokoroko on Twitter or. smth... 😔😔😔their art is to die for

[lady-lessobian]

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#no another little vent bc im in a shitty sad mood rn #but i feel like i cant drawn anymore #last year too but this one especially #even a basic character standing there just takes... forever #it takes me forever to finish what are #at best #mediocre pieces... #and i mean ive got ideas! ive got lots of character and minicomic ideas! #but deawing for longer than 2 minutes make me feel like im errupting into flames. restless #i have... nothing to show for this year. not a single worthwhile piece all year. im burnt out as fuck #ive lost it. but art was all i had in my life #the adhd meds help a little but theyre not enough and also ive been out for a few weeks #ive lost so many opportunities due to being out of my meds. two in particular directly because of it #i just want ONE WIN. one good thing to happen after bad and bad and bad and bad and bad #i want a single work i can look at and say wow! i like this! #i wish i could trade art for something good or useful or that people actually want #or that i could do anything at all #i cant even do a year review of art because i didnt draw something every month #and i cant make things people want! my work is niche as fuck. and tumblr hates women and lesbians anyways #i just want something! one good work #one good win #i cant hold on any longer without it #the final stop is coming up. for lack of better words #vent #delete later

[billiejams]

I hate when I make up blorbos and then I’m like hmm I would like to see some content of these blorbos but it’s all in my brain and I have to make the content like wtf not fair 😭

#why is it so hard to get other people to become obsessed with my stupid blorbos #like just read my mind?? #god I wish I was better at art or writing #or I wish I had money to commission people oof #or I wish I could like do an art trade maybe #idk I just need to get over myself and draw them #they are a king and his jester and they are in love btw #I have done so much writing in my brain about them if only I wasn’t the worst writer on earth

[dosie-dosie]

THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR OCS

If you’re like me and you like to play around with your OCs a lot, here’s some things you can do with them!

ART & CRAFTS

Put your OCs in character scenario memes! Here’s some I found on Deviantart.

Do an art trade where you draw someone’s OC and they draw yours!

Use those "Draw The Squad" templates and draw your OCs.

Crochet/knit/sew/etc. a plushie of your OC.

You can also make a paper doll! You can find tons of tutorials on youtube.

You can also make a figure of them out of something like clay, cardboard, or another material.

You can build them out of Legos!

You can also create a hand or finger puppet of them.

Draw a comic featuring your characters!

Create an animation of your character.

Draw your characters as animals!

Create pixel art of your OC! Maybe even make it look like video game sprites.

Draw your characters as playing card designs.

Draw your characters as tarot card designs (Suggested by @ultragirl-parsley)

Create a coloring book full of your OCs!

Create a large cardboard cutout of your character. There are tons of tutorials online!

Put your OCs as designs on cookies, cakes, etc. (I kinda want to do this one but I know it won't turn out well for me 'cuz I suck at handling food T_T)

Design your OC's home.

Make a board game about your OCs and their story

Make Minecraft skins of your characters

INTERNET

Make your OCs in picrew or other dress-up things!

Create a character playlist on Spotify or other music site!

Create a Pinterest board with inspo for your OCs! Maybe outfits they’d wear, a moodboard, etc.

Reblog those “tag your OC as” blogs! They usually have a prompt and you can reblog it and tag which OC it describes. Here’s a few blogs which do this: Tag Your OC on Tumblr develop your oc on Tumblr Daily Asks for your OC (tumblr.com)

Take quizzes as your OC! You can find some on Quotev or IDRLabs.

Make a roleplay account as your OC.

Create a quiz on Quotev about your OC. Maybe something like, "Would my OC like you," "How similar are you to my OC," etc.

Put your OCs in the incorrect quote generator.

Find OC questionnaires and templates online.

Create a page on your Tumblr just for your OC! You can include things like a character sheet, general facts, your posts about them, etc.

WRITING

Do character exercises for them! You can find a lot of these on the internet, but here’s an example.

Write from your OC's perspective. It'll help you understand them better!

Create a list of media they enjoy. Maybe movies, video games, songs, etc.

Write a song (or just lyrics) about your OC or parts of their story.

Write a random story about their childhood!

Create an in-universe news report from your OC's world.

Write a poem about your OC.

OTHER

Put your OCs in character alignment memes! Here’s some from a search on Pinterest.

Create voice headcanons for your OCs. Here’s an example of Vivziepop’s for Hazbin Hotel..

Play as your character in video games! Like, maybe design your character in Miitopia or Sims.

Do some theatre improv games as if you were your OC.

Edit your OC on to pride flags.

Also, you could maybe make those like, Tiktok edits of your OC? (Y'know the ones I'm talking about?)

Create an AU version of your characters! (I’ll create a list of AU ideas soon! :D)

Have your characters solve the trolley problem and other moral conudruums.

Cosplay as your OC!

Create ship names for your characters!

You can also find baby names that your OC might like or something.

Create a visual novel/dating sim in Google Slides (or if you can code, you can do it like that!)

Create a crossword/word search relating to your characters and story.

Answer "Would you rather?"questions as your character.

Find poems that remind you of your OC.

Make family trees.

If anyone has anymore ideas, please tell me and I’ll add them to the list!!

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