#I guess the lineart improved

[alicornze7]

The pacing is a wee bit weird but this took 2 whole days so bear with me here

(oh God it's even cheesier than the first post)

The aftermath

#She let the puppy out in the cold:( #i'm delusional #i can't draw creases and hands for the life of me #this was funnier in my head #I guess the lineart improved #A bit... #I wanna unalive myself rn #this was so rushed story-wise #The shame is killing me #This is what I get for being an introvert ig #And also attention seeking twerp #Alr enough yapping here's the actual tags #tadc comic #ribbun #gangle x jax #jax x gangle #tadc gangle #tadc jax #they are an old married couple<3 #You could suggest some tags in the replies if ya want;-; #Not like anybody reads the tags anyways #Yes I am determined to make this my biggest post yet #And yes I have no idea how to do comic compositions/layouts

[batfossil-fr]

I’ve been really thinking of reopening my art shop soon… I’ve been taking some practice doodles (hence all the posting lately) while I shake off my rust and I’m finding things I enjoy working on again. I miss trying my hand at more dragons/OCs and colors. my shop’s so broken rn lmao but that’s a problem for a later date it’s just nice getting back into art

#my mental health is starting to improve a bit #took a couple years but I found some meds that finally work better for me #ofc things aren’t 100% but I was really in a pit for a while #like ‘did not leave my house in months and slept 14 hours a day’ kind of pit #so. any improvement is better lol. but nah I’ve been making real improvement and im doing better. a lil shaky sometimes but that’s expected #diagnosed with chronic fatigue too. which is unfortunate but not unexpected. i am indeed god’s sleepiest soldier #i feel like a raisin slowly rehydrating but considering i was in a desert before any hydration is welcome #just learning how to enjoy things again overall #one thing I just couldn’t get myself to do (and enjoy) was art. doodles here and there but nothing to post #and it’s kind of funny because I feel like that downtime actually gave me a chance to think about what I wanted to work on #even when I wasn’t actively practicing #just paying attention to things I guess. enjoying art styles #i genuinely think my experimenting with stained is helping me learn colors #i spend hours in the scryshop im glad it’s paying off lmao #i want to tackle bigger things but i just gotta ease myself into the hang of things again #for now im having fun and that’s coooool. thank you all for your nice comments #i read all tags while kicking my feet and giggling. thank u all #that’s the update on Me tho. more to come hopefully #starting next month/julyish I will have a significant amount of time to dedicate to drawing which i intend on doing #so who knooowwwsss #rambles #funny enough coloring has become my favorite part of the process now. it used to be lineart. now lineart annoys me LOL #i also feel like i kinda lost my ability to write which has been frustrating but im focusing on art first #anyways that’s a whole different tangent rant over

[teleport-warning]

Day 29: draw some fanart

#improvement hell #joshua kiryu #twewy fanart #twewy #bunny parka #draw some fanart you say #ohh I GUESS if you INSIST #messed around with lineart and render style so this took way too long and didn’t really get finished #shrug #I was trying to make him look a bit like an anime girlie #teleport warning draws

[fragmentofmemories]

For the art trademark thing - for sure your usage of pencil/watercolor brushes !! And the way you use rather pastel-y and light colors too. It gives your art a very soft feel, it reminds me of old video game art in a way ^_^

Ohh thanks for pointing that out. That was what I was going for (and also manga coloring)!

Tbh I've always been told I tend to use pastel/soft colors, even if unintentionally. In truth I don't actually think much of what colors to use - I often just go with what's easy on the eye (would say this as a joke but my eyesight isn't exactly great).

Similar story for shading/lighting. One thing I noticed is how most artists tend to just, not color some parts on purpose so as create the illusion of lighting.

So I figured, why not try that?

If you'd like some of the inspirations for this:

(Shinkiro, The King of Fighters '94)

(Ayami Kojima, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance)

(Yoshitaka Amano, Final Fantasy III)

#yeah guess who's been playing ff recently... (lol) #i definitely wish to improve on coloring clothing. rn I'm not satisfied... #ask #ask post #kojima has always been *the* inspiration for me but amano and shinkiro's art is amazing too. #especially love how a lot of the detail in shinkiro's work is done entirely through shading rather than lineart. #the way clothing folds and the accentuation of muscles and wrinkles are all done through shading alone. giving it that ''realistic'' feel. #it's great.

[ackee]

#thinking about how bad my burnout is is making me super depressed ngl.. #i think to truly cure it i will have to stop looking at everything on a timetable u_u #like i wanted to get traversion out by june #but i can barely finish chibi heads!!! @_@ i dont think ive done real lineart since.. july maybe lol #and those also. were chibis..... #anyway. not happy in the slightest #ive been trying to replace art with exercise and i just dont feel like i see any improvements w my body either #so its like what am i doing really! nothings working out! i cant even draw my ocs to cope!! its all so hellish #but hey miku expo is in may i guess so i will continue to live. for now 👍🏽 #txt

[rexwrendraws]

WIP. (dont reblog!)

#rex process #“just a quick doodle! how long could it possibly take!” (meanwhile 6 hrs later with the most simple lineart:) #when was the last time i stayed up to nearly 3am drawing tho?? literal months. improvement. im happy with that #anyway guess who this is. bet you cant guess lol #daniel hall

[inverse-problem]

the nice thing about drawing 'lineless' art is that I don't have to do lineart but I'd probably benefit from practicing drawing lineart

ah well

#my main issue I think is that my lineart always looks so stiff #aside from it also being kinda janky overall #learning to use line weight better would prob help #I mean I know the concepts it's a matter of applying them consistently #anyway ah well just gotta keep practicing I guess #really want to push myself to improve my art more bc I'm at the stage where I see the jankiness but my skill hasn't caught up yet haha #anyway it's fine I'm fine I just also love 2 complain #inverse problem.txt

[distinguished-slacker]

That fanart of Aoi I have postponing since February. I’ve always wanted to draw that sword🤧💛

#As a golden colour supremacist I had to draw her #guess my addiction for bright and sparkly stuff kicked way too hard for this one #had the lineart for 3 months in my storage #it was about time to colour it and let go of it #I’ve added some noise effect to it and I like it #my colouring of clothes is finally improving ;-; #and I drew both hands! #BOTH #side note but I wonder if she is still alive after Urdie oh so kindly clapped Kureto’s cheeks🤔 #owari no seraph #seraph of the end #aoi sangu #slacky’s art

[autoadvehicle]

Bruh I tried with the coloring and shading but it sucks. Also, a bonus follow-up that came to my mind immediately after:

Guess my second team won't have that extra sixth member to their party after all...Next time, Uriel, next time.

#etrian odyssey #etrian odyssey v #bruh i cant draw monsters like even this dog was a struggle and a half #like doing the lineart was probably the best part of this piece #w/e; everyday is a chance to improve artwise i guess

[rabble-dabble]

So, regarding your latest piece.

VGDVYHFBTGFHFTFHDBCC GOOD! VDVFYBTHFCGJC5V5HFHDYD

LOVE IT!

AAAAHHHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT!!! (and apparently so did other people too!!)

it's a redraw from last year's lyricstuck- but to be honest, i did the redraw literally last year. as in it was only a month after the first one that i decided to put in ACTUAL effort and redraw the fuckin thing. it worked out pretty well i think because it looks SOOOO much better than the original!

it took me a couple of days (because i put in actual effort lmao) but i was working on it for HOURS, just for like days straight because it was the only time i had to do it, so i knew i needed to finish it. i also fixed up mistakes i put in the first time - spelling mistakes, spacing, just little touches that needed fixed or coloured i didn't do originally. i think i struggled the most with the villian panel - i'm a bit insecure with how clearly you can see my (to me) childish drawings because i don't know how to work without lineart that well. i just blurred it last year but blurring it for the second one ruined the vibe i was going for so i kinda just grit my teeth and posted it knowing it wasn't my best, but hey, at least i tried!!

overall, i'm glad it turned out so great. it also highlights how much effort i've put into my artwork, and how it's paid off, plus how much more i still need to improve. i think i need to improve my backgrounds more, and learn how to not only draw things that AREN'T people, but without lineart as well.

thanks for the ask i was literally smiling when i got it <3

#answered #anon #evil john anon #ahhhhh i love the redrawn lyricstuck!! #i had it literally drafted for the whole year on my tumblr just for 4/13 #i was like 'i am not posting a shitty lyricstuck again. i know ill just make it in advance!' makes it a WHOLE 11 MONTHS BEFORE #btw thanks for the ask because ive literally been trying to figure out my art goals recently #and figuring out 'non lineart and non people drawings' is a good goal #backgrounds too i still draw trees like a 5th grader XDD #i was always better with people than anything else but i think its reaching a point where i need to improve my backgrounds too #so it can catch up with my ability to draw people. i guess the lineart thing is more personal but not every drawing looks good with it #and i cant just do lineart people and nonlineart things because that looks weird (to me) #i mean tbh i know how to make background but its just kinda hard translating a traditional skill (like painting or watercolour) to digital #hopefully i can figure it out

[sammydem0n64]

The depression that I know is leading up to the Cycle is ughhhh especially bc it’s trying to convince me my art is shit. Like my brother in Christ I’m redrawing old Pop! Tart! Refs. There is no way you’re saying Vivian’s old art is objectively better than her updated art .

#tbf as I analyze it I’m p sure it’s bc the old art was draw on a huge canvas #so the characters are bigger and the lineart is also thinner #meanwhile the updated art I’m using a smaller canvas with a thicker brush (tho I’m not losing any detail bc of it) #so I guess my brain is trying to say this is different enough to make it seem like the old art is SOOO much better when. dude it was not. #LOOK AT FRIO’S HAND @ MY BRAIN I AM COOKING SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT I PROMISE 😭 #for the love of god do not take this as fishing for compliments or smth I know I have improved my hormones r just imbalanced lol #And I wanna complain abt it‼️‼️‼️

[ponds-of-ink]

Thanks to a certain post on here, I’ve realized that I might’ve messed up on my Purple Boi’s body type a bit.

#william afton #pond creature #colored doodle #lineart #william’s not pleased but I sure am #(well when it comes to improving my art a bit) #anyways #guess it’s time to practice doodle

[searchingforakeythatdoesntexist]

DAY 13 - «On Thin Ice» Good Omens AU - Triptych Tribute for @blairamok

Part 1/3: "Falling Angel" Aziraphale

Please, listen to this

Change everything you are

And everything you were

Your number has been called

Fights and battles have begun

Revenge will surely come

Your hard times are ahead

Don't let yourself down

Don't let yourself go

Your last chance has arrived

Best, you've got to be the best

You've got to change the world

And use this chance to be heard

Your time is now

Falling Angel, your time is now!

(yes I know this Muse song has another sense in the On Thin Ice universe - for Crowley. Well, our Fallen Serpent will show us what IS a true Survival, tomorrow. ;-)

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Personal challenge: a simple sketch each day

Goal: forcing me to keep things simple - inking, shading, just a few sashes of colour

Improvement pursued: to get the movement, the emotion, finding how to add depth, learning how to leave things barely finished

Max time allowed: 2 hours, as usual for my Daily Challenges. Well, this is a very special Tribute for me, and I was on a three-days break. So I didn’t really set a timer for the « On Thin Ice » sketches. Plus, I drew them quite in the same time and on the same file to be sure Crowley and Aziraphale would match. I guess I spent more or less 3 hours on the lineart for each one of them (the clothes and the figures needed a lot of time), plus 1h30-2h on the colouring/shading for each one.

Be aware that in my first sketches for this project, Crowley and Aziraphale were supposed to train on the same ice rink, and I dearly wanted Crowley to be watching Aziraphale, and Aziraphale was supposed to glance back to him. I had to give up on this idea later – because the figure I chose for Aziraphale definitely couldn’t allow such a shared glance. (but, hello, it will be a triptyque ! So, guess what? About the third part… :-p)

About Aziraphale, as my « Falling Angel ».

« On Thin Ice » author, @blairamok, describes the Hydroplane ice skating figure as very representative of Aziraphale, and the drawing reference pictures were numerous enough to get some solid inspiration. It’s a complex skating figure. I have watched some ice skating tutorials on YouTube – because I wanted the movement of the clothes and hair to be accurate and, if I understand everything properly, even a slight alteration in the position of the arms can make you fall. Such perfection ! That IS the right move for Aziraphale !

I told sooner on my Gymnast !AU challenge that I appreciated drawing Aziraphale with realistic curves more and more each day – even if it still triggers me sometimes about my own shaming roundnesses. I realised my way of doing art – and my mind too, maybe - was evolving when I got back to check references in the amazing Blair artworks (link AO3). A few months ago, I felt insecure watching Blair’s Aziraphale, which seemed to me too much plump and very soft – not a « good sportive look », I thought then. But now I like him more and more, so maybe my way of thinking is changing, and I think this is for the very best.

My Aziraphale is performing a difficult figure, so he is using all his muscles into maintaining his balance. He seems so statuesque, so powerful, yet very focused and oblivious to the world around him, with his eyes shut. That is why he couldn’t share a glance with my Crowley. T.T

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Maybe this is my way to guess Aziraphale’s behavior in the so-awaited « On Thin Ice »  next chapters. Focused on his own training, trying to ignore Crowley’s sassyness but still secretly impressed by his partner’s skills. Because they share the same love for Ice Skating, even if they don’t show it in the same way.

Blair, if you ever read this, thank you. For your artworks, for making us dream about a wonderful story that still remains to be told.

Thank you for « On Thin Ice », for your so-kind message last week, and for everything else.

I have faith. I’ll wait for your story. But even if it doesn’t exist yet, I am already dreaming about it, and this is priceless.

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#on thin ice #blairamok #I am so happy about it! #good omens #good omens fanart #Aziraphale #Crowley #aziracrow #art #my art #ineffable husbands #David tennant #Michael Sheen #ElenPersonnalChallenge #ElenthyaAndGoodOmens #Ineffable Feathers #good omens au #Ineffable lovers #Ineffable Ice Skaters #ElenthyaGallery

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This is going to be the first time Jekyll talks to Hyde after the transformation. Below is more about the page/me ranting

These backgrounds took me so long to draw. Seriously it took me 3 hours just to do the lineart on the first panel 😭

This is Jekyll's house/office before he opened the society so I took my own creative liberties. It's pretty much the same but things are organized differently.

I'm not too proud of the shading or colors. I focused a lot on trying to not lose Jekyll in the background, I ended up making the background too dark. Idk, the other pages don't have as detailed backgrounds as this one. I am also aware the hand in the third panel is backwards, I was too lazy to change it. I guess I'm not super proud of this. There's a lot I can improve on I just don't know how to. I do think the other pages will turn out better though so I have that to look forward to.

#the glass scientists #tgs #tgs jekyll #tgs hyde #tgs fanart

[theartofdreaming1]

Some more Captain Swan (or would this qualify as Captain Duckling? idk)

This started out as a simple, mindless ouat doodle, but then my brain decided to come up with bits and pieces of a story for this while I was working on it, so... If you're interested, you can read the basic premise under the cut:

Basically, we have bar wench Emma teaming up with infamous pirate Captain Hook to bring down the Dark One: Killian has finally gotten a way to get rid of the damn crocodile and Emma has learned of that while the crew of the Jolly Roger stopped by the tavern she works at; for Emma, it's about getting her son back (Neal/Baelfire is still Henry's father in this AU, but left the realm to escape his father, so Rumple's trying to use Henry to track down Neal, i guess)... Anyway, Emma steals onto the Jolly Roger (to steal whatever magical item required to best the Dark One or to stowaway on board, your pick), gets discovered by our good captain ('feisty lass' that she is, she still manages to hold a dagger to his throat before he gets the best of her - there are on his ship, after all), she reveals why she's doing this in the first place - to reunite with her son - and they strike an accord to work together as they share a common goal... Shenanigans ensue, (and no, there is connection/bond between them that's growing closer over time, Emma is absolutely positive of that, thank you very much ;), plans go awry - they are chased by a monster of some sort, Killian decides to fight it off, to give Emma some more time to flee - she has to make it back to her son, after all - and tells her to go, to leave him behind... (but we know she doesn't listen... she never does ;)

Something like that, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and hey, if any Captain Swan writers out there feel like writing that story for me, let me know - I'd love to read it!)

(Also, I'm kind of happy how dynamic the poses in this drawing have turned out! I reworked the lineart a couple of times, not sure if I was wasting my time but while I liked the og sketch, I think the end result is a definite improvement)

Og sketch/doodle:

#captain swan #captain duckling #emma swan #killian jones #ouat #my sketches and drawings #aside from being a slowass writer I'm also swamped with having to write my thesis and term papers #so who knows when I'll maybe finally get to actually write this story #but I think it could make for a fun AU #also please ignore me continuing to struggle with damn backgrounds 😭

[littleinkling64]

So imagine, if you will, that Mari got her start in magic as a conman on the street in Paris and met Tim in the midst of his quest to rescue Bruce from the time stream. Since Tim offers to be her ticket out of her current life, Mari agrees to help him find Bruce and basically tag along for all Tim's adventures along the way.

Cut to a couple years later, and voila: power couple Timmari, with Tim as the brains of the operation and Mari as the meta/magical muscle, so to speak.

(more chatter under the cut)

you saw the tags--three guesses who this little trinket was from

also wanted to show off the lineart because I feel like I've been improving a lot and sometimes it disappears under the shadows and coloring by the end :o

#maribat #mlb x dc #dc x mlb #dc x ml #ml x dc #tim drake #marinette dupain cheng #timinette #comic style