#I wish I could draw like the cool people

[quibbs126]

God I wish I could successfully draw characters right

#his face #it is not correct #I guess the drawing itself isn’t too bad but still #my style cannot draw him #I am a basic bitch #when it comes to my art #I wish I could draw like the cool people #I don’t know I felt like complaining #I’m not super down like I was this morning drawing him #but I still wanted to #my art #evoland 2 #menos #wip #technically #random stuff #art struggles

[otaku553]

Hello! I saw your recent art of sabo, and in the tags you mentioned the big 3 of Shounen. I know it’s One piece and Naruto, but what’s the third? How come you like the character? Lovely artwork, it’s candy for the soul!! Thank you •u•

Ah thank you!!! The big three of shonen (for I guess the previous generation?) are Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach. Naruto and Bleach have already ended but it seems like One Piece is still going quite strong, despite the new generation of shonen anime (including Hero Aca, Demon Slayer, and the third spot is still debated! Probably JJK is my guess though that falls into its own sub genre of shonen dark fantasy I suppose)

Here are my favs! I’ll put the reasons why I like them in the read more because it’s quite long :)

Despite watching Naruto first I could never actually finish it because it was so long so I kind of just osmosed the later parts of shippuden through fanfics and other such media ^^; I think it’s pretty difficult to pick a definitive fav for Naruto because I feel like it tends to fumble a bit of its character writing? I think if I had to pick one maybe young Kakashi but still kind of eh. Maybe I just didn’t watch far enough to get attached

As for Bleach, I picked it up years ago around middle school and then dropped it after the first hundred episodes or so because filler got boring for younger me but then I picked it up again in high school and managed to at least get past aizen! And then I dropped it there because I wasn’t interested in any continuation after what seemed like an already pretty strong ending.

Toshiro is my favorite because he falls into all niches of character tropes that I enjoy including but not limited to: child genius who acts responsible but is still somewhat immature, cold personality along with ice powers but fierce loyalty to close relationships. I especially enjoy child genius characters for the contradictory dichotomy of what is expected of them in terms of maturity and knowledge and the amount of pressure these kinds of characters face and how they handle it! That said, I enjoy him more for the tropes that he falls into and my personal interpretation of him rather than canon writing for him. I think that though canon is an alright base, he doesn’t get much time to shine (character-wise instead of combat-wise).

And Sabo. Oh my goodness I am brainrotting so hard over Sabo right now. The ASL siblings in general have a vice grip on my heart and really are not letting go. There is so much tragedy in the way that they are written, that works because there are three of them. Ace and Luffy spend so much effort trying to save the only brother they have left in the world not realizing that if they go they’ll be the first to go actually because Sabo is still alive, and Sabo could have done so much and changed so much if only he had regained his memories sooner. Why didn’t he remember sooner? I can only assume it’s because he didn’t want to remember, because he grew out his hair to cover a scar he wasn’t proud of, because he was running away from his origins when he lost his memories and maybe that stuck with him. I don’t even remember when Sabo was introduced as a character because I don’t think he was mentioned during Marineford? But he’s such a compelling character because he does so much to save the world and yet is unable to save his own brother! And he’s written to fit with Ace and Luffy incredibly well, being the voice of reason where they can’t be.

#ask #one piece #sabo #toshiro hitsugaya #bleach #sabo’s round bug eyes are so silly to me #I’m not going to ever be able to draw him like that but. it’s really funny to me when people give him the narrow ikemen eyes #he’s such a dork…. a doting older brother……… amnesiac…… what a little meowmeow truly #I think I enjoy Toshiro because gifted kid burnout makes me relate a lot to the pressure and I wish I could handle maturity as well as him #Sabo on the other hand is just. hghgehhfhfh no concrete personal reason he’s just cool #i think anyone who goes into battle wearing a top hat and tailcoat and cravat is awesome #but then he goes and brings out the PIPE and it’s such an endearing little callback to how he grew up among trash heaps and asfnaenfaenf #I didn’t think he was that interesting at first because it felt a bit cliche for him to be a runaway noble #but then they hit him with the amnesia and hit him with the need to help others escape from evils that he can’t even really remember #and then they hit him with fucking……. returning his memories too little too late and his breakdown at being overwhelmed with not only the #memories of his brothers but also the knowledge that one of his brothers has died while he forgot them and was off doing something else and. #ashnasfnaenfeafhhaefh

[rukafais]

always fucks me up (positive) when i realise there’s folks out there who look at my art and are like “this is inspirational to me”, just wanna stare at the ceiling for hours about it

#sometimes i just think about it and am like woag....people like my art.... #thats so cool..... #i remember being a teen on deviantart staring at artists going woa...i wish i could draw like that #and sometimes i still am #but i am also that artist for other people now its kinda cool

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

You ever make up a bunch of people in your dream and wake up like aw. They don’t exist. Come back :(

#I miss you unnamed pregnant trans man protagonist + wife #I miss you mysterious tiny samurai girl of the wind #(this dream was a Lupin iii movie I wish existed and I can't describe any of it bc it's fading :))) #the unnamed protagonist had some people come after him from his past and he was forced back into (insert cartel type shit here) #while pregnant. this was very upsetting yet very compelling #sorry to go on about this but I don't wanna forget #it was very. mature and mellow? Jig and Lup tended to this guy when the (insert cartel-like bad guys) hurt him #then switched places with him in disguise #idk there was some part where Jigen got hit in the head and forgot everybody and went attack mode #this was all in some old rural japanese mostly-empty village #anyway idk then it went weird with some (adorable) samurai clan who could vanish underground and were like airbenders or some shit #cagliostro calm-Lup vibe. He growed up and he look after you :) #anyway I wanna draw the characters they were cool looking. nameless had nice hair

[fabfemmeboy]

So...this is odd...

I have always experienced songs/sounds as movement. And not in a "good beat, easy to dance to, get on the floor and boogie!" kind of way. In a weird arm movements autistic-stim-ballet kind of way. And sometimes I had the 90s .wav dancing screensaver kind of visuals go with it, which I chalked up to being a tween/teen in the 90s.

But tonight at chorus rehearsal, our director was using a metaphor of colour to describe different sound qualities/moods in our music, and it's like suddenly my brain went "Oh THAT'S how that works!" and switched synesthesia to "ON" because I now have elaborate shapes and colours going on for every song I hear. Not like "this song is beachy so I picture a beach" but like...horns are lime green. And beats are either pulsing circles or chunky slash marks depending on the type of beat. And "Bout Damn Time" looks like a double helix.

#i wish i were a better artist so i could paint/draw some of this shit #because it looks pretty cool in my head #actually autistic #synesthesia #i think? #i'm not 100% sure if this is something everyone's brain does and i'm just overthinking it #but i did ask my partner and the couple other people i talked to tonight and they stared at me like i had 3 heads so

[stunfiskz]

i hate trying to come up with drawing ideassss

#i wish i could draw like. cool meaningful stuff like other people do. yknow. like i like how my art looks generally i think at this point #just wish i could do more. #txt

[storfulsten]

lol did I just lose 3 followers for mentioning a cool new song? ok

#I've lost followers for less tbh so eh #it's fine lol #hope you'll find what you're looking for elsewhere best of luck to you #honestly thought more people would've left by now with how I can't focus and just draw the darn bombeep they probably follow me for #trust me I want to they're still my fav bois and I wanna do way more stuff with them #but atm idk it's just #sneaky corpse brainworm effin shit up oops #but nws hopefully it can be redirected in a productive direction somehow like towards whitty or something #with the voice headcanons and all that some sort of vibes should be able to be projected somehow maybe idk lol #mmm tbh I wish so bad I could animate or do animatics properly bc I have ideas #bombeep ideas #in relation to bits of various letsplay audio that could be made to work out of context somehow I'm sure ha #anyways it is what it is I'll stop rambling and go get some proper sleep now ok cool #laters bye

[starberry-skies]

hey google. what's a good birthday gift to give to someone who you haven't talked to in months and also they're halfway across the world and also i can't ship it to them. so yeah just over text. thanks i'll check back in 15-17 minutes at 350 degrees

#chirping #god i'm so tired #idk what to tag this type of post #nonsense. nonsense is what it is #ohhh i'm working then too. ugh #trying to think trying to think #i could. draw something? i can't friggin draw #i can write but like. #'hey happy bday i wrote fanfiction of characters you've never heard of for you :)' #maybe i'll commission someone? #no that's too. much. ughhhhhhhh #idk. i try to be the friend who i want to have which means wishing people happy birthday and watching/reading their recommendations #but gift giving gets a little hard when there's no way for them to get the gift #'just wish them a happy birthday!' i hear you start to type #and i will!! but. i wish i could do more. #man i'm tired #i need friends who live near me. i want to give gifts again... #and i'll def ship gifts and stuff #but that's money and time. which i don't always have. #oh maybeeee photos? like i take nice photos of wildlife and stuff? that'd be cool..... #OH YEAH that's totally it. ehehehehe

[0pheleschimera0]

Why am i still drawing

#txt #for myself im thinking. things im not entirely happy with but at least im doing something #why am i doing it? it doesnt make me happy anymore #im guessing i still want my art to resonate with people. or make someone happy #i guess even if its just a single person. i dont know if i actually want to spend my resources on that #but what else am i good for #i cant seem to be able to find it in me to start doing something else #so all im stuck with is art no one wants. not even me. #i know ill keep drawing whatever it is i feel like drawing. #meaningless and ugly but at least i guess im still doing something #i grief what time i had before and what i could do before ajd inspirations i had before. but it was never enough for me #back then i thought what im doing is not enough. and i wish i could be there to tell myself that im doing amazing things #cuz i cant do them anymore #every year i draw less and less #maybe why i did so much is because. despite my little skill. i just kept doing it. because it made me happy #i drew shitty comics and shitty crossovers and all those dumb things not because there was going to be crazy happy reception #but because i wanted to. i thought what i was doing was cool. what happened to me?

[miodiodavinci]

seeing everyone's responses to that "describe your ocs in the worst way possible" post has led me to conclude you are all rad as hell and have only the finest of tastes

#i was scrolling through all the tags that cropped up in my notifications like (EYE ZOOMS) #makes me want to talk more OC stuff with people honestly #and also makes me wish i had the time and wherewithal to go through with making something substantial with one of my sets of losers w #like ultimate goal is a webcomic with my partner #but individually i so so want to make an illustrated short story that i could release chapters for over time #though honestly!! #that might not be as out of reach as i used to think it was!! #considering i used to think i was incapable of making animatics but uh #(looks at other monitor) #i'm literally 8 seconds worth of animation from finishing one #(the main barrier having been doing A Lot of drawings all at once) #(<-- someone who has historically struggled with more than one drawing all at once) #so i guess in theory if i just #block out scenes in the first pass and then just come back to it all later it could work #RIGHT THIS WASN'T THE POINT OF THESE TAGS DKLJHSSHFKJSL #y'all have super cool OC concepts and even from terrible descriptions i can tell they're sick as fuck #and it makes me want to steal ideas from my partner and do something similar to his oc sunday on this blog as well w

[echo-the-ghost]

I think one of my most toxic traits is that I will stress about messaging someone back until the stress has multiplied like mold because now too much time has passed and it’d be weird to reply now but I feel like I’ve oversaturated the market on my apologies to the point where they mean nothing so “I think I should draw something REALLY cool for them to apologise for my incompetence as a person!” but then I don’t actually have the art skills to do it so I’m like. In a few years when my art is good I can talk to this person again. And not a moment sooner

#echo rambles #it sounds insane I know but that's LITERALLY how I am #I can think of like four people off the bat that I have an ongoing feeling of this with #like ahh you're so cool I wish I could talk to you but I'm just a lowly jester I need to learn to draw first

[annieisyourfavourite]

feeling really unmoored from the world and deeply upset at my lack of independence and freedom as a disabled person who's wholly dependent on the people around me. i wanna make something i can hold in my hands that's just mine, that can't be taken from me. any recommendations? i think in my craft supply closet i have: necklace chord, beads, a few charms, wooden boxes, wood paint, quilting squares, a lot of needle & thread, markers, scissors, construction paper, glue, tissue paper, felt, quilting squares & fabrics, yarn, batting, and lace trim.

any recommendations?

#i feel like i could maybe make some clothes for a stuffed animal? #potentially paint a little wooden box and glue rhinestones if i have em #and of course like necklaces or bracelets with the chord and beads #i wish i had clay. that's what i want to be creating with #but idk I'm looking for something creative? #like i know i could make a bracelet but any cool recs? or reasons to? #i know i have paper and glue so i could draw flowers or something #but any cool paper crafts that aren't super obvious? #u get what I'm saying? like i know what i could obviously make with some of this stuff #but if anyone has fun ideas please drop em #(even if it's after i make something i still want ideas) #mine #abuse of disabled people doesn't always look obvious #and it can be low grade and not on purpose #it's messy and nuanced but damn it still hurts. it always hurts

[arcaneyouth]

i dont know if i will ever get used to people telling me my art is inspiring or im their favorite artist or comic author or whatever. i cant even get used to people telling me things that are objectively true, like "you have a bigger audience than me" like wh,,, what the fuck do you mean i just make shit,,,, but i DO have an audience,,,, what the fuck???? baffled confused and scared i spent like 4-5 years accepting my stuff would probably never get noticed and now apparently it is. hello.

#'i wish i could make art like yours' ???? I DONT EVEN HAVE A CONSISTENT STYLE HALF THE TIME.. #IM JUST SOME GUY WHOS BEEN DRAWING FOR 5 YEARS STRAIGHT WHAT DO YOU MEAN #'how have you managed to make such a cool story and have such cool art' ***???? I HYPERFIXATED I DUNNO*** #im thrilled to have an audience and people who like my ocs. its incredible. i also feel like '??? why are you in. my house' every day #love feeling this bewildered over having like 5-10 fans its hilarious AHFAFSSFHHGSGJDJHD #literally dont know how i got here i am just extremely obnoxious about my ocs and wont shut up and people like thay #ok this has been sleepy thoughts with willow its almost 3 am gn #just kidding one more thought. people saying they like my art doesnt do this to me cause thats just a compliment #but people say im inspiring and my brain blue screens

[fantasyw0rldwithn0name]

damn world building is fun when you aren’t focusing on history, but instead making up fantasy plants and how they work

#god i made some mushrooms that have little fruits on them and yeah i just think it’s cool #i have like vague ideas for other plants too #which i think is gonna be fun #wish i could like draw really well cuz i wanna draw a full garden full of these plants #but hey all i can do is practice #also i made little characters to go with the garden and they’re cool and polyam cuz i just have to make characters with everything #also it’s been a while since i posted here #love y’all(the two people who follow me being my sibling and a mutual from my main account)

[noodleshark]

Susie deltarune for the bingo!

i like her i just don’t what else to say

also she is very hard to draw

#i like her vibe #very cool #i wish i could scare people by just existing #also her character delvepment is very cool #her and lancer have a nice friendship #also there’s a lot of cool susie theories #nice #i just can’t draw her #cuz hard #deltarune #susie deltarune

[crowcryptid]

Thank you brain for randomly deciding to remember the awkward months of high school I spent in a room with this couple who would choke each other and be weird because the teacher was never there

And I just had to sit there and keep working on my portfolio while these 2 were going at it

#god. that was. unpleasant. i wish I could forget. #context: it was my AP art class. which wasn’t actually a class in the traditional sense #it was completely unsupervised time where all we did was work on our portfolio #the teacher only took attendance and that’s it #but once he left you could leave the room or do whatever you wanted #most people left the room #but I had a huge piece so I just stayed there cause I couldn’t be carrying it around #and those 2 would rarely ever work on their stuff they were just being touchy feely in front of me while I ignored them #that whole class was weird as hell #but I guess that was to be expected when you got like 10 artsy kids and gave them 2 empty rooms to do whatever they wanted in #shout out to the girl who’s name I can’t remember but she insisted that I was always on drugs because I was ‘too chill’ #girls like me for my completely silent eye contact avoiding weird guy swag #my description here may make it seem like it was a cool class to be in but I assure you it was not #i did get a perfect score on my portfolio tho. it only cost me my will to live #I had AP art the next year after that in a different school but I failed cause I could not force myself to draw anymore