#children are so hard to draw. WHY?

[ryuubff]

chinese new year is still going on so i have a reason to start spreading my half-chinese!sebastian propaganda 🧧

#stardew valley #sebastian got the chinese side from his bio dad #stardew sebastian #stardew robin #stardew farmer #stardew valley fanart #sdv fanart #sdv #sdv sebastian #sdv robin #sdv farmer #i draw skrunkly #i think im terrible at drawing kids #children are so hard to draw. WHY? #yeah i got a new brush over the holidays. using it like crazy #guys maybe if uni didnt kick my ass id post more consistently #sorry for my garbage handwriting btw #it wont get better!

[isit-allover]

THE BIG NIMONA DRAWING IN ND STEVENSONS STYLE I AM CHEWING THE WALLS

#idk why but this scene specifically fucked me up so hard #i didn’t catch it in the credits but i bet all those kids drawings were done by the children on the team #nimona

[slicedblackolives]

“i can make that” yes, now. it’s opened a new style of expression for you. it’s shown you that that expression is worthy of consideration. it is a door that has opened and you can now walk through it. why are you mad at it for doing its job.

#I think a Jackson pollock exhibition with ms paint drawings by children who simply filled in the background and went ham by the spray paint #without prompting from the teacher or with no exposure to pollock would go so hard personally. #anyway ‘I can make that’ is a very valid response to abstract art and it should be encouraged rather than scorned because #it leads to sincere engagement rather than disdain for the thing you know? #and ‘why is this in a museum but I’m not’ is also a reasonable question worth exploring.

[hey-scully-itsme]

a little drawing of stephen and brigid for new year’s

#aubreyad #stephen maturin #brigid maturin #she wants him to identify the species for her (it is a field mouse) #all the clothing is only as accurate as 15 minutes of looking at fashion plates and paintings from the regency era will allow #also why are children so hard to draw #i feel a deep spiritual kinship with those medieval painters who made baby jesus look about 40 #i know there were theological reasons for it but also kid proportions are just weird

[veggieharumaki]

recollection

DTIYS challenge from @georgenootfound! Thanks for hosting!

I feel like Dream would be the type to wear a sweater to the beach I feel it in my bones

Backstory: they all go on vacation but dream is cheesy af and wants to send postcards with his kids and makes Sapnap take the photo. then when dream is sending out cards Sapnap wants credit for taking the photo because he would do that. The end. Let the credits rollllllll

Way out of my comfort zone with drawing children, but super helpful! I wanted to do a family vibe piece but couldn’t decide what- what better than a DTIYS lol

#super fun! #but GOD THE CHILDREN OMFGGG #If it’s like two steps to make a baby irl then why the fuck is it hard to draw one I DONT UNDERSTAND #love a dnf baby agenda RAAAH #they already have patches like one more is- #okay. now it’s October fr so creepy piece next. trust #dnf #dreamwastaken #dream #georgenotfound #gnf #dream fanart #dreamnotfound #dnf fanart #dwt #gnf fanart #veggie art

[sucharandomwolf]

More human designs! Tiff and Tuff 😤

#had a ton of fun making Tuff’s design tbh #Tiff’s was kind of hard because of her dress but I figured it out #I’m not going to do A LOT of other characters #but definetly the few I think would be fun to design me thinks #I’m not the best at drawing children so if their anatomy is weird that’s why #kirby right back at ya #tiff #tuff #Nintendo #fanart #gijinka #human designs #my art #Kirby #Nintendo Kirby

[smilesrobotlover]

I come humbly asking what Kori looked like as a baby 👉👈

I’d like to personally thank you for asking about this because baby kori added 10 years to my lifespan

#i added in some main ages for fun! #and I actually used a reference 😩 #drawing children are very very hard for me idk why #but BABY KORI HES SO CUTE IM GONNA SOOOOB. AAAAHAHHABA #babies are SO cute #asks #love at twilight #kori #i just wanna kiss him nose #drawing Kori’s scar was hard :/

[inkats]

year end skebook dump 👍

#oh the learn by listening methob scary again.... #the white men are back on my recommended why are they all so intense. #i just want to watch bl dramas one ep a day? want to watch the children go on errands? #watch midorikawa yuus youtube bc i like boy bands being silly? let me be. what is this... i am here for a good time. #and i wanna make friends eventually. i have no clue why you are learning japanese white men. you upset me <isolation scary. #anyway. white pen by uni ball insane. i love love fountain pens. i really like watercolors. im having fun!! #^realizing his good mood might be. because his period coming. and is trying so hard to be as positive as possible so maybe it will follw th #traditional art #hello yes see i draw #my ocs #artists on tumblr #drawing #traditional doodle #doodles #sketchbook #sketches #mon carnet de croquis! très bon! pour moi :)

[silverskye13]

So, the Peter Hollins cover of God Help the Outcasts, huh?

#spazzcat barks #gosh those lyrics go hard and i wish i had the patience for comics because i want to draw tanguish singing jt #i mean HONESTLY #i dont know if theres a reason why some are blessed some nit #why the few you seem to favor #they fear them they flee them they try not to see them #god help the outcasts! the tired the torn! #seeking an answer to why they were born! #winds of misfortune have blown them about #you made the outcasts! dont cast them out... #the poor and unlucky? the weak and the odd? #i thought we all were children of god? #on the list of songs that will make me religious again just so i can reexperience losing my religion

[happi-dreams]

Ive been infected very sadly

#just a wip #god why is this cat so hard to draw #god decided to show me a game i have not been intrerested in at all #but omg look *jingles keys* it has cute cartoon animals in a seperate tv show you could toootally hyperfixate about #and my brain FELL FOR IT #i feel ashamed posting this cause i don’t like the company that makes poppy #appaaarently the guys that did the nft stuff left n they donated it to chairty #but idk #my brain just wants to ramble about silly childrens cartoons no matter what #god this is alot of tags

[slumbergoblin]

Wow Oscar! That’s a lot of sisters!!

#pmatga #my ocs #oscar morin #my art #I was laying in bed a couple of nights ago and just said 'I think it'd be neat if Oscar had several siblings' #I didn't mean for them to all be women but here we are! #also a fun-not-so-fun fact: Oscar's mom passed due to a fatal accident when he was maybe 14 or 15??? #could not tell you what the accident was because the idea is still fresh in the brain #his mom was cool :( #she was a very inspirational woman to all of her children #and that's a huge reason why Oscar and the rest of his siblings all work hard n' junk #these guys are also not important to the plot (other than oscar maybe) #I just wanted to draw his sisters #character lineup #the morin sisters

[deathinfeathers]

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#Why is vivs style so hard for me to replicate gaaah #Also I just realized I have no idea how to draw children

[troublcmakcrs]

//very excited to be done with adult tweek bc now i can properly brainrot about metro

#misc :: ( ooc ) #//i will literally NEVER get to write the metro verse #//but i WILL force you to look at my completely contextless art for it #//the problem with my apocalyptic / dystopian verses is that... craig & tweek being young is INTEGRAL to them #//and i have no real interest in exploring them as adults in those situations #//i find it infinitely more interesting to explore how children respond to survival situations #//they get pushed to emotional extremes and stupid bullshit much more easily than adults #//but that's ''uncomfortable'' for people- #//yes i have built my entire personality around the fact that lord of the flies was my favorite required reading book #//there was a poll that was like ''what was your least favorite book you had to read in school?'' #//and lord of the flies came in SECOND... #//and i'm like OH WOW FUCK YOU!!! #//anyway there's a lot of intrigue in those survival-type verses that comes out of the characters being YOUNG #//like sorry craig's cyberpunk verse would hit a billion times less hard if he was not... 14 #//the exploration of how and why young people join gangs - especially violent ones like the scavengers - and how it affects them #//is what i want #//i have NO INTEREST in adult scavenger craig. that's fucking PISS BORING. #//rotates putting Baby Guys in Situations in my head really fast #//the design idea i have for metro tweek after he gets adopted by the dark ones is so badass i can't wait to draw it

[the-insanity-of-mojiru]

絶頂讃歌 | 真っ裸

#Some more Wanuka redraws because I’ve been ignoring my OCs for Bucchigire and that’s wrong of me #they didn’t deserve this #They really didn’t #This is why I can't get into stuff so hard nowadays because I have my own children to take care of #I say that but you know I'm gonna go right back to Bucchigire art after this #I really just needed a break #Insanity Draws #Insanity of Mojiru #透明な無名世界

[paragonrobits]

some important calvin and hobbes facts in case you haven't read the original comic strip in a long time or only absorbed stuff on it from memes and out of context bits on here:

Calvin's last name has never been given, and neither has any of his parent's names. This was actually why his uncle Max only showed up for a brief storyline; the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, ultimately felt that while it was fine to have him as someone for his parents to talk to, it felt far too awkward to never have Max refer to them by name and he never made a return appearance.

The general tone of the comic is fairly light-hearted, with a big emphasis on goofy slapstick comedy contrasted by clever wordplay and often surprising adult-centered jokes that'll hit you like a slap. A big part of the comedy is, as Watterson put it (paraphrased) "It's really funny to me when people express deeply stupid ideas with really fancy terminology." One notable example you might have seen is that one bit where Calvin asks his mom for money to buy a Satan-worshiping rock album and his mom replies that there's nothing genuine about them and they're just putting on the attitude for shock value, and comisserates with Calvin as he deplores that mainstream nihilism can't be trusted. He concludes that childhood is disillusioning.

There is a LOT of criticism of the extreme materialism and selfish mentality of the late 80s, when the comic was initially written. This may go a long way to explain how its aged so well; much of what it criticizes resonates well with people today.

Bill Watterson views comic strips a legitimate form of artwork, and repeatedly fought to have more space to draw more beautiful and artistic backgrounds, which was a very hard fight and unpopular even with other comic strip artists. He eventually did win some compromises and a lot of Calvin And Hobbes' artwork shows it, with the use of space to indicate time as well as a sharp contrast between the often plain environments of mundane life contrasted by the wildly beautiful imagery of Calvin's imagination (which often sports realistic depictions in an art shift of sorts).

Hobbes is explicitly not an imaginary friend, by word of Watterson himself. We don't know WHAT he is exactly, and Hobbes is apparently unaware of the strange nature of his reality; people look at him and only see an ordinary stuffed tiger plushie, but he has a tangible effect on the world that would be physically impossible for Calvin to do on his own. He's apparently been around for a while, and was apparently around when Calvin was a young baby.

On that note; Hobbes has implicitly killed (notably treated as both a gag and also with the vibe of 'he's a tiger, duh') and while he doesn't do it again on-screen, he doesn't have any moral issues about it. Calvin claims that he's never had trouble bringing Hobbes to school because the last time he did, Hobbes killed and ate a bully named Tommy Chestnut and simply comments that it was gross and he needed a bath. Calvin's tried to repeat this again, but Hobbes was grossed out at the thought having to eat a kid raw and not being allowed to use an oven first, or complaining that children are too fattening.

Hobbes became gradually less human-like in body language and more like an actual cat in both body language and behavior; this was due to Watterson drawing more inspiration from his cat, who also inspired a lot of Hobbes' running gags, such as pouncing on Calvin when he got home. Several years into the syndication of the strip, Watterson's cat passed away, and he did a tribute to her with a comic strip of the two of them agreeing to try to dream together so they can keep playing when they have to sleep; Watterson's commentary (if I recall right), remarks on his cat: "We can see each other again in dreams."

#calvin and hobbes #queued

[saja-star]

I've had a hard time articulating to people just how fundamental spinning used to be in people's lives, and how eerie it is that it's vanished so entirely. It occurred to me today that it's a bit like if in the future all food was made by machine, and people forgot what farming and cooking were. Not just that they forgot how to do it; they had never heard of it.

When they use phrases like "spinning yarns" for telling stories or "heckling a performer" without understanding where they come from, I imagine a scene in the future where someone uses the phrase "stir the pot" to mean "cause a disagreement" and I say, did you know a pot used to be a container for heating food, and stirring was a way of combining different components of food together? "Wow, you're full of weird facts! How do you even know that?"

When I say I spin and people say "What, like you do exercise bikes? Is that a kind of dancing? What's drafting? What's a hackle?" it's like if I started talking about my cooking hobby and my friend asked "What's salt? Also, what's cooking?" Well, you see, there are a lot of stages to food preparation, starting with planting crops, and cooking is one of the later stages. Salt is a chemical used in cooking which mostly alters the flavor of the food but can also be used for other things, like drawing out moisture...

"Wow, that sounds so complicated. You must have done a lot of research. You're so good at cooking!" I'm really not. In the past, children started learning about cooking as early as age five ("Isn't that child labor?"), and many people cooked every day their whole lives ("Man, people worked so hard back then."). And that's just an average person, not to mention people called "chefs" who did it professionally. I go to the historic preservation center to use their stove once or twice a week, and I started learning a couple years ago. So what I know is less sophisticated than what some children could do back in the day.

"Can you make me a snickers bar?" No, that would be pretty hard. I just make sandwiches mostly. Sometimes I do scrambled eggs. "Oh, I would've thought a snickers bar would be way more basic than eggs. They seem so simple!"

Haven't you ever wondered where food comes from? I ask them. When you were a kid, did you ever pick apart the different colored bits in your food and wonder what it was made of? "No, I never really thought about it." Did you know rice balls are called that because they're made from part of a plant called rice? "Oh haha, that's so weird. I thought 'rice' was just an adjective for anything that was soft and white."

People always ask me why I took up spinning. Isn't it weird that there are things we take so much for granted that we don't even notice when they're gone? Isn't it strange that something which has been part of humanity all across the planet since the Neanderthals is being forgotten in our generation? Isn't it funny that when knowledge dies, it leaves behind a ghost, just like a person? Don't you want to commune with it?

#spinning #historical reenactment #fiber arts #history