#i did the art of the poster so i did a bunch of slightly stylized portraits of politicians because i didn't trust myself to do realism

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Things that permanently broke my art style:

-Transformers

-Dungeon Meshi

-Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

-YuGiOh

-school assignment that required me to draw politicians (forced me to figure out how to stylize real people in a way that reads neither as charicature nor cartoon. It was fun, and it made me appreciate bringing a bit more ruggedness to my characters who were previously mostly smooth and young looking as well as getting me excited about curbing same face syndrome)

-comic books in general

#we had to make like. political posters explaining different facets of the us government #i did the art of the poster so i did a bunch of slightly stylized portraits of politicians because i didn't trust myself to do realism #i genuinely think that assignment changed how i thought about art #it made me appreciate drawing wrinkles and baldness and just various other things that aren't considered aesthetically appealing #shifted me pretty strongly out of the anime brained tweenager mindset #i started drawing a lot more old people and skin conditions and baldness #it really helped me break away from anything resembling same face syndrome because drawing a bunch of real people really reminds you how #many options there really are #there are so many options infinite combinations why the fuck would i wanna draw the same anime face a million times #when there are really truly unlimited options #and a part of me is kinda embarrassed that it was political art for a school assignment that helped me most with this #but it's also funny to me #but yeah #being a middle schooler who pretty much exclusively draws anime and cartoons suddenly discovering the joys of portraiture is so beautiful #q #i know queue tagging posts is mostly for the sake of reblogs #but whatever this post is in my queue if you even care