#my next apprach is usually stacks of books with papers sticking out

[cinnabeat]

i love my go to method to making a place look cluttered and Lived In in my illustrations is to have papers tacked on the wall or on corkboards and shit

#nothing screams This Is An Environment like sticky notes everywhere #in my experience #my next apprach is usually stacks of books with papers sticking out #im usually terrible at drawing nicknacks in spaces just cuz it looks cery Dead and uniform #i try to use my own space as a reference but frankly i have So much shit and its usually small and doesnt match the vibe of whatever im draw #drawing so its usually not very helpful #so papers on walls is usually my go to #anyways im impressed vy how this is looking tbh #the color and rendering is going to be a fucking nightmare #michi tag #i debated drawing a lamp but i think the presence of a lamp that isnt even on will detract from what im trying to say #anyways im not usually big on like backgrounds and environments so this is a really good exercise to flex those non existent muscles #i think what makes it easier is that its fairly zoomed in so i dont have to draw a giant background for a tiny character and also #i had a pretty clear idea of what i generally wanted if not the minute details like the plant i added yesterday #ao its like ok a person hunched over a desk. blinds for the prison bar look a wastepaper basket for the MANY scrapped letters. aers everywhr #everywhere. thats the general idea so i just add the major elements and then go ok how do i fill in this empty space and just start adding s #shit. looking up reference pics helps too cuz idk what people normally have on their desks #i fucking love talking abt my art process bc if someone asked me in real life i couldnt say anything but if im talking to myself i have so m #much to say. no one wver asks the right questions during critiques anyways