#painting is so hard :(

[jessibbb]

painting practice! ✨✨

#PAINTING IS SO HARD #ASHGSJSB #GRR

[lalalychee]

i'm so, so excited to share this painting with you. i have officially been making art for 20 years, and i thought it would be fun to repaint the first digital work i ever made.

i have wanted to give up art so many times over the years. i'm tremendously proud of myself for sticking with it and improving as much as i have. i hope you're proud of me too! please be sure to zoom in to see all those details i worked so hard on (especially the rhinestones!!). thank you for being with me during my art journey. 20 years, 20 more 🖤

#my art #art #painting #digital art #realism #photorealism #anime #self portrait #angel #art improvement #2024 art improvement #idk like my painting i spent a hundred years on it and also cried because it was so hard

[bumbleboop17]

I painted my first ever mini :)

I've had minis for a short bit now but only got the courage to try paint them recently lmao

#dnd5e #dnd #dnd miniatures #firbolg #dungeons and dragons #painting is so hard #my hands get so shaky

[inkskinned]

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school. #like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it. #was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes. #but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create'' #when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent. #speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice. #''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession. #''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt? #u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky'' #we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

[shapelytimber]

Calypso and the Pink Unicorn's pirate drag show !!!!!

[PRINT] - [COMMISSIONS]

Wee john served so hard it should be illegal 16 dead countless injured, I am dead Calypso was so hot

Process (and my french rant on why I hate the choice of la vie en rose) below vvv

Final without the text

Rough colors

Sketch !

Sorry english people, but what follows is too french an opinion to voice in english (I'll sum it up for u in the end <3)

Ok alors je suis désolé, Con o'Neill chante vraiment très bien ca n'a rien avoir avec sa performance, mais vraiment la vie en rose c pas possible. Le man est sur les champs Elysées a me vendre des tours Eiffel en plastique jpp- Franchement pipe et jambe de bois ca serai mieux passer. Ou les demons de minuit !!!!pourquoi pas les demon de minuit ?????? Chanson hyper connu française. Ok c moins cucu que la vie en rose, mais bonus point plus kinky (je pensais jamais decrire les demons de minuit comme etant kinky mais here we are-)

Ou juste n'importe quoi d'autre-

(And words of wisdom from my evil advisor @quijicroix : légende vivante (de Lorenzo) ça va avec tout. Ou une chanson triste de jul (pas bande organisée, tu peux pas ken dessus). Après tout le monde déteste la police ou nik le front national c les chansons les plus romantiques que je connaisse. Y a santiago aussi, avec le gros mat la. Les trois mâts, pour le steddyhands.)

Tout sauf la fucking vie en rose pitier (meme si, encore une fois, Con o'Neill la chante vraiment bien)

Welcome back english people ! To sum it up : la vie en rose is a french song for tourists that set up a fight or flight reaction in every native speaker. I'm glad people enjoyed this, but I cannot describe the cringe and disappointment I felt when they decided to have him sing this song- (even tho he sings it beautifully (which is part of the disappointment))

They are SO MUCH love songs in french, why this one.

PS : at this point (ep7) I don't know why Stede is still bothering with Ed "I'm hitting the banks didn't tell him which one" teach, when Izzy hands is right there ????? Sir please open your eyes

#I've never felt so validated by a show in my life #eat shit izzy haters !!!!!! How does it feel to loose this hard ?? hehehe #If you saw me post this with a huge typo in the title #No u did not #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #wee john feeney #wee john ofmd #izzy hands ofmd #drag show #drag queens #ofmd s2 ep6 #pirates #digital painting #illustration #art #my art #digital art #fanart #ofmd fanart #israel hands #prints

[theoldkyokodied]

One wedding and three funerals

Background paintings under the cut

#tomgreg #succession #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #shiv roy #roman roy #kendall roy #yeah no im not tagging everyone thats too much #this is me going 'how much implications themes and symbolism can i fit in one painting' #yes i gave rose shivs haircolor. if we ever find out how she looks like and its not like this im just gonna pass away i guess #but yeah i hope yall connect the dots #i put waaay too much thought and work into this. i was googling pictures of all the actors as kids just for reference (sigh) #honestly kinda wanted to make tom and greg link pinkies as like. a pinkie promise. but that was too hard to draw in this angle #at least not without obstructing the view of the ring which is important to see so ya #my fave is actually the tomshiv wedding pic i went off with that. i love them... they should have run away to become sheep farmers fr fr #anyway im so glad im done with this UGH!! finally i can draw smth else without being like oh noooo i need to finish this #i see a lot of you wondering why there is no portrait of logan but one of ewan #it's bc the placement of the painting represent their standing. logans portray would not hang next to the stairs #his present portrait hangs at the end of it. all the way up at the top. alone and withering away #basically the picture you see underneath ewan to the right? its where toms parents would be. the right side of the wall is tom and gregs #and the left one is the roy siblings theirs. since they grew up rich rich. and tom and greg didn't #but ya thats why ewan hangs here and logan does not :)

[comradekatara]

it's national draw your sibling day

#id in alt text #avatar the last airbender #atla #katara #sokka #katara&sokka #art #mart #oldergaang #i like to think they get less antagonistic once theyre in their twenties #i also firmly believe w every fibre of my soul that sokka improves his art #(and im coming for anyone who says otherwise in the comments of this post with hammers. jsyk) #also drawing w charcoal is way easier than ink painting. so maybe he realizes that too #also apologies if i butchered the spelling of katara's name i was just working w the wiki but . if its bad u can say its intentional #bc sokka is stupid or whatever idk 😭 #anyway. this ACTUALLY started bc i was thinking about how we never actually see katara draw #but i just KNOW that she would have the most anime art style #dont ask me how i know these things ok i just do #so this whole thing was just an excuse to showcase that . lmao #i worked so hard on this tho. pls clap

[jayum]

trust the process (i do not)(whip and naenae)(this was supposed to be a test)(i have to do this again)(sobs)

#myart #myoc #jayum_oc #painting is so hard #this took me like 2 hours and i still hate it #and i have to do this AGAIN #why

[mspaint-flower]

ミクの日

#hatsune miku #miku hatsune #miku #ミクの日 #初音ミク #vocaloid #my art #ms paint #ITS HER DAY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #god i need to draw her more it's so hard to do her hair

[illjustpretend]

actually playing him like a lute

#like hard core head banging kinda lute shredding #my art #sketch #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #gale of waterdeep #astarion acunin #gale dekarios #bloodweave #I guess #gale failing saving throw after saving throw in this encounter #paint this irl for me so I can hang it in my dining hall

[kabukiaku]

and what if i wanted omega to be baptized by terzo huh? what then? I'm so delusional for them.

bonus doodle:

omega wants in on the fun too! bless him.

#my art #the band ghost #ghost band #terzomega #terzo #papa emeritus iii #omega ghoul #digital art #man. i.....i went hard on this colors for this #terzo fanart #omega3 #digital painting #ghost band fanart #terzo cant carry omega but this is the closest he'll ever can #god look at the love and devotion in omega's eyes aughhh #terzo's hands....clasped over omega's broad chest #omega holding onto terzo even if he doesnt actually need the support to stay upright cause he so big #big partners getting held by their smaller partners makes me weak

[melbemol-art]

Ladybiquity from the Miraculous World Paris special

⚠️DO NOT REPOST⚠️

Print

#I went so hard on her abs daaaamn #miraculous #miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #ladybiquity #ubiquity #ladybug #ml fan art #miraculous world #miraculous world Paris #ml #miraculous Paris #art #drawing #illustration #illo #digital art #fanart #clip studio paint #mikubug

[ghostsberry]

show off

#tf2 #unfortunately scout is blocking heavys arm that i worked rlly hard on :/ #pretty messy but i really liked painting it #i have so much fun drawing them they would have a lot a great comedic potential haha #scout tf2 #heavy tf2 #team fortress 2 #fanart #my art #artists on tumblr #illustration #sketch

[binart]

Chapter 5 of SRPA 😳 Also the epilogue is out! Read here!

IT'S SHORT BUT I HOPE U LIKE!

#klance #vld lance #vld keith #keith kogane #voltron #vld #bina's doodles #srpa #water is so hard to paint omg

[cali]

thank you tipsilon you will keep us warm

#art #its 2am now and i sat on this from early in the morning with interruptions though #i made myself a perfect drawing day though perfectly configured #and the mental facilities boost from drawing + coffee always gets me in hyper mood and it makes me make more tumblr posts #this is in the style of the one with the rocket launch site and the splitheaded witches again #the other cave painting looking one #i was thinking about winter so hard it was exhausting now its kind of released a little bit

[friedunicornstudio]

Scarlet pre-DLC paradox Pokémon speedpaints!

Between two and three hours for most of these paintings, except for Walking Wake and Roaring Moon who went a little into overtime and clocked closer to 4 hours.

#pokemon #pokemon fanart #paradox pokemon #pokemon sv #paldea #artists on tumblr #speedpaint #pokemon scarlet and violet #walking wake #koraidon #sandy shocks #brute bonnet #scream tail #slither wing #great tusk #roaring moon #flutter mane #fried unicorn studio #oh god thats so many tags #3 hours is usually my hard cutoff for detailed designs but I got lost in the sauce painting clouds again #I love a lot of these weird goofy dinosaurs #walking wake and slither wing are my definite favs #but i am very biased towards moths and theropods in general #koraidon comes in at a close second since its animations and those head wings are stupidly cute #Walking wake will also likely get to be reposted for your viewing pleasure when the rest of their trio officially arrives #but for now they can hang out here with all the rest of the pre-DLC paradoxes