#Mod Seraphtonin

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A little heart to heart

I keep seeing artists berate themselves for not constantly churning out perfect sketches or for making mistakes in their art. And... everyone is imperfect. That’s not just a “you” problem. It’s not reasonable to expect yourself to be good at everything all the time. It’s unfair to yourself. 

By expecting your art to be perfect every time, by expecting yourself to improve without fumbles or mistakes along the way, you’re holding yourself to an unachievable standard. You’re expecting yourself to be better than every other artist on earth. You’re expecting to surpass human limits and then berating yourself when you fail. But, guess what? What you’re expecting is not possible. What you’re doing not healthy.

Even the best artists can’t make perfect art every time. Heck, even Da Vinci didn’t crank out Mona Lisas with every sketch. Just because he made good paintings doesn’t mean every painting was his best. He had good art days and bad art days just like you and me; made good sketches and bad sketches just like you and me.

Getting frustrated is absolutely normal. I still have issues with my art. And, I don’t think I’ll stop having issues with my art. I think most, if not all, of my fellow mods have that same problem. What’s not healthy is expecting yourself to never get frustrated, never make mistakes, never create anything less than perfect. Frustration, mistakes... they don’t make you any less of an artist. They’re just an indication that you’re human. Your body is not a machine - expecting perfection every time is only going to lead to burnout and exhaustion.

When you get frustrated, it’s important to step back. Step back and remember that the only way to becoming a better artist is by making more art. Heck, make bad art. Make silly art. Every time you make art is a time that you learn. Even if you hate what you produced, making it still improved you as an artist.

So, remember that bad art is a necessary precursor to better art. And, remember that all art, even bad art, helps you to get to better art.

- Mod Seraphtonin (ko-fi)

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Times New Ramen - part 1

I, Mod Seraphtonin, confess to loving shitposts and also typography. A while back, I made this “times new ramen” lettering style after seeing this text post, and I thought it would be a good idea to walk our followers through my thought process! I didn’t save all my steps on separate layers when making the original, so I’ll show you my steps with an example letter- “i”

Note that this tutorial is split into 3 parts

This is what the end result looks like:

You’ll notice that the colours I used the second time ‘round aren’t the same as the original. There isn’t an exact formula to help you pick the perfect colour - just keep fiddling with it until you get something that feels right

Part 1 under the cut

When creating a design, it’s good to go in with an idea of what you want the end product to look like. In my case, I wanted my words to look like they were made of ramen noodles. That already helps narrow down my options - the lines making up my words would be a single width (to mimic the noodle’s appearance), and I’d write it in cursive, so that each letter could be connected in one noodly line. 

Step 1:

Write your letter/words in cursive with a brown. This will serve as a base and outline to your “noodle” colour 

In order to make my design look appetising, I deliberately picked a more reddish brown. Reds/oranges are more associated with food, and so this makes your art look tastier 

I also didn’t pick a very saturated brown colour (I stayed away from the right-hand side of the colour picker square). This is because when drawing foods (which haven’t been dyed with food colouring), colours which are too saturated tend to make the food look unnatural and unappetising

Step 2:

Add the noodle colour with a slightly smaller brush, following the lines of your base

Even though the noodles are supposed to be more yellow in tone, I still nudge the colour picker a bit more towards orange. Again, this is to make the noodles more appealing to look at. Had I gone with the bright yellow (right next to the green), this would have likely come off as off-putting because of its unnatural shade - noodles don’t look like that normally

Because this is a lighter colour, I felt safe in nudging the saturation a little closer to the right. In my experience, very light colours can be a bit more saturated and still look good. Note that I still don’t push it all the way to the right, because then we’d run into the “this doesn’t look like food” issue

Step 3: 

I put the noodle layer on transparency lock and selected my base layer’s colour. Using a brush set at low opacity, I shaded in part of the noodle to make it look like the letter has more depth, like this really is a noodle which was folded/looped

Part 2 of the tutorial here

- Mod Seraphtonin (ko-fi)

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Times New Ramen - part 2

For those just tuning in, this tutorial is on how to draw ^ this, a design I (Mod Seraphtonin) created for the name “times new ramen” 

Part 1 of the tutorial is located here 

Part 2 under the cut

Step 4:

I added highlights, something which wasn’t included in the original “times new ramen” piece

In my opinion, you should add details like this if you’re gonna be looking at the finished piece close-up. So, for something like a single word or a single letter, highlights add more visual interest

Note that, even for the highlights, I don’t go for a pure white. A bright white would imply that the noodle is very shiny and reflective - like metal or satin, for example

When placing highlights, keep in mind where the light source is located. I decided that my light source was somewhere on the right side of the piece (arrows show direction of light) and so placed highlights where the light would naturally hit. You don’t have to place your highlights in the same places as mine, but you should keep them consistent with where your light source is

Step 5: 

In ramen, it’s common to have narutomaki, which is made of cured fish (according to Wikipedia). The base colour for the naruto is supposed to be more white, but I took some liberties with the design and went with a light pink instead

Note that I went with a more reddish/orangish pink than the bright pink (which is right next to the purple). Again, red/orange tones in food help it look more appealing

Step 6:

Add details to your narutomaki - like the distinctive spiral in its centre. Again, I took some more liberties with my colour choice and design

The swirls on the narutomaki are supposed to be more of a bright pink, like that pink next to the purple. I opted to change the colour so that it would work better with my existing colour scheme and because neon-bright colours don’t look as appetising

The narutomaki also doesn’t have a border like I drew. I claim artistic freedom on this one. I like things to have borders. It helps everything feel more structured

Part 3 (end) of the tutorial here

- Mod Seraphtonin (ko-fi)

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Hey guys! Can y’all give me some tips on which art program works best? My current program crashes every 20 minutes or so and I’m ready for a change 😂

Programs to talk about: 

Firealpaca

Free

Excellent animation tool

Onionskin mode for animating

lightweight program

Basic how to use link

Animating in firealpaca link

Krita

Free

Did not work well on my machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB6ig9dM4Uw

Medibang

Free

PC and app versions

Basically Firealpaca’s twin without animation

Designed more for Manga/Comics - has options for preset comic panels, action lines, etc which you can directly use

Has gaussian blur

Able to punch zoom on touch screen devices

More features, options, and ability to customise than Sketchbook. Suitable for a mid-level digital artist as its wide range of features will be overwhelming and hard to grasp for someone new to digital art

Photoshop

Paid (subscription based)

has gaussian blur

animation option

custom brushes / brush sets

highly versatile layer mask tool

small 3D engine on newer versions ( photoshop CC )

rudimentary perspective transformation tool

No brush stabilisation built-in pre-CC

Sai

Paid 

does not have gaussian blur

no animation options

Has Brush Stabilisation built-in

Good painting brushes

No pinch zoom/rotate :/

Sai Basics link

Clip Studio Paint (sometimes known as Manga Studio 5)

Paid but goes on sale for 20USD every few months

Has gaussian blur; good blend between Sai and Photoshop

Able to animate (Limited in Pro to 24 frames, not in EX)

Good brush engine + pen pressure, especially for painting. Also has adjustable stabilizer

High availability for custom brushes

CSP Basics tutorial

Autodesk Sketchbook

Free

Pc and app versions

Simplified interface 

Pro: really good for the beginner digital artist. Simplified interface means that it’s easy and intuitive to pick it up and start creating art. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but nothing nearly as steep as a medibang/photoshop curve. They have a large, free bank of brushes available from their official website, so you won’t need to mess around with brush creation.

Con: missing a lot of vital things an intermediate/advanced digital artist would want. Mod Seraph uses a surface pro and can’t flip the canvas on the app store version, which is very annoying because she can’t check how her faces/poses look as she draws them). The big bank of brushes is nice but nothing life-changing. You can get a lot done with just a basic round brush, and art programs typically let you create your own brushes anyway

Smooth pinch zoom and rotate 

Sketchbook Pro beginners guide

I recommend starting off with Sketchbook if you’re new to digital art or unsure of where you stand in terms of your familiarity with different digital art programs. Once you get familiar with Sketchbook and start running into issues where you’d like changes or optimisation with regard to your digital art software (ex: you get frustrated at certain roundabout ways which you have to do things and you think “there’s got to be something else I can do”), then move into the Sai/Photoshop/Clip Studio Paint/Medibang/Firealpaca family. These programs have a large base of users which use them. So, if you get stuck, you can reach out to other users or google for help and actually get solutions to your problems. After you get familiarised with one or more of those programs, you can start playing around with Krita/Gimp/etc, as they have smaller followings and so cannot provide as much help if you’re new to digital art software and thus have no experience with troubleshooting its problems. However, they can still be good software and may be better suited to you as an artist so I’d advise giving them a shot because you might click with one of them very well

-  Mod Seraphtonin (ko-fi)

if you’re more experienced in art or are trying to focus on Digital Paintings or Comics I absolutely recommend paying the $20 for Clip Studio Paint when its on sale. It’s an extremely versatile program comparable to phtoshop but with better ease of use and works fine on less powerful computers. If how ever you want to try animating, firealpaca is my recommendation, the tool is well built for animating in and its free!

- Mod Pixielart (Ko-fi)

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Times New Ramen - part 3

For those just tuning in, this tutorial is on how to draw ^ this, a design I (Mod Seraphtonin) created for the name “times new ramen”

Part 1 of the tutorial is located here

Part 3 under the cut

Step 7:

I started on the spring onion - adding a base colour like the initial brown for the ramen noodle. 

The spring onion was added for colour and visual interest. I was inspired by this piece (by Ayceeart) which I found by googling “ramen art”. I love the gravity-defying details they have in their piece and so I took inspiration from that 

Step 8: 

I added a light colour on top of the base green. The light green adds visual interest. Note that my highlight colour is more of a yellow-green than a true green. The yellow-green is more cohesive with the rest of the piece’s warm tones and so helps merge the spring onion visually with the rest of your piece

Then, you’re done! Make sure to @ me if you make a “times new ramen”-style piece of your own - I’d love to see everyone’s creativity! Other ingredients which you may want to incorporate into your own piece include: meat, egg, bok choy, mushrooms, corn kernels, etc :D

- Mod Seraphtonin (ko-fi)

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I really can't tell if I am a lousy artist or not because everytime I post something nobody gives me an opinion and i can't help but feel sorry for myself and it sucks. What do you suggest ? Thanks for reading this please have a nice day .

You’re not a lousy artist anon everyone starts somewhere and a lot of time the start is a silent one where feedback of any kind is rare, this is sadly really common and it sucks because feedback is motivating!

At a time like this finding other ways to stay motivated is very important. Why are you drawing? Does it bring you happiness ? Do you want to get better? Do want to achieve a goal? Re-evaluate your focus. A lot of the time, you have to be your main form of support which is so tough!! But know you’re not alone a lot of us have been there and even have to revert back to this principle on multiple occasions, even popular artists.

Maybe get involved in fanbases you like and create fanart for them, a lot of our mods have suggested this since it’s a really beneficial way to grow a following. People tend to gravitate to something they recognize and to someone they share similar interests to and with an active following you have more chances for feedback.

If you’re just posting on tumblr, post somewhere else too, letting your art be viewed from various social platforms allows people to have more access to you. Join an active art discord, engage on social media, write feedback to other artists, take the initiative and be the support you would love to receive! This is how you meet really great people and get a support chain going! 

In the mean time remember to draw what you love and find most enjoyable but you’re not a lousy artist anon you’re a growing artist! Keep drawing and know that you can always get critiques and feedback here, we’re rooting for you! 💖

-Mod Doe, with added suggestions from Mod Seraphtonin, Mod SugarQuill and Mod Pixielart 💕

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I’ll add to this and say that I’ve personally been there and I still am, even after having worked with my art professionally for years. A lack of presence and feedback is not always connected to your skill level - so don’t let that discourage you. Sometimes when you want critique you have to grab people personally and shove your art at them, to force them to have and voice their opinion. It’s just how people work. 

 - Mod Wackart

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I’m making a birthday gift 4 a friend of Hotline Miami character (its a game) the concept art is so pretty with eye strain-neon colors (which work so well!) & she wants the colors 2 resemble the game too (the eye strain colors) Stylistically, I work desaturated & dark colors(only) and I’m at a total loss of how to color. I usually work from shadows+undertones and build up from there but the colors r too bright 2 do that. Any tips? I want it to look amazing but I have no idea what I’m doing

That sounds like a very specific request which would be better addressed in a redline! Feel free to submit your piece when our submission box opens, and specify that you need help with colour :)

- Mod Seraphtonin

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i'm incredibly hard on myself for my art and finding your blog made me realize that wow, it's okay to mess up with art and you dont have to do everything perfect on the first try. pretty empowering. thank you all for the help and kind assistance you give <3

Hullo! 

Oh gosh I totally get the whole “being rough on yourself for your art thing”! A lot of my fellow mods would agree. That being said, I’m glad you came to the realisation that it’s perfectly ok to mess up with your art! I love your word choice with “empowering” because it captures it so well. We’re glad our blog was able to help you in this way, and we know you’ll create lots of beautiful art in months to come!

To reiterate for the followers, art is a process - a lot of the fun is in experimenting. Even if you mess up, you still learnt something in the process! I like to think of art like how the Sims approaches art - even when your sim creates nonsense, their art skill bar is still rising!

- Mod Seraphtonin

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Hi! This is going to be kinda unusual but... around 4 years ago I started making fanarts of my fave characters. By that I mean I'd take a screenshot and redraw it. Big mistake. I'm pretty good at it now, but when I try to create something myself - be it a fanart or not - I can't, and I feel like I'm cheating... So fake... Everyone's so supportive of me, but I'm no real artist. It's like I've wasted all this time I've been drawing... What should I do... (I love your blog! Keep it up! <3)

Mod Wackart:

I don’t know where this misconception that “basing your pieces off of pre-existing works is not art” started, nor why it’s still around.  

Redrawing a screenshot is just as valid as drawing a masterstudy on anatomy. Little to no difference. Art is not the end product, but the process of applying creative aspects into conceiving said product. In this case, your draftsmanship and competence for drawing. 

You’re still an artist even if you do redraws. 

 - If however you want to branch out into original illustrations, I can recommend you first looking into compositioning. This where most people fall short when they need to come up with a new scene or setup. Or, if you’re more of the concept developing type, try looking into character design. You can always start off by heavily basing your ideas off of your inspirational sources. I personally do that a bunch, and then I slowly work my way towards something more original. This can take dozens of iterations and many sleepless nights divided onto many days, but in the end the final product -will- be yours. 

Mod Seraphtonin (Ko-fi): 

Gonna second Mod Wackart on this one. Screenshot redraws are an incredibly valid way to learn and grow as an artist. You can pick out what you like and don’t like about the original work. You can make executive decisions about what to change, what to keep the same. Even if you change nothing during your redrawing process, directly tracing and painting over someone else’s work teaches you about how they use lines, what they emphasise/de-emphasise, how they use colour, their usage of lighting, composition, perspective, etc. Creating anything teaches you more about your tools, teaches yourself what you like/dislike about certain artistic techniques, etc. This is all valuable knowledge.

Any art created is a learning experience, and there isn’t just that one way to learn. Even in the mod team, we have a wide variation in just what we did to hone our artistic skills. Some of us have art school experience or other formal training. Some of us are self-taught. Some of us (me) mainly look at other works and analyse what they like about them, before trying to replicate those features in their own art. Again, there is not just one way to learn. Screenshot redraws are a perfectly acceptable way to acquire new knowledge. I’m honestly a little confused about why you feel like you’re not a “real artist” despite using your artistic skills, gained through hard work and practice, to create art? Your previous techniques learnt and previous pieces created are certainly not time wasted, as they taught you more about art and about the tools you used to create them. 

You are an artist because you create art. Don’t put yourself down just because you, I dunno, don’t do 500 painting studies a day. Anime is still art. Manga is still art. Drawing furries? Art. Drawing your OCs? Art. Every piece you create increases your artistic skills and makes you a better artist - don’t underestimate that

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Lowercase cursive - the letter b (traditional version)

Obligatory disclaimer: 

🛑 Note that 1) the style(s) of writing depicted here are far from the only correct way(s) to write cursive. 2) I’m not claiming that this is the One True Method or anything like that, or that I am the One True Authority on cursive. 3) This series cannot cover everything and so info you feel is important may be left out. Info I feel is important will not be left out 🛑

Hullo! Mod Seraphtonin here 🌸

We’re back with the second installment of the “basic cursive” series- the lowercase b! 

Why is this post arriving so much later than that first “a” post? Well, that’s because Mod Seraph got busy and also because Mod Seraph Doesn’t Like The Letter b

Notes about accessibility: 

🌸 You’ll notice that some colours have been changed from the last time ‘round! I was informed that my initial colour choices were not colourblind-friendly! 

🌸 2 “b”s or not 2 “b”s, that is the question 😁 (oh come on, I had to make the joke) The second letter with the lowered opacity should help make things more colourblind-friendly

🌸 Colours used may continue to change - please feel free to let me know if you find it hard to make out some info!

The traditional “b”:

*Sighs* Yeah, this is the “b” I was taught. For readers who have only learnt print, this is probably hideous, because it looks so alien compared to the print b. But, this is the b I was taught and so I’ll be starting with it

(Other ways of writing “b” are comin’ up in future posts)

Why do I call it the “traditional” b? Well, mostly because it’s a “b” which was more common in ye olden days. I mainly see people using this style of “b” when they want the aesthetic of the older cursive script (ex: copperplate) while typographers aiming for a more modern appearance (ex: on instagram) have largely switched to “b”s that more closely resemble the print “b”. More on that “b” later 

However, I’m still a big believer in learning the basics before deviating from those, so I’ll teach this “b” before showing how it’s changed as cursive has become more modernised 

How to write: 

Oh we’re gettin’ fancy over here. Mod Seraph has discovered how to make gifs!

To write this, start at the “T” part of the first arrow and move your pen in the direction of the arrow until you get to the “>”. Repeat for 2, and then 3. You can choose whether to just pause between steps or lift your pen from the page altogether. It might be easier to do the latter if you’re just starting out, so you can eyeball the whole letter and make sure it still looks good

Again, the whole letter can be written in one brush stroke if you so desire. Just connect all 3 steps together in one long line. If you’re a beginner, I suggest not doing this until you’re a bit more comfortable with the letter. You’re more liable to get a wonky character if you try to speed through it 

A secret to a more proportioned letter:

This is me illustrating why it’s good to pause or lift your pen off the page, folks. In blue, you’ll see a “b” where I went straight from stroke 1 into stroke 2 without pausing or lifting my pen off the page. You’ll note that the top of the “b” looks a lot... skinnier, even though I start from around the same place

Now, I won’t say that certain ways of writing are wrong, because writing is very much made up and how one letter looks is kinda arbitrary so long as it’s visually different from the other letters... That being said, I like my letters to look proportional, and that blue “b”? It’s a little bottom-heavy. You’ll also note that the line beginning the letter, brush stroke 1, needs to be at a much steeper angle, to avoid having a letter that slants too much. This’ll be a running theme through letters such as “f”, “h”, “k”, “l”, etc, as they all have that loop at the top

Overall, I advocate for pausing after brush stroke 1 and deliberately entering into brush stroke 2 at a gentler angle, so your loop is bigger and so the top of the letter ends up more proportional compared to the bottom

See? Now your “🐝” 😉 looks a lot more stable!

Anchor points: 

As always, it’s good to keep “anchor points” in mind when writing your cursive. These are the parts of your letter which touch or come close to touching your guidelines. If you want your letter to be very neat and structured, make sure your anchor points all touch the guidelines. In order to add some character to your characters 😉, consider varying the anchor points! As always, cursive doesn’t have to be neat to be pretty! 

And, that’s all for now! Thanks for tuning in 😁

- Mod Seraphtonin (Ko-fi)

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We now redline typography!

Hullo! Mod Seraph here; I’m the new typography mod! The fancy writing up there is all mine✨ Since I’m really itching for things to redline, I’m writing this to explain myself and my speciality ��

What is typography?

I like the Wikipedia explanation for what typography is: 

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

So, typography is just the art of making words readable and pretty. This can take the form of designing fonts (type design), working with existing fonts, or just... writing prettily✨

Dang, that sounds pretty specialised. I don’t think I’d ever need your help

🛑 AU CONTRAIRE, MON AMI  🛑

You might not realise it at first, but we create typography all the time!

Wikipedia also goes on to explain that:

Typography is the work of typesetters (also known as compositors), typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution, from clerical workers and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials.

So, this means that if you’ve ever tried to make words pretty, you’ve created typography! 

Wrote a heading really neatly? Typography. Put some text on a landscape photo for the aesthetic? Typography. Made a speech bubble and put words in it? Typography.

What sorta stuff can I submit?

Any instances where you’re trying to make words pretty! 

Designing the title of your short animation? Typography 

Making an aesthetic pic that has text somewhere? Typography 

Making a motivational poster? Typography 

Making a font for your webcomic? Typography 

Writing pretty notes for your studyblr? Typography 

Making a science fair poster? Typography 

Heck, I’ll give you pointers on your cursive or help you figure out how to make your handwriting prettier! ✨

I’m not sure if this specific thing I want to submit is typography :/

I’m gonna give you a real quick formula to figure out if you can submit:

1) Does it contain at least one word? If yes, proceed

2) Do you want the word/words to look pretty? If yes, proceed

3) Is it in a language that uses some variation of the Latin alphabet? (You can spot it by the presence of a, b, c, d, etc- such as English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese Pinyin, and so forth) If yes, proceed

Words written in other alphabets can still be typography, but I just have no clue how to redline, say, Chinese calligraphy 

4) If you have answered “yes” to all three, you may go forth and submit 

That’s all so far! Feel free to send me questions :D I’m looking forward to learning + improving alongside everyone here! ✨

- Mod Seraphtonin (Ko-fi)

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ADVICE FOR REDRAWING SCREENSHOTS ANON: Break those screenshots on their fundamentals, then redraw from there. Makes you see more critically how creators solve problems and helps your style development. Also recommend looking at illustrations (like the manga covers!) because that will add to your visual library and might help coming up with new stuff. Look for means on expanding your visual library, check different artists and exercise creativity! If I made it, you can do it too!

These are some good tips! Thank you for chiming in ❤

- Mod Seraphtonin

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Hey do you guys have any references for poses for couples? I love your guy's blog and I hope y'all have a good day!!

Hmm��� I think there’s probably way less sources for interacting couples than there are for just one-person references, but how about SenshiStock on Deviantart? They have an entire gallery dedicated to interacting couples posing for references. 

- Mod Chekhov

Mod Seraphtonin’s chiming in to say that @posereference on tumblr has a tonne of good poses, some of which are for couples too!

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OwO wwhat’s this? Redline has hit 2k! >:3c

We, the mod team, are stoked to get so much support! Thanks for following and thanks for submitting your art! We love hearing feedback from everyone and we’re glad that people are finding our advice helpful :) 

- The entire Redline Mod Team 

(Mod Seraphtonin is sorry for making you read “hewwo new fowowers” with your own eyes but it was too good not to pass up 😜) (Mod Seraphtonin’s ko-fi)

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How do I know if my submission was deleted cause you didn't know what to help with

Hey there :D 

If you follow submission instructions as outlined by the submissions guidelines post, your submission will not be deleted. If you indicate a specific area which you want help with when submitting, then it will be compliant with that rule. Something as simple as “please help me make this pose more dynamic” is enough 

- Mod Seraphtonin

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lazecat replied to your post “Lowercase cursive - the letter b (traditional version)Obligatory...”

you can lift your pen in cursive???

Oh my gosh of course! Cursive is supposed to look like you almost never lifted your pen off the page but - I’m gonna tell you a secret - calligraphers lift their pens constantly. People viewing your work only see the end result so, as long as you make it look like the word was made in one perfect swoop of your pen, that’s perfectly fine! 

In fact, I encourage lifting your pen off the page! It lets you step back to evaluate your work to make sure it’s still going along fine! In addition, you can then mentally plot your next steps so that your word comes out perfect! If you try write every word without lifting your pen off the page, it’s a lot easier to rush and a lot harder to be precise. Your hand blocks your vision and your hand also gets tired. More work for a less pretty result? No thanks 😁

Here are some examples of lettering where a pen was lifted off the page: (please note that I haven’t watched these videos in full so I may not agree with everything they say but the gist is there)

🌸 Slo.Leecalli (I’m almost certain they lifted their pen off the page to get more ink - and that’s another reason why you might want to lift your pen off the page! I follow this person on instagram and their work is beautiful) 

🌸 Veronica letters 

🌸 AmandaRachLee

🌸 How to Hand Letter

- Mod Seraphtonin (Ko-fi)