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archivist gordon reference from someone who doesn’t know how to draw references
#hlvrai#half life#gordon freeman#hlvrai fanart#half life vr but the ai is self aware#hlvrai au#hlvrai gordon#la:ai#lambda archives : ai#Gordon laai#(?)#tma au#illustration#artists on tumblr#my art#drawing#whatever#idk how to draw references#one person pointed out that in the comic he didn’t have the green glow andI’m honestly surprised bc no one’s ever pointed that out b4#one of my hlvrai hcs is that the self aware characters have that green glow in their eyes#id thought about giving it to benrey but I didn’t like how it looked#plus him looking fucked up makes more sense for a physical side affect of it
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Y'all what if I told you I ship Pyramid Steve with Stan like fr now
#I mean#I definitely shipped it before but since I put genuine effort into this I think I have to say that I ship it even more or I might die#i wish i made the inside of his car grosser 😔#anyway PYRAMID SCHEME PYRAMID SCHEME‼️‼️#idk how to draw the inside of cars and i didn't bother to look up a reference#just sort of guessed and also went off my own car?#i love drawing pyramid Steve so much#cole's art#gravity falls#art#grunkle stan#stanley pines#pyramid steve#pyramid scheme#mullet stan#genuinely you will never see this much effort put into my art ever again 😭🙏#Pyramid Steve: The most colorful Driving Hazard in this dimension!!#He'll pop up outta no where and you'll be blinkin stars outta your eyes for 5 whole minutes!!
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I just really wanted to draw him with hair again :)
Design based on this post
#i was gonna wait to post this till tomorrow#but i got way too excited#i love drawing him so much#i don't do a lot of irl painting#clearly since i don't know how to draw an easel#idk man i just looked up a table easel and picked the simplest one for reference#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt#fanart#art#drawing#sketch#f!mikey#rottmnt mikey#eggbem's art
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smth i honestly recommend everyone should do is like. keep a private folder of art u like on ur computer lol. and like. download art u like when u see it. ur gonna lose stuff Forever if u just like it, u know? and like, discord archives arent really enough lol. I have been downloading art since like 2016 & I have a LOT of art that was scrubbed from the internet otherwise, especially due to like. the antics of deviantart & twitter. And on things like twitter theres Barely a way to save art to begin with (bookmarks is Not good enough)
u do kinda lose Credit a lot of the time (unless u save it with it named? which i do sometimes but not always) and often like, it won't be the Perfect HQ or itll have a massive watermark on it. but like. since it's not really for Sharing as much as its for my own personal enjoyment, these things don't really bother me at all... Having a collection of art that i love that I can look at offline & like, On My Computer is so nice. And I back up a lot of it on hard drives when i back up my own art! Again, like, a lot of these pieces this is the Only way i can look at them anymore, and Maybe the only archive OF them.... I've had pieces from my friends Before they were my friends, that i just saved as a "fan", that THEY lost years later... I have pieces they hadn't Seen in years. And every year I Probably save at least a few more pieces that will become like, totally scrubbed from technology otherwise. idk. i think it's nice to have an archive of this art that is in my taste but also like, that i'd likely Lose otherwise.
i Hope people save my art. I don't honestly Think anyone does, but I Hope that like, if my shit ever blows up and all my accounts get scrubbed, Someone has at least one drawing I made saved to their computer 2 remember me. u know. Its like a scrapbook. I remember these ppls characters, i remember the communities at the time, i remember how i felt when i first saw the piece. Its really inspiring but also genuinely like, really Important to me and sentimental. I kinda think everyone should have their own collection but I think people are genuinely Scared to right click & save ppls art LOL. Genuinely where is the harm, though.
#idk i really think ppl are afraid of it and like#i think. some artists might at first think “ew no i dont want ppl doing that to my art”#y#like why#like actually.... whats the difference between them looking at ur art on a social media feed vs on their own pc#its beautiful and inspiring and doing a part to archive ur work#cuz like we've been shown time and time again that social media degrades#why wouldnt u want it except like. Just out of kneejerk Fear of people having too much access to ur work#they arent Stealing from u...#thats not what this is LOL#idk maybe this is a hot take but i dont think its a take anyone has any real opinion on cuz i think most ppl dont#like... think about it that hard#but i think ppl should do it#have ur own personal collection 2 refer to#i still have like... my favorite pieces from when i was in middle school#do u know how much that Means to me?#its better at holding my memory than like... anything else... cuz i take it with me#i have art from my Friends back then and my favorite artists#and i can see how clearly my spaces and my tastes have changed over time#i can always draw back the lines of inspiration and hold them close to my heart#idk. im rambling. hi . are u reading the tags. probably not . LOL#im talking to myself#whateva#text post#text
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Thank god for session 4 because session 3 is still hurting me
#smallidarity#trafficshipping#tubby art#trafficblr#idk how to draw people kneeling over sorry. I studied like 5 references#and expressions are rlly hard but I love to put Joel into situations. I suffer for you Joel#wild life spoilers#I didnt draw him sleeveless because I didnt want to
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grian face study for third life's 4th anniversary
#i miss them every day#grian#3rd life#trafficblr#traffic life#mcyt#hermitcraft#spark draws#his face is something i struggle with drawing idk i wanted to get out a more realistic reference to how i think it would look#also! my character design of grian is not meant to look exactly like the cc - I dislike rpf and try and keep them seperate in my drawings.#do not come for me for that in my inbox please!
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street race to the death
redraw of chapter 13 of the fantasy high webtoon bcs i love them :3 sorry for the wild inactivity but we're hopefully so back at least for a little bit
#d20#dimension 20#fantasy high#mine#dropout#dropout tv#fantasy high fanart#fantasy high webtoon#spoilers#webtoon spoilers#fast pass spoilers#thistlefaeth#gorgug thistlespring#fig faeth#hey...... how yall doin........#im baaaack.. i have bouts of crazy art blocks and dont draw for months but ive also been busy with life .#i hope i properly tagged all fast pass spoilers but i just couldn't help myself.. idk if im allowed to post my reference image bcs of the w#btoon pirating laws but i hope u know what panel this is if youve read the fast fast chapters
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so ii16 huh
#inanimate insanity#ii2#inanimate insanity fanart#ii fanart#ii lightbulb#ii paintbrush#ii fan#ii test tube#ii microphone#ii cheesy#ii balloon#ii yinyang#ii baseball#ii salt#ii pepper#is any1 cares... theres a little smth in paintys bristle fire.. idk#i need lb dead (shes my favorite but this is fomo)#hotel oj is SUCH A NIGHTMARE to draw bc i have no clue what this layout is#and i only had to draw 1 room.#the snack table changed how it looked at evry angle btw. sigh#chat should i post this to twitter#sorry shouldve tagged spoilers even if its just sort of in reference#ii spoilers#ii16 spoilers
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trainersona
#i like how this design turned out but i feel like i wouldnt want to draw it again for the life of me#next time ill just settle for drawing myself with my pokemon team instead of brainstorming a plausible in-universe outfit#i looked at gym leader reference sheets while drawing this and i have to admit its like balancing on a very thin line#between complicated and simple.. most of the time outfits are maybe 2 or 3 pieces and then 1 or 2 accessories#but put together in a way that makes it more complete as a sum of its parts. esp with the impossible hair styles#idk if im gonna use this design again but itd be fun to draw more of this i think. maybe in different outfits#myart#my art#sona#trainersona#pokemon
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More doodles (ft Xianle Trio mostly Feng Xin)
#heaven official's blessing#heaven official's blessing fanart#tgcf#tgcf fanart#xianle trio#xie lian#feng xin#mu qing#hua cheng#hualian#idk how Feng Xin ended up in the most panels given he's probably my least favorite of the trio#oh well#there will be more doodles later#thought i had while drawing this: do you think they gave Mu Qing his slutty little choker as a reference to the shackle he gets later on?#i might be reading too much into that#didnt let myself interact with the fandom till i finished the books#so i got a lot of catch up doodles to do now
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charlie is a little excited to gift vaggie the bow…
#hazbin hotel fanart#chaggie#charlie morningstar#vaggie#zenta draws#this is day 2 of Z drawing everyday of spring break#let’s see how long i can keep this up#idk if i wanna color this one in the future or not#i kinda vibe with the flats#i need to make a side by side standing model of these two for my own reference later#for like consistency reasons#i feel like charlie is extra giant in this doodle
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ok please PLEASE be gentle I haven't drawn anything in like......a year and certainly nothing this stylized
#YES i gave up on the mohawk#soap#john soap mactavish#neil ellice#soap mactavish#my art#the reference photo was at an upward angle but idk how well that has translated#next plans: draw him in my clothes (the highest honor i can award any character)
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just one of those days man...
THIS IS SO LOW QUALITY HELP LOL
ignore that I can't draw very well rn I'm very focused on school so not much time to doodle
#wild kratts#littlecrittereli#WK Guardianship AU#wild kratts fanart#kratt brothers#wild kratts au#chris kratt#martin kratt#in reference to that once scene in lilo and stitch#Its so funny drawing Martin angry bc he is literally the most head empty guy ever#but no one knows how to push buttons like ur brother <3#context? uhhh no!#idk hes stressed about some evaluation with Chris' caseworker or something#and Chris is having one of his “I need to prove myself even if it means putting myself in danger” moments#and Martin is like dont DO that#POV ur little brother tries to go out and get you accused of child endangerment right before ur assessment with CPS
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uhm guys I think she’s losing it
#Idk how and why but this is 3 days of work😭#Everytime i think im done i kept adding more drawings#Nooo bbg dont be sad:(#*hypocrite*#For reference it was only planned to be 5 mini sketches#Now its like…*counting* 12#Everyones got their own bag of issues ig#Shes got problems alright#Her new mask is growing on me a lil’ bit#Bell u ARE right she does look good w/ pupils#tadc gangle#spudsys#the amazing digital circus#tadc art#Tadc fanart#tadc comic#tadc angst#Allll the tagsss#Yo this post just passed like#500 notes in 4 days#Goddang
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peace and love on spaceship lost light :)
#nautica#ravage#transformers#maccadam#nautica my love u r so hard 2 draw </3#ravage was also hard 2 draw but in his defence i did not look at any reference until like halfway thru drawing him#''yeah i know his general shape. alright maybe i dont'' asfjkdfsdk#n i didnt wanna redraw him so i just messed w/ what i done already teehee#also ravage just uses a regular metal bowl 4 drinkin in da comic but i figured glass ones would exist. .............#idk how well it comes across but i liked the idea so !!!!!!!!!!! i did it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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just made a post about kh making like half the cast clones so heres some clones for you
#doodles#roxas#xion#vanitas#repliku#GOD i need to draw repliku more i love him sm#kingdom hearts#messing around w how i draw these guys here#replikus hair isnt how i normally do it but i think i actually like it;;;;#maybe too long though#thats more like. kh2 riku hair length#also im drawing the heart ahoges a bit differently#so theyre easier to color#i think they read more like hearts like this also?#ALSO vanitas and ventus have like. half hearts that go together#but i dont think it read that way the way i was drawing them before#idk i dont have like. reference sheets for how i draw characters but after drawing them a few times i tend to do the same thing#which is why i have very similar lineart but different coloring usually when drawing them#.unless im colorpicking from an old drawing#which usually happens when i dont want to spend 5 minutes straight trying to get a skin tone that doesnt look weird lmaoo#whatever this is silly take some clones#roxas and repliku are my favs <333#i love xion and vanitas too though
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