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attack for vamvaki on artfight

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see you on the battlefield!

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if i have any advice, it's that you should develop the "style" of art that you like to see and wanna see more of!!

it rly is so fucked up how a consistent art style and developing one is soooo emphasized like.. you don't really need to do that unless ur trying to be an industry artist and will be expected to conform to other ppls styles. don't you want more. Don't you want to play and experiment and push without fear. Your art will be recognizable as yours bc the way you interpret the world into 2d is unique to you

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see you on the battlefield!

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see you on the battlefield!

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see you on the battlefield!

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this is my account for artfight!!

see you on the battlefield!

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updated reference and icon for PoppySnow! fun fact, one of my very first OCs <3

find her on artfight

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two artfight icons!!!!

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Hi? is it possible to get a higher res of the team templates for this year?

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artfight icon for honey dusk, AKA star hooves <3

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Art is a sport

One common thing I see among artists who are just starting out is that they are very precious about their work -- ironically, way moreso than experienced artists. They need to get every line JUST right, because in their mind, getting that line just right is what stands between the piece being bad and it being good. I was like that too, for so long that I'm still struggling to catch up because of how it hampered my progress.

Being precious about every line is kind of like a track sprinter starting a run, but then restarting every time their foot lands in any slightly suboptimal way. This is comes off as silly, because we know that the "unit" of what they are doing is a sprint, and that they would make their greatest progress by finishing the full sprints, because that's how they train.

Well, similarly, the "unit" of art is a finished piece. What stands between the sprinter and the time they want isn't 1 individual step, but 1000 sprints. What stands between the beginner artist and making art they like the look of isn't that 1 line, but, i'm sorry to say, 1000 pieces.

Taking note of any mistakes you made afterwards is something done by both the experienced artist and experienced sprinter -- this is healthy and helps you improve. But you can do that later, after you're done.

That line is good enough.

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i need to design a rainbowdash

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the people love gar

thought some of u might enjoy this gar i painted on my tablet

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thought some of u might enjoy this gar i painted on my tablet

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hey! does anyone know any good drawing apps for the ipad? i was very used to adobe fresco, but i haven't used it in a long time due to adobe being shit and training their AI using your files. currently i'm using procreate but i don't like how minimalist it is.

crucially, it must have no ads OR a one time payment to get rid of them/buy the app. not interested in subscriptions

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Okay I JUST realized I never posted these on here—- BUT BASICALLY, about a year and a half ago I started doing these experimental black hairstyle posts that were threads long on Twitter, to give artists a source of inspo for their black ocs whose hair they wanted to try something new with! There’s more to black hair than just the selected styles portrayed in media, and I thought it would be fun to show people how much texture, shape, fades, length, and style can be combined when drawing black hair—-cause it’s a kind of manipulation our hair can do irl! The OG thread from when I made these a year ago were lost with the hacking of my original Twitter account (@/bagels_donuts) but I’ve since reuploaded the whole thread to my new Twitter (@/ItsDonutsFR)! I hope artists on tumblr find these useful, sorry it took me so long to post them here😭🙏🏾 I’ll upload them all in parts!

Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades