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[aiyanakopa]

Y'ever gonna post the spicy art that you teased here? 👀

I actually never finished that one but I really liked the sketch!

maybe I'll clean it up if there's an interest in such a thing 👀

[aiyanakopa]

when your gf is so strongk 💪

[aiyanakopa]

You there! Do you have any tips for anyone who struggles on drawing humans? 🙏

The thing that helped me improve the most was doing figure studies!! I did an in person life drawing class a few years ago as part of my uni degree which was super helpful bc you can really pay attention to form and anatomy, how everything moves together and how different features vary between models. And I think having that as a solid baseline really helps figure out things like proportions and movement and posing and weight.

But if something like that isn't easily accessible (I myself have been struggling to find one that is nearby and not super expensive 😔) I highly recommend using the line of action website. It has a lot of reference images to use, and you can tweak the parameters for duration, or what kind of models you want to practice, or to focus on particular features (like hands and feet or faces). Its great practice plus a lot of fun bc you don't have to think too hard and at the same time you're building muscle memory of how those forms all work together to form a body ✨

I would also add to not worry too much about keeping everything 100% textbook accurate all the time. Bc the human body is weird and has lots of details, sometimes you just need a line or a shape to be a suggestion of what something looks or feels like and it works just fine!

Bonus round: find a person / character to be obsessed with and then draw them incessantly, you will make very fast progress this way 😂

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aww this is so cute!!!! thank you so much, they look so cozy together under that scarf 🥰 merry christmas!!

Merry Christmas @aiyanakopa 💚💜 I’m your secret santa and here’s my gift for you. Hope you like it ☺️

Thank you @levihanweek @alemanriq for organizing the secret santa gift exchange event, gathering levihan fans around to celebrate our beloved ship. Wishing you great holidays 🎄

- “I’m almost finished with your birthday gift, Levi!” 🧣🧶

( It appears no wrapping paper is needed 😉🤭🎁 )

[aiyanakopa]

merry christmas @yuki-byeol from your secret santa!! I saw you like Levihan family stuff with their (many) adopted kids, so I thought maybe Gabi and Falco could help Hange pick out a birthday present for Levi 🎁

thank you @levihanweek / @alemanriq for organising everything ✨

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inspired by true events (some dialogue I got in the aot2 game)

happy birthday Hange! 💜

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Hello! If you're still doing it, I'd like to ask for 17, 18, 22 😚

oh yeah I'm always happy to answer these haha

17. what inspires you?

I think I get most inspired seeing other people do creative things, like it doesn't even have to be anything like what I create myself but it's really motivational and inspiring to see what people can create ✨

18. do you have any larger projects you'd like to pursue? like comics, shortfilm, a series etc?

I may have answered something like this before but I've always wanted to work in animation or film, so either something in that area or to make a comic would be fun!

22. when is your prime time to work on your art?

this is so bad but later in the evening 💀 I love to sit in bed with my ipad and some youtube videos and draw into the early hours of the morning, it feels so peaceful but it's a terrible time to be productive

[aiyanakopa]

I really like that one shot from the jiyuu no tsubasa opening

[aiyanakopa]

Hi ✨

If it's not too late for the artist asks, how about 1, 9 & 15?

I love your art, especially Hange 💜

no not too late at all I love doing these! and thank you so much ❤️

1. show your most recent wip

I love to have about a thousand wips going at once so how about I give you two

a little mama kuchel redraw and some levihan ✨

9. what are you currently trying to improve?

mostly anatomy / poses, so I've been doing a lot more figure drawing and studies. but I'd also love to learn to use colour in different and more interesting ways since I feel like I tend to stick with the same sort of palettes a lot of the time

15. biggest artist pet peeve?

probably when I get all settled in to draw and then realise my apple pencil is completely out of charge 💀 and it always seems to be!!

also I'm not a big fan of people watching me draw over my shoulder either, it throws me off so much I don't wish to be perceived thank you

[aiyanakopa]

2, 13, and 23 for Artist Asks

thank you! 💕

2. 5 favourites of your own work?

I answered this one here ✨

13. show your favourite drawing from last year

this was one of the answers from the previous question too but I'd have to say the horse one!

purely based on the fact I worked on it over several months and I was really happy with how it turned out in the end

23. do you listen to music or watch shows while you work? If so, what’s your favourite?

oh absolutely I cannot draw without some kind of background noise. I tend to jump around between favourites, but recently I've been really into either putting on a drawfee stream or quinton reviews's icarly / victorious series, and before that I binged like half of malcom in the middle working on levihan art

if I have music going sometimes I like to have a related playlist or soundtrack playing (I love to make a ship playlist for this purpose specifically ✨)

[aiyanakopa]

hi! for the art asks:

2) 5 favourites of your own work?

21) Weirdest thing you've ever drawn?

and for the fun of it: 25)Based on your recent reference searches, what would the FBI assume about you?

thank you! 😊

thank you for sending these! 💕

2. 5 favourites of your own work?

they always change tbh! but right now I'll go with these:

specifically this sketch of hange and nifa from my hange squad post

mildly spicy levihan

veteran trio riding their horsies

my first levihan sketch page (which is looking a little rough now but I hadn't had so much fun drawing in ages so it's very dear to me)

and to break up the aot brainrot a bit, daisuga with the karasuno first years

there's also a bunch I really like that I haven't actually posted yet 👀

21. weirdest thing you've ever drawn?

oh I've got plenty of weird stuff hiding in the deep recesses of my old hard drives, but mostly just in the sense that I drew it when I was 12 and now I find it cringe 💀 the most fun one though is a ponysona of robin lord taylor (the actor) that I drew as a gift for a friend from DA who really liked him (and from memory I think they ended up getting a plushie made based on it?)

25. based on your recent reference searches, what would the FBI assume about you?

I wish I had actual examples but my browser likes to clear my history after a while and I've been BUSY 😭 based on the references I had to search for my last post they'd probably assume I'm having a kid or that I'm getting into gardening

also it's very fun to look at my search history on my ipad specifically bc I only use it for art, so it ends up being like. 20 searches in a row of the same fucking 3 anime characters (I'm sure you can guess which ones) and looking at that you might also think I'm a little unhinged

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Artist Asks

I'm making an artist ask game that I hope my art friends will reblog so I can pester them >:)

1. Show your most recent wip

2. 5 favourites of your own work?

3. Least favourite things to draw?

4. Favourite things to draw?

5. Anything you haven't drawn yet but want to?

6. Which artists inspire you right now?

7. Favourite works of all time excluding your own?

8. What do you like most about your own work?

9. What are you currently trying to improve?

10. What's that one thing that inspired you to make drawing your consistant hobby?

11. Favorite comment you've ever recieved on your work?

12. Show your favourite drawing from this year

13. Show your favourite drawing from last year

14. How has your art changed over the years?

15. Biggest artist pet peeve?

16. What's the most daunting part of your process? Ex, planning, sketching, lineart, rendering etc

17. What inspires you?

18. Do you have any larger projects you'd like to pursue? Like comics, shortfilm, a series etc?

19. Favourite character(s) to draw?

20. What works have you drawn fanart of?

21. Weirdest thing you've ever drawn?

22. When is your prime time to work on your art?

23. Do you listen to music or watch shows while you work? If so, what's your favourite?

24. How do you deal with artblock?

25. Based on your recent reference searches, what would the FBI assume about you?

[aiyanakopa]

levihan family au that nobody asked for 🫶

[aiyanakopa]

Hiya!

Any chance you'd take commissions this year? 😁

I just found your page and I absolutely LOVE your art! 💕

I've had a bit of interest in commissions so I will definitely consider it! I just have some irl things that need to settle down a little first before I could commit to that bc I think that's only fair to be able to prioritise them properly

and thank you so much also! 💕

[aiyanakopa]

LOVE the way you draw hange!!! Especially their nose and side profile. Super gorgeous and handsome

thank you!!! that makes me so happy bc Hange's nose and their side profile is I think my favourite of their features so that is honestly such a compliment ❤️

[aiyanakopa]

can I get some fourth squad appreciation!

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🎄 Send these trees to ten people you wish to have a good holiday and a happy new year!🎄🤍

Thank you! I hope you have a great new year too 💛