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Earlier in the year, I wanted to make a cute document so I tried to add some kawaii illustrations. But it was more difficult to create them that expected!

So I want to share what I learned <3

It is easy but you have to know...

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The humble tardigrade is all around us. They have overcome the vaccuum of space, almost absolute zero temperature, and infinite pressure.

So behold my rendition of the cute water bear 🦠🔬

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Every novice artist has a different aim in mind.

Since there are a lot of fundamentals to learn, it is smart to make some a priority.

Here is a hopefully helpful infographic that you can use as a starter point in your art journey.

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holy guacamole, thank you to everyone who voted!

admittedly, I might have biased the results because as cool as figurines carved in mammoth bones are, there is something magical about cave paintings...

imagine a bunch of kids in the candlelight, looking for a way to pass the time and making imprints of their little hands screaming happily 🎨🖍🧸🌈🦇🔦

Not sure if anyone does the same but when I get serious about a topic, I always want to look up its history.

So... with much pridefulness, I share my distillation of the art history of Prehistory (up to 3000 BCE): darisfancy.substack.com/p/art-history-prehistory-up-to-3000

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For all my fellow artists that are trying their hand at Inktober.

For the digital artists that are trying to get better at drawing like me.

If you are curious for more, click here to read my full post.

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The inimitable puffins 🐦🌊⛵️ Did you know that they mate for life? Anyway... feel the breeze!

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Not sure if anyone does the same but when I get serious about a topic, I always want to look up its history.

So... with much pridefulness, I share my distillation of the art history of Prehistory (up to 3000 BCE): darisfancy.substack.com/p/art-history-prehistory-up-to-3000

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What to do when your artpiece looks wrong 🤔

For more details, check out the full article.

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A cycad art study:

These ancient plants have been around for about 270 million years. They are endangered and even poached sometimes.

Not a 🌴 tho.

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An ant art study:

I tried to use more texture brushes 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

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This is the bobtail squid! 🦑 This particular species is most similar to the Hawaian bobtail squid. Check it out: it glows!

The hustle will grind you down, the inaction will get you nowhere.

Dream gently!

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⋆.˚✮😝 What's up? (づ๑•ᴗ•๑)づ🛠️🍦🫐✎✮˚.⋆

Hey,

My name is Dari, artist, overthinker and mysteries of the universe lover.

Have you, as I have, felt the need to not just survive but create?

To be an artist, which is to say striving heartbreaker ✨, dazzler and provocateur.

I have.

My eye knew better than my hand. No matter!

But if you didn't have something to say, you wouldn't take that path.

And each is on our own battling the mysteries of life.

Each experience is personal.

So each creative endeavor is magical, revolutionary.

But the realization of such project is another matter.

So after years of only wishing that I got the necessary technical skills, lately, I set myself to acquire them.

So I watched hundreds of videos, read a ton of books and drew, as you do.

My artistry is not proper good.

Still, now, I want to share.

I hope you like this space <3