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Strange places and unsolved mysteries….

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Happy Alien Day! 26/4/2016

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A porcupine’s Halloween present (+ original sound effects)

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‘Pit Bull Flower Power’ Already Found Homes For 140+ Pits (New Pics)

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when youre in a group chat but you’re obviously not part of the group

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good artist tips

there’s always gonna be someone better than you. try to work less on comparing yourself to their work and instead learning from them and turning envy into a personal challenge for your own stuff. i know its hard, trust me.

the best way to get better at art is to practice. there is no special trick to improving, no secret method. practice makes perfect is a tired old saying that im sure you dont want to hear but unfortunately, its true.

draw as much as you are able to. i wont say draw every day!!! because i know that there are folks that dont have this sort of luxury, whether it be because of physical or mental restrictions, or simply because they dont have time. draw whenever you can and have the strength to. try not to be too upset if you miss a day or a week or even months. shit happens, do the best you are able to.

if you get bored or stuck, try another way. change mediums if you can, flip the canvas, do something weird that you wouldnt normally do. sometimes this is the best way to un-stick yourself from art block.

dont be afraid to ask for help. this is so important! its ok to ask for assistance from other artists you admire (given that they have time to give pointers.) even if asking for help is straight up asking for a redline of your work, its ok to ask for it. improvement doesnt come without outside assistance, more often than not.

references are 100% a legitimate resource. i’m not really sure where the idea came from that real artists dont use references, but its not true. every renaissance painter used references in the form of in-house models. disney artists use references of animals and people to correctly model and then correctly exaggerate their designs. you cant learn to draw the world around you without actually studying it. use references, even if its just google searching.

your art is not an island. you will pick up styles from other people like tape picks up pet hair. its inevitable, and its not something that should be seen as a negative. artists inspire other artists. use your discretion, and study what you like about another artist’s work. every artist’s style is a mashup of a hundred other artists. its ok, experiment.

youre not going to make masterpieces all the time. youre gonna suck more often than not. but youre putting effort into something you enjoy and in the process you are getting better, slowly but surely. you arent going to see your stuff improve overnight, be patient.

please be kind to yourself. you are making a unique form of artistic expression, regardless whether you see it that way or not. youre doing fine, please keep going and pat yourself on the back for getting this far.

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Intense by Konsta Punkka

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not knowing how to draw your favorite character

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British Columbia, Canada // Ryan Wilson

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This is Steve. 

Steve sticks his lil tongue out when he is pet. 

Silly Steve. 

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Baby trying to eat hard food for the first time. Listen to his determination!!

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Hey… So my current situation is I’ve been sleeping on an air mattress for about a year and a half? two years almost? and its gotten to the point where it hardly holds air anymore and now it’s started to grow mold… I really don’t like asking for hand outs or donations but with my current commission queue I can’t really afford to take on more work. And its gotten to the point where I just don’t want to sleep or get into bed any more. The total cost for everything I’m looking at is Mattress - $149.99 +$50(for shipping) Bed frame - $161 Even if you can donate like $2 that helps me out a lot. My paypal is Phonoscope [at] Hotmail.com Thank you so much for reading this.

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