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but its important

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Haru interacting with Kisumi like

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The Sailor Moon 50 Collab is complete!

In anticipation for ‘Sailor Moon Crystal’, 50 characters of the original anime were illustrated by 50 different artists, each with their unique style and voice.

A big thank you to everyone who supported and contributed to this project! It was a lot of fun hosting and I hope to host another sometime in the future. Stay in touch and please share this wonderful poster!

See full list of contributors here.

Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter!

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Versus/Hearts by Dan Matutina.

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I don’t know a lot of artists on here, but there seems to be a decent number of you who draw gravity falls art. And I’ve really wanted to do a countdown project or participate in one, so this seems like a good opportunity.

I would go more into detail if there’s enough interest to do this, and...

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How to stay Motivated.

I’m writing this article for the type of people who say that just can’t find motivation to:

Make a portfolio Finish a painting Work on their personal project Etc.

I got three tips I’m about to write, and it’s just advice and things that I found useful for myself. If you are capable to do any of these things you should definitely try them.

Tip 1

Fear. Get rid of it. If you are fearful of the outcome it will unmotivate you immediately. Just finish whatever it is and think about how you can improve after. If you can’t see what you need to improve ask someone else to tell you. There is always room to improve, and if you go into a critique with an open mind you will grow exponentially.

Think of it like this. If you were running one lap, and half way through you stopped because you were afraid you were going to throw up or pass out, you will never really know how fast you can run that lap. You didn’t push yourself enough to know your limits. If you finished the lap and did it in, lets say 3 minutes, you can now train and try again. If you run 10 seconds faster, you can see improvement. If you don’t you can see whatever you were doing may need more time or isn’t working. But at least you can now see where you are at, and make a move.

Tip 2

Which brings me to my next tip, which is clarity. The lack of it will keep you unmotivated. If you don’t know what you are going to TRY to do to be motivated, you will never start. I like to make a game plan of the things I’d like to learn or improve on. Let’s say Tuesday I’ll go and do some studies in lighting, the next day anatomy. I set a time limit and follow through. Even if all I did was draw/paint from reference, I put in a good effort to improve myself that day.

Here is another way of thinking about it. If you are playing a role playing video game where you can level up, the goal is clear. Kill 10 monsters, you level up. So what do you do, kill 10 monsters and sure enough you LEVEL UP! Then it says kill 20 monster, and so on and so forth. The thing is that the game is giving you an artificial sense of achievement that propels you to stay motivated in it and keep playing. All you need to do is the same thing with schedules, and planning. Just say to yourself, if I put in 10 hours a week, I should level up in art. And you would.

Tip 3

And the last thing you should do to stay motivated is have fun. It doesn’t always have to be work or studying. It can just be dicking around and see what you come up with. Many of my personal projects have evolved from this. At first it started out as a test or some practice, but then it turned out great, and I had a blast doing it. So I would do more and more, and then BAM bunch of new pieces and art to show others. And be proud, even if they aren’t all that great, you had a moment of glory and that rewards you with self confidence to go on.

Imagine if you had to sit down and play a game of tag all day. I mean playing tag is fun, but noone is forcing you to play and if you were forced to play for HOURS that would be a nightmare. Being artistic and creative is fun by nature, so don’t force it. Just find the time to do it, and make it interesting and exciting to go on new frontiers. Try not to be bogged down by external pressure, and be motivated by personal growth and prowess. The more you do that, the more others notice. Trust me on that, it worked for me. Good Luck, AJ

  #art #advice #motivation

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To celebrate the rebirth of Sailor Moon this summer, I’ve put together a Twitter art collab!

To keep the submission count to 50, I had a be selective with what characters I put on this list. Due to this, some had to be omitted but I tried to get the most “interesting” characters on there.

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I’d like to reduce our kerning to zero.

(via designerdirtytalk)

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For those who might have not have seen this yet, this is Yuzuru Hanyu’s skate for Japan last night at the 2014 Olympics.   He scored a 97.98 on this skate, and currently sits in 1st place!

This is one of the best skates I’ve ever seen and I had to share!

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When people ask why I want a fox

How

Can

I

NOT

THEY’RE

SO

CUTE

AND

CUDDLY

AND

GOOFY

AND

MAJESTIC

HOW

DO

YOU

NOT

WANT

20!?

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Butterfly (Piano Ver.) - りょーくん (Digimon OP by Wada Kouji)

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virgin suicides - りょーくん

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from Y to Y - そのちゃん / りょーくん

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1/3の純情な感情 - りょーくん

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ドーナツホール - りょーくん

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no you don’t understand this is actually my most favorite exisiting picture of haruka nanase

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