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steps for a bad time and problems, for an artist:

1) feel guilty about not having made progress on various projects

2) convince yourself that in order to make up for the lack of progress, any progress moving forwards has to be extra good

3) feel anxious about your ability to clear this now higher bar, and become full of doubt

4) wonder if you’re cut out to be an artist, and furthermore if anything you do in life is okay or enough, or if you’ll just be a dumb piece of shit forever

5) procrastinate further on projects due to these irrational yet very persuasive inner thoughts

6) go back to step 1

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i think people get so used to their own creative work that they forget how amazing it is so i’m making this post as a reminder You are the only person capable of making art the exact way you make it. nobody else on earth can do that. there are always going to be those little habits and intricacies and details that simply cannot be replicated whether it’s in writing or painting or textiles and you make life all the better for it i love my friends’ art i love art from strangers im trying to love my own art I LOVE YOU!!! THE PERSON READING THIS!!!!!!! YOU ARE A PART OF THIS WORLD NEVER EVER STOP MAKING THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT IT

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Guys, the potholes in Detroit were already bad. Stop making it worse!

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draw it bad and draw it weird and draw it catered only to yourself and draw it wobbly and draw it too small and draw it with the default brush and draw it without using references and draw it and leave it unfinished and draw it for the first time and draw it

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The shit OP has to deal with, I’m telling you.

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teach me?? how to draw?? the action of kissing????

Step 1. yearn

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i like to imagine that clark kent’s search history is mostly normal but then there’s stuff like “improved superman costume concept art” because he wanted ideas

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“you’re an art model does that mean you’re NAKED?” “yeah” “whoa….those lucky artists ;)”

…buddy.

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really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:

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Coruscant Park Monument

The Mandalorian Ch.19 The Convert (2023)   The Clone Wars 2.14 Duchess of Mandalore (2010) Concept art by Wayne Lo for The Clone Wars Concept art by Ralph McQuarrie for Return of the Jedi (1983) Big Rock boulder, outside Skywalker Ranch/Lucasfilm Animation

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it’s never too early to teach children about the devaluation of labor!

(from an American Girls book)

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STOP BEING SELF CONSCIOUS ABOUT YOUR CREATIONS STOP SECOND GUESSING WHAT YOU REALLY WANNA DO STOP DEBATING IT'S WORTH. LET YOUR ART SERVE YOU INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND

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What type of pen do you use for your lineart? I really love the look of it

I used Staedtler pigment liners exclusively for probably close to ten years, I find them very reliable

but they've gotten weirdly hard to find locally so I've started using Copic multiliners as well and they're my current go-to pens.

I also have a few Sakura pigma microns and they're alright, but I don't like how easily the ink smudges if you accidentally touch it before it dries completely, I don't have the same problem with Staedtlers and Copics.

My preferred sizes are 0.05 for small details, 0.1 for the main lineart and 0.3 for the thicker outlines. I also like to have at least one 0.7 for when I'm aiming for really substantial lines, but I rarely end up using it.

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"ai is making it so everyone can make art" Everyone can make art dipshit it came free with your fucking humanity

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a selection of artist memes hand-picked and curated by me based on my own experiences