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sadsandwhich · 1 month

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Redrew this disaster of a drawing from 2023 and I never realized how much my art has changed. Woah (CLICK FOR BETTER QUALITY)

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frustrated-fractalskies · 9 months

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Jayfeather redraw after one year!

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excali8ur · 8 months

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It's been a year since I got into TMNT so I thought it'd be fun to redraw of my first piece of fanart for it

(Original under the cut because I hate looking at it)

https://www.tumblr.com/excali8ur/694779686083002368/oldest-daughter-raph

#art #rottmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #raph #rottmnt raph #Happy 1 year of turtles #Pretty pleased with the improvement tbh #Was gonna add the tonfas but I liked it as it was so I left them out #Anyway enjoy this rare piece of Rise fanart before I go back to not posting it again #I should’ve shaded it and yet I didn’t. Oh well

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humans-are-tasty · 9 months

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#marshall d. teach #sir crocodile #blackbeard pirates #one piece #my art #kurowani #meh drawings from the last few days because im not stressed for now and feel like using colour #also went back to my old pencil brush #i feel like revisiting the way i drew 1-3 yrs ago with what ive learned now #whats crazy is drawing almos nothing but blackbeard in my free time for half a yr still helped me improve at drawing characters in general #and it showed in my work i could see a difference from just early this year vs now #just shows doesnt rlly matter what u draw... youll improve as long as youre drawing something #thx god for hyperfixations

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averlym · 5 months

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fairest of the fair

#hi! im alive and back and etc.#six the musical #six the musical fanart #katherine howard #thinking of that post going 'i think eventually you become the person you needed most' and like maybe that's the thing with my art #this started out as a redraw and <improvement meme> i think i've finally reached the stage where i'm making the things that my younger self #aspired to create. like i can do this now! i've reached That level of technical skill! tiny me would be so proud. it's very gratifying #redraw from august this year actually. i've made a surprising amount of improvement HAHA maybe it was the adamandi stuff getting me #back into digital rendering. i think that obsession has quietly slipped away but yknow. one never truly leaves a fandom. just less intensit #also speaking of old fandoms! we're back with the six stuff haha. as of writing i'm in the midst of blog revamp- figuring out how to chill #multifandom status doesn't mean ditch all the old stuff ! but i do feel much freer and less stressed. i think hiatus has been good for me #notes on this piece particularly: redraw about cutting hair and thinking of the lyric above. also lowkey &j ref + pinterest poem excerpts #of female suffering. and maybe a dash of amanda heng let's walk inspo. this work is really just full of contradictions..#1. the mirror and cutting hair as an act of self liberation 2. the & is part of the lyric but also a nod to &j (in another iteration it was #pink but the white looked better) and like. &j is really all !!! girl power!!! etc. and i was like hmmmm. also matching pink shiny aes #3. the frame as a cage; the mirror as a self reflection idea (ie. saville's propped insp) but also as a sign of vanity. 4. sparkly costume #and pretty pose- read one too many poems about women feeling like they have to be pretty even in their suffering. something i wanted to #explore. and also in 5. the show itself... all you wanna do is. despite all the dancing and pink and sparkly the content of the song is #darker. and even though it's a story of her suffering it's still presented as a shiny fun pop song and ajshdhfhfh ok... 6. the lyrics fall #outside the frame. sort of a caught inbetween. sort of a trapped in the narrative and yet #within the frame it's all. vaguely handwavy breaking free vibes. like i said contradictions?#7. cutting off the long ponytail vs the pull my hair lyric at the end. yeah #8. the blocked off & looks a bit like scissors. positioned to cut right at the neck #anyways yeah irl remains hectic! but if i get around to more doodles they'll appear here :)

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lunarharp · 4 months

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pretty & cute witch men

#witch hat tag #orufrey #i'm not drawing as much or as well as i'd like to be doing. i'm trying to get through a comic i've been really wanting to do #but i'm just finding it so hard. disheartening. btw the 2nd one relates to some official art of qif wearing a dress like the girls #and the 4th one relates to how i've been drawing EXTREMELY SMALL for years. idk how to explain it but i always clicked 'fit to screen'#and so all my art EVER has looked bad when you zoom in bc it's already like size 1 zoomed in to the MAX pfhgguguhfpfhGHAHHHHH #i was so confused allll this time why brushes always look different for me than what they're supposed to #'wow this brush is so jaggedy..really rather jaggedy...calling it the Jagged Cai Special..bringing it out for those jaggedy moments..#really quite jaggedy i must say...' and it's literally not jaggedy #but now i have to get used to how all those brushes that i'd gotten used to indeed look how they're supposed to finally. Alarming #I have simply been working out absolutely everything by myself for years and that's why my technical progress is slow #ppl say my progress is fast and i certainly have improved much since i began doing all this but #like..it took me a year and half to start using a program where i could Colour In The Lines aka the..whatever it's called. whatever..#just on my lonely confused solemn journey to express gay love better than yesterday.. -_- *picks up my pack n continues through the snow*#btw thank you sm for people's kind words enjoying my narumitsu art & fic over the christmas & new year period <3

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spacenintendogs · 6 months

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deleted scene from the hidden world (redux)

#i think there has been improvement in the past year LOL #httyd #🌹 art #eretlout #eret son of eret #snotlout jorgenson #httyd fanart #astor tag #bc u were the one that rb'd the original saying happy 1 year anniversary #hiccup haddock #live hiccup reaction

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akiacia · 1 month

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maggie ref! remastering this sketch from july 2023

the vanity angles don't make it a more useful reference but i enjoyed drawing it 🤣

#akia art #olba #olba mc #maggie's step 1/3 designs haven't changed much from when i initially played the game in 2021 #but i didn't settle on steps 2/4 until i revisited it last year 🤣#i can't tell if i've improved since or if the differences are attributed to time spent and drawing mediums used LOL 👴#my tablet art takes a more delicate look that i still prefer tbh #anyway for my spirit's sake i'll say i got better here and there lmao

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geodenes · 3 months

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EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS NOWWWWW!!! i'm SO fortunate 2 say that i got this masterpiece thanks to an art-trade that i did with @br333!!!! :D we're filling the cloudyret tag guysss 💪💪💪 AND I COULDN'T FEEL MORE GRATEFUL AGHJHH THEY LOOK SO LOVELY AND HAPPYYY (≧□≦) ♡

#cloudyret #regular show #margaret smith #cloudy jane #regular show fanart #regular show margaret #regular show cj #margaret x cj #if someone had told last year's me that #thanks 2 starting a tumblr account i would have the opportunity to interact and share so many nice things with so many talented people.....#i wouldn't believe it fr !!1 #i'm soo thankful to be here.in this fandom #it may sound rlly silly but my feelings have really improved thanks 2 all the good energy here:'3 i'll treasure this forever

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mcl38 · 6 months

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mclarencore

#if u actually hate on mclaren in the tags ill block u and also kill u with my thought lasers #im allowed to make this jokes bc ive suffered the epic highs and lows #anyways mclaren is clearly dedicated to their consistent improvement in all areas but this is not smth theyve got in the bag just yet #throwback to a year ago where they made the same mistake #mclaren #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #brazil 2023 #interlagos 2023 #lando norris #oscar piastri #mine #100

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 11 months

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The Start of the Truth [End of season 1]

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan jingyi #lan sizhui #a-qing #xiao xingchen #tulu xuanwu #And that's the end of season 1! 70 + (6 bonus) comics since I set out on this quest....and I would do it again B*)#I really wanted to push myself for this comic and make something pretty to really cap off this journey.#Art is actually very fun I love having a vision and making it into physical reality! Everyday I get a little better! Yippeee!#I never imagined I would have the kind of support I currently do as I've been making these comics #Hard to imagine I thought art was something I wouldn't have a shot at. Much less have the opportunity to have a community behind me #I want to keep growing and improving! I appreciate every single comment and tag and encouraging message!#I have a *fanart* folder. The me from a year ago could have never thought that could be a thing #Just...wow....thank you all so much for everything. I mean it more than I can put into words B'*)

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intotheelliwoods · 29 days

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Gonna ask this to a few people that inspire me, but how do you take inspiration from things without feeling like whatever you make is just bad in comparison? Or like a downgraded version of the thing(s) that inspired you?

(If this is too negative feel free to delete/ignore, I'm sorry)

Oh gosh this is such an interesting question since, I dont think I really have feelings of thinking my version is bad? Or that I am just a copy?

I am honestly just grateful my work became as popular as it is in the first place haha- low expectations going in to begin with. That and, I am very aware my art style isnt as defined and polished as other peoples styles, but I have come to terms with this! And hey the improvement in my own artwork over the past year is a massive trip if you go back through some of my older stuff- I am improving, slowly.

I mean, 2AL started by complete accident, and was "inspired" from me wishing the Leos from OMO or MNMC would hug it out already- but if you were to compare 2AL to one of those, they are very different. Hell even comparing OMO and MNMC, same starting point, but still very different.

I think my only advice to other people trying to make an AU is to try and find some core theme/idea and work around that, rather than gather a bunch of little things from other sources you like into a big pile. Find some key message to start up a base with.

#asks #no seriously 2al was by COMPLETE accident #and then it exploded so I kept it going #oh well #also like!!!!#seriously #the people you are probably comparing yourself too #chances are just have wayyy more experience and practice than you #like!!!! dude sometimes it hits me how many of my friends and other “big blogs” are either #1. professional artists who do this shit for a living anyways #or 2. have been drawing digitally for way way longer than me #digital art is still new territory for me so I am giving myself some slack here #that and I have no interest in art for a career #this is just my side hobby!#yknow!!!!#for FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!#and wheres the fun in going #“damn this person who has years more experience than me and draws for a living is... somehow better at drawing than me this is so unfair”#answer: theres no fun in that #but also fr-#I have only been doing digital art consistently (in this style specifically) for.#a year-#deadass.#I have not done much art before all this outside notebook paper doodles #and the occasional once every month or two painting #all this is so new to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#im learning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#I deserve to give myself so so much slack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#I have also improved so much in the past year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#oops tag ramble

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dumbbullet · 1 year

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One more Sleep Token offering before I go into a zelda induced fugue state for a week. At least until TMBTE drops.

Reference taken from this video.

#sleep token #sleep token vessel #sleep token fanart #vessel sleep token #sleep token worship #dumb doodles #I keep wanting to play with this painting style and he's a good muse :)#When they say become slightly obsessed with Some Dude to improve your art this is what they mean #The vice grip they have on me musically #Calling in tow theyve taken the no 1 spot on spotify for the year unless URUE goes crazy goes stupid

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rubitheracoon · 1 month

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Who knew the first humanoid I would ever draw decently would actually be the character I've been obsessed with for the last 3 months

ANYWAY I FINALLY MANAGED TO DRAW A PERSON IM SO HAPPY!!

#ive spent the last 2+ years just saying to myself “i need to learn to draw people” and NEVER doing it because i didnt have the motivation to #then hazbin hotel pretty much turned into my sprcial interest and ive since felt more inspired to develop my art skills than ever before #like i may love this show to an actually unhealthy level but it has done so much for my neverending art block #before hazbin i had to physically force myself to draw something cuz i just couldnt think of anything #and because of that it was usually something i was comfortable with draeing #so instead of branching out to drawing different crestures i sorta just got stuck in a limbo of drawing 1 or 2 crestures #AND LOOK AT ME NOW!#i can draw deer (ofcourse) ive been figuring out how to draw cats #horses goats dragons birds snakes #ive improved so much #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin #alastor hazbin hotel #radio demon #hazbin hotel fanart #alastor fanart #next on the agenda #hands #bleh

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xoxo-ren-xoxo · 3 months

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really weird thing ive noticed lately re: hermits getting critiqued for stuff theyve said or done is that as soon as someone holds a shit opinion (even if it's just them being stupid, or a centrist, or saying a bad word without knowing what it means, or whatever) people immediately seem to flock to the 'this guy should die' 'kys' 'why are we giving this person a platform' rhetoric and like. that's not how meaningful change is made?

like, yeah, if one of my beloved CCs posted a tweet or video tomorrow about how much they hate gay people, or believe in conservative ideals, or they just said a bunch of slurs or whatever (these are hyperbolic examples obviously) then yeah, fuck them, they should go rot. but like, having some dumb takes, or saying bad things in the past, doesn't = evil terrible person...

idk, i feel like we can critique content creators without getting so insane about it. like, shit, there are things some of my favourites do that i don't like, but theyre not even really worth bringing up tbh. unless its something actually important, i feel like it just creates more drama out of nothing and all these assholes come crawling out of the woodwork to tell everyone how much they hate that creator. or find their content boring anyway so clearly they have no real merit to anyone.

more of an explanation of what i mean in the tags but yeah.

#this is kind of about ppl finding out x is a centrist and... apparently that means telling him 'kys' is ok #i dont even like centrism but like... wasnt he super right wing at one point? is this not at least a mild improvement? he's just some guy #i like his content. dont care enough to get into drama about him being a 'we should all just talk it out!' kinda guy. who give a shit.#this is also kinda about doc's little rant on twt about plestine/isral (spelling to not clog tags) which was basically just -#- 'stop asking me to speak on these things 1. i could get into legal trouble 2. i stopped talking about politics years ago for good reasons #which like. isnt my favourite response to things? but i also Get It yknow?#it wasnt as big of a deal as ppl seemed to think it was #(especially since he very clearly retweeted donation post and said hes against innocent ppl dying. which is pretty clear to me.)#anyway the milder things im talking about here is like. harry potter references or mild orientalism re: 'asian-style' builds #like. i could go mad about that but i really dont give a shit #i dont #and like im a hard leftist. but i just do not care. so long as they arent a massive right winger or a creep im fine #*i say massive right winger but tbh i kind of mean right winger at all. i just dont give a shit about ccs wanting to remain more centrist #especially online.#anyway #hermitblr #hermitcraft #mcyt #discourse #ben chats shit on the internet #to clarify im not tryna say that its cool to play both sides politically but also i dont think bringing up a 4 year old post -#- to stir up drama is very genuine. looking at the notes i just see a lot of 'wow fuck this guy i hate his content anyway' and its like. ok

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aseuki · 8 months

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Wanted to draw something Nice of my lil guy for once (+ some sketches). Can you believe it's been exactly One (1) whole year since Stell was Made. Wild.

#kirby oc #Do Not Be Confused his Canon bday is still yet to come #but his Creation day is somewhere between the 12-15th!#happy bday you unhinged lil fucker!!!#a little wild comparing this with his Very First Rendered Art almost exactly 1 year ago #time flies!!#art improves!!#Been trying to settle into an orb drawing style that I can claim my own and not just a rehash of the official art style #Slowly getting there!#have a couple other doodles I could potentially share but we'll see if I remember hahahahaha #aseukiart #stell #parhelion knight

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