#dimetrodrawn

[bowelfly]

COMING THIS SUMMER:

7 MONTHS 36 ARTISTS 1 REALLY PERSISTENT SKELETON

IT'S THE 2023 TRUNGOTHON MEGA ART TELEPHONE GAME

[RATED R]

RIDICULOUS. this was so big that even with tumblr's recently expanded image limit i still had to weld every other image together to fit it into one post, but if you want to see every image in its full glory, i made a page for it on my website (jankily hand-coded and probably not very mobile friendly).

it was so fun to see which elements stuck around and for how long. i still can't believe the skeleton got banished and then resurrected 15 iterations later!

huge thanks to everyone who participated. in order:

@mobileleprechaun, ink drinker, @dimetrodrawn, @escherbug, @gachimushi, @ikrutt, @dunwichdrawsstuff, @mathpope, @bedupolker, @solidagold, @a-beepbop, thenauticalwarlock, @ohpsshaw, @eisly, @juenavei, me, @librivore42, @greedol, @mechabutchzilla, @phanta-friends, @tickfleato, @skelizard, elixer, @espimyte, @noctomnis-art, @bluedotjpeg, @fetus-cakes, @iguanodont, @flame-shadow, @kombuchaclock, @slimekingmike, @crtastrophe, @leona-florianova, @skelebee, @nutspider, @palossssssand, and gachimushi again for the header image to this post

whew! now time to seriously consider a yearlong 72-artist game...

[thenixkat]

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[fleouriarts]

who are your biggest artistic influences my furry friend? we had art classes together for years but i still feel like i don’t know 😭

😭😭😭 honestly thats probably cus a lot of my artistic influences are specifically internet artists that ive been following for several years and not things i couldve brought up in art class. you know that lame ass mr smith wouldve hated me if i said 'yeah i draw like this cus of some bts fanart girlie on twitter'. thankfully i have the Archivist's Temperament and save like literally everything thats had an effect on my style... so below is a journey thru my artistic influences (and various insp folders on my computer) as far as i can remember

of course the most basal Dorian Influence is disney movies. you are my brother in arms in the lion king fandom so you know this. whenever i am feeling extremely artistically bankrupt i try to revitalize myself by rewatching the lion king, atlantis, and treasure planet. and also the prince of egypt but thats dreamworks LOL

in 2016 i found the first "online" artists i distinctly remember wanting to imitate, which were sara kipin and celia lowenthal because i was obsessed with how they used color to block out their illustrations. ive also been following dimetrodone(/dimetrodrawn/deinocheirus) on here since 2016 and love all the shapes and colors in her work

in 2017 i started doing more detailed shading because i saw bts fanart by the artist tyu_naxx on twitter and loved how they did it (below is like THE piece that made me change my whole shit up)

around then is also when i started trending towards using limited palettes and that was mostly inspired by various national parks promo artworks that would only have like 5 colors in them. wish i remembered who made these but heres ancient scans of some postcards i got at sequoia national park that changed me

in early 2019 i started wanting my style to be more cartoony so i would constantly peruse the backlogs of kiwi, officialspec, skunkes and mimiadraws to get whatever inspiration i could from them

in late 2019 i completely pivoted for some reason and started doing lineless rendered semirealistic stuff instead. i think that was mostly cus i hated doing lineart. one of my biggest inspirations in that era was atissi

in 2020 i remember i went crazy stupid on using glow effects and chromatic aberration on stuff and i genuinely think all of it can be traced to this ONE piece of bts fanart by lordizxy on twitter like i was fully obsessed (putting it below also in case it gets deleted somehow)

mid 2021 was when i got tired of semirealism and thought it was too amorphous and restricting so i went back to cartoony shit. i was still looking at the artists i listed for early 2019 but i also added artists like iplidl, catmunches, and chunkysoup22 to the mix

2022 was an inspirationless nightmare i have no clue what i was doing for that entire year. the artblock was BAD. i mostly just looked at art from all the artists i mentioned before while artistically wandering in circles. a lot of this was me trying and failing to figure out whether i wanted to do more dynamic yet less rendered art or... the opposite of that

thankfully in 2023 i finally FIGURED THAT SHIT OUT. i would say the current dorian art era started with this silly drawing of graydon and riley hivemind as a dogboy and a catboy ⬇️

you can kinda see the influences of all the cartoonists i listed above but a lot of the way i draw now is just. me trying to not make myself hate doing art. ive always hated redoing a line 30000000 times for clean lineart so now its sketchy. rendering my art was making my drawings feel super stiff so now thats all messy too. etc etc

i think Right Now the artists i go to for inspiration the most are still kiwi and skunkes, but i also found the artist robottoast recently who makes RIDICULOUSLY good furry art, its so full of life and personality and i definitely need to commission them someday. the most recent singular piece thats changed my whole shit up is this scott pilgrim fanart by benadieshekiel (also below) because i really liked how the clothes were fully rendered while the skin and hair are less detailed with clear lineart. so sometimes i do that too

ok i think that is as full of a chronicle of Dorian Influences that i can give you rn. i was not lying when i said i wanted to yap. hope you enjoy <3

[ghostofapineapple]

some art blogs I like:

maroonracoon, tofupixel, pandorama-art, bynieb, beefcliff, samimarkart, sleepnoises, dinoserious, kikicolors, artsometimes, lazer-t, ivytea, catcrumb, uswolves, isnyr, norisus, sablingart, dimetrodrawn, sixgills, moldspace, crtastrophe, serenaci, dominiqueramsey-art, parkston, vewn, ink-the-artist, cort3d, s-u-w-i, sparrowlucero, kingiefisher, bubblebaath, 8pxl, oxboxer, julesdrawz, 1041uuu, silkmoths, fluffysheeps, mattibee-portfolio, loopy-lupe, maruti-bitamin, wi-fu, frankrause, iguanamouth (legendary tumblr artist), k-eke

have fun

thank you so much!!

[cyanideoreo]

fuckin around with clay and made @dimetrodrawn dope Juno design

[saucylobster]

UB09 - Forge An ultra beast that prefers its own space, not entirely aggressive if left to its own devices but dangerous if provoked. Immensely strong, a Hephaestor scuttles and plods all at the same time as it scours the mountains and volcanoes for the ore seams it gets its food from. Its molten beard softens any metals it finds before ingesing them whilst its powerful tongs can hold even the hottest materials painlessly. Hephaestor was designed by commitee. First I decided to use Fire and Steel, so ok so what uses both those types? Forging and Smithing. Ok so anvils, tongs etc. how do I put those all together? Hephaestus, Greek god of the forge seems pretty on point for that so I can give it a Greek finish with the toga, the beard and the helmet-like line for its face. Three legs because Dimetrodrawn and their Hepaestus became my canon for the god. — Ability Info — — Attack Info —

[haxxydraws]

Hey haxxy! I'm still rather new to your stuff but I really enjoy it so much!!!! I was just wondering if you could answer 6, 24 and 25 on that artist ask you reblogged? If that's too many, you can totally just do one!!!! Thanks! :>

Thank you!! Also multiple asks is def okay *v*

6. Which artists inspire you right now?

*cracks knuckles* .... there are a lot!

(sorry in advance to everyone who's going to get mentioned here! i just want to make sure there's a link back to your stuff so people can check you out + this is the easiest way to do so ^^ )

@moldspace, @kazbatman, @dimetrodrawn, @emmatheward, @jayrockin, @bhramarii, @supppe, @ultrainfinitepit, @13mo, @euqinimodart, @nightcorp, @aberrantceramics, @bubblebaath,

... and i’m sure there are even more who just aren't coming to mind rn

I could probably write a small essay about what exactly inspires me, but tl;dr there's a lot of distinct and compelling characters, unique and exciting character design, interesting art styles, utilization of color, and overall creativity!

I really encourage y'all to check them out, all of them are making great stuff!

... anyways, onto the next questions!

24. How do you deal with artblock?

There are two things that I find pretty helpful with art block. Maybe one or the other (or both) can be helpful for other people?

The first thing I tend to do is try to do something different. Like, if I've been doing a ton of one thing I'll experiment with a completely different art style for a while and focus more on trying things out rather than making something that looks like what I'm used to (honestly, that sort of thing led me to my current art style!)

Something else that I find helpful is doing something collaborative, like an art trade or a collaboration. One of my fav types of collab is each person who's participating making a sketch and then swapping it with the other to complete it. Something about working off of someone else's style just gets the gears turning! It's also fun in general

25. Based on your recent reference searches, what would the FBI assume about you?

My recent reference searches were pride flags and cryptids... so whatever they'd assume would probably be pretty accurate to who I actually am........

[polturn]

Are you familiar with dimetrodrawn? You might like their work, if you’re not! They seem to work in the same genre of unsettling monsters.

Yes I love dime’s art! 

Super inspiring surreal creature design and such an iconic art style... all the recent eldritch/old world god characters are so fun and I keep being surprised by the originality of their designs.

Check em out: @dimetrodone or @dimetrodrawn 

[worms-are-better-than-me]

@feral-worm​ dimetrodrawn’s OC Juno, who is her interpretation of the greek/Roman goddess of the same name (aka Hera)

[dimetrodone]

Henlo i was wondering if you are taking commissions (or will be soon?) im on mobile so i cant see ur links if you have prices up oop///

I'm currently not taking commissions and don't know when I am atm, I'll post on my art blog at dimetrodrawn if I ever am tho