#my drawing style is inconsistent as shit

[lefttoesucker]

*Throws this at you and runs away cutely*

The card in question:

I hope y'all know this one

[karamazovanon]

your art is so amazing i cant stress this enough every time i see any of your drawings i want to rb it 763924 times and go feral

AHHH THANK YOU <333 this ask made my day so in exchange here is a super secret mitya wip that is part of a bigger thing...........

[blurrycow]

some gerards for your pleasure

[yoinkschief]

Fuck I blacked out

What have I done with my hands

[definitely18]

My headcanon of Burt Curtis. He's really casual. And yeah I didn't bother putting much effort into the hat and headphones.

no hat version

[sweetlovingfictionals]

Fucks sake I can’t even do something as simple as drawing rn what is wrong with me.

[lyriumsings]

need to make a calendar with my friends names in it so i can actually start gifting art lol

[aloe-vera-ghost]

bruh when i first saw the tracing accusation /style theft thing my damn anxiety made me think it was about me cause I sometimes use sebby as a reference on how to draw Vergil's head shape

[spilledjupina]

AHHH I DREW THIS ON THE BACK OF MY SPANISH HOMEWORK, I WAS SO PROUD. BUT I NEVER GOT IT BACK BXIWKMFMRK. At least I hope my spanish teacher saw it and put it on his fridge or something 💀

[urlocalbitchboy]

Hello my name is Mikky, and I am king of inconsistent art styles, and sloppy shading

It also occurred to me that I only ever draw sad shit, so have some cute Huntlow!

[rainderthesomeone]

Hope im not late to the party :D

saw this trending in the tf2 comunity thought Id take a crack at it, also gave me an excuse to play around with my inconsistent shit art style lol, also while drawing, got a little idea on what I can do next..... not making 2d comics, still sticking with gmod

for anyone else who wants to give this a shot :>

[downthedraincomic]

Here's the first of many art dumps, a bunch of doodles and shit from jan-march 2022, not including spoilery stuff or characters I havent introduced just yet

I was still trying to figure out my style, i didnt know if i want to draw closer to the canon style or just make up my own shit its all pretty inconsistent ghhhh. I even added some panels from the first few pages I made with no script (IT SUCKED SO BAD) and just a vague idea for the story 🗿 AND I DIDNT EVEN DRAW BGS I JUST BLURRED SCREENSHOTS RAHHH

Also Sam was barely even a character at this point, she was super basic in the story unlike Brandon but I mean at that point he was an oc I've had for 5+ years at that point and she was just. The girlfriend.

Anyways, more incoming soon👁️👁️ 

[utilitycaster]

also like, the cast approves the official art right? the official artist does not just make changes however they please

so i understand it not being up to your taste or whatever but this is how the cast wanted it to be, so being rude to the official artist accomplishes absolutely nothing

So here’s the thing: it’s totally fine to not like the cast's decisions! I think a lot of the weirdness I feel exists and talk about frequently is that there’s this unevenness and inconsistency in who you can criticize and the content of that criticism. Like, the main reason why ship discourse is so fucking fraught is because no one ever says “I wanted these two characters to kiss and then they didn’t and I’m sad.” It has to be “This guy’s story was clearly building up to a roaring rampage of revenge and this player was clearly avoiding their backstory and was obviously burnt out on the character and this character was clearly being infantilized in the ship I didn’t like and convenient, isn’t it how almost all of this is in the passive voice and I’m not actually coming out and saying I personally simply wasn’t happy with the choices the cast made?”

What’s also super telling is that I keep seeing the exact term “yassified” with regards to Fearne (and to a lesser extent Imogen). First off, whenever I see a very specific turn of phrase repeatedly it’s always a bit of a sign of like…does the person posting this actually feel this way in their individual thoughts or are they just parroting others. But what’s far more interesting is that Friederichs has outright said she fell somewhat short of Ashley’s intentions with regards to Fearne in the initial art, and was able to better grasp the uncanny and too-bright nature of the character now that she's seen the character in action for much longer.

It’s not really about what the cast wants. It’s literally as basic as “they changed it and I don’t like change.” And to be clear that’s very human and understandable. Before going back for my grad degree I worked in a tech role that bridged the gap between developers and end users, and people will lose their shit over minor cosmetic changes in software, let me tell you - but it’s also not rational, and it doesn’t need to be justified. A big part of life is realizing that brains are to an extent wired to be sensitive to changes in their environment, but if it’s a harmless change, it’s often beneficial to take a deep breath and let it sit for a while before knee-jerk deciding you hate it.

But I think my biggest gripe is that like, we’ve just seen the immensely swollen heads unofficial fan artists get about their work. We’ve seen people come up with truly bananacrackers faux social justice reasons to defend every hack who thinks they’re making a ~*statement*~ by drawing Imogen wearing the same exact style of glasses as twenty other people. We’ve even seen unofficial fan artists claim that their ability to make work that people will pay for is in fact evidence of their validity and contributions compared to others in the fandom. And then the second a fan artist actually gets paid by the production because they liked her art enough to hire her, it’s open season, apparently.

Personally? I strongly suspect the reason why the art of female characters in the cast gets the most criticism is because the weird refusal of many fans to be normal and say ‘hey I don’t love their choice in roleplay here’ means there’s just gallons of simmering toxic resentment about the women in the cast and their characters and choices below the surface, and somehow the official artists (who have also all been women) are considered an acceptable target for this bile.

There are also people I respect who aren’t loving the art! I think that’s a completely reasonable response. But they’re not making up a zillion reasons why actually they are correct, or yapping about it in highly visible places! It's fine to dislike it - just admit this is a personal preference with nothing deep behind it and keep it out of the tags! Like, part of why I’m so fucking wild about this relatively minor thing is when I (and others) have made untagged “I’m not a fan of this choice” posts I’ve gotten a barrage of anons thinking it’s time to change my mind and how dare you the cast likes it but for the official art it’s suddenly totally cool to be a huge fucking asshole in public.

[accidicmagic]

My friend wanted me to draw these for him,

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These were all “draw your favs” prompts we got of twt/x, I love drawing weird ass shit. Lmao,

Also, don’t take these (mostly the first one) too seriously, made for fun and to be silly. If you want the originals these are based off I’ll send them to you, or I’ll put them in the comments, idk yet

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If I’m being honest I’m lowkey re-learning how to use this app, I haven’t been on here in like 5 years, lol.

+ inconsistent art style bc these were just things I wanted to draw without worrying about keeping a singular art style.

[maaku030]

Hi, I'm new :P

Hi I'm Maaku, I am new to Tumblr and I am not that good with social media. I draw traditionally and digitally... Most artworks I make are SFW (like 80%) and sometimes I draw NSFW and weird shits. My art style is also inconsistent... Like very inconsistent. Realism, Semi-realism, Cartoon, Anime. The style depends on my mood and my art medium, but you'll mostly see me using semi-realism and cartoon styles. (I am also currently broke and need money for school. If you are interested, I am open for commissions :D) I am 17 years old from the Philippines (Sorry for being Filipino :( /j). I like going to the gym and listening to music. I used to be a diehard anime watcher, but now I only occasionally watch anime with my father/sister (I currently like JJK). I like horror movies and weird apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic-themed series. Anyway, I hope I prosper in Tumblr :DD Here's an artwork I did last year

[ozwuv]

I would like to draw more but I find myself overthinking it and then losing motivation. So, I was wondering if you ever had a similar issue and if so what do you do to stay motivated and not overthink?

Really good question actually!

What nipped the overthinking for me was just completely dropping the planning stage of drawing. I don't put much thought into composition, colors, etc. I don't have any solid ideas of how I want things to look before I begin. Obligatory disclaimer that this is from my perspective as a hobbyist and therefore not practical for an aspiring professional, & this is gonna sound like BS but hear me out lol

Most of the time the only things I have in mind are 1. What character(s) I want to draw and 2. A vague idea of the atmosphere I want the finished product to convey. And "finished" can mean a lot of things -- a messy sketch can be finished, a fully rendered piece I spent an entire day could be finished. A common pitfall people fall into is having an impractically rigid idea of what a "finished" drawing is and subsequently what they want their art to look like, all the bells and whistles etc, when realistically your art is never going to look exactly how it did in your head. But is that really such a bad thing?

I guess the overarching concept is to just fall in love with the process and enjoy the journey rather than the destination. This obviously sounds easier than it is in reality, but imo people focus way too hard on what they're producing rather than how and why they're producing it. Other people loving what you draw and praising it is wonderful, but if you don't enjoy the process, what was the point? Drawing (and I would venture to say most other forms of art in general) becomes a chore with that mindset applied.

A lack of planning may very well mean you wind up drawing a lot of stuff that doesn't seem interesting, maybe haphazard, difficult to parse, etc, but this is all your perception. It's cliché, but there is always going to someone out there that adores something you think looks like a dumpster fire, and that applies to the things you draw too. Over time, just doing whatever you want and enjoying the process has this trickle effect that will improve your output. In the same vein, constantly overthinking will also inevitably trickles into your output. You can often tell when someone enjoyed the process of something they drew vs when it was just a slog for them to get through (at least relative to their other works).

I would venture to say that you could spend your entire life studying and could be the most technically knowledgeable person about illustration ever in the world, but if you don't genuinely love the process, your work will never be as good as it could be if you did.

If you finish something and think it looks like shit that's always a bummer, but if you had fun with it, I think that was time worth spending. I've said this before, but most of the time I only truly dislike something I've drawn when I spent any part of the process frustrated with how it was going. It's counterintuitive, but I really think that placing so much emphasis in how you want the finished product to look is what ultimately is going to make it look like shit to you.

All that being said, once you do get past that initial overthinking phase, you can start to get more specific with planning and whatnot. The key is to just stop holding onto the idea of what you want and allowing things to develop as you go. Your art will naturally improve this way since you're actually enjoying it. To me, that's what people mean when they say they can tell something was made with love.

Side note: Let go of the need to be consistent/have a developed style. Just let yourself be inconsistent. You don't need strict consistency unless you're like an animator who needs to keep characters on-model or something. Experimenting is not only way more fun, but leads to improvement and discovering new things to implement into your process/style at large.

Tl;dr just get a lil silly w it :3c