More Sketches From Skool!!

chat a friendly reminder… get yo 2 step aunthentication. I got hacked today and had a blast trying to recover my account. Keep yourself safe out there, pals.

['𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 '𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞' 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?'

`𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘖𝘕𝘌! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦!'

'𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐚.']

HEYYY TUMBLR!! It's my pleasure to introduce yall to the two morons my brain has come up with - Chimney and Arlo. They're gay smth smth. VERY SILLY. Expect to see more of them in the future.

(btw Chims is made outta smoke and Arlo is a lantern thing-? Whatever, ya get the drill)

Also the second arrow was meant to be pointing to Arlo but whatever im too tired to fix it its 11.35pm rn

'two sides of insanity! fun guaranteed!'

So silly. Was bored in skool again.

and a close up. i love puzzle angst

”….Are you one of those people?”

Teaser 3.

Please stay tuned!

Old men yaoi?

If anyone writes a fic about these two for the love of yaoi send it to me

This ship is epic, like it more than marware tbh

this is. Also a teaser. I guess.

you people will either love or hate me for what im working on right now :))

please can we do inbox trick-or-treating this year. can we make that a thing on tumblr. please please please please please

LOWKEY TWEAKING RN. THANK U SM

Any tips for artist tryna improve their art? Love ur art and would love to some tips and tricks of yours! ^^

BOOHOO;; THANK YOU!! THAT'S SUCH A NICE COMPLIMENT TO ME;; Like what do you mean you like what I do enough that you want to hear some tips from me!! DON'T MAKE ME CRY FHDJKSA

I really really tried to make things short for you but I don't think I was very successful dkhkdh but I hope you find them useful!! <3

Tracing (not the stealing kind):

Tracing is not bad when it's used to study, some of my college assignments were copying renaissance artists' sketches! Hell, when I was a kid I used to trace Undertale fanart I liked and look where I'm at fhjkads

When you study other people's styles, you can actually gather a lot of information like line weight or proportions, colors, even stylization. So get your favorite artists' pieces and really look at them for a long time, draw them, then apply what you learn into your own art. Just be careful to not steal or claim something as your own!

Focus on one area at a time:

Now you have to chose one area to practice on. You could tackle on many at a time but I find it easier to pinpoint what I would like to do first and then move on to the next thing.

There's a lot of subjects you can go into like anatomy, rendering, backgrounds, but you just have to find one area in them and get a lot of references.

For anatomy you can go into: muscle movement, figure drawing, body parts in different angles.

Rendering: Shading, lighting, color theory.

Backgrounds: Point perspective, different camera angles, landscapes or detailed room scenes.

Don't overwhelm yourself either! Take one thing at a time!

Dear god get a reference board:

Pinterest really helped me find styles I wanted to study and anatomy tips to incorporate in my art. It really relates to my first point but having an actual compilation of how things look next to you really helps. It also helps keeping them organized like so:

Do The Thing™️ anyway:

I know it's repetitive but it genuinely works you have to trust me, practice does make progress. Stop letting fear hold you back on compositions you think are great or believe you don't have "enough skills yet" to work on them. You will never get enough skills if you don't try.

My college classes forced to pick up watercolors and paint backgrounds and I learned a lot just from trying it out. Make mistakes!! Have fun! That's how you truly improve on your skills!

Be patient and loving with yourself (and your art!):

I cannot stress enough how important it is to love your art in order to grow. You NEED to learn how to be patient with your art AND your journey because it will never compare to anyone's!! Art is not a competition nor a race, it's a medium to express yourself through a process you like. That's why there's millions of art styles and why each of them cater to a different audience!

Once you do, you can actually ask important questions like "Did I like the process? What can I improve on next time? What's something I liked I want to continue incorporating into my art?", and it helps with self esteem too.

And last but not least:

Have fun!!

Art is a journey of self-discovery, it's not meant to be something that weighs you down or makes you feel bad when you're not working on it. Take constant breaks! No matter how short or how long! If you get tired or incredibly frustrated at it, then it's probably best you take a break from it!

Thank you for listening and supporting me!! I love you!!

Keeping it together