A Light In The Dark

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What a guy.

School's been killing me as always, but I managed to get this out!! I love watercolours still haha

So silly

We have one more Saturday before Christmas hits. And I’m just saying. Smg4 has the funniest opportunity for a Christmas special.

sketches from a drawing stream i did with my friends…

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!!

OH FUCK! THIS IS TRUE ABOUT ME TOO!

When first jumping into the tumblrspace, I was... More than afraid to see people mischaracterize him or put him in rather weird situations, but I was honestly pleasantly surprised that around 95% of the folks here just. GET HIM.

LIKE HOW. HOW DOES A COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND A CHARACTER SO GODDAMN WELL. AAAAA

Anyway, back to the stuffs. As you mentioned here, PEOPLE HERE ARE. SO. FUCKING. NICE. Literally. I feel like some people in this fandom really do treat themselves like family atp and its just. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

NOT TO MENTION THAT I MET ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THERE (wink wink Nonsense) and just. Woah. I didn't know this even could be possible.

And all of that thanks to a funny TV man.

So. Thanks a lot SMG4, Puzzles, and most of all, our wonderful community that will continue growing in other interesting artists, singers, animators and anything else.

Stay puzzling~

Okay…I’m gonna say something and I’m gonna say it now

Throughout my time on Tumblr, I have mainly been invested in Mr. Puzzles content, but there’s something I wanted to say that I feel like deserves more recognition about this side of the fanbase

The Mr. Puzzles fandom on Tumblr is so far the NICEST, most SUPPORTIVE fandom I have ever met on any platform and in general

Other fandom communities I have been in haven’t given me a big experience such as this one. I didn’t really interact with many Lion King/Guard fans that much and all I had for interaction was fandom.com, but I only talked there once in a while and because The Lion Guard is over, I haven’t really focused on it that much because there isn’t really anything new to talk about as much as I still 100% love the series. I went to the SMG3 fandom in 2021, but can never really fully go back to it because of my traumatizing past experiences both with other members and me being an overly cringy and disgusting delinquent

But the Mr. Puzzles side of Tumblr I tell you…it’s like being stranded in a cold, icy, snowy forest to be welcomed inside a warm, cozy cabin where everyone is welcome and family. The experiences the Mr. Puzzles fandom has given me has honestly made me so much happier, confident, and comfortable. I tell you what, when I first started interacting with Mr. Puzzles fans on this website (and outside this website), I was more nervous than a person with stage fright acting in a play as the main character, but when I got out of my comfort zone, it was one of the best decisions I made. It was a similar experience when I stumbled upon @/hplonesomeart’s most popular video (Mr. Puzzles is old). I watched the video and loved the animation so much that I wanted to compliment her, but I was scared to death because I thought I was going to have the same experience I usually do with specific people on YouTube videos and embarrass myself, but when I got the email that my comment was hearted, that gave me relief. This fandom gave me so many friends and ability to interact with amazing people who are positive, supportive, kind, caring, empathetic, don’t hold on to grudges, and won’t judge. It’s a really nice place to be

I feel like the Mr. Puzzles fandom on this platform has made my high levels of anxiety plummet down. I know there are other platforms of the Mr. Puzzles fandom I have not encountered that might be more kind than Tumblr, but as of now I feel like every Mr. Puzzles fan on this website treats everybody like family

I wanted to thank everyone in the Mr. Puzzles Tumblr Community who hasn’t just helped my anxiety, but helped other peoples’ anxiety and made them feel like they were welcome

(I finished writing this at 11:34 PM and I have to wake up at like 8 AM tomorrow…RIP my sleep…worth it though 😭)

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WHAT THE RUCK I LOVE THIS

some swap au comics 😭😭😭😭

Stupid mfs

I am paying attention and listening to the lesson at hand.