2024 Art Summary :DDD
2024 Art Summary :DDD
On December 31st 2023, I decided that 2024 was gonna be the most productive year of my life, not just in terms of art but also just with life in general. I'd say I did a pretty damn good job holding myself to that. This was the year that I worked my ass of in school to make sure I graduated on time, got my first job, and officially launched my commissions (despite not actually getting any this year, rip).
One of the resolutions I set for myself was to finish at least one project every month, and I WOULD'VE actually pulled it off if not for school getting in the way. March and April were definitely the busiest months of the year for me. I almost didn't finish my October drawing because of my job but I pulled through last minute. Overall, I completed about 70 projects this year, give or take, which is ABSOLUTELY INSANE, especially for me because I work pretty slow most of the time.
The amount I've improved this year is genuinely insane to me, like if I showed my past self all the stuff I've made, I think I would have a heart attack and perish. I feel like I'm becoming the artist I've always wanted to be, and there's still an infinite amount of things I wanna do. My 80 page google doc of ideas doesn't even begin to capture it all.
I've been considering making videos on DeviantArt to maybe give advice to struggling artists, nothing super serious, probably just little 3-5 minute rambles to hopefully spark some motivation out of people, whether it be on how to draw something, or how to approach creative challenges, or even just life advice in general. I'm probably not the most qualified to be giving out serious advice, but after everything I've done this year, I feel like all the knowledge I've gained deserves to be shared (:
I may have one other thing that I finish before 2025 if I get to it in time but no guarantees, so that's all I suppose. See you all in a year HEHHEHWHAHAHAGDHWW
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Damn move your ass I'm tryna read the caption bro damn
I've learned two things this month. One is that I think I really like drawing dinosaurs, and two is that I think I really don't like drawing robots. I chose to not draw her wings because they just took up too much space, and also were way too fuckin complicated for how frustrated I already was.
Little Moonwatcher 🌙🌕🌕
"The dragonet looked up, up, up at her mother's head and wings towering over her. She squeaked once, softly, and then stood up and shook herself, unfurling her own small wings.
Secretkeeper stared at her in awe. She was perfect, perfect in every way. Her scales gleamed as though they'd been polished; her claws were miniature curved crescents; her tail was the most perfect tail Secretkeeper had ever seen. She already looked healthier than every NightWing Secretkeeper knew, and that was enough--that was exactly why Secretkeeper had risked so much."
WHO AM I (Hailstorm/Pyrite)
Not happy with this one :C
This one was an absolute mess pretty much all the way through and I kinda hate how it turned out. I was gonna do shading but I wanted to start something else instead of trying to fix something I wasn't having fun with
The flames were supposed to spell out "WHO AM I" and in my head I was like YEAH I'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE LETTERS ONCE I COLOR IT and that didn't turn out to well. I learned something at least so I'd still call it a win in my book
I'll definitely redo this one at some point and actually make something cohesive that doesn't hurt my brain to look at
Choose one....
eternity vs inevitability
wow! hey! first post on da new art account! time to build everything back from scratch lol! anyways, here's my entry for @/tundra.skies (insta) 4000 contest! i based this guy off a flame angelfish, there's some lore 4 him under the tags! there's more art from me 2 come soon! enjoy <3
#wingsoffire #wingsoffireart #wingsoffirefanart #wingsoffireoc #seawing #seawingoc #colorofscales #wof #wofoc #woffanart #wofart #dragon #dragonart #fantasyart
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🐠Tang🐠
Tang was born in Serendipity to his father; a traveling Seawing merchant who fell in love with an alluring Rain/Sea hybrid, Tang's mother. Who it turns out was the illegitimate daughter of a Seawing prince and ended up disappearing under not so mysterious circumstances. Tang was born with a bilateral coloboma, and as a result is mostly blind. He can see varying degrees of light and shadow, but struggled growing up in the busy bustle of the Bazaar. Most of his time as a dragonet was spent attempting to escape to the beach. Much to the chagrin of his lonely father, Tang preferred to be alone, surfing and honing his craft of wood carving. He learned how to carve his own surfboards, and soon branched out into large decorative wooden pieces of various ocean animals & scenery. His one friend has been trying to convince him to apply to the Possibility School of Arts, but Tang's father, who has been lying about the circumstances of his mother's death, wants to keep him as close to home as possible. What they both don't know, is that Tang is an animus. He's somehow gone his entire life without ever realizing that he can perform magic. When Tang decides to apply and is accepted into the Rose Winglet, it is only a matter of time before his powers, and his past, finally get a chance to present themselves.
Some glory art!! I really struggled finding the right shade for the lighting, but I think it turned out okay!
