mangie / 18

i wanna be more active on here so i can revive my account nwn

Here, have a shitpost i made

Okay.

I don’t post here often, but I want to get my message out there - THANK YOU. To everyone who likes my art, who reblogs my art, who follows me and likes my art every time - thank you.

I would have never gotten this far if it weren’t for you guys. I don’t get a ton of likes on here, but I know some of you do like me elsewhere, whether that’d be Discord, Insta, or just plain ol’ Deviantart.

Below you will see the story behind one of my popular old arts versus one I created today and was super proud of.

This is one of the first drawings I made digitally when I first started taking digital art seriously. I didn’t know how to shade, I never would’ve thought that Google would help me, and the program? I believe it was Krita, which I still occasionally use.

I also didn’t know how to properly use the tools, the layer modes, or the layers themselves. This picture had maybe three layers.

Overall, this picture took me around an hour to make and it doesn’t look the best at ALL.

Now, we get to today:

This is my most latest drawing. Shading is something I am superb at, I use Google ALL the time for tips, tricks, and tutorials, and the program is Paint Tool SAI 2.

I have so many custom brushes that I use to make my drawings pop. This picture has almost 40 layers.

Overall, this picture took me 3-4 hours to make, and I gotta say... Looks pretty damn good to me

I just wanted to make this post, not to flex my improvement or anything, but to those artists on here, who were stuck like I was: Improvement happens. It could happen fast, like with me, or slow. But either way, if you practice, and draw a lot, mess around with custom brushes, shading styles, and layer modes, you’ll get there. 

Improvement happens at different speeds for everyone, so don’t be down on yourself if you practice often and don’t get very far. Try out new programs! Try out different tools and brushes! Hell, I bought some brushes recently for my art program and they work great.

(Also, if you’re wondering, “Who is this character that you draw so much?” It’s my AU Flippy. It’s a Skyrim/HTF mashup that I made before I started drawing. So any HTF accounts out there that reblog HTF fanarts, just know that this is HTF, just a different AU. I promise there’s more art coming for the other canon characters, not just Dragonborn Flippy!)

Yay! I finished it!

OKAY SO

I’m the creator of the *very* original AU, I like to call it “Adventure” since that was it’s first name, but it’s basically Skyrim and HTF mashed up

And this is my Dragonborn Flippy!!

Sorry I haven’t been super active here haha. I’m going to start being more active here too!!

Have this drawing I made yesterday <3

(It’s supposed to be Tiger General on the right up close, but idk how to draw, so-)