Beliving In Yourself Is the Real Magic

Hypnotized Croix

Honse Diakko brought you by @belivinginyourselfistherealmagic

As a former music teacher, I can also say that "learn the fundamentals first" is the death knell for a vast percentage of beginners, especially adult learners.

I've run into this with drawing several times, where some well-meaning artist has lectured me on needing to study anatomy properly or not use shortcuts like CSP brushes. And oh, believe me, I know. I know exactly how to learn an artistic discipline in a structured way. I just...don't want to!

The thing is, I'm not aiming to be a professional artist. I want to draw my gay little anime guys. I would undoubtedly improve at art much faster if I approached every gay little anime guy drawing as a study exercise. But I would also have quit drawing a decade ago if I couldn't just let myself enjoy drawing imperfect fucked-up little guys with whatever shortcuts I needed to body myself across the finish line.

With my adult piano students, my approach was always "What's your goal?" If their goal was to learn exactly one Elton John songbook to play at parties, then...that's what we did. We'd put tape on the keys to label the notes, and just fuckin go for it. Learning exactly one Elton John songbook is a good and noble musical goal, full stop.

Some of my students needed and enjoyed a more structured approach to learning; if they wanted to be able to play classical music, then yes, scales were going to have to enter the equation at some point. And yet others would learn the Elton John songbook, catch their white whale, and realize they wanted to explore more of the ocean. The scales were still there for them to learn!

Often the choice isn't between "learn art well" and "learn art imperfectly" - the choice is between "learn art imperfectly" and "don't do art at all." To which I say, learn imperfectly! Or, what the hell, don't 'learn' art. Just do, and enjoy the doing of it.

I love doing High effort and fundamentals and learning and silly “incorrect” stuff!

Hypnotized Croix

The results of my Diakko training arc 💖✨️

I couldnt have done this without my wonderful teacher @vinzul

the amazing advice and support of @dominiie

and the help of my incredible sister @unownhere

And all the people who supported me and cheared me on along the way

Thank you so much! ✨️

After an update now you can do undo to deactivation

If I remember right you do need to reach to tumblr support in time (i think you have 30 days from when you deacrivated)

So if it was an accident I rec to hurry fixing it!

Your art is incredible and it makes me and others very happy

So leavung that blog as an archivr instead of deactivated would make me very happy to not have all that wonderful art gone 💖

And I know others feel the same

And i get sad... at least their youtube still exists but so much incredible artworks lost..... including lwa animatics 💔

I think I did reblog almost all their lwa art at some point over the years

But I didnt tag it....

I wonder if theres an app that lets you make posts you make on blue sky automatically post on tumblr too