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hey guys… long time no see…

question!!! do you use refs for your pieces or just wing it? cause if its latter hooooly moly man. swooning in awe and reverence

yo! thank you so much!!

simply put, sometimes i do use references and sometimes i dont

when i do, i usually refer to at least 3 photos i find particularly inspiring and strive to produce something unique as opposed to outright replication of a single image. often times these photos are from the depths of pinterest or just ones i took myself

however i will say that there is no shame in using references, especially with regards to studies and practice pieces! they make things wayyyy faster and easier for artists, and are hella useful in mastering the nuances of anatomy, lighting and poses

ive noticed that theres a lot of stigma surrounding the usage of references in the art community, and id be lying if i said i was never ashamed of utilising them myself. but remember, even prestigious renaissance artists had muses. using a reference to speed up the process doesnt outright nullify years of cumulative experience and skill!!

anyway, heres a shitty doodle while i work on some actual pieces

dont look at it too hard

It took me a while and sorry for this for not being related to striders nor homestuck at all.

Original Pic here

woahoahh now that is absolutely gorgeous

ayo

happy birthday to me… drew this at midnight to commemorate

I'd love to see the tips for the progress of rendering if you can.

Nevertheless, good luck with school and remember you are the coolest cat ever to exist.

<3

oh man this made my day now YOU are the coolest cat to ever exist

since my most recent drawing was done in greyscale and simply adjusted with gradient maps, i thought id base a ‘tutorial’ off my second most recent piece since it has more substance to it

sorry if this isnt the most helpful haha… feel free to modify and interpret the following ‘advice’ as you wish, i am not at ALL qualified to be teaching people shit about art i kinda just fuck around and hope it looks cool in the end

let me know if yall are interested in a greyscale/gradient map tutorial

but forreal you should make one of those art drama channels where u fix peoples art so there are less annoying ass fucking 26 year olds who talk like assholes on purpose and being intentionally divisive and annoyingggg running those channels that genuinely suck balls and dick and cock at art . like ok i shoudlnt be saying this to a 14 year old. sorry for the naughty words. balls are the orange things with black lines on them on a baskertball cvourt. mihcale jordan.. yeah..... he was tall as fuuuck boy. anyway ur art is cool and made me have an internal crisis because i am like almost 3 years older than u and leagues behind. but that's ltierally so cringe because we both love skibid toilet because we are both basically children so oh my god so much in common! wha tthe fukkk this is like when the hipies invaded the white house. or sonmething. i love peace and love on the earth oh m god dude skibidi bop yes yes. skbidi biden is kind of fucking hard as fuck though bro i aint even gon lie to u i aint even holdin u to that it kind of is actual heat,. this is on anon man, but i dont even care, i speak for the communitnmy, i hope u never sell ur soul for the art world and community, but if u do, i hope u make a shit ton of money for it because art youtubers are fucking annoying as shit but make a ton of money. do it bro i swear to god youll get huge if u lean into the 14 yr old thing god DAMN im old now oh my goddd DONT GO INTO A RETAIL JOB!!!!!! well, u should for the experience, but DONT GET STUCK THERE AT LEAST. EXPLOIT YOUR COMPANIES TIME. SLACK OFF ON THEJOB. UNIONIZE SECRETLY AND DONT TOLERATE NARCS AND SNITCHES. art "fixing" channels are lowkey scabs like they are the type to be worker scabs but also god damn man they are a scab on the art community cus theyre ANNOYING AS FUCKKK I DONT CARE IF THEYRE ETHICAL ONES THEYRE ANNOYING. I literally dont fucking take them seriously like oh my god ok bro yes aw ohm y god wow! anyway. becvome one of the scabs. the art youtube scavbs not a worker scab. make money. then dip and god please god dont turn 26 ever, i have ten good years maybe and then boom iim that colleen girl and i have to killmyself! dont do it !!! dont do it

holy shit wow. that is a whole disquisition and a half

thank you though i appreciate the fact that you took the time outta your day to spam my inbox with kind (and equally as questionable) words!!

i havent really been able to draw cus of exam season but here you go chew on this stupid dirk doodle til i have the time to whip up something a little less ballsy