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The reason why introvert people were careful around strangers, even friends.

But what if I like awkward conversations?

Happy (late) White Day

Every true artist is at war with the world.

Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (via music-and-quotes)

Exactly!

Back to Work.

a bunch of 2020 crossover draws because i cannot be stopped

good artist tips

there’s always gonna be someone better than you. try to work less on comparing yourself to their work and instead learning from them and turning envy into a personal challenge for your own stuff. i know its hard, trust me.

the best way to get better at art is to practice. there is no special trick to improving, no secret method. practice makes perfect is a tired old saying that im sure you dont want to hear but unfortunately, its true.

draw as much as you are able to. i wont say draw every day!!! because i know that there are folks that dont have this sort of luxury, whether it be because of physical or mental restrictions, or simply because they dont have time. draw whenever you can and have the strength to. try not to be too upset if you miss a day or a week or even months. shit happens, do the best you are able to.

if you get bored or stuck, try another way. change mediums if you can, flip the canvas, do something weird that you wouldnt normally do. sometimes this is the best way to un-stick yourself from art block.

dont be afraid to ask for help. this is so important! its ok to ask for assistance from other artists you admire (given that they have time to give pointers.) even if asking for help is straight up asking for a redline of your work, its ok to ask for it. improvement doesnt come without outside assistance, more often than not.

references are 100% a legitimate resource. i’m not really sure where the idea came from that real artists dont use references, but its not true. every renaissance painter used references in the form of in-house models. disney artists use references of animals and people to correctly model and then correctly exaggerate their designs. you cant learn to draw the world around you without actually studying it. use references, even if its just google searching.

your art is not an island. you will pick up styles from other people like tape picks up pet hair. its inevitable, and its not something that should be seen as a negative. artists inspire other artists. use your discretion, and study what you like about another artist’s work. every artist’s style is a mashup of a hundred other artists. its ok, experiment.

youre not going to make masterpieces all the time. youre gonna suck more often than not. but youre putting effort into something you enjoy and in the process you are getting better, slowly but surely. you arent going to see your stuff improve overnight, be patient.

please be kind to yourself. you are making a unique form of artistic expression, regardless whether you see it that way or not. youre doing fine, please keep going and pat yourself on the back for getting this far.

I don’t know why I did another one of these when I could’ve worked on an update. Oh well

just a little morning practice 

how to draw arms ? ? 

#014 Lame Superpowers

For many people, acquiring superpowers would be a dream come true. You’d be able to protect the world from evil, become an intergalactic celebrity, probably meet other superheroes. But not all superpowers are created equal. Not everyone can shift their shapes or envision lasers or turn their arms into super-sonic-plasma-ultra-cannons (Super-Sonic-Plasma-Ultra-Cannon Man gets like really pissy when you don’t say the whole thing so our hands are kind of tied here). Some guys get stuck with powers like jelly and/or jam vision (for all you sandwiching needs) or the power to generate a gloomy rain cloud directly above their head and nowhere else (excellent for watering hat plants). Some people just have to make their peace with the fact that they have lame powers.

Now, fear not (y’all best not be fearing!) having lame superpowers doesn’t mean you can’t be a superhero. When you have lame superpowers there are basically two directions you can go. You can either try to find clever ways to use your ridiculous abilities to actually help people. Or, you can just totally lean into it and establish yourself as a ridiculous superhero.

Not Leaning into it:

If you’re going to try to establish yourself as a legitimate serious hero when all you’ve got is the power to shoot maple syrup from your armpits (part of a well-balanced breakfast!) you need to understand that you’ll probably still be seen as a ridiculous superhero. Even if you try to pass yourself off as really serious and wear only black and carry a submachine gun and wear an eyepatch. Even if you become a super gritty killing hero. If your powers consist of you being able to regrow your eyebrows at an alarming rate after they’ve been shaved or blown off (handy if you’re a mad scientist prone to developing potions that explode your eyebrows off), you’re not going to be taken seriously. If you’ve got lame superpowers and insist on the public taking you seriously break out the cardboard paper and the glitter glue cuz you’re gonna need to get creative. You can always just keep the fact that you even have any superpowers a secret and establish yourself as a serious player in the superheroing game that way. If you keep your powers a secret your enemies won’t think to prepare for them so you’ll always have a secret ace in the hole if a bad guy has you on the ropes. If a bad guy thinks they have a non-powered hero captive they’ll definitely be caught off guard when you suddenly reveal that you’ve had the power to turn your mouth into a confetti cannon (the most festive of powers) the entire time. Another option is to determine the best situations for your power to be made useful and then only show up at those times. For example, if you have the power to turn into an adorable kitten only respond to crimes being committed by people with known allergies to adorable kittens. (You’d be surprised how many super villains are allergic to adorable kittens. Maybe it is their inability to interact with adorable kittens that caused them to go astray in the first place.)

Leaning into it:

Establish yourself as the go-to guy or gal or gecko for dealing with ridiculous super crimes. If some new criminal appears and declares his intention to steal mustaches in order to power his personal WMDs that’s a job for you. If an alien conqueror lands in the middle of Washington DC and demands that some sitcom from the ‘90s be brought back, make sure you’re the guy or gal or gecko they call. If somebody kidnaps a world famous clown and makes them tell jokes at their nephew’s birthday party, it should fall to you to make sure that world famous clown is safely rescued and returned to his under-sized-surprisingly-spacious car. You need to be the hero people turn to in desperation when they’ve been laughed at by all the other mainstream heroes with the cool powers. Keep that up long enough and you’ll no doubt start receiving tons of calls from superhero organizations offering you positions on their teams. After all, every super-team needs its comic relief. Becoming a loud and proud superhero with lame powers is an all-or-nothing process, if you choose to lean into it you need to accompany your ridiculous powers with a ridiculous codename and a ridiculous costume. Maybe even get yourself a good bumbling sidekick. Or a trained monkey! Those are fun. Serious heroes can’t get away with crap like that. Being a ridiculous hero is way more fun.