realizing with my eyes fixed i can draw traditional sketchbooks now …………… wat. game changer. (i honestly prefer digital more if only b/c scanning is a pain, but traditional is unarguably useful if you’re out and about and need a socially acceptable way of Not Talking when overstimulated.) anyway, have a 20 min mindless doodle …
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decided the best way to keep boning up on anime bgs properly is to do a bunch of random material studies … like wood (new/rotten/night), stone (same), metal, etc. to build up the mental library / muscle memory of textures i’ve done … (also to label which brushes are the best at what lol, i’m …
ohhh my gooood this is gonna be another one of those ‘i can’t believe this shit is actually fun/easy’ level ups. (i’ve been uhhh researching how to paint anime backgrounds all day today.) the hardest part was fuckin’ with the brush engine to up the saturation/value when you’re naturally dribbly/speedy in one go to mirror …
this dude from twisted sister’s music video has the funnest face
doing warmups from 80’s classics for a while …. guess which vids. 😛 those dancer dudes who could keep up with MJ deserve a massive toast.
hands became a lot more fun to doodle aimlessly when i learned to love our fleshy meatbags of endless variations. love age n’ wear on hands ~ + half study, half doodle of this mil/mercenary dude that had some epic facial hair going on.
you ever see a guy that has the most amazing ‘are you seeing this shit?’ face and have to draw it lol (this is one of the reasons i love mil meme hangouts lol.)
unironically love drawing me lmao. it’s the fucky fem!hojo vibes.
exploring this perspective hack(?) slash brain grounding exercise(?) of drawing a cube around a tricky perspective angle of whatever characters i want to draw. seems to be working so far, just needs finessin’. surprisingly effective! gets me out of the shape paralysis, makes me focus on proportion. chairs also make a GREAT warm-up with this.
my monthly scratchboards are usually about as ‘…what’ as this but far less prettily arranged. trying to compose them better this year.