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snailythefan · 5 months

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[Crawls through the floor covered in blood] time i came out clean. last month was a whole lot of Dealing with Real Life (not all bad to be fair but it also was 2 weeks of having a cold) so i actually didn't do a lot of art. at all. so uhm. I missed my own comic deadline 😔 sniffles

and i saw some messages in my inbox too, thank you for being so nice to me while i was gone dealing with [Sounds Of Bones Crunching.mp3] ! will reply properly soon.

so "when is the next part of the comic going to be posted" at this point hopefully once i get to my holiday break but who's to say really.

I've been dealing with some irl problems lately (nothing too horrible or anything, just you know, life problems) so that has taken my drawing time too. It is what it is but hopefully things will calm down soon enough that I can go back to having real free time.

Anyway.

Thanks for listening (reading?), may you guys have a lovelier time out there ☆

#snaily talks

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snailythefan · 6 months

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TEST INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL---! I am no longer bound to Silence... i am now... FREE (to reply to anyone and anything my god this changes the game)

QUICK SOMEONE REPLY ANYTHING TO THIS POST

#snaily talks #i can finally... interact more with people here dhaddhsadj #probably! i am still away a lot of the time but hey. this is an absolute win for me

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snailythefan · 6 months

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QUICK SOMEONE REPLY ANYTHING TO THIS POST

#TESTING MY ABILITY TO FINALLY COMMUNICATE IN REPLIES #snaily talks

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snailythefan · 6 months

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Hello, ima new fan around here, but I wanted to share some art of what I kinda expect the next page to be.

I hope you like it.

Ima pencil paper artist, and I am not a coloring type of person, but I really hope you enjoy

AGSHDHJFFJ I LOVE IT GENUINELY I especially adored the Live Kris Reaction so much that I was compelled to make one in my style

Thank you so much for sharing! 😭💕 I’m flattered my comic inspired you to make fanart of it

#I swear I’ll hurry up and post the next parts…!!#I’ve just been so busy lately oughhhh #anyway this made me smile so thank u for being a fan!#ask box #midnight--umbreon

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snailythefan · 6 months

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Hi Snaily! How have you been? Im here for a pretty serious ask.

My boyfriend has been drawing for a while, I honestly think he's doing real good. But recently he's been feeling down about his art, he doesn't know why he should bother improving his art if his style is *basic* to some people, and it hurts a lot for him. He knows he should be drawing for fun and not force improvement to stress him out, but there's only so much I can do as his loving partner who doesn't draw at all.

So... what was it like for you, Snaily? When you started drawing many years back, how did you not feel like shit looking at how it could be better but you don't know how? What advice can you give to a beginner artist?

(You can answer this privately if you want btw, and ask me for his art if you need to see them. Much love <3)

hi peng!! always nice to hear from u! I'm gonna reply to this publicly because to be honest i can't resist to give this kind of advice to any and all beginner artists (but i am putting it under a readmore because as you know i love to ramble and this will get LOOONNNGGG and will Truly be The Ramblings of a Mad Man (gender neutral))

firstly, since I hear that he feels hurt by the idea that people out there might find his style "basic". That's a rookie mistake (that literally everyone makes when they start getting Serious about Art). The mistake being Caring Profoundly About an Outside Audience that's Ever Watching and Judging.

Which I literally cannot blame him or anyone for it, ESPECIALLY in this modern social media landscape where newer artists feel like they gotta get GOOD at the VIRAL RAT RACE so you gotta get that sweet, sweet validation in the form of likes, reblogs, retweets etc etc.

So that's my first tip I suppose: don't fall for the entrapment of being obsessed with getting any and all sorts of SWEET VALIDATION during your art process. This is hard to condition yourself to! I myself fall prone to it! It's actually kind of natural. Even if the validation you seek isn't online, surely you're expecting it from your peers or teachers or family members or whoever gets to look at your sketchbook (or you know, your medium of choice).

You want people to notice your art and all the effort you put into it. It's okay! DO welcome those who do!! But never NEVERRRRRR NEVERRRRRR commit the mistake of placing the value of your art on how much praise it gets from others. That's a one trip road on having an Absolute Bad Time. THE ONLY PERSON you should be looking to make happy with your art is YOURSELF first and foremost!!! Always!!! This is the Golden Rule!!!

So people (imagined or otherwise) think his style is """Basic""". Okay! That's literally not a crime anyone can arrest you for!! So what if you're LITERALLY starting and your art looks """basic"""!!!!!!! WHAT IS THE CRIME HERE!!!! CAN'T MY MAN JUST CREATE IN PEACE!!!! LET HIM COOK!!!!!

If he's starting out, i think it's pretty expected of him to just have a "basic" style you know? He shouldn't be ashamed of it! The best chef in the entire world right now didn't start making The Most Delicious Food To Ever Grace Anyone's Plate on DAY 1. They probably started with a goshdang sandwich. Many of them maybe. Until they could make the Perfect Sandwich even in their Sleep and only until then they felt ready enough to explore Further Possibilities In The Kitchen.

(Is this metaphor working? I sure hope it is!)

Anyway.

"How did you not feel like shit looking at how it could be better but you don't know how?"

Well that's a fun question because to this day I get extremely frustrated whenever I realize my Art Level isn't up to my standards. But THAT'S OKAY- even in my case!

If you're Serious About Art (as in, you LOVE making art) you'll constantly feel like you're having to catch up to artists that are doing MILES better than you. Which happens to everyone. Truly it's only the curse of having A Good Taste In Art (so you automatically Set Standards For Yourself based on what you personally consider Great Art).

So again, something to not be ashamed of. But also something to Learn To Live with. I get it!! I truly do!! You see some guy online who apparently is only 14 and they're already making compositions with complex perspectives and an amazing sense of color theory and you'll want to bite off your hands!!!! But you can't let that stop you!!

You're just gonna have to learn to Fail, Constantly. Failing Gracefully! Sucking At Art Again and Again!

You might think this conflicts with the Golden Rule (i mean, if you're not happy with your own art- then what's the point yeah?)

But it's all about Love babey. Loving the process of failing constantly, because deep down you REALIZE you're learning how not to suck little by little.

It's also an exercise in letting Spite guide you. So what if you're bad!!!!!! What if you've somehow committed the crime of being A Bad Artist!!!!!! The cops will never catch me fucker!!!!! SEE HOW I DESECRATE THE HOLY ACT OF "CREATING GOOD ART" AHAHAHAHA!!!! LITERALLY NOBODY CAN STOP ME!!!!! <- the attitude to Have. Yes you gotta be prepared to be Unhinged and to have active Disdain towards 4th Plane Entities that are probably judging your art quality. (Unless my experiences aren't universal and nobody else feels a salacious self-satisfaction whenever they draw something that looks like an affront to The Universe, knowing they can just Try Again).

Anyway those are the benefits of sprinkling a little Spite alongside all the Love for the process of Making Art.

At the start you might feel like you're only making bad art. So! Own it! unironically my life philosophy is that everyone should make more BAD ART!!! ARTISTS OF THE WORLD UNITE TO MAKE MORE BAD ART, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS!

that's for the mental approach at least.

So, what about the technical side? How do you actually take all those feelings of inadequacy and wrangle them into something productive that will help YOU get better at the art you want to make?

with the warning that i am a self taught artist so i might not the the perfect person to ask, but truly the most IMPORTANT skill you want to hone is OBSERVATION and COPYING WHAT YOU OBSERVE.

Basically you're gonna study the artists you like! You're gonna stare REAL HARD at the details in the art they make! And THEN. You're gonna try to copy THAT! Hell, you might even want to TRACE what they do at first** (**THIS ADVICE IS FOR PRACTICING. DO NOT TRACE AND THEN POST ONLINE FOR OTHERS TO GO "hey man wtf this is just you tracing X Artist" DO NOT!!! DO THAT!!!) just so you get a feel for what they have in their art that You Don't and learning how to slowly replicate that.

That's how I learned the ropes at least. Literally printing manga panels and then tracing over them during my Peak Weeb Years. Ah little snaily, how time flies. Another thing i liked to do was watch speedpaints of artists i liked but at like -2x speed. So it was a slowpaint and i could STEAL THEIR SECRETS <- another valuable art skill

Anyway, that's what I think it's the most important (to observe!)

...but also you might want to either take art classes OR watch a buuuuunch of tutorials on youtube for The Basics (basic anatomy! shading! values! color theory! perspective! gesture drawing!!!)

You feel like shit about your art? Fine! Then realize your life is your own and you have the absolute power to change that directly!! GO ON YOUTUBE AND LEARN THOSE BASICS!!!!!! don't be like me and struggle this much with perspective after years of making art!!!! (Though in all fairness, even those good at it struggle with it lol)

So! I am all out of advice for a newer artist.

TL,DR: YOU WILL SUCK A LOT AT FIRST BUT THE MORE YOU PRACTICE AND LEARN ABOUT YOUR FAILURES, THE MORE YOU'LL LOVE TO SEE YOUR IMPROVEMENT AND EVENTUALLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE ART YOU WANT TO MAKE.

Peng if you could forward this to your bf i would be very grateful. Good luck to you two!!! Thank you for reaching out!! And remember!! Never give up!!!!!

#ask box #pengdaw2nd #*rips off shirt to reveal shirt underneath that says I LOVE ART AND ALL IT ENTAILS*

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snailythefan · 6 months

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when page 20?

I need it

btw I'm new here, and I just have to say your art is AMAZING!!! Absolutely LOVE IT, and I am a 100% kralsei shipper, so I agree with your comic, 100% Just a fan.

hello hello! thanks for reaching out to snaily dot com!

The next pages of the comic should be ready around hmm the first week of november probably? Sorry that I don't have a fixed date yet, admittedly these are taking me a bit longer because october is a busy month with all the things i'm doing offline (busy time for spooky activities with pals, you feel?)

also thank you so much for liking my art!!! ❤ (and ohohoho hopefully the next pages have enough kralsei in them)

#anon #ask box

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snailythefan · 6 months

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when this blog finally gets the Reply from Sideblog feature its over for yall <- WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO NICE COMMENTS

also i think i didn't announce it here, but there won't be comic updates for a while since the next update will be 4 pages at once (and well, i am working on getting those ready!)

those are the snail updates so far (。・∀・)ノ

#snaily talks

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snailythefan · 6 months

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Thank you doodle for a nice donation and for the super sweet message!! 😭💕 as always, thank you for being so supportive of my art!! It means a lot to me!!

#deltarune #kris dreemurr #ralsei deltarune #kralsei #fanart #snaily's art

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snailythefan · 7 months

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