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calowlmitygoddess · 8 months

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1. Art programs you have but don't use

I dont have them anymore but i used to have Medibang paint downloaded.

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)

Left!

3. What ideas come from when you were little

Many of them tbh, many of my characters are like 10+ years old and come from when i was a tween

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw

I actually really like to draw enviroments (in theory)

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

All, all of it, i have no self control.

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)

Hmmm i dont think so? i at least cant see any influence that wasnt there purposefully

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

sculpting! i tried to do it but gave up, still i love to see timelapses videos of people sculpiting

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

Ugh sooooo many, so many. My first characters have sort of faded away, and other projetcts i gave up halfway.

9. What are your file name conventions

Jokey, very non-serious titles. Like 'siblings road trip' or ' shit hit da fan'

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw

DRESSES!!!

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

Youtube videos, like gaming comentary or video essays

12. Easiest part of body to draw

Face and torso.

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing

Hmmm idk to be honest, i dont have one i think

14. Any favorite motifs Duality!!

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)

My room.

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing

Hmm nothing i think, i just draw things i like drawing lmao

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what

nope!

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken

None!

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)

Nature!! i love drawing nature! <- never draws nature

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy

Clothes. I like doing the folds and then the rendering

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways

Semi-realistic anime styles, or very overly detailed styles.

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any

Nonee lmao, thought i do stretch my arm/hand while drawing.

23. Do you use different layer modes

Multiply+ Overlay+ Add (glow) are my best friends

24. Do your references include stock images

Yeah sometimes.

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by

My art never gets compared LMAO. Characters ive drawn have been compared to characters that have nothing to do with them though

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended

None i think?

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with

No warm ups, we raw dogging this

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)

Currently participating in one!

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically

Music i suppose.

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated

SO MANYYYY

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sewerpigeonart · 5 years

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it occurred to me last night that i think the reason i've been feeling so dissatisfied/unfulfilled by my art lately is that i've been making almost exclusively fanart for this last year.

that's not to say that's bad; it's not even to say fanart makes me unhappy or anything like that -- i have enjoyed working on it and surely always will! -- but there is definitely a certain type of limitation in that "genre" (as it were), don't you agree? and in retrospect i believe when i did do original stuff simple as OC doodles it was much more appealing and exciting for me to both work on and complete. it's much more personal and liberating, and i think i need that extra reach of expression in my art to be happier with it.

i think that's even why i'm still so passionate and excited about working on "amber"; even though it is fanfiction, it's also so much my own that i derive a lot of joy from writing it.

i don't mean this to sound like some sort of farewell or forsaking of fanart; of course not! but i simply don't want it to be my dominant work anymore as it has been. not even that that was a conscious choice; i just wanted to make fan content. but i spend a lot of time thinking about my original stories/characters and feeling sad that i "can't" work on them and it's like... why am i telling myself that lol. i think because i was prioritizing fan work subconsciously, maybe just because of hyperfixation, or perhaps being caught in the undertow of all the fandoms around me on social media, or perhaps even a small part of me knowing that fan content is what gets rhe notes... i can't say for sure!

regardless!!! i don't want to do that anymore; this sort of weird obligation i've assigned to myself to create fanart??? no silly goose, i say to myself!!!

tl;dr i want to spend more time working on original content with the occasional break for fan art instead of the other way around. :^)

#even coming to this conclusion was relieving in itself #such silly things i get caught up in!#i will of course still be working on amber until its done #i love this story!#it does not make me feel bad in anyway!#and it helps that its been received so well how flattering and encouraging #and ive got at least 2 fan zine pieces to work on still #and ive applied to a few other zines!#but in the meantime i want to really indulge myself with my own stuff #i already have like 2 oc comic pages id like to make #thanks for takin the time 2 read if u did!#have a superb day #also new text post tag is:#sewer coos

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