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zmtn · 9 months

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[image: simple drawing of a woman in a uniform and hat with ribbons riding on a unicorn]

@adorkastock posted references with horses and I decided to actually try using them to draw a horse-style unicorn for once

#sketches #drawings #drawing exercises #horse

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thats-not-real-art · 3 months

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Scout having an aneurism

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crudely-drawn-ben · 5 months

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Continuing my Book Of Three character design exercise with our second introduction - Gurgi is one of my favourite fictional character and I like his design and expression but it's hard to make him scruffy enough with flat colours.

I had forgotten that he starts out by trying to strangle Taran and claiming to be determined to eat him.

#Prydain #chronicles of prydain #tcop #gurgi #the book of three #Drawing exercises

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breezyfeather · 1 year

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Sketch dump

#sketches #art #digital art #kingdom hearts #oc sketch #drawing exercises

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mikauzoran · 2 years

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Mikau Draws Tissue Boxes and Fruit

Hi everyone! Long time no see. I’ve been doing a lot of drawing during my holiday from writing, but I haven’t felt like touching my laptop because I’m so burnt out, so I’m only posting about it now. The drawings above are a little old at this point, but I want to keep a record of my progress, so I’m posting about them now.

At top left, I tried to draw the Pisces glass from my zodiac set. I got it at a rummage sale over a decade ago because the designs (not pictured here because I’m not capable of that kind of detail yet) were really neat. It was really hard to draw glass because of the way it distorts. I tried my hand at shading too, and I think it looks so-so. I haven’t learned shading yet, so I have no clue what I’m doing. ^.^;

Next, I drew a tissue box, and I think it looks pretty okay. My lines are fairly straight for doing it all freehand, so I’m fairly happy with it. I’m excited for when I learn perspective so that I can make it look more realistic.

In the middle, I drew two views of the same banana. I like the bottom half of the first one and the top half of the second one. ^.^; This was a lot harder than I expected, honestly. I think I could draw a banana from my imagination without much difficulty, but it’s hard to actually look at what’s in front of you and draw that specific banana.

After the bananas, I drew another tissue box. My mum has a few different tissue box covers, and this is one of them. I really like the large ceramic flower just off center. The petals were a challenge, but I got almost all of them in there, and I’m proud of how this turned out.

Next, I drew my magnum opus to date at the time: the pineapple. It was a pain in the butt to do all of those little segments on the body of the pineapple. I wasn’t happy with how they turned out, so I did another version the next day. You’ll get to see that in my next drawing post. The stem was hard too, but I really like how it turned out. I’m very proud of my first pineapple attempt. XD

Last, I drew three strawberries of various sizes. Below is a close up with the strawberries rotated so you can see them better. I didn’t have enough room for them in a horizontal orientation, so I had to turn my paper vertical when I drew them. I’m trying to move towards drawing multiple objects at once, so doing three strawberries was good practice. It further drove home that the mental image I have of “strawberry” isn’t what real strawberries actually look like. I would have drawn them differently had I done it from my imagination.

Below is a picture of some of the objects from my drawings. From left to right we have the pineapple, the tissue box with the cover with the ceramic flower on the front, and my Pisces zodiac glass.

As a bonus, here are two images of various drawing exercises I’ve been doing. I got a few different books on drawing from the library, and that’s where I got the exercises.

This first one includes exercises in mark-making, line, shapes, and shading. The shading section is kind of embarrassing. XD I was supposed to make a sphere with the outer edges shaded dark getting progressively lighter as I neared the center.

I’m a little proud of this because you can see in my first attempt that I had no idea what I was doing, but my attempts got a little better until my tenth attempt yielded something that looked more like what I was trying to do. At around attempt six, I was despairing about how I would never learn shading. It felt impossible, and I couldn’t figure it out, but then it suddenly got better. I’m proud that I was able to make progress.

Below, I did exercises that focused on making three dimensional shapes like cubes and cylinders. Then there was more shading which I still have no clue how to do. Oh, well. I’ll get there eventually. We’ll be covering shading in the art class I’m taking, so I’ll get better soon once someone shows me how to do it correctly.

Side note: I’m really happy with my Campbell’s soup can à la Andy Warhol in the bottom left corner. ^.^

Thanks for reading!

#Drawing #Graphite #Mikau's Art #Still Life #Tissue Boxes #Fruit #Drawing Exercises

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thechekhov · 7 months

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ah, childhood.

#tlt #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #the blissful early years #chekhov draws tlt #chekhov draws the locked tomb #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #see its funny because theyre children who are not allowed to play together #and are both starved of human connection and warm touch #so they get their fill the only way they can #by raising skeletons and fighting said skeletons as a form of exercise #gideon is 7 here and harrow is 6 #you bet your ass harrow still has those teeth #gideons skeletons are the strongest thing she has in her arsenal

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heikala · 26 days

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Ink Blobs! Which one of these blob sketches is your favorite? ☺️💕

#heikala #process video #art block #drawing tips #drawing exercise

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infernal-lamb · 3 months

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Searching your eyes for the saint is an act of futility

something that's just been on my mind recently!

#cult of the lamb #cotl #cult of the lamb fanart #cotl lamb #cotl fanart #my art #the Lamb is Definitely directing this at Neves but I did not feel like drawing a comic. this was more of a fun exercise #also this song is very Neves-coded. Hahah. Hm.#note: the 'carcass' line here is just slightly altered from the actual lyrics in this song #obsessed with the idea that the Lamb underneath all that is an incomprehensible mass of cosmic horror that both disgusts and delights #also tumblr nerfed the quality so bad on this pls

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linipik · 1 year

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Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back... and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)

#artist on tumblr #you would think exercise helps but tbh im pass that point. im half a jock and yet here i am #epicondilitis got me crying more than once #all the i want to draw more new year resolutions are worrying me

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dandelion-roots · 3 months

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yosano-san was supposed to be taking the afternoon off...

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#bsd #bsd dazai #dazai osamu #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #trans dazai #yosano akiko #bsd yosano #its a fine tuesday (going on wednesday) to trans your blorbos!#i say as if i dont have several pages of trans dazai in my sketchbook already jkdjksjdkjd #decided to ink one of them digitally as an exercise in purely having fun instead of futzing for an hour w colour and stuff #remember that self indulgent behaviour i mentioned earlier?#this is it #anyway all of u trans dazai enjoyers- enjoy! this one's for us #i wanna draw more autism next... ranpo san save me ranpo san. ranpo san save me /reference

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thats-not-real-art · 2 months

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Q&A

Q: Are you reposting other people’s art and saying it’s not real art?

A: No way lmao! I only post and roast my own art. But if anyone ever wants me to roast theirs I’d be open to it, with explicit permission and crediting them of course.

Q: What is this blog?

A: A collection of horrifying drawing exercises, rarely some animations, and usually crappy sketches I’ve made.

Q: Why post them if they’re crap?

A: For the lulz.

Q: Can I see your cat?

A: Sure! Her name is Sparkles and she’s a rescue.