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eralea-art · 3 months

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found some old sketchbooks

[artwork made by any other teenager] "this is great! I love your attention to detail!" [artwork made by my teenage self] "what is this trash toss it and never draw again"

normally I have to put in a lot more effort to overcome this extremely unreasonable take, but these were drawn so long ago that I actually feel a bit disconnected from the version of me who drew them.

back then I usually drew on loose leaf paper and threw them out when I got tired of them (I still do this), so I didn't think I had any drawings older than a few years until I dug these books out from the back of a cabinet

(using the pencil in lieu of a signature, not that anyone would steal these)

there was a fan artist I followed who could draw in (what seemed to be) every style in the world, so my younger self decided that being able to draw everything in every style in the world was obviously the pinnacle of artistic skill

I stopped caring about developing my own style and went through a phase of just practising other people's styles for a few months

it's all very wonky and the lines are unconfident and there are smudges everywhere and I have a bad habit of drawing on both sides of the paper(I still do this)

but I feel like the young artist who did this was making a genuine attempt at learning how to draw everything

ok, a mostly-genuine attempt at learning how to draw cute cartoon animals and not much else

there's also an alarming amount of 90s shoujo-style doodles here that I'm not putting online

bonus ponysona

idr her name (Feather-something) but I remember she sculpts clouds to sleep on (she contributes nothing of value to pony society)

I stopped watching mlp after Twilight became a princess so this has to be from before that. was that really 2012? what year is it??

even though I neglected developing it, there is still a style that I call "my" style - it's the one that I find easiest to draw.

These are more recent, maybe 2016-2017? 2017 is recent, right? omg what year is it???

maybe it's because of the recent discourse about genAI vs human art that I've become more charitable towards amateur work, including my own. (it helps that while I know I drew these, I don't remember the process of drawing them, so it feels like I'm looking at someone else's work and I don't have the immediate gut reaction to trash it)

it's certainly more effort than what the genAI frauds are doing.

I don't think there's anything wrong with mimicking a style you like - styles can't be copyrighted, so if you have the skill to replicate it then it's fine.

Prompting "in the style of [artist name]"/img2img "to the style of [artist name]" is different because it's a cheating shortcut - you didn't earn that ability. You didn't put in the work. You're nothing like the max skill fan artist who could draw in every style.

New Year is in a few days

I'm going to ditch the perfectionism. My work is fine. My work from 10+ years ago is fine. Everything I do has more soul than the frauds using their plagiarism machines. I want to upload more often again.

#sketchbook tour

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wevelocityteampresents-blog · 5 months

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Not Going Through This Kind of Relationship Again

I didn't want to write a rant like this. But after the actions of these individuals, I think it's time I shed some light on them.

WARNING

A lot of these screenshots contain some incredibly smutty comments.

I used to be in a server on Discord operated by KendraEevee. Looking back, I only joined this server because the owner seemed like a nice person. But after I joined, I was met with some unwarranted skepticism by an arrogant guy named Jon. I thought he was a bit stuck-up. But that didn't stop me from visiting the server from time to time.

As time passed, however, I got tired of some of the things the other users in the server did. They get mad about shows like Teen Titans GO when it mocks nostalgic fanboys like them who can't take the fact that Teen Titans GO is a self-parody and state that "cartoons from the 80s and 90s will ALWAYS be better." They also shamelessly show off their immense lust by sharing risqué artwork in channels that are appropriately labeled as being for all ages. There would be points where members would role-play in the same channel and say questionable things.

Even with all this, I continued to visit the server. It wasn't until Thursday night when my relationship with both the moderator and her server took a sudden decline.

While looking through the servers I was in, Kendra sent me a message asking if she could share some artwork I made for her on her server. (She was one of the people I planned to make Christmas gifts for this year.)

I wanted to respond. But I couldn't since I had a final exam to take. When I tried to talk to her the next morning, I discovered that I was mentioned in an art channel. That's when I saw that she uploaded the art piece without my consent or knowledge.

This was uploaded a minute after she asked for my permission. Not only that, but someone else butted in and shared some artwork he made with an AI art program right when Kendra shared mine.

Yes. These are actual messages that were on the channel.

My artwork was re-uploaded without my consent. But it didn't matter anyway because it was tossed to the side by some furries who don't know how to keep their thoughts to themselves. And that's what I hate the most about this server. The people there are not only AGES older than I am, but they're also perverted, condescending, and aimless. I thought the people here were nice. But after the things I saw, I don't want to see them again. (That also goes for Kendra.)

Whenever I talk about how awful my life is, they have the nerve to say that they care for me and that they love me. But whenever I upload anything, they brush it off or call my work amateurish. At least I work hard to make sure my drawing abilities are on a somewhat professional level. Meanwhile, Kendra's artwork continues to look like this:

The anatomy is poor, the background and set pieces are so basic, a child could draw them, and the angles for the characters are incredibly off, given the view of the chair. There's a lot of issues in Kendra's art that have yet to be fixed. (Like focusing too much on sexual undertones to the point that the art piece could be labeled as pornographic.) Yet, people like the ones in her server think this stuff is as good as the Mona Lisa.

We all know her female characters never wear anything under their clothes. (Seriously, if they wore bras, you'd never be able to see the shape of each breast.)

#personal #rant

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ceciliaaa-youre-breakin-my-heart · 2 years

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Sooo I decided to start by re-uploading some of my old art I drew before deciding that those two dorks would become my oc's.

Everybody, say hello to Anthony (on the left) and Arthur "Art" (on the right).Those designs are not exactly how I would envision them right now, but sadly my drawing skills seem to come and go, so I'm at the moment unable to create anything better. I can't say everything about their backstories because it's still kinda a work in progress and would also be a little spoilery, so instead here are some random facts:

ANTHONY MARLOWE (born 19 august 1948)

- his mother left when he was 5, so he was basically raised by his father. It's very important.

- despite talking all the time about "high literature" his favorite genre is actually science fiction, which he discovered by accident when he was around 9. Will defend Izaak Asimov with his life

-In sixth form he auditioned for the titularrole in his school's production of "Hamlet". When he learned he didn't get the role and was instead cast as Rosenkrantz, he never showed up to rehearsals which prompted other students to kick him out of the drama club for being "a terrible sport".

ARTHUR O'RILEY: (born 25 November 1949)

-1/4 irish from his mother's side

- has 2 older sisters- Sarah (2 years older) and Joanne (5 years older)

- learned how to sew from his mother and dreamt of becoming a tailor when he was younger. Let's just say his father wasn't a fan of that

- probably has a bunch of undiagnosed health problems. I'm sure it won't become a problem later down the line...

I'll try to make a reference sheet and inspirations for both of them, but right now that's all i guess

#oc art #oc lore #look at those boomers #tagging my own shit feels so weird #don't be surprised if i occasionally spell his surname Marluv #I just find it funny #Also #you may wonder why I would name both of my characters with names starting with the same letter like isn't it a little confusing #and to that my answer is #shutup #anthony marlowe #arthur o'riley

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billiejean485 · 5 years

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Karmiro Kiss

https://www.deviantart.com/billiejean485/art/Karmiro-Kiss-800793669

(Text from DA:)

First of all, I'd like to state something: I don't usually upload art such as this often or at all, and I rarely even show it to anyone. Reason? Been bullied a hell of a lot for it in younger years, so I learned to keep things like these to myself. However, I am pretty sure the Karmiro fans would appreciate it, and I am having a really hard time finding artwork devoted to this ship myself (kudos to Iamaddictedtocoffee and KenKic4Ever - you guys are IMO the best I could find), and I honestly wanted to contribute.

Second thing I wanted to mention is that - although the show itself made me a huge Karmiro fan, this particular piece/sketch came as an inspiration from reading Arctimon's fics. My God - for the past 6 years I've been having a really hard time finding quality fanfics (I got older, and my standards became very high), and their in particular are among those rare that make me cling to it like an idiot, rereading it until I know it by heart (still in the process of achieving that btw XD). I haven't left a review yet, but, I can say here that that level of quality English, original ideas and great imagination is not something that you just stumble upon in the fan fiction world easily. I'm blown away. Still am. Still haven't read everything, so I won't drop that mentioned review yet. But, Arctimon, if you're reading this - you have my huge support, and I'm a really big fan.

Now on to the rant on the art aspect of this sketch.

I don't have much experience in drawing a kiss, and still learning to do that. What killed me even more here is just the position (that I probably didn't even figure out well) of the two - if you have that steamy kiss where both sides try to pull each other into it, and a couple with height differences between a girl and a boy such as Hiro and Karmi, everything gets complicated. The arm position is probably off (because yours truly was lazy enough not to reference anything). I hope at least I got their faces right - I haven't drawn either of the two enough for practice. Oh, and Karmi's hair was ridiculously difficult for me; it should be simple, but nope.

Ah, yes, and the Baymax sketch in the bg - the body probably should have been a bit bigger, but 'anatomy' wise I think it's okay. I just placed him in the wrong spot. And I have a feeling that it made perspective make no sense (he's speechless, btw XD).

Okay, and two last things.

I love the fact that Hiro is the shorter one in this relationship and is probably standing on his toes somewhat here, while Karmi has to bend down and/or pull him up. It's so relatable and heart-warming. :D I remember how all that went in those years of life (14~16). Wish we'll manage to see him grow, but who knows. Also, depends what Disney plans for the sequel of the movie, if they're even planning it (it got them an Oscar, so chances are high).

But one thing that saddens me in that is that - for most characters that appear in TV shows that are based on the movie there is like a rule that they don't appear in the movie's sequel. Which brings me to the second thing.

Even though I ship them with all my heart, I see little possibilities for these two to become something more than friends (there is more chance for that happening with Hiro and Megan, although the whole Karmutie stuff has led us on to believe otherwise up until she showed up). It seems as though Hiro and Karmi's relationship was made only to reach some "good friends" climax and that that's the whole point of it. Even Karmi's crush on hero-Hiro looks more like something that came as a product of her loneliness rather than actual need for a romantic interest in her life (I think she'd be a lot more invested in her relationship with 'Captain Cutie' if this wasn't the case). And when you take into account that this is a show aimed at kids... it all makes sense. Kids don't like romantic stuff, nor do they need it. But what do they need? Learning more about friendship, especially with that girl or boy they tend to fight a lot and don't get along well. It's a perfect reason to make you think that that there will never be anything more in this relationship. But it gets on our older fans' nerves because - naturally, the characters are not kids, they're teens. Things function differently here. I mean, okay - Karmi and Hiro may not be each other's type (debatable) in the end, but you can't tell me they don't care for each other at it's base, and that they will learn to get their rivalry out of the way to make a clear path for that. And when that happens, everything's possible.

But coming back to the first thing I brought up - the characters from the TV show rarely, if ever, make it to the sequel of the movie. Which means, whatever happens with these two, they will probably split up. It's saddening, and I wish things would change there. Hey, seeing Karmi in the sequel would make who knows how many of us happy. And not just her - bunch of other characters too. Or at least give them an honorable mention.

It's because TV shows get made for kids that nothing from it gets transferred to the sequel of the movie, which gets made for audiences of all ages. If there's something I wish would change, it's that - having TV shows dumbed down for kids. And with that I mean - seeing characters a lot older act like they're children. What the heck is that teaching the little kids? That reality will never be like they saw it on TV?

Kudos, and a really big KUDOS to the shows that are tackling this particular thing. It's good and it's healthy. If you wanna make something for kids, make it really appropriate for kids. Don't tug on the nerves of us older people, because - whatever the world says, there will always be those older ones that watch cartoons, ages ranging from older teens to who knows how old. We don't like watching those dumbed down things, no matter how profitable it is for you, content-makers, to target it only for kids, who will get you the most money. Yeah, it's harder to make such stuff, we know, but it's not impossible. At least show a little effort.

But, concerning that, I can't complain on BH6's TV show anymore. The second season was fantastic so far, and those 'dumbed-down' elements were reduced to the bare minimum. I just hope it stays that way.

... Well, this was a whole lot that came out of me just because of posting one silly fangirl drawing. XD Hope some of you actually managed to read this.... Too bad all of this is going to get dumped in the Scraps' section (please make a Sketch section, DA!), like most of my uploads do.

I live and breathe sketches. lol

Oh well - thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. XD I'm really done this time.

#karmiro #karmi #hiro #big hero 6 #bh6 #tv show #disney #karmi x hiro #hirarmi #kiss #sketch #deviantart #billiejean485 #bj485 #my art

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