a.l. knight

| artist | XIV | 🇹🇭 @alxashes on instagram/ twitter welcome to my art blog!

[fixxxit]

i love them (✖╭╮✖)    

[matafish]

Haikyuu ships and sleepovers

Kagehina: *aggressively whispering each other insults when supposed to be sleeping*

Daisuga: *tired smiling at each other and then falling asleep while holding hands*

Asanoya: *asahi trying to get noya to calm down, he isn’t giving up on the idea of sleeping in the same bed*

Tsukkiyama: *tsukki pretending to sleep and once yams falls asleep, he pets his hair*

Iwaoi: *end up sleeping together while holding hands after oikawa begged for it for half an hour*

Matsuhana: *showing each other different memes to see who laughs loud enough to wake everyone else in the house up first*

Kuroken: *kenma playing with his console as kuroo has his arms wrapped around him*

Levyaku: *lion wants to sleep in the same bed but mama cat ain’t allowing that and he ends up kicking lev off the bed*

Bokuaka: *bokuto clinging to akaashi in his sleep and he snoring loudly, akaashi can’t sleep but he is happy to see bokuto looking so calm*

[hoeechan]

All I want is a whole ova where Karasuno plays a simple game of twister that gets waaaay too sexual between the ships.

[voicedheadcannons]

Haikyuu!! and studying

Hinata: Ok. One more time Kageyama. Repeat after me. Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Kageyama: Shiratorizawa is the powerhouse of Miyagi Hinata: no

Sugawara: Spin the bottle!  Daichi: This is a study party. We’re studying. Asahi: Let him see where this goes Sugawara: It landed on Daichi Daichi: What does that mean? Sugawara: Seven minutes in th- Asahi: I changed my mind

Tsukishima: Let’s study history Yamaguchi: That test is next week. We need to focus on Math Tsukishima: Let’s study history Yamaguchi: I’m barely passing Math can we focus on what’s actually being tested this week? Tsukishima: Let’s study history Yamaguchi: Just because you’re getting A’s in Math doesn’t mean I don’t need to study Tsukishima: I want to read a fucking dinosaur book Yamaguchi: Ok

Matsukawa: Wanna skip studying and watch a movie in our pyjamas? Hanamaki: That’s the sexiest thing you’ve ever said

Oikawa: Ok Iwa-chan. Solve this problem next. nd=ln(de^s)+ln(nu/s) Iwaizumi: Ok hold up Oikawa: … Iwaizumi: I hate you

Akaashi: Ok, for the third time, give me your answer Bokuto: 11.4 Akaashi: That’s exactly the same answer as the other two times you didn’t do anything different Bokuto: Ugh, I’m gay and haven’t understood anything since I was 6

Kuroo: Ok Kenma in an attempt to make you study more I got you an educational videogame Kenma: That’s not gonna work. Kuroo: You’re really behind in English so I got you this thing called Doki Doki Literature Club so you can get better with your literature Kenma: Deal

[chealinks]

How Kageyama Slept Last Night

Featuring: Your Responsible™ volleyball dads

[noodle2thedoodle]

hey lets play how hot is that character

[fillyouraskbox]

Not My Type | Alright | Cute | Adorable | Pretty | Gorgeous | LORD MERCY

[letshaikyuu]

These headcanons are one of my favourites ever because I adore the whole Oikage dynamic 🥺❤️

KᗩGEYᗩᗰᗩ TOᗷIO ᗷEIᑎG ᒍEᗩᒪOᑌᔕ (ᕼEᗩᗪᑕᗩᑎOᑎᔕ)

Kageyama Tobio has a girlfriend!?

"Tobio-chan has a girlfriend!?"

Oikawa needed sugar and water after this news because who would've thought his beloved kouhai, his awkward ass kouhai, would have a girlfriend

Doesn't believe it until he sees it with his own two eyes. Iwaizumi tells him to not do anything stupid and Tooru is like "Ye ye Iwa-chan of course"

Sike.

Spends the next few days strolling around areas he thinks Tobio would take you out. Luck is on his side one day when he sees the tall teen with a girl beside him, hOlDiNg HaNdS

Gags because Oikawa finds this extremely weird

💡💡💡

Tooru gets an idea. His sneaky little ass takes off his "disguise" (a hoodie and some sunglasses lol) and starts strolling towards the two of you that have conveniently stopped at an ice cream stand

"Yohooo~ Tobio-chan~"

Kageyama wants to be buried 10 meters underground the moment the teasing voice of his senpai stung his ears. Turning around with an annoyed look on his face, Kageyama put a protective hand around your waist

Oikawa was standing really close to his girlfriend and you'd probably recognise him because Kageyama certainly mentioned him a few times since you've started dating

And if you've been to a few Aoba vs Karasuno games, then you know how talented Oikawa Tooru is and how much Kageyama respects him

What you weren't expecting was him to lean in really close to you. His gaze dancing between you and Tobio

"Hmm I didn't think Tobio had it in him to find someone so beautiful~ What made you pick my dear kouhai over here?"

Kageyama's grip tightens around your waist, but Oikawa is still going. He's obviously flirting, more to annoy your boyfriend than to actually make a move on you

You try to stop his consistent talking about how "Tobio-chan was such an awkward cutie in middle school" but Oikawa wasn't easy to stop

Tobio had enough by now

"Oikawa-san I really don't give a flying duck about your stories and I'm sure F/N doesn't either", he looks up at Tooru and moves you behind his back, "so please be a gentleman and fucking leave."

Jaw drop #1 - Oikawa Tooru ; Jaw drop #2 - You

Kageyama elegantly wishes Oikawa-san a nice day and turns around, walking away with you in his arms

Oikawa is shook, but deep down smiles because it seems Tobio found someone he really cares about. He should better head back before Iwa-

"OIKAWA I SWEAR I AM GOING TO HURT YO-"

Oikawa runs off towards the sunset with Iwaizumi Hajime hot on his tail

[hinata-bestie8]

Ok guys I am doing another one of these things but I am doing for an experiment and for fun!

P.s I tried to find one that was close to the anime art style but if you find a different one let me know ASAP!

Ok so I would like you cuties to click here and make yourself a haikyuu character! And I also want you to make put your person that you made in the anime too! To show you what I mean I will go first!!💕

Ok so here I am if I was in the anime I would be tendou little sister who isn't really good at volleyball but knows some things about it. I would spend time watching him play and practice, I would bring snacks for him and everyone else. Later tsutomu goshiki would become my boyfriend because my brother thought that we would be cute together and he found out about my crush on him.

Tagging: @sugawalmartwobble @tobios-milk @tendou-tho @tobiosbabie @tobios-queen @toomuchtendou @tillitbreaks @giyuwu-san @generouscalzonebearmonger @strawberrytadashi @samwrights @tamcitrus @heccingdead @authorsenpai

[toomuchtendou]

lol i just made myself but i look like the female version of Tssuki so think what you want of that. and if you guys want to send in a story of who i'd be in haikyuu!! feel free :)

@starboybokuto @bokutokoutarou @tamcitrus @seijoh @nixhinoya @pretty-settersquad @kenmas-videogame @simp4satori

[simp4satori-deactivated20210727]

okay bitch so this is me😚. in my cute lil shiratorizawa uniform; it ain’t even purple n white but whatever. i’d definately be some typa foreign exchange student but that doesn’t negate the fact that i’d still be THAT BITCH. There’s no way tendō wouldn’t cuff me😌🙈

@bakibakini @min-nevermind @berrisammi @verysadsimp @blacckdiamondposts

[verysadsimp-deactivated20210723]

Bruh, I've never been tagged in one of these before so I hope I did it right 💀

But uh here,, they had glasses but they were yellow and that ain't gonna fit this fit 🤧😖

Ion have anyone to tag so please feel f r e e to just reblog this or somethin, idk how Tumbler works:/

[haru-senji-deactivated20220703]

This style is really pretty!! I wanted to try it so sorry for anyone tagged 😬

@burnt-tomato @maple0bwawe @bokuto-simp @roy-writes @letshaikyuu @baby-boy-taichi

[letshaikyuu]

Me and my Shiratorizawa manager's self would definitely be the talk of the town cause I openly argue with people aka Shirabu. Tendou is my main hoe cause we prank the others, Shirabu falls in love with me, but then I meet Akaashi during Nationals and I'm 👀👀👀. I meet Suna online and we fall in love as well 😚🧡

Tagging: @death-waves-to-me, @bareeganbaree, @ukaiwachin and anyone else who wants to do this cause I'm too lazy to tag ;3

[haikyuu-ink]

FAVOURITE GHIBLI MOVIE AND WHY??? i love spirited away omg

yOOOOO THANK YOU I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS ASK!! if Disney was other ppl’s childhood mine was ghibli movies bc my mom is japanese and aaaaah okay I can’t pick just a single one

princess mononoke: san and ashitaka’s relationship is sooooo beautiful and bittersweet and also lady eboshi??? I love how there’s no “good” or “evil” side like they’re just trying to do what they believe is good

the wind rises: dear god I cried watching this and the themes are also so ambivalent bc he just loves to make planes and yet they will end up being used in the war and it’s so whimsical yet complex

howl’s moving castle: SOPHIE AND HOWL. send tweet. jk but I just love everything about this movie okay esp their character development and their relationship ++ the themes and ambiguity of howl’s character esp w regards to the war

castle in the sky: goooooood I love pazu and sheeta theyre so so pure ++ the exploration of human greed is just 👌🏼

honorable mentions: my neighbor totoro and kiki’s delivery service bc my parents ended up almost memorizing the lines by the number of times I’d make us watch it

[samwrights]

Hey! I heard that you are doing match-ups (Haikyuu boys I guess). So here goes: I am a female and 5’2”. I am an introvert and can be quite insensitive. I have a secret side of me that is prideful and egotistical. I don’t play volleyball, but if I were to, I think I’d like to be a wing spiker. But I’d have to train a lot cuz I have 0 sport senses. I am a writer and artist. I’m super blunt and I just don’t know how to express my feelings (like I don’t like saying “I love you” or sth like that)

I match you with Semi Eita.

Now, I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea. He’s a strange blend of being both sensitive and not at all at the same time. When it comes to certain topics, such as you being inconsiderate or “improperly” expressing feelings, Semi is patient and willing to work with you, so long as you let him. He doesn’t mind that you’re blunt because being blunt naturally comes with honesty, and he definitely appreciates that.

Pride and ego actually fuel Semi to be better than what he is, whether it’s with his music or with volleyball. But considering his volleyball career comes to an end, it’s mostly with music. If you’re willing, he loves collaborating with your writing to either inspire him or including snippets of your work into a new song.

Semi is also not as overtly affectionate—he prefers to show you in subtle ways rather than through words of affirmation or physical touch.

Other potential suitors: Kyoutani Kentaro and Tsukishima Kei

[adventurelandia]

Noir Princesses by Ástor Alexander

[samwrights]

Haikyuu! Masterlist

Starting Lineup as Dads

Pining After You - Tobio Kageyama & Kei Tsukishima

Their Type - Tobio Kageyama

In a Crowded Room - Tobio Kageyama

Their Type - Yuu Nishinoya

Receiving End - Koushi Sugawara

Pining After You - Ryuunosuke Tanaka & Yuu Nishinoya

Omnivert - Kei Tsukishima

Affection and Intimacy - Tobio Kageyama

Winner - Kei Tsukishima

The Morning After - Ryuunosuke Tanaka & Yuu Nishinoya & Tobio Kageyama

1st Year Daddies

Eat It! - Koushi Sugawara

Polka Dot Bikini - Kei Tsukishima

Eye Win - Kei Tsukishima

Swing Life Away - Kei Tsukishima

As A Starbucks Store

Pining After You - Takahiro Hanamaki

3rd Years as Dads

Pining After You - Hajime Iwaizumi

Pining After You - Tooru Oikawa & Issei Matsukawa

Pining After You - Shigeru Yahaba

Extroverts - Hajime Iwaizumi

Spooning - Hajime Iwaizumi

Their Type - Hajime Iwaizumi

Wedding Day - Tooru Oikawa

Chilly - Hajime Iwaizumi

Martial Arts - Hajime Iwaizumi

Omnivert - Hajime Iwaizumi

Touch - Hajime Iwaizumi

Quirks - Hajime Iwaizumi

Baby Fever - 3rd Years

Their Type - Akira Kunimi

As a Dad - Kentarou Kyoutani

Spider’s Web* - IwaOiReader [NSFW]

Kinks* - Hajime Iwaizumi [Kinda NSFW]

Clueless - Hajime Iwaizumi

Polka Dot Bikini - Hajime Iwaizumi

Naps - Takahiro Hanamaki & Hajime Iwaizumi

Their Type - Kentarou Kyoutani

Weakness* - Hajime Iwaizumi [NSFW]

As A Starbucks Store

Pet Names* - Takahiro Hanamaki & Issei Matsukawa [Slight NSFW]

Competition - Hajime Iwaizumi & Kentarou Kyoutani

Wake Up Call - Tooru Oikawa

Pining After You - Keiji Akaashi

Pining After You - Koutarou Bokuto

Extroverts - Keiji Akaashi

Their Type - Koutarou Bokuto

In a Crowded Room - Koutarou Bokuto

Their Type - Keiji Akaashi

Wedding Day - Koutarou Bokuto

Chilly - Keiji Akaashi

Receiving End - Koutarou Bokuto

Martial Arts - Keiji Akaashi

Touch - Keiji Akaashi

Grumpy - Koutarou Bokuto

Two Little Lines - Keiji Akaashi - Newborn

Kinks* - Keiji Akaashi [Slight NSFW]

Rainy Days - Koutarou Bokuto

Eat It! - Koutarou Bokuto & Keiji Akaashi

Clueless - Keiji Akaashi

Naps - Keiji Akaashi

Wake Up Call - Koutarou Bokuto

Pining After You - Kenma Kozume

Pining After You - Tetsurou Kuroo

Extroverts - Tetsurou Kuroo

Inked - Punk!Kuroo 

Spooning - Tetsurou Kuroo

In a Crowded Room - Tetsurou Kuroo

Their Type - Tetsurou Kuroo

Chilly - Tetsurou Kuroo

Receiving End - Tetsurou Kuroo

Miss Manager - Tetsurou Kuroo

Museums - Tetsurou Kuroo

Martial Arts - Tetsurou Kuroo

Omnivert - Tetsurou Kuroo

Touch - Tetsurou Kuroo

Quirks - Tetsurou Kuroo

Saint* - Tetsurou Kuroo [NSFW]

Two Little Lines - Tetsurou Kuroo & Kenma Kozume - Newborn

Kinks* - Tetsurou Kuroo [Slight NSFW]

Rainy Days - Tetsurou Kuroo

Eat It! - Tetsurou Kuroo

The Curse of Curves - Tetsurou Kuroo

Clueless - Tetsurou Kuroo

Weakness* - Tetsurou Kuroo [NSFW]

Blackout - Tetsurou Kuroo

Wake Up Call - Tetsurou Kuroo

Pining After You - Satori Tendou

Pining After You - Wakatoshi Ushijima

Their Type - Tsutomu Goshiki

Pining After You - Tsutomu Goshiki & Eita Semi

Their Type - Wakatoshi Ushijima

Their Type - Eita Semi

Their Type - Kenjirou Shirabu & Taichi Kawanishi

Two Little Lines - Eita Semi

Pet Names* - Eita Semi, Tsutomu Goshiki, & Kenjirou Shirabu [Slight NSFW]

Pining After You - Yuuji Terushima

Pining After You - Osamu Miya

Their Type - The Miya Twins

Pining After You - Kenji Futakuchi

Elixir - Punk!AU mini-series featuring Kuroo, Terushima, and Hanamaki

Clumsy - Osamu Miya & Kiyoomi Sakusa

Their Type - Yuuji Terushima

Their Type - Shinsuke Kita

Big Ben - Osamu Miya

Starbucks Order - Everyone!

Polka Dot Bikini - Atsumu Miya

Their Type - Kiyoomi Sakusa

Two Little Lines - Yuuji Terushima & Kenji Futakuchi

Strictly Platonic - Kiyoomi Sakusa

Crystal Clear - Osamu Miya

[samwrights]

Updated 5.6!

[samwrights]

hi! could i req hcs of where Kuroo and Iwaizumi overhear a bubbly girl getting teased by her friends over a crush on him?

Aw oh my gosh, yes~ 🥺

Iwaizumi;

“I just don’t get how you could have a crush on Iwaizumi—Oikawa is clearly the more attractive of the two.”

It’s not like he wasn’t used to hearing it, honestly.

Sort of comes with the territory when your best friend has his own fucking fan club.

But what he doesn’t miss is the addition of “you”, as if the statement were being addressed to someone in particular.

“You’re all delusional, Iwa is waaaay hotter.”

The boy in question recognizes your voice—you.

A fellow classmate

Well liked by everyone and a walking ray of sunshine.

Had a crush

On? Him?

No way—he refuses to believe you would even

So he confronts you after class but, as you’re smiling bright like a lighthouse in a storm, Iwa kinda forgets what he wanted to say.

“I, uh, kinda overheard something.”

“Hm? Oh! Yeah, I kinda figured you did. You wouldn’t stop staring at me earlier—“

Lmao RIP Iwa.

“But yeah, I guess I kinda have a crush on you. Never really planned on confessing, but here I am.”

“Oh?” The ace tilts his head in confusion. “Why not?”

“You’re waaaaay out of my league!”

He’s out of everyone’s league 💀

But by the smile he’s giving you right now, you have a feeling that Iwa was more than willing to prove you wrong.

Kuroo;

Let’s face it. Everyone’s got a crush on Kuroo.

He’s hot, he’s funny, athletic, smart, even a little dorky?

He checks off all the boxes for women of all different tastes.

And it’s not fair.

You felt there was no reason for you to even confess at this point.

Even though your friends always see him staring at lunch.

“Oooooh, [name], your mans is staring at you again~”

“Hey, it kinda looks like he’s coming over here.”

“Guys you’re imagining things!” You give a slightly awkward laugh, waving your hands over your face. “Besides, I’ve accepted my unrequited feelings a long time ago!”

“Uhhh...[name]?” One of you lunch mates asks, trying to stifle her laughter and failing miserably.

“Unrequited?” Hearing Kuroo’s voice from behind you makes you jump, causing you to scramble to stay in your seat. “That mean you don’t like me?”

Your face is literally redder than a tomato.

Because where tf did Kuroo even come from?

And why was he standing behind you?

And your friends are literally looking at you like you’re crazy because you hadn’t responded to him yet.

“Uh, n-no! See I do, but it’s not like you would ever return my feelings!”

“Says who?”

[kageyamaaaa]

request: I’m not sure if you’ve heard the school cheers but can you do a headcanon for Bokuto, Ushijima and Oikawa hearing their S/O humming a different schools cheer? The reason being, “It lowkey go hard though.” Or something like that 

BOKUTO KOUTAROU

oh my god you do it at the worst possible moment: right before a game

but you didn’t mean to !! you just overheard it before their match and it got stuck in your head 

you went to tell bokuto good luck really quick and you give him quick kiss

he always feels like he’s on top of the world whenever you give him a good luck kiss

a ha ha but this time as you walk away you start humming a familiar theme

“fire up! fire up! karasuno!”  you mumble under your breath, but you kinda botch the karasuno part bc you weren’t entirely sure which school it was really 

he heard it

he is devastated [cue emo bokuto mode] 

akaashi is flipping the fUCK out trying to find you because fukorodani cannot afford to have emo bokuto in this match 

literally right before they step on the court you get to him and give him a big kiss

still a little emo 

“you’re the best ace out there. no one can ever compare to you, babe” 

ahhhh there you go, he’s all perked up now

“but why were you humming karasuno’s cheer?” 

“oh was that what it was? you’re the best ace but they have a better cheer babe, sorry!” 

USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI

you’re on a date with ushijima LOL

post game for him, he’s tired and hungry but still wants to spend time w you

he’s not really much of a talker when he’s eating 

or much at all really 

and when you eat some really good food you tend to start dancing in your seat and humming a song 

“go go go go go seijoh!” 

he literally FREEZES. 

you notice his muscles flex and you’re like :oo u good babe 

jaw flexed and everything he’s just like “y/n….why…….” 

starts thinking that maybe oikawa has gotten to you AKSFKDGDJF

you’re literally so lost…

and then you realize why he’s upset you just start giggling

give him a kiss on the cheek and he’ll forgive you but he still has his eyebrows wrinkled so you say: 

“you CAN’T be mad at me seijoh’s chant lowkey goes harddddd” 

refuses to agree with you but since you’re so cute he’ll let it slide THIS TIME

just don’t do it around him again sksksk

OIKAWA TOORU

nah he’s mad as hell LMAOOOOOO

he’s walking you home with iwaizumi

but rn him and iwa are bickering so you’re bored 

and so you start clapping 

“shiiiiirrratorizawa” *clap-clap, clap, clap-clap*

his ears caught that IMMEDIATELY 

like “i KNOW this bitch did not” [he doesn’t call you a bitch but that’s what his facial expression says KAJFHAKFSDA] 

starts walking ahead of you 

“oikawa! babe hold on!” 

“iwaizumi do you hear that? sounds like a TRAITOR” 

iwaizumi throws something at oikawa and oikawa is complaining because he’s supposed to be on HIS side 

“stop being shittykawa & be nice to your partner, or else ushijima will really take them away from you” (tbh iwa doesn’t mean that but he knows what to say to get oikawa back) 

stops on his heels and turns back to you “y/nnnnn you can’t do this to my heart” he’s still salty and pouty but he’s walking back to you with a firm hand on your shoulder

“but it’s a bop babe” 

A/N: THIS REQUEST WAS THE BEST THANK YOU. (also, my favorite chant is shiratorizawa’s, it really goes the fuck off. what’s your guy’s favorite cheers?)

[viria]

hey viria! I was wondering if you had any tips on improving lineart? bc when I sketch the drawing looks good and all, but when I do lineart it turns stiff and doesn't look natural ;-; plus, I can't make a long, continuous line (when I do it just doesn't fit with the sketch) I end up having to make many small lines one next to another. This makes the drawing look unclean and the process is really long and frustating... do you have any tips on how to fix these issues? thank youuu!! <3

Hi! I feel like this transition from sketch to lineart is such a common problem! I have it too, to a certain extent, though not as bad as it was before, but it’s still there.

To avoid stiffness and to leave the natural flow of the sketch, I think it’s very very important to determine what lines do make it dynamic and expressive. What you like the most about it. Let’s take expressions for example! You drew someone happy, and on the sketch it looks great, and you can FEEL this happiness radiating and you love the way the sketch turned out. But once you start transitioning to the lineart, it loses the certain something. I guess it happens mostly because when it comes to lineart, people feel the need to make it as clean as possible, which excludes some of the motion of the sketch. As to say, when you drew a sketch it has all those crincles of the smiling eyes, and the lines looked a bit messy and expressive, the smile was a bit lopsided and some lines are harsher than the others. Once you lineart it the line variety your sketch had often disappears, and that’s one of the resons it gets more stiff. When I lineart, I always make sure to actually lineart the lines of the eyes the way they are, I zoom in heavily and follow the width of the line my sketch had! So instead of new perfect lines I make new but still a tad messy, if only a bit cleaner and more readable.

When you draw the body, don’t be afraid to either lineart or simply leave some of the lines that made it expressive. If you sketched the leg and it wasn’t really perfect but it was expressive, don’t be afraid to leave those lines that formed it. You will still put colour underneath and all those lines won’t be as noticeable, but they will be there and the lineart won’t be as stiff! That’s one of the reasons why I always leave some bits of the sketch left under my lineart in my final work. I erase the sketch, but not fully. I often leave a lot of lines on the face, and on the hands and legs.

Basically, whenever you make a lineart (on the layer above your sketch), there’s a simple way to figure out what you need for it to still have a certain something. Click the sketch layer underneath on and off. Whatever places irk your eye and feel WORSE with the clean lineart - leave at least some bits of the sketch underneath.

So, if in short, follow the width of the sketch lines in your lineart, and leave some bits of sketch underneath. You can also then merge the layers of sketch and lineart together and play with the depth of the lines. You can simply (very lightly) erase some of those that are further away from viewer, and overline the lines that are closer. That’s optional, but I feel like erasing some very lightly help to make your lineart a bit more interesting!

Now, as for the lines problem. I am also someone who actually mostly uses a lot of small strokes instead of the long fluid strokes, but I feel like for me it works? It doesn’t look too streaky. You can fake the lines by being very precise with your continuous strokes just so it looks quite clean, or just… train your wrist to make long fluid lines.

I use those on the hair, and often on the clothing, whenever I can’t get away with using my strokes. If you do digital, and you do this fluid line but it isn’t in the place you want - undo it and do again, and again if it’s necessary. One of those lines will be good enough for you to be content to leave it there. I can undo so many of the lines over and over again until I am satisfied;;But really - there is only practising to get better with it. The wrist should be trained and there’s no other way to it unfortunately. Keep practising and you’ll keep getting more and more content with your linework! 

Also the trick for drawing long lines (especially if you need them quite straight), don’t move your wrist alone, sometimes it’s necessary to move your arm. And you can put a pen to the paper, and then look at the point you need your line to end. And move your pen without looking at it, only at the point you want your line to add! I feel like it works so well so often, it was a trick one of our uni teachers mentioned and i was like WHOOAA

Pheh, I feel like that’s all i have in mind! I hope it helps<3 Don’t give up, keep it up, your hand will be able to do it after all the effort!<3

[viria]

hi viria! i’m a 13 year old trying to develop my own style. i keep trying to draw original art, but i find myself just copying other artists. i saved up enough money for the apple pencil and ipad pro and bought them, but i’m afraid it’s all going to go to waste if i can’t be original. do you have any tips?

Hello! 

First of all, I feel like I always say this - but you are so young! You absolutely don’t need to stress out about finding a style right away. You are younger than I was when I started drawing, so trust me, there’s a world ahead of you, and generally, styles builds up on it’s own over time, inspirations you see along the way, and the knew knowledge you find out.

So! Stressing aside, if you can’t do it in a second.

But, you can definitely help yourself to start getting into developing an artstyle. As I said before, style is a mix of your experiences, your inspirations, your knowledge, and your skill. 

Although you can’t quite forse experiences and skill on yourself yet, as it doesn’t happen over night and genuinely does need time, you can start to build a base for that by looking at various artists.

To say simple, pick 4-5 (or more) artists you really admire. The majority of people, I feel like start by copying in the style of one artist, and then sometimes get stuck to it for a while, whether they want it or not. Once your hand gets so used to draw in someone else’s style, it’s quite hard to make it unlearn, and to make it form somewhat different lines instead, so that’s one it’s great to start with a few artists.

You can start by looking at a very simple basic shape tutorial on how to “build” a body, and take the very base from there. So that, is gonna be artist A.

When you’re learning, nothing really just miraculously comes to you, it’s always some observation and some parts you try mimicing from someone else. So the key here is, instead of looking at one single artist and try mimicing every aspect of their artstyle, find a few. And try mimicing only a small fraction of it - say, you really love artist B draws eyes. So you try your best to mimic that, and it’s great when it doesn’t exactly looks like a 100% copy and has your own twist to it. 

So now you have the way of drawing eyes you got by looking at artist B, and you put it on the base you got from artist A.

Now, pick as many artists as you like - and take some elements from their works. Say, lineart from artist C, colouring from artist D, shading from artist E, hands from artist F, hair from artist G, etc etc. You don’t need AS many, I am quite exaggerrating here. But that’s the general idea. 

By the end of your excercise, you have this completely unique blend of your own inspirations. That’s your base. The more time comes by, the more you will improve that base, add more and more unique twists over it, simply change some things you initially borrowed to be a bit more submissive for your own hand and the way YOU do lines, and so so on. Over time it’s going to morph more and more into you, express you, and that’s when it can be your style you didn’t steal from someone else, but made yourself.

Because every single style is a blend of many elements that have already been done by someone. It’s the combination of the things, different for every artist, that people later on recognize as yours. That’s why I feel like taking all the elements from one artist can be quite harmful, both to the artist, and to you as an individual.

You can always try using references that aren’t someone else’s drawings, but various photos. Say pose from one photo, clothing from other, bg is another blend of different nature photos. It can be a very helpful excersise too, and there’s no shame in needing those references, especially at the beginning (but even later on). You still take something and you need to transform it into your thing, re-drawing with your own twist.

As for worrying about not being original - trust me, there is so SO much time you have ahead of you to get it all done. Draw for your pleasure, draw for fun and because you like it. It will come to you over time and over practise. The more you draw, the more your art transforms and starts getting the feeling of YOU. 

Keep it up, and you’ll manage it all!<3

[viria]

Hey viria! I'm an artist interested in starting taking commissions. however, I have no clue of what to actually *do* and i was hoping you could give me some advice... like, should i write up a contract? should i post the drawings i make? if i do, should i use huge watermarks? where's the best place to handle all the messages? should i send sketches to the commissioner? should i charge before or after giving the piece? i'd appreciate it a LOT if you could give me some tips :) thanks a lot!! <3

Hello! 

You can always state your commissions status somewhere on your page, as well as making a dedicated post on how your pricing works, attaching the examples for waist up, full body, colour/sketch, etc etc! 

Writing up a contract is really all up to you! It’s probably the safest way to do it. Or you could make up an invoice, or something. I haven’t yet needed such a precautions, and I feel like if I ever do get scammed I can always out the scammer publically for other artists to be aware of them, so far so good though!

Then, about posting the drawings - you should discuss it with each commissioner individually. Some people might commission personal works and wouldn’t want them to be posted, some just want the commission to be all up for themselves because they do pay money for it to be made, some don’t mind you posting the commission at all and would actually prefer their commission to be shown. There are commissioners who post the commission you made on their page, crediting you, it’s like a feedback! There are many ways to do it and you should always ask your commissioner first, and be understanding with whatever their decision is.

Personally, I don’t use huge watermarks. I use my standard in the corner one. But that’s all up to you! I feel like for a commissioner it would be the best to receive a signed commission, but without a huge watermark on it. Like, if you decide to go with a huge watermark over your work if you post it, you might want to do a smaller one for a commissioner, a special version fo them. But, that’s all up to you!

For me the best place to handle the commissions is twitter for now, since it’s quite organized and I can find all the info I need in there. But I always use my sketchbook to control the @ of my commissioners. I have the list of my current row in order I should be doing it, and special markings on commission status. I usually do sketches for everyone in the row, and once the sketches are done I finish, just so people don’t wait too much without knowing how it’s going.

You can always go for email as a place to handle it, it’s quite organized too! But I would advice to still have this sketchbook or notepud just for commissions so you don’t lose something in the asbox. I wouldn’t advice tumblr for discussing the commission though, since messages here often either don’t get delivered at all, or get lost. (you can work through tumblr, but communicate through email for example).

I do think you should always send a sketch to your commissioner! Both because fixing a sketch is way easier than fixing a finished artwork, and because this way your commissioner isn’t left in the dark on what to expect of you. Sometimes they can ask for changes of expression, some changes in pose or features, so I think sending a sketch is totally necessary! I know some artists set a standard number of changes allowed, and then once that number is surpassed they charge some extra. I had only one case of a big number of changes, that did require a bit of extra payment, but other than that I work around it just fine:3

Also I can advice to not take any of the changes you can be asked to make too personally! Usually it’s not because the artwork is bad, but because it’s quite hard to read someone’s thought on what they envision in their mind.

Therefore I always ask for detailed descriptions of the characters, both their personalilty and appearance, if there are a couple of them I need to know how they interract, general quirks of each of them, some people have quite a clear image on the pose, some only have the vibe (like I just want them to be happy! Or to cuddle!) etc, so I always ask for all of this:3

I work with prepayment, I take half of the price before I start a sketch, and another half once I am done with the piece. But, also keep in mind to never send a high resolution of the piece before you get paid fully. Many people don’t even think about scamming you, but there can potentially be someone who will try,so that’s an extra step of precaution. I always send a photo of the artworks in an angle, like from the side or from above, just so it’s seen that the piece is done, and that’s when I require the second part of the payment. 

I also always ask if there are any changes to the final piece, (though minor ones at this stage, I wouldn’t re-draw the piece completely after it was approved..at least not for free). The commissioner can not notice something through a bad angle and lighting, so I always give a chance to fix it after the second part of the payment is made and they can see a high resolution version. Don’t just get lost if someone asks you for a change if they already paid you.

I always send a high resolution file through the email after the second part of the payment was made.

Always be polite and nice, and listen to your commissioners! (as long as they don’t “ride” on you), which is very very rare. It’s a common courtesy, but I always thank everyone who commissions me, too:3

Phew, I think that’s pretty much it! Hope you can find it helpful<3