artist in the making

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[dustysketchbooks]

hello cruel world!

this is an art blog but i am NOT an artist… just using this as a place to document my journey to becoming one.

i will be posting my crappy beginner art here and i do welcome any tips and tricks any of you tumblr artists may have for me to improve! hope anyone else who’s always wanted to learn how to draw can see this blog and start on their journey along with me! ☺️

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finished a pretty difficult sketch today and also made my first paper squishy

two pieces in one day, who cheered?!

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practicing with colors again.

i don't know what this artstyle is called but i am OBSESSED. i've decided this sort of dreamy, whimsical vibe is what i want for my own artwork so i'm studying. wish me luck!!

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revisiting traditional art since i’m working on understanding anatomy.

i was lucky enough to find a spot with some shade at the park so i sat and drew for a while

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wait why is it giving three dimensional lowkey??

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colour study - pommerac

[asieybarbie]

A lil guide on teefs

[miyuliart]

I collected my art tips on hands over the years. It ended up being 54 pages of notes I took and some guides I tried to create for myself. Maybe some of these can be useful to others as well. You can buy the pdf here or join my Patreon to get it for free.

[kawsem]

got myself new tablet (with a screen!), so this is my first drawing on it

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forgot to post the completed version of this wip

forgot to do anything with the nostrils lmao but this was also my third ever digital drawing so cut me some slack

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lips studies. still need to practice breaking these references down to simple shapes. i cant see them on my own yet.

(i'm just playing around with colours for now, i've accepted that i'm not gonna be good at that for a while lmaoo)

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first time colouring 🫨

this is WAY harder than drawing. without that colour picking tool i don’t even think i would be able to figure out highlights/shadows on my own 😭

new enemy: colour theory

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lowkey forgot i made this blog for a second lmao. but i was gifted a wacom yesterday! woohooo!

first ever digital drawing.

i followed the tutorial video they show you but i changed the Teddy bear and the bow to make the drawing look like my friend’s sister a bit more 😭

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trying to draw rengoku. remembered i can’t draw hair yet.

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having trouble committing to drawing everyday but I saw a video that basically said stop trying to practice the things you’re bad at and draw what you like cause at least that will get you to pick up the pencil and that’s actually so real

im probably going to be drawing my fave anime characters for the foreseeable future now 😭

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sam wilson with a cowboy hat and a cig

full page:

i was gonna do samcap, corensupes and all might but this happened instead 😭

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missed two days of my daily sketches raaahh

but i tried to turn those base poses into the BAU lmao