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I'd rather put my bad, out of practice, disproportionate art out there than ever touch a piece of AI

#art #comment #yelling into the void

shamesonlydaughter

it doesn’t have to be good it just has to be done

#me when drawing #on the rare occation i have time to draw at all

When his prince asks for a distraction, Cloud forms a chocobo of snow in his palm (snow-cobo).

Still one of my favorite scenes from my fic Damaged Doll, all the way back in chapter 5. Link to the chapter here!

#my art #ffvii #final fantasy vii #ff7 #sephiroth #cloud strife #damaged doll #Damaged Doll #art for my own fic

clinical-space-podcast

Reblog if your art project has not, does not, and never will make use of generative ai at any point in your creative process.

I've always thought there were a bit too many feathers in that scene

#the app did no cooperate at all for 3 hours #im too tired to shade #ffvii #final fantasy vii #ff7 #final fantasy 7 #sephiroth #ff7ec #lucia lin ff7 #matt windsor ff7 #glenn lodbrok #ff7 first soldier

I am trying my hardest but every Sephiroth in the comic looks different

#wip

My hearing is ruined today and I can't even describe it as "ringing" anymore. But I'm drawing again! It's been a while, obviously.

First Soldier comic, anyone?

#yelling into the void

I made a mistake drawing a cactuar in another piece and it gave me an idea

#kirby #cactuar #final fantasy #my art #ff7 #ffvii #i could tag all the final fantasies #ffvi #ff6 #ffviii #ff8 #ffix #ff9 #ffx #ff10 #ffxv #ff15

So if Cloud's from the cold mountain backwater town and Zack's from the middle of the jungle backwater town... I had a thought

#ffvii #final fantasy vii #ff7 #my art #cloud strife #zack fair #final fantasy 7 #you can actually see my headache setting in as the quality drops

spooksier

young artist posting your work online, heed my warning. im holding your face so gently in my hands, you have to stop caring about numbers right now and start caring about making the weirdest and most self-indulgent art you possibly can

spooksier

STOP listening to the demon of capitalism and START listening to the angel of hedonism, i love you i believe in you keep making what you love forever ok?

#okay so my biggest problem isnt the numbers #its the interaction #of course i write things for myself #or draw memes i think are funny #but I gain WAY more motivation from one person freaking out in the comments #than a hundred likes #its a real thinng #that being said #chasing numbers is exhaustinh #don't do it

spooksier

young artist posting your work online, heed my warning. im holding your face so gently in my hands, you have to stop caring about numbers right now and start caring about making the weirdest and most self-indulgent art you possibly can

spooksier

STOP listening to the demon of capitalism and START listening to the angel of hedonism, i love you i believe in you keep making what you love forever ok?

#okay so my biggest problem isnt the numbers #its the interaction #of course i write things for myself #or draw memes i think are funny #but I gain WAY more motivation from one person freaking out in the comments #than a hundred likes #its a real thinng #that being said #chasing numbers is exhaustinh #don't do it

If Sephiroth spoke like a twitch streamer to his clones/Black Cloaks

#ffvii #final fantasy vii #ff7 #final fantasy 7 #sephiroth #my art

midwinterhunt

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#keeping this #might use the floor planner for a background