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draws fanarts but not ships / INTJ / chaotic neutral / easily amused / likes classic rock / doesn't post any current affairs and sad stuff

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It’s been idk... way over a year since I visited tumblr AND read Haikyuu!! Well, yesterday I caught up with the manga (and discovered that anime season 4 is still not out -.- ). Anyway, I had to read most of Miya match and everything after, that means The Trash Battle aaaaaaaaa it was so cool and I have a feeling the drawings got amazing very suddenly. ~ Why did I come to see such a cliffhanger tho?! *feels like drawing Bokuto*

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Felt the need to randomly sketch Bo...

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Good old Trafalgar Law I drew some time ago and today I decided to post it because why not

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me: *finally has some free time to do something fulfilling and important*

me: *rewatches Avatar: The last Airbender again because Avatar: The last Airbender is important*

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I wandered in thru a link on an old picture of Kanda Yu and while looking around I saw your note about shipping. You have no idea how happy it makes me to find someone else on tumblr who doesn't ship for the sake of shipping. Canon pairs are fine but I always windup wondering just what do other people see when it comes to non-canon pairs that I don't.

Well... Romance is a nice thing, and it can make story more thrilling when it’s well made. But I really don’t see the point of overthinking such stuff either. My favorite romantic plots are just a subtle hints of what may be between the characters, that makes a good space to FAN-tasise a little bit ;) But on the net we get showered with all kinds of canon and non canon pairs, all sorts of stories, pictures of them together kissing and all, to me its just destroying the mood. I really tend to focus on the plot of the story more and appreciate it when the romance is well-made. (Its been a long time since I’ve seen or read anything that has both). I also focus on the characters alone - having my favorites, being somehow inspired by them. Maybe I sound like grumpy old man but to me all the hype about non-canon and most of canon couples is just a boring waste of time. 

But then again, its mostly about feelings of fans and I won’t force anyone to feel what I think is good. I just would like it to work both ways so that I don’t get flooded with something other people consider good while I don’t...

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I remembered this One Piece challenge I made a few years ago and I wanted to try taking it again, with my current skills and more attention but also with way less haste. 

So there we go - Day 1: Favorite Strawhat member

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Sakusa Kyoomi for the Almost-realistic-series

All pictures (grouped by teams): Karasuno, Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shiratorizawa, Dateko, Other

(It’s probably the last picture of the series since I don’t have enough time to do requests anymore. I still wanted to finish this one because I like Sakusa ^^)

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Sorry for not posting anything... I rarely even use my computer lately and I miss drawing a lot. I’m getting used do my new job so maybe I’ll manage to draw more soon...

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how people think bilinguals speak: bonjour comment ça va- oh my! :) was that français? silly me, im sorry, hon hon hon, oh! did i do it again? mon dieu, it's hard to switch sometimes, my brain doesn't realize, je suis désolée-

how we actually speak: no but you know that one thing, the uh, you put stuff in it?? no, nOT A DRAWER. it's... it's small!! and round!! oh my god, shit, fuck, u hh h... it's grey and metallic and uhhh.. fuck... it goes tin tin tin when you tap it with a fo- TIN CaN!! IT'S A TIN CAN!!

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I think you should draw titanic. That's a legit ship.

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please read~

Due to several messages and tags I received I feel the need to refresh the statement I made some time ago.

My blog follows NO SHIPPING policy. I don’t like to ship characters, especially if the ship is not canon, ESPECIALLY when the story is absolutely not romantic. I really appreciate not romantic stories and I want to keep them that way. 

Because of that I will not draw any ships (unless we’re talking ‘bout a boat… ohoho). Pictures showing friendship is as far as I go. If you see a drawing by me and you wonder if you should tag it as a ship then I’m telling you - it’s definitely NOT a ship. 

I more or less understand if you like to ship characters and I respect that but please don’t ask me to participate, I want to maintain the friendly, not romantic character of my blog

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Ukai Keishin for the Almost-realistic-series

All pictures (grouped by teams): Karasuno, Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shiratorizawa, Dateko, Other

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Sarukui Yamato for the Almost-realistic-series

All pictures (grouped by teams): Karasuno, Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shiratorizawa, Dateko, Other

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Just got back from the new Pirates of the Caribbean and I didn’t think I would be THAT disappointed.... ://///

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Miya brothers for the Almost-realistic-series

All pictures (grouped by teams): Karasuno, Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shiratorizawa, Dateko, Other

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Shimizu Kiyoko for the Almost-realistic-series

All pictures (grouped by teams): Karasuno, Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shiratorizawa, Dateko, Other

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Hi! I'm sure you've heard this a lot already, but your realistic portrait series is so good! I love the detail and variation that you put into each face. I was wondering if you had any tips or exercises that you do to help you study realistic human anatomy? I like to draw and have been studying a book about heads, but no matter what I do my faces always end up looking super "anime" >.< but either way, I love your drawings! Keep up the good work!

Thank you!

As for the tips, it’s hard to give any if I didn’t see your drawings, but I’m sure the 2 most important things are drawing from reference and a lot of practice. 

Have a folder for reference pictures, collect them in net whenever you see  photos that you think could help you. While drawing don’t try to copy the reference face, just watch how everything you need looks like, watch where shadows are, compare the size and position of each element with other elements (like you know that the nose is halfway between the eyes - it’s obvious example, just compare other things like that). Observe the variations you mentioned - each person has a different shape of face, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, chin etc. Let your reference pictures have people in different positions, as you want to learn drawing faces from different angles and fitting the rest of the body. Remember that the character you’re drawing doesn’t have to look exactly like the person on the reference photo. You can use more than one reference for your pictures, like one for the pose, another for eyes, etc. Drawing faces realistically is SUPER hard when you don’t use references.

And as I wrote before - practice a lot and don’t get discouraged if it doesn’t turn out well, just enjoy the drawing and it will eventually get better. 

To be honest I wouldn’t say I am good at the stuff… Actually, for me, drawing faces is the most difficult thing in the “anatomy” topic and I have to learn A LOT. I often upload a picture and then lowkey hate myself for it because the next day I see how badly I drew something. But I learned not to care - If I did, I would never finish and upload anything. If i don’t, I can just move on to the next picture and learn more and I know that few months later I will be able to easily draw it right. 

And well, as I said, I can’t give you any specific tips since I don’t know how your “anime face” problem look like and how you want to draw. I don’t really like drawing extra realistic stuff, semi-real is more fun for me, and I draw mostly for fun so I don’t often force myself to draw really-realistically :) So there’s another tip: Enjoy the drawing process, try all sorts of stuff and find what you feel most comfortable at^^