seventy invisible grappling hooks

art blog

[xbloodywhalex]

an updated version of my team dark propaganda post

[butchlinkle]

in one of the servers I'm in, we've been discussing looking back at your old art, and a couple people mentioned that getting compliments on their old art makes them feel like their artistic growth isn't as evident to other people as it is to them, or like they havent improved as much as they thought for people to still be complimenting their old work

but it's really not like that! Your personal perception of your art is inherently going to be very different to the audience. This is how i explained it in there & i thought i'd share it here as well:

A compliment on your old art doesn't undermine the growth in your new art, it's just admiring the qualities of your work that were already there!

Our art can change direction, our grasp of the fundamentals can get stronger, and this means our personal standards will always go up and the choices we would make creating a piece change, so when you as the creator look back on your old art, you're hit with a lot of "oof, I'd do x and y and z differently now".

But your audience doesn't have any of those hangups, to them youve drawn some good art, and when they look at your current art, you're making even stronger art, and both of them are worth admiring.

not that any of this makes it any less psychic damage inducing to look at your own old art LOL but putting yourself in the shoes of the audience and looking at it for what it is rather than how well it reaches your current standards can still help a little with that

[jackass-noir]

based on this post

[thaumcat]

I am doing a month of traditional art that I am calling Charcoalvember because digital art is killing me dead. Below is something of a prompt list. Follow with me, or don’t.

Week 1 - Playing cards! -> Ace | -> King | -> Queen | -> Jack | -> Face | -> Spades n Clubs | -> Hearts n Diamonds Week 2 - Animals! -> Lamb | -> Cat | -> Moth | -> Dog | -> Snake | -> Insect | -> Beast Week 3 - Objects! -> Album | -> Cup | -> Myth | -> Geometric | -> Reflection | -> Dress | -> Comfort Week 4 - People! -> Face | -> Somebody new | -> Somebody old | -> Somebody loved | -> Somebody famous | -> Heart | -> Fanart free space The Last Two Days -> Repeat | -> Rest

[jackass-noir]

team dark really doesn’t like the look of @johnnystringbean

[jackass-noir]

i’m not dead B)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

have a little aroace sonadow as a treat

[jackass-noir]

tails the (fire)fox

[jackass-noir]

westopolis again

[jackass-noir]

some doodles on my latin text regarding my time playing shth

pov you’re so glad your sister called so you don’t have to watch your friend die in the same place for a 4th time

press a to speed up. hold x to target enemies. please.

pov you watched your friend play a level for 25 minutes and blacked out and had to start over entirely

[jackass-noir]

i started playing shadow the hedgehog so its gonna be harder and harder to keep up these dailies LOL

[jackass-noir]

i have a very good evrart claire impression

[jackass-noir]

shadow sketch dump. baby girl you are so hard to draw

[foolfortune]

current mantra

[jackass-noir]

no daily today.

send a letter to your representatives encouraging them to support bernie sanders’ bill to block weapons to israel

donate to a campaign on gazafunds.com or follow @/gaza-evacuation-funds who share fundraisers as well

buy an esim (or donate to crips for esims for gaza)

check out the palestine academy (online learning resource)

[jackass-noir]

he wants to come over

[jackass-noir]

sayonara, shadow the hedgehog…

[jackass-noir]

i colored her :)

(the bottom one is transparent!)