mielzy

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[mielzy-doodles]

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[mielzy-doodles]

in every universe, it was always you

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[mielzy-doodles]

artfight attacks in a new style!

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mielzy's picrew (アイコンメーカー)｜Picrew

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It’s been literally forever since I’ve posted on this account oops 😅

I’ve made a picrew! Feel free to use it to make icons and stuff, but if it’s used anywhere I ask that you credit one of my social media. All my information can be found at https://mielzy.carrd.co.

I’ll be updating the picrew slowly with new features because, well, life is busy. If there’s something you’re itching to see implemented, however, you can donate to my ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/mielzy) and suggest it, and I’ll try to add it asap! Thanks for your support!

[fishyandclintbarton]

Excellent graphics with info that the mainstream press aren't sharing because they're rather scare the shit outta people.

That last slide is extremely telling, no?

In short, share this around. Then ya'll can calm the fuck down, head to the Winchester, have a pint and wait for this to all blow over.

[janeymac-ie]

Right. Except a pandemic of a new illness that no one is immune to where almost 20% of infected people need to go to hospital puts massive strain on medical infrastructure.

So no, the sky isn’t falling but be sensible. Don’t panic buy, do wash your hands. Don’t avoid all human contact, do avoid visiting your granny or your friend with a compromised immune system. Do self isolate if you think you might have symptoms.

Don’t panic, but don’t go too far the other way.

[guardianofscrewingup]

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Found this in the reblogs. It’s not the apocalypse but the issue is lack of immunity and potentially wide spread because of it can mean and overall very large amount of infected, which ticks up the overall deaths from sheer volume, especially if healthcare infrastructure is overburdened. This has killed more than SARS and MERS because it’s very infectious. 

People need to stop panicking for themselves like it’s the apocalypse and be concerned about containing the spread due to the vulnerable people. Like in WA where I live, most of the deaths are in the nursing home in Kirkland where the first cluster really started, like it just took those people out. That won’t happen to everyone but it tanks some of the vulnerable elderly and chronically ill people real hard. 

So like the above post says the thinking should be “don’t panic, don’t think you’re going to die unless you’re chronically ill or old, but worry about keep your older parents or sister who just finished chemo or gram gram safe since this could kill them.” Because the majority of healthy people still probably have someone in their life that is vulnerable due to age or illness. 

But if you’re young and healthy, or at least don’t have one of the conditions vulnerable to this, the mass panic needs to stop. You’ll just get a version of the flu and be fine in two weeks.

The press is laying down the paranoia but it’s also something the public has to take seriously because of how many people could get infected and therefore how many vulnerable people could die. 

[destroyscythe-heck]

Also vaccinate your fucking kids

[minebutluminous]

The reason such drastic measures are being taken can basically be summed up in this image from the NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/science/coronavirus-curve-mitigation-infection.html)

We are not equipped to deal with everyone getting sick at once. People will die unecessarily if medical resources get overwhelmed. https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Even if you are not one of the ones at risk, please be proactive and follow all advised measures to prevent disease spread

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[kintatsujo]

“Don’t trace” originally started as a warning against tracing as art theft (as in, tracing someone else’s art without permission or credit is art theft) and then over the intervening years turned into “you can’t use references because it’s cheating” and I think that’s one of the worst cases of the telephone game I’ve ever personally experienced

you are allowed to trace as practice

you are allowed to trace your own work (for example photographs you took yourself or to keep architectural consistency)

you are allowed to trace things the original artist is encouraging you to trace

you SHOULD use references

you SHOULD be allowed to pick up other artists’ artistic tics you like (…as long as they’re not offensive, like blackfacing, but that’s a different kettle of fish)

you SHOULDN’T go around moralizing at other people about how they learn best because you can and will lose friends that way and you can and will hurt other artists’ development that way.

Also other than art theft there IS no such thing as cheating in art okay use sparkle pens and fan brushes to your heart’s content why is that even a thing I have to say (…and yes I’ve had conversations in the analog world about fan brushes as “cheating” I’m so tired of snotty artists who think you shouldn’t be allowed to use tools that make things easier because they can do it the hard way)

[mr-braindead]

But honestly, this need to be said louder, as an artist you end up feeling like you aint getting better, trying to draw in perspective without having a guide line . And when others shame artist for using references its like they are expecting the artist to know by memory how everything works on every perspective.

To Consider that fan brushes, or custom brushes are cheating and expecting the artist to do everything in the “original” way is like wanting the cashier to charge you without using a calculator to do the sum. Tools are invented to be used.

[kintatsujo]

“tools are invented to be used” well put

[niuniente]

Not allowing using references is same as telling to a chef they can’t use recipes but they have to pull any dish in the world out of their asses just like that. The first thing, the very first thing my photography teacher told us was “When photographing was invented, ARTISTS took pictures of cities and traced them on their paintings because hey - easier work! Why bother to work hard when you can make it easy for yourself and save your time and energy?”

[ailisisuli]

I’ve been drawing for years, and I still trace. It helps me learn relationships between shapes, and to understand perspectives that are difficult. Other days, I eyeball it until it looks right. 90% of what I have on my computer is reference images. 

Thing is, use what makes you learn best. Don’t steal, but don’t suffer because someone says references aren’t getting.  

[lady-feral]

Lots of this.

[keyblack-hl]

I work in animation.  My boss encourages the whole team, every day, to learn how to draw the characters by tracing them over and over, before trying to draw them freehand.  It helps commit their shapes and proportions to muscle memory and actual memory.

Tracing is an invaluable method of learning.  As long as you aren’t tracing somebody else’s work and calling it your own, you’re in the clear.  TRACE YOUR LITTLE HEART OUT.

[mielzy-doodles]

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[ka3l]

Hello! I would love to open some art commissions, but I was wondering if you had any recommendations on how payment should be done(?) Would it be good to show them a sketch before they pay so they can get a flavor of what I will draw, or should I have them pay before I have anything done to protect myself from (literally) sketchy customers?

here is what i usually do:

ask them for colored picture references, if they dont have any ask them to find you pallets and stock photos that outlines what colors they want and what the character looks like. 

ask them for their email not only do you need this for paypal but people change their tumblr url a lot so its nice to be able to find them. 

yes, absolutely provide a sketch before you ask for payment, this will help you more than them. people often try and “add” things in later that cost extra if you skip this step (one thing i get a lot after they pay is “hey can you put my cat in there to???” or “also can you put like 90 plants in it too”). also it will give you a better idea of the cost

after they approved the sketch and the price send them the invoice and tell them you’ll start once its paid (i ask for half payment when its over $50)

-have them pay with paypal (SEND THEM AN INVOICE dont let anyone pay through paypal.me), have a full contract in the invoice as well, mine pretty much says “it could take up to 2 moths i can still portfolio it, feel free to sell it blah bla) 

some other tips:

if you do half payment, then show then a suuuper low quality jpeg with a huge watermark when you give them updates

set the number of revisions you allow and be sure to outline if its okay to ask for revisions of the lineart or not (i know this will mess some people up) i only allow 3 unless the com was under $10 then i offer one

sometimes it helps to ask them their budget before sketching or talking about a price, that way you can make them something that will take as much time as their willing to pay for, rather than everyone being confused on hourly cost.

have a day rate!!!, rather than hourly rate. why? its easier to divide up “how many of these can i make in a day” rather than “how many half hours will this take”, if someone asks me for something that will probably take me a full day of focused work, its $100, if they want something that will only take a quarter day then its $25. easy. (my rate is mega low because i work very slowly, if you work fast you should start at $300 to $500 imo)

dont take every commission, if you dont wanna do it, jsut dont do it, even if its not outlined in your commission guidelines !!! if you take comms you dont like you’ll get burnt out FAST. 

google drive is my best friend, its great to share finished pngs in and photoshop/aseprite files through. and its really easy to stay organized!!! i like to put a lil thank you note in the folders so i look like a cool professional B)

please at least charge a living wage for your work. if youre doing them “just for fun” then do pay what you wants, that way youre not normalizing paying people under living standards. you will be respected for charging a living salary and get more professional commissioners that value you and your art. 

im really passionate about this kinda thing because i love to see artists thrive, so feel free to ask anything else. dont forget commissions arnt the only way to make money as an artist, apply for conventions, submit your work to galleries, make merchandise, monetize your blog, use patreon, or try out youtube. i really hope this helps !!!

[mielzy-doodles]

[long-ago-1234567890]

griffin resume-of-the-future face art meme: send a number and a character and “i’ll” draw that character with that facial expression

dont actually send them to me the op tho im not an artist i just made this for artists who may be interested (like my gf)

[transhinsou-deactivated20181204]

i know beginner artists are annoyed at the word ‘practice’ being thrown at them by every other artist but i honestly think some of you need to understand the harsh truth. practice is really the only way to improve your art. there are no shortcuts, no tips, no nothing that can turn you into that artist you wanna be. i’m still learning but i knew that frustration well a few months ago. but i had to learn the hard way that i wasn’t going anywhere if i didn’t work. you 👏will👏not👏get👏better👏with👏out👏practice👏 !!!! you will not magically turn into a ‘good’ artist overnight. start working. look up references. study anatomy. practice poses and expressions. PRACTISE

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[dragonfangz]

And young artist, please do not throw the “You’re so good I should just stop drawing.” “I’m never going to draw again I’ll never catch up to you”

Things like this only make other artists uncomfortable - putting yourself down is not a compliment. Be art positive

Art is tough,

That’s why they call it Art -WORK

[heroua]

Do you have a BNHA hero OC? Do you want your OC to meet other students and be placed into unique class rooms? This your chance! Hero UA is now accepting submissions for your OCs! We are looking to create a database of as many OCs as we can and place them into classes of 10. Each class will have a teacher (a moderator!) and you are free to interact with your class mates via Discord, which will including roleplaying and fun events! Not much of a roleplayer? No worries! 

Before applying, please read the Submission Guidelines!

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Good luck, students!

Submissions close on July 24th!

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-Principal Igarashi

[mielzy-doodles]

YES I AM!!