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Whatever higher entity is out there watching over us, please help us with our current moving situation. We really need a place to live and soon. We don’t have a lot of options but we’re trying to stay optimistic.
I can’t make any unrealistic promises, but I’ll continue to try to be a better person in this world. Please, please help us.
Hey friends! Meg here for a really, long, wordy TUTOR TUESDAY! This week we take a look at drawing characters that are interacting. If you need help with anatomy here are a few tutorials: legs, arms/legs, necks, and here is a previous tutorial on poses. If you have any tutorial suggestions send ‘em in here or my personal. Now go forth and I’ll see you next week!
I wish my coworkers/friends would realize that even though I’m an artist, I can’t produce artwork whenever I want. In fact, more often than not I’m out of motivation and too stressed to draw because I have a lot going on in my life right now that I need to take care of.
I also don’t understand why people think that just because they meet an artist/become friends with an artist that automatically means they can get free art from them.
Please take into consideration all the time and effort that artists put into their artwork and how long it took them to learn the skills that made them the artist today.
If you were a mechanic and you made a living off of fixing cars, you wouldn’t fix every person you met’s car for free just because they asked, right?
Art is a skill that takes years and years of practice and patience. Quality art supplies can cost an arm and a leg just like any other tools of other career trades.
Please understand that artists are people too and that many of us have to have jobs and work hard to afford our living needs. Sometimes it’s really hard for us to find the time to even draw for ourselves or even take commissions let alone requests for friends or family.
I recently got an overnight full-time job. It’s a lot of hard work and I’ve been really tired and exhausted because of it. My boyfriend and I are in the moving process. We’ll be moving out of state at the end of the month. We’re both working really hard at our full time jobs just so we can afford the move and the rent at our new apartment.
For the past couple of months, my schedule has been sleep in the morning, wake up in the evening, shower, make food, go to work, come home in the morning and sleep again.
I have two days off a week. I try to spend those days trying to relax but I usually end up being sick or packing and cleaning or other errands that I didn’t get to during my work week. If I’m lucky, I’ll have the motivation to do some quick sketches, but other than that I can’t pull myself to do a full fledged drawing.
One of my coworkers that I frequently work with caught me at work on our lunch break the one time I tried sketching in my sketch book. “Wow, you’re really good! You should draw <insert characters> for my kids!”
I told her I wouldn’t have the time or patience to do free art especially since I’m preparing for a move. I hardly have time to draw as it is. “You drew that in like ten seconds! You’ll be able to find the time to do two paintings for my kids before the move!”
Even though I told her many times I don’t do art for free and that I would not have the time or motivation, she still brings it up every time she sees me and I constantly feel pressured to do art for her even though I’ve said no a million times.
This is one of the reasons I really hate drawing out in public. Everyone who sees that I draw usually asks, begs, or demands a drawing. I know I’m not the only one who has this happen to them.
For all of you artists out there who do go through this...
You. Do NOT. HAVE to draw -anything- for -anyone- for free. You do not have to waste your time and effort on someone who does not respect you and what you do.
If you feel uncomfortable with people asking you for art and you feel pressured, you are allowed to walk away. Do not feel obligated to use your talent in a way that makes you feel used or uncomfortable.
DONT FORGET: THIS APPLIES TO LITERALLY ANY KIND OF CREATIVE WORK, ART, FANFICTION, ORIGINAL FICTION, ANIMATION, MUSIC, LITERALLY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
I guess I forgot to post thus some time ago? I still haven't decided whether I want to put a background on this or not but I'm happy about how it turned out. It's Mika as a Braixen! 💙 Done in prisma colored pencils and micron pen. . . . #traditionalart #pokemonfanart #pokesona #braixen #pokeartist #pokemonartist #pokemonxy #pokemon #mikawatson #coloredpencilart #pokemonfan #pokemonfursona #furry #pokemonfurry #pokemonfur
Putting these on colored backing paper and getting g ready to laminate! #mikawatson #pokemonfusions #nightmareeyes #traditionalart #art #workinprogress #wip
