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Hi! Moriah || artist who makes video games sometimes || sleepy || not currently taking commissions but if you wanna support a poor artist and give me a dollar ask for my venmo :D (you might get a sketch if I’m feeling energetic…) || My main blog is @themoskabot

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Just touched this blog for the first time in two years (only to change my profile picture).

I might be shouting to a void at this point (I don’t know how many of you are still here lol), but I have to be honest and get some feelings and thoughts I have out there, even if they will be floating in a void.

For a long time now, I’ve been suffering pretty severe burnout (not unusual, I know), but I’ve also been feeling really….i don’t know how to put it…apathetic? Unfulfilled? Frustrated? I wish I could find the exact word to name it. But, whatever it is, I’ve been feeling it towards posting my art online for a very long time now.

There’s a strong part of me that wants to share what I do, but I don’t want to feel the pressure of the expectations a lot of artists are burdened with in online spaces. Not everything I do needs to be posted, nor do I want to post everything, and things like posting schedules make that a really difficult balance to maintain. Most of the time (at least recently), I’m not even making finished pieces, and people don’t usually find things like random sketches interesting unless it’s coming from someone like an already-established artist with a large following. I logically know that even if one person sees what I’ve done, that’s pretty cool, but I often find myself being sucked into an unhealthy mindset when it comes to posting online. I’m still trying to figure out what I want out of putting my work online.

My thoughts on this topic are pretty messy, and I haven’t come to any sort of conclusions or resolutions (I haven’t even expressed all of my thoughts in this post), but I needed to get some of these thoughts out of my head and into the tumblr-sphere.

I’m exhausted all the time because of various things in my life and the world around me, but I do want to come back here and start sharing again. I don’t know if that will be tomorrow, I don’t know if it will even be this year (I certainly hope it will, though), but I want to find what makes me happy again and eventually share my work in the little gallery that is this tumblr. <3

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Wow suddenly getting notes on that one portal painting from four years ago and remembering this blog exists

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Shrek With a Pearl Onion Earring

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I just doodled for fun for the first time in a long time

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I know what you are…Squidward Tentacullen

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30 Day Art Challenge: Draw all the things

My first challenge, Improvement Hell, was a way to inspire people to draw different things different ways, drawing outside their comfort zone, and most of all to draw every day. I had a few people ask for a follow up. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the sequel: Draw All The Things

Each day has three prompts. Some are specifics, others are vague, but all are geared to spark your imagination and inspiration. Take from them whatever you want. Design a character, an illustration, a collage. Singular or plural. Literal or symbolic.

Casual Mode: Pick and draw one prompt each day

Normal Mode: Combine and draw two prompts each day

Hard Mode: Combine and draw all three prompts each day

Tag your artwork #Draw All The Things for others to follow and be inspired!

Wild animal, Thief, Winter

Jewel, Water, Contrast

Garden, Teeth, Bright

Old book, Pangolin, Clutter

Deep, Earth, Curse

Greed, Glass, Temple

Three, Rain, Shadow

Wire, Bottle, Pale

Sunshine, Track, Abandon

Cliff, Tattoo, Journey

Bone, Laughing, Free

Corner, Scripture, Dusk

Stairs, Amber, Guard

Vast, Alien, Glow,

Jazz, Pen, Urban

Sand, Royal, Red

Child, Fur, Cookie

Tree, Crime, Lizard

Tech, Tank, Silver

Scales, Vibrant, Smile

Naga, Knowing, Tribe

Witch, Jacket, Pattern

Secret, Melanism, Wings

Rogue, Bat, Dysfunctional

Passage, Fox, Chime

Star, Bridge, Mask

Observer, Forest, Unique

Degrade, End, Iron

Vivarium, Gradient, Mix

Imagination, Pencil, Borderless

Good Luck!

(alternately, this can be a writing challenge too, if that is your preference!)

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30 Days of Art Improvement Challenge

Are you tired of feeling like your art just isn’t improving? Do you want to do a 30-day challenge that’s actually useful? Welcome to 30 Days of Improvement Hell. >:D

I made this because I’ve been feeling super ‘blah’ about my art these days, and I needed something to kick-start myself. Who wants to do this with me!? Start now or whenever you can (now you procrastinators!). Challenge yourself and have fun at the same time!

Tag your posts with #Improvement Hell so everyone can follow along and see each other’s awesome artwork. I may even create a blog and reblog them! :D

What are you waiting for? START!

Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself

Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference

Draw a figure that’s in action, using a reference - link to reference

Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.

Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes

Let’s have some fun. Design a character from either This or This character generator! Be creative and bring something to life!

Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.

Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.

Draw a landscape of a place you’ve never been or drawn.

Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it’s a railroad or an empty street.

Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.

Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.

Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.

BG with either bird’s eye or worm’s eye view.

Halfway there! Draw three ‘action’ scenes with different compositions in each. Quick sketches are fine, just make them interesting and understandable! Bonus points if it’s the same scene, but different composition.

Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page). 

Draw an animal you’ve never drawn before. x10  Link references.

Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.

Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.

Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character from it, using the shapes, forms, textures, purpose and colors as inspiration. Also link/post the object you used. Negative points for using a humanoid action figure.

Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows

Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.

Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors (some blending allowed). Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows.

Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don’t forget light and shadows!

Draw a scene/character in a style you’ve never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.

Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for ‘uncommon’ emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)

Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.

Turn on the tv (or load your illegally downloaded movies). Pick an actor and draw them.

Almost done! Let’s have some fun. Draw some fanart. Bonus points if it’s super obscure and unknown. Make people guess what it’s from.

Last day! Find a drawing you did within the last year. Now draw it again using what you’ve learned! Link it for comparison!

 Look at all that amazing improvement! Congrats!

[Update] There is now a sequel challenge, Draw All The Things!

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couldn’t decide which to post so i’m doing both

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“Any feelings you think it has for you are simply byproducts of your sad empty life.”

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Holy crap it’s been almost a year since I last posted???

I’ll post smth soon 😓

If you’re still here, sound off

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glitter boi

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I started this Jimin forever ago but I only finished it a couple days ago (yay I love being too busy to paint)

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I’ve been meaning to paint Samuel for a while, here ya go!

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@twentysomethinggalpal

“Dear Jeni,

Happy Friendversary! Here's some ladynoir to celebrate!

Love, @vibesvaldez

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@twentysomethinggalpal

“Dear Jeni,

Happy Friendversary! Here’s some ladynoir to celebrate!

With love, @vibesvaldez “

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“My name is Sulayman

My mother is a writer

My father is a teacher

And my sisters always fight each other

One day I found a toy on the street

I picked it up

It exploded

I don’t remember what happened after that

Because it was the end.”

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“My name is Sulayman

My mother is a writer

My father is a teacher

And my sisters always fight each other

One day I found a toy on the street

I picked it up

It exploded

I don’t remember what happened after that

Because it was the end.”