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Cover pre Fest Anča workshop

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Sketchbook stuff….

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I’m not an expert but I like hands a lot so hopefully some of this was helpful!

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Random art advice;

draw what makes you happy

work with your anxiety not against it

if working in a sketchbook makes you anxious, draw on printer paper or index cards

that way if that shit starts pissing you off you can literally toss it across the room

if one medium is giving you trouble try another

take a break from digital to work traditionally or vice versa 

draw from reference

trace over reference with the intention of internalizing shapes 

take what you love about other’s work and incorporate it into your own

if you need to work but are having trouble focusing, set a repeating timer

dick around for ten minutes and then work for ten minutes

if the timer goes off and you still feel like working, keep working

be kind to yourself

draw when you can as much as you can

do NOT beat yourself up for not being able to work

working in pen or marker can help you overcome fear of permanent mistakes

it can also help you work quicker and looser

do your undersketch in blue pen/marker and go over it in black

make corrections with whiteout or white gel pen

when you want to draw but don’t know what to work on, start by drawing circles or other shapes

fill a page with nonsense doodles

warm up your wrists

do the bean exercise

just fill a page with beans

draw what makes you happy

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important things for new or young digital artists to remember:

don’t shade colors with black

don’t overuse the airbrush tool, especially when it comes to shading

layers have different settings, explore them!

if your lines are wiggly when you draw, check your brush stability settings

if you find your lineart is looking too stiff/not like your sketch, try cleaning up the sketch instead of lining it. it helps keep fluidity and the feel of your original drawing

crop your pictures, don’t leave a ton of empty space unless you add some kind of background

make sure your canvas is set to at least 300dpi 

draw on a large canvas ( i draw on a 3000x3000px canvas) it will be easier to line your work and everything will look much smoother even if you shrink it down

.jpeg files save space, but this file type may compress your art and sacrifice quality. when I post art I always use .png

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Dans le ciel tout va bien, 2016

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Yayoi Kusama - 14th Street Happening, 1966

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https://genot.bandcamp.com/album/divine-herba-extended

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