#keep doing art

[noninugget]

this is your sign to let anyone and anything inspire you to do art

my friend sent me a video of her playing the guitar. she looked so pretty and cool in it that I took a screenshot, gave art block the middle finger and drew her. here's the end result. it's far from perfect, doesn't even look much like her, but I love it!

go and do art in any shape or form!

[redsinistra]

I made this to explain how I do rim light / flare effects on my concept art pieces and some portraits and I'm sharing this here too. Pretty much the image is self explanatory but it's a combo of layer modes to get that rim light effect. I use it to for high contrast glows, such as internal lava glow and stuff. Mostly flashy visual effects.

This is explained with CSP in mind, but you can do this in Photoshop as well (and I hope in Gimp and other software). Always use Clipping layers, they are key here! In Photoshop you have to put the BLACK LAYER in Linear Dodge (Add) to get the same effect. Also, you have to look for this small circle to add a Gradient Map layer.

Here's some crops to help visualize this.

I know the image says Doge but oh welp I'm not redoing anything Hope this helps. Keep drawing and creating folks!

[kesoo]

The IT fandoms art and ideas for Min-gi and Ryan literally makes my blood boil cus like- all we got was a trailer and they're already my favorite ship in any fandom ever

[shymeg]

Hey all Congrats to every fanfiction writer, Gif maker, Beta reader, and best commenter you all are amazing win or lose. Go you! So proud of every single one of you.

If you weren't nominated don't feel bad. There are lots of stories which means lots to choose from. If you like it and maybe a few people that's all that matters. Pat yourself on the back for writing or editing. Cause it's not easy and please don't feel over looked.

If you haven't read the nominees or looked at the gifs etc I encourage you to do so. Read and look because we got some pretty talented people in this fandom. Win/lose nominated/not nominate you are important.

[sufferthesea]

there’s this old wooden fence running through a field beside a building on the boulevard and someone recently spray painted it in colorful bubble letters that say KEEP DOIN ART so anyway, keep doing art. 

[sammehshark]

Art Talk

I love to draw, to put a purpose, meaning, or story to my art without having to use words. It feels fulfilling to finish a piece that I work hard on.To do something that people enjoy, though it may be few, to make them happy. 

But, there is always that voice in my head that says I’m doing it wrong. That voice can also be other people. Wondering why I draw like this, why I don’t draw realistic, why I don’t draw like that person, why can’t I draw that, why aren’t I better. I’ve had a couple people tell me I’m not an artist, because I don’t draw realistic, still life, landscapes; because I can’t paint well. This stuff just makes me few more of a distaste for my art. Causing me to ask myself the same questions they do. 

I’m a self taught artist, never had a helpful art class that teaches more than the basics. No one around where I live to help. Full with a family who “can’t” draw, who only see art as something you draw on paper and not digitally. 

Though, why should I let this stop me? I don’t. I may feel like my art isn’t worth it at times, but it never has truly stopped me from drawing. 

Besides my main goal isn’t to make myself happy. It’s to make others happy. To at least brighten up their day a bit. 

[falcondoingdoodles]

Some of y'all don't know how to pick and organize the colors on your color palettes and it shows

[the960writers]

How do you pursue a writing career in Trump’s America without hating yourself?

The Blunt Instrument on art in times of crisis

[...] 1. Art still matters.

You seem, if not entirely convinced, at least willing to be convinced that yes, art and literature matter even in the new nightmare hell reality. In fact right now a lot of us are looking specifically to art that was created in equally scary or scarier times, for clarity and understanding. (For most of November, I was only interested in reading fiction and nonfiction about World War II and the Holocaust — but I could only take them in small doses.)

We now have the bleak but important opportunity to create the art that people in the future will look to when society/humanity seems again to be on the brink of collapse. (Toni Morrison: “We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”) Let’s just hope that we and/or some of our art make it to that future. Some people will tell you we obviously will, some people will tell you we obviously won’t, but the truth is, we don’t know and anything could happen.

But we don’t just need “relevant,” overtly political art. We need all kinds of art, including pop music and comics. We need mysteries and YA. We need breaks from the onslaught, we need occasional comfort, in whatever form that takes. So don’t discount your art just because it doesn’t have obvious political relevance. Anything you create from this point on will have unconscious relevance at the very least. [...]