I’m REALLY proud of how this is turning out. The pose, the body language, just...the MOVEMENT of the piece. I’m still struggling w/ body proportions but I LOVE how this is turning out.
I was in a really dark place a while ago....I never drew anymore, my pen tablet sat on my desk UNUSED for MONTHS. I was not in a healthy place at all. Don’t get me wrong, my relationship is WONDERFUL, I’m engaged! i have the BEST roommates in the ENTIRE world. I’m truly blessed.
But...I just...didn’t have that ITCH, the itch to create, I don’t know why I just felt...burnt out. I hated my art, I hated what it represented to me at that time which was failed inspirations during college, which is when I really started to hate art. Then out of no where, I saw friends posting their art, their progression. I watched speed paints on YouTube and just one day was like “Oh...I want to do that....how can I do that?” and then I reinstalled GIMP and shortly after found my copy of PhotoShop from school. I just...picked up my pen and started drawing. It started off as DnD things, and then gradually evolved into me drawing my OCs again, drawing things just for me. No deadlines, just for me! I feel free again, I LOVE art again, I love drawing and showing my works in progress (trust me i have a lot!) to friends, to my fiance, it’s a wonderful feeling. My roommates and fiancee have pointed this out to me, that I’m drawing again, and I’m actually excited again, and it’s all they ever wanted. Hell @brutus-the-great-and-powerful used to get SO frustrated with me because I stopped drawing, literally it was like pulling teeth for me to even consider it. So I guess I have them to thank, them and my wonderful fiancee @thekyngarthur for pushing me to draw again and letting me stumble around for a while as well as sending me into my timeout corner so that I’ll draw.