#learning process

[ostdrossel]

I've been filling the Kingsyard box with black walnuts every day, and many squirrels came and took them out. One of them seemed to have issues figuring it out, and of course it was a tiny haggard little guy and I kept looking for his progress and made it my mission to help him learn. I would put a nut right under the lid to lift it, and pile them up so much the lid would lift, so he knows that it can. And yesterday, he finally figured it out. It was quite the process and but he did it! I am so proud of him, and I hope he will be nice and fat and shiny soon.

[roxar-tries-to-draw]

How it started

Let's see... I started a few days ago because my friend (a digital animation student) told me to stop being a loser and learn how to hold a pencil, because he was sick of my "AI-generated shit."

I'm not an artist. I've never been one. My thing has always been words, never the visual stuff. (Which is funny, because my sister makes sculptures and draws beautifully... but that's not the point).

The point is, taking advantage of the iPad my family gave me to use for university and note-taking, I decided to open the Procreate app (which I had bought for my sister so she could draw on my iPad) and just... opened it.

To be honest, it wasn't the first time I used Procreate (which you'll see in "Day 0"), but "Day 1" was the day I officially dared to color a drawing.

And honestly... I think it's not bad. Well, my drawings don't look like total shit, and I think that’s something already.

However, I’m guided a lot by my obsessions, so I hope you don't find it weird if I suddenly go from drawing JoJo's 50 times to Sonic or... I don't know, maybe Zelda.

So, well, we’ll see if I manage to gain enough skill to finally bring my own characters to life beyond just describing them with words. Let's see how it goes.

[digi-fly]

Day 2 of learning the moe art style in 2 weeks

[devondrawspresso]

I have all I'll ever need; just my soul and your heartbeat.

here's Max for @lightoftheseraph 's birthday!💕 what was supposed to be a quick doodle turned into a full piece and looking back on it now I'm so happy with how it's turned out!!

<< alt versions/progress shots below! i was originally gonna stop at hard-line shading just to see what it looked like, and while i didn't keep it i still think its pretty cool! >>

[smokeringsofmemory]

“We absorb attitudes as well as subject matter in the learning process. Moreover, the attitudes tend to determine what we see, and what we fail to see, in the subject matter. This is why attitude is just as important as subject matter in the educational process.” -Cyrus Gordon

[blundyguts]

Trying to learn how to draw fire.. Also Mordecai Heller from Lackadaisy.

[mckitterick]

I've not failed. I've just found 10,000 ideas that don't work.

- old inventor's saying