#on drawing

[aquitainequeen]

The eternal struggle of knowing exactly what you want a scene to look like in your head, except now you have to describe/depict it by physical means.

[painterofhorizons]

I saw the book "we need your art - stop messing around and make something" by Amie McNee a few days ago and got it today and am just browsing through (it has a nice best of quote kind of statement every few pages) and boy, this one (p. 83) hits hard.

I think it'll be a fabulous read, and I think I'll recommend it to all of you.

[continuous-spec]

I have to stare at Shepard’s crotch way too long to try and study to get this armor and leg placement right.

[purpurle-iris]

The thing about the "just draw without expectations" method is not that every drawing you make without expectations is a masterpiece, it's just that you don't expect it to be a masterpiece so when it ends up becoming one it's a pleasant surprise but if you expect everything you draw to become a masterpiece some will ultimately end up not being masterpieces and those will stick out negatively while the ones that do end up being masterpieces are just what you wanted and expected

[marlinspirkhall]

Well you can tell by the way I boob my breast that it's hard to draw the human chest

[thewomancallednova]

i started this evening by saying i want to draw, and ended up reading four hours of critical analysis of doctor who audio dramas by elizabeth sandifer.

honestly not the first time that happened

[rauchendesgnu]

Once again realising that i am in fact doing my hobbies for fun and my drawings don't need to be fully rendered after 15 hours of scrimping over my drawing tablet. I don't need to write a 100k fanfic that's the new Shakespeare. In fact, the only thing my hobbies need to be is fun. I need them to bring me joy, and if they do, then I already won