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Part of a texture/light study from a few weeks ago.

#art #study #photoshop #pants #jeans #dresses #plum #silver #white #black #semi realism #digital art

fyblackwomenart

Then you lost me and Predecessors by Njideka Akunyili Crosby

bitchfromtheseventhhell

Jon’s like “dad announce me she has so many titles.”

soltreis-deactivated20230801

You never feel the need to paint my feathers with any particular color. When the time of flight comes, you’d like me to reflect the colors of the world as I experience it. And those colors shall be reflected back on your eyes: an ever-changing shade, a gratitude.

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About the illustration series, Retrospective

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Who taught this loaf of bread how to swim?

weavemama

THIS IS TOO PURE

weavemama

also it’s true how baby cheetahs are considered “socially awkward” omfg we need to protect them at all costs

perrfectly

agatharights

Nobody understands the essence of what makes something badass like a fifteen-year-old. It’s the purest form of badass understanding. Have you ever seen a fifteen-year-old designing a character? They’re fuckin badass as hell. Fearlessly badass. Unfalteringly. They know what they want and they go for it. Millions of spikes. Leather trenchcoats. Tinted shades. Boss.

agatharights

@otatma said:

So why do people find their OCs from age fifteen so humiliating to contemplate then? :/

The depressing truth is that people find their OCs from age fifteen humiliating because we’re trained to do so. We’re constantly bombarded with the idea that creating characters freely and without limits is somehow innately cringey and, in a lot of cases, people get mocked for it if not outright harassed or insulted. I look at my OCs from when I was fifteen and yeah, their designs are a little goofy, but holy shit! I was so much more creative in some ways, and willing to take risks in character design that I’m still trying to re-learn how to do now!

Take me back to the days where I could draw robot catgirls with wings and a million swords because you know what? Fuck the very notion of “cringiness”. I’m here to have fun and me and my badass reploid OCs are gonna do just that.

capriceandwhimsy

Blizzard sold jillions of copies of games whose every character design is all about hitting that “cringy” limit.

agatharights

Actually? This is excellent advice.

Fuck cringy.

Design your characters like they’re gonna be getting alternate skins in Heroes of the Storm.

thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva

“Fuck cringy” is amazing advice. I’ve been on this website for years, and nothing inhibits creativity and enjoyment than fear of being “cringy,” particularly in young teens.

Honestly, cringe culture needs to die.