Im just a cringe individual who will never grow out of their edgy teenage phase and does art and stuff, she/they rarely he enby swag, unhinged AroAce, I have 2 many AU's, eternally trapped in hyperfixation hell , ✨👑the lord of Snatcher angst👑✨ ,unapologetically cringe ,AUTISIM, insane robot enjoyer, 16+ prefered i draw gore, truamatic/psychological themes, horror, and surreal imagery
all of my OCs are various flavors of ace because i am ace and i am far too sex repulsed to even think about them doing any of that so they are all ace as hell and like- 4 of them are 100% sex repulsed too
they are all asexual because their god (me) hates sex/silly/hj
fanservice of Lavender would just be a drawing of her in a GIR hoodie doing a cute idol pose with text in the background saying: "do you care about me yet? am i cute enough now? am i clean enough for you? am i worthy of attention now? am i perfect? am i eye candy for you? am i appealing yet? do you like me? do want to look at me? will you finally see me? will you finally care? will you finally treat me like a person and not a tool? am i finally good enough to be alive?"
anybody flirting with me ever is a nightmare scenario for multiple reasons but i think the biggest one is that i would be so caught off guard and paranoid that i would tell them to kill themself as what can only be described as a threat response and the idea of that potentially happening haunts me
no "sorry im aroace" or "not interested" or even "fuck off"
JUST STRAIGHT UP FIRST RESPONSE WOULD BE "kill yourself"
”how do i get people interested in my ocs” TAG THEM. BY NAME. HAVE AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER TAG I CAN LOOK THROUGH. PLEADE. SOURCE TAG AND THEN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER TAG. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE CLICKED THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF “#OC” ON SOMEONES BLOG TO GET THE FULL EXTENT OF THEIR ORIGINAL CHARACTER ART I REALLY WANT TO SEE. TOO MANY. THREE HUNDRED POSTS HIDDEN BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH THE “ORIGINAL CHARACTER” TAG AND NOT THE “OCS” TAG ON THEIR BLOG. YOU MUST DO THIS FOR ME.
me: "i cant be scared writing a creepypasta of my own OCs! im already desensitized to my own story!"
my home alone ass writing about an associate of the LUMINIOUS detailing the facility's status post-blaze and him learning that someone is still inside the building that is supposed to be abandoned: "maybe i shouldn't be doing this when i'm alone in my house having a paranoid episode-"
WAYS TO NOT PSYCHE YOURSELF OUT OF ARTFIGHT
(a guide for myself but you can use it too)
1: YOU CAN ONLY DO 1 ATTACK/REVENGE PER DAY!!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO 5 IN ONE SITTING!!!
2: YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAW INTRICATE FULLBODYS!!! A BASIC HALFBODY IS ENOUGH!!!
3: YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHADE EVERYTHING!!! YOU CAN JUST DO FLAT COLOR!!!
4: YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVENGE EVERYONE!!! YOU DID NOT SAY YOU WOULD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TOO!!! ONLY REVENGE PEOPLE YOU WANNA DRAW!!!
5: YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE YOUR REVENGES EQUAL QUALITY!!! YOU CAN JUST DRAW WHAT YOU WANT!!! YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE AN INTRICATE REVENGE!!! YOU CAN JUST DRAW!!!
6: YOU CAN DRAW WHOEVER YOU WANT!!! IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE DRAWING SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DRAW IT!!! YOU CAN DRAW SOMETHING ELSE!!! ITS OK!!!
7: YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE THE CHARACTER 100% ACCURATE!!! AS LONG AS YOU ARE RESPECTING ARTIST PERMS AND BEING RESPECTFUL TO THE CHARACTERS CORE DESIGN YOU DON'T NEED TO DRAW EVERYTHING 100% CORRECT!!! IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH A MINOR THING YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT PERFECT!!! YOU CAN DRAW IT DIFFERENT!!!
8: YOU DON'T NEED TO DRAW 24/7!!! YOU CAN TAKE BREAKS!!!
9: ITS OK TO PRIORITIZE MUTUALS AND FRIENDS OVER REVENGES!!! YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO ONLY DO REVENGES!!! YOU CAN DRAW WHAT YOU WANT!!!
10: YOU HAVE 3 WEEKS!!! DON'T CRUNCH YOURSELF TO DEATH!!! DON'T WORRY ABOUT DOING LESS ATTACKS THAN LAST YEAR!!! DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR ATTACKS BEING BORING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR!!! YOU WEREN'T DEPRESSED LAST YEAR AND PRIORITIZING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FORCING YOURSELF TO IMPROVE!!! YOU CAN BE LAZY ABOUT IT!!! ITS OK!!!
Do you have a favorite design that you've made for a character? Alternatively, is there one that stands out as being the most fun to draw? How do you go about your creative process? What are the steps you use to capture what you're looking for?
Honestly, I have a lot of mixed opinions on my own designs. I’m not satisfied with the vast majority of them, because my designs often end up being very simplistic and repetitive (in my eyes, at least). In order for a design to be “good”, I have to do a lot of research to make sure it is, and sometimes I just don’t have the time for that when I want to draw them right now!
I will say that I do really appreciate Thirio’s design, if only because he has key design details that hint toward parallels he has towards other characters.
His glasses parallel another character, and his kimono is intentionally crossed right over left instead of the correct way. It makes sense in context, but I should really move on.
My opinions on who is fun to draw shifts, considering that I often end up drawing the character that I hyperfixate on most at the moment. But one example that stays a consistent source of being fun to draw for me is Outlander.
Something about his short, snout-like face, as well as his expressive horns, make for excellent practice drawing at different angles. His simplistic and flexible body also makes it easy to practice dynamic poses with him. I often find myself doodling him very often just to warm up.
Artblock is also fun to draw for some similar reasons, but one thing I really appreciate is that the roughness and scribbles in their design are diegetic to the story. They can look as messy or unpolished as I want, and it makes sense, since they’re Artblock!
For your last two questions…. I really wish I had a concrete answer for them, but I don’t. There’s no one way for me to achieve what I want, and truthfully, I’m a very amateur artist. A lot of my pieces, especially fully rendered and shaded ones, are very messy when you look at the close details. That’s partially because of the limitations of the art app I use, but also because my process is nonexistent! So much of my art is me fucking around until something looks acceptable, regardless of whether or not it matches the vision that I had going for it.
At the very least, I have outlined some steps for how I might go about making a piece, whether it’s art or writing:
Make an outline. With art, this can start with thumbnailing, or if I’m feeling particularly risky, I start directly with a rough sketch. With writing, I write down a few sentences about what direction I want the scene to go in.
Solidify that outline. With art, usually this translates into me lining the sketch, since that’s what I do most with my style. With writing, that might turn into me expanding my outline by making different lines with step-by-step instructions for how a scene goes. I often skip this step in writing, though.
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Wake up with a colored and sometimes rendered art piece, or a collection of paragraphs.
Touch them up a little until you stop hating it.
done :)
And that is the Doodle way 👍! I don’t recommend approaching art like this in the slightest, but again, I’m just a beginner.
I wish they didn't have to go through the things they did, I wish their past was filled with happier times. I wish they weren't around the people they were with back then. Some that they still are with. I wish they were loved more, kept safer, told their worth more. Reassured more so that that doubt never had a chance to sink in. I wish they had more memories about warm sweet drinks and cozy nights and laughs and hugs than the ones they were given. I wish the world was more thoughtful, considerate.
It happened, and it breaks my heart to know. I sometimes wonder how different of a person they would be if it never did. I hope I can make it up, somehow, even by a tiny bit. I hope I can be something that can make the day somewhere a little gentler. I hope even if the past still lingers around here to bite you again and again on bad nights, that you would let me remind you once more every time. I hope you know I love you, I hope you know I love you.
