Hey, I May Be A Few Days Behind (on Arctober), But I've Finally Finished My Chomper Grenade For The Jinx

>"never been this close to learning how to draw"

>haven't picked up a pencil since 🔥🔥🔥

I'm 9 prompts behind 👍🏻 but I did today's one anyway

I also bought variuous types of pencils, never thought I'll do that ..and never been this close to (consistently) learning how to draw

might update the photo tomorrow to look less overexposed (edit: updated)

games imitate life

and I hate life

fought hard not to delete this post will never finish it because I stopped caring, so here's the full sketch (remember, workplace is your second home)

based on this poster

up drawing everyone's favorite character (work in progress)

the idea is based on a Polish socialist realism poster thing - for now it only says 'REMEMBER' with the rest cut out, but I'll obviously translate the slogan if I finish the drawing (then you'll find out what it is that you shouldn't forget about) I wanted to do this for a very long time, because I can't get over how Jayce looks exactly like the type of idealized men that the socialist propaganda posters would depict, and I find it extremely funny not only that, but also the slogans that were used back when Polish People's Republic was a thing are now hilarious

I also can't unsee how he kinda looks like or has the same weird, kinda cursed(?) energy as Alex the Lion from Madagascar, so that's what I used for his head for now (it is also great at conveying all of the feelings I was feeling when spending hours on the drawing) I've had a 4 months break from art and (as always) ended up setting the bar way too high, so this will most likely take forever I hate how I have no idea what I'm doing, but instead of actually learning I'll be wasting hours trying to figure things out on my own and getting angry with myself, because everything takes so much time and still doesn't look any good - I really wish I could work on my skill consistently and learn like a normal person, maybe then I wouldn't be so far behind despite (theoretically) doing digital art for half of my life

anyway, that's probably how my posts are going to look like for the most part, because I need a place to ramble (I have no one to talk to), which I used to do a lot on insta story; still figuring out how to do this on Tumblr without scaring people off with walls of text

thanks for +1 follower, here's a funky edit I made combining random photos

this was almost a year ago - perfect time to tell you that I originally planned for making the other two as well (Viktor Junior and The Machine Herald, or what not) and already had all the potential headlines cut out and collected from the actual covers

now I don't know when will I draw again :3

>>english version<< soo.. there's a lot to explain about this if your'e not Polish please forgive me for the long post

it's a reference to a well-known series of Polish youth magazines "Victor Gimnazjalista" (Victor The Middle Schooler), that I made a very funny meme with more than a year ago > it's all there at the very bottom of the post

ENG Translation:

GOT DREAMS? NEVER LET GO OF THEM! Viktor The Middle Schooler A MAGAZINE FOR EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT price 0,00 PLN (0% VAT included) Day after day with Viktor: Transform your room! Psyche section: INTROVERT'S PORTRAIT PROBLEM: "I'm INVISIBLE, I mean nothing for my classmates" For school: Physics: Electric current Reading: Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Writing: Essay on dreams EXTRA PAGES: BECOME AN INVENTOR! NEW! Russian language test! EXAM MATHS AND SCIENCE EXAM with difficult topics EXPLAINED and STUDY TIPS

the thing is they had a Victor for every stage of education (Junior for primary school, Gimnazjalista for middle school, and the high school one was called Cogito); I thought it matches Viktor just right and also it would be fun to draw and edit an actual cover (it was a pain to draw and even more pain to edit) when it comes to headlines, I took the ideas directly from actual covers of said magazines; just went through a bunch and copy-pasted some lines to make an inspo board; you can also see it down there (it's hilarious and you have to trust me, because I'm not translating all that) vv

please don't transform your room this way

Craft update #4: Gertrude from start to finish

started: 6 Aug 2023 finished: 17 Aug 2023 status: guarding the encyclopedia

yes, I painted her with wall paint

arcane s2 so bad it made me so angry I opened blender voluntarily (to get even angrier)

Zaun crest, don't think I will finish this

hi, because I left instagram for good, here's almost all the shitpost I made with Jayce Talis Toast™ that was once in my story highlights keep reading at your own risk

the toast itslef I stole from pinterest and have no idea who the original creator is, but I want to thank them very much for changing my life, because over the course of two years I put it everywhere

translation for the last two pics: the same joke repeated 27 times levels of toast doneness(?) analysis (40 photos) average brightness average color saturation

this is fine, regress is fine

don't think I can keep up anymore, but here's the rest of the stuff I drew for Arctober before I focusted on finishing the grenade

for the "magic" prompt I tried to recreate a page from Jayce's notebook (and failed at illegible writing)

drawing finally felt fun and not like a torture! I even introduced some colour and you won't believe it, but I actually like one or two pieces presented here

for a very long time I was not used to drawing more than once a month (at best), so this is a journey I'm proud of - a "physical" proof it is worth pushing yourself through painfully scribbling some shitty drawings to actually get better and discover you're not as stupid as you thought