So For All Those Who Know Next To Nothing About Me: I Love Bugs. Specifically Preying Mantis And Dragonflies

Inktober 2018 day 16

“Angular”

I really like skulls.

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Just a floofy dog thing I made to test out my ability of foreshortening. I think I might be getting better! Hopefully, I'll be able to get these scanned and transfered to watercolor paper so that I can finally start to color them. Would try copics but they are all so expensive and I need to save up.

A thing I’ve been working on for the past day or so, completed 3-18-18. Had this in the lineart sketchbook for a long while now, but decided to just get it done and over with. Took about 10-15 hours to do, which was longer than Indigestion’s time to finish, which was around a few hours. That’s probably ‘cause I took way more time with the lineart on this one than the previous, so I’m gonna try to keep that stage on the down low and simple next time around. I want these things to just go faster so that I can get stuff out faster. This one allowed me to play more with shading, and I like what I did with the background, what with the increasing lightness as you go down. Was great fun to do, and am excited for the next project. The next one is likely to be a piece with more tight lineart and no shading, so look forward to it. 

Art titled The Overseer

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Inktober 2018 Day 3

“Roasted”

No india ink on this one either, but I was just too tired to actually get a cup of water and pour out some ink. At least I’m still on top of this so far. I refuse to fail!

Totally understand this. I feel like this everyday....It's not fun.

maybe it’s just me.

I dont know if it’s just me or if my parents, generally my mom because i never bring it up to my dad, has a thing against me being transgenered.

WARNING: Transgender talk/vent.  Dont like, dont read.  I dont need your bigotry in my life.

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Inktober 2018 Day 22

“Expensive”

Cool plants are always dang expensive, so I drew and orchid. These guys are so cool and I would love to own one, but I always find conflicting information on how to water them so that they will actually live. Plus idk if they would like the temperatures of where I live.

Got a little to eager with my brush when the india ink wasn’t quite dry so it smudged DX.

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NOW THIS GUY I AM PROUD OF. He took forever because I was constantly referencing my anatomy books to get him to feel just right. And right does he feel. Finished him in summer 2016 and I love all the small details I was able to pack in that just add to the stretched feel of his skin. His head was kinda hard though to get the right shapes and shadows.

This piece (my baby) right here is my pride and joy of my 2016-2017 school year. She took about 50 hours trying to get the right shades for the fur and greens surrounding the bull, but I would do it again for the pay out. A lot of the reason why it probably took so long though is that the watercolors I was using were crappy, but I didn't want to switch out in the middle of it or risk inconsistencies through the piece in the watercolor texture. So I just made do and struggled with the watercolor paints that I had. I had to use some shades of acrylic paints in order to get the vibrant colors that I wanted, like greens and yellows, and some white for the fur, along with using india ink to get the darks I wanted. Most of it was done in watercolor though. Ah well, live and let learn yet again. This one was most definitely a learning experience.

Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

Kurt Vonnegut (via planity) Just read his story Slaughterhouse five. The way he looks at life is amazing.

I decided that I will start going through my entire sketchbook that I got 5 months ago. I’ve grown quite a lot from when I first got it, so you will all probably see my art style transforming and getting better. I’ve focused mainly on getting more detailed. Also due to all the stealing of art on the web, I’ll only be posting with some sort of watermark. Sorry😤

Edit: Sorry for quality of photo. Using my phone camera which sucks so.....