O.T.R.A.

Me on drawing backgrounds

I crave intimacy but I get confused and uncomfortable when I’m shown even the slightest bit of attention or affection.

“We can be of many nations, but earth is our land. We can be of many races, but we are just one clan.” –

By Fiona Hsieh. Calarts BFA4 Character Animation Music “Paparazzi” by Shugo Tokumaru

Louis Tomlinson #WIP @louist91 #art #pens #drawing #onedirection #ishouldbeasleepbutyaknow

I think one of the kindest things you can do for yourself as an artist is to accept that you will make bad drawings sometimes and just…stop caring about it. It’s not like that bad sketch you drew was your one and only chance to ever draw the thing. It’s so much easier emotionally to just say “lol what is that?” delete it and start over than it is to spend the next six hours crying about it.

Once you stop treating every single thing you draw as something precious and learn to just throw stuff away it takes so much stress away. One bad drawing doesn’t make you a bad artist, or a fraud. Even the best pro artists are gonna have moments where they draw things wrong.

You’re going to make bad drawings so just go out there and make them so you can move on with your life. Chances are your second attempt will be better. 

The Skywalker Men

Sea ice swaying in waves, just off of Elephant Island, Antarctica