Oops I Accidentally Pulled My Heart Out And Pixelated It Whoopsie Daisy.

I gave him teeth cause I thought it looked neat.

Also I hope he can read my dysgraphia scrawl. Not sure why my writing was that messy, it’s usually better, but I didn’t feel like going back and redoing it.

Im ok thank you! Have a good holiday!

As a kid, I used to really like drawing.

I had a big brown sketchbook I would draw in all the time. I would draw mostly random things, but I would also draw these cute little stick figure comics. It was really fun just drawing whatever came to mind whenever I had a few minutes to spare.

I was never very good at it. I have dysgraphia, a learning disability that makes it hard for me to write, and it also makes it nearly impossible to draw clean lines. I was always kind of insecure about how my drawing would always turn out wobbly and lopsided, but I still kept drawing.

I don’t really know what changed, but eventually I just kind of… stopped. It was probably a combination of my self confidence being trashed during quarantine and constantly comparing myself to better artists my age. I kind of stopped drawing as much as I used to. I still doodled on occasion, but it wasn’t the same. Sometimes I missed the old days where I drew all the time, but the fear of my art not looking the way I imagined it in my head always stopped me from picking up my pencil.

But then, a friend of mine taught me about sketch lines, and showed me how a bunch of wispy pencil lines could create a smooth picture. I was skeptical, but he was also inexperienced, so I thought that it wouldn’t hurt to try it out. When I had some free time, I grabbed my pencil and a sheet of paper, and using those sketch lines, I drew a good circle.

It wasn’t a perfect circle, but it wasn’t a lopsided oval, and that was good enough for me.

And with the help of these sketch lines, I learned that I’m actually not half bad at drawing as long as I’ve got a reference in front of me. I’ll need to learn how to draw more from memory, but I can do that later once I’ve got a better grasp at anatomy and all that stuff.

So I don’t really care for now that it’s not in perfect proportion or if the hair doesn’t look the same as the reference. Now people can recognize who I’m trying to draw, and that’s nice. It’s nice that even if I’m only just starting and it’s messy and unrefined, people still like it and can see what I’m trying to do, so I’m not totally hopeless.

I’ll get better at anatomy and drawing from memory later. For now, I’m just going to keep drawing.

Because above all else, drawing is fun and fun is good. I hope I don’t forget that again.

I finally figured out how Krita works

This character is named Scribbles. I hope you love him.

Caliber Girl! I had fun messing around with paint and airbrush tools for this one.

I just moved all my stuff from my secondary blog to my main blog and redid my main blog so most of my art is reblogs from my other blog right now. if stuff looks a bit weird around here that's why.

We need help!

My wife @astrmastr and I need help moving to the EU!

We’re two transgirl/nonbinary queers stuck in the conservative Midwest!

Unfortunately, we’re already living paycheck to paycheck as it is. I’m incredibly blessed to have two parents that are willing to dig into their retirement fund to help us, but I want to take as much financial strain off of them as possible.

I’m offering pay-what-you-can commissions over on my Ko-fi!

You can find more examples of my work on my art blog!

If you have an oc, a pet, a friend, or a silly idea, toss a couple dollars our way! You’ll get some neat art, and you’ll help us move to a safer, more supportive environment!

We also sell stickers! We can even take custom orders!

Get your blorbo made into stickers! And then stick them in places!!

If you have the resources, please consider a commission or donation! If not, consider helping us out by reblogging or sharing with your friends!

She missed my vein and rather than taking the needle out to try again she wiggled it around and get to it. Hurt like hell and made me pass out for the first time in my life. Was annoying that it happened, but can't lie it's funny af.

A Niko doodle I did today. Drawing the sleeves was really satisfying and Niko is such a cutie!

This character is named Sun Chips. I hope you love him. I certainly had fun drawing him. I think im gaining a new appreciation for graphite brushes.

Anyway, this character belongs to a friend of mine, SharkOutofWater. go check him out on art fight he's cool.

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Art Fight

An art trading game

It's an Akito. it may not look like it, but he's very happy that I bothered to properly shade his hair.