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Challenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
i am~ an artist~ a visual artist~
but to be honest, i feel like i haven't drawn in so long (it's been like One Month) that i can't even remember what my thought process is like ðŸ˜
and that's because i don't have much of one anyway!! i mostly go off of impulse doodling. some artists can plan full pieces and i am not like that at all. i will sit down at my computer... suddenly feel "i want to draw," open canvas, draw a circle for the head, draw a square for the head because i like that better than circles, and then whatever comes out comes out...
that's how like 90% of what i draw happens.
and that's why 90% of what i draw is daryan and datz. LOL
for the rare case that i do actually put some thought into it...
i have a few drawing ideas kicking around my brain for up to a few years before i ever bother actually drawing it.
like an image just manifests in my mind and i'm like fuck i need to draw that...And then i don't... LMAO because!!
when i go to draw something like that, i almost always hate how it turns out, you know?!
so i just remember it instead. miraculously, as someone with adhd, this actually works out pretty well.
i have a few pieces of mine that i was like "i had this idea five years ago and finally bothered drawing it"...
it's entirely vibes based...
i kind of struggle with imagining things in my head. i don't think it's full on aphantasia but it's like, .5 of an apple, if that makes sense
so most of my planning comes when i'm actively drawing... like, draw a square, and does it look like theyre looking this way, that way?
what if the body leans that way, or this way? what if it's from behind? what if the arms go there or here..
very loose sketching following those impulses, and maybe if an actual thought forms from it, like "klavdar cuddling" or "dhurkedatz leaning on each other again" i'll redo the sketch to fit my new idea.
i also sometimes run with a very vague vibe of "i want to draw a catboy" or "i want to draw daryan" or "them being moeblobs" or "something sexy" and just go from there.. no extra planning!
not entirely recommended but if i tried planning, i wouldn't draw anything. so this is better!
and in terms of actual literal process... draw sketch, *possibly* redraw sketch if i did it too messy the first time, and then i do lineart- and this is important- merge the lineart and the sketch, with the sketch layer on VERY low opacity.
it's a shitty little hack i do LOL i don't really like clean lineart in my style, and the vague implications of the sketch makes the lineart look better.
because your brain sees those implications and subconsciously chooses what line looks better. <-cheater <-hacker <-funy
then i just color + shade + bing bang boom
i have a little special touch i like to put on my art where i go a little ham on the highlights. scribbling over everything with a white or vaguely yellow thin brush, on an overlay or add (glow) layer...
it's just funnn everything's so glowy and fun.
ALSO
speaking of glowy and fun, i love to duplicate my lineart, hit the second layer with a blur effect- the first layer is multiply and the second layer is overlay! it's a bastardization of an "anime cel" effect i learned YEARS ago on paint tool sai.
it doesn't create that kind of effect anymore bc i don't do it right, but it does make everything just slightly fuzzy and lovely.
i don't have any of my art here yet so;
here is some daryans (from ace attorney!) to show what i'm talking about :3
both of these were born from drawing A Head and then daryan just manifested. i put so little thought into drawing LOL
it's like this because most of my drawing skill was developed while doodling in class... so all of my art is glorified doodles.
which. of course. i love!! Fuckkk i miss drawing so bad im gonna draw tonight i think!!!! thank you snowflake challenge
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I think most art is basically doodles, tbh. I love your Daryan!
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Your art is SO COOL though so it's really neat to hear about how the process works for you! It's always got such vivid Emotional Vibes, like the characters are so expressive even when they're just at the sketch stage. And I actually do know what you mean about No Planning...there's a reason my writing process includes No Outlines, haha.
(how is grumpy catboy Daryan so cute. I had to close the cut while I typed this comment because I kept getting distracted looking at the art. here's an icon of him being terrible.)
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neeed to steal that icon when i get home, hes the worst, i love him so much
also THANK U EEE darnyan is...i have so many thoughts about him... who knew that sharks were just underwater cats (at least this specific shark is) im glad you think my art is expressive!! honestly i feel like... who knows... i definitely have been leaning into more anime/manga "stock" expressions, which is technically Not Recommended, but.....its so fun. and they look so silly. and it makes me happy which is what REALLY MATTERS but my point is i worried it made my art seem flatter so its like. yayyyy if that isnt the case :D
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Darnyan is just so good (and actually some sharks ARE just underwater cats! look up whitetip reef sharks and you'll see that they sleep in piles, and there's a whole family of sharks called catsharks. some of them cover their eyes with their tail when they're scared. <- couldn't resist the urge to talk about sharks) and I love how you do expressions! Maybe they're stock expressions but I'm always like. yes I understand EXACTLY what that face is conveying right now :D