Enneatone-ring - YOU HEARD NINE DIALTONES AND YOU DIDN'T PICK UP?!

On vacation rn and our tour guide reminds me of will wood. Like visually

GUESS WHO GOT A REDESIGN

"Witch" 🎀📺

Resides in peoples' minds; in the "mental space"

He/Him

More Below [UPDATE: UNVALE PAGE]

★ Character I designed like a couple weeks ago, just messing around, I ended up having a lot of fun with this guy! And I find him very draw-able

^ Some doodles I did, mainly trying to brainstorm for story ideas, the second doodle is the plot/premise I'm building off of right now; He lives in a "mental space" of sorts, but is unable to access his own mind, and so he attempts to find and convince other people to let him live in theirs.

That's all I have to give for now! Have a swell day

Oh Also He Talks Capitalizing All First Letters Like This

"Witch" 🎀📺

Resides in peoples' minds; in the "mental space"

He/Him

More Below [UPDATE: UNVALE PAGE]

★ Character I designed like a couple weeks ago, just messing around, I ended up having a lot of fun with this guy! And I find him very draw-able

^ Some doodles I did, mainly trying to brainstorm for story ideas, the second doodle is the plot/premise I'm building off of right now; He lives in a "mental space" of sorts, but is unable to access his own mind, and so he attempts to find and convince other people to let him live in theirs.

That's all I have to give for now! Have a swell day

Oh Also He Talks Capitalizing All First Letters Like This

Literature

Prepare for a rant on art, my friends. This is something that's been annoying me (tldr at bottom, which probably describes what I mean better than the main rant)

For a moment I'd like to forget about the idea that art is subjective: let's say there is a foolproof way to factually define whether a piece of art is "good" or "bad," high quality or low quality, appealing or unappealing. Let's pretend art is objective.

That... doesn't change much. Not about my argument, anyway.

All the time, I see people getting upset — almost personally offended, even — just by the fact that someone is, apparently, bad at drawing. And then I see people respond to that with the fact that it's just their style. I don't disagree that the quality of art is subjective, that people can have their own styles, but people seem to cling to the idea like it's the only defense they have for their art being "bad." Even people who believe in the subjectivity of art will rush to defend themselves, to insist that their art cannot factually be bad, like that's the most heinous thing possible.

Tell me, though: what exactly IS the problem with an artist being "bad" at drawing? Who does it hurt? Who does it, at the very least, disrespect?

Don't get me wrong: giving tips and criticism and helping people can be great (if done supportively and respectfully of course, without belittling) — it can be a great journey to improve one's art, and I don't want to downplay that — but someone may not actually WANT to improve on a technical level. Maybe they only want to make art that's appealing to themselves, and maybe they don't need to know the fundamentals or anatomy or colour theory or character design to be able to entertain themselves, to have fun with it. Maybe they're just doodling because they like to doodle. Y'know?

I don't know how this post will come off. Maybe someone will think it means not to give criticism, maybe someone will think I'm just repeating the idea that art is subjective, but what I really mean with this is:

(TLDR aswell): We shouldn't act as if someone's a bad person because they can't draw. If you don't like how someone's art looks, if it's unrealistic and messy and there's poor colour theory and shitty anatomy, and they clearly aren't doing anything to improve it.... just move on. Yes, it's just their style. No, that doesn't mean they're "good" at it. No, they don't need to be good at it in the first place.

DO NOT USE AI GENERATED "ART." Commission a real artist.

"But I don't have money"

Then draw it.

"But I can't draw"

Then learn.

"I don't want to take the time to learn/I want it now"

THEN YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT. Or you can at least settle with a poor-looking result if you draw it now. Hell, at least use some character creator/dress-up game like those picrew things or those Gacha games — you know, SUPPORTING ACTUAL ARTIST'S WORK!

You aren't entitled to see all the pretty looking images when you want, how you want, and for free.

Get it for free, and you either don't get it as good as you want or as fast as you want — you either settle with the fact your own drawing won't look how you want it, or take the time to learn. (unless you're lucky enough to find someone doing commissions for free. But that's still better than AI.)

Get it fast, and it either won't be good, or won't be free.

Get it good, and it either won't be quick, or won't be free.

This post should also apply to other forms of media (written works, music). But as someone who draws, this is the most relevant to me.

TAvgB

I guess I should make a proper post about this thing.

HELLO! I'm a guy who likes to make characters and stories. One of the main ones I have is in the works right now "The Average Blank" (TAvgB)

This is a story about a few young adults who have their lives tossed to shambles when they meet a scientist, Red Mora, who has a heavy interest on "studying" the way that their reality — and all the universes within it — work.

I've made TAvgB its own world profile on unvale with a bunch more info and character profiles ! (I'll also be sharing a bunch of art and ramblings about it here.)

Check it out if you like fancy overpowered delusional men in suits with a god complex :D

one day I hope to make it a webcomic, but not only does it have a long way to go before its story is complete, i have a long way to go before I can make a comic for a story like this. Admittedly it's a bit big and complicated. Ultimately though, I'm just having fun! And sharing the things that result from that

Welcome to: some of the favourites I found in last year's sketchbook

Why is is that whenever I try to make another TV-head character I struggle with the design more then any other ocs

More character concept

Will probably make the shirt colour more saturated + make the purple darker.

This is part of a group of characters I'm making for a webcomic idea I might make at some point! Though it will require more planning and probably better dedication skills than I currently have.

Tosses him

stanlurine... save me..

figlureanlurine

save me stiggley-wiggley