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Where's your commission info? I'm on mobile I can't see a link

Anonymous

There’s no commission info. I have two jobs and for the time being I’d rather spend my free time drawing for myself and not stress myself out with extra work.

Any tips on finding inspiration? I try going outside and all the other recommended tips but nothing seems to work

hmm i’m not sure i’m the best person to ask about this. Usually if I’m not feeling inspired to draw it’s because of depression/lack of motivation instead of a lack of ideas (which is what I’m assuming you’re asking about.) At the moment I have a a big list of stuff to draw written out in teeny tiny handwriting on a series of post-it notes. If I don’t have any new ideas it’s fine because there’s still old ideas I can draw. 

It’s normal to have lulls in inspiration. Usually I find that it’s best not to worry about it, it’ll come back. I think sometimes there’s this fear that if you aren’t constantly inspired then you’re not a real artist or you’ve lost your creativity and that’s not true. It’s 100% normal. Worrying about it can make you feel even more stuck so it really is a good idea to go do something else for a while (“going outside”) but don’t do it with the intention of finding new ideas. It’s one of those things where once you stop looking for it you’ll find it haha.

DID U SEE THE NEW PROMO?? LAPIS WAS SMILING AHHHH

Anonymous

I did! I did!  Happy Lappy ;u; 

 I’m really looking forward to this Steven bomb, it looks like a lot of cute episodes are on the way!

yo! Do you have any advice on shading in cartoons/drawing in general? I can never figure out where to put shadows! How'd you learn?

- Instead of thinking of where to put shadows think about where the light is hitting. This sounds less helpful typed out than i planned but it’s an easier way to think of it imo.

- Keep your shadows big and simple. You can add some detail to them but overall the shadows should make sense as a whole. I drew a quick little guy to show you what i mean: 

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- zoom way out of your drawing every now and then to see if your drawing makes sense. 

- Remember that even though cartoons are flat and 2D they’re still based on real life 3D things. 

As for how I learned I don’t really have an answer other than years and years of practice.;; Going off the last point, draw from life, do figure drawings, practice learning to see the shadows on real life people/objects. A fun exercise is to draw something with a pen or pencil and then take a big marker or watercolor brush and block in the shadows. Just keep at it! 

Do you choose your colors as you draw or do you make palettes first? Also do you have any tips on how to choose colors?

Anonymous

I do both! It depends on the picture, if i’m unsure of what colors i want to use or i’m doing something outside of my comfort zone it helps a lot to pick out a palette in advance, but a lot of times i just go for it.

As far as tips:

  • It usually works out best if you start out with colors that are darker and less saturated than you think they should be. Save the really bright colors for areas you want to draw the most attention to. 
  • Save the white too. I usually wait until the very end of a drawing to add white (with the exception of white backgrounds) 
  • In general your shadows should be cooler and your highlights should be warmer OR vice versa: cool highlights with warm shadows. This doesn’t mean you have to stick to only green/blue/purple for shadows and red/orange/yellow for highlights (or the reverse) btw, just that you want to pay attention to temperature and make sure it’s consistent throughout your drawing
  • A really easy way to shade digitally is to make a multiply layer and use just one color to shade everything. Once you figure out where the shadows will go you can lock the layer and recolor anything that looks off, it’s super easy i love digital art. but yeah, using colors that are close to the same range keeps the image coherent. 
  • Pay attention when you see things that have colors that you like. Keep a sideblog or a folder on your computer just for things that you think look pretty. 

This post is pretty long and that’s all i can think of right now. Obviously this isn’t everything there is to know about color and it applies mostly to digital art. But i hope it helped a little. 

How do you get such clean line art??

Anonymous

I don’t really feel like my lineart is that clean? I work on really big canvases tho, like 8000px across and when you scale it down it makes everything look much cleaner haha

I also try to do most of my lines in one big motion instead of lots of making lots of shorter marks. But actually, what helped me figure out how to do lineart was to stop worrying about how you’re supposed to do lineart and do what’s comfortable. You’re allowed to use lots of short sketchy marks and redraw parts and erase parts if that’s what feels natural to you. 

I really love your art !! Do you have any art advice?

Anonymous

This is always a really tough question to answer because i’m never sure what sort of art advice you’re looking for. There’s a lot of aspects to art and i don’t even know if you want advice about technical stuff or motivational stuff… But I think the best thing is just to draw what you wanna draw and what’s fun and enjoyable to you. The only way to get better is to practice and it’s easier to practice when you’re drawing something you enjoy instead of making yourself draw 600 boxes in perspective or something (unless that’s fun for you.) Draw a ton of fanart or your OCs making out or whatever makes you happy. And try not to worry about not already having the skills to draw the thing you want. Draw the thing. It might be wonky on the first attempt but you have to start somewhere before you can get better. idk i hope this was at least a little helpful.

I don't want this to come out rude, but im just curious about why you're not ok with people using your art in videos? Ive always thought that it's a normal and acceptable thing to do?

Anonymous

It feels similar to reposting to me and just generally makes me uncomfortable so I’d prefer that people didn’t do it -shrugs- 

You are one of the best artist I've ever seen!!! And I was wondering if you could possibly give me some drawing advice (if it's not too much to ask for)

Anonymous

(thank you!!)

tbh anon, i never know what to say in regards to general drawing advice. I might be able to help you out more if there’s some specific aspect of drawing you’d like advice on but as far as general advice all I can say is to keep practicing.