Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Eel Oh gosh that sounds scary, I hope nothing too bad happens while you are there. Classic family road trip lol.

I'm doing good, I still got a bad cough from a cold I had over the holidays.

@Kermit1 so far it’s been just a slow day of being stuck inside

@Zuljaras It's great! Looks a bit surreal, a bit cartoony, and a bit like in claynimations

@TeaCatherine @EllaTheKawaiiNeko I watched it a couple of years ago (Watamote). It's pure emotional damage. Partially because it's so realistic, partially because it's really relatable. The main charater is very bizzarre but it's really hard not to feel for her. I remember how much I wanted things to end well for her.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Depends on the game for me. Unfortunately many games are just made to be played on normal with more hp slapped on enemies when you choose hard+. It breaks the game's flow and makes it more of a chore

@Eel This sounds horrifying. I am telling you this because I used to watch videos from Mexico of how drug cartels treat each other. Some really brutal stuff that makes the Texas Chainsaw Massacre look like child's play!

I REALLY hope stuff like that do not happen to tourists or normal people! Please stay inside the house!

@ComfyAko Thank you! I know what you mean! I guess this is my style of drawing and I am trying to make things look more real, but I need a couple of lifetimes in practice!

@Eel the good thing is you and your family are safe right now.

@Zuljaras I don't know if I'm too late but I loved your new art piece.

This is my desktop calendar 2023 that I made by myself.

Cover

January 2023

@Zuljaras I know what you mean. I've been trying to draw for months but I can't even make anything looks more than a kid's scribble. I could show you what I mean but I kinda don;t know how to add images here. Probably for the best.

But I did watch hundreds of yt tutorials and have 4 books already so I believe that there is hope for me yet!

@Kermit1 You are never too late for that and thank you kind sir!

@ComfyAko It is never too late to draw or to do ANY hobby! Also those tutorials are not always helpful! Just draw what you like the most! You can never go wrong with that

Why nobody even look at my artwork ? 😟
I was also working hard to design my own desktop calendar.

@ComfyAko
You need to practice how to draw the basic things first.
What thing you want to draw?
Also, you can check my artwork on my profile.
I posted my artwork on Deviantart.

@Kermit1
I have posted quite a lot my artwork on Deviantart.
Be sure you check it out.
https://www.deviantart.com/fascidevvion/gallery

@Anti-Matter I think your calendar looks super neat, I dig the colours.

Yeah, basics come first. Fundamentals of art are important. squares, circles and triangles, I drew hundreds (thousands?). Literally had pages upon pages filled with lines upon lines of shapes. Perspective too. It's just that I can't really see what I want to draw before I draw it, or I see it differently somehow and I can't create that illusion of 3d'ness. Shading is something I DREAD. Also opened Ikea catalogue and drew furniture out of reference. Not to mention dozens of still frames from anime or manga. It's just that there is always something lacking, I can't put my finger on it.

@Zuljaras Yeah, that sounds about it. I think there is much fun in drawing if you don't compare yourself to the artists online. Wish I could stop, but there is so much art everywhere.

@ComfyAko Just remember to let your art speak for itself. As you can see some people like to beg for attention for their art creations

And I watch tutorials or just timelapses every day because it is amazing to see what skilled people can accomplish is couple of hours. It looks so easy but it hard as hell

And do not force yourself to draw if you are not in the mood. It will reflect on the drawing. I've done that many times and the results are terrible!

Question Do you draw traditionally (paper, canvas) or digitally?

@ComfyAko

Thanks. 😀
If you want to post your drawing here, upload to imgbb.com
After get uploaded, hold click the image to choose Open in new tab.
Then, on new tab, hold click again to choose Open in new tab again.
On new tab, copy the link of the image thencopy on here with format like this.
(img)link(/img)

Replace the ( ) with [ ]

@ComfyAko
Or maybe you can try to draw simple things first like draw Chibi characters with standing pose, simple animals like cat or fish, simple plants like flowers or trees.

@Anti-Matter Your art is fantastic!!! I really love the Eagle!!!

@ComfyAko I draw art with a computer mouse and it looks like this. I'm not great but for a mouse, it's pretty good.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko @TeaCatherine @EaglyTheKawaiiShika I can draw anime!

@Kermit1
Thanks. 😀
Btw, if you want to draw better, you can try Corel Draw to create vector images.
Vector drawing is like you can manipulate the shape and the lines as your desire.
You can weld, trim, intersect the shapes, you can add the lines and adjust the line thickness, you can make duplicated shapes quickly, you can give color of the shapes quickly, etc.
I have learnt about making vector image by Corel Draw when I took quick private course in year 2005 by 1 month trial and I able to create my vector drawings since I made desktop calendar 2006.

@Anti-Matter I'll check that out. Sounds cool.