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Lucky number 21 lol
Just some stuff from my sketchbook for art class. Figured I'd post it.

This is a self portrait we did in class that I FAILED MISERABLY AT OTL;; way too stylized... I hate myself LOL. I think Ms. Rossi was disappointed ): fffffffff the hair took forever too. And I had styled it when I started drawing it, so yes, it had alot of volume and piecey things, or whatever. Some of it got cut off due to my scanner. My sketchbook is 9x12 which is too big for it.
( self portrait )
I know the things wrong with it, but I was too lazy to redo it. And yes, I am well aware of face proportions. Gone over that like a million times. I hated doing it all over again;;
You don't even want to see the other portrait I did of my friend )); sighhh.

Currently we're doing shoe projects with clay. First we had to research an artist and their style, then draw sketches of the shoe design. I had Louise Nevelson who was a Russian abstract expressionism artist during WWII. I had a bit of a hard time with the design... and her works are monochromatic, so I don't have to apply any colour to it LOL
( 2 design sketches )

Got bored in art class, so I decided to play with the colour pencils LOL for once I actually finished my project and had some time left. Didn't want to start on any new sketches. Maaan I really need to take a colour theory class or something because my colour composition and harmony suuuck )): and is also why I can never make good, finished pieces OTL;;


Hope to work with my new acrylics soon :>
my sister's going to let me borrow her old paint brushes.

Hey guys lol don't I fail so much? :<

I've had such a lack of time and motivation lately. It kinda depresses me actually. I'm going to try super hard to to force myself to do more work. I'm going to sleep when I'm dead anyways, so whatever. I need to seriously push myself so I can get into a good art school... and so I can actually feel like I accomplished something. I feel like such an artistic failure right now. I was looking through my artbooks last night and it inspired me yet crushed me at the same time. It makes me feel like I want to work harder, but also like I'm never going to reach that level, and I feel like I should be alot farther along now.

Mini-rant over lol
Here's some art finally.
( stippling + detail shots )
This is the final version of the stippling project I had posted before. I admit I don't particularly like the outcome, but at least it looks pretty much like I had pictured it in my head.

( sketch + copics )
All for now, folks. Hope to see you again soon.

God, I feel ashamed for my lack of updates ));
I'm such a bad artist. I'm having such a bad time balancing schoolwork and freelance drawing... I really want to do both all in a day, but school has taken so much out of me. I even got sick for a while, but that's gotten alot better.

Here's something I did manage to draw. FANART PAGE.
Spot your character~ There's not alot... ;; I just realized I drew characters of people who are currently drawing/redrawing their webcomics... so weird. Well, except Tablo, that's why he's in a little box in the corner. Because... he's not a character... he's a person. hurhur :B


THIS IS WHAT I DO WHEN WE HAVE A SUB IN ART FOR TWO DAYS.

hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner. hate my scanner.

Some stuff I've been working on in Art II.
W-we've been stippling... and I hate stippling ;___; baaaww. Takes so looong. But after this project, we'll be done, so I guess I should be grateful... lol I'm really hoping we start using acrylics soon, or do a drawing project... that doesn't seem too likely atm though.


( 2 stippling works + 1 sketch )
lol uhhh, I don't think Ms. Rossi is going to let me stipple the sketch I drew because I drew it manga style... orzzz I hope I don't have to do it over again;;

Nothing much. School starts tomorrow.



Based off G-Dragon's Debut album look.


inspired by "you may crawl" by school food punishment.

( 5 tablet doodles )

People... just make me want to never show my art to anyone.
I can't even explain it... It's times like this I just wish I never showed anyone any of my stuff. Like ever. It's so irritating. There's so many pros and cons to being a manga artist, but I just hate this one thing. I hate it so much. I've had to deal with it ever since I was a little kid, drawing stupid little cartoons on my homework. It's always, always happened. And whether the person does this intentionally, I don't know. All I know is that it bothers me more than almost any art-related blow. I don't care if people bad-talk my art or bash me for being an artist, but this is one of the biggest insults, in my opinion. Though some may say it's a sign of flattery, I don't take it that way.

I don't ever take copying another artist and posting it for the public as a flattering gesture. Never. Or even imitating, especially if it's extremely noticeable to the artist themselves. Maybe it's not art theft, but you're certainly robbing them of something, and yeah, it doesn't feel great, okay? There's a line between learning from someone's works and just plain copying. I'm so sick of it. It's like... why the hell would you want to do that if you were truly passionate about art? I don't understand... I just don't want to deal with it anymore. I know it sounds defeatist and such, but I'd rather keep to myself if that's the case. Even if this is just a spur of the moment kind of feeling, I'm still feeling it.

Again, I can't even explain my frustration. I thought I was okay with it after letting off some steam the other day, but if this keeps on, I'm just sick and done with it. I'm done.

Urr... read my new manga? -- Crash @ Smackjeeves