
(ooc: I wasn’t able to make a thanks picture in time when I reached 200 followers, but here’s a belated one anyway~ Hello 21 new followers I’ve gained since yesterday!>w< This is getting old but hey I really am happy when I know people like my blog, so thank you all once again!
tbh I never expected a digimon ask blog like mine to reach this number, because ya know 02 wasn’t that much of a hot favorite season, and plus the digimon fanbase nowadays is rather small in comparison to the others. I’m glad that I now have 221 people to spread the digimon virus love to, and hopefully one day I’ll have 300, then 1000, then 2000, just a lot a lot of digimon fans to spread all the digimon love far and wide.
And fanarts, people, draw fanarts! Spread more 02, or digimon in general, love! Write fanfiction, explode the fanbase, let people on the outside wonder why the heck is the digimon fanbase suddenly exploding. Get them curious, get them interested, get them into digimon, get them into the fandom, rinse repeat and we’ll multiply! Don’t tell yourself you can’t draw, don’t tell yourself someone else will do it, just try! The first steps might be hard, might make you feel inferior, might make you feel like giving up, but you won’t reach anywhere if you don’t try and overcome that. This might sound very preachy, or you might think “it’s not that easy, you can draw so you don’t know how I feel.” Here are some drawings I did when I was 15:
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/HikariNoSekai/DSC00924.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/HikariNoSekai/DSC00925.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/HikariNoSekai/DSC00926.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/HikariNoSekai/DSC00927.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/HikariNoSekai/DSC00929.jpg
Yes that’s right, 15. If I stopped there, I wouldn’t be where I am now. I understand how some of you feel. I’ve been there, felt the same thing, and stepped forward. I really hope this blog is an inspiration for you guys to create more, rather than be a blog that causes inferiority complexes and makes people feel like putting down their pencil. I don’t know if it’s due to my contribution or not that I’ve been seeing people drawing lesser and lesser in the fandom, and I’ve been seeing messages now and then about how they are jealous or feeling inferior. I’m not saying not to feel that, but I’m hoping you can grit through those feelings and view this blog in a motivational manner, rather than demotivational. Please, create(:
And last thing before I end this thank you post turned tl’dr; a simple drawing advice I can give, which works very well for my case, and the reason for my drastic improvement in the last 5 years(because I’ll be turning 20 in 2 months+ timeTT^TT); study anatomy. personally I’m a logic based artist, so knowing about anatomy really helped. Studying realistic proportions and such gave me good foundations that really upped my drawing skills. I guess a lot of people would be like, ew muscles, no I only wanna draw anime, I don’t wanna draw muscly people bleargh etc. But all styles, even anime, comes from real life. You need to know the rules before breaking the rules, and that’s the difference between having a style and making drawing mistakes. Here’s a figure drawing website I visit frequently and found useful:
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php I recommend a 30 second interval session, and please check the option “only decent models” if you don’t want nudity on the site. At first you might not be able finish drawing a single figure in 30 seconds, but focus on the big picture rather than the details, and practice frequently with at least 10 poses each time you try. Do it consistently, and I assure you that you will see some results within a month of trying it, if not immediately (I go there every time I face a drawing slump, and it helps a lot). (You would eventually realize that you can draw self thought poses more easily, though you might have to experiment a little with the proportions in your own drawings. Because some people might have problems switching between realistic proportions and anime proportions initially.)
and with all that, I end this post(: (good job making it this far if you have))