How I feel drawing anything rn

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

The Adventures of Prince Achmed just turned one hundred years old. It's still among the best movies ever made. For the film's birthday, we're sharing Lotte Reiniger's wonderful firsthand account of its creation: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-film-tha...

I feel grief but I struggle to explain why. I guess it's normal. I'm working towards getting a clinical diagnosis for neurodivergence, but I'm nervous. Here's a funny worm I made

please continue to share your art despite it all

Wanted to create an oc in a psx style. Didn't finish it but it was fun.

I haven't drawn much recently, trying to spend more of my life outside and focusing on moving out. Maybe I'll start sketching traditionally again.

Too much truth in one meme

still experiencing seasonal depression, but thankfully it's sunny today

fighting depression with cross-stitch 💪

Ghost [ #art #gif #oc ]

Fantastic Bugs! 🐛 ✦ #art #fantasy #illustration

holly doodles [ #oc #art #illustration ]

Actually finished something beyond the sketch phase [ #art #illustration #oc #digitalpainting ]

Kaya Commission for @astrophagic.bsky.social

Just doodlin'. [ #art #illustration ]

pick up an analog hobby, I'm so serious. something that holds your attention and is fun for you, literally anything. Collect and identify bread tags or something, just don't fall into the trap of doomscroll paralysis again

Experimenting with blending 2D and 3D, not sure if it works here but I had fun regardless. [ #animation #b3d #2d #art ]

Go make the art you’ve always wanted to make. Write the stories you’ve been dreaming of. Sing your heart out. Pick up an instrument & play. Do the things you’ve been holding back on because you’re worried about what others might think. Just do it. Do it now. Life is short. Life is precious. Please.

No matter how dark our world may become, keep creating things that challenge the norm & never stop being weird.

an old doodle that I kinda liked so decided to render it out a bit more [ #art #illustration ]

I think it's important to write about how and why we make art because like... humans need to make art, and they need to experience it. It's a way of the human brain processing reality; without enough of it, you go fuckin nuts. So if we can help people make good art, we can offer some nourishment.

2024 was definitely a difficult year for me, but through that difficulty I'm carving my own path forward. Independence and self-trust is scary for me, so I know that that's an area worth focusing on in 2025. ⭐ Drawing has been such an important part of keeping me relatively sane.

Woof. I lost patience to complete this, but I did manage to create something. [ #animation #art #gif ]

WIP (gonna try and do a basic animation with this)

What you avoid holds the key to your creative growth. Don't let fear stop you, embrace it. The more terrifying the endeavor, the bigger your growth.

I like eels, they're pretty neat [ #art #animation #maori ]

pukeko found a star ✮⋆˙ [ #art #pukeko ]

old lighting study #art

So I'm going through a velvet worm phase, so my pen name for now is Ngaokeoke (māori for the velvet worm, a special native 'worm' here in nz that are nocturnal). idk how long it'll last probably like 2 months

worms worms worms worm s worms [ #art #worm ]

Carlosarty’s birthday today! My wish is oh... I wish we could have millions of bananas and bring spring back. #opossum #art #cartoon

wipp #art

wanted to tweak it a little more soz. anyway here's madotsuki from yume nikki #art

Don’t let the desire to make “good” art stand in the way of making art. Make bad art earnestly and joyfully. Pour your heart into poorly executed, derivative creations. And maybe it will end up “good” eventually or maybe it won’t, but either way you got to experience the magic of creating.

sometimes I prefer the flat animation to the coloured version #art #animation

critter doodles #art

I use this character to explain my heart, I think I really capture what I was feeling with these to. I can hear my voice in them.

Decided to animate a sketch of Piper ⟡ #art #animation

sharing some of my animations from earlier this year commissions are open for this kind of work - DM me for details!

I am newt having a good time #art #painting

Ooh we can post #gif art now. Enjoy.

I still haven't given her a name 😶 #art #oc

Let’s normalize here that it is okay to take days, weeks or a month to finish an illustration and take your time to make it the best you can! If you wanna post anything but nothing new then recycle your old art you’re still proud of; don’t let it be lost to the void! 🙏

i'm desperate for something, but there's no human word for it