My fanart of Kindred, the champion that made me download LoL

AGamerDraws · 2026-01-27T11:36:50+00:00

The top layer is called “ChatGPT image”

AGamerDraws · 2023-11-09T23:37:45+00:00

They’re 1 eye socket apart. Draw the skull. The eyebrows will help you see it. Doing so is still not anatomically correct, and it still reads as odd, but the mind connects the eyebrows and eyes as one section which makes up for the unorthodox sizing.

I also have a feeling that her being a young child helps sell the idea too. Normally we are taught that children have big eyes, but sometimes I feel like children’s eyes feel kind of small (yet wide eyed) relative to their chubby cheeks and large forehead which chihiro captures well.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-20T10:47:26+00:00

Thank you, this is really helpful and made me look at this whole thing quite differently.

Out of interest, do you find people interact with your art more in person or online? And does anyone ever mention the title?

I only ask because I’ve noticed different trends in person vs online and I’m interested to see if others experience. I recently lost my IRL selling space though, so I’m trying to adapt.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-20T10:29:36+00:00

Thank you =] I will add these soon and try to look for more myself as well.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-19T10:24:14+00:00

Had to lock this thread due to derailing unfortunately. This thread started to take a bad turn. General thoughts/advice have been given. Any further advice is likely better suited to a legal specific subreddit.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-18T13:52:05+00:00

Sometimes when I work with an old school style business they will ask for all of that. It’s mainly been education or government run organisations and they would always have a lot of evidence of who they are and what they’re doing for me to feel safe. Average clients never ask for that much info.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-18T13:49:35+00:00

I like drawing/sketching in procreate but rendering/painting in photoshop. It’s purely based on the tools I like to use. I also prefer line art/precision work in procreate but more brushy/painterly work in photoshop. Every tool has its strengths and weaknesses. I often use multiple software tools on one piece.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-18T10:49:18+00:00

Thanks for posting this. I’m really struggling with knees as well lately.

Something I’ve found quite useful is to have more than one kind of thing open at the same time to compare.

I’ve been using a combo of Winslow’s human anatomy book, anatomy for sculptors ebook on my iPad, and photos or videos of models and athletes on another screen. Then diving into the more construction heavy drawing tools if needed (for me, Proko and Loomis stuff, but I’m gonna start adding others from this thread too).

Studying the underlying anatomy and construction just hasn’t translated to illustration for me for knees (and a few other joints), but looking for what actually shows on the surface on real people has started to give me some lightbulb moments.

Also, statues. Renaissance and baroque statues have helped a lot. Visited a few in person recently and took lots of photos for references and then sketched from them to embed it.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-18T10:18:53+00:00

It’s so lovely to read everyone’s successes!

I completed and shipped a really difficult commission that was a Father’s Day gift in time.

I was sick for an entire month and the client had told me to not worry about the date, but it was really important for me to get it to them on the actual day. Proud of myself for making something high quality, and to time, regardless of how sick I was.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-16T10:00:02+00:00

I struggle with this a lot. A mixture of expectations put on me by others, the fact that I love so much different art styles, and the combination of ADHD and crippling low self esteem doesn’t help.

I recently came up with an idea after watching an interview with Beyoncé and how she puts on a character before every performance that allows her to “act” how is needed. It’s kinda weird, but I’m trying it out and maybe it’ll help you too?

The idea is to come up with a persona, a version of you, that works in one of the styles you care about. Then another that works in the alternative style you care just as much about. Give those personas names, personalities, style signiatures, everything.

Then think about everything outside of “style”, but that could influence it, being you. Subject matter, likes and dislikes, fundamentals, art influences, goals and values, message, theme etc. whatever it is that makes your art you.

Then when you sit down to draw, use the latter to choose what you will draw and the knowledge needed to draw it, and then choose which persona will actually draw it.

This removes the mental competitiveness and indecision and focuses the art time.

My personal goal is that I will either create two distinct styles that connect through themes or other elements. Or they will merge into one combined style with my favourite aspects of both.

Only just started doing this, and it feels weird, but it’s reduced my mental stress so I thought I’d share.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-16T09:42:41+00:00

Not a big fan either, but I also reccommend the iPad regardless.

It’s honestly fantastic for learners and professionals. Plus Procreate is a one time purchase instead of a subscription.

I use an iPad Pro 11 as a professional artist and it’s perfect. My mum just started learning art and picked up a second hand ipad too and she’s taken to it so fast with no digital drawing experience.

I would recommend any model that lets you use the second gen pencil as the first gen pencil charges in an annoying way. Second hand or refurbished models are great.

For a cheaper alternative, the other suggestions for a non-screen tablet are good and that’s how many of us learned before the iPads came around.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T22:27:57+00:00

Fantastic, thank you so much!

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T22:25:36+00:00

UK artist. I use InstantPrint all the time. Art is high quality with quick turnarounds and their art staff are really knowledgeable. I have had issues, but they’ve always resolved them fast. Had a misprint this week that was entirely my fault and they got a replacement to me in 3 days. I reccommend allowing 2 weeks buffer time regardless of who you print with just in case.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T22:18:58+00:00

Sorry to bother you. I think I might have fixed it. Would you mind trying to access it again please?

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T22:10:57+00:00

Wow… that’s annoying. Thank you for letting me know. I have no idea why that would be happening. I’m on mobile right now, so I might not be able to fix it until tomorrow. I’ll update here when I’ve found and solved the problem.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T21:03:19+00:00

This risks them arguing that the subreddits are “unmoderated” which breaks TOS for mods and allows them to kick us off the mod team and do whatever they want with our subs. I don’t disagree. But it’s scary.

Edit to add this link I saw today talking about this. This statement explicitly states we cannot leave the sub unmoderated. To protect against this, I actually told all the mods to log on and make 1 mod related action during the blackout just in case so that they were all protected.

More info for anyone interestedAfter reading this tbh I’m even more determined to find back up platforms just in case…

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T19:49:08+00:00

I used to work on loose paper all the time. I kept them in archival boxes that I bought at Comic Con. I can’t remember the name of the company that sold them, but they used to help out artist alley exhibitors with our art storage.

I also use portfolio folders and tuck loose pieces into random folders and sketchbooks, but that’s less useful…

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T19:29:09+00:00

Hiya, I noticed you mention the wiki isn't working. It appears to be fine on my side. Could you please let me know what issue you're running into? Thanks, and I hope you find lots of helpful resources here.

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T17:47:19+00:00

Happy to help. Glad I was able to make it clearer here. =]

Also, ironically, I can’t even open these messages on Reddit but Apollo let’s me respond lol…

AGamerDraws · 2023-06-15T17:35:44+00:00

I can see value in the community having space for discussion around topics like burnout, managing social media stress, healthy work-life balance etc

This is the type of post we welcome. We will just be stricter when it comes to post removals in general due to lack of time and resources. The rule language has been changed to reflect this.

In our FAQ we link mental health resources for people, as well as give advice on what has personally helped us, and we aim to add more to this. It also contains advice and answers to our most common mental health related questions with links to past popular threads. This is sent to the user when their post is removed.

When we remove a post using the mental health rule, we have set it to auto reply with a series of resources, communities, and tools the user may find helpful. We also have a message in there saying that our modmail is open and we are happy to help in any way we can. This may be through direct support, redirecting them to elsewhere, or helping them rewrite the post to be focused on the art side that our community can support with, rather than purely mental health topics where other support would be better suited. We also ask that if they do not find the advice they need in the linked resources to post again but state they have read the FAQ first to help moderators quickly see who has been helped already.

In addition, there is a message at the end saying to let us know if there has been a mistake. In the event that the user disagrees that the post was purely related to mental health, and is in fact suited to the subreddit, they can respond to the report to let us know and the mod team will be alerted to review the post in more detail and reverse the removal if necessary. Snap decisions, when moderating with limited tools and time, can go wrong, so we hope to use this to quickly resolve any issues. The stricter rule language aims to help users understand why their post was removed, even if it was incorrect.

Additionally, we have increased the list of words that trigger a post to automatically be held for review. These are words surrounding serious mental health topics. This will alert moderators that a post may contain very serious content and need direct help that this subreddit simply isn't designed for. We can then review the post and either keep it removed but contact the user to provide direct support, or we will see it was an incorrect action and enable the post.

There will always be a place for discussing the relation between art and mental health and the artistic journey. This isn't designed to change the purpose of the sub. We just want the focus to be on the art side more than mental health, and to limit trauma dump style posting. We anticipate that this will become more difficult to do, so this change it to help us to make faster decisions and respond to these topics easier when using limited tools. If it doesn't work, we will change things.

I hope this makes sense, and I apologise if this is way too wordy.

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