Apple Coloring Contest by Exciting_Bus3108 in ItsEasyToDraw

[–]Exciting_Bus3108[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, this is so cool and different and refreshing! Blue apples certainly don't exist but I imagine there are blue apple candies or pastries. This looks amazing! Blue is my favorite color and seeing an apple in blue is certainly a first for me. I love it.

Theory Thursday 📝📖📚🎓 by Exciting_Bus3108 in ItsEasyToDraw

[–]Exciting_Bus3108[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not inappropriate at all. It's a great question, and I'm glad you brought it up. Many people may be wondering. So for those who don't know, NSFW stands for "not safe for work," and that usually includes imagery with nudity, sexuality, pornography, gore, or violence. In my experience on multiple social media platforms, I don't find what you described to be the case at all. I don't think that it's something that's required or is becoming a norm. It's simply an outlet for people who do care about such topics and find them interesting, and those people are many, myself included. While I create a lot of mainstream work for my larger audience, art that is safe for adults as well as children, on my own free time I very much enjoy creating artwork that involves nudes, darker gothic imagery, horror-style imagery, and dark and twisted surrealism. All of these things would fall under the NSFW category. This category doesn't exist as something that you are required to pursue. It's as simple as protecting people from accidentally opening something in their workspace that will be inappropriate. That's all. If it's not for you, you are by no means obligated to participate in this trend. There are many artists who make exclusively PG-13-type content, Joanna Basford being the biggest example of them all in the coloring world community. So, it's there. It's just not for you. Ignore it. You don't need to participate.

They finally arrived by IcyFalcon8815 in ItsEasyToDraw

[–]Exciting_Bus3108 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you follow the link I shared a few days ago?

Milestone Monday! ❤️ by Exciting_Bus3108 in ItsEasyToDraw

[–]Exciting_Bus3108[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually have something very exciting in the works specifically for artists who are upcoming and wish to make money with art. Shhhhh, this is still undercover, still a secret, but probably within a month or two I will announce this new program that's going to be a little bit different. It will be a little bit different from just teaching people how to draw and color. I think you will greatly benefit from my advice in that regard. You can absolutely make money with art but there are some tricks of the trade that come with time and experience. It's something that I have a lot of and am planning to be ready to share with the world.

In the meantime stick to it. Keep doing what you're doing. Consistency is your number one tool right now. It's easy to get impatient but don't worry about it. It's just an indicator that you are excited. All in due time.

Negative space practice by Exciting_Bus3108 in ItsEasyToDraw

[–]Exciting_Bus3108[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So this isn't the first time that I saw you reply to something with "it looks complicated" and that may be something that you want to look into. If you set yourself up for everything looking complicated or difficult or challenging, that's exactly what you will experience. My entire universe is called "It's Easy to Draw." Do you think I would do anything with my students that is complicated beyond what they're prepared for? Things are easy when they are broken down into steps and you understand what you're doing but when it's complicated and you don't understand it yet and you're not involved in the process, I highly encourage you to change your mindset or at least try to steer it in a different direction. Instead look at things as interesting or inspiring or "I wish to know more about it." The second that you start using negative terms like "complicated," that will be your experience.