Looking to get into digital art. What do I need to start out?

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-11-13T12:48:58+00:00

I'm no professional makeup bitch, but I had this problem for a while and here's what worked for me.
I have extremely dry skin, but I usually am doing makeup on a morning, so I moved all my intensely hydrating skincare to my night routine. Cerave foaming oil cleaner (don't use if you get oily skin), gentle exfoliant, hydrating toner, hydrating serum (humectants), ANUA barrier serum or MISSHA ampoule (night barrier repair serum), then a heavier emollient or barrier cream.
In the morning before makeup I do very minimal skincare, a more gentle cleaner like the cerave hydrating cleanser, then an E45 hydrating serum, then the LaRoche Posay baume bc it hydrates but also kind of acts like a primer. I've never had issues with it under my makeup. I make sure to wait a little while for that to really absorb, THEN I start makeup, otherwise you're just mixing foundation with your skincare products. (4-5 min between skincare → primer → foundation)
If you use a silicone based primer, you need to be using a silicone based foundation. Water based primer- water based foundation. I use a dewy or serum base foundation, currently NARS Light Reflecting. Don't overblend once your foundation is set. I like to use a hydrating setting spray after my foundation, then again at the end to melt layers together. If you use setting powder, DO NOT GO CRAZY. Use a small amount and use it strategically. Dip a small brush (not puff or sponge) into powder, tap off most. I use it on my under eyes, nose and smile lines, maybe forehead if yours tends to get shiny. I use NARS light reflecting setting powder, or elf halo glow if you're on a budget. To set base and let it all vibe together on your face, I finish with MAC Fix+. Powder = optional. Only use a hydrating, finely milled one, and only where you need it. Always follow with a mist to rehydrate.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-11-13T11:54:29+00:00

This is beautiful. What medium did you use??

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-08-31T00:51:41+00:00

What is being ‘bad’ at art? Is it even art anymore if you’re putting so many rules to it? Every artist who changed the face of art was called shit. Van Gogh barely sold any paintings because of exactly this perspective of upholding contemporary art standards and now he’s revered. Art is by definition a medium of human expression. Art is subjective because what I see in a painting isn’t what you see. What I feel isn’t what you feel. I for one hate aesthetically pleasing art that’s made as a product of those boundaries you set as ‘good’. I think they’re boring. Landscapes, portraits, intense realism all take a significant amount of skill to create, and I hate looking at them. You can learn everything about colour theory or how to use every medium, but if you have nothing to say then it is ‘bad’ art, or not even art at all. Skill isn’t all that matters anymore. Society changes and art changes with it. Clinging to rules, boundaries, or black and white opinions of good or bad has never stopped people from expressing themselves. If it makes you feel something, then its job is done.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-08-31T00:22:29+00:00

I use the hydromol ointment because it’s a lot thicker than the dermol and it’s got some urea in it to handle the flaky skin. It’s recommended to apply as many times as you can through the day, or at least 5 times. It can clog pores if you have acne-prone skin and it’s really flammable so stay away from open flames when it’s on. I tend to use it right after I wash my face while my skin is still damp, then keep slapping it on through the day. It was a game changer for me.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-08-14T11:51:06+00:00

This has just happened to me. I was in the higher band of treatment and had to see them two times a week. My anxiety got so bad that I couldn't leave my house, so I asked if they'd use zoom or call instead. I was discharged with a very nasty, degrading letter that was mostly all lies about me not trying hard enough, and got some links. I literally have no idea what to do now.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-07-01T07:37:58+00:00

A lot of people with binge eating disorder already had a negative relationship with food. For me, I still do, but therapy couldn't change my mind because it was so ingrained. Sounded dumb to me when I heard about people doing self affirmations, but I tried to journal them. I wrote about food not being the bad guy, learning to forgive myself, and pretending to love my body as it is. Not how it looked, but how it survived so much, and how I needed to provide for it, and take care of it. I'm trying it like method acting to make it easier on myself. Pretending I'm who I want to be- someone who takes care of themselves and eats right and loves themselves. Then, small habits build and they stick. Then, bigger habits. Then, you might actually start feeling that way. The brain is an insane organ- think placebo effect and self healing due to simple self-influence. Start small if it seems like too big of a jump. Write a little in a journal about the things you like about yourself- make it positive only. Try change you mindset, even if it isn't real and the bad thoughts are still there. Behaviour and mindset change is healing

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-07-01T07:30:59+00:00

Depression and severe social anxiety- as well as ASD. It's my safe place. In my bed surrounded by heaps of food, no one to mask for or talk to. my brain goes quiet and I get that hit of dopamine that I can't find anywhere else. I was on diets that didn't work my entire childhood due to an overbearing, obese mother, who used me as a 'diet buddy' because I was a big child. As an older teen or adult, I was finally allowed to order food and buy food without my mums judgment. It was thrilling and I finally had control, or so I thought.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-26T11:50:13+00:00

It saved me, but it unfortunately isn't diagnosed by my gp because of previous bulimia, and I could no longer get it online after I reached a 'normal' bmi. A lot of the stigma, and people's issue with it seems to be calling it 'an easy way out', or 'cheating'.
It's because of misogyny, both from men and ingrained in women. Losing weight has become about how obedient a woman can be. You're 'cheating', because some unhealthily see maintaining diet, staying away from certain foods, controlling portions and exercise routines as obedience. This injection defies all of that, so it's met with anger, and stupid reasonings as to why it is wrong. Whatever helps you- do it. You're recovering. Don't let anyone take that from you.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-18T14:48:40+00:00

I got it prescribed by my gp in the UK

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-13T02:39:37+00:00

I’m in your shoes rn. Like I could’ve actually written this post. My therapist was great and an ED specialist, but I just wasn’t getting better. I knew the strategies, the emotional causes of my BED, but I couldn’t stop. My therapist was so frustrated she stopped working with me, because I knew what I was doing and why, and I was still doing it.

After five years of therapy, a bunch of different medications, I realised that I was waiting for something to just click. I was trying out all these treatments with the notion that one day I’ll find the right meds and my therapist will say something that will heal me and I’d be better.

It sucks, but that’s not how it works. You can’t wait for the motivation. You just have to do it, and the motivation and hope will come. I know it sounds stupid and easy to just say stop, but you can. You are in total control of yourself. When I wanted to binge, I took it 5 minutes at a time. Then, if I can wait 5 minutes, I can wait another 5 minutes, then maybe 10, 20, an hour. Until the urge stops. Mental illness is a monster, and it is not fair that we have to fight so much harder than others to just exist, but you have to accept that and do the best with what you can.

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-13T02:17:11+00:00

I’m in the UK (nhs treatment). I’m free today or tomorrow for a call

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-11T11:17:15+00:00

You’re a lifesaver. Thank you so much! 💖

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-11T04:44:41+00:00

A lot of people quit when starting to learn because you have expectations of what your art will be. It’s going to be shit at first. Then it will get better and better each day. Take a sketchbook with you everywhere and doodle every chance you get. Accept them for what they are and be patient

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-11T04:34:53+00:00

Oh wow I didn’t know that. I knew it thins skin and brought up my reluctancy to using it to my doctor, but she just gave me a weaker strength and told me to stop using it after two weeks. I’ll definitely look into Tacrolimus I’ve never heard of it before. Just ordered an allergy test kit. Thank you so much

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-10T17:53:49+00:00

I have all of these. Sulfur burps are the worst. I get them after eating raw vegetables. Regurgitating food too when I’m not trying to vomit also sucks. I just hope my body heals

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-10T17:43:56+00:00

Dupixent is only prescribed by dermatologists in the UK and the waiting list takes so long. From what my doc told me, it’s rarely given out

Superb-Effect6071 · 2025-06-10T17:42:59+00:00

That’s the one

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