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I've been learning how to write so that I can tell stories with my art. I talked recently about being pretty lonely with my art. I think my art was missing a crucial component to connect with people and that is narrative. You don't need narrative for art, but for my art I think it's vital. I...

Wow, I finally got my email to play nice with this site again. I've been wanting to get on here to post for a bit, but Gmail was being a butt lately. I've been busy trying to get my feet under me for illustration again. I've also been wrestling with my identity as an artist. My art has been...

The dover demon is on the more beloved side of cryptids as a lot of people find it to be one of the more ridiculous looking ones. I saw the original drawing for this one and I had to draw it. It looked way too funny! I wanted to give it a bit of spooky so I tried toake it look scarier than...

It's about time I learned how to draw and paint people. I've been hard at work learning how to draw and paint the head. Today I went through and studied how noses are constructed, and rhythms to look out for in these forms and how they relate to each other. Below is my study sheet. I'm a bit...

It's been a while since I've been making my own illustrations. I started getting into creative writing to help get my creative flow back and it's been very helpful. This illustration is supposed to be some sort of wizard mixing up some potions in the middle of a wizard fight. I'll have a bright...

Had some fun on my lunch break

Figured I'd work on some good confidence builders as I'm getting back into art again after a very long and drawn out moving process between houses. I like these organic subject matters when I'm getting back to it because if I make a mistake, no one will know. Who's to say that three trunk...

Figured I'd get a thread going here on this. My main goal with art at the moment is building original illustrations that will eventually become cross stitch designs for my etsy shop. I've found illustrations with story perform the best in the shop. I've been trying to get better at capturing...

I love the old northern forests of New England. They just feel a little extra magical to me. I've taken quite a few hikes and camping trips up there. Today I did a study of a photo from these forests. I mostly focused on trying to find a way to convincingly paint the fallen leaves that dot most...

I work in the office one day a week. It's a fantastic schedule. I try to leave a doodle every week on the whiteboard so I'm not missed too much while I'm working from home :giggle: Here's the doodle for this week!

Wow am I out of practice. I spent the end of June working on my business, social media, and marketing for my cross stitch design business (which has already been helping out quite a bit!). I also continued working on a video game myself and my wife are working on together (I'm doing coding and...

Hi all. I've been teaching myself art for the past 3 years. I'm not fully self taught as I went to art school, but I mostly learned about commercial design and web development there, so I was severely lacking in fundamentals for drawing, painting, and everything else art related. It took me a...

Hi all! Dropping my latest work here. I started on this before I joined the forum and already received some great advice from Reddit. I'd love to hear any of your thoughts though! I've been working on getting more narrative into my works. I'm turning these all into cross stitch designs, so I...

Hi all! I've been looking for a place to connect with others about art, and on a whim I decided to see what forums were out there. This seems like a great, welcoming community, and I'm excited to join it! A little bit about me, I am a designer from the east coast that decided they wanted to...