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I'm trying to do 1 or 2 fan art pieces a week, after getting my own work done of course, so I figured I'd ask y'all who you'd like to see.
Here's a list (I can't do a poll):

- more Disney girls
- Judy Jetson & Pebbles Flinstone (teen version)
- Daphne & Velma from Scooby Doo
- Betty & Veronica
- Josie & the Pussycats
- Supergirl, Batgirl, Wondergirl & Stargirl
- Jubilee & X23

So I'm deleting a bunch of older stuff of my gallery, sorry if you had any of it in your faves.

Why am I deleting stuff? Mostly just quality control...

Lately I've taken to doing the underdrawing for my work in coloured pencil (specifically Fabber Castell watercolour pencils) which I think, in addition to my new style is helping to improve my artwork.

It started with just laying out the basic shapes in blue pencil and has quickly evolved into a handful of different colours for different tasks - base shapes, rough details, background, foreground - and like many new things I've tried along my journey to become a half-decent artist I'm finding myself saying "Why the fuck didn't I try this sooner?".
That's something I love about learning art, those moment of face-palming, head-slapping, realisation. It's why I never understand artists who don't want to play outside the narrow scope of their personal interests - and there's a lot of those here on dA - you're missing out on these wonderful moments.
Personally I'd rather become decent at drawing a bunch of things/styles than become perfect* at drawing one single type of character over and over again, that may keep me in the unpopular club but we have better snacks at our meetings anyway.

All-in-all it really does seem to be helping me with my largest problem - stiffness - but to be honest time will tell on that one.

Right now I'm mostly concentrating on illustrations for my novels (and planning the Sh!t Happens reboot) so I don't have a lot of time for random deviantArt pieces but I have been spending this morning doing the underdrawing for about a dozen pics - a mix of OCs and fan art, surprisingly after my latest posts, mostly non-nude stuff - however since I'm planning to do a marathon writing session tonight I probably won't have any finished pieces up for a couple of weeks.

*more often than not these "perfect" pieces are riddled with flaws (anatomy/lighting/etc) but they look flashy enough to fool people who don't know better. Not that there's anything wrong with flawed art, just don't call it perfect.


On a completely separate note, I met a pretty cool chick the other day - nothing's going to happen there, I may not ever see them again, that's not the point - for the most part my usual self-consciousness and insecurities decided to keep themselves hidden and for the first time in years I was able to be the funny, somewhat eloquent person I used to be before depression took me out of the game...
...it felt good.

Just a thought about something I've noticed here on dA that's a little strange.

Poorly drawn boobies.

Not that strange in itself, since the majority of people drawing boobs around here are horny amateurs and quality isn't as important to them as two big circles with little pink lumps in the center. What is strange (to me at least) is just how many of these artists are girls themselves, unlike the horny (sometimes pathetic) guys, they have boobs of their own shouldn't they have a closer grasp on the anatomy involved? Maybe not, but it is a little weird to me. I suppose part of it is wish fulfillment, as most of the poorly drawn boobs are the larger size (I mean reasonably large not "inflated"), which I can completely understand, it's the same as the fandomites who have their good looking OCs to live through vicariously.

I'm certainly not putting down these people. For a lot of amateur artists there's a certain amount of wish fulfillment involved - and art itself is the projection of our perceptions, ideals, fantasies and visions.

And I've personally struggled with boobs (*ba-dum-tsh*) among other anatomy issues that I still struggle with.

I just think it's kind of funny how many girls can't draw boobs, but I'm sure the same is true for guys and penises I've just never bothered to look.


later
Scooby