@wolfwalks@app.wafrn.net asked
I feel like I haven't seen much of your drawing since you joined, but I also know you've been busy (and so have I, I'm currently procrastinating on homework). Do you have any art you'd like to show off? Do you have anything you particularly like to draw, or any favorite art media? Do you have anything you *want* to draw, or media you want to try?
yeah i unfortunately have been lacking the time to draw. i also am still dealing with the aftermath of my rsi/carpal tunnel flareup. i try to draw every now and then, but it is hard. i still have to rebuild some muscles and they get strained pretty easily. it might take months to heal. but i am making progress.
i started drawing this year as a kind of challenge to myself. i want to show off the difference in skill since then.
i like to draw expressions. i like cartoony, exaggerated motions. i also like drawing fat people. i struggle finding a particular "style" for myself, though. it's very flexible and shows i am still at the very start of the development of my artistic skills.
i also love drawing lights and shadows. they can add a lot to create the illusion of threedimensionality.
i don't like drawing digitally all that much. im a computer scientist, i look at a screen for 12 hours a day if not more. if there's anything i don't want to do more of, it's that. i like drawing with coloured pencils and fineliners. you can do some pretty nice highlights if you know how to accentuate. i used to scoff at myself for using pencils because they seemed "childish". i do not think that anymore; i almost exclusively draw with those now.
here is my second drawing since the start of my challenge. i hated the first one so much i never took a picture of it, and i can't find that particular sketchbook right now. i believe i drew this one in late february 2025.
here is a more recent-ish example of my skill from late september 2025. never finished nor polished the piece, but still like it a lot.
proof that if you keep doing something you will improve.
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