Hello I am new, confused and excited about Lemmy! I like the vibes.

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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Fellow artist here! I love the colors! I second brushing up on your anatomy, but I also wanted to recommend plastic artist models. Like gray scale action figures of poeple, but proportionly correct. I use them all the time. Get a stick for a prop sword and your good to go. Really helps me rough out a pose and make sure the prop/object is being handled naturally.

    Which brings me to my next point, pose. Even standing still like this you can give your charters a sense of self and personality. Look for a dynamic action in the hands. Figure out which leg is taking weight and which isn’t.

    Have you ever spotted one of your friends from some distance away? You couldn’t see their face but you knew it was them becuase of how they were standing, how they carried themselves. Same idea.

    One of the things that helped me was gesture drawings, no details just motion. I would grab a sketch book and head to a park with lots of poeple and free sketch. Also get some books on animation! Sorry I have written a novel here but I LOVE art and have been painting my whole life! Keep going! I can see the skill in your work. Hell your probably better at clothing than I am! (I have to get mad reference for clothing, especially shoes.)







  • FollyDolly@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlAre we all fucked?
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    3 months ago

    I went to therapy for almost this exact reason. I will tell you what my therapist told me. Just because these terrible things are happening, doesn’t mean you can’t have meaning and joy in your life. It can be hard to feel grateful, it can be hard to feel happy, during such times, but it’s possible. I would suggest reaching out to a professional if you can afford it.





  • For context I am almost 40 year old women. Okay, so I like to watch gaming videos on youtube. Markipler, Let’s Game it Out, CallmeKevin, RT game, Dunkey, y’know moslty geared towards kids, young adult gaming content. I never do this unless I am home alone because I don’t think anyone would get why I’m watching an adult man play a wrestling game with his bright red, 20 foot tall wrestler named Johnny Hotbody.