Support Young Artists Who Arent Very Good At Drawing Yet But Are Still Brave Enough To Post What They

Support young artists who aren’t very good at drawing yet but are still brave enough to post what they made

Support new artists who want to improve and are slowly struggling to get better

Support artists who are trying things outside of their comfort zone and ending up with outcomes that are mediocre compared to their usual work

Support artists who make 30000 OCs simply because they love designing characters

Support artists who are overly judgmental of their creations

Support artists who are positive about their creations

Support artists

If a critique is requested, be honest… but for the love of all things good and holy do not degrade, bully, or act condescending toward an artist just because their picture doesn’t match up to your standard of quality.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO DRAW WHAT YOU WANT. See this man? THIS IS EDITOR YOSHIDA FROM SHUEISHIA (SHONEN JUMP). I met him when I met my hero Takeshi Obata. Who of which (Obata-Sensei) gave me props and said “WOW. You’re REALLY good.” when I gave him a drawing of CROW. Yoshida then reviewed my work and love the Dream Vesper ( A manga project of mine) artwork I did as well as other work I had done. He also went on to say that he did not expect to see Americans drawing manga like I did. Seeing black and white pages was refreshing to him. He and the assistants encouraged me to enter the next JUMP Manga contest. He was bummed I missed the deadline BY A DAY because of the time zone and would’ve loved Dream Vesper. So I was told to do 31 pages next time instead of 45.

SO to all of those people that scoff at “Americans” drawing manga, zip it. It doesn’t matter where you come from. Everyone loves a good comic. They aren’t “racist” or “mean”..or any of that crap. Learn the language. Learn the culture. Respect them, they respect you. Most importantly, CREATE SOMETHING THAT ONLY YOU CAN CREATE. BE YOURSELF AND DRAW WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART TO DRAW. (Yes, learn your fundamentals but don’t be ashamed of having a manga influenced style). Editor Y himself said that my style was a SUCCESSFUL fusion of Western and Eastern influences. So if a “kid” out of Detroit can get Jump’s respect. SO CAN YOU. NOW GO DRAW.

This was done 9/23 so not technically inktober but w/e. My first real attempt at inking without pencil in a long time. My art style is completely different and more graphic this way. I’ll post the process pics I took later when my phone isn’t dying.

Look, that thing you want to do? Stop being a weenie and just do it. 

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Interedting, I'm going to look into this more.

so I downloaded a new art program recently

It’s called Krita. Maybe you’ve heard of it, but in case you haven’t, seriously, check it out! It’s really nice!

The best way I can describe this program is that it’s a combination of Easy Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop. And the best part is the program is completely free to download from their website. I think what I like most about it is that not only does it have a Stablizer like SAI does, but it has practically all the tools I ever use from Photoshop. Not saying it’s going to replace SAI or PS for me (at least not yet; I’m still learning my way around Krita lol), but it’s probably the only thing I’ve ever found that is coming close to doing it.

I put some screenshots under the cut!

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