2019 Summary Of Art ! My Thoughts On The Year Under The Cut

2019 summary of art ! my thoughts on the year under the cut

What a year! This year was interesting, improvement-wise. I don't think I improved in any significant way in obvious areas like anatomy, lighting, or color, but I did still definitely improve. This year I put much more of a focus on more complex illustrative work with backgrounds and multiple elements, which made for much more interesting pieces overall. Even for pieces without need of a background, such as character references, I still have made the habit of using at least a solid color background to give the piece more context, at least color-wise, than pieces with transparent backgrounds. I've gotten fond enough of this technique that I don't think I can imagine going back to transparent backgrounds again, unless for a specific compositional reason, aha. Last year I said I would start publishing a comic sometime in 2019. That, obviously enough, didn't happen. My main issue is that I switched projects four - yes, four - times last year as I attempted to find a good project for a first comic. I decided against publishing Monkeywrench first as it's a huge project that I care very deeply about - I wouldn't want to make all my beginner mistakes on it. However, while I didn't start publishing anything last year, I was working on various projects all year round. This helped to fulfill my other goal to work on developing my various projects, and I've even come up with a few more. I currently have most of a script for the project I'm currently prioritizing, which hopefully means I'll be able to start to publish it in 2020, especially since it's relatively short. If I don't, anyway, I'll cuss myself out a year from now. Last year I noted that I was beginning to experiment with painting. I've continued that this year, although often my painted style and cell shaded style merge somewhat. I've gotten more comfortable with my cell-shaded style again, especially in illustrations, after having a bit of a "falling out" with it at the end of last year. You'll notice that the drawing for February isn't something I posted - it was from a class project to illustrate a poem. The style of the project was very different from everything else that I post, so I decided not to upload it, although I could still be convinced otherwise. Apparently I didn't draw much else in February, and this particular panel was the most interesting thing I had from the month in my opinion. I liked the project and I like writing poetry, so maybe I'll try this type of project again sometime. Another interesting thing to note is that for whatever reason I used backlighting a lot this year, to varying extents. I rarely, if ever, used it before this year. I wonder if the trend will continue into 2020, lol. Many of my goals for next year are pretty similar to my goals from last year, in that I want to continue to develop my projects and start publishing a comic. I also want to continue to experiment with my style and compositions in illustration to create more interesting and meaningful artwork. I've been experimenting with my traditional artwork a lot lately, but not so much with my digital art, which is something I'd like to remedy. I also think my anatomy needs some work, especially since I haven't improved much in the area for 1.5-2 years. Here's to a great 2020! Happy New Year, everyone!

Just uploaded a video where I show and talk about old speedpaints I never finished! Go check it out yo !

one day I swear I will upload something non-homestuck, but that day is sadly not today

3, 16, 20, 21, 25 for the oc meme :p

3. how many ocs do you have?There are 70 characters on my Toyhouse, but that’s definitely a big underestimate because I have a lot of characters who don’t have designs, need to be revamped, etc that aren’t in there. I would say 130-150 would be a solid estimate across all my projects? I really need to get designs down for a lot more of them. 

16. who is your oldest oc (age-wise)?I have a number of characters who are immortal thousands-of-years-old gods, but as far as more mortal characters go I would say maybe Morana from my alt canon, who’s a bit above 100. 

20. which oc do you think has changed the most since you made them?Cedric, definitely. He was one of my very first OCs ever, actually! He started off as like a cute crybaby kid who liked planes, and then a few years ago I decided to age him up and make him a repressed war deserter of all things. I’ve shelved his story for now, but he’ll definitely change a lot more again in the future as well.

21. who is your newest oc? optional- doodle them to show!Vidafi! I’ve been really into making & developing fantrolls lately.

25. do you have any ocs that you havent drawn/written as/talked about in a long time? if so, who?Pretty much everyone from my Tuiverse project (TH folder). Most of them are older characters and don’t all have humanoid designs. I know generally what the plot of the project is but I haven’t been able to develop the world fully, and it’s been on the backburner in favor of my other projects for the last few years.

i fciuging colored vidafi’s horns backwards I’m gonna-

wow I just keep accidentally signing stuff 2019 huh !! I really can’t get over it