Sometimes I Feel So Out Of Touch As An Artist On Social Media. I Wanna Draw, I Wanna Share My Ideas,

Sometimes I feel so out of touch as an artist on social media. I wanna draw, I wanna share my ideas, but I feel like if I'm not gonna dedicate my entire free time to be an art machine, there's just no point to even try. You have to follow the trends, you have to follow the new cool shiny thing before it falls back into oblivion and keep doing it if you want just a shred of acknowledgement. And on most platforms it's just so you get a small chance that the algorithm won't crush your work.

I'm admirative of artists who can do that and succeed and thrive, but it seems so pointless and exhausting to me. I get how the system works but I don't think I could ever do that for this long.

I just wanna have fun and make sometimes silly, sometimes cool things. I don't want to just draw 1 thing or style to build a "brand" or only draw existing characters or shows. I want to feel good about my art, experiment, learn, be inspired, inspire others. I don't want to force myself into the next Big thing just Because.

I don't know if that's a hot take or tired or whatnot, but Tumblr is the only place you can actually share longer thoughts on nowadays and I felt like sharing in case others felt the same way or had advice

Please....... I can't take it anymore.....

The one ad I keep getting on this goddamn hellsite is the ball razor. Why is it the ball razor. Tumblr I don't have ANY BALLS

The one ad I keep getting on this goddamn hellsite is the ball razor. Why is it the ball razor. Tumblr I don't have ANY BALLS

please please please stop buying apple products

Anyway, I’ve been drawing some SU-related content which is still under wraps, and I’ve also been having fun playing Minecraft with some friends in my free time from work! And I made this lady here for it, humbly calling herself Princess, she’s actually a Wither Skeleton Princess (because they look super cool, don’t @ me) I’ve been trying some spooky vibes with this and really like the painterly look. I’m a bit weary about sharing personal pieces since a lot of you came for SU, but I hope you enjoy this sort of content as well <3 I put a lot of time and effort into each piece and I hope it shows. If you have questions about my ocs, you can always drop me an ask!

artist end of the year ask game

since ive seen these around for other things (idk if theres one like this yet, if there is then oops)

Favorite drawing from this year

least favorite drawing from this year

first drawing from this year

favorite character you've drawn

favorite little detail in a drawing you did

longest a drawing has taken to finish

most popular drawing

underrated drawing you did

any new art mediums youve tried (or overall styles if you havent tried new mediums)

favorite art medium

artist(s) that influenced/inspired your art style

fandom youve drawn the most for

favorite fandom to make fanart of

how many drawings did you complete this year

any upcoming planned drawings

favorite piece of art from someone else (if you have one)

favorite oc/sona drawing

any art events youve participated in

any collabs youve done/would want to do

what do you think youve improved on the most over the past year

what do you want to work on the most next

what are you best at drawing/doing (ex: youre good at lineart, or drawings hands, etc.)

favorite pose youve drawn

what do you like most about your art style

best advice youve recieved this year or something new you learned about art

feel free to add to this! i just havent seen an art related one and thought it was a neat idea :]