Anyway Im Procrastinating On Uni Work. If You See This In The Wild (splatoon 3 Plaza) You Better Tell

anyway im procrastinating on uni work. if you see this in the wild (splatoon 3 plaza) you better tell me. h-foot 5eva

mmmm you know that thing where you're halfway through a project and you realize you're not actually skilled enough yet to execute on the idea you had but you have to push through and finish the project anyway because that's how u learn and grow except now ur hating every second of it because you KNOW its not as good as it could be

yeahhhhhh

Hey!!! Thank you, I'm glad u like 'em 🥰 !

I'm currently in the process of moving these stickers from bigcartel to my ko-fi , where they'll be digital downloads instead of physical stickers.

I've been a bit busy with Uni so it's taking a while to move everything, but I'll most likely have these available to purchase & download by the 1st October latest!

I couldn't find any pride flag Squid/Octo stickers that were exactly what I was looking for... so I made my own!

They're on my bigcartel atm for just $1 each :)

EDIT: did a silly and forgot to enable international shipping again- should be fixed now.

when i was in year 12 a substitute drama teacher told me my drawings looked like 'something off tumblr'. its been almost 7 years and im still thinking about what he meant by that.

doodling out some thoughts + fears I've been having now that my first year of Uni is done.

i wanst made to do polished artworks man. i was made to do whatever king gizz's deal is

a thing i only recently realized i knew abt character design that isnt just common sense apparently:

do not start ur character design by doing a full, refined turnaround/model sheet.

like. everyone in my childrens book il class is fuckin doing this even though most of them are illustration majors and its a huge mistake (our prof literally warned them against this, and YET)

any time you design a character, start by not caring. by just doing what feels right. dont settle on the first thing; play around. and then draw your character a shitload of times before u start a ref sheet

dont finish anything, just. do super fast sketches of them over and over and over. fill up a page or two. as you draw them theyll evolve. that will happen whether your sketch it out at the beginning or jump right into a final draft, and lemme tell u, u do NOT want ur character evolving and changing AFTER ur final draft. u want to get that out of the way early so u can get a decently consistent finished product

then when you go to do your model sheet you will already be able to keep your character on model without it bc youve drawn them a shitload of times. then it wont be “struggling to draw the character the same every time” itll just be “this is what the character looks like and i could draw them with my eyes closed bc of muscle memory”

dont just jump in and be like “shit i gotta have this full complex polished thing right out of the gate!” like. in the beginning, Do Not Work Hard. play. play a lot. and THEN do a refined drawing. your refined drawing will look way better, too, bc by then youll be completely comfortable with your design

its just a super bad idea to present a character as “heres a ref sheet” as soon as you have a concept. your concept will evolve and u have to let it, or else ur designs will look rushed/bad and your drawing will looks stiff and uncomfortable bc u can only draw ur character at a ¾ths view in a particular pose bc youve drawn them twice in ur entire life