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I’ve been in a deep tangle with the assignments from my drawing class recently. I think it’s mainly because I hate shading and doing entire pieces in pencil. But also it’s because I feel really stifled when I have to follow stricter guidelines in creative tasks. However, I just finished this one point perspective drawing of an imaginary landscape and I kinda like it! I like the surreal elements I was able to weave in despite having a specific criteria I had to meet overall. Learning to love my art even when it’s not exactly what I planned on making is a process.
Feb 5, 2025
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sadly never been artistically talented with a pen (much to my disappointment) but doing small quick drawings is helping me battle against this desire for my creative outlets to be perfect or visually appealing. Not getting discouraged or hyperfixating on the look of it, rather focusing on how good it feels to put pen to paper
It’s very freeing and I will continue to draw inanimate objects poorly without shame
Aug 13, 2024
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i've been taking a life drawing class over the summer, partly because it's something to do, partly because it keeps me in a routine, partly because a prof i really like teaches it, and partly because said prof advertised that he was teaching it over the summer, and recommended that i (and others) take it.
anyhow the first day was like, great? like i was slowly improving and such. and then the past 4 classes i left feeling slightly defeated, like i was getting worse somehow. i stuck with it though, and it's paying off! i've started getting better at bodies, and today it finally clicked in my head how heads work, lol.
i'm still not at a point of being extremely confident in my work, but i am at a point where i can tell i've improved in the past 6 classes, which is better than nothing!
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I love the focus of everyone in the room, for 5, 10, 20 minutes at a time everyone is just there, observing and drawing. I do it only for me, it is not for a class and it is not a skill I am in desperate need of improving. I make work, some good some bad, and I enjoy the act of making and the grounding it gives me. I like the vulnerability of the space, there is no hiding the work you’re making.
As an architecture student I do not trust the art students who do not come to the open figure drawing sessions, like what are you scared of?
Mar 23, 2024
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I really love feeling clean. But I also hate falling asleep with wet hair. But I can also just wear a beanie in the morning. And I know I won’t shower tomorrow if I put it off tonight. I want to feel clean.
Feb 5, 2025
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I know Kevin posts his documentaries on YouTube but every single one has genuinely made me smile more than the last. He primarily focuses on theme parks, with the occasional deep dive into Disney shows and other children’s tv. Can’t recommend him enough. first one you watch has to be either the fast pass video or the Disney channel theme song creator video. Sucks that I essentially trained myself to sleep at the sound of his voice LOL
Feb 5, 2025
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Straight from the bag by the handful. Semi sweet only.
Mar 7, 2025