Priestess Of Pie's posts

Hi Fizzgig! Welcome! Yeah the avis here are pretty cute. =3 I doubt you're as boring as you say though. Being a nurse is pretty interesting by itself.

@Aradia: I'm sure you'll get into the groove soon enough. Just gotta get to know a few people so we don't seem like strangers.

Hello and welcome! I hope you enjoy yourselves here!

Ohhh these are fun ideas!

@lithium: It looks like the stamina potion has the wrong image linked?

I just butt in anywhere. (*´ω｀*) No one has seemed to mind so far.

@MoodyBats: It makes perfect sense! Just know that when you draw what you love, others will love it too! There's no pleasing everyone, but the people with tastes similar to yours will definitely pick up on it. Plus it just shows when you enjoy a work, vs when it just becomes.... work. Anyway, I think you're doing great and should keep it up! I'm not perfect either, but if there's ever anything I can do to help let me know.

@MoodyBats: No, I understand the impatience. Sometimes it's hard to set it aside and trust that you'll get there. The best thing to do though is to draw things you like, as you said. Draw things for you. Things that you enjoy. Things that inspire you. Even when they're not perfect (and honestly, who is) it's still important because you're taking a part of you and making something out of it. Frankly, that's magic.

Ha ha yeah I love going back to my old DeviantArt and just like... dying at my older stuff. It's all part of the process though. I actually wish I had access to some of my earlier artwork so I could really get cringey, but alas. It's lost forever.

You should redraw her then. ^^ Reborn with a new name and a new pic. I'm looking forward to it.

And self doubt is something that all artists struggle with from time to time, but I guarantee you that you're better than you think and that no matter how good anyone gets, there's always someone better and always someone worse, so don't bother to compare. Just focus on your own journey and have a good time doing it.

I do sometimes miss working with traditional media though... it's a very satisfying tactile experience that you just can't get with digital. That being said, I don't miss having my hands covered in pencil and marker. ^^; Don't even get me started on pastels.

Honestly most professional artists DO use references of some kind. To not would be limiting yourself. Learning to draw is learning to see and to translate what you're seeing into a 2 dimensional image. There's almost no instance when a reference wouldn't improve the quality of the image.

Also, digital saves time, but without the fundamentals like anatomy, perspective, composition, etc. it doesn't mean much.

Yeah references are such a touchy subject for some people, but they shouldn't be. I think some people confuse "reference" with tracing but that's not it at all. I use references all the time when I don't know how to draw something. I like to pull up several images from different angles so I can see what the thing looks like and get a feel for it in 3 dimensional space. That really helps me visualize.

@Miss Sandman: Snow is actually pretty rare here but we have had a couple bad snowstorms. Usually we just get sleet or hail if anything. =/ You can't play in those.

@MoodyBats: Yeah i've tried that too but there's so many small parts that overlap when drawing hands, and foreshortening besides. I do... ok... but I still have a lot to improve.