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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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P.S. *Cough* Excuse the length..... I ramble on the rare occasion I actually 'talk'.
Aw, never be afraid of your own characters. Make them earn their keep by suffering along with you as you learn to draw. Free Guinea pigs are what OCs are for!
do you use? I mean, naturally I've heard of MS Paint, Paintbrush (MAC), and GIMP, but I'm very curious in what you use. Pencil and Paper, with a scanner? Something else unheard of? Your artwork is extraordinary, and the coloring/shading is fantastic!! Please let me know as soon as you can, I am dieing to know.
I don't think I have a scanner, I don't have a tablet, much less I can't draw with a mouse, so I'm a bit screwed. xD Pencil and Paper it is then. :3
(Woooo~ Something I can actually draw with. xD)
Anyway, thank you so much! I really do look up to your art and your style, and it means a lot to me that you answered.
You've probably been asked this before but-- how does your hand hold up throughout these sketches? I'm not sure how long it took you to draw all of these collectively, but man it seems like you draw a lot and very frequently, so I'm just wondering if you ever have trouble with your hand because of this, and if so what measures you go through to make sure your hand doesn't get super crampy?
When I do have hand troubles, as I'm starting to now on account of writing too much online tonight, I have a brace for my right wrist I'll slip on while typing/navigating to give my crushed nerves a rest. I'm a moron with my tablet and paint for hours and hours at a sitting until I can barely get my fingers to uncurl from my pen. When I'm not being over-indulgent I'll set timers on the hour to get up and go do something else for ten minutes. So breaks are good. I also mess with clay sometimes, which serves the same purpose as one of those squishy stressball things, I'd imagine. Get the blood flowing in your fingers again and all. I also have a pair of warm, finger-less knit gloves I'll wear sometimes when working because heat is supposed to help against aching wrists. Maybe that's helpful? Do you have troubles with crampy hands?
Ahhhh oh wow those all sound like good management ideas to help. Yeah, I have quite the achy hand/wrist as well from drawing and typing (but primarily drawing, I think.) It's definitely my own fault as well since I also overindulge and sit down for hours on end to draw, neglecting to take breaks. Perhaps I should try and set timers too AHHHHHHIJEHtrh
But man I never thought of clay or stress balls, really; those sound like some great ideas. I really do need to get into the habit of exercising my hand more. I found my mother's old Baoding balls recently and I think those may help as well.