sami/sam | she/her | 22 | multifandom + funnies + whatever | talk tag: #sami shut up | art tag: #sami scribbles | https://linktr.ee/summathyme to find me!!
YO i never posted these but I did the same exploration pages for my oc faith. i just finished her updated ref and am gonna pop it up on artfight along with these. will share the ref either on its own or all together once the others are done (whenever tf that happens lmao help me)
im finally feeling good about her design after so long. the hair was “iconic” to me but also what i felt was dragging her down. she’s still got the swoop and the length makes more sense for her character so win-win
feel like i need to watch this movie 3 times but one thing i thought was an interesting change from the graphic novel was that very little of the destruction in the final scene was caused by nimona herself - most of it was because of the soldiers shooting at her as she made her way to the statue. and then the director attempting to wipe out half the kingdom just to kill her. it really drives home how queerphobia is based on unfounded fears and how a society that vilifies us and mocks the value of diversity in general is only hurting itself.
another big change is nimona risking her life to save the kingdom from itself, a kingdom that always hated her (after one guy showed her there might be something worth saving). though i love the graphic novel's take on it too i think both endings are brilliant in different ways. to me it shows the shift in nd stevenson's work, from a story grounded in righteous anger when he was young and in the middle of processing a ton of trauma, to one that reflects a confidence about who he is and his place in the world as a bigender person fighting for justice. nimona saying "it's time to rewrite this story" is so fucking meta
“Did you see the way that little girl looked at me? Kids. Little kids. They grow up believing that they can be a hero if they drive a sword into the heart of anything different. And I’m the monster? I don’t know what’s scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart or that sometimes I just wanna let ‘em.”
“We have to get you out of here. Over the wall. We won’t stop until we find some place safe, okay? We’ll go. Together. No matter what we do, we can’t change the way people see us.”
“You changed the way you see me... Didn’t you?
NIMONA (2023), based on the comic by ND Stevenson, who came out as transgender in 2022
NNEEEWWWWW USERNAME ERA!!!! using my old one as a placeholder to post art on if i ever feel like it. had a bit of a kerfuffle recently and it’s kinda been a good idea to change my name here as this is one of those places where i don’t really want irls to know about. like there’s a few that do which is fine as it’s been that way for years but im not very keen on anyone else as of now.
don’t want it showing up in tags (that’ll trace back to here) so i’ll test it out in the comments for the @ but also just type in sum/mat/hym/e and you’ll find it thank ya kindly
literally might end up a dead blog so no issue at all in not following. maybe i’ll change it back to the old name eventually but i like having a sidename for little bit more privacy
no new learning (except some notes) but i did get a bit of drawing in w my oc ayana! somewhat getting ready for artfight but moreso just wanting to actually get ideas down and maybe add to my portfolio? shows my process yeah maybe?
anyway googoo gaga
day 4 complete!! been a bit but i have been doing stuff 👌🏻 i have to upload for at least a week before i give up on this lmfao
so uh. animals. first time drawing those. like ive drawn some animals before (and many sonic characters which totally count) but rarely like this
despite the challenge this was pretty fun! definitely gonna keep doing this. miiiight limit the types of animals? maybe? maybe not. i’ll see how i feel
besides this from an hour ago i’ve been taking notes on how to draw the head using different methods as i wanna get better at different angles, so next up will be some portrait studies. i can do realism just fine, it’s the different angles (and facial diversity) that i need to study.
im not going to completely drop drawabox as I still think it’s gonna be an incredibly helpful tool, im just trying to think right now of what is going to help the most with my portfolio. just gotta keep going, write my ideas down/actually get to trying to make portfolio pieces. les do it brother 👌🏻
day 3 complete! this probably looks so bizarre but there’s an explanation lol
so i’m finally doing my first exercises for DrawABox, which all have to do with lines and practicing markmaking. it’s all about confidence, drawing with your shoulder rather than just the wrist, and thinking about each line before you draw it.
the ones above are called “superimposed lines”. you use a ruler and draw out a line, then you draw over it 8 times freehand. the goal isn’t accuracy–that comes with practice. im a lefty, so the instructions don’t fully fit to me, so i tried both pushing away and pulling towards me with my lines. you’ll be able to tell where i did what depending on the fraying of each end lol
i was getting bored and like “why do i have to just sit here and draw lines” but i reminded myself im not doing this for anyone but ME. this isn’t about pen & ink exercises, it’s as i said earlier: confidence in markmaking, learning new tools such as using the shoulder, and more will come in time.
i got sick yesterday out of nowhere so i didn’t do anything, and today i was slowly feeling better and finally hunkered down an hour ago to get something done. i saved a few videos on the planes of the faces so that’s next, along with some animal gestures and maybe picking up some new fineliners? also i can’t find my ruler so i just used a flat edge so i need that too. being a lefty means my stuff runs out faster because im “using it the wrong way” which sucks so much dude. at least it still writes fine which is the weirdest part.
ANYWAY im almost fully better so hopefully i’ll be able to work tomorrow yeeaaayyyaahhh
I realize it’s just because they’re trying to introduce the audience to the concept of Pokemon and everything but nothing will ever be funnier to me than prof oak being like “these are creatures called Pokemon, they live in all sorts of environments!” like imagine if you met a biology professor and they were like ‘I’ve been studying these intriguing creatures called “animals’
I maintain that Pokemon starts to make a lot more sense when you stop thinking of the Professors as biologists and start thinking of them as children’s science communicators, which, in a world where children as young as 10 are expected to make their way in a world populated by superpowered fauna almost entirely alone, stands as an important and laudable career. “There are 150 animals” becomes the in-universe equivalent of “There are three states of matter.” There’s too much information in this field to dump on a grade-schooler all at once, so Professor Oak is here to mete out animal facts as they become relevant in an easy-to-understand way.
That being said, I would love to see what kind of shit the real Pokemon biologists are on. I’m just imagining some disheveled, overcaffienated researcher writing a grant proposal for their study on why certain wingull seem to evolve into pelipper faster when they hatched in the winter or something. There’s bird shit on their glasses. They haven’t left the lighthouse in months. This is their life’s work. Ash Ketchum doesn’t need to know about real Pokémon biology.
im back!! day 2 complete!
did a 30 min human fig drawing session. i’ll likely be keeping it to these shorter sessions as i do want to focus on other things as well. maybe i’ll go longer with the animals once i get there!
besides this, what took up most of my time was taking a shitton of notes for drawabox’s first lesson. and i’m only a third through it 😭😭 i finally got to the first “homework” section (which is lines) so i’ll be able to do that tomorrow. i tested my micron and it still works somehow so yyyeeeaaayyy
besides the “hw” i think i’m either gonna study the planes of the face like i said a couple days ago, or start some animal drawings. either way i’ll be watching a video or two on it/doing some reading.
all that to say i also wanna do my own stuff, which is the hardest part, which is why i started this in the first place! i have a lot of spid/erver/se and a/ce at/torn/ey stuff i wanna do (slashes to avoid these going into tags) so hopefully soon i can feel more confident in beginning my own work again. not even to mention actual portfolio work with original concepts, OY
goodnight to the 1-2 ppl that interact ily 💗
EDIT: “skipped accidentally” means i literally skipped a page so i have a whole ass blank page (one side of two pages). was too caught up in the zone my brother im just that good
told ya this wouldn’t actually be an every day thing. at one point i was sitting down just about to draw and was called to do something else. and then i ate too much (that’s a whole other issue lmao) and now my stomach hurts AND i want to improve my sleep schedule so hopefully i can conk out now/soon and wake up earlier.
tomorrow i’m gonna keep the groove going with more line-of-action human figure drawing and lesson 1 of drawabox. my goals right now are to move into animal gesture drawings (which i’ll have to watch a video on to get a better grip on how that works) and studying the planes of the face so i can draw angles that work better.
sssssee ya tomorrow! 🌠
day 1 complete! yeah this’ll likely be a thing of the days being finished in the middle of the night lmao
today i just followed the line-of-action tutorial, rewrote the notes out from the site, and then took notes of drawabox’s lesson 0 (just the introduction). lesson 1 is lines, ellipses, and boxes. already feeling a bit of cold feet as it’s “”“boring material”“” but the point of this whole thing is to learn these fundamentals to apply the techniques to what i really wanna do!!!
blah blah. there’s so much i can look at tomorrow i just have to decide what. I think i’m gonna try at least doing a gesture drawing warmup session each day or so. maybe besides drawabox tmrw i can study anatomy again or maybe the planes of the face? i just gotta do SOMETHING, yknow?
actually doing the line of action was fun. i don’t think i’ve ever done it so loosely before? i’ve really only done it as stick figures, which is what this is, but just having a single line is very freeing honestly lol. i’d always begin with the head and move from there instead of using the spine as the base.
WE’RE ALREADY LEARNING FELLAS LET’S GOOOOO see you tomorrow for day 2!
yo! lot’s happened since i was last actively here. i turned 22 and graduated college!!!!!
i’m not doing much these days, as i’m waiting to find work once i move back up to where i used to live in august. new area but same general vicinity. so right now we’re just going through the storage unit so that’s ofc been taking up some time.
okay onto actually being here. i’ve been real down in the dumps about my art lately, feeling like i have no chance in the industry, leaving school with a portfolio i don’t think will get me places. i kinda flip-flop on that when i actually look at my website, but i know there’s so much more i can/have to do.
SO. i’ve decided instead of sitting on my ass and living in the sadness as i try to draw and have what i make leave me upset, i’m taking the step to do something about it! i’m gathering some resources and am just gonna start from the beginning with foundations.
i’m hoping to post my (almost) daily progress somewhere (as in here) just to have it out in the world and hold myself accountable somewhat. it’s gonna suck, i know it will, but i have to remind myself that a bunch of terrible drawings will lead to something good.
i was watching a samdoesart video where he was talking about older creatives who’re upset when they see these teen prodigies and he brought up a good point: those kids are likely spending every single day drawing for hours–they have more active art time under their belts. and looking at my k12 years and how focused i was on getting good grades, being president of clubs, and dealing with my own array of issues, i did leave art to the wayside at times. it got bad as i got older because more intensive work (honors/aps, yucky)–even during college i wouldnt draw much as I was modeling and 3D animating and all that!!
there’s a lot of topics i wanna cover as an artist, which i know is frowned upon by some in the industry as you should have a designated, specified portfolio (for multiple reasons all of which make perfect sense), but i’ll see what happens as i keep going through my learning.
anyway. i think im using this as an opportunity to not get started teehee SO LET’S GO
here’s the spreadsheet i’m using to get a bunch of my resources from: marie lum (puccanoodles)’s resource sheet
right now i’m going to be using line-of-action and drawabox. i’ve literally taken anatomy and figure drawing classes before and i loved them but uugghh. they’re saying drawabox is tough and i’m like sure, but it’s free and you go at your own pace. idk, i guess i’ll see what happens. LET’S ACTUALLY GO THIS TIME
