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Hey everyone :)
I am looking for friendly advice (not critique) pretty please
This might get confusing but please bear with me <3 I use ibis Paint x and have their subscription How do you visit new styles? A new app? I'm clueless. I try to do new things but feel like I keep falling back into the same techniques. I feel like my style needs to be completely revisited. I feel like I want my art to look different than it does but don't know how to make it different :| What can I do to, I guess, switch it up? Give my art a new look? Some pieces I say "I am proud of that" & others I just want to burn >:) Thank you in advance <3 Some recent pieces below
Not looking for critique in this topic <3 
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You are So not alone. I dont really like my art and i feel like every time i try make something different it just looks worse and i fail to like it at all so it just sits and rotts. However, recently Ive started scrooling through various DA tutorials. And they are helping me a lot with trying new styles and using different techniques, not all of them work out for me but every now and then i find one that does perfectly. Like hair tutorials, body prep, background etc Btw your art already is lovely. I like how neat it is nothing feels over blended |
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I can so relate! There was one point where I was super unahppy with my art and style, and even now, I'm the type that wants to pick it apart. Try to identify what it is that you are unhappy with. Is it the hair? Shadows and highlights? General composition? This type of reflection really helped me pinpoint what exactly it was that I was unhappy with. Then just mess around - try out new tools, new techniques! Checking out art tutorials can really help - even if they're aimed at beginners. Sometimes going back to the "basics" can help open your eyes to something you might want to try or do different. :) |
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I also use Ibis and am always open to giving tips if there's anything I can help with personally! Feel free to send a dm! |
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Kiwi Mountains said:
You are So not alone. I dont really like my art and i feel like every time i try make something different it just looks worse and i fail to like it at all so it just sits and rotts. However, recently Ive started scrooling through various DA tutorials. And they are helping me a lot with trying new styles and using different techniques, not all of them work out for me but every now and then i find one that does perfectly. Like hair tutorials, body prep, background etc Btw your art already is lovely. I like how neat it is nothing feels over blended
WildWillow said:
I can so relate! There was one point where I was super unahppy with my art and style, and even now, I'm the type that wants to pick it apart. Try to identify what it is that you are unhappy with. Is it the hair? Shadows and highlights? General composition? This type of reflection really helped me pinpoint what exactly it was that I was unhappy with. Then just mess around - try out new tools, new techniques! Checking out art tutorials can really help - even if they're aimed at beginners. Sometimes going back to the "basics" can help open your eyes to something you might want to try or do different. :)
Wicca Wilds said:
I also use Ibis and am always open to giving tips if there's anything I can help with personally! Feel free to send a dm!
Thank you all so much, I will definitely look into some tutorials and see how I go. You all do stunning art! It's nice when others can see where I'm coming from, I felt very alone in it that's for sure :p |
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I get how you feel! I used to always hate my art and never understood how to fix it. Unfortunately I have no idea how it happened, but now I have art I'm happy with 😅. I would definitely find artists to kind of reference. Like for example, I am the biggest Jello fan, so I always wanted my art to look like theirs. I wanted the smooth body style especially, and I've kind of created that in my own art! |
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Glad I am not alone in that feeling Sage c': and that is a great idea, I do tend to look at some of my fav artists. So many artists as a whole that are amazing. Currently I am in the "not good enough" stage as little things tend to get to me. Some art pieces I am proud of then they get no bids and it ruins my confidence. I try to think "maybe because it's RO" but then other auctions are going well. I examine the piece and pick it apart and put myself down - Recent piece just for the hek of it :p 
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