Part of an art collaboration with @alexavier-taiga in which we swapped line art and coloured each other’s work. So this is Alexavier’s lines and my colours. Here is the other version with my lines and Alexavier’s colours.
It was a learning experience. It’s interesting how a different style of line art made me really think about how I was going to colour it. I went for simplicity in the end.
Introducing 7.5 Billion Flowers; Embrace Yourself! (Formerly known as just “Embrace Yourself”)
A non-profit body positivity project to make the world a little brighter.
Flowers come in all shapes,colors and sizes. They all need different conditions to grow and evolve. Some prefer the sun, some rather grow in shadows.They all attract different beings, they all have their very own times to bloom. But even they
differ so much in so many ways, they are all have one thing in common: They are all considered as full-value flowers. They are beautiful.
There are 7.5 Billion humans on this planet. We want that for them, too.
Start to change the world by accepting yourself! You are beautiful, too. You have your own conditions to grow and to bloom. You have your own shape. Diversity makes you beautiful. And your heart. Your mind. Your fights. Your struggles. You came so far and survived! ________________________________________________
To reach people who are in need, we send our work as prints to hospitals, therapists, communities, mental institutions & more completely for free. There soon will be further information for this. Follow our Tumblr for updates and more informations, and of course new characters and some of their stories! There are many more to come. We’re also on Facebook & Instragram. If you’re interested in being a sponsor, please contact us via 7.5billionflowers[at]gmail.com!
Fanart for “The Breaking Wheel” by madeleinefs (posted with her permission). You can find more of her works at https://madeleinefs.deviantart.com/art/The-Breaking-Wheel-698168473 . I don’t know how to even try to express how amazing it feels to have inspired fellow fans to create illustrations, a translation and podfics.
I made a thing! I was thinking about this for a few days – because I realized that when I was young, I was also frustrated about being given the same advice over and over – without really knowing what it meant!!
Here’s 5 techniques which I have done before which have helped me grow as an artist, which are good for 5-minute warmups or just straight up challenges for your sketchbook!
Obviously, these are not the ONLY techniques – they’re just the ones I find most fun! And maybe they’re not the most ‘correct’ ones out there, but it’s better than another comic about practicing more, right?
Good luck to everyone on their drawings!
Honestly, as an artist and illustrator myself, seeing all the posts yelling at newbies to “practice” is so frustrating to me. It feels condescending, and would have had me running for the hills in no time if I was just starting out. This is much more helpful.
Beltainefaerie's Flights of Fancy 