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hello im aimee. i do art. mostly OC content, sometimes fanart. current hyperfix is stranger things.

im genuinely obsessed with steve harrington
Thu
22:52
2024 / 03 / 14
Anonymous asked:

I'm absolutely obsessed with your art style. Can I ask how you draw proportions and likeness so well?

oh ym god i’m insane in the most positive way huh!?!?! 😭😭😭 this is literally SO sweet, i have no idea how to like..!?!? react?!

I’m so glad you like it!! 🥺 so with proportions and likeness.. honestly I’m not sure. I can’t mentally visualize things, so my sketching process is a lot of repetitive scribbling until I get it to look right. In the past I’ve done figure sketching, adn i would 100% recommend! It helps give you an idea of shape and movement with the body.

I recommend Line of Action! They have timed courses, including a class course that i think goes through them all.

To add to the above, I like to consider weight and gravity a lot. Everyone has a center of gravity, so imagining their feet on the ground in whichever pose you have them in helps a LOT with making it feel more natural.

For getting likeness.. I’m not sure at all beyond trying to translate an actors/persons facial structure into my style. That is also a lot of trial and error, really, and first passes don’t always look right.

A good example is my first Steve from ST drawing, going back.. my original sketch looks NOTHING like him. But as i rendered, I applied more of his facial structure. From his eye shape, to his nose, his mouth, his jaw, etc. Applying this technique every time i drew him just make it closer and closer, but I also wasn’t trying to draw realistic. I kept it within the confines of my style.

These are a lot of words for me to just say I wing it.. but, at least it gives SOME insight.. LOL

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That first drawing was actually done in a bout of art block, and it helped me BEAT my art block in the end. I struggled a lot, but sometimes the destination is worth the frustration of creating :]

tdlr, use references!! practice!! consider real life!!! idk what else. LOL just have fun!!! ive been drawing for a long time now, so sometimes these things just take time but when you actually practice.. it helps TONS… (i really need to do figure studies again— maybe a master study or two— im so bad at colouringfDSKFLDS)

Tue
18:27
2024 / 02 / 27

go to settings > to the right, under "Blogs," pick the blog you want to change the settings of > scroll down to visibility settings > turn on "Prevent third-party sharing for [blog url]" > do this for each individual blog you have

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Wed
17:54
2024 / 01 / 10
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bi-generation, baby! 💥

another doodle from last month!! think its safe to properly post now.. 😅 but ncuti has immediately stolen my heart! also accidentally saved the timelapse, which can be viewed here for anyone interested!

Thu
19:04
2024 / 01 / 04
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there’s just something not quite right about those two..

my two page spread for the StobinFanZine! The zine is still available on the ko-fi, so please check it out! There are a ton of incredible artists and writers featured.. all about stobin!!!

but uncanny stobin have my heart.. couldn’t get them out of my head when i was sketching. imagine coming back.. wrong.

Sat
19:58
2023 / 12 / 02
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No Body, No Crime 🔪🩸 | A Steddie Big Bang Fic 📕

assassin!au where eddie is hired to take out none other than.. steve harrington!!! i had so much fun drawing this piece. there is so much background detail i covered up with their bodies but i’m still rly happy with the turnout.

The story can be found here! written by the wonderful @sourw0lfs!!

and please check out my friend @clankclunk’s work for this story as well!! it’s amazing!!! if i could marry their use of colour… mmm.