@mja@lain i never painted a day in my life until late 2020, never too late to start and just go for it
have fun with it, let yourself make things weird and practice and develop a style, its so much fun, its theraputic if you can let go of the inner critic thing
i just like paints the most because i like playing with their textures and layering them a ton
@vriska@lain i wish i could do artsy stuff but im not artistic in the slightest, really bad actually everything looks horrible and i used to get even bullied for it a lot in school. only person to fail art class assignment type of shit because i evern struggle with straight lines somehow but maybe, idk, i think im incapable but my oc insanity i dont think is that bad even if it gets made fun of sometimes..
@vriska@lain heres my most recent ocs off the top of my head btw, probably missing some inbetween for sure, and im assuming ur familiar with the dxm one i dont even remember why i made the post the first one was needed for i think i was too high you can tell which ones are made high tbh thats when im most creative (creative at all)
@vriska@lain idk, i dont really try because the idk what, the bullying? the selfhate at how awful i was and could never do anything right? failing grades angry teachers? whatever it is, got to me so hard i cant even do it just for myself like i genuinelly feel like breaking down crying at the thought but atleast digitially i can kinda because i know how to use gimp and ctrl+z alot, is that artisitic expression? ig but i dont really know how to make art i just make basic edits and oc at times that are too basic to qualify
@lain@mja@vriska though people shouldn't be forced to draw, either. sometimes there's just nothing in you, you're exhausted and you just can't draw anything that's special to you. you can draw drawings for the sake of drawing, not for the sake of expressing yourself, and at that point it's a bother
@mja@lain@vriska people who say they can't draw shouldn't say that. they can draw, it may not be correct proportionally, it may not use the best techniques, but it's a window into someone's heart and mind, and all of them are beautiful, as long as the person tries. when it's someone who usually seems one dimensional it's like a spark of light, the look on their face when they share it to someone and are proud of it. it's heartwarming.
@mja@lain@vriska art is something that everyone can do. you just need to be good at turning what you see into lines. turning what you imagine into lines. Painting is very difficult though...
@meso@lain@vriska i dont like drawing im not creative i'm actually really boring and dont have any hobbies and you should all just leave me alone i dont deserve friends (true)
@mja@lain@vriska that's no reason to give up, as if they could draw any better. it doesn't matter how well you draw, as long as you keep improving and you like doing it. Kids are evil, it's always like that, and you need to get past shit that holds you back like that. if you don't like doing it that's fine too, some people just don't find it enjoyable. but to say you CAN'T do it is a lie, and scolding from others isn't of any meaning, no matter how much it hurts. as evidence I submit your OCs, which genuinely impress me when I see them, like no kidding I was under the impression you liked drawing too based on the quality and composition of them
@mja@lain@vriska@meso see what i mean? you're a liar, you said you want people to leave you alone and then you pester them so they in fact don't leave you alone