Will anyone remember this convention picture a year from now, except maybe as a joke?
10.03.2026 19:35
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Will anyone remember this convention picture a year from now, except maybe as a joke?
Art's not about the picture-;it's about making it. And it's about the impact it has on others when they find it.
This drawing turns 20 this year. It sucks! But I *still* meet people who learned something about themselves from it! Some started drawing because of it! And that means the world to me!
I get it. Art is super neat; if only it didn't take so much work! All that time wasted on sketching and coloring and blah blah BLAH. Artists are always whining about how HARD it all is. What if I could streamline the process?!
Well, then you'd take the art out of it.
Or since when do ponies have opposable thumbs on their hooves. Or *how the hell is that griffon even holding that guitar*
And that'll probably be enough for you, 'cause at that point, the product is the point. Look! I made an art! I'm a real artist!
Meanwhile, anyone with half an eye for detail will wonder why that lute has two strings on the same peg, or why the sheet music can't decide between 1 or 2 staves.
Sure, you can learn to type stronger, more specific or refined paragraphs, but that won't get you consistent results. You're not gonna build a style off of it.
And you'll end up with an image a machine made based on its best guess of what you wanted by averaging a lot of other pictures together.
Every project I work on brings decades of skills, inspirations and goals to bear to create something new, and most times, I learn something new while working on it that I'll take to the next picture.
That doesn't seem like something you'd get by typing a paragraph into the plagiarism engine.
My favorite projects are ones where I've tried out a new shading method, or some new sketching tech. I've been dying to get back to these post-it sketches 'cause, while not the most technically perfect drawings, they've been a great excuse to just doodle some ideas and have fun with 'em
Look, I ain't no Leonardo da Picasso or nothin'; the kids are running circles around my finished products these days. But Art's not about having a shiny new picture to show people- it's about the journey to get there, all those compositional and technical choices made along the way.
I'll never not dunk on prompster chodes for the whole "I'm being gatekept from art by having to learn a skill" argument. Gatekeeping AI artists doesn't create imposter syndrome- AI creates imposter "artists".
An artist could tell you it's not about the finished result- it's about all the choices, thoughts and inspiration you put in to get there, and typing "mlp pony griffin medieval bards sheet music World of Warcraft style" into the plagiarism machine just ain't the same.
But seriously, the whole "gatekeeping" charge chaps my ass. Statistically speaking, you've got a piece of paper and something to mark with close by at some point during the day. No one worth a damn is going to make fun of you for sucking at it on your first try. Put some work in!
I gotta workshop this one
..and not, like, an artist at a convention. I mean like a charlatan.
Of course you're a real artist if you use AI, champ.
You're a con artist.
She's gotta work for 'em
OK, OK, but on a scale of 1 (Not likely at all) to 5 (extremely likely), how likely are you to recommend taking our survey to your friends?
Happy Mar10, paisanos! Started lineart on a new project for the occasion last night, and I'm hoping to have it done by the weekend, but for now, here's a few retro-favorites to tide you over!
At one point while finishing these up, I turned around in the chair to find this mysterious creature lurking behind me.
Can't be Lucy the Cat; she has always DESPISED the Studio.
(had to dip before most of these were drawn, but that's good stuff!)
Oh no, Miss Tron...
Oh, as far as painting goes, I move them around so that everything gets good coverage, and touch up as necessary with a brush.
For the topcoat, I could put 'em somewhere else and hit the spot it was at, but it's such a small area I don't know if it's worth it
I'm still figuring out that part 😂. For an actual figure model, I'll most likely top-coat it in pieces (legs, arms, head, torso) then put it all together afterwards, so there will be joints I can clip on to that won't show on the final assembly, but that's not really an option here...
A back view of the machine gun pistol I custom painted.
The same pistol biewed from the opposite side.
A katana. Could not seem to get rid of that one dark part on the handle, but at some point you gotta decide that you've tried your best and learn from the experience
A broom. Tried etching a custom panel line to make the little orange cap at the top, but the paint basically filled it in.
All righty! Just blasted a nice matte topcoat onto these pieces after a little last-minute touchup earlier this afternoon, and y'know, for a first outing, I think these could gone a lot worse!
Hopefully I don't forget everything I learned before I finally get to the model proper...
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
My face: My personality:
Look, between a free $2.5k divorce or a free large Frosty, it's kind of a no-brainer from a value perspective
Danny, I think you and Alex need to have a chat D:
Looks like daisy had a bad run in with kamek! Can she escape before her game is over?
