On Hiatus

Hey there.

Been a while, hasn’t it? Like a LOOOOONG while. Maybe even a year or two. I’d like to thank all those that have left me messages in my Tumblr and have enjoyed my art over the years. You guys and gals are super awesome and I love each and every one of you. Sadly, the news I carry today isn’t too great: I’m taking a hiatus from art.

Art has undoubtedly been apart of my life for as long as could carry a pencil. I have watched my improvement over the years and it astounds me at how far I’ve come. But sadly, in the recent years, my passion for art has slowly dwindled.It been a bit of everything: lack of passion, inspiration and Real Life taking over and demanding my free time and my favourite topic, my depression I continue to battle with. Art has always been my go-to when I was down and needed a distraction. Sadly, it’s just… stopped.Art doesn’t excite me like it used to, art was my driving force for wanting to imrpove and make a future of it, and the fact that I can’t even force myself to hold my tablet pen and just GO devastates me. I can’t even draw an head before I bawl into tears and delete it.

So, I think the best course for my mental health/to stop myself from just completely burning out is to take a hiatus. Take a break and come back to it when I’m in a better state of mind.

I dunno when that is. But I just wanted to say thank you to all that supported me.

During the last few months of 2017, I thought I had overcome my slump, but I know now I was lying to myself. So I am gonna take care of me and come back to art when I’m #leianart again.

Love ya

when a customer getting crazy and you thinking about risking it all

When a character’s backstory is completely horrific and/or tragic but it explains a lot about their behavior and personality

redid it

whenever people are like “SKETCHING CIRCLES IN SAI IS SO HARD” im like

pffft I work with 6000X4000 and the size of the brush can be only not above 2000px

i dont use that trick

this is the sassiest and most helpful tutorial ever.

дякую

oh my god

Reblogging again for my inflation artist followers. XDDD

This is absolutely the most unnecessary addition to this post you could have ever made.

do you ever just

“no that’s not dramatic and cheesy enough”

“getting warmer”

“t HERE IT IS”

i love this but i dont know how to do this

hoW

For those wondering about HOW to do this, here’s a short explanation according to me:

Drawing A to Drawing B: -the most obvious change is the exaggeration of the line of motion in the character.  

In Drawing B the line of motion is much more pronounced, creating more drama and movement to the whole composition

-The arms are open wider, showing more confidence and exuberance in the character, exaggerating their emotions so they can be more clearly read without having to look to the face for emotional cues.

-the legs are wider apart, adding to the aforementioned confidence but also giving the character a solid foundation, visually speaking.

-The head is tilted back and overlapped by the chest, adding a touch of dynamic perspective to the drawing.

Drawing B to Drawing C:  -Most obvious change is to zoom in on the character.  Character framing is just as important as what the character is doing.  Zooming in can help infensify emotions.  this shot is ALL about this character and what they’re feeling. -Because of the zooming in, the arms/hands would have gotten lost, so instead of making the canvas wider, the artist has elected to rotate the character slightly, bringing a dynamic angle to things and more intensity to the close shot. -While the character is more upright in this shot compared to Drawing B, in Drawing C the chest still slightly overlaps the neck, preserving the feeling of being slightly below the character (putting them in a position of power relative to the viewer), which helps maintain confidence and power in the character. -the chest is exaggerated to carry the majority of the body’s line of action so even though you cannot see the legs, our brains are able to fill in the gap and envision that line of action. -The cropping/framing of the character allows for a more interesting composition/negative shapes created by the positive (character) on the negative (background), creating more visual interest as well as a circular motion to the composition through the arms, across the face to the negative space for the eyes to rest in before dropping to the hand in the background and back through the composition again.

Pretty sure I’ve posted this before. But worth a repost

I think about this constantly.

Tumblr: Woe is me. I wish I had money to support all these wonderful artists. If only there was something I could do to support artists for free.

Every artist on Tumblr, desperately sweating and shoving this image in y’alls faces:

art based on my mood 

The “I am a piece of shit and nobody will ever love me” factoid is actually a statistical error. You are actually are fantastic and infinitely worthy of people’s company.  That person you used to care about, who taught you to hate yourself by abandoning you, is an outlier and should not have been counted

this is the greatest and most positive use of a meme that i have ever seen.

i fucking hate dating nerds one single time i wore a star wars shirt to see a dude and he was like, “wow are u wearing that to impress me” and i said, “star wars episode 4 was seen by approximately 110 million people during its initial theatrical run in 1977”

Congratulations. You’re dating people who for the longest time have been putting up with bullying, mocking, and scorn for most of their lives. That kind of shit stays with people. So imagine their surprise when they see a member of the opposite sex, who I’m assuming is really attractive in comparison to most people, wear attire that reps nerd culture. Which even though is accepted by the masses (if you’re reasonably attractive) is still rare. Now I’m not saying that you’re not allowed to be scornful I’m just saying expect it and don’t be surprised when you hear it. Ok? OK.

why i dont date fucking nerds: exhibit B

Bolded emphasis mine. Gross.

Stands on nearest chair: ATTENTION MALE NERDS. YOU ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM A SHORTAGE OF FEMALE NERDS. THERE ARE VAST NUMBERS OF US, AND WE RARELY HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING EACH OTHER. YOU ARE WITHOUT FEMALE COMPANY BECAUSE YOU ARE WHINEY ASSBABIES WHO THINK YOU OWN THINGS BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM, AND BECAUSE YOU SOMEHOW THINK YOU SUFFER BULLYING WHEREAS GIRL NERDS SOMEHOW NEVER DO. STOP PRETENDING YOU GET TO BE ASSHOLES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A “TRAGIC PAST” OR YOU WILL DIE ALONE. IF YOU THINK GIRL NERDS DON’T GET BULLIED IT’S LIKELY BECAUSE THOSE GIRLS DON’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, BECAUSE OF THIS SORT OF ATTITUDE.

also: fucking no one mocks nerds anymore. Game of thrones is the most watched show on tv, everyone and their mom is playing video games, dungeons and dragons is more popular than it’s ever been.

To conclude

#there are two kinds of people #the hopeful and the exhausted

There are three kinds of people: the hopeful, the exhausted, and the pragmatic.

when something bad happens to your favourite female character: