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Doesn't help that you talk yourself down at every given opportunity, but you haven't given up yet so you'll be fine.

Having been in that hole myself, i can confirm that it does bad things to your self-esteem. Sure, i still self deprecate nowadays, but mostly because it amuses me, not because i actually believe i'm a slow and lazy shit (well i am objectively lazy and absent minded, but that's not really something that bothers me). It just doesn't feel right to toot my own horn at every given opportunity. :v

But yeah, reiterating what GUNIN said, you gotta try to accept your creations for what they are at the time, accept the flaws they have, and try to learn from those flaws. I'm not gonna pretend that i love how everything i make turns out, i've had plenty of things where i thought like "this went terribly", and even one case where i just flat out deleted the entire thing because i hated it so much. It happens, it's fine. Try to figure out WHY you don't like the outcome, and don't you fucking dare say "because i suck". It's something about the drawing itself, and since you now have it before your very eyes, you can scrutinize it and figure out what went wrong. Then, you can either experiment and try to fix it on your own, or look up how other people do that thing, or some other thing i can't think of off the top of my head. I personally lean towards the former, but either way works. Just don't settle on "i don't like this" for everything, that won't get you anywhere.

Also, make sure to reward yourself by taking note of the things that went well. It can be rough to only look for all the bad things, because that might instill a belief that you only make bad things. That is rarely ever the case, and no you are not the rare exception.

I actually have a convenient example ready, even though it wasn't made for this purpose; i'm gonna spoiler it for size.


So tl;dr observe and identify. Actually fixing the drawing is optional, it'll work just as well to employ the knowledge in future works.

Well, metaspecies are, from what my limited knowledge implies, a new species that sprung from an existing one as a result of the awakening of magic. For animals, this often means mythical creatures, though i've no idea what the system behind it is, if anything. I do know that barghests (huge spiky dogs with a paralyzing howl) came from english mastiffs, and fenrir wolves came from uh... Wolves. Then there's radhounds, but they're not really natural, they're dogs afflicted by a mutated form of rabies that likes highly radioactive areas, and as such can be anywhere from a pug to an irish wolfhound (though most commonly, they're street mongrels). :v

So i decided to try drawing a hell hound as they're described in Shadowrun. Now, you might be thinking, a setting as gritty and dystopian as Shadowrun, that's gotta have some nasty-as-fuck hell hounds, right? Well...


"The hell hound is a metaspecies of the German shepherd dog, standing about ninety centimeters at the shoulder and weighing in at about 145 kilograms. Their coats are as black as coal, and their eyes are redrimmed." (i opted for a slightly brighter coat colour to avoid blending everything together)

Basically a large black dog with funky eyes. Worst part about them is that they can breathe fire. :v

Also, musketeer hats are awesome, fact of life. :v
I haven't been drawing much recently, but one thing i HAVE been doing is to scan in all three of my filled sketchbooks. Therefore, i present to you..........

a link

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx4gN_niD7_sZGtKS2JEY084ZXM

Browse at your own leisure, or not at all if you don't care. I'm just happy to be done with the archiving.

well technically if you're putting nacho chips up in people you're doing something wrong OR following oddly specific instructions

That besides, holy crap. I know that various companies are hankering for personal information about everyone, but this is approaching Shadowrun-tier dystopia at an alarming rate. As much as i like the roleplaying game, i do not wish for it to become our reality. >.>

sherk gerl

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Nice work though, ever so slightly horrifying with a realistic shark head. :v

also here have a uh

Ooo, feedback! All noted, thanks, i'm sorry i can't be arsed to respond to it all directly. I'll try and make better use of it next time, but for now, i decided to go full apeshit and make the horse iridescent. :v


Edit: Welp, i just realized how rude i'm sounding. Apologies, not my intention, i'm just tired and lazy, i really do appreciate the help!