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Some recent drawings from my journal. Day job has me doing visual stuff on a screen all day, so I'm taking a break from digital for a while.

Testing out Clip Studio Paint Pro. I like it, but there's still stuff I need to play around with so I'm not running around like an artist with its hand chopped off. No OC in particular, this was just a test. mastodon.art/media/Ug0cHlSkBjg

I had a fluff attack and needed to get this out of my system, don't hurt me. LOL

MastoArt fam that's been drawing since they were kids, what was the most prominent thing you drew in the early years? My thing was mermaids!

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My #2017 Year of . Everything started looking up after I finally left deviantART back in July and started getting more into roleplay. Made me realize, from the outside, what garbage that site has become. :'<

And here's a detail shot of the face, since the main pic is so tiny. LOL mastodon.art/media/kxyir2-XXM_

Some more doodles, because I'm just...on that kick right now. I just like having minimal tools. It's a fun challenge! ^u^ mastodon.art/media/exm8Bfc6Ev4

My once-in-a-while reminder to artists just starting out:

Don't get trapped in the mentality that you need a certain brand of paints, pencils, pens, canvas, paper, markers or software to be a good artist.

There are people out there who paint masterpieces with a stirring stick, their morning coffee the paint and the canvas their paper napkin. There are people who do life-like images with MSPaint!

It's all about the practice, experience and knowledge that YOU have! Don't let large, expensive brands tell you otherwise!

For those who are scared to use as a medium because of the lack of layers and brush sizes, here are a few tips that will change your world:

>Right-click with the mouse/tablet pen to erase ONLY Color 1.

>To replace a color, set the old color to Color 1 and the new color to Color 2 and right-click with the eraser tool.

>To make the brush bigger/smaller than what is in the palette, use Ctrl[+]/Ctrl[-] to adjust the size.

You're welcome! ๐Ÿ‘