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Published: 2019-11-20 18:29:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 5772; Favourites: 247; Downloads: 11
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Shank....is a character I have trouble with. She's one of the few who are so gorgeous I feel like I just can't draw them (Elsa's up there, too). I also just plain love her as a character, and any time I love something a lot, it makes it that much harder to draw (which is also why there's not much Zelda art in my gallery despite it being my favorite series!)I tried to draw her, both as a human and as a pupper, a few months ago. Nowadays, before I draw a character as a dog, I draw them a few times roughly as a human to get a feel for their traits. The human drawings I did for her were abysmal, and the attempts at making her into a dog also disappointed me. It wounded me deeply, and it set off a fire in me to get better, and that's when I started doing daily studies for an hour of EVERYTHING - poses, human faces, hands, feet, landscapes, and animals. I did these studies (using www.quickposes.com ) because I was starting to understand that no matter WHAT you draw, as long as it's from life or a photo, it will make all your drawings of anything, even just cartoon dogs, better. I full-on snapped and finally understood why everyone's always drawing those horrid still-lifes I hated so much in school.
I've done those studies every. single. day. for about 4 months since the original attempt, and since I've been feeling a lull in my motivation lately, I decided it was time to face my fears and try Shank again. So again, I drew her as a human first, and those attempts, while still not good enough for me, were markedly better than the ones from 4 months ago. And then I started to try to figure out what she'd look like as a dog again.
This sketch is VERY rough, as the title suggests, because it wasn't even supposed to be a final draft of anything. It was meant to "break the ice" for me, start to build up my confidence (my confidence is always very weak and always needs "kindling" before I draw something for real!). But it seemed like such a good basic start for what I always wanted for Shank Pup, that I colored it, and while it will need some refining, I think this is what my Shank pup will look like.
So this turned out to be a good exercise, even though I didn't mean it that way. It showed me that, even though my improvement is painfully and sometimes depressingly slow, improvement does happen, and these daily hour-long study sessions, though sometimes painful (I don't even want to get up some mornings because I know it's the way I open my day now!) do actually work. And it helps to keep things in perspective. I have days where I wonder why I'm even trying to draw at all. I regret putting all my "eggs" in this art basket, as far as my career is concerned because obviously this isn't what I'm "meant" to do, "I'm so bad at it". But because I've done these every day, and the days and hours are numbered, I can now compare my time spent studying and improving my art to my time spent playing video games (etc), and it helps me to realize that it's okay that I'm not confident or great at art yet - I've only been studying for 133 hours as of today, meanwhile, I've spent 255+ hours in the original Pokemon Red!
(The exact hour count will never be known, since the hour counter in that game clocks out at 255!)
So anyway, long story short, I tried to draw this 4 months ago and failed. Got angry and studied for 4 months straight, and while I'm still not "there" yet, I'm better, and now that I know how to make myself better, I'm just going to keep doing it until I'm finally happy. (Are artists ever actually happy though? lol)
BONUS: Have a Spamley pup, too!! --> twitter.com/NyaasuNekoban/stat…
Shank (c) Disney
Art by me
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Very awesome and beautiful drawing I have ever seen. I LOVE IT!
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Aww, thank you so much! I love Shank!!!
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She’s a beautiful dog, she reminds me of someone though
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She's a fox! So close! But hopefully what she reminds you of is....Elsa?
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Nope Rita! From Oliver and company, like a very nice dog(person) to be around.
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OH WHOOPS I somehow thought this reply was on a different deviation of mine, of an Elsa fox. 
I'M A FOOL
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Moumentai! Still though, this is some rockin’ artwork.
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Wow... so you studied art, poses, and expression for 4 months straight to get a good design for her? Now that is what I call dedication. I understand your feeling of a design not looking how you want it to be, that you think you know what it's supposed to look like, but you can't really picture it properly. So by doing all those studies you managed to make it a bit better. I'm so shocked you even managed to pull it off, drawing something continuously for months. You'd do wonderful in your career with that kind of work attitude. (Unlike me) XP
This character design is beautiful, I how you've drawn the hair flow and have a few strands curl outwards. That golden earring is also good contrast with the light brown fur.
And yes, us artists rarely get happy. XD
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IN FAIRNESS I had already started studying in general probably about a year ago, but when I discovered how far from anything I wanted I was (by way of trying to draw Shank), it really kicked it into overdrive. xD At that point, I was still only lightly attempting human faces, but that made me absolutely snap and study 10 of them per day. Which, doesn't sound like a lot, but I also do 10 of every other kind of thing (hands, feet, whole body, etc), and all of this around my full-time job. D;
Thank you, I'm so glad you like her! Her hair needs some fixing, it doesn't flow well at the moment, but for this one I was mostly concerned with her muzzle - everything else I just kind of threw together and was surprised when it worked. xD
THAT'S WHAT I'M STARTING TO FEAR.
In addition to hour-long daily studies, I've also been reading art-related textbooks, and it sounds as though even artists who are WAY beyond even a level I hope to get to still doubt themselves and curse their own works. Woof. What a career!!
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When you try working on something, but it turns out bad, sometimes your brain just go crazy and shouts NOOOOOO and you started doing all sorts of practice XD You certainly had a huge amount of work. (What's your job by the way, must have missed it.)
I think the hair looks okay, the muzzle too, I think the long one fits her better, but the artist who draws something is the one who can see the most imperfections.
We are never satisfied.
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Ahh my job is probably best described as a "conceptual artist". I design plush toys by drawing out the concepts for China. I do this for a company, but, for many reasons, I'm going to need a new job ASAP. This one underpays and is abusive, and I pay all my bills and mortgage alone. -_-
It's true, and the more I hear it from even super old masters of art, the more I fear the path I've chosen for myself.
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Oof, that sounds like a bad job. I hope you can get a better one soon.
This is the path of an artist. Embrace it.
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Thank you! I'm trying so hard! Including studying on lunch break while at THIS job hehe (SSHHH)
I try to embrace it but it hurts
Pain is the mark of a True Artist™
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I still think its amazing how you can take human characters and swap them into feral canines and pull it off so well. She looks like she could have been in Oliver & Co. in this style. Maybe hanging out with...what was her name....Rita I think? Both tough street chicks.
And I think happiness in art is really just drawing stuff that makes you happy and the people you share the art with happy. Forcing art to be a "do or die" money to live scenario as a career, no surprise people get jaded or angry or emotionally distraught over it. For me, I wasn't born with no artistic talents, so it's not for me. I'd rather just take photos of stuff and be like "oh thats a good one" and be happy in that way rather than drawing. It's just a matter of what works for you and your talent in what you can do, sometimes you do need a break for a little while too. 4 months of daily studying is a long time, longer than most college classes, maybe just take a break for awhile and give your brain a rest from it and then come back to it a little later on. Maybe just make art a weekend thing or something to do to help relax before bed, something that makes you calm rather than anxiety.
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Aww, thank you! And dude, she'd TOTALLY get along with Rita!!
Ahhh you're super right, but what happened for me is, I'm clinging for my life to the full-time art job I have, which...quite honestly abuses and underpays me (with BLEAK/NO prospects for a raise), BUT, it's the only job I can get at the moment that can actually cover my bills. I have a mortgage and all utilities, and everything else that comes with being an adult like the health insurance my job won't give me, and through a Series of Unfortunate Events - I live alone!! Any other job nearby would probably be retail, which sadly wouldn't cover my monthly bills even if I stopped eating, or something like data-entry or call center, and I don't think I could do it (I don't even know how to dress like a "professional" woman, and the thought of it actually makes me sick to my stomach, lol).
I live in a constant state of anxiety, because one hospital trip or bad diagnosis would end in homelessness. I'm able to save a bit every month (well, okay, MOST months) and even can sometimes "buy myself something nice", but this is no way to live, constantly on edge because I'm paid so little and have no one to split bills with, and after a while I snapped and I decided that what I want in life is to have a job where ON that job, I am learning and honing my art skills (the current job is teaching me nothing anymore), while also making enough money to THRIVE, not just barely survive.
But, to do that, my art will need to be SIGNIFICANTLY better, so this whole year I put everything on hold and went hardcore into studying. I miss video games, and the constant anxiety of not wanting to "slack off" and prolong this awful life any longer is SUPER ROUGH on me, but to see that it's actually working...gggaahh, it's at least some sort of comfort!
So when I said I have doubts about putting "all my eggs in one basket", I meant that it's kind of rough to have my entire livelihood depending on my art skills, but...here we are. it's the only skill I have that people will pay me for, and the only one I want to actually have and to learn, so...woof. It is what it is.
I am also studying Japanese on the side, but since it has to be secondary to art, that's going rather slow, but aside from being able to make a living from art, I think I'd also be happy making a living from translating (specifically translating text), so I'm at least TRYING to diversify my egg-baskets. xD
So, I've done the dangerous thing of making a hobby a living, but...I really think this is how it has to be, or I'll be not only financially miserable, but like, spiritually miserable, too. So....phew, ya know. Here goes!
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She’s so great. You really well interpreted her as a dog, she’s so recognizable. I love it, you did an amazing job on her.
Maybe you can improve her design as you did with other pups but she’s already wonderful 😍
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Oh yeah, my Felix dog's design evolved a few times. and Vanellope's a different dog entirely now!
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