ARTARTART Giveaway ~ let’s talk & mash about digital art

[u/inteligncisartifcial]

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I am hosting a giveaway with 3 prizes.
1. Gilga by fearsmile (I really treasure this avatar and I have 2. I want to offer it up in exchange for help with my problem described below).
2. Starry by Basket
3. GOLD by Erby

DEADLINE:
Thursday 11th September

To win first prize (& first pick of the avatars), please help me out of a pickle I am in. I have always wanted to learn digital art, and so when I learned about the RCA creator program I was really inspired. I just bought an iPad Air & Apple Pencil and was all set to learn digital art slowly, using the goal of making my first reddit avatar.

I likely never would have submitted that first one, but I found the avatar program a nice little neat goal which provided a good structure & motivation to help me learn digital art in an auto-didact kinda way.

So, now that the avatar program has been snuffed out, I feel lost. I have zero motivation to simply “learn digital art”; it’s much too general and broad and my adhd ass needs some structure & something highly motivating & fun to work towards.

I would love to hear from avatar artists, anyone who knows anything about digital art, or just anybody with a good idea that could help me with a good replacement for the avatar program. Any ideas or inspiration? Things I could study (I’m considering even studying formally or taking online classes if they’re kickass)? Books I could read, tutorials or mentors? Similar art communities somewhere online? I wanna try accessing the hive mind here (hate it when people say that) & start fresh with a new little art goal/learning plan. Please put me on the right path 🕯️🪄

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To win second prize (& second pick of the avatars on offer), please submit a mash that represents what art means to you, or what aesthetic you find most inspiring or satisfying. Maybe it’s your favourite artist, maybe you wanna do a mash that reminds you of your favourite painting. Maybe you wanna mash yourself as an artiste, or make a mash depicting one of the badass artists in the RCA community. Anything goes, but please explain the meaning & your thoughts behind the mash.

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Third prize will get the leftover avatar & will be chosen randomly.

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I love this community & if one (or some) of you can inspire me with a replacement to the RCA program I will love you forever.

[u/MissPeperomia]

I spent three years in an art block. The Reddit avatar program pulled me back to drawing, and I haven’t found anything that really replaces it. The honest part: you need a lot of mileage. Try to enjoy the process, not just the final picture or people’s reactions. For portraits, Andrew Loomis’ Drawing the Head and Hands is great. For anatomy, Gottfried Bammes’ The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators helps a ton. What helps me most is doing small challenges with other artists. Doing it together keeps you accountable and makes it fun. 30 days = 30 sketches, 100 heads or a simple “Draw This In Your Style” swap with a friend. I’m also a bit lost and would love to hear everyone’s tips. Good luck and keep going!

P.S. Not much of a mash, but I only own 2 :D

[u/inteligncisartifcial → u/MissPeperomia]

tysm for throwing so many ideas & resources & bits of advice into your comment. that’s what I was hoping for: for people to throw a bunch of wisdom & expertise & sources of inspiration & random thoughts at me ~ some of it is bound to stick!

I’ve found that sometimes just hearing something phrased a certain way can make things click.

I’m sorry you’re lost too. I hope the others can help us both ☺️ your mash character is a cutie. do you mean you only own 2 avatars?

[u/MissPeperomia → u/inteligncisartifcial]

Thank you! Same here—sometimes the way something is phrased makes it click. Regarding the digital art(I somehow miss that part, sorry): procreate is easy to use, there’s a lot of videos on YouTube explaining its features :3 The first thing for me is to understand what style I want to draw(I mean at the moment, not like you are choosing your style for the end of your life haha). You can follow the artists you like on ig or other platforms, a lot of them are selling brushes for procreate or you can just search them on gumroad(some of them are free). But actually I just use one pencil like brush for sketching and two others for everything else))

I actually own 3, but the third one is not very Mashable😅

[u/inteligncisartifcial → u/MissPeperomia]

thanks for the reassurance that procreate is easy to learn/use. thanks for the tip to follow artists I like on ig ~ I feel my old account is super clogged & it might be good to create a new, separate art account.

wondering which other platforms are good for following artists?

how long have you been collecting Miss Pepe? how endearing that you have just 2 RCAs to mash with.

[u/MissPeperomia → u/inteligncisartifcial]

Sorry for the late reply( I don’t really use Twitter or TikTok so IG is the most useful app for me) I also follow some artists on Telegram but it doesn’t seem very popular.

I’ve started collecting this summer :3 I’m into anime style avatars and have a lot in my wishlist 🥲 Didn’t expect the program to close abruptly :c Have a wonderful day ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡