Teo's Artsy Tidbits

come all ye artists who crave the secret to artistic success behold my tidings of advice you didn't ask for: be indulgent as hell go absolutely apeshit on that canvas use 400 refs and go sicko mode on some blorbos you love until you wake up a year later w/ 100's of arts thats it thats the advice

Tbh I really encourage people to take an art history class at some point in your life bc it truly helps put into perspective that art can (and is, has been, will continue to) be anything that moves us little human critters to feel or act or change or grow. The only rule is that there are none.

Your style is a combo of what you love, what feels good to make, and what inspires you - it will always overlap with your inspirations. This might worry you! HOWEVER... What makes your art stand out is the key piece - your VOICE. This is how you connect to others - This is what GRIPS people.

To be as clear as possible about this; This isn't about artists choosing deliberately to make weirder art knowing that it won't be profitable. This is about others encouraging artists to just "make your weird art!" in the face of overwhelming pressure to conform just so they can afford to live.

Another #arttip for today; This one doesn't have any statistical backing or anything like that, but is something I've noticed on my own from experience and observation. If you post a WIP - do *not* post the fully finished piece as a quoted post. You will likely nerf the finished pieces numbers!

Fwiw, If you don't understand how... Tracing is harmless when done for study/learning! It is, in fact, an excellent way to train your hands/eyes to understand the muscle memory needed to draw - and in turn understand - organic shapes. There is no magic shortcut! We all wish there was! Alas!

Oh! This is also how you avoid total crashing burnout, I've found. At least if the issue is the pressure TO create. You have to keep the door open. You have to make little things like this, so you can use those little things like a doorstopper until you feel strong enough to open the door again.

Made a big rant on my art tumblr about being willing as an artist to try new things and make the jump from the burning buildings that are twitter and yes, even tumblr I think many of us are exhausted from the jumping ship and rebuilding over and over and over but, to be frank, that will never stop.

I literally cannot endorse this enough!!! This is also exactly why people will tell you to become obsessed with your ocs/a show/etc - bc it encourages and drives you to draw A WHOLE DAMN LOT, and often you do not have the LUXURY of spending more time. YOUR BRAIN WANTS BLORBO CONTENT *NOW*!!!

OH YEAH; #Art tip for y'all - If you use a symmetry ruler set to 2, enable snapping on your brushes, and treat half of your canvas like the Full Canvas - you can draw and see the flipped version of your art as you go >:] You can make your edits directly on the reflected version too!

OK Here's my big (unfinished-) list of brushes I've used and recommend :3 I don't have a domain so pardon the url! tasty-block-1e1.notion.site/Teo-s-Favori... Feel free to share or send to friends if you want <3 I'll be trying to update this when I can ^^ #brushes #art #ClipStudio

Idk if any other artists need to hear this, but: It is perfectly okay not to be posting your art everywhere. In fact, being able to analyze what does (or doesn't) work for you is a vital skill! Not every platform will actually BE worthwhile for you to use, too.

All any of the artists you admire started with was a pencil, a crayon and a piece of paper. They got to where they are NOW over years of practice or study. They didn't stop because they found or made reasons to keep going. You can make art. Fear is normal, Failure is daunting. But you CAN do it.

A reminder to new/returning users: IF YOU LIKE AN ARTISTS WORK, BOOST IT! There isn't the same kind of algorithm as on Twitter. Engagement is the ONLY way to be seen and help the artists you love. Boosts and comments help - liking custom feeds does, too! Please talk to us! We LOVE comments!

The most important thing I've ever learned is that a fear of failure will self sabotage your chances of success far more than even a dozen failures ever will. Failure is a teaching moment! You can learn a LOT by trying and failing. You won't learn even HALF as much by never trying at all.

Hey artists - Let's talk about....Imposter Syndrome! And, specifically, the unhelpful ways we learn to cope with that feeling. A Thread🧵 ⤵ (Bear in mind this based on my own experiences as an artist, and of course, it may not apply to everyone the same way)

general reminder to everyone that it's okay to make silly "bad" art that has no purpose other than to be fun to make or silly to look at :} you can just make stuff to make it and for no reason and to no higher purpose

I've been ghosted a handful of times in the years I've been doing commissions and I gotta say; If you realize after asking for a price quote, that the price is outside of your budget? Please, just say so! It helps way more to KNOW its a No, instead of being stuck in permanent "waiting mode"

If you want to improve your style....learn to draw bodies. Real bodies. Marked, scarred, disfigured, bald, wrinkly, old and young. Learn to draw real people and you will learn to find so many more things beautiful. The best thing you can do for your art is to fall in love with being human.

PLEASE YES WE'RE ALL SO TIRED. Stylizing is more than "making someone pretty"!!! Stylizing is breaking shapes down, translating what your eyes see of the world and putting that onto the page. Your style says a lot more about YOU than it does your subject.

A brief "Tutorial" comic nobody asked for! 💖😌 Talking about how I (guy who also struggles w/ backgrounds...) put together forest scenes/backgrounds and the shapes I frequently use - whether they're accurate or not :'3c [ #art #sketch #comic #landscape #tutorial 🍄 ]

Oh yeah if you're just coming here from twitter and you're a creative who shares your work, a tipparoo from me to you: repost/boost/share/etc your own work whenever the hell you feel like it literally whenever. for whatever reason. no algo will boost it for you, so do it whenever. timezones exist!

Tips for artists that I should really use but constantly forget to utilize: A Thread 🧵 👇 Source is me, guy who has been drawing + posting my work online for half of my life (literally)

I've said it before and I will say it many times again and again - support and protect and promote queer erotica makers at all costs, now more than ever, because they need all the support they can get.