u/PuzzledComputer4696

ive been struggling so deeply with deciding on what fundamentals should have my most immediate attention so i don’t waste any time that could be used to effectively study 😵‍💫 ive been doing shape and form which has been. difficult. But i dont think that the “master this one as well as you can and move on“ method is very sustainable in the long term. im trying so hard to study but i can’t decide what to actually study so i never end up doing anything 🫩

Hi! I’m looking for resources on how i can better draw different body types. I really struggle to accurately add fat onto a basic mannequin and its really frustrating me. really any books or other resources would be appreciated! i mainly struggle with adding fat to the face and making it look accurate not flat :,)

warning for light mentions of transphobia, i am ftm and use he/him.

Keeping this fairly light as i just find it silly if not slightly sad! context this is the summer of 2021 and i just came out as a trans man. I used to be in a groupchat composed mainly of women where we’d play video games, gossip on voice chat etc etc! i was the only queer one. note this. when i came out i got booted from the “girl talk” and all of a sudden nobody had a shitty boyfriend every week. im a extremely oblivious person so i genuinely thought that things were looking up for everyone until i got hit with my first “vin, you’re a guy. You wouldn’t understand.” i was floored. i felt like i was being beat with 100 febreeze cans. safe to say i left soon after as i would have rather tap danced on hot coal than stay in that group 😭

I thought i’d share the somewhat hilarious way i found out i was a trans man because it makes me smile so hard.

tldr: little me being a little shit online is how i realized i was transgender.

since i was a small child i was chronically online and used to play alot of social games.. without fail i’d play as a man and would get upset if i HAD to play as a woman. i would get so uncomfortable i would leave the game as soon as possible. i used to “lie” (not really knowing what i know now) and say i was a guy and make a whole secondary persona of being a super cool guy and was obsessed with being him. as a tween i would be a annoying little shit and catfish people on social games (starts with a r.) as a new guy persona.. and it hit me i liked being a guy a little too much for a supposedly cisgender girl. i had felt intense discomfort in my body when puberty had hit me like a semi truck. i changed my online names to a masculine one and felt true happiness for the first time! though this was maybe the most unconventional way for past me to figure this information out. ofcourse i’ve experimented since and.. here i am today!

hi! this morning i woke up and checked the comments under a art post i made. i’ve been drawing for 5 months. the comments are really demotivating me and im so mad at myself for that! the comments were calling my piece ugly, saying my work from 3 months ago was significantly better 💔 i know i need to get thicker skin but that hurt since i was so proud of that piece. its a little embarrassing posting now? i feel like a bit of a crybaby. i know a little bit of meanness is what i need to improve but it hurt my soul a tiny bit too (yes.. i did end up crying)

hello! I’ve been drawing semi seriously (as in actively studying and trying to improve) for 5 months now. the main issue is i feel like most of my ideas are way above my skill level and it’s really demotivating. theres so much i want to do but i cant help but feel like its not something someone of my skill level should attempt to do. i try to do only fundamen some days and leave fun stuff for the end of the week, but this stage is just so hard.