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Taryn Skipper's avatar

Very helpful, thank you! I'm a decent artist but not a good illustrator and I need to actually buckle down and get good advice and training instead of winging it. Also I think this could apply quite beautifully to writing characters as well. Taking time to understand them and keeping good references saves time and headaches later.

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Jenny Rahmati's avatar

Definitely guilty of this. Since I'm starting off and working on consistency and committing time for art, will definitely come back to work on this once I have a better habit of showing up!

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Jade Johnson's avatar

I’ve def struggled with different angles in the past 🫣 my characters are much more shape based now and it’s helped a lot!

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Kelly Wood's avatar

I draw a character idea roughly that I like but then the more I draw him he starts to change. It’s very annoying especially when drawing adult characters.

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Adam Ming's avatar

Come practice with us! I still have the same challenge!

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Kelly Wood's avatar

Oh I’d love to I’m still trying to gets to grips with Substack so hopefully I’ll press the right buttons 🙈

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Sarah Allen's avatar

I'm brainstorming my first picture book that I'm going to attempt to illustrate myself ((huge gulp)) so this is very helpful.

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Adam Ming's avatar

Cheering you on Sarah!

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