I'm Really Glad I Got Back Into Using Tumblr Again, Its Just Been A Really Pleasant Experience And I

I saw a post about the pagan tradition of the wild men of different countries and I just loved their costumes so much I had to draw some, this one is specifically referencing one from England but I don't know much about the history of them and would love is someone could tell me more !

Inspired by the glass animals song Cocoa Hooves. In my head when I hear this it sounds like a confrontation between a guardian angel and an adventurer who keeps running away from adventure.

Drawing from personal experience

Shark girl ! That's it that's the whole thing

Here! Here's a chicken for you

How do you handle negative feedback or criticism of your art, especially when you're trying to gain visibility?

This is a very good question !

Dealing with criticism can be really tough sometimes, but I believe it's important to draw the line between what is actual criticism and what is a negative comment (source : my college professors)

Art doesn't exist in a vacuume and we all need to receive criticism from others to grow as artists but ironically you have to be critical of your critics and that requires being able to take a step back from your emotional attachment to your art and assess it objectively. Could I do this better ? Are the proportions off? Does this drawing accurately convey what I want it too?

These are important things to ask yourself, and admit to yourself if the answer sometimes is no. Not everything you make is going to be good the first few times and not everything you do is going to be good. Its healthy to admit when things look a bit shit sometimes. You need to make hundreds of shit drawings before you make one one good one it's better to get the bad ones out of your system quickly.

In terms of negativity that's where criticising your critics comes in, you don't have to be an expert to give criticism online not everyone telling you to change things has your best interest at heart and if they don't then what they say is irrelevant to your art journey.

A really smart person once told me "you have to believe in your art because no one is going to do it for you" and that means when you make something worth being proud of you take the time to feel proud of it even if it doesn't meet other people's standards.

I am not a crazy person who barely reblogs on tumblr, what I am is a freak that can't handle a messy feed , if you see me delete a reblog I am so sorry, I wish there was some kind of archive feature

I'm taking a class in paper cut out stopframe animation but I made this for fun outside of it in like one evening I literally had one class and was like : time to make the best thing I've ever made. It was like I was touched by the ghost of a really talented garbage collector. Finally I have a way of justifying why I hoard newspapers.

The song is Pet Body by Miya Folick

You ever find yourself having to pull an eyelash from your eye with tweezers and wonder why was I designed this way

A sketch of the death of milo of croton housed in the national gallery of ireland

Wild story this, all my lecturers were sick today so I just fucked off to go draw in the gallery today