I Should Do Line Of Action In Digital, But Would Kinda Prefer To Do Pencil Or Pen Instead Since I Suck

text and a silly doodle from yesterday below

i did line of action yesterday as well but didn't post.

i like the 10 minutes breakdancing guy (even although the shoulder is bad) and especially his pants; i mostly draw naked people bc it lets me see the anatomy better and yesterday while working on a small passion project it became obvious that i don't know what do pants look like lol. so this sketch was also my pants practice, in a way.

the longest sketch isn't much of upgrade from the 10 minute one, but that's ok i guess.

in a yt video there was an advice to do both practice and passion projects. i'd like to redraw one post i've seen here, which requires to practice faces, poses from imagination (or reference) and drawing specific characters. the first character i decided to draw is kazuhira miller from mgsv, and i was anxious bc i care about that character and would like to do him justice and draw him good. i opened a reference - the concept arts (full body and face) and the 3d model - and tried drawing the same things for now. i still have noticeable skill issue just drawing people (and faces especially), so even copying the exact same thing wasn't perfect, but i kinda like how the small doodle of his head (the one in the middle) came out and am posting ot below just as a small celebration. after this exercise i understood that i should as well practice drawing clothes and shoes (and mb guns if i will decide to be thorough). overall it went better than i expected.

when snake takes miller's hand to get on the chopper in the end of ground zeroes, i wonder if he remembered the time he took the boss's hand on the bridge. back then, his world was crumbling because she was defecting, and he accepted the hand only to be broken (literally broken bones first and metaphorically in the operation snake eater in general). in ground zeroes, his world is probably crumbling again together with the oil rig, and a person who is close to him extends their hand to help him up. i wonder if he thought of it briefly before placing his trust in that person again, both times not having much choice anyway. i wonder, if he could go back in time, both to virtuous mission and ground zeroes, and if he had some other option, would he still accept the hand. both times he did it led to major changes in life and getting hurt.

ironically, the man who was a double agent stayed loyal to him in the next 9 years, and the woman who was immaculate kept her loyalties too but he felt betrayed.

Calling my gf “girlfriend” in the same cadence Solid Snake would say “colonel” is so fun

finally a free day, i should draw some but am tempted to play video games or just laze around, a hard choice...

that one guy (apparently) on tumblr asking me to draw his wife once every few months: dw i got your back :)

just seen this short fanfic (nsfw warning for smut and gore):

it is atrocious in a good way. the smut is horrible (to me at least, im talking circumcision by gunshot and gore, but it's hard to take seriously anyway bc of the spelling and style and how bizarre it is) but necessary to the plot, and the rest is amazing imo. i laughed at it so hard i woke my roommate. because of the spelling and silly stuff first i thought not much thought was put into it, but some bits are either just part of the joke or genuine profound ideas, and it definitely touches on themes of loneliness, unrequited love, homophobia and objectification. and it is concluded with a reminder to treat your lovers as precious persons and not objectify them, and a reassuring verse from the bible (which i find endearing despite not being a christian).

i genuinely recommend reading it, it impressed me enough to publicly post a link to this kind of content on my page lol. i hope it doesn't break any tumblr rules and i won't get banned and/or lynched for reposting content this dubious lmao, i definitely not approve of killing your hookup partners in real life, that is obviously bad and evil

30 minute warmup. i like how that one 1 minute doodle came out, and partly the final 10 minute thing (i paused it and took my time)

huey must've implemented a version of the boss ai into one of his vapes like how we have vapes with screens on them now

miller study based on pw reference. the first attempt was atrocious, then i traced it from the reference and tried to replicate the proportions twice more. still not satisfied but getting there. at least the traced one looks nice

i only like the longest one, except for his private bits but i'm not interested in that much so don't really care. thought the 10 minute one will be decent too, but its shading doesn't convey where the darkest/lightest parts are. the smiling lady one is atrocious even though i had 5 minutes for it; drawing rotated people is cool bc as soon as a head is at 90° angle compared to the "normal" i fail to recognise the parts and proportions properly.