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even tho i feel like i havent improved that much this year aside from maybeee having a better grasp of perspective and adding more whimsy and expression to my artstyle?? i still thought i should do it

i also started gearing more towards having a simpler flat/'cel-shady' artsyle because,, well, realism just doesnt work for me lol. dont get me wrong, i love doing detailed renders too, but the flatter rendering just suits me better i think. this is gonna sound corny asf, but one of the reasons i still do art is because its a brief relief from the real world (which as we all know is in fucking shambles rn), so why should i want it to remind me of the very thing im trying to escape from?

BUT at the same time, i dont want that to hold me back from experimenting with different stuff. being stuck with just one specific style can get tiring after a while, and the last thing i want from art is for it to start feeling like a boring chore.

speaking of experimenting, i wouldve never thought how inspired you could get just after switching to different brushes. i realized ive never done that before, only using the regular gpen for pretty much everything (and a bit of airbrush in some places too). if i had to point out where exactly the 'adding more whimsy and expression' part came in, it would probably be towards the end of the year, when i switched to a more textured brush.

it took me a while to get used to it, but it was so worth it. it really felt like a small push forward.

also, as much as i hate ai, one thing it DID help me with, ethically for once, was to enjoy real art more. even if the process is dreadful sometimes, its still worth it knowing that i was able to make something myself and actually put effort into my stuff, rather having a machine spew shit out -for me-. i guess it helped me realize how fulfiling drawing/animating/crafting is!

it also just generally made me more open minded about all of art, even the type of art i might not personally understand or enjoy. look, i might not see the appeal of a crudely drawn foot fetish art made in ms paint, but if i had to choose between that and an ""art piece"" made by ai, i would choose the ms paint drawing ANY FUCKING DAY. because at least that person actually gives a fuck about their art.

and lastly, thanks again for supporting me yall. i know i dont say it often, but it really truly means a lot to me. i also know the negative self talk stuff i sometimes spew out can get really annoying. trust me, it pisses me off too, and i do genuenly want to work on that because its a bummer to both me and the ppl around me who really do like the stuff i do, its just hard to unlearn it when youve been living with impostor syndrome half of your life.

maybe 2026 could be a good start to unlearning it? for real this time.

posted 30/12/25