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Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 5d

Made the fatal mistake of thinking a *little* too hard about the magic of my trpg setting and now I’m rewriting the entire system from the ground up 🫠

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 5d

kinda weird that practicing gesture drawing is making me draw gestures (better)

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 9d

They put me in squares world

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raei 💸👼 @raraei.bsky.social · 11d

Hellooo, my commissions are opened indefinitely! I'm doing a Pay-What-You-Want this time and see if it works better than comm sheets. Reposts are much appreciated 🧡

See my carrd page below for more info:
raraei-0.carrd.co#comm

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 11d

And gonna reiterate this because *I* didn’t understand gesture drawing for years: You are scribbling. You aren’t trying to make a “good” drawing. Try to capture the essence of the pose by scribbling

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 11d

-making “bad” art. It switches the mindset from “Oh this is bad. I guess it wasn’t a good idea.” to “Oh this is bad. Let me try again with something a little different”

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 11d

-important stuff. Focus on the *movement* of poses; proper anatomy comes second.

Just as an example: here are 8 of my poses that I drew yesterday. There are 112 more that I don’t think look good enough to share, but again, that’s one of the points of gesture drawing. It gets you used to-

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 11d

line-of-action.com

Probably my favorite website for this stuff. I recommend doing figure drawing and limit yourself to 30 seconds each.

To put it bluntly, your first few are going to look like *shit* but that’s kinda the point. Limiting yourself to the 30 seconds makes you focus on the most-

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Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 11d

It also helps a lot with the“I should be drawing” feeling while being relatively mindless (and significantly less frustrating)

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 11d

Genuinely try practicing some fundamentals. I started doing daily practice about three weeks ago now and it really helped me be less harsh on myself. Gesture drawings especially help with learning faster iteration and makes “doing the wrong pose” feel less like a failure and more like a step

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Steven Stone @stevensadvice.bsky.social · May 12

Whos this little bean???

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DeebyFeeby @deebyfeeby.bsky.social · 15d

Light Kana for @thunderboltzeke.bsky.social Thanks for your support!
#FireEmblemShadows #FireEmblem

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 16d

no thoughts

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 16d

Started gesture drawings today.

Did about 60 30-second drawings. Some of the highlights:

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 17d

Final day of doing this exact line control practice. Also drew more cylinders. Got too tired to finish the entire page though

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KARIN @karrrrin.bsky.social · Sep 11

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 18d

oh yeah I haven’t posted any art here in a while. I’ve completely resigned myself of both my ego and all art knowledge; now, relearning everything from scratch.

For the past two weeks I have drawn nothing but vertical lines and cylinders

ig I’ll be sharing my journey here

Day 1 of vertical lines

Day 12 of vertical lines

9-21 cylinders

9-26 cylinders

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Tora Heart | Life Goes On @lesbiansforever.bsky.social · 20d

We should all learn from him

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 21d

I know the feeling 😭

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splet @splet1125.bsky.social · 21d

sky sky

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 23d

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

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HB ✧ @heartbreakjuan.bsky.social · Mar 31

been watching fma

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 25d

THANK GOD

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splet @splet1125.bsky.social · 27d

hanging garden

Kitleif @kitleif.bsky.social · 28d

I love this bird so much..,,,