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Hey. I was kinda shy showing off my art here, not counting art on my character profiles. Lately, I'm getting back to drawing after quite a long break. I've been drawing only some quick sketches, and I'm very happy to finally start drawing seriously again. :)
Critique is VERY welcome! I was never good or wealthy enough to attend art school, I am self-taught and never had much feedback except for a few times. Just a note that I will list things that I know are wrong, so you won't waste your time trying to help me, although I am aware I messed up. >_>
So far, I will post two newest artworks. I post my art on Tumblr and Artgram as @leonkupidyn. My art is SFW, but my side acc on Artgram, leonkupidynagain will feature horror-game-inspired art, because I am a huge horror game nerd. But besides that one side acc, my art is SFW. :)

My Animal Crossing fan character (fullart)
This is far from how I imagined it. I forgot to add a drawn shadow under the character, and I also forgot that in animations, water is mostly drawn, not painted, it really bugs me and ruins the final animation-like effect. :(
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Again, but its a part of his reference sheet Im working on
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This looks awesome! Don't worry about art school, nowadays there are a lot of sources to study and learn from online for free.
The colouring is really pretty i love the shine it has! Plus the character seems super cute.
Waaaa I love Bean!!! Look at his sleepy little cat face!
LaRata wrote:
This looks awesome! Don't worry about art school, nowadays there are a lot of sources to study and learn from online for free.
The colouring is really pretty i love the shine it has! Plus the character seems super cute.
Yes, I am aware. The thing is, I am not really good at youtube tutorials and such, I mostly learn by observing things myself, or getting critique from others directly. :) The colors and "the shine" are based on retro animations. Thank you for wanting to help me, though, it's always nice to see people giving advice to help others.
Claine wrote:
Waaaa I love Bean!!! Look at his sleepy little cat face!
"Little"? Character lore spoiler alert. >_> His grandpa is a Sabertooth tiger, and thus, Bean is bigger than other cats in Animal Crossing. Besides that, thank you!
Some more artwork! This time, for my RP character, Dusan Burian, AKA Ghast! He is a monster hunter with too much empathy. Way too much empathy, sadly.

Greyscale portrait
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Concept art/sketches
(I am fully aware that the horse looks horrible X_X)
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I made some pixel art lately. Decided to make tiny autism (TBH) and ADHD (BTW) creatures. :D
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I made these so I can put BTW on my profile to subtly suggest that I may or may not have ADHD. XD
LITTLE GUYS!! I love them!
Claine wrote:
LITTLE GUYS!! I love them!
YES! I'm not sure who came up with their designs, but autism and ADHD creatures are definitely one of my favourite memes :D
I've been watching some cute pet videos, and rats eating rat-sized pancakes won my heart. This inspired me to create this artwork, and also a poem/short story. I was trying to make my artwork look a bit "3D model"-like. It didn't came out really good, so maybe I should just stick to my current "main" style, lol

Tiny Rattata
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"Tiny Rattata"
Once there was a Rattata so small, that kept herself clean, cute, and all. One day she decided to go out, to a fancy restaurant to get a nice grub, no doubt.
She ordered pancakes so Charizard-big, it took her a little while to even begin to eat. When the time came to close the restaurant's door, the plate was still full... But food waste was a problem she could never ignore!
She took the pancakes home with her, invited some friends to join the stir. The end of the story was quite neat, as they all enjoyed the leftover treat.
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