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So I went through a period the last few months where I was really struggling with motivation. I could blame video games (they don't help), but honestly the problem was more with me and how I approached art. If you look through my gallery you will see, basically I was afraid to try. I only posted in scraps, I couldn't finish a whole painting, just studies. All of this was because in my mind, I had to create "good art" or else I was a failure. I am a perfectionist by nature, so as soon as I would try paint something and realise I am not Craig Mullins, I would get de-motivated and give up. Studies and gesture studies were easy, because it was a

Hey I recently found this artist who does tutorials.  He isn't well known, but OMG he is so good at explaining the details that I would never have realised myself. I have REALLY been struggling with eyes more than anything else since I went to 3D, and his tutorial has really helped me.  Especially the part where he talks about the planes of the eyes and how the inner corner (tear duct) is forward more on the face than the outer corner.  I think this was a major thing messing me up because a lot of tutorials make out as though they are even, and when you analyse photos I think it is easy to overlook.  Anyway there is more than that, but I thi

Tutorials/Teachers that I Love: KNKL (Fantastic tutorials on painting, as well as line-art and just about everything! Really good!) Istebrak (Great tutorials on painting the face in particular, as well as fundamentals like form, lighting, colour) Trent Kaniuga (Ex-Blizzard concept artist, and hearthstone card artist, such an interesting and amazing guy, great for motivation and just making you feel awesome about making art! <3. ) Niku Senpai (Great twitch streamer, good way to watch the full process of an artist and learn) My favourite singular art demonstration (Mike Azevedo), I watch this one over and over again because there is so