LyraElson

email me if you want to get in touch - i'm more likely to answer.

I've decided i'm going to do this photo a day thing. I need to get used to the idea that just because i enjoy using myself as a model doesn't mean i'm vain

Ketene helped me come to this conclusion - her project is full of beautiful pictures. ketene.deviantart.com/

So starting halloween i'm going to just keep taking pictures of myself until i'm numb to it.


some of them might have boobies, depending on what i do.


*morose for no reason*

Am open for Commissions, and requests.

I will draw and write and colour.

I will take payment on a case by case basis for now until i know what i'm doing.

Currently into pointilism, but will colour any way asked for.


So send in your ideas and i'll see what i can do.



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Lyra xx

This month I have exams here in Magdeburg.

They should be alright with some revision, but the reason I'm telling whoever happens to read these things of mine (you) is because after my last exam i'm going to be making a concerted effort to get some more art out.

I am still drawing and I have a lot of ideas, it's just finding the time and the confidence to give it a go.

So hopefully on Friday 10th, the date of my second from last exam, i'll be getting some materials ready for me to start uploading again.

I hope you guys still glance this way occasionally.

I'd really appreciate it if you could comment if you read this

I get so i only want to make art if i have people who are going to look at it, y'know.


Hope you're all well.

It's bloody freezing here.



L x

You copy people you like. Copy their work like fuck - call it fan art tho'; don't steal it.
Then try and redraw their stuff from memory.
If you copy lots of different peoples' art then try and draw something similar. Then get stock photos and draw them in the styles you've learnt. Then try and redraw without looking. Then add stuff you think might look good. Stock photos are important.
AND THEN PRACTISE LIKE FUCK.

There. That's basically A-Level Art in a paragraph.

Oh - and start with the shadows if you're going realistic. And draw what you're drawing 100 times until you get the one you like most - obsess. This is something you love, isn't it? Then breathe it; draw it for hours, then keep going; try lots of different mediums just to see how you like it.

Also. Shadows arn't black unless you're in monochrome. LOOK AT THE COLOURS and REPLICATE THEM.

Finally. Credit people. It's important to be polite. It's much better than being sued