As a digital artist, my least favorite thing is how pixelated some of my work gets during the process before I finish it. It always makes me nervous that it might carry over to the final product. What’s something you guys dislike about the process?
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the beginning, when I have to make like 14 sketches until I like one, at the same time as making the bodies and redoing a part of the body like 90 times.
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i dont like having to re-type my prooompt
or having to go back and fill in the little whitespaces that the paintbucket misses.
anything that isn't placing the base colors (digital) or sculpting (physical).
Sometimes I dislike trying coming up with an idea and lifting it off the ground.
Sometimes I dislike the end of the process too. I get nervous when adding the finishing touches, worried that there's more I could add or something I could take away.
At 4/19/25 12:07 PM, VinityAryimin wrote:the beginning, when I have to make like 14 sketches until I like one, at the same time as making the bodies and redoing a part of the body like 90 times.
Oh yeah, the sketching phase can be quite a pain at times. Sure, I mainly just do one sketch and stick with it, but MAN does it take a while to get the sketch right before I even start the outline.
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At 4/19/25 01:04 PM, EyeSores wrote:i dont like having to re-type my prooompt
or having to go back and fill in the little whitespaces that the paintbucket misses.
Preaching to the choir here. I may not use the paint bucket but the selection process can be tedious, especially when you have to nail the tiniest spaces. I imagine the pain bucket has similar problems, too.
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At 4/19/25 02:37 PM, OnixDark wrote:anything that isn't placing the base colors (digital) or sculpting (physical).
Yeah, it’s always the fun parts that take time to get to when you’re fleshing out an idea.
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At 4/19/25 02:44 PM, RepriseAgain wrote:Sometimes I dislike trying coming up with an idea and lifting it off the ground.
Sometimes I dislike the end of the process too. I get nervous when adding the finishing touches, worried that there's more I could add or something I could take away.
I feel you. Coming up with an idea to start with can be difficult. Sometime they just come out or nowhere. The end of the process can also be nerve-wracking when you’re the one who experienced the process itself and have to present.
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Response to What is something you dislike about the art process? 2025-04-19 15:08:43 (edited 2025-04-19 15:09:58)
Inking probably. I'm just tracing my sketches but it gotta look good tho
Response to What is something you dislike about the art process? 2025-04-19 15:46:51 (edited 2025-04-19 15:48:29)
Starting. But fortunately it gets easier the more you start.
Response to What is something you dislike about the art process? 2025-04-19 15:55:37 (edited 2025-04-19 15:55:46)
Inking and shading.
At 4/19/25 11:59 AM, ColinsCreations wrote:As a digital artist, my least favorite thing is how pixelated some of my work gets during the process before I finish it. It always makes me nervous that it might carry over to the final product. What’s something you guys dislike about the process?
At 4/19/25 12:07 PM, VinityAryimin wrote:the beginning, when I have to make like 14 sketches until I like one, at the same time as making the bodies and redoing a part of the body like 90 times.
This.
So I guess the part where "shit don't look right" is the one I hate.
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Response to What is something you dislike about the art process? 2025-04-19 16:22:30 (edited 2025-04-19 16:23:13)
At 4/19/25 01:04 PM, EyeSores wrote:
or having to go back and fill in the little whitespaces that the paintbucket misses.
TRUE
Also doing the anatomy during the sketching phase can be a pain sometimes
At 4/19/25 04:20 PM, aapiarts wrote:At 4/19/25 12:07 PM, VinityAryimin wrote:the beginning, when I have to make like 14 sketches until I like one, at the same time as making the bodies and redoing a part of the body like 90 times.
This.
So I guess the part where "shit don't look right" is the one I hate.
Yeah, it can be a pain to readjust things in your sketches. Arm looks off? Resize! Head looks too big? Resize! The hands look weird? Redraw!
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At 4/19/25 03:55 PM, AYJAYKENS wrote:Inking and shading.At 4/19/25 11:59 AM, ColinsCreations wrote:As a digital artist, my least favorite thing is how pixelated some of my work gets during the process before I finish it. It always makes me nervous that it might carry over to the final product. What’s something you guys dislike about the process?
I’m with you on the shading part. Especially when the light source is vague.
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At 4/19/25 03:08 PM, blackwind677 wrote:Inking probably. I'm just tracing my sketches but it gotta look good tho
I can understand, considering sketches have lines that criss-cross every which way and you have to pay attention to line weight.
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At 4/19/25 04:22 PM, SpicyShark wrote:At 4/19/25 01:04 PM, EyeSores wrote:or having to go back and fill in the little whitespaces that the paintbucket misses.
TRUE
Also doing the anatomy during the sketching phase can be a pain sometimes
Talk about “muscle memory,” eh?
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At 4/19/25 04:26 PM, ColinsCreations wrote:At 4/19/25 04:22 PM, SpicyShark wrote:At 4/19/25 01:04 PM, EyeSores wrote:or having to go back and fill in the little whitespaces that the paintbucket misses.
TRUE
Also doing the anatomy during the sketching phase can be a pain sometimes
Talk about “muscle memory,” eh?
Yes! I tried doing a more dynamic pose one time and it screwed my muscle memory over
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i’ve had pieces delayed from when i wanted to post them because of this
Shading. I hate it with all my heart I'm NEVER doing it unless I absolutely need to.
It depends on the type of art: if it's traditional art I dislike the colouring phase, especially adding shades and highlights, if it's digital originally making backgrounds, now it is becoming the lineart process when I use thin inking brushes. This is why I love making lineless art whenever I can, it's fast and allows me to work on shapes better.
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I hate the colouring process ever since I started drawing. Every time I get to that stage I either drop the whole thing or grit my teeth and power through it. I just can't learn and don't want to learn how to use colours and do shading studies. HOW DO PEOPLE JUST LOOK AT A SUBJECT AND MACH EVERYTHING PERFECTLY.
For me, its hunting for references, especially if you have something specific that you are trying to draw.
At 4/19/25 06:31 PM, makuroguro wrote:For me, its hunting for references, especially if you have something specific that you are trying to draw.
I hear ya. For me it’s fashion references specifically. I can find all sorts of poses ‘til the cows came home, but my sense of fashion is lacking, haha.
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At 4/19/25 06:10 PM, Azk0 wrote:I hate the colouring process ever since I started drawing. Every time I get to that stage I either drop the whole thing or grit my teeth and power through it. I just can't learn and don't want to learn how to use colours and do shading studies. HOW DO PEOPLE JUST LOOK AT A SUBJECT AND MACH EVERYTHING PERFECTLY.
Mayhaps you’re just overthinking it? I personally keep things within cell-shading style to lessen whatever headaches I may get from blend shading. Color Theory is a whole mess in of itself that takes time and patience to learn. You may just have to go back to the basics (at least when it comes to color) like a certain artist on here keeps telling the newcomers.
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At 4/19/25 06:04 PM, ShangXian wrote:It depends on the type of art: if it's traditional art I dislike the colouring phase, especially adding shades and highlights, if it's digital originally making backgrounds, now it is becoming the lineart process when I use thin inking brushes. This is why I love making lineless art whenever I can, it's fast and allows me to work on shapes better.
Trust me, I have trouble with backgrounds myself at times, too. But, you have to learn them and get used to them eventually, otherwise you might not get anywhere.
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At 4/19/25 05:40 PM, STS-Jaidn wrote:Shading. I hate it with all my heart I'm NEVER doing it unless I absolutely need to.
Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but shading is a necessity. Just don’t overthink it and be accurate as you can be. You’ll eventually get the hang of it.
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At 4/19/25 04:39 PM, Dreamcastian-Turnip wrote:“Alright the piece is DONE!”
”nvm i fixed this one thing now its done”
”nvm i fixed this one thing now its done”
”nvm i fixed this one thing now its done”
”nvm i fixed this one thing now its done”
i’ve had pieces delayed from when i wanted to post them because of this
Yeah, I’m guilty of this at times, too. But you can’t be too perfectionistic about a piece. Your work will always come out different than how you pictured it, just like how life isn’t always how we plan it. Sometimes you just gotta roll with it.
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Response to What is something you dislike about the art process? 2025-04-19 20:18:51 (edited 2025-04-19 20:19:31)
My wobbly ass hands, so I turn up the sensitivity.
but now I have to deal with static rigid lines, because the sensitivity is too high, so I lower it.
and then I get wobbly lines….
