Tea Time w/ Ari #9

 Heyy'all! This is Ari, and it's been a while. Exactly a month, to be precise. How're you doing?

This last month in animation, we learned about more physics when it comes to objects flexing, weight in motion, and jumping/running animation. For me, specifically, I had another firsthand experience with irresponsibility, as I fell behind on both my diving board and storyboard for the independent study, but I caught up with a few dents in it. Nothing I can't handle, but they're definitely worth paying attention to for next time.
If anything, I want to learn how to successfully manage my time. I know this is routine by now, but I don't want to continuously be swept up in the storm-- I want to try taking initiative. This probably means cutting my ideas down to a sizeable portion, and that's okay. Not everything turns out the way you want it to. This ties into what frustrated me as of recent, I took about 5 or so full nights this month alone to catch up. Not great for any part of my body, but when you screw it this badly, sacrifices have to be made sometimes. I did it like an adult though, responsibly. I learned the ins-and-outs of an all-nighter, when to caffeinate, how long to rest, what to listen to and how to work. Needless to say, I've mastered the caffeine nap by now. Not sure if that's something I should be happy about.
Speaking of happiness, it came in the form of therapy. last week I saw my gender therapist for the first time in months and I'm glad. I also cleaned my room today and I set up a huge corkboard in which I organized all of my character art, including all 3 of my characters, backtracking to the first drawings I made of each of them. I'm glad I kept that drawing I made of Blitz (my pegasus guy) I drew in 5th grade. I plan on redrawing it in my free time. You can definitely go far with 5 years worth of practice, honestly. I always hear people saying stuff like "I wish I could draw!" when all they need to do is pick up a pencil and do it. You won't get anywhere without practicing first, that goes for anything. I wasn't born an artist, no matter what anyone thinks, but I just had a lot of time to be creative growing up. I kept at it and here I am now.

For the link of interest this time, here is a drawing guide for "Adventure Time", illustrated by Pendleton Ward. I chose this because I found it helpful in simplifying my art style due to how this show allows for a wide range of rule-breaking fun and expression. Ward's art has inspired many, and hopefully, this can help you in your journey for an ever-evolving art style.