Aquifolium  1d ago
χvln
robot girls are always tricky for me to draw, and i don't even try to draw the mechanical bits. massive props to the artists that do. #pixelart #ドット絵 #art #mastoart #DigitalArt #robotgirl #gynoid #android
Feb 8 at 7:45pmWeb
Show threadLykrastFeb 8
@xvln oooh cool robotgirl!
hold on I gotta cc some friends
Show threadVelvetFeb 8
@xvln cute! 
Show threadTronFeb 8
@xvln Reminds me of the robot girls from the game VA-11 Hall-A. Loving it, nice work!
Show threadχvlnFeb 8
@tron i played that game! i enjoyed it for sure.
Show threadTronFeb 8
@xvln I'm still missing some achievements. Getting Jill evicted was not something I could allow during my first playthrough.
Show threadShutterBuggedFeb 8
@tron @xvln imo, some achievements are not made to be gotten :P
Show threadevinFeb 10
@tron @xvln i unfortunately did this by accident on my first playthru... i tried to avoid it but i had skill issue
Show threadgkrnoursFeb 8
@xvln she remind me of the girl in cave story
Show threadThepiFeb 8

@xvln woah

that's a nice robot

Show threadTired Goth Girl 🔞 Feb 9
@xvln God I wish this were me
Show threadevinFeb 10
@xvln um, since this is so good... would you mind talking about how you make this? like do you draw this purely from imagination and experience, or do you get references images of similar poses from somewhere? asking because i need advice about how to approach drawing complex poses like this
Show threadχvlnFeb 10

@evin when i was starting i used tools like designdoll and little figurines (i have two figma art figurines). now i do it more based from imagination, unless it's really complex, in which case i'll bust out my little figurines.

i either draw it as sketchy pixel art (usually) or high-res which i downscale (less lately), which i clean up into nice pixel lineart version, that i then fill in colors with flood fill, and then go through and shade. does that help at all?

Show threadevinFeb 10
@xvln yes, thanks!
Show threadχvlnFeb 10
@evin that said i also used one of those websites that would show you a person in a complex pose and you'd have to draw them from reference in 15 minutes or something. and i'd do that for a couple hours at a time (gogo hyperfocus). the ones i used don't seem to be up anymore, but <https://www.sketchdaily.net> seems to be the same idea. doing this got me _a lot_ better at drawing complex poses
SketchDaily Reference Site

Show threadχvlnFeb 10

@evin at some point i'd like to post like a progress video the way people do. unfortunately at the moment the thought of doing so gives me bad anxiety

something i'm working on with a therapist is why posting art in general was giving me anxiety, i have/had this fear that people will look at it really closely and realize i actually suck lol, and with a progress video that's amplified many times, like y'all will see my process and realize i'm a fraud. i know it's silly, but brains are dumb

Show threadVelvetFeb 10

@xvln @evin good ol' impostor syndrome  

i'm not sure if this is any consolation since i have zero experience with art and don't know what to look out for, but your stuff has never disappointed! 

Show threadχvlnFeb 10
@rgbunny @evin thank you <3
Show threadVelvetFeb 10

@xvln @evin i do get it though, to an extent. i post gameplay videos on youtube, so there's really no avoiding the whole "videos make it easier to spot me doing something dumb" feeling. but i think as a result, i learned to just take it in stride and even highlight those moments, like "haha, look at this sus af dodge".

for my current tevi playthrough (that's on hiatus), my thumbnail theme has mainly been all the stupid things i got away with that i really shouldn't have  

so i'd say, give it a shot!

Show threadχvlnFeb 10

@rgbunny @evin i'll try at some point. right now i have slightly bigger problems i'm focusing on. the fact that i'm posting art again at all is a big step for me (i didn't/couldn't for a whole year), so i don't want to push things too hard and go back to where i'm too anxious about it.

(it doesn't help that my workflow is stupid and involves multiple programs so i'd have to stitch a video together)

Show threadVelvetFeb 10
@xvln @evin no pressure! i'm just glad to see you posting art again 
Show threaddiz is Feb 10
@xvln she's gorgeous ​​
Show threadilly [Shrimple-mode] Feb 10
@xvln woag,,, 🥺 0w0 great art ⩾^>w<^⩽
Show threadsundaymidnightFeb 11

@xvln
hey, a good one there

the knees, look at on them