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bif

(24,451 posts) Mon Aug 9, 2021, 05:10 PM Aug 2021

Confession time. What are your strengths and weaknesses as an artist? [View all]

I'll go first. I think I'm pretty good at colors and composition. My biggest fault is impatience. When I get tired of a painting I tend to rush to complete it. I'm also absolutely terrible at rendering the human body and faces. They look like they were done by a five-year old.

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Confession time. What are your strengths and weaknesses as an artist? [View all] bif Aug 2021 OP

I'm impatient; also, I suck at composition. Ocelot II Aug 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2021 #2

Good with color, terrible at drawing. GPV Aug 2021 #3

I'm pretty good, except for composition. Oh, and perspective. And I can't mix colors at all. Kittycatkat Aug 2021 #4

My weakness is impatience too lunatica Aug 2021 #5

Perspective. I tend to do a lot of line work in sketching Bristlecone Aug 2021 #6

Illustration BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #7

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