wanting to draw smut, yes! actually drawing smut (but also anything at all, in general), barely 😔 wanting to post… undecided!

i’ll put it this way: if i’d for sure want to post smut, i’d be posting smut :)

most of the smutty things i’ve drawn in the past months have only been shared in small group chats or servers bc i’ve been feeling self-conscious/vulnerable about it, so i’m just working up to it in my own pace. i don’t think i’ll Never post anything smutty again, but let’s just say that if you find yourself following me just bc you’re waiting for me to post that, i don’t think that would make either of us happy atm 🥲 not saying that’s what you were implying! but just in case anyone reading this is, i wanted to put that out there.

ooooo fun question thank you❤️❤️ i love working with many different mediums, as long as they’re buildable! i think only watercolor and ink are the mediums i struggle with bc of their unpredictability and the way i cant layer lighter colors on too of darker colors.. it either means i need to plan very well or let go of my need for control and both are not things i enjoy very much in my artistic process :’)) but layering them with other mediums can be fun, i’m very fond of using multiple mediums in one work anyway!!

i think i mostly love working with paint; i have mainly used acrylic, acrylic gouache and normal gouache, and i feel pretty comfy with those. i love working with fun colors and i love the coverage they can give. ive tried oil paints two times and it was lovely but very different, but i cant use them in my own apartment bc i dont have the ventilation for it! the times i tried them were at my friend’s house :)

another favorite of mine is using black pen. i often hate doing digital lineart bc ive never gotten the hang of it, but i love doing linework and hatchwork and texturing with pen on paper!! i find it so satisfying and fun!!

i’ve also worked with different types of chalks, colored pencils, alcohol based markers, and i love doing collages and just using paper scraps as my medium too.

one medium i’d love to get into more is acrylic markers!! i have a few and theyre great for final details and accents, but id love to get a proper collection going with lots of colors, preferably with brush nibs to get more control over line thickness… im hoping to get some for my birthday in two weeks hehe 🥹

thanks again for asking!! what kind of mediums do YOU like (either to work with or look at)? ❤️

i'm sorry anon, unfortunately looking at some of my old art makes me want to delete it instantly (it has happened a few times already over the past months tbh), so i don't like keeping a neat lil compilation of it all pinned to my profile 😭

i'm not trying to say my old art is objectively bad or anything btw, but due to a lot of insecurities and a nice heaping of crippling perfectionism, i get very self-conscious from just about everything i ever do or say once it's been a few months since i put it out there. change and growth is cool and good but my brain is always trying to convince me that other people will see my old stuff and not realize it's old, and judge me for it, somehow. it's very silly!! but even though i know it's silly, i can't get the alarm sirens in my head to stop going off.

it usually takes a couple of years before i come back around and can appreciate where i was at the time compared to where i am now without cringing and feeling weird about it :') the distance makes me feel less vulnerable, i think.

so yeah, i prefer to just let my old art float around and let other people hunt it for sport... although i have to say, if you browse my media tab on desktop, it's pretty easy to scroll through it! apart from my recent indulgence in a lot of bingo cards, i usually don't post all that many images that aren't my own art. i sometimes even go back and delete media that isn't art just to make browsing the tab easier for other people- it's kind of my compromise for not having a pinned thread.

i hope that kinda clears things up for you a bit!

despite this still being a big struggle for me on some days, i'd like to think i do!! also, getting the majority of the likeness is already such a feat and i hope you realize that :) a big part of getting better at drawing truly is of course just repetition and practice so if you're already getting so much right on your own, i'm sure your eye for it will improve either way! but, to help you along, here are some extra tips ❤️

(btw i'm gonna assume this is for drawing realism/portrait-related art, because my answer would be very different if it's not.. but if you'd like to hear tips on that too, just say the word and i'll do my best for you!!)

first, my biggest help with this has always been mirroring the canvas. when you're focused on drawing from reference, your brain will at some point get stuck in what you've drawn so far and it will become harder to see your work from an "objective" perspective. mirroring the canvas (and the ref) can help a lot in spotting problem areas because your brain isn't used to this perspective, causing inconsistencies to stand out more.

alternatively, you can also flip the canvas upside down! if you truly want something to look like the reference, sometimes it's better to see the subject as simply a bunch of shapes and anchor points, instead of a recognizable face. us humans are trained on recognizing and being very focused on facial features by evolution, which is useful in a lot of situations but can actually be very detrimental when drawing accurately from reference. even if you want to draw an eye exactly the way it looks in the reference, your brain will at the same time be trying to just draw an eye the way it thinks an eye is "supposed" to look instead, because it is very confident in the way eyes are "supposed" to look due to all that training! this is why in realism it can be more useful to focus on the shapes of shadows and colors, and the relative dimensions of those shapes, than on "i am now drawing an eye. i am now drawing a nose". and if you struggle doing that, flipping the canvas upside down makes it easier to make it look more abstract to your brain!

also for the same reason, i recommend that when you start with a sketch, you keep your canvas pretty small/zoomed out, and only focus on the big shapes first. zooming in too soon will make you lose sight of relative proportions and composition; only start zooming in when you're certain the sketch is accurate enough.

now, you also say you're staunchly opposed to tracing. while i definitely try to stay away from tracing for most of my art, i would actually like to also make a case for it!! my biggest gripe with tracing is that it can make your eyes/brain lazy if you depend on it, which is definitely unhelpful but not... problematic, necessarily? unless you're lying about it for profit, or talking about tracing someone else's art; there's obviously much bigger problems with that. but i do feel like tracing, or at least certain techniques adjacent to it, can be super helpful if you're struggling!

the first technique is tracing in rough lines over your ref in a new layer to "practice" the shapes you see. this is not about tracing every little bump and eyelash, but about trying to discern the structure of what you are going to draw. take note of the space between the bottom lip and the chin, the shape of the shadows along the cheekbone, the height and angle of the eyeline, the planes of the face that catch the light, etc... you're essentially training yourself to recognize and break up the face into the shapes that you will need to draw yourself eventually as well. this can also be helpful in getting a feel for certain angles or curves; don't underestimate the importance of muscle memory! when you're done tracing/practicing, you can then open a new canvas and start over fresh :) you can keep the line layer on in your ref image if you want a lil extra guidance in seeing and copying those shapes clearly, or you can hide it and just try it yourself this time of course!

another technique is to not trace exactly, but to mark some of the important edges of features on your ref with small dots, and then use that dot layer as the base for your own sketch. think corners of mouth, outside edges of nostrils, corners of eyes, tip of chin and forehead. this way you will still have to do plenty of work on your own, but you do have a general guide to work from!!

finally, if you really don't want to do any kind of tracing on your ref image but still struggle to see why your own drawing looks so different, i recommend two things i almost always do:
-make sure your ref image and canvas are the exact same size so you can position them next to each other and compare them more accurately (to ensure this, i personally always position the picture i want to draw on a canvas of the same size that my final art will be, move and zoom it until i'm happy with the composition, and then use the png of that canvas as my ref)
-use a grid!! i personally use procreate and there's a built-in function for it under "drawing guide" (and since i always have my ref image in another procreate canvas as well, i can easily apply the same grid there too!). i'm not sure about other programs but it's fairly easy to make one yourself and paste it on top of your ref image too. essentially, what a grid does is break up the ref and give your eyes more anchor points to spot mistakes. think of it this way: when you have two very big pieces of paper and one has a little dot on it, it's much harder to then place that dot on the exact same spot on the other piece of paper. but when both pieces of paper are very small, it's much easier for your eyes to go "ah, this dot is supposed to be just a little to the right of the vertical center line, and about two thirds of the way down", and estimate those distances correctly. now, using a grid can definitely also bring along the same problems as tracing bc it allows your eyes and brain to be a little lazier!! so try to keep the grid pretty big in order to still get some training out of it yourself. i personally like to use a nice big grid to help me get my initial sketch right, and then i'll turn it off once i'm pleased so that i can just focus on painting and depending on my own skills. but if i ever feel like something is off, i can turn it back on, or even make it a bit smaller to check for details :)

i'd like to emphasize that the techniques i described are honestly something a lot of traditional realism artists do for portraits as well; since there is so much rendering to do anyway, it's nice to know that at least your proportions are correct (especially since they cant easily digitally move features around later on). doing things like this does not negate all of the work you put in at all, imo! but of course you are completely free to make your own choices in what you do and do not feel comfortable with :)

in the end, overall id say practice and time still are most useful because those are truly the only things that will get your skills to consistently and reliably improve, but that's a boring answer that you probably already knew yourself, so i hope these tips help for now <3

oh and as a bonus here's a vid on youtube that talks more about how to get proportions right :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J7RQvKnWf4
i love watching other artists/art channels explain stuff because i'm very much a visual learner myself so i can imagine that watching some videos can be more useful than simply reading my answer!!

ahh what a fun question!!! i'm always so glad to hear from other artists, i really hope you find the courage to start posting stuff and have a super enjoyable time with it regardless :) i will have to say that my only experience with this is in the nsfw skiz community. i'd honestly have no clue how to tackle this in the general art community, which i do want to make an account for eventually... but i am assuming a lot of it is the same general idea tbh!! so hopefully my answer will be useful no matter where you decide to post your art <3

now i'm assuming your question isn't literally just "how to post art" but also "how to establish yourself as an artist on twt", so i will give some pointers for both. sorry if that's actually not what you meant sdkjhsdf in that case please just do not perceive me in the second half of this answer. anyway here's some of what i did :)

firstly, from a purely technical standpoint, it's useful to consider image dimensions when you upload art; if your image is too tall or wide or if you post multiple pictures, twt will crop the images, and it might affect the way people perceive the art you worked so hard on! if you wanna avoid this, i recommend looking up the twt image dimensions and keeping those in mind as ratio limits! personally i usually use a 3000x4000px canvas with 300dpi for my digital art. i honestly have no particular reason for those dimensions other than it's easy to remember, pretty nice to look at (imo), and it fits in the feed without getting cropped :') but you really don't need the canvas to be this big at all!! twt upload quality will eat a lot of the detail anyway... definitely try to stick with 300dpi though, if you can! it helps prevent grainy/blurry textures.

if you wanna upload traditional art, use the best camera you have and make sure you photograph it in bright, preferably natural light, and don't be afraid to play with the light levels/saturation etc in your phone's picture editor before you upload! traditional art looks wonderful irl but if it isn't photographed well it can really take away from its beauty, so it's worth it to put in the effort and make it appear just as beautiful on screen :)

for captions, i personally like to keep them pretty minimal (just a title or short description; it helps to make clear that you're the one who made this). i used to write little stories or anecdotes there, describing my process or what inspired me, but i now find that i prefer to keep the focus on the art itself, it looks nicer that way to me. if i wanna add more info i'll just reply directly to the post so people can still easily see it! also, generally people appreciate it if you add a sensitivity filter when you post explicit content, or some content warnings if your art contains potentially triggering things: certain kinks, gore, stuff like that... this is all very much up to you though! i personally do think about content warnings whenever i post art but i don't put one if there's only a very small amount of blood, for example... but i know some others would definitely still do that! i can't tell you what the "right" way to act is there, it's just about how you want to present you art i think.

OH and also!!! don't forget to put your name, signature or @ somewhere on the image! i used to put my twt handle on there but then i figured i didnt actually want people from outside twitter to find my nsfw account through reposts on pinterest and stuff like that, so i now simply use my name. but when i eventually make my general art account i'll definitely put my full @ on there every time :)

ok!!! that's all done. sorry this is already so incredibly wordy, this is who i am <3 anyway onto the establishing yourself... first important thing is that you gotta draw what you're actually interested in drawing. purely drawing to follow trends or get noticed won't get you anywhere in the long run bc it will deplete your creative energy in no time!! so yeah, try to figure out what you'd like to draw and what represents you as a person and an artist (for now!! this can of course change over time- in fact, i'd consider that very likely). it will keep your motivation up and it will also show people what to expect from you!

one thing i also definitely recommend for that (but also. in general) is to make your account layout recognizable as belonging to an artist... using your own art for your icon and header will help a lot, putting something in your bio about how you make art does as well, and i also think actually pinning some of your art (either in a thread or just pinning your most recent art that you're proud of, for example) really helps too! that way if someone checks out your profile they can immediately see what you do.

now, in a normal social media setting i'd assume you use relevant keywords or tags to make sure the right people can find you (that's what i've seen other artists do at least), but within the nsfw kpop community it's a bit tricky because it's the norm to actually actively censor words and avoid tags. if this is also where you intend to post, this means that if you want people to find your art, you'll have to find other ways to make them notice!

for that, there's multiple things you can do. simply interacting with other people you like is already a big help; honestly, just try to make friends like you usually would. engage with art you find interesting, comment on people's posts, join conversations if you think you have something fun to contribute... of course don't try to make friends with the goal of having them retweet your art please jkshdf but yeah just! making yourself known in the community by becoming an actual part of the community usually helps a lot!

another option is to join art challenges that interest you! sometimes people will have a dtiys you can join, sometimes there's seasonal events... usually with things like these you can tag the accounts involved and they might retweet your art for you! (i'm staring very guiltily at the st4ytist event twitter right now bc i'm aware me and the other mod have completely left it behind because we've been too busy but... that would have been a nice way to join in and get noticed. i'm sorry!!! maybe one day i'll pick it back up again, i did really enjoy the events we hosted 🥺) also i know i said before to not purely follow trends when you draw but... once in a while it can't hurt to hop on a trend you find fun :) i find that my art usually seems to get more interactions if it's kind of "topical" (aka related to a recent picture/event). ...or if it's kind of horny. people seem to really like that too fkjshdf

and of course lastly, you can make art directly for other people. now this is tricky bc there is a fine line to walk here; please don't just make art for people because you want them to notice and love you and retweet your art for you. that's not how this works and it will probably only cause disappointment! instead, try to only draw things you would feel good about drawing even if the person you're drawing it for doesn't even notice it at all. for example, if there's a fanfic you really hold dear to your heart, it'll be great inspiration anyway, so why not make some fanart for it! again, don't badger the author to promote you, but definitely make sure to tag them or send it to them and just let them know how they inspired you, they'll for sure appreciate that :) and even if they don't really seem to care for the art itself, you posting it will make it easier for other people who loved that fic to find you, which has the added benefit of finding new friends with shared interests!! also, i see plenty of people share brainworms on the timeline, or even literal requests for artists to draw a certain thing; if there's ever something that actually sparks your interest, please go for it! qrt them with your drawing and there you go, you participated!

honestly tho, all in all i think the most important part of posting art on twt is realizing you cant force people to like or engage with your art, so it's best to just draw what makes you happy and engage with what interests you; that way the people who like your art and share your interests will naturally gravitate towards you eventually :)

btw once you have established yourself somewhat, you can try to focus a bit more on active "audience participation" (if you want! i know not every artist is interested in this, but i personally really like feeling actively part of the community so i do try to focus on this). for example, you can start asking your followers if they have requests or let them vote in polls, you can make your own challenges that people can participate in, you can share wips, timelapses or other process insights to show more about your work methods, stuff like that! although of course it's also completely fine to just come online, post your art and disappear into a mysterious mist!! it's all about what you want from your experience here..

i really hope i was able to provide some guidance for you and i'm sorry if i was a bit too wordy or overstepped in assuming what you wanted to know about!! thank you so much for the nice compliment and also the trust you had in me to ask me this question :')) hoping to see your art pop up sometime soon on my tl!! <3

i want you to know ever since you sent me this i have been coming back to read this message every few days or so because this makes me feel insane??? sorry i never replied, i just felt so overwhelmed by how hot this was that i felt the need to Reply Properly/add some of my own thoughts etc, and then i just never did bc nothing felt good enough and the pressure was too much sdfkjhdsf

BUT !!! LET ME JUST SAY. this was SO delicous 😭 2mnbn is such a good combo bc they all seem to know each other's limits so well and never appear to be afraid to make use of that and tease each other all the time <3 and i LOOVEEE the whole "we know he's watching and he knows we know he's watching so we all know this is doing something for everyone but we're also not gonna say anything about it and just continue" tension eeeeee.... what a treat... also im just such a sucker for fooling around while in sweats??? i find sweats one of the hottest articles of clothing (in the right context)!! something about the softness/comfort of the material in contrast with lewd patches of wetness and needy bulges. im passing away. ALSO sngmn was made to ride thighs im pretty sure. thank you so much for your service <333

btw i need 2mn to sandwich chngbn next :))) and then i need mnbn to sandwich sngmn. and you know what then i do actually also need sngbn to sandwich mnho at some point. im a greedy girl 😔

that's my account on bluesky! it's been around for a while but afaik it's still kind of in development- but there's lots of functionality already that i've been kind of missing on twt so it's pretty nice! the atmosphere also feels pretty different so far; it's a bit smaller still, so it's a lot easier to just stick to the people you follow and tune out everything else, and there seem to be way less bots so far too. (and no ads, either!)

recently a lot of people moved there bc twt was banned in brazil- not only does that mean a huge portion of people can no longer access twt now, but it also has implications about how little current twt management cares about user experience in general (which is something we've already known for a long time but... something about banning an entire country bc you refuse to abide by their very simple law is a pretty good way to measure how well users will be treated on this app).

i made an account there bc i wanted to test the waters and also have a backup in case twt does end up exploding completely one day, but for now i'm not leaving twt altogether! i still enjoy hanging out with everyone here and will post as usual, but i'll also be making the occasional art post on bluesky :)