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Anonymous Coward · 2d

I can stare at your art for so long, I wonder how long does a drawing (illust or comic) usually take you?

it really depends 😭 quick drawings and sketches can take like an hour, a little more if im flat colouring it or adding monochrome tones loosely

if im lining it it potentially doubles my time, and double again if i decide to colour cleanly and shade … i think on average a full colour art is like 4-6 hrs and comics can get to 24 hrs total or more 💀 i also rarely do backgrounds but when i do… for example that one miya twins art was like. 16 hrs i think lol bc i was rendering everything from scratch bc i love 2 torture myself

basically if im drawing for myself and keeping it messy i can be really fast but when i have to make it clean and professional i can take AGES bc i have to do lineart and i can get a little perfectionist with it… and when i colour i have to put more care into colouring between the lines and stuff

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