drawing is dangerous (ep. 4) 

Being an artist means having all kinds of back pain, neck pain and wrist pain, so don't forget to take breaks. Loving your progress so much!

THE TIMELAPSES OF THE SHADING GETTING ADDED IS SOO COOL. AM PROUD OF U GENUINELY CANT WAIT TO SEE UR PROGRESS IN 1 YEAR

If you’d like some advice about Zhongli’s eyes, it’s that you can tell he’s not looking in a certain direction. He’s got a bit of that thousand yard stare. So if you wanna fix that, you can just change the direction of either eye to match the other and then he’d at least look like he’s looking off to the side. Like change his left eye to look to the right. It’s incredibly hard to nail eyes looking in the direction you want when you draw character in a variety of poses and angles, I still struggle with it and I go to art college to learn this kinda stuff

avoid thin brushes use broad and wider brushes when starting a drawing thatll reduce the anxiety of getting the shape and form exactly right . it will help you accomodate your drawing better and provide a different prespective to how you start a drawing too. im no proffesional but that worked for me so yeah anways i absolutely LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE your videos all the best ily

Here’s some advice about artstyle: Screw artsyle! You’re at the learning stage and your style doesn’t really matter at the moment. For now just screw around with whatever style you want. You’ll land on an artsyle you like at some point. Edit: I just noticed that at the end you acknowledged the different art styles were a good thing. You are indeed a wise beginner

As someone who finally has her wrist stable after a year and a half of therapy... please don't push yourself too hard, take all the breaks you need and make sure to stretch every now and then ;v; With that out of the way, your progress is amazing!!! chibi is harder than it seems and yet you made it look nice!!! I'm excited to see what you create for next week =v=

some tips for body pain when drawing (speaking from experience lol): -make sure you're sitting up straight! the nerves that run down your arm connect to your neck, so slouching for long periods of time can hurt your wrist -wear a splint at night! (wearing a hard brace with a splint can reduce movement at night) -wearing a soft brace or compression glove with no splint while drawing can provide your wrist additional support when drawing! (remember, this is the soft brace WITHOUT the splint/stick, wearing a hard brace while drawing can make the pain worse, the compression glove you ordered sounds like it'll work) -take breaks and do stretches! (for your body and wrists, sitting for long periods of time causes lots of strain on your body) -exercise (a big part of being able to draw for long periods of time is building up your body strength so that your body can handle sitting down for a strenuous amount of time, this is especially true if you draw and also game) -ice when you're not doing anything (don't stretch right after you ice, i recommend stretching then icing for about 15 minutes) -sleep in the correct posture (find a way to sleep so that your back and neck are straight, this personally helped me the most along with exercising a lot more)

I’m really proud of your improvement you are just so good

you've made so much progress! I can't wait to see how much you improve in a Year

i've been drawing for as long as i can remember, even got my BFA degree, and these videos inspire me! i lose hope in my skills and talents all the time and i get so easily discouraged. i watch these before i start a drawing session because i admire your hard work and dedication, and i like seeing how far you've come in such little time! it helps remind me that 1) i will continue to grow as an artist as long as i keep going, 2) i draw because i want to and i like to, and 3) i'll never reach a place where i'm satisfied by being too hard on myself and having unrealistic expectations. thank you so much for sharing these videos dish

A bit of a tip for coloring! When you’re coloring the subject/character, make the background grayish. If you want more warmish colors make the grey slightly red/orange, and if you want color colors go with blueish/purple grey. I also personally do my sketch & lineart with a grey background. Also you’ve made great progress. :)) keep going!

hey! as someone who as injured themselves through art -- i have tendinitis in both wrists from art and piano -- please remember to take breaks when you arm gets tired! its super important that you don't stress your wrists out too much and take breaks often (or at least try to haha). another plus to using your whole arm to draw rather than your fingers or wrists is that it naturally takes the stress of of your wrists :) your progress is super good, and i hope you continue to enjoy your art journey! take care of yourself for us :D

the thing about being an artist is that you gotta take breaks every now and then because when you stare at you drawing for hours on end you're gonna start to hate it, but when you look back at it later on you're like "wait this looks kinda good??" so proud of your progress, thank you for sharing your art journey!

Your progress is actually amazing for me, you've motivated me to learn drawing and I finnaly started it yesterday!! I actually enjoy learning it so much and I can't wait to see us both learn and slowly progress

HI DISH!!! a huge tip that helped me alot when i was a beginner was to sort of "freestyle" your art, you don't have to be so strict about what you do when drawing, smth else i can suggest is experimenting with body types and warmer colors!! diversity is very important in your art

We’re so proud of your work dish! Even as an artist I’m learning so many things with you. You improved so much in such little time, so proud!

if you'd like some tips on who to watch for tutorials I SERIOUSLY reccomend sinix design, ethan becker, marc brunet, and even bluebiscuits,,, also good luck on your journey dish, you're really improving SO fast omfg

“I wanted to draw this beautiful picture of my friend Dawn in chibi form, and I was very daunted” I see what you did there haha. Loved the video as always, I really enjoy these types of videos ☺️

Extraordinary

I am in actual shock at how good and adorable your drawing of Dawn is. All of these honestly. Your progress so far is amazing. Hope your wrist heals nicely!

3:17 I think this is becuase when you're creating it you have to be really focused on the details to make it look as good as you can get, and once the bigger mistakes are gone you just move to the smaller mistakes until the mistakes are so small you cant actually fix them, and its hard to know when to stop but when you do, you can look at the BIGGER picture and realize how amazing it looks despite the tiny mistakes

7:52 the most relatable part..... trying to find one stray mistake in your layers.......

man this is such a good idea i should do for myself.. its hard for me to be motivated to draw but this seems like a great idea..

When it comes to making any "finished pieces" it's a big help for me at least for a rough sketch done with a say a color pencil brush. It allows you to be loose and have the drawing seem less stiff. And then take a pen or marker brush to do the line art if you so choose. Keep up the great work!🎉

You're doing so well and have progressed so much already, it truly is motivating me to draw all the things I wanted to but didn't have the time etc. There is one thing I want to mention about the drawing of your friend actually; it is a very common mistake so you shouldn't worry about it too much but I think it's a thing that could also improve your future drawings if done correctly, and that is - the placement of the eyes. People often draw only one of the eyes when the other one is covered by let's say hair, and while copying and pasting the eye you already drew isn't much of a problem, the pasted one wouldn't even fit on her face if you removed the hair. That's why it's very important to break down the placement of both eyes (doesn't need to be very detailed, it's about where you put it). You also want to go for the placement where there could be one more eye in-between of the ones you drew, but chibi anatomy is probably different, just don't make them too close :) Hope it helped

A tip: when you’ve finished learning the basics it’s useful to focus on every single part, like: drawing only heads, only eyes, drawing poses (without completing the character, to learn anatomy itself), drawing clothes for learning its shading etc This is a good thing for you, just to focus on one thing at a time (my sketchbooks are full poses and never finished mannequins)

watching this series as i get back into loving art and making again has been so nice and has pushed me to keep up with my exercises :D we got this! youre doing amazing

what i love the most about this series is that it feels like blue period anime came to life. I LUV IT. I'm a pianist/singer and I'm recently learning to sing arabic which is my native tongue but it's very hard and very different to english but people told me I had a tone that sounded nice in Arabic so i'm taking my time and getting out of my comfort zone and learning each day . Arabic music theory and stuff is hard too and I have to take care of my voice and not push myself too.

Your doing so well! I love how your experimenting with different artstyles! And i feel your pain with your wrist, for hwne you get more comfortable drawing, practicing for 20mins every day really helps and you u dont have to strain your wrist/hands, just small bits each day where is alot more easier than going for multiple hours, if you soread those hours out throughout your day helps with wrist strain, but this just a personal thing that has helped me! Your beautiful and seem very very nice, please keep going and have a great day and stay safe

So a few art tips from a fellow artist.. 1. Look at references 2. When you draw eyes make sure the pupils don't look cross-eyed or etc try make both of them look the same way 3. When shading think about how shadows would look like in real life and where the shadows would hit That's all I could think of.

loved the chibi art! very cute :D you’ve already made so much progress from when you began, shading is difficult but you can see the big jump in progress from when you first started!! love these videos, make sure you keep having fun with it and don’t push yourself too hard

It's cool that you have been drawing for about 3 or 4 weeks really proud of you dish ! ^^ but remember to take a rest cause our hand cannot handle to draw for several hours also our back and arms etc... (even me drawing with my fingers on my phone is torturing ;-;) sometimes take some rest !! 💕💕

This is amazing! You're so dedicated, and you just keep improving so much. I love it!

Dish: I was very daunted. My brain: dawn-ted

If your learning to draw different parts of your face like eyes and lips etc I would recommend taking a picture of your eye or any other part of your face and practice drawing it. Like the shape, shading, highlights etc. I love this video very much and I have seen much improvement!! ❤️❤️

Your improving so well and fast!! Im so proud

This series has helped inspire me so much!!! I've been drawing literally my whole life, but after I got out of highschool I've been super unmotivated to make art and have been in an art block for a couple years now. Watching you learn helps remind me why I love drawing so much, I can't wait to see more or your art in the future!!!

I really love this series! Reminds me of when I started learning to draw. Just watching you draw and enjoying the process reminds me of why I picked up the pen in the first place. Excited to see more of your art, Dish!

aaa i am so in love with this series!!! good job dish, you're doing amazing :D

indeed it is, it got me a paper cut today ;-;

love this series, i look forward to it every week

Learning to trust the process is something I still struggle with, but ya, art is science and illusion. Trick the eye into seeing what you want

honestly am loving this series. it's so calm and therapeutic and is inspiring me to get back into art

🥺🥺 these make me happy every week! i’m so glad to see you keeping up with it!!

loving this series so so much !!

Don't worry, trusting the art process all comes with practice and time, when I first started drawing I often scratched all of my drawings before I even finished the sketch because I didn't like how it was looking. I'm getting much better at it after a few years, so it'll come to you over time as you start to learn and understand everything better!

The chibi drawing is sooooo cute and good !! Youve really come a long way in ur art already cant wait to see more!

resting tip! (kind of, but for when u still want to draw) sometimes when my carpal tunnel flares up ill turn off "disable touch actions" in my settings and draw with my finger instead. it helps give my hand a break from doing the cramped pencil-holding position that worsens it in my case and forces me to draw with my whole arm than from the wrist. but ofc if ur wrist still hurts then defo take a rest, i just know how it feels to want to draw but the flesh is weak lol. love seeing ur progress and style exploration!!

you're doing so great dish! it's really motivating to see how you progress

I adore this series and you bringing different content

Great work Ms. Dish. Been loving this series! Keep it up!

The chair got the frog luck achievement

Dish ur drawings are sooo cute!! Ur making so much progress and I’m so proud of u

All of these drawings are so nice! As an artist myself, I really love seeing other artists improve and create art. These kinds of videos are really relaxing and make me want to sit down and draw something myself. Remember to always give yourself a break, you don't want to reach the point of artist burn out or art block. Maybe take at least one week off from time to time. A year is a long time, remember not to push or rush yourself. Take the time to slowly improve and enjoy your art :)

i love watching these videos alot, something about the process of improvement is enjoyable

the hair for the self-portrait looked really cute and like bubbly ig? idk but it looked nice :)

omg ur doing amazing! you're improving so fast

these videos comfort me so much

You've made so much progress in such a small amount of time!! Well done

I've been following the series and it's so enjoyable and inspiring to see your progress through the past weeks! Can't wait to see where you'll go in the future! Also don't push yourself too hard though, hands are usually an artist's most important tool so take care < 3

Today I was inspired by your drawings so I decided to draw the raiden shogun w a friend! We both did it digitally and had lots of fun. The drawing turned out way better than I expected and I was very happy. But if it weren't for you dish, I would have never got myself to drawing anything that good. It takes a lot of effort for me to pick up my pencil and draw because I see other peoples art and feel like "It took me so long just to get to the level I am. My art isn't even that good. When will I ever reach that drawing level" and I'm just never able to do it. Now I've been able to kill that mindset and progress with my art! I cannot thank you enough dish

hey dish! just wanted to say how proud i am of watching you progress so far. As an art student and have been drawing since 2012 i'm honestly so inspired and really admire how fast you progress with your art (all things considered i'm a slow learner :"))). really can't wait to see how far you go and how your art style develops over time. I love your content so much

You have inspired me to take on my own digital art journey :) and one thing that really helps me with getting proportion correct especially with anatomy is mirroring it to see if it looks funny from the other way

Wow you're making so much progress so quickly, this is so interesting to watch I'm loving this series

You're doing so good 4 weeks in. I'm so glad that you're sticking with it and keeping the drive going. You take the basics and just practice, practice, practice. It will be amazing to see you in a year as you look back on how you started to where you are at. And being attracted to muted colors isn't a bad thing, people always gravitate to a certain color scheme or style.

so i just watched all your four art videos and i wanna say that i am very proud of you! getting yourself up and beginning a 1 year challenge is so brave! as an artist i can say that both anatomy and shading is pretty hard to learn but the practice with putting a thought into learning will break all the walls! i believe in you and want to say that you are doing really well! though i want to point out that before you learn how to draw non-realistic things like chibi or alien or etc, it will be better if you learn anatomy of a human before it, so you can understand what are you deforming. as my mom said a long time ago, "before breaking something, you need to understand the thing itself" but i don't want to push too hard, you are really doing well! good luck and give your hand and back a relax time

I cant help but smile everytime i watch an episode from this series- we're really are proud and impressed on how far you've come :DD though dont push yourself too hard and please take breaks, you don't have to finish a piece in one sitting

I've been watching your art progress from the first episode and you're improving a lot!! I really like to see beginner artist how much they're improved through the days!! I wonder if you could collaborating with genshin artist how to learn their own way of drawing in your stream, maybe some qna section or an art challenge, and maybe also learning tips and tricks along the way? Idk BUT OVERALL very proud of your progress and pls take a rest if you needed don't push hard yourself!!!

this series is amazing thus far 😭😭 its amazing how im relearning drawing thru your perspective. amazing job as always miss dish 🤍🤍🤍

you are natural! i can tell how determined you are to keep pushing forward and improve, so far i've been nothing but impressed by every piece you've made! keep going dish you can do it!!

Your art is really amazing! 💗

i want to say that i really like the way your self portrait came out! the face of your chibi almost reminds me of Snoopy but at the same time it has an anime vibe to it! i think you’ll be able to create a lot of stylistic art in the future. good luck on your progress ms dish

im late but when shading id reccomend usung a red or purple or just a darker version of whatever color you are using ! it doesnt dull out your piece as much and makes everything much more cohesive !

u inspire me dish. i just started learning how to draw too and watching ur progress videos motivates me a lot! love u :)

please remember to take care of your body as well and to take it easy dish! i'm still learning this myself as when i'm in the ~zone~ i can work for hours on end without noticing which leads me to not caring for myself properly. consider your setup for work (equipment, chair, desk) and try to make it ergonomic enough for you that you're not in pain or putting yourself at risk for injury. also take breaks often! maybe like every hour to just get up, stretch your body (wrists, back etc), maybe even do a teeny bit of exercise for blood flow, get water or food and so forth. take care of yourself so you can create ^^ also so proud of your work for this week. i haven't drawn chibis in years and i want to learn more about drawing in a cute, simple styles. glad to see you having pushing on, keep it up! progress is progress no matter how small :)

AAAA Dish you have improve so much! As an artist this remind me when I was starting digital art. I hope you don’t give up and take breaks, your shading and chibi anatomy is so good keep it up! I hope to see your improved art in the future! ^0^

You can actually see that you've improved so much in only 4 weeks. Really like how you drew that coffee table!)

youre improving in such a fast way! im so proud of you! one thing that i suggest tho is that maybe you can draw something you like before learning throughout the week--and redrawing that same thing that you drew at the end of the week applying all the new stuff you learned? i think that would be a great encouragement boost!

Learning art has been a dream for me for a long time now but I never had an inspiration or motivation to learn art but you inspired me to learn art and I wanna thank you for that, so good luck to you on your art learning journey ^^

I can tell you have been working hard and you have improved so much over the last couple of weeks. Very proud and keep up the great work dish💕

You're doing such a great job, good luck in the future

you've made amazing progress!!!!! oh my gosh you're doing so well :D

Wow! Dish! I am so happy Your art is getting better and better, i cant wait for future episodes🥰 Lets keep drawing! 💪

You have improved so quickly! I can’t wait to see more!

That’s a lot of progress!! I loved the drawing of Ms Dawn

its amazing how much dedication you put into learning how to draw. I gave up drawing 2 months ago, but seeing you put in so much effort into it just inspires me so much. Keep it up Dish!

Loving your art journey Dish ☺️ your getting better everyday 👍 When you were finding the layer to erase that blob it was so relatable, but there's a shortcut to find that layer and erase it quickly. Go to Actions (Wrench Icon) - Prefs - Gesture Controls - Layer Select - Turn on Touch (or any option you're comfortable with.) - Done. Now touch that thing you want to erase, then procreate will automatically select that layer, now you can erase it easily. Hope that helps. Good luck 👍

I really like this series it’s very inspiring for me and keeps me motivated to learn drawing, as it’s something im trying to do myself

Dish, your progress is looking great!!! I love watching your streams and picking up different tips that I may not have known. I am doing an art study with my friends over the summer and a couple of the topics that we are going over is composition and doing perspective. One point perspective and two point perspective is actually really easy and fun to learn if you wanted some more ideas of things to do over the course of the year. Overall, your are definitely improving and I am very proud of you for working towards this!!!!

hiiiiiii i really loved watching your vids and this series. as someone who also likes to draw and is learning how to draw, this is really relatable. especially the game of layers. HAHAHAHA anyway, the way that you are happy with your progress also makes me happy in some way. this has also motivated me to find time and draw again. kinda hard for me that i have shaakkkyyy hands though but there are times i want to get my hands working on some artwork. thanks a lot for your vid and i just want to say to continue enjoying your progress.

Your doing so good dish!!! The improvement is amazing POGCrazy

doing great dish! your art is improving so much, keep up the good work!:D

I really love this video, watch you learning and drawing is really inspiring

I really love seeing your weekly Progress❤❤❤ Your Mrs. Dawn Drawing is very well made. I am Proud of you😅

I believe in you dish!!! You have progressed pretty well for just learning how to draw, I can already tell you are going to be a great artist in the future, keep up the good work!

its really inspirational to see you improving as fast as you have been !! as someone who has been doing art seriously since i was 10 (i'm 17 now, so ive been doing it for 7) i wish i was able to see your videos before taking art seriously, because i know they would have helped me with motivation. you're doing so well, and i can't wait to see your future videos and how much you'll improve in the future !!

dish they came out so good!! you nailed the one with dawn's photo

the chibi sketches reminds me of the kwamis of Miraculous Ladybug, so cute

you've improved so much!! so proud

i love this series. ANOTHER DRAWING SESSION WITH DISH!!!!