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I'll give it a go. I did find a much more efficient program, but I still need to draw all the rigs with Krita. It's still quite the learning curve, though. Q.Q

Eh, a manga/anime studio is more of a secondary goal, but artist burn out is actually the norm. Especially from new artist's trying to break through the landscape which now includes art thieves and AI "art". It's why every few years there's a writer/animator's strike. There have been positive pockets like Kyoto Animation, but karoshi(death from overwork) is a common trope even(if not especially) among more famous mangaka like Akira Toriyama. It's less about laws and more about culture though. It kinda goes back to the renaissance when artists were not deemed important, and yet their work shaped the world. As far as using just your memory to draw from, that's a good goal. Though to be fair, I rarely use less than two resources to draw from anymore. My memory is probably terrible but using a reference pose saves time when my wrists are fakked like they are. So any time saved is wrist strength saved. So don't be too worried to use what you've got. Even the classical artists used tons of references. Some even used a tool called a camera lucida which was a way for someone to quickly sketch out basic shapes directly from an observation/reference and then later refine the shapes. Finding those tools now though costs quite a bit sadly.

Yas. I believe you'll be great at it. I'm in that boat of people that really believes anyone can be an artist with enough practice. If you ever want to collab or need help, I'm here. I wondered someday about starting my own manga/animation studio but that's probably thinking too big. What subject has been your favorite to draw so far? Any muses?

Oof, really have to pay more for more framerate? I just use Krita and Synfig because is the poor. lol. They're so smooth though. Are you working to become pro?

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It's time for painting with Peter! In this super fast, ultra rushed new episode we show you how less is absolutely more and with a few quick brush strokes you can imply detail without actually adding detail. In all seriousness this was done too quickly to be semi-realistic. I just didn't have the time this late in the day to be as thorough as this should have been, but the same principles apply. Without drawing every single strand of hair you can still imply each strand with well placed strokes.

In general, though I prefer semi-realism. I fell into bad habits painting each strand by hand. Now that I am faced with a character with hair as long as her ankles I regret being such a lazy potato. So anything to streamline my process will be helpful. I have been working on other projects all day, so I haven't had time to look up tutorials for Krita. x.x