Great job on the picture, that espeon looks really pretty and fluffy!

Damn, if only I can draw this good.

cumcover said:
Damn, if only I can draw this good.

Anyone can draw, just down to motivation and practise.

I am really happy how she came out! Kalina is gorgeous! Thanks a ton, Dr. Bubblebum! :3

daedius said:
Anyone can draw, just down to motivation and practise.

Absolutely, I hate the persistent myth that artistic ability is something you're born with. Drawing is 100% a learned skill. But personally, I think motivation is unreliable and quickly fades. Real progress comes from commitment and the building of good habits. If you wanna git good you gotta be putting the work in even when you don't really feel like it and would much rather be playing games or watching youtube.

popsiclemainframe said:
Absolutely, I hate the persistent myth that artistic ability is something you're born with. Drawing is 100% a learned skill. But personally, I think motivation is unreliable and quickly fades. Real progress comes from commitment and the building of good habits. If you wanna git good you gotta be putting the work in even when you don't really feel like it and would much rather be playing games or watching youtube.

I disagree. I think (could be wrong) that the way a person's brain and thought processes work have a massive impact on the max potential that person has for drawing, or any creative skill really. Different people perceive and interpret the world as well as their own thoughts differently, so naturally, this would put some people at a much greater advantage to properly envision and capture something they want to create or express (and likewise, others at a great disadvantage, like people with aphantasia for example, but they're a minority). True, people can unlock what innate ability they have through dedicated practice, but that ability has a different cap for each person simply because their brains have different aptitudes for specific abilities.

This is all just a hypothesis tho

alterho said:
I disagree. I think (could be wrong) that the way a person's brain and thought processes work have a massive impact on the max potential that person has for drawing, or any creative skill really. Different people perceive and interpret the world as well as their own thoughts differently, so naturally, this would put some people at a much greater advantage to properly envision and capture something they want to create or express (and likewise, others at a great disadvantage, like people with aphantasia for example, but they're a minority). True, people can unlock what innate ability they have through dedicated practice, but that ability has a different cap for each person simply because their brains have different aptitudes for specific abilities.

This is all just a hypothesis tho

I'm gonna be brutally honest here, I think any philosophy that puts a "max potential" on anyone is just an excuse to justify giving up. Beliving that you can't succeed for some abstract unprovable reason is a sure fire to ensure you fail. You can learn to think in different ways and see things from different perspectives. Imagination is a skill that can be improved just like everything else. And Aphantasia is common among artists, even top tier ones, who often developed their skills while being completely oblivious to the idea that mental visualization is even possible.

What does "max potential" even mean? You get better the things the more you do them. There is no ceiling, it's not like you will ever suddenly lose the ability to learn new information. You could say that the rate of improvement is limited and that is what defines your "max potential" but how do you know that some new approach or information couldn't change that? A lot of the time the thing holding somebody back can be something less directly related.

Speaking personally, I always wanted to draw but never but would always get frustrated when I did. I wasn't immediately able to get the result that I wanted and it made me feel horrible. I was like this even when I was very young, like single-digit young. And because of that, I would never try to draw, even though I really wanted to. It wasn't until my 20th birthday that I decided I was going to make it a goal in my life to learn to draw. After that, I made some progress but still had a hard time sticking to it. And worse, when I did make progress I would get anxious about drawing more because I was afraid I would find out it was a fluke and feel terrible again. However, over the past couple of years, I started putting more focus on other kinds of self-improvement and particularly my own mental health. While I don't think I ever had any real long term depression, through research and seeing a therapist for a brief time I started to recognize that I had a really low self-image. I was hyper-critical of myself while being blind to everyone else's struggles and flaws and it all fed into this chronic imposter syndrome. Everything I said was wrong and everything I did wasn't enough, yet no one else had these problems. But I started to recognize this as a cognitive distortion and worked on changing the way I talked about myself to myself, as corny as that sounds. I still struggle, but I'm slowly becoming more confident and it's coming through in my art. Finally at 27, 7 years after setting out to learn to draw I'm starting to see some real progress. I want to make up for lost time and I'm starting to believe I might be able to.

I kind of got carried away spilling my guts there but my point is there are so many variables that could be affecting your progress with any life goal that the idea of there being a "max potential" kind of becomes ridiculous. Even if we assume that it's true and everyone does of an upper ceiling I doubt there is anyone out there who is even close to reaching it, and it would be impossible to know how high yours is. So why even entertain the idea? You will never know for certain and all it would ever do is hold you back.

Anyway, if anyone got this far I hope you enjoyed some rando telling his life story in the comments section of pokemon porn. I'm gonna go eat frozen pizza now.

Oh wow, I'm digging this concept - her using her powers to make him touch her. Sexy as hell. And her dialogue is the cherry on top of the cake.

popsiclemainframe said:
I'm gonna be brutally honest here…

…Anyway, if anyone got this far I hope you enjoyed some rando telling his life story in the comments section of pokemon porn. I'm gonna go eat frozen pizza now.

Damn, what a heartfelt and inspiring comment! One of the best I’ve seen on this website.

pro_nown said:
Damn, what a heartfelt and inspiring comment! One of the best I’ve seen on this website.

Yeah, and all it takes was one sentence

pro_nown said:
Damn, what a heartfelt and inspiring comment! One of the best I’ve seen on this website.

I appreciate you saying that but unfortunately I burned the pizza so it turns out I was wrong, I really am a failure with no potential...

popsiclemainframe said:
I appreciate you saying that but unfortunately I burned the pizza so it turns out I was wrong, I really am a failure with no potential...

Man I'm sure your a wonderful person,keep your head up king 💪

CumCover said:
Damn, if only I can draw this good.

Same. I did a research few years ago for myself and if you start drawing when young (10~12 years), it takes up to 10 years to draw great art, although greatness in art is a bit relative.Now I don't know if it takes longer if you're two decades old.

more spees please

alterho said:
I disagree. I think (could be wrong) that the way a person's brain and thought processes work have a massive impact on the max potential that person has for drawing, or any creative skill really. Different people perceive and interpret the world as well as their own thoughts differently, so naturally, this would put some people at a much greater advantage to properly envision and capture something they want to create or express (and likewise, others at a great disadvantage, like people with aphantasia for example, but they're a minority). True, people can unlock what innate ability they have through dedicated practice, but that ability has a different cap for each person simply because their brains have different aptitudes for specific abilities.

This is all just a hypothesis tho

This is correct. While it IS true that anyone can improve and get to a decent level at art, and many people just say "nah i cant, no point in trying" as an excuse to whine about having no talent..

Some people just aren't going to be as good as others at art, even when they put in equal (or more) time and effort -- really trying and learning and grinding at it. That's just the unfortunate reality.

daedius said:
Anyone can draw, just down to motivation and practise.

Actually anyone can learn how to do this. Yes from a technical standpoint give enough time and motivation anyone could have to skill to recreate this. But the part that not just anyone can do it coming up the ideas. Not everyone is capable of thinging creatively. coming up with original art is hard.

My question is how do you make such soft colors and shade like that? It's astonishing, and makes this art perfect.

daedius said:
Anyone can draw, just down to motivation and practise.

It's about drive, it's about power, we stay hungry we devour, put in the work put in the hours and take what's ours

15 years of being into anthromorphic toons but never liking "ferals". Except for a few Dr.Comet, I was oppose to the idea of 4-legged Furries being hot. But lately, I find myself liking the stylized feral variants more. Especially, anything using my favorite pink-purple psychic cat. But who isn't a sucker for the eeveelution line?

luv91mation said:
15 years of being into anthromorphic toons but never liking "ferals". Except for a few Dr.Comet, I was oppose to the idea of 4-legged Furries being hot. But lately, I find myself liking the stylized feral variants more. Especially, anything using my favorite pink-purple psychic cat. But who isn't a sucker for the eeveelution line?

Espeon is a monster with fennec fox base not cat.

asakurabunny said:
Espeon is a monster with fennec fox base not cat.

No, thats incorrect. Espeon was based off japanese legends of "Nekomata", hence the split tail. As the neko in the name implies, its cat based.

This looks so amazing I love it, you did such a great job