Old self portraits. I don’t draw myself that often anymore because the need to draw every tattoo accurately eats at my brain. - ThreadSky

danaterrace.bsky.social • 89 days ago

Old self portraits.

I don’t draw myself that often anymore because the need to draw every tattoo accurately eats at my brain.

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spizard.bsky.social•88 days ago

Just wear scubba gear.

spizard.bsky.social•88 days ago

Or a space suit, that would work even better.

mthsmelo.bsky.social•88 days ago

Cool tattoos tho

frankinglese31.bsky.social•88 days ago

AMAZING!🤩🤩🤩

akii-skii.bsky.social•89 days ago

Omg! Your self portrait looks so beautiful!!!! And I love the kitty!! So cute!!!

roxyreviews.bsky.social•88 days ago

Spongebob & Gary energy.

kennyriot.bsky.social•89 days ago

"Fuck it, I'm a draw myself in a jacket..."

toonlover.bsky.social•88 days ago

Danggg, the way you draw hands is super cool.

niccotin.bsky.social•88 days ago

i thought this was Amelia from Infinity Train fan art first lol,,,,

cartoongoodies.bsky.social•89 days ago

awesome how many tattoos do you have now

lazuligravefield.bsky.social•89 days ago

what a cute cat!

loveprosciutto.kawaii.social•88 days ago

Honestly I'd petition drawing the tats as some entirely unrelated inaccurate funny doodle each time. One day it's a silly cat, the next a silly worm.

yeetmiy.bsky.social•87 days ago

crashmraptor.bsky.social•30 days ago

May I suggest drawing yourself with long sleeves? XD

Seriously, this is cool. ^^ Great job.

snazzysocksmoon.bsky.social•89 days ago

Got any long-sleeve shirts you like?

albaron9595.bsky.social•78 days ago

True, adding the tattoos definitely eats a lot of energy, it brings out your expression.

Btw Happy Birthday Dana! :)

bearempress.bsky.social•88 days ago

oh its you

northwestern1919.bsky.social•88 days ago

I suck at drawing humans, but I like drawing ships (ships as in big boats). And when I'm drawing ships I also very much feel the need to get every detail right. I wouldn't say my drawings are any good, but when I'm bored it just gives me something to do, it's almost therapeutic.

chrisrichards97.bsky.social•88 days ago

These self portrait drawings of yourself are amazing Dana.

chrisrichards97.bsky.social•88 days ago

And happy thanksgiving to you

lumity-productions.bsky.social•88 days ago

Could always make a brush preset with your tattoo designs for easier work.

marioluigi93.bsky.social•88 days ago

That’s pretty good.

denowylie.bsky.social•88 days ago

Aww the kitty🥹🤍

krispybacon888.bsky.social•88 days ago

BUT it’s almost winter! You can draw sweater weather Dana :))

kirvyx.bsky.social•89 days ago

They look awesome

daringstars.bsky.social•88 days ago

Clearly the answer is to draw yourself exclusively in winter. These look great!

hannibalbeerus.bsky.social•88 days ago

You look like you could perfectly cosplay Scary Godmother. just in case I mean this as a compliment like genuinely, I loved those movies as a kid. "Grade school teacher you look back fondly on" aesthetic (hope this isn't a weird comparison)

livsbian.bsky.social•88 days ago

Ghost spotted

rangerdonald.bsky.social•88 days ago

Is this true?

cyndavilachase.bsky.social•88 days ago

God how do you draw hands

brank0.bsky.social•88 days ago

I just trace them in the sketch 😭😭

vincentbecherer.bsky.social•88 days ago

Just gotta pin this to see if there's an answer, because gosh you draw them so well Dana. 📌

smallbu.bsky.social•88 days ago

GHOST!!!!!!!

rag251.bsky.social•88 days ago

You have a Comic in mind to Create?

aj22028.bsky.social•88 days ago

Why does that first pose look so damn familiar?

linuxwith.in•88 days ago

especially the face, i can't recollectwhere i saw it...

spiderfan2003.bsky.social•89 days ago

Love em

darkmaster37xerion.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yeah!!
Your tattoos are so hard to illustrate them!!
This will be a challenge if someone wants illustrate them!!

joedapachuco.bsky.social•88 days ago

That’s a lot of tattoo’s :)

saracc12.bsky.social•89 days ago

Love drawing art

ineedpatiencee.bsky.social•88 days ago

I love your artstyle so much i dream about it at night

demobombsreborn.bsky.social•89 days ago

Sometimes i forget youre a human and not a little white ball with a nose and ginger hair

maryeterrell.bsky.social•88 days ago

jess0426.bsky.social•88 days ago

kitthemoggie.bsky.social•88 days ago

You look as cool in drawings as you do irl!

cannondebris.bsky.social•89 days ago

This rules. And yes, many of us understand wanting to give characters tattoos but not wanting to actually draw them.

mogarprime17.bsky.social•88 days ago

You could always conveniently give yourself long sleeves? I love the way you draw yourself. The facial expressions are fantastic. 😂

44zeex.bsky.social•88 days ago

Is that ghost!

dominickvanderhoff.bsky.social•88 days ago

Looks great 👍

springsketches.bsky.social•88 days ago

A solution might be to draw yourself in long sleeves if you wanna ofc

evanrankingtablet.bsky.social•89 days ago

I love how detailed these look! Really nice facial expressions & the tattoo-work pays off (they look great!)

Also Happy Thanksgiving, Dana!

(Big Owl House fan btw, one of my favorite cartoons of the 2020s!)

nicterhorst.bsky.social•88 days ago

God the "number of tattoos" to "want to draw a self portrait" ratio is so real

j0hmdoe.bsky.social•88 days ago

It’s some kool art 👍

heyitsalyssa94.bsky.social•88 days ago

I didn’t see your name when I was scrolling, only the art. And I thought to myself “that looks like Dana terrace.” So you nailed it

violetsalazar.bsky.social•88 days ago

This are really cute and your cat looks amazing

celtictampon.bsky.social•89 days ago

I always felt bad when @gorillaprutt.bsky.social was drawing my profile pic, my notes where only on tat placement and size 🤷‍♀️🫠 also forgetting I had more than I thought haha

ferrellrodent.bsky.social•88 days ago

What if u made a tattoo ref sheet

kristaferanka.bsky.social•89 days ago

The pointing hand is so good

concernedgold.bsky.social•88 days ago

I somehow know the pain all too well

zilonking.bsky.social•85 days ago

The tattoo looks pretty

lordcaesar.bsky.social•88 days ago

Easy! Give yourself long sleeved shirts or make the tattoos oversimplified with no sense teehee

ratlet.bsky.social•88 days ago

Never try astronomy sketching then. It's fine on some things and then you find a globular cluster and pray for clouds to put you out of your misery.

antocarrion.bsky.social•89 days ago

UR cat is so cute OMG!!!
I have two cats

v1sc3r4.bsky.social•81 days ago

Would you ever consider taking a commission for a tattoo design?

josiefenton.bsky.social•88 days ago

I think it was @coelasquid.bsky.social that has a specific layer saved for just character tattoos so they can copy and paste. One of the smartest ideas I’ve seen lol

coelasquid.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yeah, I have Jax’s tattoos in a png I use the warp tool to wrap around his body

danaterrace.bsky.social•88 days ago

Wait that’s fuckin brilliant

josiefenton.bsky.social•88 days ago

It really is! I just randomly think about it when I doodle sometimes lol

americanninjax.bsky.social•88 days ago

Genius

freddyulate.bsky.social•88 days ago

smrt!

alluvial.ink•88 days ago

I started doing this for every ref sheet commission I get that has tattoos. Big high res on transparency to make life easier on me and anyone else who draws the character in the future. Very worth the initial time investment!

mikeschnier.bsky.social•88 days ago

Very clever solution

josiefenton.bsky.social•88 days ago

I knew I remembered it from tumblr lol. I was 99% sure it was you.

ernestoalonso.bsky.social•88 days ago

Those hands tho!

mushroomretainer.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yo, these feel like like those few times Bill Watterson would draw characters a little bit more realistically in Calvin and Hobbes.

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