PROFESSIONAL ARTIST TRIES KIDS HOW TO DRAW BOOK

okay but why do I kinda love my body types girlies...they're so cute...
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[@eastdakota6954]

the repeated hiding and unhiding of the Ariel layer is like a jumpscare every time

[@chimera9818]

In case of Ariel the eyes are the biggest flaw

[@SpreadingMisinformation]

Ong

[@SpreadingMisinformation]

​@@chimera9818 indeed ! It looks ... unethical I'd say ?

[@Cinnaschticks]

@@SpreadingMisinformation Yeah, it looks like the human equivalent of whatever happened to pugs. 😂

[@a-goblin]

she had severe ptosis 😔

[@snas_real]

some drawings in these books are the definition of “when you forget to flip the canvas”

[@extra_ram_noodles]

Can't really do that in traditional art, but still, these are horrid XD

[@niggacockball7995]

​@@extra_ram_noodleswdym just rotate the notebook/paper

[@wild.berryz]

@@extra_ram_noodlesyou can use a mirror

[@serenegenerally]

@@extra_ram_noodlesig you can flip the paper? 😭

[@Kaiden_Elliott]

​@@extra_ram_noodlesMy old graphic design teacher would have us flip drawings over a light box (you can do it over a window too) but that would only work if it were on standard paper or maybe a thinner canvas?

[@NeonVomitz]

I feel like at this point Haley should make her own how to draw book

[@Lilith_StardustYT]

OMG YESSSSSSS

[@ECHOOZzs]

YE

[@RowanWisteria777]

YESS

[@catlady8256]

I would pay so much money for an art book let alone her own how to draw omg 😭

[@BlueCrystalAnimatez]

Pls omg PLA

[@Muse041]

Ariel honestly looks like the artist saw manga style like twice and tried to recreate it...but by using references from like Betty Boop and other rubber hose cartoons

[@yourshoulderdevil5229]

I read this before she got to that part and I thought you meant the Little Mermaid lol

[@redribbon2]

@@yourshoulderdevil5229 me too

[@geckovonparsley8200]

Yes! Exactly! It reminded me of the most wonky character designs from old Fleischer cartoons.

[@lav-kitty]

omg that's actually true

[@starsiadraws]

Yes!! Her facial design would be perfect for a modern/rubber hose style blend! The art style is VERY Betty Boop - coded

[@Bexcalibur]

I used to have a book like this, i never finished it because of how repetitive and mundane it was.

[@dumbdistrict]

Same

[@ohgodrighttheredontstopyes]

The first book cover was atrocious 💀

[@ToscaTee]

I used to follow the tutorials from these books in elementary 😭 the fact that i could replicate 90% of the drawings showed how amateurishly bad those “how to anime” books are. they looked so bad.

[@JustClok]

Same I had the "how to draw more manga" book from the library of my school (I hated it)

[@booleah6357]

Peter Gray. 💀 now that’s a name I’ve not heard in many moons. I had his book as a kid and picked up so many bad habits from it.

[@PatchesStudios]

Feral over how you changed the body types, why are artists so afraid of giving their characters SHAPE

[@Crooked_Bowl]

Mostly out of uneasiness when it comes to trying something they aren’t used to, or my most favorite reason: “It Doesn’t Fit My Art Style!”

[@makaylaserniotti1474]

That chubby character is so stinking cute ngl. I love how Haley draws heavyset characters.

[@PatchesStudios]

@@makaylaserniotti1474 totally agree, it always makes me want to draw

[@alwaysaverychannel]

Maybe for the first one they did nkt wanna make people feel bad 😊

[@flyingorange2482]

The original did have differences, just that LavanderTowne's one is more exagerated.

[@cornflakes-does-stuff]

the "this is porbably someone who would rather be drawing a horse" line made actually laugh out loud I'm not sure why :""D

[@b1ueb3rrybush]

Porbably

[@freshbread4039]

porbably

[@IrregularityRowan]

Porbably

[@incineroar9933]

I had to pause the video and just stare quietly as my whole childhood came flooding back. I remembered carrying that book around with me, studying it, rereading it, paying more attention to it than my studies. I literally cried when I loaned it to a friend and her cat peed on it.

[@Crow_ferret]

The cat knew it was bad. Probably

[@haphazardlye]

the cat knew the book wasn't gonna help

[@markthefan]

BAHAHAHAHA

[@pixelpudding3914]

This video and comment section is so chaotic 💀💀

[@choicecombo]

that cat did you a favor! lol jk

[@synthellaart1587]

This might sound weird, but thanks for not just saying chubbier but also fatter! I hate people dancing around the word fat and I want to reclaim it as a neutral description instead of what often still feels like an insult.

[@dollzo]

I also hate that people think chubby = fat. Like I'm chubby but I'm not fat.

[@LimegreenSnowstorm]

Hear hear! Fat is normal and natural and everyone has it!

[@shiNIN42]

I agree. Anyway, there is actual, factual fat is involved, a lot of it :D I totally use the word fat when I talk about a fat person. My country isn't that super sensitive, thankfully but I would do that anyway.

[@buttercupfilled]

plus it’s like not even a good descriptor word, like you can be “chubby” but not “fat” it’s stupid to treat em like synonyms. i have chub around parts of my body but i wouldn’t consider myself fat cause im not ?

[@amer6706]

I agree! And also, chubby and fat are not the same thing! Like when someone says “very chubby” and they mean fat I am confused.

[@EvaL-ti2jd]

I had the second one shown in the video. My art teacher went through the entire book for the class to show everything wrong with it 😂

[@TheHitsubasa]

Freaking Christopher hart the bane of my existence And this one too This is why our art teachers laughed at us when we tried to draw anime

[@ashleyhansen4479]

The irony is that the illustrations in his later books are somehow a lot better. I think it’s because he hired a bunch of artists that actually respect the style. Apparently Mark Crilley was and still is one of the better ones because he actually respects the anime art style. Same with Sophie Chan who I assume is very busy considering how little she uploads as of now. 😭😭😭

[@Cinnaschticks]

​@@ashleyhansen4479True, I think I have one of the newer ones, luckily. 😂

[@petalpencil1397]

​@@ashleyhansen4479 Funny you should say that, I bought a couple of Hart's earlier manga books and they actually taught me a decent number of things, compared to his recent ones. Sure the art is a bit dated, but the info given is actually info of value, as opposed to his dad jokes that he tells every paragraph in his recent "how to manga" books....

[@weird_art_kid]

STOP I USED TO USE HIS BOOKS ALL TYE TIME 😭😭

[@aino-kaisav5504]

Christopher Hart actually has relatively good art tutorial books when they are not manga-related. Like his fairy tutorial book is like a silly little storybook with fairy-lore he came up with. It'a actually entergaining to read as a picture book, even if one isn't using it as a tutorial. Manga however, *shudders*. That guy does not understand manga at all.

[@Lorraine202]

10:26 “He seems like someone who would honestly rather be drawing a horse” the way Ariel looks like that one Barbie horse, yeah

[@deadpan2866]

i remember going to a book store and trying to find a manga help book. i found a book that amazed me, the artist was at the same level of skill as me, which imo isnt good. so the fact they had the confidence to publish a how too book and get it into a large book store chain is baffling. the barrier for entry for art help books really is just the confidence to publish a book

[@cam_luong]

Yeah, I think beginners should be able to publicize their work, but they really should not be trying to give advice or making "how-to draw" books.

[@Marikyuun]

Every time you showed the original Ariel headshot while you were drawing over it was such a jumpscare 😭 Super insightful commentary as usual! Love this video ❤

[@kaleenar963]

I remember one time I got a really professional looking college textbook about drawing human anatomy, and I rage quit trying to read it halfway through the Intro chapter because the vocabulary was unnecessarily dense and the author went on this huge tangent about how “drawing realistically is the only way and people who draw cartoons are an insult to true artists”

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Ew! I actually went to art school and although we learned that learning to draw realistically is important, it was like... so your cartoony stuff can look good, not that "oh drawing in a cartoon style is unprofessional and not real art" blegh. And like the majority of artwork that's not considered cartoony isn't even realistic, so would that guy be saying that 15th century wood engravings aren't REAL art because they don't look realistic either?

[@juanjuri6127]

these books are the very essence of "the nice man at the store said you'd love this one"

[@Kizrrith]

LavenderTowne should make her own how to draw book. I’d buy it :)

[@smhlol8472]

she does have a book lol, its called unfamiliar

[@dollzo]

*should

[@dollzo]

​@@smhlol8472I think they meant a how to draw book

[@serenegenerally]

@@dollzohow to draw books can be very limiting and it’s not in her character to do so tbh

[@Kizrrith]

@@dollzo Thx I fixed it

[@claracatlady9844]

The fact that we actually bought these back then shows just how *starved* we were for anime art content Also just that these managed to get published is insaaaane. It feels like someone was like “Hey I bet you 100$ that I can publish a book without knowing anything.”

[@9ightdreamer]

I always thought the circle guideline was just a way to guide the face/chin and not a way to represent the back area of the skull for the rest of the face -

[@Asukasnumber1fan]

Wait you didn't know that?

[@9ightdreamer]

@@Asukasnumber1fan Ive been an artist for over 4 years and yet I somehow didnt fully understand what the head guideline was supposed to be and somehow never questioned it -

[@Asukasnumber1fan]

@9ightdreamer lol , been drawing for as long as I can remember and I always thought ppl just knew abt tbh, well atleast now you know so you can use it more to your benefit

[@9ightdreamer]

@@Asukasnumber1fan Eh, I was a self-taught artist so I didnt learn the exact reasons to exist yet here I am - (But hey at least I caught onto the idea of it guiding the face haha!) And I think Im at a point where Im beginning to understand the things I really should-

[@starsiadraws]

​@@Asukasnumber1fanNo, no. I've been drawing for like..... 7-9 years or so and I also thought it was just a place to build the jawline on.... I also didn't understand the point of the lines on faces when I was a kid because those "how to draw" books like the ones in this video just don't explain how to use proportions/anatomy guide lines

[@Blitz-.-]

When i was a kid, i had one of those how to draw books, and tho the art wasnt nearly egregious and the tutorials were actually helpful, the character designs were so cheesy. And they were all ripped off of existing characters. A game i liked playing was trying to guess which characters they were ripped off of. Some of them were easier than others. Like i wonder who this "space princess warrior school girl" could be? or who could this orange ninja character be? hmmm.

[@lilywhisperer]

The opening- Oh my God, I love your channel so much…

[@MrDuckDrawz]

the plus sized girl you drew is so cute ahhh!!! i love it the rep as a fat person means ALOT to me :333

[@Medved725]

Part of me feels like a quarter of Ariel's page being dedicated to her backstory just shows how scattered the focus of that drawing book is. Like not only is it trying to teach readers how to draw anime, but also trying to introduce readers to the genre and or subculture of anime. Like "these are the characters and tropes you should expect" or "these are the kinds of characters people are making", which is a bold move considering how superficial their understanding of it seems.

[@nico-3663]

It was my understanding all these “how to draw” and other series for kids are book packaging. So a publishing company probably decided they wanted a bunch drawing books, found an artist who would do it for them, contracted him and had him stuck drawing in styles he had no idea about. It would explain the really bad ones at least

[@FrenkTheJoy]

That's what I was thinking, seeing how many of these "how to draw" authors have such a wide variety of books and subjects. That they just got *a* guy who can draw, period, and were like "Okay we need you to do a How to Draw Horses book and then you have to do a How to Draw American Cartoons book after that, and then we need a How to Do Botanical Illustrations followed by a second How to Draw Anime book"

[@ingetamna]

The face diagram one was -outrageously- cute. Why does everything lavendertown touch become so cute??

[@aquapenguin9697]

so you know the story of king Midas? it's like that except instead of it turning into (literal) gold it gets turned cute and into (metaphorical) gold hope that helps :]

[@DrBananananananananananananana]

Lol omg I remember buying one of these when I first started taking illustration seriously. Thanks LT you made my soul cringe today with memories of "how to draw manga" Every artist needs to be close to that feeling. keeps us humble.

[@aileehogan1913]

Dude, if LavenderTowne ever made a "How to Draw" book, I would buy it so fast!

[@sorrowvampx]

I remember when my mom got me a how to draw manga book a few years ago when i was struggling a lot with drawing in this style. I loved it so much and i was using it so often that the pages started falling out haha. Some of the habits I developed while using it weren't actually that good, but I overcame it later. That book was made by a very good artist with a passion for drawing manga and without it I'd probably never be as good at drawing as I am now.

[@amer6706]

I’ve drawn realistically for years and am self taught. But this video really explained the proportions of the face, things I’ve drawn without knowing or understanding like that the bottom of the nose is halfway between the eyes and chin. And I didn’t know where the eye line was supposed to be until now, I couldn’t figure out if it was supposed to be the top bottom or middle of the eye. It is supposed to be the middle (though I suppose it can be personal preference but it will help me be consistent every time.)

[@magikanya]

THE INTRO-

[@honey8ter]

not the intro- also "he's probably someone who would rather be drawing a horse" 😂😂😂

[@kandyroxU]

The intro had me dying 😂

[@rigidbat1672]

i have been drawing for 10+ years (I'm 23) and did not know that the circle you start with in a portrait is the back of the skull...

[@Crooked_Bowl]

I think I actually have one of these how to draw books that were given to me as a gift, for its intended purpose, it was not very specific, it practically skipped crucial steps, and the end products I made when using their advice resulted in an amalgamation where I am firmly comfortable to literally burning it while not feeling bad for the tree that was used for the firewood, the paper used, and the pencil.

[@Rissa_1322]

That's now how smaller chests work, the shadow wouldn't still be across the bottom uninterrupted because they wouldn't poke out far enough to cast it, it just looks like they got squished between 2 bricks. Source: mirror

[@Light_Dies_07]

YOOO I HAD THAT BOOK AT THE BEGINNING WTF 😭 i always thought it was funny how the tsundere, deredere and yandere (i think?) girls looked like DDLC characters like straight up. the tsundere one is just natsuki but orange ;_;

[@cryingwatercolours8127]

wait so ddlc… unoriginal?!

[@Light_Dies_07]

@@cryingwatercolours8127 yes!!!!! 😨😨😨😨😨 so sad ddlc moment

[@groovy8168]

honestly if lavender towne made a art book i would happily buy a hundred copies

[@Sencilia]

Your curvy girl is so cute. Her body looks a little like mine so I like her a lot.

[@GenBenREAL]

I’m glad that when my parents offered to get me a how to draw anime book thing when I was like 9 I took one look at the cover and said “Yeah… thanks but no thanks…”

[@StrawSLAY]

0:32 I got this book for Christmas, and when my mom and I were looking at and got to this page we were just like: 😨

[@Yourlocalmess24]

Your voice is really calming and I enjoy listening to your videos when I do stuff, especially drawing. Thank you so much, I don’t regret subscribing.

[@dorkinabubble7772]

Listen, How to Draw Manga both volumes set me on my drawing path. There were just examples in there instead of fully drawn “copy this” examples. I see those books as things to be surpassed, but goodness, they were my friends in middle school 🥰

[@babeysheep]

Thank you for mentioning the bellybutton being flatter on fatter bodies! That and the way that the body folds & the droop on a belly are really important to know, because I've definitely seen people who didn't know that ending up with 'fat' characters that just look pregnant or really bloated 😅

[@Jinxxxish]

That intro got me cackling-

[@Ratty_Ratzzz]

I remember being like 7 and thinking im so cool bc i had like 5 of these books💀

[@wallacehunters9218]

i remember a how to draw book that i really loved had a few pages where you use head-heights to manipulate the proportions and what genres may use them. Like one used 5 heads and was claimed to be more used in kids anime, and one was like 11 heads and was mainly used for shojo lol

[@happytofu5]

Ariel looks like the author was thinking: "... but, but where does the EYELID go?!"

[@FeelinBlue44]

THE INTO IM CRYING 😭🤚

[@PressedRoses]

i dont watch your videos as much as i used to (no particular reason as to why) but i still like to come back and see what youre up to the body type part of this video makes me so happy as a fat person, it makes me a lot more confident in myself i know you wont see this but i just wanted to say this somewhere

[@satohime]

your videos were what got me into drawing around 2016, seeing a new one in my feed almost a decade later while looking for background noise as i work on a professional illustration feels kind of surreal😭 really cool to see you do another one of these silly how to draw videos, you've improved so much not just in art but also videomaking since then, honestly can't believe it's 2024 right now

[@yarrowsatelier]

I grew up with and had some of these books as a kid, it was very easy for a well meaning parent or family member to buy these for you as a gift growing up in that era of anime first becoming popular. You did an awesome job with the redraws too, thanks for the awesome video.

[@mrcheshire104]

the intro has me ROLLING

[@polymorphicblacksteve5038]

It blows my mind these books are real and actually published

[@twistedthe1]

The intro is so spot on. I love your content. Probably the only reason I'm still motivated to do art. Every time I see one of your videos I open up Procreate again and start drawing. I love your art style too.

[@LucianDarcWolf]

There are some wonderful instructional how to draw books, BUT there’s also some REALLY REALLY bad ones out there too! Thankfully the collection of how to draw books I stared getting when I was 12 up to current are pretty good at explaining things and showing good examples. However those aren’t my only resources either, I study plenty of other peoples art work, different styles within a genre, and lots of practice as well.

[@serenegenerally]

What books did you have?

[@LucianDarcWolf]

@@serenegenerally, I have a current collection of around thirty how to draw books, is there a specific genera/topic you’re looking for recommendations for? I do know some of my earliest books were by Christopher Heart going over Manga/Anime(though he’s not the only author/artist who’s books on manga/anime), and NeonDragon goes over how to draw dragons really well and other fantasy creatures. They are the two who come to mind right off the top of my head, but if there’s a specific genre or topic I can help you find something.

[@katehucks774]

Ahahaha, I had that EXACT book at the very beginning of the video!

[@cursedkai2627]

It's so refreshing that you actually showed different body types in this!! I wish I had that in a how to draw book as a kid.

[@aaronheroes8485]

5:55 the fact that I used that exact how to draw book when I first started getting into art

[@owlsgurl]

I'm so glad you've talked about this because honestly these tutorial books makes very hard for beginners drawing traditional before heading to digital

[@Dootcm]

watching lavender improve over the years is a experience i wish everyone had because we see her change how she does shadows, shading, lines, colors, sketches, and everything it helped me improve too

[@h1ghl1ghters]

The art in the intro is pure fucking perfection ✨

[@astridmyst]

I seriously love how you changed these and explained it all. If you ever make an art book sign me up!

[@th4t0neMairy-_-]

In 5th grade a boy showed up to class with one of those books and literally a week later our whole grade had them and we thought it was cool 😅

[@floppsiemates]

u did a rlly good job on the body types. making it realistic but also keeping the anime style. it was my first ever how to draw anime books lol

[@Bee_Bubble_Tea]

I don't have the best body shape, so I'm so glad you fixed those first body shapes. They literally looked so similar to the standard. Thank you!❤

[@thatonecroissant]

The first how to draw book I actually own and it did in fact not help at all 😓 but I did like looking at the art

[@theodddoggo]

"it seems like hes probably someone who would rather be drawing a horse" truer words have never been spoken

[@artistessa]

I had this exact how to draw Manga book from your thumbnail and that character/style has permanently burned itself into my mind. Fortunately I relied on a better book to find my style, but I remember this one kind of helping me with symmetries when I started out? If anything it is a relic of its time and there are better resources out there by now which is great!

[@fuzai_koi]

that blue how to draw manga book was my ownly reference growing up in the midwest ;-; I still suffer permenant damage

[@vvitch-mist20]

I owned one of these books, and honestly I didn't learn anything from it. It made me really self conscious about my art, but this made it feel better lol.

[@Eranrenrae]

Honestly i love how even while pointing out the obvious problems within the "how to draw" books, Lavender is never outwardly rude or claims that it's "bad" just that it doesn't have direction/isn't helpful. Even on the Ariel page it was very polite and direct and i love that about her. Lavender is such a calming presence online and i think that's wonderful💜

[@xottic4081]

When you kept switching from your drawing to the Ariel drawing I kept getting jump scared hahaha 😂

[@Dressup_Doll]

These “How to Draw” books remind me of my Manga Art class, which was equally helpful. I learned many things in that class, I just wish how to draw was one of them.

[@cabbagspatxh]

in all my years of drawing experience, i NEVER knew the circle was for the back of the head, i just used it for funsies and to know where the eyes went but that makes so much sense! i kind of just sat there with my jaw on the floor when i heard that.

[@Mangaka718]

holy shit, i HAD the Ariel book as a kid. waaaayyyyy way back when i was just first figuring out that I liked to draw, i somehow ended up with that book and even at that point, it was baffling. honestly I was kinda half-convinced that my brain was pulling some Mandela effect thing and implanting a false memory that this book existed at all, it's *wild* that it's not only real but apparently known?? absurd. thank you and well done with the redraws, I really respect your adaptability in style :)

[@UNDED-DROID]

LAVENDER NEEDS TO MAKE A ART BOOK FOR BEGINERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but like srrsly i think that if i had a how to draw book by lavender when i was younger i feel like i would atleast be able to draw wrists

[@prismstar438]

That last one's example's gonna make me not be able to sleep tonight.

[@meowmeowsaymeowmeow]

Augh I had these exact books as a kid

[@PrincessPathetic260]

I like to do art but my focus is more on abstract art and alot of ppl say im "not a real artist" so I was wandering if you could do a video on more abstract art and tips. anygays love your videos they help me alot when I'm practicing my art.

[@elmo4208]

I loved that opening 😂

[@harasen_haras5]

The feeling when the video starts off with the exact two first tutorial books I ever used and which inspired me start replicating manga/anime artstyles in my own art. It was a mixture of cringing at the book and its lack of proper explanations in its material, laughing, and a "yeah, you're right". The 8-year-old me who sat down and studied those drawings tried to understand what everything displayed was whilst replicating what I saw. Boy have I drawn a lot of heads shaped like partially eaten apples with pointy chins because of that. When I got a little older I tried to study more closely and read the descriptions of more parts. I found most of the text to just state the obvious and not explain things too well. I also remember it being fairly specific about what materials were needed. I find that what it did best was inspire... I also learned what construction lines are and how to draw trees.

[@cherri_art]

I love your videos! they make me happy!

[@Just_August]

It's the way I actually have the body of your redraw of the full figure one and I hav the actual anime how to draw book for that example(it was a gift from my aunt). Coming across that page I actually had to put the book down and sit with it for a while💀.

[@bread2423]

Best intro ever😂 awesome video as always lavender!

[@Gen_Pen]

I love your artstyle so much

[@Milk-ck1wv]

what a coincidence I just saw one of these in the library

[@hyperfixtated.freakX3]

2:17 SHES SO CUTE THO!!!!

[@vickykitty9492]

As someone who learned to draw from (at first) copying my friend who probably was referencing from one of these books… I’m so grateful I never got one of these. Instead, when the time came, I instead got an art book from one of my favorite anime! I loved looking at all of the differences in facial composition, expressions, hairstyle, etc (also having official reference material makes for better fanart imo) I still have it, well-loved and in a safe space, and will never forget how important it was for me learning how to advance my drawing of people. Oh- also I learned how to draw a skull before I learned how to draw a face (you can guess what fandom I was entrenched in) so figuring out how a skull sits within someone’s head was significantly easier for me compared to if I hadn’t drawn… waaay too many cartoon skeletons. But here I am, with my BFA in Media Art, I hope I can keep it up and stay sane… maybe be able to show younger kids that cartoon and anime art is *not* a joke and that art teachers are stupid and that they shouldn’t take their criticism to heart. Keep practicing and you’ll do great things!

[@neetleteetle]

I had that first one omg, a Christmas gift from a well-meaning parent who was very misguided XD

[@CorneliousWheeler-hz4ed]

OMG a full on tutorial on how to draw, let me get my sketch book-

[@qweeesh]

I own that first how to draw book and man did it set my art back by a while...

[@sosansational]

STOP I HAD THESE BOOKS FROM THE BOOK FAIR

[@ariannay766]

oh god you definitely improved the body types section, especially on the muscular and full body types. I really loved how you draw both of them, and yeah I used to shy away from drawing belly fat especially, I think i'm a lot better at that now. Muscle is also... hard. I'm good at charcters who are like. Medium buff for lack of a better description? Like characters who have noticeable muscles but don't look like superman. I struggle with characters who are super muscular and with more subtly showing that a character has muscle. Your picture of a bunch of different proffessional female athletes helped, I should probably look at more refs like that. I do think your thin body type girl is a bit enderman level thin and elogated, which works fine for a more cartoony anime style but I guess for a slightly more realistic version you could have made the "standard" girl slightly more heavyset and then made the tall thin girl just a little thinner and taller than the standard was originally drawn... that's a lot of work though honestly.

[@-STAGE4FEARofTRYING-]

11:14 WHEN I SAW SCREAM 1 I GASPED SO LOUD, MY CAT FREAKED OUT😭

[@WhatIsLifesGreatestIllusion]

I feel like Ariel has had a stroke in the past, even though she's 16 I greatly prefer Haley's version, she looks so nice

[@thegamingillustrator]

i really hated how to draw books a long time ago, because when I tried to get my friend into anime, the "ariel" image from the how to draw book was the first image they saw, and it made them think I was a weirdo who liked that kind of art. to this day, seeing that face makes me mad. especially now that i own good anime how to draw books.

[@genisay]

Oh god, I remember this book. I couldn't even believe a lot of these drawing were in here, they were so terrible. Like.... why would anyone think this should be in a how to book?

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

I have that art book! I found it at Half Price Books!

[@sleepysheep_4046]

I had a few of those Christopher Hart books growing up. Still recovering. XP

[@Projecttori]

I remember getting the how to draw manga books as a kid 😵‍💫