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Alexei Leonov was a Soviet cosmonaut as well as a self-taught painter. He is notable for being the first ever human to go on a spacewalk as well as being the artist who drew the first sketch made in space.

It's a drawing made with colored pencils depicting the sun rising over the Earth.

It's a humble drawing, made with passion and hope. Compared to his usual paintings it might even be described as incomplete.

And that is what this mega is all about!


◇ ◇ If you drew something that is still a Work In Progress (WIP), this is the place to share it. ◇ ◇

◇ ◇ If you have any art related thoughts or questions, this is the place for that discussion. ◇ ◇

This mega's purpose is to create a casual, low-pressure environment for artists and non-artists alike to engage in sharing their incomplete art, giving feedback to others and holding general art discussion. If you are an artist with original works that are complete, you are highly encouraged to make a standalone post for it.

And when I say incomplete, I do mean literally anything that you wouldn't consider a complete illustration or artwork, from basic anatomical sketches and messy perspective exercises to half-rendered paintings. All skill levels are welcome.

To encourage people to post their art in the comm, I will also feature one of the drawings made and shared in the comm either as a mega comment or a standalone post, with permission of course.

(Because this is the first ever art mega, I will give one of my own incomplete drawings.)

◇ ◇ Featured drawing: ◇ ◇

This mega's art prompt word is:

◇ ◇ future ◇ ◇

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[–] razgriz@hexbear.net 2 points 35 minutes ago
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This mega has created more art content for the comm then has been posted on the comm in a while. Fucking radical!

I just was browsing the offers on means.tv and watch a couple episodes of Sieze The Memes with Teenage Stepdad and it really got my gears turning.

I really should make more time for art in my life.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 7 points 21 hours ago

Vostok did a great job with this! This and the news mega are now my favorite places to check every day lol

[–] nemmybun@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

I dunno if these count as incomplete since I'm not gonna work on them anymore but here's the latest sketches I've done

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What a cool idea for a mega! Big fan! Not an artist in any way myself tho...

[–] Vostok_@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now that can always change.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Haha, I appreciate it, but I have my own skills and hobbies that I work on right now. Maybe down the line I'll come around to it, but for now I just like seeing what everyone else can do!

[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

arte woooo

I drew this in 5 min for y'alla and to make it a wip I will come back and do something else to it 😸

[–] Moonworm@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

I spent a little while doing some marathon sketches earlier. I really love these characters.

[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

I wish I could draw, but it's a huge time investment and I don't get as much as a dopamine hit compared to writing or programming

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wait, have I seen a new megathread born?

There was some discussion and @Vostok_@hexbear.net volunteered to run it! I'm excited to see where it goes

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

yep, its brand new

[–] Vostok_@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some of my own sketches and doodles

[–] Vostok_@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

I really need to create a system where I can actually start and finish a drawing in less than 48 hours, I am slow as a snail when it comes to this.

It doesn't help that I have a whole story in my head with 4000 different world-building ideas screaming to be done all at once.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago
[–] woozy@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

thanks for setting this up! that drawing by leonov is one of my favorites!

my work in progress

only just getting back into drawing very recently so i'm very out of practice. i started drawing this bear boy earlier today. it needs a fair amount of reworking (especially those paws) but yeah i'm just having fun either way :]

[–] Bolshechick@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Oooh! This new mega is very exciting!

I have been drawing nudes of my partners recently, but once I'm onto something else, I'm excited to post lol