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I miss seeing your art on my front page🥲

I'm making a lot of art and content behind the scenes, the wait will be worth it, promise.

Though I understand regular content and posts do brighten people's day, I'm really flattered.

I'll try to see if I can post some out of context pieces from what I'm working on more often.

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As a pixiv user I’m seconding that anon from a bit back, PLEAAASE it’s so much easier to browse art there and I could binge your stuff

Especially with Hotaru - Chibiusa content in general there’s not enough of the baby outers so it’s easier to navigate on pixiv 😭

I'll work on making one then, thank you <3

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Are you starting a gofund me to help after the fire? ♥️

Don't think so.

I don't really know the people there and have barely seen anyone since the incident.

I did hear the complex will grant them stay for a discounted price the first month in another apartment, but it's still up in the air if the fire was caused by the tenants or some malfunctioning equipment. I think it's best if we don't get too involved.

All that said, no, I don't think they are asking others for help, you guys are very sweet though, thank you all for your concerns.

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Hi honey

i see your post on Twitter with the house on fire ☹️ Hope everything and you are okay! *Sending good energy* Hope nobody got hurt or had big problems in the house 😭

Stay safe sweetheart! *Hugs*

Hi, thank you for the concern, everyone's alright!

That apartment is ashes, but looks like everyone got out safely and the fire department came out on time before the fire could spread to my building.

I can't really tell at this point what caused the fire, so I'm just taking extra precautions with all our electronics here from now on.

Thank you again tho, yeah, it was def some scary stuff. (Here's the video for context, dw, as I said, no one was hurt)

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wowowow I had no idea you liked overwatch!! Do you perhaps have any fanart you made for it? I wanna see! I love Juno the best

ahahaha, yeah I love Overwatch!

both the game and the characters, but since I get addicted af to it, I tend to play in it spurs every few months. So I’m not always up to date with new Ow stuff.

I love Juno as well, she’s super cute in her interactions and her gameplay is rlly fun and balanced, tho I don’t personally play a lot of support.

Lucky lucky I DO have a Juno doodle I did a few months back, here ;)

(don’t expect much more Ow fanart tho, the characters are really hard to draw for me cause of their armors and more realistic details, so most of my bad ow art and doodles will remain in my personal hell vault foreva!!)(trust me you’re not missing anything)

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Worth it 🪨 🍴

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You can tell when I'm back on my seasonal Overwatch catch. lol

Just working on personal projects and playing OW in the last few weeks and it's the happiest I've felt in a while.

Also I started playing Venture and I one tricked them to mid-diamond in just a couple weeks!

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I don't know exactly what it is about her, probably a lot of factors, but every single time I see Tracer or hear her voice, it genuinely brings a smile to my face.

And I don't get that with a lot of characters. Tracer is just so endlessly endearing, and I love it when people capture that energy of hers just right.

Track and Field Tracer 🏅💙🧡

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Happy Birthday Auntie Michiru Kaioh!

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a glimpse into a happy reality.

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I’m kind of curious, what type of anatomy book do you have? I just use my old Anatomy & Physiology book from high school for some stuff combined with online references (because I can’t afford a book at the moment lol).

I totally get it don't worry, artbooks and anatomy books can run a lil expensive.

I'm sure you can find cheaper ones out there that are still really good, but you don't even necessarily need it either, online resources can and do work just as well, you just have to be mindful of where to look for them (ik there's a bunch of free resources out there, but ngl I don't remember any of them, tho I'm sure you can google them or look up artist tips on yt to find some really good ones)

I posted about my artbook before HERE! It's a really good book that was recommended by my awesome art teacher in high school.

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NASA released the clearest pictures yet of our neighbours in the solar system

Oh and of course us

Honourable mention

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portraits for future reference

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Ok, I'm sorry. I hate to bring fandom drama from one platform to another, but wtf is wrong with some people in this fandom?

Like why, literally why are we discouraging creative writing from talented people in the fandom??

"Oh, the manga is already dark"

"Madoka already did it"

"Can we leave this in 2010?"

.. AND!?

First of all, I'll put aside my feelings on the 'dark topics' from the manga and I'll take these people's side. Sure, the manga has darker topics, the story can be seen as a tragedy. Does that make it so you are not allowed to make a reinterpetation that is also dark?

I just seriously cannot understand, is it a form of gatekeeping?!

Maybe I'm just bitter, but to me it almost feels like 'higher than thou' fans who feel the constant need to point to you Usagi's suffering and say "SEE, DARK DARK THIS IS DARK. AKNOWLEDGE HOW DARK THIS IS PLEASE"

Someone, please help me understand the thought process behind this. This type of mentality is VERY COMMON in this fandom, it's suffocating! Maybe I'm missing something.

Please open my eyes cause I'm so sick and tired of this bs.

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ABOUT MY LAST POST!

I just remembered I have a timelapse I posted on twt a bit ago showing what basically 99% of my process and practice looks like if you wanna see a reference of that. In this timelapse I’m specifically copying my anatomy book.

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Hello hope you doing well!

I have a question when you started learning how to draw did you start with the basics like drawing lines and shapes every day?or did you start a different way I just don’t know where to start or how to start.

I hope I’m not bothering much😓.

Hi, please don't apologize, you're never a bother hun! I'm doing well indeed, thank you.

So I'll be quite honest, I'm aware I have a talent for art. Might be cause I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, but I know this stuff comes easier to me than some others for some reason. BUT I'm really not the best person to ask for art advice.

I never tried to go out of my way to learn in a class or learn from life (outside of the most basic high school art classes you can think of). I liked anime, I started drawing anime stuff cause I loved it and it gave me attention, but I should've taken a step back at some point before now and REALLY tried to learn the basics first, cause now I'm suffering the consequences..

Most of my art leaves me incredibly unsatisfied, I've been too lazy recently and nothing has humbled me more than starting this project where I have to actually know what I'm drawing and I have to make it make sense for an inking process, instead of just posting sketches

I cannot stress enough, please don't do what I did, learn and study from life first. (even if it's at the most basic level)

It's boring! Trust me, I know! The past few weeks, I've been spending almost exclusively drawing from life and studying anatomy, perspective and inking.

If you wanna start from scratch like I'm doing now, I really recommend buying an art book or finding a good place for references online and copying them. To prevent burnout, try to split your practice between drawing from life, then sketching characters that you like using those same principles (use references pls!)

Pinterest is also a really good tool for artists, I highly recommend it for references and small tutorials and tips! (Avoid AI like the plague)

The "just draw every day" thing people tell you will help you to an extent, but you do have to understand at least the basics of what you're drawing. Personally, drawing everyday mostly helps me 'stay in shape' as to say, making it easier to not get rusty and taking a long time to warm up before sketching.

Anyhow, this was very long. Sorry, it most likely wasn't the answer you were looking for, but I'm really not as good of an artist in the technical sense as some people think I am, just.. lucky I guess. At least for now.