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the lantern bearers ✨ based on the painting of the same name by maxfield parrish, this is a piece for the witch hat atelier: eternal ephemera zine! leftover sales are on now until april 30 at 11:59 PM EST (last chance!!)

it's been a long time in wait until i could post this piece (drawn in fall 2023), and this drawing was very formative for me - swooping lines, lineart with a loose hand, loose and less perfectionist colouring, watercolour brushes building up colour, using more texture - all of my drawings changed from here on.

i also made a thick acrylic charm (this is a photo for my personal store and is a standee, so it varies slightly from the zine store version)

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✨ LEFTOVER SALES OPEN! ✨

Our gallery is ready for the final viewing! Leftovers are now OPEN until April 30th, 11:59pm EST.

This is your LAST CHANCE to get this zine, and we have limited stock. Don't miss out!

🖌️ SHOP: http://whafinearts.bigcartel.com

Keep reading to check out our bundles!

✨ RENAISSANCE ($40 USD) ✨

This full bundle contains:

1 physical zine

2 acrylic charms

2 die-cut stickers

1 holo sticker sheet

1 print

1 postcard print

1 gold foil print

1 photo standee

Zine PDF

Notebook

+ A gallery ticket and lanyard for the first few orders while supplies last!

✨ MINIMALISM ($25 USD) ✨

This physical zine bundle includes:

1 physical zine

2 die-cut stickers

The zine PDF as an add-on for $5 USD

✨ ART DECO ($25 USD) ✨

This merch bundle contains:

2 acrylic charms

1 die-cut sticker

1 photo standee

1 A6 notebook

The zine PDF as an add-on for $5 USD

✨ ART NOUVEAY ($15 USD) ✨

This flat merch bundle contains:

2 die-cut stickers

1 holo sticker sheet

1 print

1 postcard print

1 gold foil print

The zine PDF as an add-on for $5 USD

✨ CONTEMPORARY ($15 USD) ✨

This bundle contains:

- The digital zine PDF

✨ MERCH À LA CARTE ✨

We also have some of our merch available à la carte!

Thank you all so much for your support! We hope you enjoy our exhibition one final time!

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dunno if anyone still uses tumblr for cons but - i have lotsa new wares for toronto game expo this weekend - im at T46 with saltycastella✨❤ drop by if youre there!! ive been really into persona lately send help👋 we're also doing a fire emblem stamp rally!

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idk if this is a dumb question or not, but how do you calculate shipping for pre-orders? ive searched around but nothing has given me a clear answer and i was hoping you might have some info? (im canadian btw, jic thats helpful info lol)

hiya! basically you just weigh the item and go to your shipping courier's website (e.g. im assuming most likely canada post, there are also places like stallion express and chitchats within canada) and you're aiming to find 3 basic rates: - domestic* - USA - international** within USA is easy since it's all one rate (i'm in toronto, for example if you're sending something as close as NYC, compared to cali, or hawaii, the shipping rate isn't that much different in my experience, maybe just a few cents) *within canada if you've ever sent mail, it depends based on distance, as you probably know. so id divide it up based on region and find a general rate for those (e.g. ontario, quebec, maritimes, northwest territories, prairies, BC) my rule of thumb is like, my home province is my "base" rate, and every other region would be like a few dollars more, places like the north where shipping might not be as accessible will be the highest unfortunately **internationally it depends on the country, and obviously it's impossible to generate a rate for all the countries in the world HAHA. i find UK the cheapest intl area to send mail to, and id price it around the same as other provinces in canada. generally it is still okay to send stuff to the EU and UK, none of my customers have had tariff complaints (and if you did im sorry :( i cannot control em...) places like australia and south east asia i find unusually high. with intl you also want to check if canada will even send mail there in the first place, mail might not get delivered to some countries/areas, especially if there are intl conflicts unfortunately, or remote areas. how to find shipping costs in the first place? well firstly you need an address.. and to find addresses? you can look up postal codes by area (this is public info) and plug that in, some websites won't work without a full address however. this is a really funny way to generate an address but ill like. find the city hall address or like, the address of a public building and plug that in.. and voila you get a general shipping cost for an area. it's weird but it works... there's also a canadian con discord channel that you can join and you might find useful! hope that helps!

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it's over. i've been rewatching supernatural.

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🥀💛 there was nothing in the world i ever wanted more / than to never feel the breaking apart / my pictures of you (the cure)

redrew a 2023 mary for postcard purposes since i felt like… people weren't strongly in favour of the '23 drawing (see under the cut). i wanted something that was more sympathetic to the lonely nature of this character, forced to forever wander in purgatory alone. prints if you want | my ib art tag

mary through the years - 2023, '19, '14, '13

i first discovered this game when it came out in 2012 and i've loved haunted paintings ever since. 10+ years of drawing mary… let's keep going!

there was also something lost in between the sketch and the final, but it's whatever………… pain of making art

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🥀💛 there was nothing in the world i ever wanted more / than to never feel the breaking apart / my pictures of you (the cure)

redrew a 2023 mary for postcard purposes since i felt like… people weren't strongly in favour of the '23 drawing (see under the cut). i wanted something that was more sympathetic to the lonely nature of this character, forced to forever wander in purgatory alone. prints if you want | my ib art tag

mary through the years - 2023, '19, '14, '13

i first discovered this game when it came out in 2012 and i've loved haunted paintings ever since. 10+ years of drawing mary… let's keep going!

there was also something lost in between the sketch and the final, but it's whatever………… pain of making art

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your yyh charms are the cuuutest.... the botans have the cutest expressions !!!!!!

WEHH THANK YOU SO MUCH.. YOUR ART IS SO POG BTW.......... (the yyh charms in question)

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idk if you guys know but they're planning to revive dashcon in toronto (original location was in shaumburg IL) this year - apparently the artist selection is fcfs, but if there are a higher number of applicants than anticipated, it'll be switching over to lottery. im begging all celestial forces to let this former tumblr girlie (me) into the artist alley so that i can do all of my tumblr girl fandoms.....

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🌟 ART SUMMARY 2024 🥂

this was a year where i didnt draw a lot, despite that, i tried to make every drawing count. thank you all for the support in 2024, here's to 2025 ! 🫶

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i continued my goals from last year with regards to perfectionism. the tldr is that i strongly feel my perfectionism kept me away from completing as many drawings as i could, and i had to make an effort to just finish drawings no matter how lukewarm I felt about them. especially since i could just edit them a bit afterwards, i've tried to get over the fear of reuploading. 2024 was a strange year, it came and went in the blink of an eye, even more than previous years! life has been stressful, so i've been trying to focus more on myself and taking time off drawing. ironic, although i think i succeeded in that above goal, i expected to get more drawings out of it, but ended up taking more time off drawing anyways. towards the end of the year, i started feeling more burnt out, and drawing became a slow and arduous process. i think part of the reason was because 2024 was my first year doing 5 events - 2 full weekend conventions (anime north and otakuthon), and 3 single day events (bamtori fall aapi market, toronto game expo, bamtori jinglebam market), when in the past 2 years i'd just opt to do 1-2 local cons. it was also my first time doing single day events, which were super chill! although you have to both set up and tear down on the same day, i felt more casual at those events, had more time to chat and look around. back to my point - despite being fun, doing so many events took its toll on me - especially during the colder months of the year, where i wasn't so used to going to events haha! usually i take fall as the time to rejuvenate and recover from summer events, but i couldn't really do that this year. i kept questioning myself, "does this drawing have appeal? will people buy this?" "is my art hireable?" and it's just not a healthy mindset to have. next year i'll try to draw more of what i enjoy and what's on my mind, instead of worrying too much if it's sellable! *feeling like the HAHA YES sickos meme* - 2025 art goals outlined below: - oc zine (aiming for a character guide with some test comics) - character interactions & poses! e.g. dancing, hugs - generally stuff that's more difficult to draw. my art is more illustrative, but sometimes i wished it was more engaging emotionally? like i want people to smile and cry with my characters... - illustrations that challenge me. when i say illusts that challenge me it's pretty abstract - do research and gather inspiration for every illust.. compositions that are difficult/complex and take a while to draft.. strong theme.. it's more for me to understand AHAHAHA. as the years go by you can see my art becoming more unified in theme and self indulgent... i want to keep going, i want to make art that is uniquely mine. less priority: - get used to sketching! truly miss how i used to fill up sketchbooks every year - sticker sheets (this is on the less priority list bc i will probably fulfill this goal regardless) - oc merch (happy with the stickers i made in the last 2 yrs, let's keep going!) - silly things! e.g. 4koma, silly doodles. comedy is an art, it IS a skill you can study and chip away at (e.g. comedians and comedy writers). make sure i take notes on really stand-out jokes i find funny & why

other various things to try and draw more of: - group pictures - animals - layouts and props. i find layouts and anything with hard surfaces difficult to draw, which is why i draw a lot of flowers and fabric LMAO. one thing i gotta do is start by either drawing characters holding props more (easy baby steps!) and/ or start drawing props around them and make my way towards harder things (e.g. practice drawing a character sitting, i'll start by drawing a simple chair, then a table, then objects on that table). this is also one of my weaknesses - draw the ground they're standing on if possible, e.g. characters standing on a grid - vehicles, if i can. i mostly draw stuff from fantasy series where cars don't exist LOL but i'll try...

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hello! i wanted to ask for your thoughts on something (and i understand that this may differ from artist to artist): is it okay to not having a specific composition/pose in mind when commissioning an artist? like, if you just generally want art of a particular character in their style? i know that you risk not being satisfied if you aren't specific, but i completely accept that risk as the commissioner. for the artist, is it an additional hassle or is the freedom appreciated?

hi! it depends - how much creative liberties you give the artist is up to you, as the client (this is likely the case for most artists), and on the other hand other artists might only proceed if there's a pose/idea specified beforehand (to ensure client satisfaction ofc). in the end, it's something you should ask your potential artist yourself if you're unsure. personally i find it difficult to draw if people are going to be nitpicky, i prefer more freedom for commissions. like i've had people who were figuratively breathing over my shoulder as i drew haha... but i also understand bc it's their money. as a client myself, to be honest, i've had my fair share of commissions i didn't think turn out how i wanted but that was also my fault because i wasn't specific :') so it all depends.

a rough chickenscratch stick figure sketch is honestly perfect!!! or a reference photo (try not to use artwork bc it's a kind of gray area with regards to copying and whatnot), some people provide 3d mockups haha i've definitely seen those (not for myself). hope this helps!

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i forgot about these doodles.....!!!

in response to:

made for a 5 charas shitpost on twt.. i feel like the characters i find pog aren't the types of characters i usually draw 😶 this image feels like 4 gay men or something standing protectively around their hyperactive daughter obsessed with rainbows and hamsters idk. idk!

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Hello! I’m just wondering if you have an idea of when your big cartel may be opening up again?

hi! It all depends on when I have new merch ready! I'm taking a break from merch right now, I've been feeling a bit burnt out/lost and I want to focus more on illustrations for the time being. but I'm hoping for either February or March..? thank you so much for your interest!! ❤❤

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jack frost & black frost poofies!!!!!! ❄

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nanananaananana!!!!! 🍓🩷💜 (only nana O available)

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yu yu hakushoes 👉💥 (will likely be discontinued in the new year!)