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Literally haven't posted in years so here's a picture of some folks from Arcane and a single one of Anya because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. The first two were without reference just for funsies. Sketches done with ancient dried out Stabilos (Jinx, Anya, and Vi are only Stabilo), color with ohuhu alcohol markers, black is acryla gouache. The graffiti is done with Gelly Roll Moonlights, shout-out to the orange one who decided he'd never been used and never would be.

Some things I learned from this one:

* Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground can protect crappy paper from alcohol markers and make a somewhat toothy, impermeable surface that's excellent for blending. It does take 24-48 to dry completely. It WILL smudge water based media underneath. Not as bad if you swipe it on really fast (not recommended)

*Sakura has been saying for years that you just need to scribble with a jelly roll to fix it. I decided I wasn't giving it my all the previous times I'd tried, and used a full sized sketchbook page scribbling as hard as I could to get ink out. I also tried water, alcohol, and wd-40 to get the ink to flow. It did not. This was the last set of Gelly rolls I bought probably more than five years ago. I was angry because 2 of the pens I bought did not work when I bought them. They still don't work. I'm frustrated because they either work flawlessly and beautifully, or literally not at all.

* I already knew this one from previous mistakes but do NOT layer Gelly Roll over water based media (including regular gouache) unless you're ok with the colors possibly blending. They probably will. Hence, acryla gouache.

* I did something different for each portrait, so each one has some positives and negatives for me. My favorite in terms of quality is Ekko, which was done with an off-white colored pencil for the sketch. I think that worked best.

*Caitlyn's is a little disappointing to me because the lead-pencil shading looks like a five o'clock shadow. Good to remember for future.

*just fyi there's a bunch of other sketches that got covered up. You can see a bit of dog snoot up/right of Ekko. Just thought it was a fun little thing.

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Basuki Abdullah (Indonesian,1915-1993)

Balinese dancer

Oil on canvas

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#art I wish I made

This is where I post from

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Romanticism-inspired fantasy.

Joining inprnt’s print sale through the weekend 💜

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#art I like

Can I show you some unicorns 🦄

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Georges Rochegrosse (1859–1938), Le Chevalier aux Fleurs (The Knight of the Flowers) (detail) (1894), oil on canvas, 235.5 x 374 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.

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Elyssa does the oil pastels. Poorly. But whatever.

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ME: Hm? Yeah, I'm doing my math homework.

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Here's a little thing I did just to see if I could handle oil pastels. Usually it's not my favorite, but I did in about 5 minutes as practice for my whole big project and I'm pretty happy with it.

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The hiatus is over!

Okay, so not to leave my many loyal followers in suspense, I am going to *have* to upload some of my art soon. I didn't upload anything over the summer even though I did a bunch of things. Oh well, I can dig them all out now.

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Quick doodle

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Okay, last batch. I will continue to update as I find and make more!

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Batch two of...? I don't know how many, yet. I think one more. Would anyone like me to make them something?

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First batch of uploads, I plan on keeping this and my blog up-to-date with all the things I'm doing.