#and thats okay if you make art and you have wips and you want to tag them as wips but I think wips and doodles have a different purpose

[bialbovi]

Had an appointment today bc my skin was making me anxious and doodled these while I was waiting in line

I DIDNT KNOW THEY ADDED more COLOURS IN NOTES?? AND I CAN ZOOM?? I CAN JUST DRAW ON MY PHONE NOW??? whattt since when

Also I wrote way too much in tags but I guess I want people to sketch and doodle more!! Please do it. Doodles are lovely :з

[definitelynotshouting]

For the WIP game, would love to know what’s up with the angst for Calo <3

HELLO KAYA MY BELOVED FRIEND!!!!! i will GLADLY tell u abt the angst i cooked up for Calo >:]

Okay in reality this is a bit more hurt/comfort than just straight up angst, i just think its way funnier to call it that. Anyway, Calo gave me a little preview of this beautiful artwork before it got posted, and it gave me instant brainrot bc secret life perpetually does insane cocomelon shit to my head whenever i think abt it. I think i have 2 fics centered around it already and by gods with this one im gunning for a third.

The basic idea is just playing off of the dialogue already in the art, BUT!!! One of my favorite things in the world is when characters in disguise reveal things about themselves that they never would if they werent wearing some sort of mask. When Calo told me that Scar knew who Grian was but was pretending not to, i saw the world's best opportunity to do a little character prodding❤️🥰

85% of this fic is in script format, since i didnt want to lose the dialogue as it came to me-- but i do plan to write things out properly and post it, once i get the brain blast for it (so if youve been wondering why i havent reblogged it yet..... YEAH THATS WHY SKDNWKDJSK)

I dont wanna give too much away, but heres one of my favorite exchanges ive written in the dialogue:

[Silence as they pick their way over to TRADER SCAR’S] GRIAN: [abruptly] Do you like it here? SCAR: Sor— repeat that? GRIAN: Do you like it here. [Looking steadily at TRADER SCAR’S] You seem… happy. SCAR: … Well, there’s a word for it. [Slowly, testing the waters] I like building. I like the canvas, I suppose. [Carefully] What about you? GRIAN: [startled] Me? SCAR: Yes, you! I mean, surely you’ve got better things to do than hang about here, right? [A playful nudge] Any canvases of your own? GRIAN: … No. Nothing like that. SCAR: [blink blonk] You aren’t a winner? GRIAN: A what? SCAR: Why, a winner, of course! That’s what this place is for, isn’t it? For— [faltering] for winners? GRIAN: You call this a win? SCAR: It’s certainly not a loss.

Theres lots of little implications that arent explicitly on-script rn that i want to write in properly later, but the atmosphere around this conversation makes me WILD whenever i think abt it💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 pov the guy you love openly admits he does not see what happened in 3rd life as a win despite literally being here with the other winners. Pov the guy you love holds a grief so tight heay as well be pressurizing it into a diamond around his heart. IDK IT JUST DOES CRAZY SHIT TO ME WHEN GRIAN ROUNDABOUT ADMITS TO HIS GUILT AND HOW 3RD LIFE BROKE HIM!!!! GET FOREVER CHANGED BOY!!!! I AM GOING TO PEEL YOU LIKE A FREEKING LEMON!!!!!!!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

[frownyalfred]

im gonna try to send this again tumblr pls be nice to me im sorry if this isnt super coherent im having to retype these thoughts out EUGHHHHHHHHHH

okay so honestly i think ollie maybe never just. casually referred to roy as pup when roy was younger. it was always "his pup" (as in that he is in charge of roy" or calling him a pup when scolding him (ie like, for example in the issue covering roys addiction, it would prob include him saying "my PUP is a junkie" and it being in a very insulting way similar to how that comic was). so i think at first, the rest of the pack casually calling roy a pup might unsettle him and make him think that maybe he did something wrong or is being demeaned or talked down to, even though it never seems like it with how they use it. i think it would take him a long time to realize thats just how they see him- he's a pup to them, and thats not a bad thing. its an affectionate thing. and as he gets closer to them, they eventually start casually referring to him as THEIR pup (like, "hey _ can you go grab our pups (jason and roy) for me") etc. and it would be so heartwarming for him and make him so emotional because aside from when he was really little, before ollie when he was with the tribe and further before then with his parents before they died, he's never really been just. someones pup, with no painful strings attached. and i think jason would feel so much warmth getting to see roy connect with his pack. jason had such a rough re-entrance to his own family, and himself had a hard time adjusting to pack life, and i think hed really love getting to see someone he's also falling in love with being welcomed into the group that has become his home

also how do we get u to write those 50k royjay words. i can make cookies. i can also draw art. is there any concepts you would like drawn from this au but havent seen drawn yet??????????? can u tell i love they

I wish I could! If someone else wants to write this I'm all game. But I really need to finish the ninth wave and tackle some other big WIPs before I commit to a long fic again. Also I think people will be upset if I keep posting nonstop a/b/o lol. Not that that's ever stopped me, but I do like to shake things up every now and then...

[cryptidmickle]

alright i feel bored and autistic lets list the aus abt these cookies in my head

warning....... you can tell when an au isnt fully formed in my brain

Amnesiac AU- SM has lost his memories. Takes place before episode 7-8, PV leaves for the spire earlier than anticipated and has a confrontation/battle w SM, a spell mishap results in an amnesiac SM and a plotting PV. Shenanigans ensue, they are residing in the faerie kingdom. TR and Awakening eventually happen? TR is definitive.

In A Different Life AU- Both SM and PV have seemingly lost their memories, and are living normal lives together in an nowhere village. Takes place after episode 8. Exactly what it says on the tin, but their quiet happiness together won't last for long <3

AoD PV- PV becomes the Avatar of Destiny in order to bring SM back to life. If episode 7-8 went a little differently and also horribly (kinda ooc). Very indulgent, I just want a cool sicko mode PV who's obsessed w SM I'll be real. Anyways, SM dies in battle because WL stayed and was less willing to let SM steal PV away to detrimental consequences (i know its ooc for her i knowwwww, its for the drama okay). PV copes with SM indirectly dying by his hand HORRIBLY and insane self-destruction occurs.

Highschool/College AU- What it says on the tin. I've honestly never drawn anything for this, but I think about it bc its hilarious picturing all the ancients and beasts as students bullying each other. I need those dumb shenanigans to cope okay. Also PV being forced to tutor a burnt out SM is a realm of possibilities I love to ponder. Imagine how many absences, rude quips, pranks, and insults it took until PV starts snapping back and SM decides he Will allow himself to be "tutored" just to see what else can get under this nerd's skin.

Legendary Costumes- Everything is as it says in the costumes' story, except it's all another play SM is putting on for TR. Which actually may be the actual costume story, I have yet to read the properly translated version of it, but I'm STICKING THIS HERE ANYWAYS. I have not thought of Sage or TR at all since the costumes were released tbh, I was very hesitant to touch on them honestly! But I keep seeing people do such cool and interesting things and then I started getting vague ideas, so now I have my own little idea. Probably not to be expanded on much but i will in fact deliver some art on this one bc there is WIPs in the making.

i think thats all of them.....? anyways, just felt like listing those for fun and for the handful that are interested

send asks abt them! i am... i am trying to answer asks... im doing it poorly but i prommy ill try to JUST respond w text and not a doodle that takes me 5 months to do

unless you want a doodle that takes 5 months then uh. well. yknow

[mika-chaos-bean]

1NTR0 2 MY CR4ZY BL0G

(last edited: 4/23/2025) (month/day/year)

Hallo! I am Mika, but you can also call me Dinraal (copinglink), Chaobie, or Chaos (fictionkin) if you want! You are also welcome to call me any other nicknames.

I'm girlflux, asexual, omniromantic, and demiromantic (not exactly s*x-repulsed, but I dont like it due to past and whatever). My pronouns are she/her, they/them, and it/its.

Current main hyperfixation(s): Sonic the Hedgehog, Yo-Kai Watch

Here's my YouTube and Strawpage! I have an Artfight account but idk how to control c that yet... the name of it is Mika_Floofadoo tho

I experience rsd and paranoia, so please excuse my constant worrying about what people think and stuff. I also have bipolar, narcolepsy, and ADHD. lifes confusing

Im part of the agere community! I'm a permaregressor, so I'm always regressed, regression age being 13 (sometimes though, I'll regress to a baby). I'm also in the petre community, but instead of regressing to an animal, I regress to a Chao! Dni if you s*xualize it, please, it makes me uncomfortable. Also I'm a furry!

I am a therian/fictionkin, and my theriotypes will be listed under the cut. For fictionkin, I'm Chaos (from Sonic Adventure) kin! But don't worry, I'm friendly and will not cause any cataclysmic events. I'll keep it cataclysmic-less, heheh.

I'm a selfshipper and my mains switch all the time. It depends on my current hyperfixation. I am a bit possessive over SOME of my f/os though, so if I get crabby about certain ships (*cough cough* sonadow *cough cough*) its because of that. I am okay, and not okay with sharing. Guess it kinda depends on if we're moots or not. If you ship with one of my f/os, and I don't know you, I'll just block you and move on. No conflict needed, everyones happy.

All my F/Os are my caregivers! If I post anything related to caregivers, I'm talkin' about my F/Os! <3

Other members of the Dream Team: @/quinnwolfess and @/princessbunnyzelda

I'll try to keep my DNI as short as I can, but as someone who has been through a lot, I'm so sorry it's lengthy.

DNI IF: NSFW, proship (as in you love adult x minor ships or inc3st ships or stuff like that because thats gross), pro-contact, anybody who condones to the actions of people who abuse others (human or non-human), anti-lgbt, anti-trans, anti-alterhuman, anti-furry, anti-agere/petre, anti-selfship, vivsiepop and jkr supporters, anti-gaza, politicial blogs, and if you support AI "art"

I hate discourse! I do not harass anybody for any reason. If I don't like you, I will just block you. Simple as that.

All blinkies, dividers, stamps and userboxes are not mine (you can find who they're by in my reblogs)! The chao regressor userbox and the agere banner are the ONLY ones that are mine.

All blinkies, dividers, stamps and userboxes are not mine (you can find who they're by in my reblogs)! The Chao regressor userbox and the Agere Banner are the ONLY ones that are mine.

Tag list, Theriotype list, and F/O lists under the cut! (All F/Os are semi-sharing, it matters more on how i think of you, honestly)

Tag List! (WIP)

#mika yaps - one of my posts or reblogs with me talking in it

#mika howls - a therian post or therian reblog

#artsy mika - art i make (sometimes i forget to tag!)

#mika vents - any venting posts i make

#mika.lol - me being dumb or a meme, or just something silly

#attempting to help out - attempting to give emotional support

#mika the chao - posting as a lil chao!

#important yapping - important posts

#*smiles at nonexistent camera* - when something good that I REALLY like happens

#mika core - stuff that is me fr

#fox lore - lore for my oc Fox

#mika yaps as a different character! - roleplaying

#oops my heart went 'yippee' - stuff that makes my heart go yippee

any of my selfship names in tags - my selfships

#quadrobics - doing quadrobics

#mika plays - video gaming :3

#ch40s m1k4! - posts about being chaos-kin (fictionkin)

#mikas tunic ramblings! - posts about me talking about TUNIC! deciphering trunic, the story, my thoughts, questions, everything TUNIC!

Romantic F/O list! (WIP) (not in order by when I got them) (I've added my S/I's names and pronouns to em so I can remember which S/I is for who) Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog (ShootingStar shipping) (S/I: Genesis the Wolf, she/they)

Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog (Chaos&Order shipping) (S/I: Umbra the Bear, they/them)

Daruk - LoZ: BoTW (FireSword shipping) (S/I: Akari, she/they)

Yunobo - LoZ: BoTW (GravelComet shipping) (S/I: Yuna, they/them)

Revali - LoZ: BoTW (SnowBird shipping) (S/I: Everest, she/her)

Issun - Okami HD (BrushLeaf shipping) (My first f/o!) (S/I: Aki, she/her)

Whisper - Yo-Kai Watch (MarshmallowFluff shipping) (S/I: Screech, she/it)

Venoct - Yo-Kai Watch (WaterSnake shipping) (S/I: Ushio, she/they/it)

Hotto Doggo, or just Hotto - Cat Quest 2 (HotDog Shipping) (S/I: Fluffo Foxxo, or just Fluffo, she/they)

Haku - Spirited Away (RiverBlossom shipping) (S/I: Sakuya, she/they/it)

Mao Mao - Mao Mao: Heroes of Pureheart (BerryCobbler shipping) (S/I: Kiyomi, she/they)

Kyubi - Yo-Kai Watch (StellarHeart Shipping) (S/I: Starbin, they/them)

Silver the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog (PsychicFrost shipping) (S/I: Solstice the Snow Leopard, she/her)

Reala - NiGHTS Into Dreams / NiGHTS Journey of Dreams (DreamCatcher shipping) (S/I: Zephyr, they/them)

Familial F/O list! (WIP) Asgore Dreemurr - Undertale

Edd - Ed Edd n Eddy (my son <3)

Sticks - Sonic Boom (I can relate to her a lot!)

The Heir - TUNIC (i know they dont get much interaction in the game, but from what interaction they do get, they seem like a sibling figure)

Squiddilious McKraken - Yo-Kai Watch (BETCHA DIDNT EXPECT THAT, DID'JA? WELL HE'S MY DAD! >:3)

Platonic F/O list! (WIP) Calyrex - Pokemon Sword/Sheild DLC

Knuckles - Sonic the Hedgehog (mainly the movie version, but also Adventure and X. but basically all of them)

Petey - Dogman

Dib Membrane - Invader Zim

Farosh - LoZ: BoTW (I'm Dinraal copinglink, ofc I have them as a buddy!)

Naydra - LoZ: BoTW (again, I'm Dinraal copinglink, ofc I have them as a buddy!)

NiGHTS - NiGHTS: Into Dreams / NiGHTS Journey of Dreams

Kieran - Pokemon SV

Arven - Pokemon SV

Snufkin - Moomin (Queerplatonic)

Angel Gabby - Angel Hare

Angel Zaggy - Angel Hare

Theriotype list!

Grey Wolf

Celestial Dragon

Red Fox

Lionhead Rabbit

Snow Leopard

Stellar's Jay

Black Bear

I rp as the Crazy Three (Mika, Fox, and Kasumi). That is all. But my rp blog for my Sonic S/Is is @galaxydog-moonbear-snowcat! I also have a Yo-Kai Watch rp blog, if you're interested, called @ushio-starbin-yurei! <3

Oh yeah, and please dont send hate. I AM CRINGE, BUT I AM ALL OF ME! And I'm moving on from being upset about my ex-friends. They chose to leave, so be it. I don't need them.

And ofc, please enjoy my blog!

[cimmerian1275]

My Character Masterpost

Constant WIP as things get updated <3 Im like 60% posting about rottmnt, and the rest is just *gestures* these guys and the odd commission or gift art.

Slapping this down here bc i wanna be able to navigate it all easily on tumblr and i bet anyone whos interested will want to aswell.

Also to help inform clueless people about who/what im often talking about/drawing, cuz unless its fanart yall will have no idea who (insert name here) is because theyre just a miscellaneous oc. Tumblr is now my designated place for rambling about these guys and other things, your gonna be subjected to random character lore and worldbuilding muahahahh.

Love asks/comments about them, just be forewarned i will probably reply with an essay bc i get carried away.

(If things dont have links, thats bc they dont exist yet)

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The main characters...

Sagara | Masterpost | #sagara -> Toyhouse profile -> Playlist

Sona, main oc, ✨dragon✨, can and will ramble about them anytime and all the time, theyre that blue furred noodle of a dragon that youll see scattered around all of my accounts, everywhere i am.

Jr | Masterpost | #jr -> Toyhouse profile -> Playlist

ROT/TMNT oc, still cant think of a name for them so theyre just nicknamed Jr (tagll be updated if i ever name them).

Wanna draw em? Go for it! Wanna draw them with your oc or someone else? HELL YEAH!! Go make em friends, and well watch them run off into the sunset to cause shenanigans together xD

To avoid confusion theyre NOT an iteration of Leo lmao, similar turtle species- yes, but not quite! Go google "Pastel" sliders.

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The other guys youll often see on my page!:

Nyad | Masterpost | #nyad -> Toyhouse profile

The most likely one to eat your arm if you try to pet them <3

Sirje | Masterpost | #sirje -> Toyhouse profile

Reluctant adopted aunt to every wayward child they get stuck with. Apparently people really like Sirje's design and... okay, i kinda do too- but i still dont understand why ppl like them the most.

Ruaidhri | Masterpost | #ruaidhri -> Toyhouse profile

I dont talk about him much, but in my head i call him Ruai/Ru. Raph as a gryphon.

Morado | Masterpost | #morado -> Toyhouse profile

Ive had 2 people tell me his design reminds them of mardi gras??? Still in awe of how cool he looks, his design is peak and ill never get over how well the colors/markings fit so perfectly. Donnie as a gryphon.

Tzaoul | Masterpost | #tzaoul -> Toyhouse profile (My favourite)

Often call him Zee instead bc i feel bad for ppl trying to pronounce his full name. Cant reveal his full design just yet :) Leo as a gryphon.

Anatolius | Masterpost | #anatolius -> Toyhouse profile

Will often just be referred to as Ant or Anato bc im too lazy to type the full name every time >.> Probably the coolest design ive ever drawn imo. Mikey as a gryphon.

April | Masterpost | #april -> Toyhouse profile

Spontaneously made April into a gryphon within a day bc i have no impulse control. April as a gryphon.

(Accidentally turned the rottmnt cast into fantasy creatures oneday and now we have these C:)

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From the Dragonfruit AU!:

Raphael | Masterpost | #DF raph -> Toyhouse profile

Donatello | Masterpost | #DF donnie -> Toyhouse profile

Leonardo | Masterpost | #DF leo -> Toyhouse profile

Michaelangelo | Masterpost | #DF mikey -> Toyhouse profile

[casually-salad]

howdy there and welcome to a Cutie Pox Chronicles behind the scenes post!!!!! its gonna be long so im keeping it below the cut, this is skippable but if you want to read it you can!!

SO welcome to the depths... so heres what were going to talk about today - the yukki ponna, some cut content, fine line and some character details, and then some personal stuff! lets get into it

so, as was predicted a couple times, the weather change and disharmony is real important to the story - its been foreshadowed sense chapter one! but theres one clear problem with it and its the shows original frost horse. as i think everyone is aware for decades indigenous people have asked to not take their mythos out of their context (( read more on that here , and here!)). so for CPC i have rewritten them to be based off the Yuki onna, a Japanese yokai! although they work fundamentally the same - they feed off of disharmony and infighting, not only now do they freeze whoever they are around they also kidnap ponies once they are fully frozen! Theyre brought up into the clouds and used to make them more powerful - however they can be stopped in the same way as in the show. here is one of the initial pieces of concept art i did for them - making their bodies look more like a kimono, and i played with giving them black hair too but i didnt like it.

speaking of concept art... there are a LOT of pannels that get cut while im working, this past comic had about 18 pages that i cut down for time and for my sanity, but i share a lot of WIP panels on jayrrators server so i still have some and thought i would share them here, in the read more will be the context and why they were cut!

NOW THIS i am glad i have. when i draw an infected i do make them a ref sheet but i DO NOT share or save these because i dont wanna spoil what they look like buuuut this one i did. i actually had one for minty that i was gonna add here, but deleted it accidentally, shown here is orange swirl and globe trotter

but on the topic of showing off some ponies i have one i wanna talk about and its the fine line problem

the question ive gotten the most is who the hell is this and i think its time to talk about who she is. Fine line first shows up in the season one finale, the grand galloping gala, and she then shows up as a canterlot incidental form then on out primarily when theyre at the castle. shes shows up at cadences wedding and gets killed by the smooze (( not really )).

okay we get who she is but WHY. well part of the point of the comic was to give some love to the background ponies like the early fandom i was engrossed with growing up. and to me, she is one of the most background ponies. she has no dialogue, no special moments, but yet she has a very enchanting design! when i first saw her i really became obsessed with her. but she almost wasnt a part of the comic.

when i was choosing ponies it was a throw up between her - orange swirl (( as seen above )), strawberry sunrise, and dan tee dove! i needed a pegasus pony, and someone who wasnt WHITE or eggshell because theres too many of them. but... she fit none of them. she in cannon is a unicorn and white, but after talking it over with some friends and almost choosing orange swirl i just had to go with her.

so i updated her design to what i needed, shes no longer a unicorn or eggshell which makes her look more like an OC but most of the background ponies get a small upgrade to their designs so it just makes sense to me. for personality we only know shes a nanny and was born in manehattan, so i made her have a personality that would work well with kids, and made her older to fit her general vibe. and then i paired her with the only OC in the whole comic who is yougurt! why didnt i use a different calf? well get this, there are NO names i could find!!!! so screw it!!!! baby baby boy!!!!!!!!

but yeah thats the history for finest lineist!

and as requested here is the pronouns for ever character that has plot significance: from now on ill be including it with the characters introduction. although outside of the story i do get more headcannony for them but to keep things simple in the story they generally stick to what they are in cannon! i know i probably forgot some but -

and here we are at the end! this story will be a year old in 2 months, and so as you may guess with a long story like this i am getting very, very burnt out. from here on out im going to be slowing down some. were offically half way there and i have something big planned for 2/20/2025 if i make it there! thanks for reading and sticking around! i also wanted to remind everyone that THIS STORY IS INTERACTIVE!!!!!! you can send asks to some of the characters basically any that are on screen up there. you can also ask to see some things, although it might take me a while to get to it because there is a timeline im working from but you can tell them things!!! please do!

ill see ya around later!

[black-wolf-spirit-art]

It's okay to have some miscommunication and miss some details on some parts. As long as you communicate further to fix an issue, everything is okay!

Since there is money involved, the matter on the situation is much more important, definitely, and the client is the boss.. but don't beat yourself up for this, okay? Mistakes happens and you went through a rough one...

Just take the time to talk things out and take as much details as possible next time so you can prevent unnecessary comes and goes.

Just please understand the client like the client understands you too so everyone gets a win!/lh

Hi there! I assume this was about the Afreakingdorks post. Thank you that's very sweet. And thank you for reaching out.

There was absolutely some miss communication between the two of us and I adapted to all of her requests as best I could. The issues arose when she requested more than 3 edits past the sketch phase. In my price sheet I state that they are alowed unlimited edits in the sketch phase, then 3 free edits past the sketch stage, but after 3 edits I would need to start charging for my time. This is when the issues began because they were unwilling to pay for edits but insisted, I make them for free. When they were unwilling to compromise, and the conversation was seeming to go downhill I agreed to show them the flats layer to prove I did in fact add gray to their Sona's fur and reduced the opacity in the light layers to make them show more. I also emailed the files to them with the edit function enabled so they could mess with the files any way they pleased since it was not quite what they had wanted. I also offered them a 50% refund for the piece which they refused. I know they were also talking about the file "conveniently appearing" after they harassed me on 2 different tumblr accounts. But they didn't consider that I had sent them 3 high resolution PNG's that take a few minutes to send over. So I guess to her it looked like they just appeared after she started spamming me on her two other accounts.

To be perfectly clear to any of her followers that came to my page due to this altercation. She received several WIP's. She made edits to those WIP's which I then made, and she approved of them/ gave the thumbs up for me to continue the illustration. This happened several times during the sketch phase and 3 times during the line art phase. She then received said finished piece but requested more edits for free. When I told her I couldn't make any more edits for free she got upset. She requested I send what I had to her email which I did, and she received it. The transaction was completed.

She also showed screenshots of our conversation but cut them up and rearranged them to make it look like I was taking advantage of her on her blog.

I've been receiving commissions for over 5 years and never had an issue with a customer. I'm always willing to compromise with the customer as well. But once it was clear she was trying to get more work for free and continued to gaslight me in the conversation, it was time for the transaction to end. They paid for a fully rendered illustration with two characters and two side images. I illustrated the background for free for them. Thats the full image they received. I would share our screenshots as well and the image itself but since It was an NSFW piece and there are minors following me I do not want to expose the imagery to on this platform.

There were several instances where they were directing me to manga/comic style while contradicting themselves and insisting I draw it in my own style and liked where the piece was going which added another layer of confusion.

All and all this has absolutely been an interesting customer experience. If she wants to moan about how I hurt her reputation and sladerd her good name, she has ever right and I certainly won't stop her. It's disappointing to see from a 31 year old adult. But what can you do, I'm not willing to add to her pitty party.

I'm sorry to keep going on about this. That was a long post and I really appreciate the fact her followers are willing to stand up for her so much.

I'm just an illustrator she commissioned to draw her sona having sex with Donnie from ROTTMNT in a bathroom stall. I'm not interested in making this into a whole ordeal.

[worthyprnce]

WIP game

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

thank you for the tag, @thedragonlies!!

now, I confess that I only have one fic wip and one fic idea based on the same fic, so i will add my wips for drawings as well it that's okay

Be Still My Foolish Heart (fic)

Draw me like one of your french girls (fic)

hozier's birthday (art)

proud gwaine and his scars (art)

gwen with flowers (art)

and thats it, i have many many many many other ideas like my merlin band au and at least 3 different ideas for the merwaine fest this year, but since i can't promisse i will make it all, i don't think i should add them here. but you can ask about them if you want to!

i no pressure tag: @crestfallercanyon @kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick @bebravedearheart @nycteris-g - love u all, also please ignore this if don't wish to participate!!

[maretriarch]

okay WIPS of overambitious sketches doodles and + babbling about them under the cut. if people are interested in more breakdown behind the scene posts like these lmk bcs i have so many. LOL.

starting with these rose drawings starting from the left i really wish she could have maybe had a more of a striderian dealing with her alt selves sort of thing esp as a seer of light and her whole psychiatrist shtiqué.....i also like it when the walksprite is like homosuck style conscious and sort of a creature of id which i guess thats what jasprose is. moving onto the right pic obviously medieval type fashion, jasprosesprite as an overwhelming overtly bad historical drama tv show style of elizabethen costumey fake style style, with princess cone hat style cat ears. exactly the type of outfit that would piss rose off

as compared to rose which would be in like a (???) 1300-1400 era type of royal garb where it was mostly focused on overall pretty subtle and underrated extremely high quality linens and like worldclass fabric art work. the type of clothes that actually survive to this day with yonow entire wikipedia articles dedicated to how it took 300 ships and 800 women 500 hours to craft each petal on the 6 foot sleeve. or whatever. so actually just as flashy and self important and involved as jasproses outfit but in a different Intellectual way (think aesthetically maybe like brave?? specifically the mom from brave??? at least her vibe)

joey claire extraordinare....very shoujo anime inspired..i really hope she has a big dance/combat scene/outfit at LEAST in the finale........her sprite work of her dance fighting is the cutest thing ever and i keep feeling edged by a big flashy homestuck style showdown with it. hopefully its a minigame. even though i hate minigames. i just know its the right choice to make.

twilight as a college aged magical girl whos both grown out of the uniform and charm of beating and being beat by magical friendship eating monsters kind of going for a pen15 vibe maybe i also had wanted to draw like huge star sparkle blasts and her getting all fucked up lol something something unicorn sparkle vomit i dont knowww anime anime anime if you recognize the colored twilight pony youd know how old this actually is im struggling to remember the finer details of this pisce buts part of a larger au under the working title of " Princess Celestias Magical Wizard Girl Ballet Princess School Princess Pony also Trixie "

[moonlight19256]

🍓🐇🪐 🔪🦴 for the ask game!!

🍓: i got into writig fanfic bcuz i read a lotta fanfic on wattpad back then (now i read on ao3) and wanted to make my own :3 i had some ideas so i just started writing

🐇: i prefer writing (and reading) original characters, but i usually only use the show's characters for fanfics

🪐: okay so three good things in my life rn are: im trying out pixel art and its very funn, its cool to make things move too!! and i have vacation right now, so i dont have school which is very nicee! andd uh i have bought my fave candy (acid mats? sour mats? is this a thing outside of the netherlands?) yesterday so i can eat it now!!

🔪: hm well i looked into the floatability of decomposing corpses for my wednesday fanfic, so thats probably the weirdest thing ive researched

🦴: uh i dont know whether the question means what inspires my writing style, or what motivates/inspires me to write, or for which fandoms i write, so i'll just answer all the possible versions loll. my writing style is inspired by mainly time to orbit:unknown because i really like how derin formats their stories, and also partially by some of my favourite fanfics/books that ive read. tumblr posts or fanart about a fandom can motivate me to write, as well as random ideas that pop into my head while im trying to sleep lol. and so far i have written for: mlb, mcu, tangled, doctor who, wednesday and the owl house. but i also have a lott of wips for amphibia

thank you for the askk :33 this was really fun to do!!

[puzzlevision]

update

hello, yoko here.

so some of you may noticed that i changed my username, you can still call me as yoko but once the revamping is started, you will no longer call me by that name. i want to seperate myself from that name that made me known on the smg4 fandom.

this is a very long explanation so its under the cut, and note to people on tumblr around: it contains controversal stuffs happening on glitch productions

this change is because of the smg4 controversy that happened recently, with the main one being taris old va (celeste notley-smith) being replaced by a new one. which is okay at first because celeste is a mother and a teacher and needs to focus on other stuffs and yadda yadda, until you found out that she fired from glitch after 6 years.

6.

FUCKING

YEARS.

now picture this: you are one of the first voice actor/actress from a recently new company, only to get replaced by a new one after years of voicing a character that you dearly love. the new tari va (lottie baurne) almost sounds like her old va and thats okay, but this situation is awful. not only that, robyn (smg2s former voice actress) is stepping down from glitch because of that. she recently made a video about this controversy on her channel "anime america", so please make sure to watch it.

yeah yeah i know jasmine yang (the voice director) made an apology, but that… is just not that good. sometimes we always forget things, but her apology? this is meh. im hoping to see celestes respond about her apology so the situation will be calm once again (like it was used to be… back in the early years). im also looking forward for the lerdwichagul brothers' responds as well.

and about the other controversy, we got glassdoor ratings about employee mismanagement coming from ex-workers, thanks to the ceo… aka kevin. i dont understand why kevin was hated by everyone back then, but it turns out that they are right. kevin is a completely different person with cameras OFF. that one scene from the episode "smg4… are you okay?" where smg4 tortures toads into manipulation by making videos for his channel became more obvious with this one. the good side is we havent heard about luke (smg4) yet.

on the other hand, i will probably start a career as a utau producer once i have speakers for my pc, dowloaded utau, and practiced how to use that software (hence the "prod" on my url). there is a chance that kikyuune aiko will be my main. smg4 stuffs will still be around, however you will see less smg4 stuffs here due to the controversy and the fact that this is a multifandom account aside from my likes. buuuuut that does not mean ill stop working on pandemic love distortion. (for those who didnt know about this one, its a wip smg34 fanfic made by me that was put on developmental hiatus due to irl stuff)

and for those who havent heard of it already, i will permanently post all my future arts to @blueberry-arts, but previous arts from my main will still be here and remain. so if you want new arts from mine go to my other account pls 🙏

soooooo i guess that will be all. thank you for reading.

signed, yoko. 🫐

[aestheticaashes]

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

(i'm so sorry i know this is like so many asks shjdfgs, you can ignore this entirely if you want haha) (this is mostlycyanide but thats an alt soo)

do not apologize to me dude i am so fucking stoked to have so many asks to answer

i did throw the answers under a readmore though because much like dave and dirk i am incapable of shutting the fuck up

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

Generally I write in Bitter. I set it as my default years and years ago lol, but some things get written in different fonts if I'm feeling funky! Time and Healing in particular is written in Arial.

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

I absolutely could and often do if I need a break from the keyboard/monitor. A) No I am not a wizard (unfortunate) and B) it depends on what I have on hand! I like pens for first drafts because I'm not worried about editing.

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

I don't really have a ritual, per se? And that in and of itself is probably cursed as hell by virtue of pure What The Fuck. I do like to have some ambient sounds playing and maybe music or a podcast, and I definitely write better when I do have those things, but I don't need them so it's not really a ritual.

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

Okay, so, see, thing is, I am a smut author at heart. I love writing character studies and heart-rendingly emotional shit and horrifyingly morally reprehensible shit, but mostly I like to write porn. I want you to know this before I say this:

I go feral over the word "easy". In ways I cannot explain but can sort of be understood based on the fact I write a fuckton of smut. Just. "Easy." God.

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

If you don't share the WIP it will die a painful death. If you DO share the WIP it will die a painful death. You must find a balance. You gotta share it with the right audience and make sure not to over-share it. This is true because every time I have gotten overzealous and shared too much of a WIP, it never got finished. It's not a superstition if there's empirical evidence.

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

Dialogue. I've done it before and it usually works out okay - I have this awful habit of getting too far into the characters' head, anyway, so if I don't have to worry about actual dialogue while I write what they're thinking and feeling and what's happening around them, then everything works out swimmingly.

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

Yes. God, yes. So many pieces of writing have haunted me. My own writing haunts me constantly.

If it lives in my head rent free for longer than 24 hours, and pieces of it crop back up in my head or permanently change how I think about something, that's a piece of writing that haunts me. I read a piece of writing when I was like 11 that contained a phrase that was something to the effect of, "Oh, how sweet. If I had a heart, I would cry." and I have never stopped thinking about it.

I read a fic series (twice) recently that has now permanently added the phrases 'shit-scared' and 'warm for his form' to my vocabulary.

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

I honestly own so few physical copies of books that. Like. I'm so used to books belonging to someone else, a friend or the library, that I'm shit-scared to damage them at all. The books I own I try my hardest to keep in perfect condition. I can't bear to write in the margins, or dog-ear pages. I don't read in the bath solely because when I'm in the bath I am trying to become one with the water. I don't judge anyone who does these things, though, because it's just another way to show appreciation for the books :]

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

Slice of cheese. (For like 30 seconds).

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

This could be a post all by itself, don't tempt me. God. Fuck. I am so painfully abnormal about Time and Healing. There is so much going on in this universe that I don't know if I'll get to explore. The tale of Mr. Snyder and his fuckwit self. Little details about how Bro raised Dave that line uncomfortably up with how his dad raised him, and little details Dave remembers that Bro can't that mean so much to him. Fuck. Goddamit. Don't do this to me man I could go on about this for weeks.

(I will make a post about this.)

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

' You stare at the doorknob for so long that Bro actually knocks again. "Dave?" You hear him ask, and his voice doesn't sound any different than how you remember it. Toneless, deep, and even that single word has the twinge fo his accent. You pull in as silent a breath as you can. Hold it. Breathe it out slow. Lift your hand and unlock the door, then pull it open. You keep your face carefully blank, suppress the low blood sugar tremors, and lean casually against the door frame, like you didn't flee into here with your tail between your legs to hide three days ago. "Sup?" You ask, without lifting a brow or letting the emotionless mask break at all. '

So. This passage. There has been a form of it in existence since long before Time and Healing became a fuckin' thing. We're talking since like 2014. This passage's original form came from an unfinished fic I started in 2014 called Late Night Bro Time, which was like. A mess of a oneshot (that I never finished) that was supposed to deal with post-SBURB Dave trying to come to terms with Bro being alive again and all the trauma he has around Bro having died.

In the end, though Time and Healing as a whole is based on that oneshot, this is the only thing from the original that sort of made it properly in. In the original it was more Dave agonizing over the idea of talking to Bro and having a hard time convincing himself to let him in. And now, well...

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

I started writing when I was pretty young. I couldn't tell you when, exactly, although my first actual memories of writing stories are when I was 8 or 9. I think I mostly started because it was an easier way to get ideas out of my head than walking around telling myself stories and getting stared at like a freak for talking out loud to myself.

In terms of bumps along the way, dear fucking lord have there been bumps. There have been so many bumps. All of the bumps. Between getting a shitty comment here and there or going through a severely fucked-up situation (the pandemic or my first real psychotic episode, for example), there have been times in my life where I just don't write anything at all, or I feel like there's no point in me doing it.

Where am I now? Well, I'm in a place where I'm happy if I don't write, and I'm having fun when I do. I don't feel any pressure to finish shit, which makes it easier to make myself finish shit - but because I don't feel that pressure, I can follow my motivation wherever it wanders to. If I want to hyperfixate on a random idea for four days and bang out 40K on it, then never touch it again, that's fine. And as for where I'm going, I'm hoping that one day I'll reach a point where I literally only do this because it's fun, and not because I care if people give me feedback.

(I am not at that point yet. Please continue giving me feedback. I eat it. It sustains me.)

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

Now, see, here's a difficult one. I don't write in one specific place, and since I just quit my job I'm now spending more of my time writing in random places at home.

Lately, though, I write laying in bed. The room is usually comfortably cool, although right now it's hot as balls while my ac works overtime trying to fight the 93 degree weather outside. I've got a body pillow I use as the base for other pillows, and I tend to use stuffies to prop myself up against the wall - right now, I've got a minecraft glowsquid plush doing the hard work of holding up my bigass head. My husband's sprawled out next to me playing games, taking up half the bed while I squeeze into a comfortable little spot on the other side. Next to me there's a 44oz fountain drink I didn't finish, which is about as normal an addition to the scene as the bed itself is. The whole room is messy as hell: clothes on the floor, about half a dozen half-empty water bottles I never threw away, notebooks scattered on every available surface. I'm sweating to death, but here I am answering asks and trying to bang out some words on a couple of wips anyway.

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

My dreams don't play a massive role in my writing life. I have used dream material to write from, but I so rarely have dreams I remember in any detail that there's little point trying. The dreams I do remember are usually some manner of sleep paralysis induced night terror, which don't make for great writing. I don't think I've ever written in a dream, but chances are that I have and just have no memory of doing it!

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

You Lovely Fucking People You,

You have no clue how much it means to me that you're reading my stories. I have poured my soul into these things just for the sake of making them but nothing makes me happier than to share them. To know other people enjoy them. Every comment and kudo I get fuels me for days on end, and I probably wouldn't be so obsessed with my own writing if y'all hadn't decided to let me know how much you liked it.

You keep me going and I appreciate you all so much

Love,

Rhys.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

I have. So many of these that they all fled my mind the moment I tried to answer. I'll get back to you on this one.

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

I do draw from time to time, and on occasion I've made music! Generally both of those artistic hobbies are entirely separate from my writing, but some of my best work in both has come from making things for my writing! I made an entire 10-song soundtrack for one of my fics once and it is, to date, the best music I have ever made.

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

If you have read my writing, then surely you must, at least a little bit, have an understanding of how much I love the Oxford comma, seeing as I am incapable of shutting the fuck up and letting a sentence stop, and the Oxford comma makes it so simple, so easy, to keep a sentence going long past where it needed to end.

This is both my answer and an example.

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?

I Know a stupid amount of useless crime scene investigation techniques, a fuckton about drugs, a weird amount of things about kink, and what it's like to have a full-fledged mental breakdown complete with hysterical crying and laughter (often at the same time).

Convenient, given I write a lot of shit about crimes, drugs, kink, and mental breakdowns.

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

Ok so I don't read much poetry. But. I do have. An original poem. And it is sappy as hell ok don't look at me just take this except take it before i get the vapors

If love is meant to be forever, Then my forever is with you. And through any kind of weather, That much will still be true. There are no words to impart All of the reasons why You are precious to me. You have all of my heart.

-from "Home", by me.

[worldofgoo]

yayayay yippee (≧◡≦) i love how vibrant & lively your art is, i think my fav pieces are Horse Surgery & hanyuu (even tho i have no idea who that is) but that one wip with the rainbow is also v ery special 2me because it reminds me of my fav kind of weather ^_^ generic Which Program Do You Use question & also which programs have you tried so far? which one would you recommend for someone whose only experience so far wiht digital art has been scribbling in ms paint -_-? on topic, what do you draw with (mouse, phone, drawing tablet, ??) & was it easy for you to get used to digital art? i always get overwhelmed by the amound of different functions available so im not sure where to even start, any advice? which physical art forms do you like / would you like to learn (anything at all, i personally have been getting into air dry clay... well actually ive been using my sisters playdoh but maybe ill purchase smthn fancier :3) & final question how do you come up with poses to draw? your characters (+creatures) seem very animated and i really like that :)

HI okay i guess ill answer these in a list. actually will put it under the cut since i ended up saying a lot (and dw i enjoy being able to talk a lot so thank you!)

-THANK YOU im glad some of my more recent works (in my more current style) are appealing 2 people! like i wanna draw my own way even though i think it gets less notes... the higurashi fanarts (hanyuu and shion) r very memorable pieces to me because its when i started doing the loose sketches with the thin lines and block colors and thats the direction i reallyreally wanted to take my style in. also the rainbow is rian my friend rian

-i draw in paint tool sai! the only program i used before that was sketchbook pro, which i didnt like because the brushes were kind of... blurry/smudgy? sai allows you to zoom in and draw pixel by pixel which is something i like, and i like the way it does its blending. its also just easier for me to understand. i didnt pay for it i think i found some deviantart page that had the link, id have to find it again

-i draw with a wacom intuos tablet! its lasted me... almost 10 years now. ive heard newer ones are poorer quality in terms of at least the nibs needing to be replaced constantly, so idk what the most recommended tablet these days is. ive drawn with my mouse and tbh it caused awful hand pain so i would not recommend this. i draw on my phone with my finger sometimes but i find doing it on my laptop easier, however it is doable once you get used to it

-the way i got into digital art... well. i still have an archive of my earliest art if you wanna see! i was 14 n just drew random shit, often lining over doodles i did on paper and coloring them in. i think esp if youre overwhelmed start with making like throwaway experimental pieces, scribble around, doodle stupid things and color them in with different brushes and see what you enjoy. and then you can just keep the files to yourself if they dont look too good or maybe itll look interesting, it depends i guess haha. the other thing that ive always found helped me was telling myself id draw every day even if it was a little scribble or the tiniest amount of work on a wip bc getting a habit going helped my art a Lot beause it helped me spend more time thinking n focusing on it

more specific advice for sai that i found useful- using clipping groups & the preserve opacity functions are both lifesavers in terms of not spending so much time trying to color in the lines. if you color in a base layer you can just put everything above it as a clipping group and just not worry about it anymore. i also really like using the filters (like multiply) to mess around with the colors a drawing has, though sometimes its more effective to just select a layer/individual color and fuck with the hue/saturation/etc until it looks good. when i color, esp when its not turning out how i wanted to, i rely on shifting colors A LOT. n also mixing colors together using a blending brush and then colorpicking the intermediate color. very useful

-for the most part i stick to uncolored pencil doodles on like, notebook paper (even though i have some fancy supplies X[ one day) but i LOVE making things with clay, wish it was more accessible to do at home. i have a handful of clay animal statues and stuff that i made in my ceramics class in high school. would looove to do more

-because my poses tend to be very pushed/cartoony using references of real people isnt always useful (though obv knowing the basics of anatomy always helps) so in those cases ill use other cartoony art i like as inspiration, i try to see what i like about their poses nd emulate that with my own. sometimes when im struggling ill just do a bunch of studies where i copy art i like to try to get a feel for what im missing. mostly ive realized i like when the pose conveys some level of like, volume and taking up a 3D space (which im still definitely not a master of but bullshitting it can be fun). and i also like to have a balance of curved and angular shapes. sometimes i try to just do a pose that conveys a specific emotion or i just make shit up lol

alsooooo i cant reccomend aimless doodling enough! just random shapes, turning the random shapes into creatures, trying and trying and trying different ways to draw something until you like it, i feel like the things my hand makes when i shut my brain off and just scribble can inspire me as well, and i try to emulate whatever i made by chance while doodling. and if your doodles turn out better in traditional i tend to consider using a photo of a drawing as a way to skip the "preliminary sketch" phase nd drawing a rough sketch over that which i then use for my drawing (or just directly color since i draw very fast/lazy...)

[sempervivum-art]

Diary entries: #art-diary

Sample work done for demonstration in classes: #demos

Finished work: #my-art

Works in progress: #wip

Meta: #housekeeping

No art, just yapping: #words

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I've been posting here for a couple weeks now so I guess I should finally give this blog a proper introduction/statement of purpose...so hello! I'm Kate, a painter and graphite artist currently based out of Brooklyn.

I teach art part time 3-4 days a week out of a studio in Manhattan and spend the rest of my time on my personal work (and sometimes a commission or two). Prior to transitioning to art I was a software engineer at a few startups and I still occasionally do freelance work, but the majority of my time now is spent on art.

I currently teach mostly adults, with a couple of kids classes thrown in. During the week I have a set schedule of classes and on the weekends I have one-off workshop-style classes, parties, and corporate events, depending on how the studio administration have scheduled me (I don't, unfortunately, have a lot of control over my schedule or what I do and don't teach).

I started this blog as a companion to my Substack, which I started as an accountability tool for my New Year's Resolution: to draw or paint (or make some kind of art at) every day this year. In the past when I've taken on daily art challenges like this I've recorded progress on my Instagram, but I'm a talker, and Instagram just isn't the best for text. In my opinion, tumblr and Substack are just much better for balancing both text and images, and I feel less weird about posting daily and posting wips on tumblr for whatever reason. The Substack is essentially this blog, with the text cleaned up a bit and collected into weekly newsletter, with some musings on whatever I'm thinking about that week. So if you're following me here, need to follow me there-- unless you want to show support, which I of course appreciate!

TL;DR: I post anything drawing or painting-related I was able to get done on a given day, pretty much every day. I also post finished works when I am able to actually finish something.

Okay thats it, thanks for visiting, love you byeee

[plagueislost]

Hii, for the artist ask game: number 4 and 10 is something I'd love to know :3

i wrote A LOT for this ask, sorry! i wanted to do the questions justice, yknow how it is.

4. piece you wish got more love?

Ive found from experience that original art tends to not do very well on social media, which kind of makes me sad. It's not much of a problem for me (because most of the stuff i post is fanart anyways) but i can't help but think that part of the reason i rarely ever draw original pieces or make OCs is because of the lack of feedback i get on social media. I know tumblr is supposed to be the fandom website, and maybe id have a different experience on another site, but it is disappointing when i post something original that I'm very proud of and it barely manages to get more than 20 notes, whereas something i like less easily surpasses 100 just because of the tags i put on it. i think the most recent example of this is this piece, which admittedly did get quite a few notes for an original piece, but definitely would have gotten more had it been fanart of the same caliber. this is also not to blame anyone or make anyone feel bad about not reblogging original art (god knows im guilty of that too, and art piggybacking off the popularity of other works of art are of course gonna get more notes), its just something ive noticed from my time on social media.

10. how do you deal with artblock?

i dont get art block very often, but when i do, its ANNOYING. it mostly manifests in me having a bunch of motivation for a part of my process that i cant get to without doing the stuff i have no desire to do (does that make any sense?). like, ill have a strong urge to render an artwork, but no ongoing WIPs that are at that stage, meaning i would have to sketch and color and shade a whole new piece before i could satiate that urge, or do the steps out of order which could mess up the flow and end look of a project. when i get like this, i find its best to try and translate those desires into different activities and take a step away from art. for example:

if i want to sketch, but nothing comes out right digitally, ill find a scrap piece of paper and a crappy pen and make thumbnails until i cant think of any other iterations of the ideas in my head. if one of them turns out good, ill take a picture and transfer it into my software, but only go over it a day or so later so i can have fresh eyes.

if i want to color, but i have no sketches currently ready for coloring, ill go into my photo editing program, find some random old photos that i never edited, and post-process them until i get something im happy with.

if i want to shade, but have no colored artworks ready for that, ill usually do a study of a photo ive taken, because most of the time me shading is really me wanting to see how light and shadow interact in certain scenarios. i actually did a whole AP portfolio on that because i liked shading and lighting so much!

if i want to render, but ive got no pieces ready for rendering, i find its easiest just to find a tedious activity where i can be a perfectionist but also feel like im the smartest person in the world. this generally turns into me cooking some big meal because its constantly engaging but also not that difficult. i know its probably weird for it to not have anything to do with art but this is just what works best for me, and i get the bonus of a nice meal at the end of it!

if i get the more classic kind of art block where everything sucks and nothing i make is good, i find its best to go back to the media that inspires me to make art, and not worry too much about having made something by the end of it. generally the media that inspires me ends up, well, inspiring me, and i can remind myself that art is a voluntary practice that i do because its fun, not because i want something out of it. if it doesnt manage to inspire me, thats okay, i can just tell myself im taking a break and live life for a bit.

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