#anonymously ask me anything

[gophergal]

poke

GAH-

DID ANYONE SEE A GNOME RUN BY WITH A STICK??

[alwaysbetruexo]

💋

[calvalia]

Can you draw Persephone?

(Decided to do Persephone from the Hades game! [since Calvalia was also drawn in that art style and I think Persephone needs more love!!]

But let me know if you’d like to see me design my own Persphone for Epic, even though she’s not in it 👀

Bonus: Calvalia carrying Persephone back to the Underworld as the bringer of autumn

Siiiiiiiigh the things we must sacrifice…)

[arttsuka]

I LOVE Teen Stan and Ford, it’s sad they don’t get drawn enough, so thank you so much!

Does Ford ever help Stan when he gets overstimulated? Or maybe when he has a rage response and suddenly starts crying and calls himself stupid?

Here's the other post with Ford

[maridoves]

I’m obsessed with you, you remind me of my stepdaughter 🤭

ohhh myy, what reminds you of her ;3

[gophergal]

Is there anything specific that’s been a big influence on your art style? Particular artists or kinds of art? Specific movies, shows, games, etc.? I’m curious :3

Ok, so. It's really hard for me to answer this because I am CONSTANTLY going "oh, I like that art! I wanna draw that way!" and I'm eternally dissatisfied with my art style. *Shrug*

However, I can list a few things that have definitely affected my artstyle!

For one, one of the first art books I ever learned from was "How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way." American comics in general, really. Though I much prefer the style trends from the 70's and 80's to more modern stuff. Not that it's bad, I just adore the look that the old printing methods kinda bred

I consumed a lot of anime/manga growing up too (my first was Rosario + Vampire and I guarantee that encountering ecchi so young rewired my brain), and that probably shows through a bit no matter how I have tried shaking it. I'm struggling to think of any specific titles where the art was a notable influence though

I also do a lot of master studies for school. I'm very fond of Albrecht Durer, personally. The way he captured muscles, folds, and wrinkles in the human form is just so amazing

In terms of fellow fanartists I look up to and actively want to absorb their ways.... (I am NOT fucking tagging them lmao)

Ncalabby, for one. Not big surprise. Everything about his art drives me insane. Especially those expressive faces...

DashinSlashin isn't exactly active anymore, but around the time I started this blog I was actively studying their style because of the sheer level of skill on display.

VirtualMish is another inspiration that's probably obvious. The way he handles anatomy... that balance of realism and stylization.... fuck dude its so good.

Also literally all of my artist mutuals fill me with envy and I'm not brave enough to actually tag them about it. Their styles are so distinctive.... (sobs)

[alwaysbetruexo]

Let me be close to you 💕

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

who's more likely to be lactose intolerant -Ballister or Ambrosius????

They are both lactose intolerant because they are both Asians

[mirrorballmenagerie]

hiiiiiiiii

[beebundt]

it makes me angry how pretty your art is 😭 angel is TOO gorgeous. She’s hogging it. She’s not sharing. It’s sickening how amazing your style is

THANK YOU WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!! you are so kind 😭😭😭😭😭!!!! saw this right after i just drew a bunch of her with 2d on twitter (spicy)... it was fate or something .... i really adore her, fuck 2d i need her to be real just for ME .!! heres a little doodle w her today.... sleeping is hard when you're 4'9" and you have to sleep next to a spindly & cuddly spider monkey

[arttsuka]

you should draw fiddleford in some other outfits☺️☺️😋😋😋 (this isn’t a coverup to make my fidd obsession sweet… I swear…)

Here he is with a funky outfit :)

And here he is wearing a straight jacket (from an uncooked au I have in my mind, don't ask)

[canisalbus]

Your anons are always so different. You either get funny anon (like the 'pantaloons' one, I'm still thinking about that) or existential dread and misery anon.

.

[maridoves]

May we see that magnificent ass?

only a little ass ;p

[irishgal06]

Baby face 🙈

[lycandrophile]

hey i know your post about your mom was mostly just a personal vent, but i have to say, do you realize that also happens with trans girls and their fathers? literally happened to one of my friends. i’m not trying to downplay your experience or something but i found it strange that you seem to think this is something that only affects transmascs

i have one question for you: so fucking what?

i don’t doubt that trans girls have experienced similar things and yeah, that’s bad too, but what the fuck does that have to do with me and the specific things i’m facing as a result of being a trans man? i never said “look at this thing that happens to ONLY trans men and NO ONE ELSE,” i just said “hey, isn’t this thing that happens to a lot of trans men, including myself, fucked up?”

i would also like to point out that what you’re talking about is in fact a different (albeit similar) thing. the way cis people treat trans people can differ dramatically based on the cis person’s gender because their commitment to gender roles is, like, a major part of problem. the specific way a cis mother reacts to her trans son’s transition is often going to be very distinct, while a cis father will likely respond to his trans daughter in a different but equally distinct way.

what i’m talking about is a very specific kind of ownership and control and self-victimization and total lack of boundaries masquerading as love and care and maternal concern that cis women (i would argue white cis women in particular) project onto their transmasc kids when we do literally anything to our bodies. i’m talking about a phenomenon which is closely related to the way moms often pass eating disorders onto their daughters (or children they view as daughters) because they see a body that looks something like theirs and project all of their insecurities and ideals onto it. i’m talking about a form of parental transphobia and projection that’s specific to the dynamic of a cis mother and her child who was “supposed to” be her daughter.

if you’ve never felt that, you’re not even remotely qualified to tell me shit about how i should be talking about that experience, and if you couldn’t recognize that experience when you read my post, i’m guessing you probably haven’t experienced it because the replies to that post made it very clear to me that anyone who has experienced it firsthand immediately knew exactly what i meant.

like, yeah, cis dads also project onto their trans daughters, but are they likely to have a reaction like running away with actual tears streaming down their face? do you expect them to passive aggressively make comments about how sad their kid’s transition makes them, how it’s such a difficult emotional time, how it’s so tragic because their kid’s body was so beautiful before? do you think their go-to transphobic reaction will be weaponizing their emotions? i’m sure there are some dads out there who are like that, but i think we can agree they’re in the minority because that’s not how cis men are taught to react and parents like this tend to be pretty damn committed to following the gender roles they were taught.

and even if i’m wrong and our experiences are exactly the same, let me reiterate that i never said this was an experience exclusive to trans men. all i said is that it happens to us. that’s just a statement of objective fact.

this started in my life when i got my hair cut short for the first time almost a decade ago and it has not stopped since. i’ve watched my mom cry over me changing my name and respond to being asked if my happiness matters more to her than my name by saying “i care about both”, i’ve watched her melt down in a mall over me getting a suit for prom and give me the silent treatment for days after, i’ve heard her plead with me to stop t because it “looks unnatural” and she’s just so “concerned for my health”, i’ve watched her stare at me post-op and say “my poor baby” over and over like she’s looking at my corpse in a casket. i’ve watched her turn herself into the victim of every single aspect of my transition. i’ve had to live with this for 9 years and spent the early years of the pandemic literally locked in a house with it. this has been my entire adolescent and adult life, and the question of if i’ll have to cut her off someday (and maybe never see my cat or my little cousins who i love more than anything in the world ever again as a result) haunts me every single day.

who the fuck are you to tell me how to talk about that?

[alwaysbetruexo]

Spooky season is among us 👻