#anyway I'm having so much fun on krita

[rainofthetwilight]

expression test with jenna! baby version <33

I don't know how to draw tears but I tried ok (also yes she's holding mr cuddlywomp)

[tickfleato]

how to make cool blobby turing patterns in photoshop

i'll preface with i learned the basic loop from skimming a tutorial on youtube, but as someone who prefers written tutorials i'm sure many would appreciate one! also, the second part of this is some of the visual effects i figured out on my own using blending modes and stuff.

i'm using photoshop CS4 on a mac so some buttons and stuff might be in different places on windows and newer photoshop versions but all the actions are the same. my canvas is 1000x1000 pixels.

UPDATES (i'm hoping these'll show up whenever you open the readmore?)

it's possible to do something similar in krita using this plugin, made by the love @arcaedex

it's also possible to do this in photopea, a free browser alternative to photoshop! the results are pretty much identical.

FIRST off you wanna get or make a black and white image of some kind. it has to be one layer. can be noise, a photo, a bunch of lines, whatever. here's mine, just some quick airbrush lines:

now find the actions tab. idk what it looks like in newer versions of photoshop but you probably won't need to dig!

hit the little page thingy to make a new pattern. once you hit 'record', it'll record everything you do. the little square 'stop' icon will end it.

now you want to do a high pass filter. you can mess around with the radius to change the size of your squiggles, but the tutorial had it set to 6. experiment!

now add the 'threshold' adjustment layer. i use the adjustments tab but i think there's also a dropdown menu somewhere. keep it at the default, 128. merge it down. (control or command + E or you can right click it like some kind of weirdo)

and finally, the gaussian blur! the radius of this affects the shape and size of your squiggles as well. i like to keep it around 4.5 but you can mess around with that too.

after that, hit 'stop' on the action you're recording, and then repeat it a bunch of times using the 'play' button, until you have something you like, like this:

WOW!! that was fun!! and only a little tedious thanks to the power of macros. anyway, here's some fun layer blending stuff i like to do. it's with a different pattern cause i made this bit first.

anyway, using a black and white gradient (or a grey base that you do black and white airbrush on), make a layer with the vivid light. this will make the blobs look thicker or thinner.

then, for cool colors, do a gradient map adjustment layer over that:

and finally, my best friend, the overlay layer. just using a gradient here bc i'm lazy, but feel free to experiment with brushes, colors, and blending modes!

NOW GO. MAKE COOL SHIT WITH THE POWER OF MATH. AND SEND IT TO ME

also these are not hard and fast rules PLEASE mess around with them to see what kind of weird shit you can make. here's a gif. as you can see i added some random airblush blobs in the middle of it, for fun.

[the-one-who-lambs]

hi hey holy fuck i'm done with this. I tried to render for the first time following a "15 minute" tutorial and my noob ass turned it into a 3 hour learning experience. But now I have Narinder's reference for The Risen Lamb and the Fallen God! Rambles under readmore

SO I BARELY DRAW because I started learning how to draw like... May of last year, and then went bonkers over the summer making lots of progress and once the school year started in august I dropped it to focus on writing... and have drawn basically 1 thing in between then and now. Anyway. Last week I remembered, oh yeah, I used to draw sometimes. And suddenly had an all consuming urge to practice again.

And you know what? I forgot how fucking FUN drawing is. I take it much less seriously than I do my writing so my technique for now is pretty much "go ham and try a bunch of shit because you're getting practice and having fun with it anyway". and it IS fun until I try to do a specific thing and can't figure out how so thanks to those who tuned in to my stream tonight to see me push through the frustrating part of finishing this LMAO. uh according to the krita file this took me 13 and a half hours

If you didn't catch it a while back, the one thing I drew during my kinda-art-hiatus was my Lambert reference! Normal outfit, casual outfit (that they sometimes wear while off-duty, usually when visiting Ratau or just hanging out alone), and wedding outfit ^^

...Which means now that I have my narilamb references I can commission my friends. i have a few people who i already plan to open my wallet for.

"Ive already drawn you fanart for ur fic and now the outfits are very slightly wrong :<" ITS FINE I AM CHERISHING IT FOREVER PLS DONT CHANGE IT ITS PERFECT

"is it okay if i draw your designs" Why do yall think i would be mad about this i will eat that shit UP i would fucking LOVE that and I'm already foaming at the mouth because i'd been asked that a couple times while i was drawing narinder's reference lol

I'm still a beginner and constructive criticism is welcome! Will probably make less intensive references for the OCs in Risen/Fallen or at least draw them, Thenana and Juno for sure

[egginfroggin]

Buried Treasure in the Sand, the Lynari Desert

"We once met a man who said he dreamed of finding a great treasure buried in the desert. "Everyone burst into laughter, and told him there was no such thing. "But the moment I saw this place, I felt his dream would surely come true. "The desert glittered like a sea of jewels under that shimmering sun."

~ Opening narration, the Lynari Desert

Talking under the cut:

So this took a while! It would have been up sooner, most likely, but Kirby decided to rot my brain for a while.

This is for my Pokemon/FFCC AU, and is part of what could be considered the main story, following Akari and Rei (or Dawn and Lucas). Return to Sender takes place in the same AU, though that mainly follows the train twins.

I learned a lot doing this, and although I know I could probably polish it more, I just want it to be done so that I don't lose motivation with the project and get discouraged. It's time for it to be finished, so it's finished -- not perfect, but as close as it will get.

Tried emulating the fancy script that they use for the dungeon names for the handwriting; it was tricky. Fun fact, I was so into FFCC when I was younger that I actually thought it'd be fun to absorb the script's fanciness into my own handwriting -- thus, my handwriting was once nigh illegible, but has settled to something halfway between cursive and print, still with some excessive swoopiness here and there.

It's never really stated who the narrator is referring to in the opening narration for the Lynari Desert, but I somehow always assumed that it was Hurdy/Gurdy. He would be the most likely to know of a "treasure" hidden in the desert, after all, though he might not remember why. Also, Gurdy is the one you learn the riddle from, so I guess I always just thought it was him.

Anyway, the man in question is Emmet this time around. What's he doing here? I'd love to tell you, but I'll let y'all ruminate on it because this is getting long and alas, I'm too tired to attempt much more coherent thought.

So, thank you all for reading! I am open to constructive criticism, especially about backgrounds and shading, as I consider myself to struggle with those.

Thank you very, very much, and I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed day! (ˊᗜˋ)/ᵗᑋᵃᐢᵏ ᵞᵒᵘ* <3

(program: krita; time taken: about 28 hours, cumulative)

[taikk0]

Hi! It's Tai :3 Welcome to my Main Blog!🐾

I'm an artist and animator. I use Krita as my main art program with adobe animate/flash experience. I usually make fanworks of things I'm interested in, but am working on releasing original stuff very VERY soon.

My current interest at the moment is TADC! but in the past have been interested in South Park, MLP:FiM, Little Nightmares, Invader Zim, Pokemon, and (Rot)TMNT. Also sometimes drabbles in the furry community every now and then (technically I present myself with kemonomimi, but I do consider myself a furry :p)

My Commissions are also open! Feel free to fill out the form linked below ⬇️

Commission Form

Commissioning me would mean a lot, since the money is going to help me pay bills and save up for a college! 🙏💙

Check out the Taikkommissions tag for examples if needed!

My Socials:

Youtube (semi-active)

TikTok (just when i feel like it)

Twitter (I'm definitely on here too much)

Instagram (semi-active? I don't post here as much anymore)

Cara (inactive)

I have a reblog-blog I don't use very much, but follow it anyway if you want fun stuff on your dash :3 > @taikko-reblogs

I also have a self indulgent TADC selfship archive blog! just so all the art doesn't get lost on this account :P > @taikkopom-archive

AND FINALLY the MLP x SP AU blog. > @going-down-2-my-little-park (<- very much inactive and isn't reviving anytime soon, I don't have the energy for upkeep :/)

Tag Guide:

taikko art - my art 🎨

taikko animations - miscellaneous animations, some not even on my youtube! (yet…) 🎞️

taikko talks 2 much - me just talking about whatever i feel like 💬

taikko asks - my answered asks! 📬

taikko memes - sillies i made 🫧

mikyomix sona - stuff of my old sona 👽

taikko sona - THE DOGBOY!! ME!! 🐾

Anyways, that's all. Welcome to my blog ★⌒ヽ(●’､＾●)

[amarisrosalette]

Archons x WoF x Warrior Cats Concepts

update: so finals are nearing and apparently my sanity has been dragging down recently so i thought combining my hyperfixations into an au is how i cope /hj

(i actually drew this during finals, now its been sitting on my drafts for god knows how long)

so i began thinking of two separate crossover aus where the archons, specifically my comforts barbatos and morax, would look like in the following book series: Wings of Fire and Warrior Cats

so for the people who don't know both of these books series are fantasy novels surrounding dragons and cats, respectively

and because i haven't told you guys that i love dragons and cats now is the best time that i reveal it

so i present to you guys:

Character Concepts of Barbatos and Morax as dragons in Wings Of Fire style!! (FYI i plan to separate this au from WoF because i too am not very happy with the canon lore and i overall just don't rlly vibe with it and WC is just. kinda sitting there. no real plot or plan purpose. just did that for fun.)

these were the concepts i did while i was experimenting around krita and whatnots, so let's start with old gods as dragons shall we?

Wings of Fire (+ closer zoom-ins, ignore the doodles, i'm a little insane i know but hey this is tumblr)

okay so just allow me to lore dump for a while, I'll also talk about the other archons who aren't featured here because I'm still thinking of concepts for them

starting with Barbatos, fellow WoF people might not recognize his species but he is an AvianWing, which are the basically bird-like dragons that i created in my au

they're very fast and agile creatures, they are known to hunt in packs like raptors and make efficient yet deadly hunters. they have sickle claws on their hindlegs and are known for their famous "songs" which are long melodious, almost song-like, calls that they use for various things such as communication, mating, echolocation, and more.

although not known for brute strength, venti doesn't let that stop him. where he lacks for brute strength and size he makes up for his speed in his slim body, force, powerful beak, and talons made up of strong muscles for pulling and slashing.

while he isn't a fan of hostility and fighting, he is much stronger, older, and wiser than he looks. he may act youthfully and even a bit silly, but this doesn't come from a place of naivety but rather a wish to enjoy life as it passes.

he is a well-known dragon around his kingdom, although he isn't a ruler, he laid the foundations of the reforms of his kingdom but refuses to take fame for himself, instead giving it to his older twin brother, Himmel (who is nameless bard and is alive in this au)

he and his brother are, of course, traveling bards, who'd like to perform on the streets or look after dragonets in the villages when their mothers weren't around.

many dragonets know and love him and Himmel, and they see them as elder brothers they like to snuggle with to hear their wonderful stories and beautiful songs.

he's kind and well-loved around his kingdom, and even established good relations with the current ruler.

cunning and swift, he has heightened senses for successful hunting. common in all AvianWings, they are known to possess a keener eye than most dragons for spotting small prey from above ground.

with that said, the look of underestimation on some dragons' faces does not go unnoticed by him.

but it doesn't matter, he could use it to his advantage anyway, so he plays along.

it wasn't until he unexpectedly turned the tables, making them face the hidden strength that he was provoked into protecting his loved ones in the distant past...

but that was all but a memory now, as he cuddled up eager dragonets with his wings chirruping and squawking when they wanted to hear his song. those wide pairs of eyes were hard to resist, even for a bard like him.

his elder brother settles them near and gently shushes them to behave before they begin, which they so obediently follow.

he chuckles, and so he sings with his voice, of tales gone by from the past, carefully woven into a meaning that one day, he hopes, the future dragonets will understand.

lore dump aside, i genuinely created the avianwings because i wanted to accommodate the WoF universe for venti and mondstadt because i thought that the bird and freedom motifs would suit him really well + the stigma of not looking strong at a glance but can shock you when you're not looking carefully. idk guys i think the birds are venti's spirit animal yk :)

next is Morax. i haven't quite thought of his lore yet, so let me go over the concepts i thought while drawing of him.

one day, i had a question in my head of a "what-if" scenario of what would morax's exuvia look like if he was in a different style of a dragon, specifically the western dragon and in WoF style, aside from the traditional lung.

now this isn't meant to be a cultural erasure, as i know the lung dragon is an important figure in Chinese mythology and formed an integral part of zhongli's character in genshin, however, i just wanted to entertain a new idea, and so i experimented with a new style of his dragon form (more specifically the European dragon style of WoF).

this isn't to say that his exuvia form looks bad or ugly, this is only a curious experiment or retelling of him in a new light.

anyway in the au i'm thinking like he's some sort of a skywing general or warrior bc the whole mountain dragon thing going on for the skywings seems really fitting for him

he's a very strong guy, well-spoken past his prime age but he still stands a formidable warrior

he's an experienced general who was trained vigorously from a very young age, and he rose to his ranks and became a famed and well-respected warrior

he also carries one of the most rarest genetic traits called metallic scales, and they reflect the sun's golden sheen under the light which earned him the title "Warrior of the Sun"

hes just a big scary dragon that looks intimidating but actually has a soft heart inside like canon morax, he may or may not have retired from his position but this was him during his prime (?)

dragon zhongli (not morax) is just a grandpa now bc i say so. hehehe

also skywings in my au are much different from their canon counterparts, they're much taller, stronger, and have more color diversity than just red or orange, and their tribe personality is different than just being thin, grumpy, or violent

(and yes all of the tribes in my au are more sensible and less arrogant than canon)

and uhm. dont mind the third doodle. i just went a little crazy if venti was a tiny bit messed up as a dragon)

moraxs dragon form and the whole metallic scales thing was heavily inspired by an artist called @sarcosse.7 on instagram. they don’t have a tumblr but their art is amazing! if you want to you can go and check them out!! they’re really good at writing and their oc lore is interesting.

next is warrior cats (and no im not beating the weird kid allegations, i genuinely cannot contain the silliness anymore, i love cats smmmmm)

and YES DONT MIND ME I TOYED AROUND ABOUT CATS WITH HAIR. it looks cool okay don't judge me /hj (my designs my rules, i am defying the laws of logic)

on the second-third drawing, i tried to experiment with a new brush with the disney-esque feel with fluid motions (like the waving motion of his)

ANYHOWWWW. i just pictured venti as a silly mischievous lil cat. think he might be a windchill warrior or rogue or something idk. but i was thinking about how the genshin nations would look like if they were in warrior cats clans.

also cats with braids r cool

i don’t have anything else to say in here other than KITTIES

ppl i wanna call just in case: @cinnabell2 @lanternlightss @ventisslut @probably-haven

[birthrightversemain]

Why introduce myself with just text when I can use memes amirite lmao

Anyway sup everyone, I'm Artemis! I pretty much made this blog for my fic Birthright so I can post memes, art and the occasional snippet. I'll be real w u guys it'll be mostly memes. 98% memes lmao. Very unserious stuff basically. But hey we're here to have fun while I proceed to torture these guys in text format.

Also huge shoutouts to my bestie and wife Kat for editing the first two memes on Krita for me while she signed the divorce papers because I pledged my forever loyalty to what she calls my 'BDSM mistress', the ol' reliable MS Paint. If you're reading this, she has taken the brain cell in the divorce

[shadale-s-safe-space]

just curious, whta app/program do you use?

Okay, since I'm not the type of person to stick to only one art program/app and whatnot, here's my short reviews of every art program I ever used and the ones I still use.

PaintToolSai1/2 - pretty useful for people who don't own a drawing tablet cuz it has an amazing curve tool. Otherwise, I try not to think abt that abomination of an program.

GIMP- ummmmm..... it exists. Def not for drawing, more for photo editing or fixing ur art

Photoshop [multiple vers] - OK everyone sees it as a Lord and Savior of art. I say it's overloaded with so much stuff it can be overwhelming sometimes. Also better off fixing photos and drawings on it if you're not a professional.

FireAlpaca - making small animations on it was actually pretty fun, simple, easy, I'd recommend it to any beginner who doesn't need complicated tools just yet. But wants to try out new things and experiment.

IbisPaint- a lot of people use it and prase it, idk the damn thing never clicked with me. Especially after the "glitch that erases ur drawings with a square" thing, Tried it, now I avoid it. Nothing interesting abt it.

Medibang [currency use] - Currently wondering when they're going to treat the Pc verson and the app verson the same. A lot of stuff that are on pc are not in the app so lookout for that. it's alright, great for me and my lineart and comics and stuff. Kinda gets overwhelmed when folders get introduced for the drawing. But he's a champ yo, alright for paintings but not perfect. (Unfinished drawing)

Sketchbook [currently use]- alright for paintings, not so much for lineart at least to me. Some brushes are so overpowered that the app verson struggles to render it properly. (One of my unfinished paintings in it)

Krita [currently use] - It's okay. As I stated way before, I'm in a love/hate relationship with it. It has everything an artist would need, but the damn thing crushes on itself way too much . Bro is so overpowered he struggles to find balance in his life. Eh but I love it anyway, I used krita since the proper launch when it had nothing but few brushes and stuff, when it looked like a SAI copy or sum. Amazing to think that it was inspired by GIMP out of all things. (Fast animation I made in it)

Have in mind there are lot's more programs and apps out there. It depends on what you need from a program and your own skills, and lot's of other things.... they all have their strong and weak points, that's for sure.

[mi4012mariaperera]

Concept artwork

05/09/2024

Hey everyone! I just finished my concept artwork for one of the storyboard panels. I chose shot no. 11 for the concept artwork since the butterfly can be seen in Shekila's eyes! It has a magical look to it, so I was inspired to color it!

Shot no. 11 -

Concept artwork for shot no. 11 -

I drew this in Photoshop since I'm familiar with the brushes and filter options on it compared to Krita. I first added the base colors (skin and hair ), added shadows, and then worked on the eyes.

In this artwork, Shekila's eyes are actually brown. However, you won't see much of the brown since the butterfly fluttering in the sky needs to be seen.

That's basically it for now. I'm not too sure if I'll have time to draw more concept artwork, but I'll try my best to draw one more! I'll have to save up some time to complete the rest of the checklist.

Update:-

I decided to erase some of the sky colors from Shekila's eyes so you can see the Brown color clearly. After softly erasing the sky, I realized that I liked her eyes being this way. You can see the clouds and the sky subtly. The butterfly on the other hand can be seen brightly at the center of her eyes.

Final concept artwork 1 -

Concept artwork 2 - 06/09/2024

Hi everyone! I'm back again with a new concept artwork. Thankfully, I feel much better now. I got some new meds from a hospital close to my place and those meds are working their magic.

Anyway, I drew one more concept artwork to satisfy myself. Before concluding the concept artwork post, I wanted to do one drawing where Shekila looks at the magical yellow butterfly (This butterfly would be Guddu's spirit being near her)

I headed over to Pinterest and I found the perfect reference for this idea of mine.

Reference -

To keep it short and sweet, I wanted this concept artwork to have a magical look to it. I wanted to place Shekila in a dark/dimly lit area to represent her feelings of sorrow. These feelings of sorrow are a result of losing both her brothers Guddu and Saroo. However, in this time of darkness, Guddu's spirit finds her to give her a sense of happiness and hope in seeing her loving brother again someday.

Work in progress screen shots -

Final concept artwork 2 -

I had so much fun working on these 2-concept artwork! Especially the 2nd one since I got a lot of time to study through and see how lighting falls onto certain areas in a figure. I would say that both of these concept artworks have a magical touch to them. Especially with the fact that the yellow butterfly is Guddu's spirit being there to cheer Shekila.

If I were to put it simply, if Guddu appeared to Saroo during his times of peril to guide little Saroo to find his way back to safety (In real life), then I'm convinced he would've appeared to Shekila to cheer her up from her feelings of depression and loss. (I would like to believe that hypothetically, Guddu would've appeared once or twice as a yellow butterfly to Shekila, but she must've forgotten those memories since she was little)

That's all for my concept artwork! I'm hoping to get started on the other work soon. Thank you for reading!

[amalgamgooze]

the enigma of (art) blend modes, and how doing brain research taught me how to better utilize them

(DISCLAIMER--I'm not actually going in-depth on different blend modes; there's other resources for that sort of thing! Rather, I'm just planning on talking about how they've been captivating to me in the past.)

I've been working with digital art programs for quite some time now, mostly for my game development pursuits, but also more recently just for fun.

Whatever program I'm using, be it Aseprite, Krita, or Paint.net, there's always this goofy little feature referred to as "blend modes". Really, all it refers to is how new colors should be made when two colors overlap on an image--particularly from different layers.

Back when I was young and naive, those layer blend modes hardly did more than just exist. Maybe I'd pull down that drop-down menu and switch around the modes every once in a while, but this was never used to help me during the creation process.

There's something about starting to use a new art program and getting overwhelmed by all the buttons on the UI. Of course, it takes time to master those menus, but when you do, it's nothing short of rewarding.

Which brings me to one of the most interesting programs I've worked with: Fiji.

Fiji isn't an art program--it's anything but. Instead, it's open source image processing software, designed for life science related analyses.

I've had the (mis)fortune of becoming acquainted with this software through my internship. When it was introduced to me last year, it was... overwhelming, to say the least.

This is what it looks like when you open it:

Not too overwhelming yet, right? Wrong. Here's what the dropdown menu for "Analyze" looks like.

(I like how it starts with normal sounding words, before devolving into things like "Helmholtz Analysis" and "Multi Kymograph".)

If any of you are already super-mega-brain-nerds and know how to utilize all of these options, then good for you, I suppose. For the vast majority of the people who are unacquainted with neuroscience (such as myself), however, this is INCREDIBLY daunting to navigate. Imagine something just as confusing as this for the other menus.

Hell, even just importing imaging data proves labyrinthine:

Okay. I'm done fussing over how convoluted Fiji's menus are.

I've worked with them for long enough to understand them a little better, though I still couldn't tell you what half the buttons do.

...like most of the art programs I use.

Yes, I've used Paint.NET since, like, 2018. No, I still have no idea what the "Clone Stamp" button does.

(by the way, if you're still using Paint.NET yourself for art, 1. what are you doing, and 2. Krita is much better for what I needed from an art program, so I might recommend trying that out if Paint.NET is getting on your nerves!)

Anyway, loading imaging data into Fiji usually gives you a video you can pan through. Most imaging data usually either represents a z-series, t-series, or both.

A z-series is imaging done on several layers of the subject's brain at a single time point, to create a 3D stack of images with time substituting for the depth into the brain.

On the other hand, a t-series is imaging done (usually) on a single layer of the brain throughout several time points. (Data I've worked with has ranged from 15-minute-long t-series to 100-minute-long t-series.) This again creates a 3D stack, though this time, time represents, well, time. (This is how most video is stored--even if the video itself is 2-dimensional, you're still "technically" viewing 2D slices of a 3D stack--though only super-nerds call video 3D.)

A zt-series can also be imaged by making several z-series over time, which can be processed into a 4D video. (Usually, though, the slices have to be processed through software to order them properly.)

Last year, I worked with zt-series a lot. This year, however, I've got easier work--I'm just working with t-series this time, to analyze calcium activity.

They're nicer to work with, to say the least. I've worked on automating the collection of calcium activity data by comparing the minimum and maximum values of each pixel throughout the whole t-series in order to determine where there's potentially calcium activity happening.

...in fact, once you get an image of the minimum and maximum values of each pixel across the whole t-series, you then work with those images as layers and use different functions to extract a mask that shows only potential calcium activity regions.

...

So it's adjacent to blend modes in a way.

Specifically the "Multiply" and "Divide" modes.

...

It's a bit of a stretch, of course, but working with these black-and-white images has helped me better grasp what's going on under the cover when I use those same blend modes for art.

Of course, I'm not using them masterfully yet. Really, I'm just using them to add blocky-ish shading to translucent objects.

...I'd show an example, but I can't find any pictures right now.

...

Sorry about the tangent.

I just feel like somehow this contributes to the intimate interconnectivity of everything.

Art and brain research being related on a software level.

[pathos-p]

"Weirdly Specific Artist Ask Game" but i got tagged in it so i am gonna answer all of them 'cause theyre fun

questions by @/i-like-eyes

thanks for the tag @king-chook!! ^^

1. Art programs you have but don't use

i thiiink i have a license for clip studio paint that came with my old wacom tablet but i never rly used it. also used to have krita installed for the longest time but just always felt off to me idk why. don't currently have it installed anymore tho

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)

to their right is a bit easier i think. not smth i consciously notice, mostly i'm just thinking abt when im doodling on the margins of stuff they usually are looking to the left of the page

3. What ideas come from when you were little

uhhh idk tbh, i dont think much of my art draws from that

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw

cityscapes !!! i love cities they r so pretty and cool looking but goddamn theyre so hard to draw

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

80-20? i post everything that i finish. basically the only stuff that doesnt get posted is sketches i give up on

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)

hmmmm not that i can think of rn...

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

watercolour !! i've tried it a few times and Struggled but i love seeing ppl's work in it

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

so many animatics ..................... also many comic ideas ..................... i get so many ideas that i just never start on or start and only do a little before losing the hyperfocus/fixation and just Cannot continue them. it sucks

9. What are your file name conventions

usually the character name, maybe a bit of description of what theyre doing... idk not much of a convention to it

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw

hmm i like jackets :)

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

yes, usually music. sometimes random youtube videos like stream highlights or video essays.

12. Easiest part of body to draw

uhhh hair? maybe idk. hard question bc it varied a lot depending on what kinda style and just. sometimes smth is hard in a particular drawing then easy later idk

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing

i cant think of anything i will edit it in if i think of anyone

14. Any favorite motifs

in my drawings i dont feel like i use any much. mostly i pull motifs from whatever im doing fanart of lol. in music, i like religious motifs (but not like. ones abt christ or bible stories, rather heaven, hell, god/divinity, angels)

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)

at home pretty much exclusively. in bed lol

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing

idk i feel like the stuff im better at is the stuff i like bc i practice it more for fun lol

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what

not usually

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken

surprisingly little. mostly bc i do more digital art lol

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)

weapons and nature. especially ice for nature

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy

i cant think of anything ill add it if i do

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways

i love rougher styles, like ones with a lot of visible brushstrokes and bold lines and shit. so cool. idk how to make it look good lol i dont have the confidence in my lines for it

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any

none... probably i should change that

23. Do you use different layer modes

yeah, often i use a multiple layer for shading then a variety to colour adjust at the end

24. Do your references include stock images

sometimes

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by

cant think of any

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended

there was this poem i wrote about capitalism and how shit it is and someone thought it was abt interpersonal relationships/smth along the lines of a breakup. i rly didnt mind it tho i thought it was cool bc the emotion was not far off, the sense of betrayal and abandonment. just a very very different subject

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with

no lol

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)

i ran a zine (digital only) for the dimension 20 zine jam! and also made art+writing for others in that :D also was part of a polygon yt fanzine a while back

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically

spider-man (not the MCU, mostly tasm and a few of the comics)

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated

IS IT BAD TO SAY A PIECE THAT GOT QUITE A BIT OF POSITIVE ATTENTION ?? maybe

i rly like the cj comic i did i am genuinely so goddamn happy with the result so . even tho it did very well by the standards for the fandom its for and my current follower base it is underrated

alternatively this one https://www.tumblr.com/pathos-p/704380503765221377/tridential-sovereignty?source=share bc it didnt get all that much attention on any social media site but i think its cool !!

(mostly only using recent ones bc i dont wanna dig back further esp onto my old twt acct, too much work lol)

[dashawfrostart]

This Week In "Time & Again" #12: It's Alive... Alive! Honest! And A Little Sour, And A Bit Sweet!

Guten Fhtagn! It's been... a while again.

(this is just a colourful teaser for you now, because it feels silly to make a post that starts with a wall of text - even though I personally love walls of text. Keep reading and you'll find out why those weird empty rectangles are here! And as I often do: there's an animated GIF in the end of the post!) Lately, life has sucked me into a giant cycle of great and lush eventfulness. Kinda as if I hopped into a funnel and then swirled around a bit. I might even say it was fun (haha, fun funnel 😁 What, not funny?.. Lame?.. Aah, well then). So, below goes a straightforward chronological report on what happened to "Time & Again" during this long looooong period of my blogging hiatus.

2 weeks ago I've actually spent only a few days working on "Time & Again" - much less than anticipated. As I always say, life usually takes away so much time from art!.. 🤣 However, it's always a choice. Because I'm not drawing 24/7; never did, and perhaps never will - because otherwise I'll never go birding, among other things. And birding is love. Birding makes Frosty happy. I wanna see more nuthatches and northern flickers around me, preferably every day, when possible. Too much to ask? Yes! But life is always about setting priorities straight and meticulously balancing the things you love and want to do. Because something always goes first, and something other goes second (third, fourth, etc.). So that is what I'm trying my best to do here.

But that was only half of the problem. The other half of the problem was about my futile endeavour to relight the creative spark that was seemingly extinguished over the course of the previous 2 weeks - perhaps due to the reasons mentioned above in this post. I'm always very hesitant to take breaks as I work on my projects, because it breaks immersion - and getting back into the mood again might pose a serious challenge. That is exactly how some of my novels/stories failed to see the light of day in the past. Now, since the work on Chapter 5 is nearing to its end - yes, it's almost done!!! - it's just very disappointing to slow down and having to look for the spilt marbles on the floor (however, Lothar, personally, will definitely benefit from at least TRYING to find his own marbles 🤦‍♀️ dear goodness, that man is indomitable). The work still went well, but without excitement I previously had. And I perpetually have serious problems trying to figure out a personal cure for the "lack of spark" issue: not even once in my entire life have I found a resolution that works wonders like a panacea for me in situations like that.

That said, with all of the distractions and not-exactly-creative events with myself in the epicentre, I managed to keep my word and created a Krita forum thread featuring majority of WIP screenshots from Chapter 5, which you can view following that link. Now, my only objective in this regard is to keep updating it 😁 (what I'm kinda failing at recently)

While not being exactly productive with "Time & Again" - that is only up until this week (read ahead) - in the meantime I have reconsidered a couple things that are related to the artistic part of my existence. One of the decisions was to take down the links to my DeviantArt account sometime after this post goes life. The reasoning behind that decision is as simple as an egg: because I don't post anything on DeviantArt anymore. And I keep forgetting to do it anyway. And I keep forgetting simply because it doesn't really matter. In the recent years I perceived DeviantArt to be nothing but a sort of a personal sketch/art dump simply for the sake of gaining more exposure [not really - read an UPD note ahead]. Let's be honest here: DeviantArt is not a good place anymore. It used to be awesome in 2008-2010 or around - for me anyway. But nowadays... Not so much. I don't think I want to delete it yet, for I still want to pop up, perhaps, once or twice a year and dump all the new artworks in there for the future archival purposes - and in case if somebody might be still interested. But for now, I view my DA account as an almost completely dormant collection of trash masterpieces of yore. So I will stop promoting it for the reason of it being obsolete like the morning dew beneath your feet in its current state. (holy effing smokies, that song was very difficult to find to provide a link to! 😱) [UPD 2024/03/12]: my aim with this was originally a bit off - which I realized only now. Aside from it being a random artworks dump, my decision to keep my DeviantArt account alive was precisely for linking back to it: meaning, I was thinking about uploading artworks on there in order to specifically use them in my posts and on the websites. So, yes, it is a relatively dormant collection, but also a convenient stash of art things to utilize elsewhere (thank you, id Software, for teaching me this word! 🤣). I'll see if that really works out in the future tho.

There's also something else that I don't to reveal just yet, and I'll keep it a secret for now 😉 I must try something before I jump to conclusions.

HOWEVER!.. This last week has changed the tides considerably, in my favour. Again, having only a very hypothetical and a rather unclear clue on why that happened - what, I must admit, mesmerizes and puzzles me to a great extent - that long-longed-for spark I thought I had lost along the way somehow magically returned back to me after I spent a few hours (and 2 days in total) of writing an arch-important "Notes & Commentary" section for the reissue of all the previous "Time & Again" chapters that is nigh (here, I teased ya. Now live with it 😎🤣). I really like "Time & Again". Even while it's still incomplete. Even if Lothar is just a stubborn a**. Even if a certain other character has quite funky fetishes. Even if Jeanny is perhaps dealing with her own little pinky demons. I really like "Time & Again", and I really enjoy its style, so revisiting the whole thing for the sake of writing additional materials for it quite possibly worked in a positive way on my spark. I love you, my spark. Let's keep it this way for as long as we can from now on. So now the work goes quite well, and I feel very good about it. There's still something troublesome that needs to be dealt with... but that'd be a painful tale for yet another post.

And, of course, I experimented with some Krita stuff again - for it seems, Chapter 5 really marks a period of great technical discoveries for me.

For example, finally, after all these years 😅🤣, I learnt and made a very good use of the toggle "All Layers" and "Current Layer" settings of Contiguous Selection Tool (that'd be your Magic Wand tool, ya Photoshoppers around - including my past self). That helped me to speed up flood fill of the certain areas. Speaking of flood fill and all, I experimented more with the "smart fill" as well. In the previous post, I was dreaming about an advanced AI algorithm to automatically recognize and colour the characters according to a user-prepared colour pallete. I might be exaggerating a bit, but flood-filling flat colours on every page felt almost stupefying - and, in short, not fun. I've read a little about the potentials to automate the process in Krita and have discovered a few neat tricks that I might use to speed up the process of colouring of the next Chapter. But right now - that's a story for another day in the future. And at last, let's talk about the backgrounds. I find it that the backgrounds that are just, let's say, "placeholders" and don't contain the surroundings of the characters are sometimes challenging. And in Chapter 5, there's gonna be plenty of those - because oh boy do I love long conversations! (strong self-awareness and self-mockery go here) And most of these conversations don't even require detailed environments for the backgrounds! Because people are just friggin' talking! And their surroundings don't matter on those particular panels. I've looked through quite a few graphic novels and comics at the local book store to get extra inspirations - but very often I see that the artists simply fill the panel with a solid colour. Completely flat. I must admit, I'm deeply hesitant to do the same, because I like at least a little texture on storywise-insignificant solid colours. It gives... depth.

So this is what I've been doing so far (and yes, you guessed it now! the picture in the very beginning of this post is very relevant here!):

While the "flat solid colour" on the background just seems... too flat, I decided to utilize a gentle gradient as a base, and then to apply additional brush strokes on a separate layer with special blending mode in order to create the effect of imperfection and ever so slightly visible texture to it. After a few sessions of trial and error, and thinking about how it feels and if it matches the mood of the chapter, I ended up using a couple of watercolour and splatter brushes together, in black, and the layer blending mode that I figured worked best for me was Soft Light (SVG). As illustrated by the following GIF:

And LAST (but as usual: not the least, but I won't cover "the least" in this current post for now, for the post is already a fatso - typical, innit?!), I've learnt how to use Filter Layers for the quick colour correction on the go. And this might be extremely useful in a long run for the future chapters of "Time & Again". I might cover this in one of my next posts.

That should be enough for now. So let's summarize: I most certainly did NOT disappear because "Time & Again" ceased to exist, or because I've been abducted by aliens, or because I got carried away giving belly rubs to pinky demons, or anything alike. I disappeared BECAUSE I was working hard on my story, even though at times it didn't go as smooth as I wanted to 😉.

Well, folks, let's wrap it up for today, and see you next time in another blog post! Take care! You will see Lothar in action again soon enuff! 👋

[iamjustbread]

I uh, was going to just start a new Stardew save to do a Perfection run (because I haven't done so yet) and I wanted to make my farmer Cale so I did that,, now I'm opening up youtube tutorials and Krita to make a reskin mod of the villagers to be LCF characters -w-'

This always happens maaaaannnnnnn

Aaah... Anyway this is going to be so much fun. I'm thinking of replacing Eliott with Clopeh because, extra speech pattern? Kinda Clopeh-core. With everyone else I'm going to struggle with, so then I thought "what if I change the lines to match the characters as well?"

And then I get into the tutorial of "what type of character dynamics do I want to make in this mod?" Because that would mostly determine who I would swap with who. For example, which lcf character do I want to have the Maru and Penny dynamic? Which lcf characters do I want to have the Maru and Sebastian dynamic???

Aaaah, shit this may become bigger...

Well, I'm going to start with replacing image files for now. I'll make a doc to decide physical dynamics for now (I'm not reprogramming pathings ain't no way) and see where this project goes

This is what happens when my usual writing/entertainment device breaks and I'm left with my gaming laptop.

[litlesushiroll]

Florum! (or Flo for short)

Honestly, another piece I didn't really know what to do with until I actually started- I do think I'm getting better at showing the atmosphere in my pieces now and using Krita! :D

Anyways, Flo basics: He's originally a horror sans- until a glitch happened with his and others aus. (You can't really tell in this cause his hand is blocking the area)

He lives with Gleam and Esphi, which I won't explain at the moment, but they are basically family because of a incident and have no one else. (ahaha the accident is totally not because I just wanted them to be a family nope ahahaha-)

ANYWAYS- yep he's just existing because I liked horror and flowers and brain went YES.

So the flowers absorb blood, keeping him clean and neat. Flo has no way of controlling the flowers, but they don’t get in his way so it doesn’t matter much to him. Funky little thing- although Florum is a plant lover, he loves setting things on fire. Often, Flo would use his vines to use fuel for a fire because they needed to trim the plants or just because.

His attacks are just basic Horror's attacks but they have flowers- that's it.

I like this a lot- I don't think I've had so much fun just jotting down the lore of one of my OCs before :D Hmm, I'll probably need to write about Esphi later when I do draw them and random lore dumps?

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[glueghost]

back in august/september 2020, i started making youtube videos (as glueghost) again - i left glueghost a year prior because i was a stinky piss baby who took my lil funny videos too seriously

since starting my channel, i've redesigned my lil mascot like half a dozen times... well, i would get other people to do it lol

i won't show any of the old designs here out of respect (and one out of disrespect) for the artists - sorry for being an idiot back then

but one day while doodling ideas in MSPaint, i drew these:

all of these little doodles would eventually be my twitter and youtube banner (with some minor tweaks and adjustments)

now you're probably not thinking: "hey, these lil guys aren't ghosts at all!"

:)

anyways i wanted to reveal this new design in a funny way, so i actually learned how to animate in Krita to make the lil animation for this video:

here's the animation in gif form for fun

i mean looking back it's kinda not good - but i'm happy with it nonetheless

a year or so later i decided to update the design a little bit:

at the time my hair was getting longer, and i kinda went through a "summertime never ends" phase - warmer, more vibrant colors - and i made the hawaiian shirt design all by myself 'cause i'm a big boy

but then i shaved my head, it got cold outside, and i had another identity crisis, so i made this:

but i was getting tired of MSPaint and wanted to try out Krita again, so i made this:

this is the shortest living mascot design on my channel - only used in two videos lmao

i went back to the summertime design shortly thereafter

and of course i can't forget about this lil goober

i don't really have much else to say - it was fun to kinda look back on these past two years here. happy holidays to you and yours

before i go to sleep lol, here's a never-before-seen doodle of what was going to be my channel icon:

[piano-sideblog]

I wanted to maybe work a bit more on this but I wanted it to be my last drawing I posted in 2023 so well! Anyway this drawing was hell to make, not because of the drawing itself (though it was difficult and frustrating sometimes) but because of other things. First, I started it in November, as a simple sketch, then decided to clean it up. I loved it, and dexided to continue and maybe "fully" finish it (though I don't think adding color is always "finishing" a drawing. I really like how my lines turned out. Then I did a huge ass line in the middle of the drawing by accident, didn't save, closed Krita while trying to delete it (my tablet controls have just a little bar and you have to swipe up to leave a program. It's like this because I play pjsk lol) and when I open it up again, IT'S RIGHT THERE AND I CANT UNDO IT. This wouldn't be such a big issue if I didn't love using the pencil like brushes, that don't have 100% opacity and are a bit transparent if you aren't using a lot of pressure to draw. So it showed under the other lines, and you can still see it on the final if you look for it, or maybe even if you didn't. Anyway, I couldn't draw the lines again because I knew they wouldn't be the same and it would interrupt the flow of the drawing, so I

Closed Krita and didn't open it back up for a month. So, now a few days ago I open it because I want to draw and see the drawing. I say, "well, I want to finish it, despite this, and I bet I can do it!! I can't waste such a good sketch/drawing!" And I got to working on it again. I deleted the line and saved. Then I, for 1 hour and something, worked on it, perfected it, erased and drew more stuff. Then I saved (OR SO I THOUGHT!) And a few hours later opened Krita again. Krita says, as always, hey!!! We have 2 versions of your drawing!!! Do you want the one you saved or the one we auto saved? . Ofc I pick mine, the one I KNEW I saved, and the other gets deleted because that's just what happens.

It was the old one that I saw seconds later on screen and I PANICKED. Then I, after not finding the new version anywhere, for half an hour, desperately searched reddit to see if I could get my drawing back. No. So. All progress lost. Then I said FUCK I'm not giving up!! No!! And continued despite everything very bravely (crying, shaking, etc). Then I get to the colours. I color Diavlo's skin and horns. I love it. I go down to his shirt and I'm so lost it's unbelievable. I go to Luvli and can't pick ANY colors because I just didn't like anything I chose!!! I didn't know what to do. I still did something anyway and then changed it again and again. In the end, I think the colors are alright. Not super wow but I've always had a problem with coloring so I think it's good anyway. I had problems with the following (I'm a baby):

.Diavlo's shirt(s) colors. I still think the color doesn't suit him that much. I wanted something fun but not that bright but also not that dark. Something cool. I didn't have any idea what to do. Ofc Diavlo's red, but red just didn't suit him I don't know why!!!

.Luvli's dress. I realized after painting it that it was too plain, and needed something. I avoided the drawing for half an hour because I decided to give it sparkles and didn't know what to do. I'm afraid it looks like she has dots on her dress, despite rechecking it 100 times.

. Luvli's... Uuuh.. antenna? Idk. Seems out of place, originally her hair was bigger but I realized it was too big for what I wanted. It just looks weird, but I wasn't going to take it out, I feel it's a very important part of Luvli. If she was completely human then maybe I could give her a fun headband but you know it'd be weird to have her with wings and not the little green thing.

. Diavlo's right arm. And left. But right first. It was in a very different position, and it showed off Luvli's open part of her dress, which was something I was determined to keep no matter how much I changed. Unfortunately, as I was coloring, I felt Diavlo's arm looked weird, so ultimately I changed it and slightly changed the position of Luvli's dress opening part. I still don't know if it looks the greatest, but it feels better to have him hold her by the hip than to have his arm randomly in front of her hips.

. Diavlo's left arm!!!! not that complicated really I'm just exaggerating hehe lol but I was angry because in the version I lost I feel I did a better job than on this one. But well what's done is done.

. Luvli's skin tone 😭. Genuinely every color I chose made her look either like a corpse or it was weirdly grey or orange. At one point I just put a bit of red over her to make her a little bit more lively because 😭😭😭

. Not hard but. Um. Luvli's arm is kinda weird here lol.

. At one point I painted behind Diavlo's tail, which was very dark black so I thought I was safe, and then when I painted that red it turned out it was kinda transparent and it looked so bad 😭 but I managed to make it look better I think.

Doesn't Luvli look a bit like a tomato here? Just... Just thought that while painting her but hoping no one thought that at the same time JRJER

Anyways!!!!um!!! Haply 2024!!!!

LAST 2023 DRAWING!!! LUVLI AND DIAVLO !