#eekonis

[eekonis]

Let‘s now begin spinning the tale once again…

here in this golden afternoon

[kellkyy]

Hey hi hello,

Would it be okay to draw your characters? I'm not sure if you're participating in artfight, but even outside of that i would looove to draw them, of course with credit to you!! I'm super in love with your shape design and vibe and everyhting about your art makes me excited to draw!

Of course ! Im really flattered <3

I dont participate in artfight but drawing my characters is always allowed The thought of my art inspiring others to also make art is the best compliment ever

[blocky-tides]

emerald duo; you should have never shined a rusted blade and you should have never let its edge cut you (this will be your downfall, emperor)

for @antimony-medusa

{200 follower celebration request a web weave!}

slavoj žižek / marina tsvetaeva / @dogstrikes / silas denver melvin / wendy cope / @fuckingwhateverdude / @moneyoniis / @call-me-apple / anaïs nin / caroline polachek / @eekonis / jack gilbert / nicole holmer / @wolfythewitch / unknown / warsan shire / @yuker / mean girls

ambiguous smp earth au? where philza see techno, scrawny piglin who just plowing though people, across the enemy battle line and picks him up to train him up to fight for philza's side ya da ya da

eventually philza becomes emperor and decides that he doesn't need techno and throws him to metaphorically wolves (like banishment or something)

techno is like what?? i thought we were besties and philza is like no you were just a good soldier for me to use which leads to techno anarchy arc where he tears the empire down

originally it was supposed to be about techno betraying philza like what-could-have-been-canon but then i could only find art for philza betraying techno so role swap

theres also like a super minor subplot of the blood god is talking to techno joan of arc style that really kicks into gear after the betrayal

this is the more lore i have done for a web weaving but hope this made you cry medusa :D

[doodleduck]

I have a folder with every little message and doodle ever sent to me. I cannot discard of them ever

Whenever I order a print or other goodies from small businesses and I receive the product with a little note or drawing I will tear up. It’s so nice.

[antimony-medusa]

Nemesis #15: The Tunnels

Got permission to post one of the comics I worked on for @dsmpherozine! Script by me, beta work by @zrenia, art by @eekonis. Wonderful to work with them, and I'm so proud of what the end result was!

(God it looks so GOOD doesn't it, eekonis is a genius.)

[copepods]

my piece for @dreamoirezine , made in collaboration with @zrenia for her c!aimsey fic which you can read here or in the zine itself! pleaseeee check it and the zine out everyone’s work is so super cool!! ranboo’s design is also based on the work of @eekonis :D

[id: a drawing of c!aimsey and c!ranboo. aimsey is facing the right, staring forward with wide eyes. he’s holding his cane in his right hand and holding a daisy up in his left. behind him, ghostboo is floating and reaching down towards the daisy with a smile. ranboo is drawn in simple geometric shapes, with horns and bat like wings, and a large splotch of blood on their chest. aimsey is wearing brown pants and a jacket, a white shirt, and a large white bear’s skin for a hood. the palette of the piece is dark green. end id]

[evelmiina]

Hi Eva,

I have a fee questions regarding your wonderful work. I'm currently working on my visdev portfolio, but going a bit insane thinking about keeping my artstyle consistent if i'd ever be hired. I just looked through your background paintings and wondered how you keep your backgrounds in a consistent style. I love your nature studies too, and they look so different from your work pieces... More free and explorational. Is it difficult to keep up the habit of learning new techniques and exploring styles once you're on a job? I'm so full of ideas and feel like sometimes the idea would require a certain style/technique to be pulled off in the best way. Do you feel that too sometimes and is it restricting in a way to then keep the style of the paintings the same.

Would love to hear your thoughts on that!! :)

Hi Eekonis!

First off: don't worry! I don't think consistency is an issue... I feel like any artist no matter the level, feels like their work is all over the place. I think of consistency more like per project, rather than overall my work. 

If you're interested in vis dev, a good way to showcase your work in a portfolio and not feel overwhelmed and all over the place, is to create just one project. I saw in your portfolio the bat story exploration, that's great! Just pick one of the ideas you have. Truth is we never feel ready to do something and we postpone and ruminate, but you have to start somewhere. My friend always says, "vain tee se" (just do it) and that's really all there is. Imagine your story as a film/TV (or game, or comic, but you have to choose one), and make designs and paintings of how you imagine it. You can try searching for visual development portfolios and see what other professional artists have included in theirs, there's so many ways to go about it. From the top of my head I'm thinking Aurelien Predal, Marie Thorhauge, Scott Watanabe, Kevin Roualland, Sylvain Marc. Also art books of movies or shows you like are really useful. There's a lot of art of movies and artists, tutorials etc collected in character design references website, from all around the world.

If your own idea feels too vague or the story is not set and you get stuck on it, you could also choose an existing story like a fairytale or a novel. Try to be intentional with your pictures - you want to be clear and tell a story after all, you want people to feel like they get to know the characters and the world from just one picture, and they really want to know the full story. In your portfolio, I like your bat story explorations and it seems cool, but it's currently missing some characterization and story. It would be a good idea to illustrate story moments or character design that really shows the personality, gesture, acting. And when you create environments, make them feel lived and inhabited, give them just as strong mood and character as you would to characters. 

Consistency within a project is just about setting rules and limitations, some of them come from the ability and skill. Others are more like, what brushes to use, what are the visual goals, influences and references. You can go pretty far in breaking down how pictures are made and what makes a style. For example, why do Ghibli movies look like Ghibli? What kind of color palettes, compositions, camera angles, tools were used? How realistic/cartoony is it? There’s internal logic to everything designed, and with practise it becomes more visible.

I don't know if I intentionally try to learn new styles all the time. I'm generally just motivated by doing what I think is fun or what I want some piece to say about story, character or my own feelings and trying to do it best I can. It sounds simple but... if the goal is to do something really well, then I just do my best to learn it. There are some styles that I really love and think are amazing, but would probably take decades to pull off and I just accept that I don't really want to go that way, and I focus on things that I really want to keep at. It's always possible to switch directions, but to get good at something you have to commit to one thing at a time. 

So yes, I face my limitations all the time. I'm very familiar with feeling like, so and so would do better job, someone is always better than me for sure. Sometimes it is painful to not be able to draw or paint in a way I want. I think this probably never changes, it's just human nature. But I dunno, some people get satisfaction from making AI do their project in the style they want, but if I was able to do something in a snap of fingers, like just get the perfect style for my project, it wouldn't feel good to me. I guess I want the full experience of suffering and joy of figuring things out myself. Sometimes it will suck and hurt, but you learn more about yourself and it'll get easier to recognize what you really want to make. Then, you can always do a little bit better next time.

[n0phis]

Your art looks fantastic! I don’t know if you’re aware of this but the titkoker “cqilbur_” used your art in an edit. They gave you credit, but I just wanted to make sure you were aware! Here’s the link: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT88gPPR9/

AHAH thank you for showing me!!! :D idk about the intent behind this so im assuming its just letting me know since i usually state i love to see edits w my stuff, but if it was for the sake of checking if i allow it i absolutely do!

i think its stated in the disclaimer thing i post with my art but if not i may change that to specify that edits are encouraged!

(embedding it here for those who also wanna check it out!)

[feminetomboy]

Dude, I come back from France, hear that Anne Eekonis was also in France and two days later Hellen Hellenite is in France. Any more mutuals travelling there that I should know about? Anyone else planning to complete this circle of stupidity?

[eekonis]

OUUGHH!! love these little mermaids! I drew them like i used to as a kid and ohhhh, this is such a silly fun way of drawing!! 😭🤲🏻

[mykaeba]

oo hi ty for the tag!! bit late, sorry!

last song: apocalypse 894 by stupeflip! some weird french rappers my brother likes and made me listen to, and i actually quite enjoy it :]

favorite colour: it has to be blue,, probably some greyish sadish blue from early morning times?

last movie/tv show: just rewatched the entirety of lotr with my roommate, was a blast!

currently watching: the owl house? i saw one too many fanart of hunter and had to know what that was about (still not there yet tho lmao).. i also started jjk recently!

sweet spicy savory: i have the sweetest tooth. spicy comes right after but i’m unable to handle anything too spicy despite liking it…..

relationship status: uuuuh- uh. um. celibacy (add meme here)

current obsession: it’s missing chommy hours…

last thing i googled: “evolutionary anachronism” it’s that very cool thing where a plant outlasts the species that were supposed to pollinate it/ distribute its fruits, i am very obsessed with that atm

no pressure tags: @areus-in-a-little-cave @two-wizards-in-a-trench-coat @becauseplot @blissfali @eekonis @thinkingaboutctommy @youreyeslookliketheocean @amagnifique (bcuz ik you won’t see this till forever and i find it funny) and whoever has never done one of these (i’d love to hear abt you!)

9 people I would like to know better

Thank you for tagging me @drewstarkeysbae!!

last song? Heartbeat, Childish Gambino

favorite color? Red

last movie/tv show? The 100

currently watching? Invasion

sweet/spicy/savoury? Spicy

relationship status? Talking

current obsessions? Jack championnnn

last thing you googled? Jessica Lord (bc Matt Rife is dating her lmfaoo)

No pressure tags: @reychvmpion @runningfrom2am @rvfecamerons @serial444killer @corpsebasil @heavensghost @heavenhillgirl @11133 @polishlolita

[soulbounded]

Isn't all that rage so ugly? And isn't it mine, still? Good god, isn't it mine? — of voices, god & rage.

blood (my chemical romance) // the cult of dionysus (the orion experience) // art by eekonis // art by nashijiruuwu // portrait of my father as a young black man ( sjohnna mccray )

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[tea-with-veth]

Oh I have some numbers for fic ask game.

3, 5, 12, 21?

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

Oh damn, that's a hard one. I think I've gotta say it's from Starlit Dragons, with Techno and Phil.

“Phil,” he whispers, and for once he feels like a child, wistfully ridiculous. “Phil, fetch me a star.” I got this beautiful fanart from @eekonis of that scene, and it's still the background for my phone.

5. most popular fic this year

By both hits, kudos, and bookmarks it's don't hang up yet, i'm not done formerly known as "how I met my platonic husband" and more and more affectionately known by me as "the lab AU my beloved." Beeduo for the win.

6. most memorable comment/review

Oh, this is a hard one. I get so many lovely comments and I treasure them dearly. I've shared my writing with a few IRL friends this year, and the kind things they've said to me about it have meant a lot to me. I think the most impactful comment was by someone who pointed out a massive plot inconsistency in the touch-tone telephone series. They thought it was intentional, and complimented me for my clever worldbuilding. It was not intentional, but I was so determined to fix my plot hole that it was basically what prompted me to write i'll get it right (but maybe not tonight).

[lmanbergfanzine]

🏴  CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT   🏴

 Everyone give a cheer for @eekonis! Also on twitter and instagram 

[dilfcr0wley]

Omg thank u for the tag @ten-nan-th-doctor i feel so happy and included already 🥲 I’ll just tag the first few ppl that are recommended I don’t really know a lot of people that well yet !!

@orionyello @eekonis @neijah @devils-minion @umulata

I was tagged a year or two ago to do this tag game but I never actually posted the result before:

And then I was tagged again recently by @novemberhush (thank you for the tag 💘) on the same tag game:

It was fun to compare the two pictures!

tagging some people as well to continue this game if they want ✨

@londonlock @johnsimms @safedistancefrombeingsmart @kettykika78 @whatnext2020 @topsyturvy-turtely @chained-to-the-mirror

the link can be found here!

[n0phis]

Hello n0phis, your art is really beautiful and so warm!! Like a hug to my dsmp brainrotted soul 🧡

Sadly i don't ever have headcannons, but i would give you so many if i had. Anyways,, hope you have an awesome day today,

Ly~ Eekonis

MAN THAT IS SO KIND THANK U :(((( /POS

i had an absolutely cromulent day :D i wish the best for u as well!!!! handshake on the headcanons my brain is empty but my hand is full of Apple Pencil