#i kind of tried semi-lineless art

[mothuary]

nicodemus and acherontia, my delectable little vamps

[ironic--neo]

“All legs, no dairy.”

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will i ever draw sasha in something besides this pose? probably not. needed a good excuse to showcase clothes and poofy borrowed-girlfriend jackets

[inorheona]

Hi! ❤ I just discovered your blog through your beautiful arcana art and well i wanted to let you know how amazing it is. I absolutely love the colors you use; you seem to be very good at shading. the style. Oh my gOD i adore your style! I hope you keep it up and continue blessing us with your gorgeous work. I hope to get to know your ocs more,-they seem super well designed and interesting! Sending love x

2/2 I also wanted to ask something regarding the process of developing your own techniques whilst drawing; i've personally been really struggling with choosing my art style. Sometimes i like to go smooth and clean and sometimes i make sure the brush strokes are pretty visible on the drawing. I feel like slowly i'm starting to lean towards the second one which makes my digital art look slightly more like it was done on actual canvas but i don't know. Any advice? 💕🌸

Hi! Thank you so much for your kind words, it’s so flattering and I really appreciate it! (◕ᴗ◕✿) To be honest, I used to stress out so much about developing my own style back in the day. I think the issue was that I tried to create it artificially, instead of letting it develop on its own. It had to be Cool, Unique and Recognizable ™ On top of it, I really enjoy such a wide variety of styles, and I still occasionally go ‘oh my god, this style with thick lineart is sooo good I wanna draw like that, oh this lineless simplified style is soooo good I wanna draw like that, oh that one semi-realistic style with visible brushstrokes is one love, I wanna draw l-” and this doesn’t help too. In the end I settled for “whatever works” with a bit of experimenting and taking notes of other artists’ art styles and coloring techniques because observing and incorporating elements adjusting them to your preferences is good too. I’d say that if you currently feel like you want to make art pieces that look like they were drawn on canvas - totally go for it. Maybe it will become your preferred art style but it’s not like you can’t switch to a completely opposite one later! I promise you that your art style will naturally change over time anyway!