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procrastination takes many forms. including making a shitty study of van gogh's sunflowers using the foil from chocolate coin wrappers
#the acrylic paints i have are absolutely dire otherwise i might have spent more time on the painting#they're not opaque at all like you need 10 coats at least but they're only 22ml tubes#i need to buy some good quality ones or see what ive got at home#id like to get back into painting#ive been dipping into watercolors but id really like to do more random acrylic stuff as well#i did this in like an hour and a half last night. listened to the unreleased album of the phantom chords all the way through plus some#damned tracks. had quite a jolly time. made absolutely no progress with my Developing Employability Portfolio Task!#what do i tag this as#original art#?#i guess that is my tag for all non fanart and non journal stuff
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even though i know the leverage team gets back together as soon as season 2 starts and we barely see any time of them being apart, it makes me unreasonably upset that they not only spent six months apart, but that they didn't know they'd all join back up eventually!! like wdym hardison spent months trying and failing to track down parker?? wdym parker gained a family and then spent half a year alone again?? wdym eliot had found a way to do some good or have some kind of purpose until it was suddenly over?? wdym nate & sophie had finally caught up with each other but came to realize that neither of them were in a place to have that relationship and spent months not knowing if that had been their last chance??
#leverage#leverageposting#especially parker and hardison. i get sad thinking about how she had adapted to maybe finally having people and then it was over#only for 6mo but as far as she knew it was probably forever#and then for hardison like. trying to track her down and failing. desperately trying to figure out how to find her. wondering if shes upset#that he hasnt contacted her. but also wondering if maybe she doesnt want to be found. maybe shes over him? maybe shes gone.#sophie at least evidently spent some of that time devising a way to get the team back together (and putting on a play)#the fact sophie managed to get an invite to parker while hardison couldnt find her is funny tho. i imagine soph had a different strategy.#trying to track her down means always being a step behind. id like to think soph instead predicted where parker *would* be.#wherever the shiniest thing to steal is. or that she set up a whole grift to both steal from a museum herself but also to entice parker to#steal from the museum and find a note hidden in the back of the most theft-worthy painting etc. idk.#but anyway hardison also looked so sad in the stork job when they briefly thought parker had run off ('trust me she is gone' 'whos gone?')#so actually losing her for 6mo + assuming it was probably forever is SO SAD#and parker not having her 'more than a team' team OW OUCH IM IN PAIN
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im really normal about them <- lie
#ace attorney#mia fey#diego armando#miego#lorillee.png#THATS RIGHT BABY. AFTER -um . hold on. *checks notes* - SIX MONTHS. LORILLEE IS BACK WITH PHOTOSHOP ART 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥#every now and again i like to put effort into something just to remind everybody that i can actually draw#well i say that but to be honest i put a lot of effort into those ms paint ''diego fey REAL'' doodles#but half of that is just because humans are a . something. to draw. and urban backgrounds are my worst nemesis#and also trying to work with ms paint to like slightly transform things is an incredible pain in the behind#anyways. yeagh 😎👍 behold the power of miego. getting me to actually finish something in photoshop for the first time in months#anyways. ive discovered the secret to getting me to draw stuff on photoshop. prepare yourselves accordingly#what i need to do is sketch & line something in ms paint. and then directly trace it over into photoshop#and then i can go ham#see because the reason i never did this before was because i would sketch things in ms paint#and try to line them in photoshop and it simply Wouldnt Work.#so i had assumed that if i wanted to draw in photoshop id have to sketch in it first. yknow. which i cannot do for some reason#something about the way the pen feels and the . its like the smoothing setting is on even when its on 0 percent. you know. anyways#but with this one i drew mia in ms paint as per usual . and i wanted to mess around with color & light#and i triedddd to do it in ms paint but unfortunately as you can probably imagine. doing stuff like this without layer filters#can get a little difficult. if you know what youre doing its obviously going to be easier but that being said i do not#when i pick colors i am literlaly just wildly guessing 😭🙏 which is fine for more straightforward coloring/shading#but not quite here. which is why i wanted to take a stab at it in the first place#so anyways i was like FINE WHATEVER and tried tracing the lineart in photoshop so i could take a stab at coloring in there#and i was . enlightened. (no pun intended). it WORKS#so anyways . you may actually be able to expect. some photoshop art from me#well ok thats a lie never expect art from me. but we can all dream together#anyways they really are the star-crossed doomed by the narrative romance ever. everything to me
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Hi y'all, I just wanted to talk a little about the behind the scenes of what I've been up to, to give y'all a little transparency and to open myself up for any tips or input! 🙏 Thank you for your continued support and for taking the time to look at my art 🫶
First and foremost I wanted to give some transparency about my art capacity.
As og followers may remember, I started this blog when I was doing art full time. Eventually my living expenses grew and I had to go back to work. I find myself in a cycle of "I'll make more art soon, once I get a job!" And "I'll make more art soon, once I am done with this job!" I lost my most recent job suddenly, having had an extension waved over my head until the last day(October 7th). Now I'm excited to have more time for art, but I am also feeling a rush to get a new job ASAP as I've been living paycheck to paycheck. I dream of doing this work full time, I'm just scared it's not quite there yet and I worry that I come off as scammy or dishonest when I anticipate more stability around the corner.
Second, I've been struggling with the Patreon. It's taken me a while to come to terms with this, but from what I've seen Patreon is not intuitive at all from the creator end. It doesn't do a good job of organizing addresses, emails, showing who or who isn't subscribed to me, or organizing and displaying the work I put on there. I've been really shocked by this experience, since lots of big names use Patreon. It's been a great way to streamline support, but it's been unhelpful in every other regard. I would like to continue using it, but I will most likely post more wips or process videos there in the future.
Which brings me to my third point, zines. I love making zines so much, it feels personal and fulfilling and fun! However the Patreon issues make it harder to keep information in order about where to send zines, or even where to message folks about them. In addition to this, the post office has been a big barrier to me, oftentimes only being open at the same time as my dayjob. Making zines can take days, then sending them out is a whole other monster.
This work is so important to me. Drawing peoples fantasies, representing body types, creating work around sexuality and the human experience feels like what I'm meant to do. I've made comics since I was a kid. This is the dream to me. The friends I've been able to make through this work are so important to me, and the conversations have been invaluable. Not to mention fun! I wanna doodle, I wanna draw hot stuff, I wanna thirst over these dudes! I want to play!
But I also just want to be transparent about the barriers I'm working around to share that experience. I'm completely self taught, both in art AND in running shops, building websites, running 8 accounts, etc. I take a lot of time to learn the logistics of these things, and try to make them make sense for my relationship with y'all (I do not want to paywall my art!! I don't want to!!!). This year my desktop broke down (the main one I use for all paintings and digital art). I've paused my Etsy shops and my Patreon to try to catch up with things. Trying to learn to paint in a completely different program. Then lost my job with no savings.
At the end of the day I don't want anything to come between me sharing my art with you. I wish I could doodle a thing, take a picture, and post it here. No third party site, no shop, no subscription. Just sharing my art with you. I promise I'm trying to figure out how to stay as close to that as possible, and I want to thank y'all for sticking with me as I untangle all of that.
So, what can you expect in the near future?
I'm working on a couple of painting commissions right now, which you should be able to see in the next couple of days! I want to catch up on kinktober and get those posted as well. There's a comic commission in progress which I'm very eager to work on, and which I think y'all will be excited for! To ease the weight of the Patreon I think I may do less zines/polls there and more wips and process videos! If possible, I want to do more full colored work too.
Thank you again for enjoying my work, and if you have any input or tips my inbox is always open 🙏🫶💕
#long post#info#marco lore#i wish i had time to edit this and make it nice#i just wanted to be open with yall about how much work this takes and that im trying to make it more doable#i don't want to overpromise stuff with patreon or shops and if im late sending stuff i never ever want it to come off as intentional or mali#malicious or as a scam#im just trying very hard to like ...survive. financially. and then trying to make all the logistics of thos big machine work. and then keep#up with commissions and shops and printing and mailing#god i wish i had employees but jts just me#i hand draw everything and then post it here to the word press to the ig and crop and caption and tag#then to the Patreon if it makes sense to or to the tiktok back in the day#and the formatting is all different#and i get messages across all of these platforms and I'm trying to learn a new way of painting on the fly#on top of that im supposed to be running my two Etsy shops too which im not right now because..broadly gestures#my nervous system can only take losing a job so often. the rug was really pulled feom under me in this one. i thought id have more time#i don't want to sound like I'm whining and i don't want to give up on all of this#i want to be very very very clear that art is what i love and who i am and what i want to do#i want to be posting on the daily again#i just need to evaluate what that looks like everytime life changes#I'm seriously so grateful for those of y'all that have joined the Patreon or bought stuff from the shop i really don't mean to drop the ball#so many times#y'all have literally been the difference between me making rent or not and I'm so worried that i don't make enough art to give back to that#relationship#im trying my best#okay anyways im posting this
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You don't just look like thistle YOU ARE LITERALLY HIM!!! i haven't seen a thistle cosplay this great , have a great day <3
WEE HEE thank u!
#i def wanna paint my eyebrows next time....idk if i cld do contacts but i kinda wanna try....#ilovedtoomuchdidnti#skunk mail#and hopefully by next rime i can get my melanin back 😭#i used to be darker in college when id actually go outside now im like. ghostly#*time
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twink dancy for those who celebrate
#hugh dancy#this twink could destroy my life and id thank him (he has)#he took my sanity when he walked into my life and idek if i want it back#i really love this art style ive been doing lately btw#i think its here to stay!!#this art really tested my endurance i wanted to give up so much trying to get the likeness but now i have this angel so it was worth it#also i painted this at 2am and when i woke up new hugh dancy pics had dropped so i count that as manifestation#will graham#hannibal#illustration#artists on tumblr#twink
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i cant do this today
#back to back sp*derverse posts saying like#“WHERREE DID GWEN GET TEAL POINTE SHOES!! SHES REBELLING AGAINST BALLET WOW!!!”#first of all theyre demi pointe real pointe shoes would tear her achilles tendons in half#there are specific colors. of shoes. for different ballets. they arent hard to find#yes typically tights and shoes are meant to match the wearers skin tone#you can paint. pointe shoes. people do this so often#is google hard#is it difficult#followed by a “WHAT YEAR IS IT.. THERES SOCIAL MEDIA .. BUT SHE USES CDS ??!” its 2014 man#its 2014. gwen canonically uses old shit its 2014#<- at least it is in the comics. i dont know about the movies but id assume that stays true#skyler posting#i need to start blocking these tags#the “gwen is rebelling against the harmful institution that is ballet” shit genuinnnennellyy pisses me off#do you know how many years worth of training and dedication and actual blood and sweat and tears that go into ballet#let alone graduating to going en pointe like she is#it is so obviously something shes passionate about if she was willing to put that level of work into training her body to handle being en po#inte#im gonna eat glass im serious
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"In Pieces."
This is an incredibly important set of paintings for me. This has been my passion project of around 6 months now, and my attempt at healing and facing memories of something I've buried for 6 years. This has been incredibly cathartic, and I hope you enjoy<3
Some individual shots of each painting below (please excuse the poor lighting, my room does not have the best light!)
Organs: Blood and colored pencil on canvas, 16×20
Video beneath the cut!
More shots to show off the gold on the skeleton (cinematography is NOT my strong suit😭😭😭)
Skeleton: Acrylic, blood, and gold on canvas, 18×24
#tw fake blood#tw fake gore#(??? maybe??)#artwork#painting#artists on tumblr#traditional art#art#artist#I hope everyone likes these#i was hesitant to post them bc ik people have primarily folmowed for fanart-#i havent been doing much digital art bc i was honestly getting burned out and didnt feel as connected to my art anymore#so my last couple pieces have all been more#idk experimental???#ive been getting back into traditional art again and ive definitely refounded my love for creating#but yeah!! id usually welcome critique but im honestly already happy with these as is#have a lovely day if ur reading these<3
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me asking my boss what the halloween costume rules are
#im actually thinking of not asking and just showing up full face paint like#What Is This Not Cool Well It Does Take Me Fifty Minutes To Get Home and Then Id Have To Change And Come Back Sooooooooo#i want to actually sew my own costume this year smth easy but i want to get started sooner rather than later
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painting practice
#if this was digital id fix the crop on it#and liquify things into place caus ethe compostion needs work for sure#anyways heres a funky lil guy#i like to paint but it has to be messy#painting#acrylic painting#watercolor#pen#ink#oh also i did the initial sketch free handed with a red pen! thats why the compoistiona dn such is kinda wonky#this wasn't really planned more like a sketch to get back in the groove of drawing but i like how it turned out so :3#in fact thats why i painted it cause even though i did alright onethe face there was some anatomy thing iwanted to fix but could only do so#with paint#so i ended up painting a bunch more of it#mixed media
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do u guys like her...
#twist rambles#having to write the id for this like. heres all the diseases.#sorry im like... ive been researching on and off all day and i truly do think i could fix her. pray fo rme that buyee shipping wouldnt be#too bad bc i want her soooo bad#bjd posting#and shes DIRT CHEAP. 1000 yen. like thats NUTS. they keep having to put the auction back up bc NO ONE will bid on this thang.#anyways. i am pretty confident now after all the research that... i could remove the face paint and resculpt her nose and then. paint it#again lmao. thankfully cordula (my resinsoul li/my VERY pink doll) has also had to have been full head painted so like... it shouldnt be to#bad? and w already having a body that SHOULD perfectly fit (given i can figure out the neck connector lol) i can just... paint her head to#match the body if i do go thru w it. i dont normally get like... this focused on what i assumed was an impulse purchase (havent bought her#yet) but i just... i keep thinking abt her like. i genuinely curse the autism object empathy bc every day ive been like checking the sales#page to see if it will truly be MY burden to bear.#anyways. i am making this post to get thoughts on her. do you guys see the cuteness hiding under the scaries.#if i DID get her it would be a massive liveblog adventure as i clean her up so. know that if you are invested in me deyuckifying beasts lol
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It's funny how long lasting base coat and top coat won't stop Essie polishes from chipping the next day, meanwhile I have to soak my nails with clips three(!) times total to be rid of all the Holo Taco polish, and can go for two whole weeks before the first tiny chips start to appear + seven days without base or top coat!
#it boggles my mind how different body chemistry affects which brands lasts#like my nail tech sibling prefers essie specifically cause it lasts long on them (for non gel polish)#also i removed my current manicure cause i get new polish soon that i wanna try#so got 3 days or so of trimming them down slightly shape them and also hydrate them#i managed to trim just enough to make me able to check heart rate again#but while still keeping them long and nice looking#if you told me half a year ago that id be physically able to have long nails id have called you crazy#i was mister ''would surgically remove all nails if given the option'' until this year#though to be fair it was because they were weak and hurt when they got too long#and therefore a sensory nightmare to my autistic ass#now that ive started using polish again for the first time in years AND#my years long work of strengthening my nails have bore fruit#suddenly i prefer having long nails#also it looks great on my hands frankly my hands are the one physical attribute im overly fond of lol#anyway i spent like 2 hours on this procedure and am currently resting my back oof#itching to paint them again but gotta stay strong..... tons of oil and then in 3 days new polish....#might just put some top coat on until then maybe for strengthenings sake#anyway this is me talking to myself mostly help got carried away#silvi talks
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ermmmm (sneak peek)
#my art#do not copy trace or steal#didnt mean to include the brush/cursor but i personally think it adds to the wip feel and bc i dont want it being nabbed BAHAHA#im actually so mad so im upstairs for the next few weeks/month or so to keep an eye on pasty (this isnt the part where im mad)#so my dad helped me get my tablet fixed up to my laptop since i dont want to have to move all of my office stuff upstairs and after we got#that figured out i just needed to get my brushes back since my main ones arent preset brushes. theyre the pastel brush and marker brush#specifically and i also love the bumpy art pen and faint acrylic paint brush (< casually drops all of my brushes#bc i love them so much and i think everyone who has firealpaca should at least try them out bc they are so good)#ANYWAY. so im looking at the brush store and i see the chopstick brush. YALL im actually so mad how good it looks and how i feel using it#an actual gamechanger what in the world#i thiiiiink id like to do more of these semi realistic wc drawings so we'll see how this one turns out + how i feel about it
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crazy eyes bc i got sick of having this ITYSL summer lovin’ skit painting on my floor. didn’t really finish it so much as i gave up but thats okay i think. happy new year more details in the tags :]
#my art#ok to rb#:d#used the ‘fuck an1sh kap00r vanta blk 3.0’ paint for the background#(its on a wood surface#i started this at the end of July (i think) right after the new season came out#id been really yearning to get back into acrylic painting again so i thought If i can finish this then that means im capable and also it#will get the scaries out by refamiliarizing myself w the medium#but basically it sat half finished on my floor until dec 27 when i was like you know what im sick of this i need it gone#anyway theres a lot of things i wish id finished on this but i think i just need to move on for my own sake perhaps ill revist it in the#future. I dont think ive ever shared a painting on here but i guess you could call this my style? i think it’s informed by doing mostly#digital painting and not really knowing how to blend. i like acrylics because they dry quickly. i like for my layers to be pretty visible#and shapey.#i think you should leave#itysl#i put it right next to my bed the two tims watch over my sleeping body now
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I should be in bed but I need to finish this mural before my birthday so I can sleep in my own damn room again
#my bedroom is too much of a mess for me to sleep in bc of the mural#ive been effectively renovating my room for a few months now#new carpet. new wall paint. etc#new furniture too.#its been exhausting and i wanna sleep in my own bed again 😭#amadeus speaks#not digital art#painting#painting a mural when you have back pain that gets worse the longer you stand is awful#and i cant use the stepstool often bc i get dizzy fast and. id like not to fall thank u.#making progress tho i should hopefully be done before my birthday in a few weeks#okay this is too many tags im done ranting now
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heyyy guys..do u think i should bcome a tattoo artist
#i just miss art lol#and i truly dont think i have the temperament of a full time content creator#although ultimately id love to write a comic one day#but like. im slowly coming to terms w the fact that its simply not going to happen if i stay in science#bc as i get further into the research career it will only become MORE time consuming#and also i am yearning for more job stability tbh lol and i genuinely cant think of any OTHER job that id see myself in#bc a)the autism and b) i think i need to be stimulated either intellectually or artistically or i will lose my mind. as in i wouldnt be#able togo back to working at a store fulltime#and i was brainstorming tattoo ideas for myself and it just occured to me that its actually kind of perfect?#and im honestly surprised i never thought of it before#being a tattoo artist i mean#i love doing commissions i love b&w art i love linework#i cant paint anyways HSDVHJB#so like. should i curate a portfolio and start cruisin for an apprenticeship be honest#and if u have any advice pls give lol :^)
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