#it's been a while since i did lineless art it's very comforting

[flowerakatsuka]

i'm painted in colors here and there and you, too, are painted in colors everywhere

i'd like to personally thank @brofightiscancelled & @awittlebabbyboy for giving us the most glorious yanaichi feast they've been giving us with their postgrad plan au, ( also for just giving us the au in general, it's so freaking interesting and i love so much about it oh my god?? )

anyways, fellas, is it gay to happily wear the color you associate with your totally platonic roommate?

[dearestsilhouette]

TW for mention of death, please keep these in mind! ,:)

hey hey, art I spent two hours on (probably because it’s lineless)

anywaysss uh

this is Pixel!!! and she is traumatized

Stuff about the drawing and about Pixel herself under the cut!! ^^

Stuff about Pixel:

Pixel is an ageless adult

Cisgender female, straight, aromantic and demisexual

She somehow has never been fully corrupted

Pixel can be very self centered at times

Pixel previously knew Bitmap (as seen above) and helped comfort them / help them do things they weren’t able to do due to the pain

She is REALLY fast. like really, REALLY fast

When Pixel was in high school before the corruption, she did flag dancing / colorguard for a while and still somewhat does it today. She’s sorta good at it, though a little rusty due to a lack of practice, but she’s got some muscle memory from when she was younger!!

Kinda silent with people

Stuff about the photo:

Pixel previously knew Bitmap (another one of my ocs) when she was younger, and the two got along really well! They ended up apart since the drawing’s date, though.

The date of this photo marks a tragic incident for Pixel; the day that both of her parents were corrupted, as well as her mother being “exterminated,” aka killed.

She’s almost been corrupted about 12 times, each time being worse than the last. This was the second time she was ever in contact with the corruption.

The drawing actually takes place when she was younger / a minor.

The person pulling her away was another adult that she didn’t know at the time (and still doesn’t know).

anyways uhhhhh that’s it ^_^

ty 4 reading!!!!

[guyghoul]

I actually owe a lo to @tehsquishyray. His lineless art style helped me find my own. How fitting that my following his art process more closely coincided with a fan-character of hi setting.

@tehsquishyray has a world based on the ‘Smoosh Wolves’, where cartoon physics rule the day. They are called such because they can be subjected to squash and stretch... ‘smooshing’, in other words.

What you can see here, though, is clearly a Smoosh Mole... based on th European Mole and the Hottentot Golden Mole (which is not a true mole, actually). Th is actually a reference to bo the whack-a-mole game and how tehsquishyray considered being a Smoosh Mole himself.

The idea I had while making him is that whoever invented the Smoosh Wolves was making a 'new and improved sequel': the Smoosh Mole. However, the inventor instea decided upon instead improving the Smoosh Wolves. Only one Smoosh Mole was made. (This was before tehsquishyray solidified the origins of the Smoosh Wolves. I have ye to update his backstory accordingly.)

The Smoosh Mole, Kamal, is envious of the Smoosh Wolves. After all, he wa supposed to be perfection (or so he says)! I magine him to be a cartoony villain who is in a part of a rivalry agains the Smoosh Wolves... thoug he frequently just gets mooshed, himself. (Think of the Tom and Jerry rivalry.) His main smooshing item is a mallet, though he also frequently just uses his body because that is my favourite form of smooshing.

By the by: he does hav eyes... little dot eyes that European moles have. They are just normally hidden in shadow.

Normally, I sketch using Colors! 3DS then do the rest using Inkscape. However: I have been lately getting frustrated by how difficult was getting the Bezier curves working, especially with my use of negative outlines. That difficulty actually had me feel off-put actually drawing. I decided to just do the whole thing in Colors! 3DS, which i something that I had not done in a decade. I am grateful of all of the work I did with Inkscape, though; even with my rudimentary use and understanding of the tools in Colors! 3DS, I still found a lot more artistic growth since the last time I used only tha tool when drawing. However, I still feel that I have a long way before I am fine wi the process; in addition to the aforementioned shadow, he i supposed to have very shiny eyebrows and fur, bu that does not seem obvious here. Never the less, I feel a lot more comfortable drawing using only this tool.

 I am going to need such comfort...

[erekiosuncreativeideas]

Hey! Just wanted to say you and several other talented folks in the Hat in Time fandom inspired me to take another crack at digital art. I didn't really care for it when I tried it about a decade ago, but went out and bought a tablet to try again! You've probably been asked this before, but which art program do you use/recommend? And do you have any simple tips for a beginner? Thanks, and hope you are well!

Hello ! Aaaah I’m glad it helped you !! I hope you’ll keep your inspiration up ! As for which software I’m using, surprisingly, this is the first time someone asks me this I think ? x) In any case, I use Clip Studio Paint for drawing (very useful for its 3D models and its workshop) and this website for texturing my drawings.

As for simple tips for beginners, hum... Let me put that under a “read more” as it's very, very long.

So yeah. Well, I’m not really a good example.

I started drawing by copying drawings in “how to draw” books, then official arts and fanarts. I kept them for myself at the time, but I still have them in a folder, in a closet of my room. I mean, copying does help, as it helps you to get used to proportions, to basic movements with your pencils/pen, to a base in anatomy... Of course, they’re still copies of someone else’s drawings, so it’s best not to share them online. Copying is more a training process (at least, to me). Here’s what I used to do (so yeah, those are copies for the first two, then one of my tries at “”inventing”” new characters by changing their clothes and hair, though still using very simple poses). I was 11 years old at the time (I’m 23 now).

Once you start being more comfortable without something to copy... Don’t feel bad about using references. And for that, let me find two versions of a drawing I made about one of my old OCs back in 2017 (I was 19 at the time). Keep in mind that there is only a month of difference between the two following drawings (yes the date is in European format, as I’m French)

So... YEAH. Using references (and in that case, a 3D model in CSP) is very, VERY USEFUL. It’s not cheating. Saying that using references and digital tools to get a better drawing is cheating is, for me, the same as saying it’s cheating to use a car to go to work instead of walking there. We have tools, we have a looot of options, so let’s use them.

Another advice is to draw as much as you can. I know, you hear this one ALL THE TIME. But you don’t have to draw BEAUTIFUL drawings all the time. Even doodling helps you to improve. Like, okay, this is not something you should do in class like I did back when I was in college, but I used to doodle A LOOOOT in my notebooks. And... Well... Those aren’t very “good” compared to my finished drawings, sure, but they do help you to develop your style, to develop your drawing speed, and most importantly, it teaches you not to ALWAYS try to get a beautiful drawing in the end. Sometimes, doodling can be more useful than spending hours on a single drawing, especially when you’re not inspired. Some of my doodles are even better than some of my old finished drawings. Like...

They’re not perfect, but they did help me to get more spontaneous when drawing Hat Kid and Snatcher in my more elaborated drawings. So yeah, doodle as much as possible (just... Not in class like I did ahahaha, that probably contributed to me dropping out of school dkishqd).

Another advice would be to give yourself some slack, and I’m speaking from experience. I used to be so strict with myself, thinking that whatever I had to produce had to perfect (writing or drawing) otherwise it was no use to continue it. Drawing for myself (meaning, drawings that weren’t meant to be posted, drawings “for fun”) were out of the question because they “would have no use”. So yeah, I spent years trying to draw based of what I thought people wanted from me, and not what I wanted to draw. I don’t think I even knew what I wanted to draw sincerely at the time, to be completely honest. One example I can give about this was when I tried to do the 2018 inktober : I only managed to do 5 drawings, because I was trying MUCH TOO HARD to do something I could find beautiful. I had to take a few days to finish a single drawing, so I already felt like I wasn’t doing the challenge properly, since while I did draw everyday at the beginning, it was less drawings than expected. Eventually, I became sick and I had to stop drawing for a few days. When I felt better, I had lost all motivation to continue the challenge. Wanna see how overcomplicated those drawings were ? Here are a few :

Let me tell you that joining the AHIT fandom helped me IMMENSELY, because I did my best at drawing as much as I could, I tried as much as possible to be satisfied of my drawings, even if they didn’t reach my expectations. And you know what ? I improved so, so, SO much in only ten months. Although, it wasn’t entirely done by motivation (ha, I wish). This coincided when I started taking antidepressants, and more precisely when they started to work on my mental health. So yeah, mental health really was a problem that prevented me from drawing, so sometimes, some exterior help is needed when it’s necessary. Here are my first two drawings of the year (well, they’re from December 31th 2019, but HUSH)...

Compared to my most recent ones (made for my ongoing RPs, and these drawings are perhaps the first ones I've done for fun in my entire life, I am not exaggerating) :

So yeah. Taking care of your mental health if you need it is one of the most important points, if not THE most important one. I know it helped me A LOT, and I, who used to draw perhaps 10 to 15 drawings A YEAR... Made more than 130 drawings this year in only 10 months. Your well being always, ALWAYS has to come first, and trust me, it’ll help your productivity and thus help you to improve as you’ll probably draw more. But then again, this is only my personal experience on the subject.

Don’t be afraid to try new things (like recently, I’m trying to colour my sketches and I feel like it looks better than my lineless drawings), don’t be afraid to try new tools, don’t be afraid to ask for help, don’t be afraid to look at tutorials, don’t be afraid to use references, and most of all, don’t be afraid of not being productive.

Sometimes you really, REALLY need a break, and this comes from a person who had a writing and artistic artblock (meaning, hiatus in all my ongoing projects and the inability to start new ones) for two years before becoming productive again. As you can see, it really helped me.

I hope it wasn’t too boring to read and I hope my advice will help you. Obviously, I’m not a drawing expert, I’m just doing what feels nice and good to me, but my methods might not work for everyone. Each person has their own way to function and if you haven’t found yours, it’s okay, it’ll come with time and experience as you try new things. Don’t be afraid of doodling or making ““bad”“ drawings, because it’s still a very good experience. It’s better than doing nothing.

Anyway... Hope it helped, and thank you for following me, my art and fanfictions, it really means so much to me !!

[berrisweetsiren]

“...I really do love you, Alverio.” “I love you too, Calypso.”

A few minutes prior...

“Tonight was really nice… Especially after everything that happened, Veri.” I spoke up, my voice very quiet against the soft breeze drifting through Vesuvia.

“Yeah. I think we all needed a night to ourselves after everything that happened. Not to mention everything that followed.” My date, Alverio, said quietly, “It's just a shame Nadia couldn’t accompany us.”

I nod in agreement, my face still flushing at the memory of how her smirk curled onto her face when I asked if she wanted to accompany us tonight.

“She did say that she had a meeting to attend to today,” I replied sheepishly, a hand tucking back into the dress pants I had worn for that evening, “I’m not going to lie though, I think she just wanted us to spend time together.”

Alverio gave a small snicker, but shrugged a bit.

“Frankly, I wouldn't put it past her. Ever since we had gotten back from the Arcana realms, we haven't had much time to spend together.” He replied, slowly taking a deep breath of the nighttime air. We were just starting to walk back to the castle, after some spending some time in the Market that afternoon. Light was beginning to dim, the bright blue of day slowly fading to a steely darker shade.

“Say, Veri?” I look to him, no doubt the white freckles on my face lightly sparking and glowing with my inner magic, as they tended to do when I felt a bit shy- “What was your favorite thing from the Market today?”

“You mean besides the bread we always get?” Alverio commented, a joking smirk tossed my way making me giggle a bit and shake my head.

“Yes, besides that!” I reply with a joking tartness to my tone, which wittingly earned me an intent jair ruffle.

“Well, some of the scarves were really cool. I saw something maybe Nadi would like, but eheh… I didn't bring enough with me to buy it.” Alverio said, and I giggled with an understanding nod.

“That's fair. I'm sure we could've charged it to the castle and Nadia wouldn't mind, but Ehhh. It can still be hard on the conscience all the same.” I mumbled sheepishly, before I felt myself get stopped- just gently enough by a hand on my other shoulder.

“Hm…?” I turned my head to face Alverio, who did smile sheepishly and blush.

“I did find something that… you might like though.” He said, making me raise an eyebrow a bit, before he placed something into the palm of my other hand.

“Huh?....”

Inside the palm of my hand, was a small light purple ribbon, with little flower embroidery meticulously stitched into its fabric. My eyes widened a bit, before Alverio put a hand over it, focusing for a few moments. The gentle but comforting feel of Alverio’s magical aura- which by now was very familiar. Out of habit, I felt the gentle tug of my own magic draw a bit forward- not enough to conjure anything, but enough to make the freckles on my face further brighten to life. After a few moments, a few vines recoiled around the fabric- with a small flower beginning to bloom at its center. I watched, in love stricken awe, as the flower slowly bloomed in a sweet white rose.

I felt my face flush, a sense of warmth and admiration just washing over me.

“Veri…” I found myself wanting to speak… but I had no clue what I'd even say. Alverio chuckled sweetly, looking away nervously and averting my gaze.

“I remembered you mentioned that you lost your choker while you were with Asra… So I thought I’d get you a new one. I just realized it was missing something though.” He explained, “I...I figured I’d add my own touch to it. It'll suit you perfectly-”

He didn't get much chance to speak thereafter, when I pulled him into a tight hug.

“You really didn't have to, you know…” I mutter quietly, my breath just ghosting above his ear, “But gods… I know I've said this only briefly in passing before, but… I really do love you Alverio.”

“Callie…” I could almost feel the way his face warmed, “I…”

But again, I didn't give him much of a chance to reply to my words, pulling back just slightly before nervously- but more certainly- pressing my lips to his. All before, I had ghosted around the subject, all up until I had asked him out. Because I wasn't sure how exactly to deal with all my feelings- between him, Nadia, and Asra. I loved them all, just as equally, and all my relationships had been pretty open. No one really minded. But the past few weeks in particular, I've realized that I don't want just an open relationship… But mayhaps, what my friends would've called a polyamorous relationship.

All I knew was, I wanted him apart of it. I didn't ever think I'd think like that when I first met him, but our magic was almost perfectly in sync with each other ever since I first met Rinina’s cousin.

So, I didn't immediately chicken away. Not like I did before. And especially not when I felt the affection returned. Internally, I sighed with relief- although internally, gently tugging him closer to me with a hand into the red wavy locks of his hair. I never even realized up until now, just how similar the feelings were towards him- that I felt when I was around Nadia, and even later Asra.

By the time I pulled away, I found myself absolutely breathless, my face intently warmed to the tips of my ears. Now that I was this close… I felt it, the adoration, the warmth, the love… for him. For him, just as strongly as I did for my other partners.

But hearing the words from his mouth, just further solidified my feelings when he laughs softly.

“I love you too, Calypso.”

What can I say? I’m a sucker for dating stories. I’m also a HUGE sucker for these two dorks. So I decided to do some art of these two being cute, and actually fully saying the words! Because I’m a sap.

...Writing this took two hours, I’d like to add, purely because Distracted. 

Anyway! Alverio belongs to @creamecream while Calypso belongs to me!

Oh! And here’s a lineless version, because I thought it looked really pretty!~

[cjoat-boost]

During my mental break, I’ve been trying to recover from a traumatic experience that occurred last month…I probably won’t be venting about my life anytime soon. But it is really messed up. Anywho, been resting, practicing mindfulness, my period came on, so I’ve been trying to control my temper, etc. 

But here’s an update, I did some more artwork. I’m going to give you that today. I’m going to recommend a few apps, youtube channels, and show off some artists and musicians, in this post. I’ll also mention some servers for you guys to join. In also munching on some organic cinnamon bears by the Wholesome brand. You can’t beat them. 

Apps I use on my phone!

Here’s some apps I use in my everyday life. Some you have to pay a little more for but it’s definitely worth it.

Triller | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/triller-social-video-platform/id994905763 | Personally I have not tried This. But since a TikTok is getting banned in the US and China, I thought well, might try this out. Despite TikTok’s racism and shadowbanning, I liked making small little clips. No matter how embarrassing it is. So give it a try you never know.

Polarr | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polarr-photo-editor/id988173374 | Okay. I had to include this app into this list. Y’know? This is my favorite photo editing program. It’s simple, it’s sleek, and it’s so fun to mess around with stuff in your photos. I never knew this great of an app exists a year ago? You can add effects, get rid of some unwanted features, or just do a simple touch up. It’s available on the computer, and tablet and phone.

Telegram | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807 | it’s a messenger app. Yes. I know. But! Hear me out! You can set it up to have this so password protected. It encrypts all of your conversations. You get all kinds of stickers to include in your conversations. Honestly? It’s fun, interactive, and safe from unwanted eyes. 

Notebloc | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notebloc/id1077023687 | oh my gosh what can you do. It’s a free app. With premium scanning capabilities, at no cost to you. It’s amazing to be honest I believe it’s better than Evernote. Just give it a shot.

YouTube channels I watch!

Here’s a list of YouTube channels I highly recommend for a good laugh, interesting fun, SpeedPaints, gameplay, etc.

Jacksepticeye | premium content. Amazing. Loud voice. Beautiful and happy man. Plays many video games, has a lot of reactions, it’s beautiful honestly. Watch his videos.Neebs Gaming | My favorite series on this channel (and I’m currently listening to) is his Subnautica series. It is absolutely hilarious. It’s great. This guy(s) turned this game and made a video show out of it, it’s so laughable. I love it. 

Adrian Von Ziegler | Beautiful channel, perfect inspiration music. D&D campaign music! And taking Celtic Music back to its roots. Oh my gosh it’s absolutely amazing.

Penny Jacobson | Held by our very own CJOAT social media manager! Show her some support, please she’s trying her best.

Epic Meal Time | These guys are absolutely insane. Don’t know how to cook, but made the best cooking show on YouTube (in my opinion) oh but seriously, if you want diabetes for your eyes? This is perfect for you.

Mark Haynes | BEST DANG PIXELATED ANIMATED SHOW EVER. SUPER MARIO BROS Z! WATCH IT! IT’S BEAUTIFUL HOLY CRAP IT HAD ME HOOKED.

Sprocket Tech | Okay I cant help it, this channel reached 40 subscribers as of this week. 1 active commenter, things are absolutely gravy. If you could show some love to the speedpaints and other playlists made in this channel… it would be amazing. Youtube is special but yknow? We’re trying.

Discord Servers to join!

Here’s a list of servers I’m in, and I watch you to take part in. It’ll be amazing if you showered them in support.

UNDERTALE ROLEPLAY Server | Universal Server Invite | https://discord.gg/PQdJX5n

Creator’s Museum: Do you specialize in any of the creativities of arts, (meaning you Create something no matter how long ago or how bad or good you think it is) | Do you need support from others or a place to network? | Do you want to dump all of your stuff in a Safe and friendly place? | Do you have a fandom or two to share? | And most of all, want something to entertain you while you’re bored | Creator’s Museum is the one server for you! We are a community that advertises and supports our members, we’re honest, sweet, trustworthy, empowering fandoms, being allowed to express ourselves, and just giving each other some attention! Got a server you want to gorge? We’ll partner with you. For the entire month of December every year, as soon as you join, you get a gallery of your own to dump everything you want in. For the rest of the year, you get your gallery if you stay two weeks. We have tourneys, and challenges, and some extra Notification ping friendly action. come in and say hi, dump as you please, and make a friend or two! | https://discord.gg/amWDkyz

My Art Currently As on Pride Month 2020!

  Happy PRIDE

Underwater Tram Battle

Medieval Ref

Glowing Eye (Black Lives Matter)

(ᴇʀᴢᴀʜʟᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ĐɆⱤ₳₦₲ɆĐ#2276‘s Character) Erzahler (my Art Though)

Baby Medieval (Thank RedKammy on Twitter for the F2U Lineart)

Chymrali’s Small Body Compared to Her Large Wingspan

Chymrali Catching Dreisig

Fire Practice

3D Filter Practice

I’m Sorry (Soul Update)

Dawn (Halo’s Character) & Graffonti (My Character) Ship Child

Michael & Grillby’s Ship Child

Rebelle Missing His Special Someone

Black Lives Matter Mask

Rebelle’s Soul (Crap I spelled his name wrong)

Post-Birthday Rebelle (21 years old As of June 30th)

Comet! FtM Space Dazzler

Rebelle Flexing In Space

Nilla da Beana

Mystic Anthromorphic Rabbit

Human Form turned into Medieval

EDIT: Okay! So after my art getting called demonic and a severe psychosis breakdown; PLUS, a motivational religious talk from my biggest supporter, my mother, Kelli Wise. Love you, Meema! I decided to completely disregard what my grandmother and my uncle said about my art, and continue posting what I love to draw. Especially since I’m on Art Fight! Can’t be feeling down and below, since my art needs to and is constantly improving. So below I’m going to show my Art Fight Identification Card for 2020! And the Art Pieces I’ve been doing there and recently as of July!

So far I have over 520 points! Come and attack me! I dare you!

Just Child Me, checking in on you.

After I vented for a bit, my close friends sent comfort, jokes, and love my way. I love those guys.

Just my skeleton form in bitty form.

This is the symbol for my character, Chymrali.

Galaxy Swirl Nightmare

OwO Slime

This was my first art attack. While I am not proud of it, I’m still glad this is what set me off.

Pfffhehehehe a certain couple “broke” when they saw this. They loved him, and they both loved the art.

She liked this one. ^^ This was my second art attack.

This was my third art attack. Even though I didn’t get any into for it, I got the Grace of meeting a Parody of James Bond.

Another D&D character! I love drawing Drows. They’re just so fun to draw and colour without going full on black and white.

This was @Fluffaros two characters! I hope they become canon. They haven’t confessed but i hope they do.

This was an attack on Team Spice’s MissOccult. (She loved it btw.)

This was an exact scene from Doldrum’s campaign.

I was thinking about my pup, Shy, may she Rest In Peace. I created this in her memory.

MissOccult attacked me back with beautiful art!! So I attacked her back in revenge (more like love) with another character she loved.

This is an improvement of some of my previous attacks!

This was just practice drawing honey. Could be better but you know.

this could possibly be my first lineless art piece. I’m surprised it turned out so well.

I loved messing with the blues on this piece. It was very fun to do. Also YAY FIRST SUCCESSFUL BACKGROUND! Probably not first but you know.

Trust me, their character design looked a lot better when Vmii did it. But I’m just glad I could throw in a throwback piece for the background.

Was listening to Clarity as I made this caption. I think it impacted the art. It’s nice to pair with the piece.

BEST PIECE BY FAR! I’m so proud of this.

Certainly not the best but not my worst either. But Grandmother seems to like this one.

Girasol Guerrero Sirena Princesa Gianna

…No comment on this one…it brings back pain.

I’m black in America, fighting for our rights to be here in unity and empathy.

Kitten…Be Safe…

Intermission From Life During my mental break, I’ve been trying to recover from a traumatic experience that occurred last month...I probably won’t be venting about my life anytime soon.