#its 8 am idk if this is even legible

[celluzu]

There's just something about the way that reassuring Pac comes so easily to Fit, even if little else does.

For all the hesitance and all the awkwardness, the second that Pac's confidence flags Fit will not hesitate for even a moment to assure him. Suddenly it's not hard for him to tell Pac how smart, and strong, and amazing, and perfect he is to him.

Despite everything, the second that Pac needs him, he'll be there, walls down. Pac would do the same for him.

[slacktivist]

another practice oc of a PIGEON. lots of little mistakes and ugly things here. I could list all the things I hated about it, starting off with its crooked claws. I think my linework sucks and I don't have a style or a'feel' that I'm going for. I just wanted to do a pigeon. I start putting details in an area and then I get lazy and refuse to do detail anywhere else. I also have no idea how to use this stupid software, so my process is VERY SLOW and laborious. How the FUCK do layers work. I get that layers make things easier to change things, but it's also difficult to comprehend a finishing image when it's made up of layers?? I don't know. I find it confusing to have coloured elements separated. Especially when I'm so used to working with physical paint. Another thing is colouring?? I would have thought it was the most fun part, because of how much I love paint (even though I haven't touched it in almost 8 years). But so far I fucking hate doing it digitally, it is CONFUSING TO ME. I often just give up on practicing because it takes long to produce something legible to me. Hence the pretty pigeon head above, but the ugly pigeon feet. Maybe that's my design process idk? I think that I should develop a practicing process where I spend time on doing linework for various things, then practice colouring various different things and so on. At the moment I'm more like, "oh I would like to draw a pigeon" and then I focus on a pigeon for so long that I begin to hate the pigeon deeply. I'm not sure how helpful this process is. Anyway, tomorrow is another day so maybe I'll give the above process a go. Things might improve if I added some structure to my self-teaching? I tried doing another pigeon before the above pigeon and it was so fucking ugly, it literally scared me to look at lol. It was so uncanny. I would upload it, but I'm even more ashamed of it than the above one. Something about it made me feel uneasy. Anyways I wish this post gives artists some hope if they see or read this. That we all start SOMEWHERE. Or it could be annoying knowing that I only have time to practice this because I don't have a job. We can do it!!! If you think that I'm complaining about nothing, get out. My expectations are set high, to be the best there ever was. I am allowed to be delusionally hopeful on my own page.

[meruz]

Aforementioned long ask post please excuse me while i try to figure out tumblr's new text editor. I’ll get into the art meme questions first and then the rest at the end.

Ok first of all thank you all for sending in questions! Giving me an excuse to talk hehe. I’ll address these in number order. Here’s a link to the ask meme for reference but also I’ll restate the question for ease of reading.

1. When did you get into art?

Super cliche answer but I don’t remember a time where I WASN’T the weird art kid! I started keeping a dedicated sketchbook when I was about 12? But here’s a page from my kindergarten journal about what I want to be when I grow up.

2. What art-related sites have you ever signed up for? 

LOL this is a weird question. Not sure why so many people want to know. Anyways I definitely had a dA. more than one dA account. I used to browse oekakis when I was a kid but I think I was only signed up to some small ones that internet friends owned. What else...? Mangabullet,Tegakie, Paintberri, iscribble back when that was a thing, instagram if that COUNTs, I used to post art on livejournal and dreamwidth too. Patreon, I guess. Gumroad, inprnt, bigcartel, storenvy all for selling stuff.

In terms of resources.. I have a schoolism account that I’m sharing with friends. Used to take classes on coursera for free. I signed up to textures.com for work recently haha. I can’t remember if I ever had an account on posemaniacs. Did they have accounts...? I definitely used to visit all the time.

3. Show us your oldest piece of art you have on hand.

Alright here’s me actually logging into my old deviantart account. These are from September 2008 So I was 13 years old. I don’t have a deviantart account from before then because 13 was the required age for having an account and I didn’t want to lie about my age because I wanted people to be impressed by how young yet clearly incredible at art I was LOL.

4. What defines your artistic style?

You guys are probably more equipped to answer this than me but uh... I wanna say... Focus on colors. And... a slightly heavy hand? Like confident... not always well-considered mark making HAH...

Also I think I have a pretty healthy mix of american comics/manga influences. I feel like people who are into american comics always think my art is too manga and people who are into anime/manga always think my art is too american. And I’m taking that as a good sign.

5. Do you practice other styles/have you tried other styles in the past?

I like to think I switch it up a bunch! I mean, these are pretty different, right?

I think I’ve mentioned this before but one thing I really took away from art school is that, for an illustrator at least, art style shouldn’t be consistent. Your greatest weapon is changing the aspects of your style based on the task, the emotions and message you want to illustrate etc. So depending on the project I’m working on, the fandom I’m drawing for, whether I want something to be funny or serious or dramatic, I’ll change things about my style all the time.

One thing I don’t rly post on here is really tight polished work and that’s because I do that for my day job haha. If you’re not paying me... I’m probably not gonna color in the lines.

6. What levels of artistic education have you had?

I have a whole ass diploma LOL. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. from the Rhode Island School of Design. And I had a great college experience tbh. Besides the student loans. If any of you guys are thinking about art school feel free to e-mail or message me questions or concerns, I’ll be happy to help. Be as honest as I can be.

7. Show us at least one picture you drew or sketched recently that you did not put on a public site.

heres the wandavision kids. Uhh what else do I have...I feel like I’m rummaging for loose change here...

assorted valentines prep doodles

8. What is your favourite piece that you have done?

Well, obviously this is gonna change all the time and generally it’s gonna be my most recent piece LOL. So yeah, why the hell not. I’ll say it’s this one. I have a pretty short memory which I count as a blessing for an artist. I don’t dwell that long on older work and it keeps me moving forward.

10. What do you like most about your art?

I like that it’s something that only I would make! I had this thought fairly recently and I wrote it down in my sketchbook, it’s pretty cheesy and rambling but it felt revolutionary at the time:

So yeah. I like my art best when it’s the most me and for me. And I like it least when it feels like I’m just making something for social media or for other people’s expectations or whatever.

14. What do you like drawing the most?

Kids in baggy clothing are like my go-to LOL idk if that’s obvious. but also I like being challenged so lately I’ve really loved drawing multi-character compositions, environments, weird angles, etc.

oh i LOVE drawing the underside of shoes lol. And bandages. People that are kinda beat up.. I think it comes from getting a bunch of cuts all the time. I’m always patching myself up and I want to patch characters up too.

15. What do you like drawing the least?

mmm I try to find something to like in every drawing but lets see... I don’t like doing commissions of people’s dogs. Just because it’s normally like... a family friend and my mom volunteered me without my consent and I don’t even really know what they’re expecting me to draw and I don’t even get to meet the dog. Also I’m not that great at dog anatomy. Trying to learn though.

18. What is your purpose for drawing?

This could have a million answers! Uhhh to GIT GOOD??? But also to express myself... and also to make money... I mean it depends on what the drawing IS. I draw fanart mostly to connect to people in the fandom so if you ever see me drawing fanart please take it as like an open invitation to talk to me about the character haha. 

20. How would you rank your art? (poor, mediocre, good, etc.)

Good!!! I have a lot of self-confidence primarily born out of ignorance and a short attention span. If I don’t think too hard about how many other artists are mindblowingly unfathombly good... its easy to think I’m good too! LOL

In all seriousness though, I think the opinion a person has of their art is like a crazy balancing act, right? Like you have to think you suck enough to want to get better but also you have to think you’re good enough to not want to give up. I think we’re all walking that line, I know I am! But also I’m a glass half-full type of person so. Most of the time I feel good about it.

22. List at least one of your “artspirations.”

This is a good question because I’ve been trying and failing to put together one of those “influence map” memes for like a full month now. What’s giving me a hard time is I feel like none of these are actually really obvious “““influences”““ in my art? Like it’s hard to see a lot of them in the work I make...? But idk maybe you guys’ll see what I can’t.

And these are just a couple! God there’s so many more. I could talk about other artists for ages, from all different genres of art. Daumier, Rockwell like every illustrator out there, Dana Gibson, Alex Toth, Hiroshi Yoshida, a lot of the Brandywine School. Lots of current working artists too, Karl Kerschl, frikkin Masashi Kishimoto lol, Jake Wyatt, Richie Pope, Edouard Caplain, Matt Cook, Sachin Teng, - lots of big internet artists, Sophie Li, Freddy Carrasco, Milliofish, Angela Sung... like all my friends from art school too. I could just keep going but I’ll stop for now lol.

24. Do you have a shameful art past? (recolour sprite comics, tracing art, etc.)

I mean if that’s how we’re defining shameful?? sure LOL. It’s not sprite comics but I used to do pokemon sprite recolors all the time. And I used to trace manga panels and color them... Granted this was all when I was like under 12 yrs old so it’s not even embarrassing. Can you really call it shameful when a 7 year old wets the bed or whatever? Not really. In fact some of these are cool as fuck. Look

25. Draw a picture!

Man I’m so tired now but here.

I used to get a lot of compliments for drawing people smiling lol but I don’t think I’ve drawn a lot of smiling lately.. here’s proof I’ve still got it.

OK MEME DONE. onto the rest.

I read this ask first thing when i opened my computer in the morning and it made me really emotional.. I’m so glad my sketches could help you!!

I think a lot of artists on social media talk about the struggle of making art but imo not enough people talk about the joy! Like I know it’s corny but. I really meant what I said at the beginning of that sketchbook about re-contextualizing art around process and progress > product and perfection. I think its super important..! The strength of messy, unfinished, and energetic art! For the feeling of it, for the love it!

That's crazy!!! I hope you like 'em. The whole line of x-books is really good rn imo.

Hi! I totally have the answer for digital stuff on my faq lol. But in terms of drawing on paper.. it varies! I tend to use sketchbooking and any on-paper doodling I do as a way to loosen up/warm-up or experiment. But right now my go-to aresenal is:

from top > bottom

- kuretake no.55 doublesided brush pen

- tombow fudenosuke

- muji 0.38 ballpoint

- medium size poscas

- grey tombow double brush pens

- good ol bic mechanical pencil

not EXACTly sure which inking you referring to from my sketchbook but if I had to take a guess it'd probably be the kuretake no55. That's been my main inker, lately. Great for sketching with the thin end too.

You can print out and eat my art if you like. Just please don't mass produce or re-sell. <3

Thanks! I've come to accept that my art is always gonna be sort of gestural and painty naturally. It's getting it to tighten up enough to be legible that's hard lol...

uh yeah lol I agree actually. I think yolei is great.

I assume these asks are related? LOL

1) Yeah totally true. I love David.

2) I don’t take requests, sorry! But if you want to commission me to draw Legion i would be MORE than happy to. Just e-mail me at isellhotdogs@gmail.com.

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[frannykranzygettinhandsy]

yet another get to know me tag r u tired of these yet I’m not

Tagged by: @sugaappa​ and @suga-peach​ thanks y’all <3

1: Are you named after someone? ....Morgan Fairchild. I wish I was fucking kidding. My grandfather just thought she was beautiful.

2: When is the last time you cried? idk I keep getting asked this and I guess it’s been a while

3: Do you like your handwriting? when my hand doesn’t hurt to hold a pen so it’s actually legible :)

4: What is your favorite lunch meat? turkey

5: Do you have kids? no but a girl I used to mentor still calls me mom and that’s nice

6: If you were another person, would you be friends with you? yeah??? I think???

7: Do you use sarcasm? lol

8: Do you still have your tonsils? Yeah and those bitches need to be out they keep making me sick

9: Would you bungee jump? never

10: What is your favorite kind of cereal? I’m kind of indifferent to cereal lol

11: Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? more often than not 

12: Do you think you’re a strong person? I like to think so but idk lmao I’m just tired

13: What is your favorite ice cream flavor? dutch chocolate or mint chocolate if it’s blue bell... I won’t eat most other ice cream unless it’s like... a concrete or something, then it needs to be vanilla with peanut butter. blue bell used to have one that was vanilla with peanut butter and chocolate swirls and it was a gift from jesus but then the whole factory closure thing for them to sanitize everything happened and yeah it hasn’t made its return this is a long answer about ice cream goodbye

14: What is the first thing you notice about people? eyes. not necessarily color, but shape/size/placement

15: Red or pink? red

16: What is your least favorite physical thing about yourself? ....inner thighs lol

17: What color pants and shoes are you wearing now? black yoga pants, and I am shoeless

18: What was the last thing you ate? I had mediocre onion rings

19: What are you listening to right now? Deeper by Ella Eyre

20: If you were a crayon, what color would you be? some type of black/gray probably lmfao not trying to be a moody goth or something I just feel that’s accurate. Maybe like... a blue so dark it’s almost black.

22: Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? My mother, I think?

23: Favorite sport to watch? Figure skating

24: Hair color? Blue-black

25: Eye color? black brown.

26: Do you wear contacts? nope

27: Favorite food to eat? gumbo, boudin, fried rice, sesame chicken from a particular restaurant... and I’m ngl I’m a sucker for packaged udon and ramen

28: Scary movies or comedy? I’m not really one for movies that are strictly one genre like that tbh

29: Last movie you watched? I don’t remember, it’s been a while

30: What color of shirt are you wearing? black

31: Summer or winter? Winter, even though Texas doesn’t know what winter is. (leaving Jen’s answer lolll)

32: Hugs or kisses? Hugs????? I enjoy a kiss on the cheek from a few people tho

33: What book are you currently reading? Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

34: Who do you miss right now? I miss Justin and Elizabeth, Rebecca (rebuka come back 2 me) Katia, Anne, Olivia, Rachel, Molly, Marcela, Cynthia, Elizabeth’s parents, my aunt Lucy, my sister. I miss people I don’t know, too. I miss To Kill a King and Bastille.

35: What is on your mouse pad? I don’t have one

36: What is the last TV program you watched? Noble, My Love

37: What is the best sound? the sound of driving down the highway.

38: Rolling Stones or The Beatles? lol

39: What is the furthest you have ever traveled? NYC

40: Do you have a special talent? I can hard-boil an egg perfectly.

41: Where were you born? HTX

42: People you expect to participate in this survey? Anyone who wants, it’s never an obligation.

tagging @feministasshole, @strike-thematch, @apugs, and you, if you’re reading this.

[ghostly-harmless]

tag meme

I got tagged by @theghostielord so gather round for some personal details my dudes

1. Are you named after someone?

I’m sorta named after katharine hepburn, also just cause my mom liked the name

2. When was the last time you cried? A couple weeks ago cause I nearly failed a stats exam and I can’t cope with struggling l m a o

3. Do you like your handwriting? I have a love hate relationship with it. it’s distinctive, but also barely legible

4. What is your favorite lunch meat? turkey? idk my taste in food is boring

5. Do you have kids? fucc no

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? i’m not even friends with me. I don’t understand her. what does she want

7. Do you use sarcasm? Like an artist uses their chosen medium

8. Do you still have your tonsils? i mean I never saw them come out so.......I hope yes......

9. Would you bungee jump? get a few stiff drinks in me and i’ll think about it

10. What is your favorite kind of cereal? trix, idc if they’re for kids bitch, i’m a child of god

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? no??? fuck I look like. I just fling em off and let future me deal with em

12. Do you think you’re a strong person? well I don’t hate pain (as evidenced by my 10 piercings and 1 tat) and I don’t scare too easily but I also hate arguments and can’t stand up for myself so. 50/50

13. What is your favorite ice cream? sea salt caramel truffle 

14. What is the first thing you notice about people? definitely fashion sense and hairstyle. i’m weak for thick fluffy hair and a bangin wardrobe

15. What is the least favorite physical thing you like about yourself? eh i’m really annoyingly short and I wish I didn’t have such an overtly “feminine” body?? like i’m really small and curvy and I wish I was more lanky and androgynous

16. What color pants and shoes are you wearing now? I am actually wearing a long purple skirt and black leather platform boots. I was walking outside Hogwarts. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. A lot of preps stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.

17. What are you listening to right now? fire meet gasoline by sia bc honestly it’s a #bop and idk how I never heard it on the radio or anything

18. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Black, what the hell else

19. Favorite smell? probably musk incense, rain, and sunscreen

20. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? some stadium employee who informed me that the panic at the disco show in my state was sold out. guess who’s literally gonna traverse state lines for a singing nerd in a sparkly tux? me, but you can call me Desperate Binch

21. Favorite sport to watch? gonna have to agree with lavi and say drag shows (tbh voguing should be considered a sport if it’s not already)

22. Hair color? black

23. Eye color? blue

24. Do you wear contacts? yes this bitch is blind!!!! 

25. Favorite food to eat? girl scout cookies, pizza, samira wiley, chinese, japanese 26. Scary movies or comedy? comedy when smoking, horror when drinking

(an aside: i was at about a 9/10 while watching It Follows for the first time and I about pissed my shit. did not sleep that night, will not make that mistake again)

27. Last movie you watched? Pulp fiction. i’d seen it before but we’d been playing monopoly so I missed like all of it

28. What color of shirt are you wearing? black tank

29. Summer or winter? winter. GA summer can fuck off with its sweaty buggy ass

30. Hugs or kisses? hugs, unless you’re one of like four people and then kisses are ok

31. What book are you currently reading? i’m finishing up Detective Pony (which is a homestuck fic, but??? also one of the most thought provoking, punishing, all around weirdest pieces of metafiction i’ve read in a long time but I HIGHLY recommend it)

32. Who do you miss right now? a couple of people, some old buddies

33. What is on your mouse pad? i have a trackpad like a civilized human? mouse pad? fuck is this? the 90s? yo brah i got five tamagotchis and they’re each named after a spice girl

34. What is the last TV program you watched? it’s always sunny in philadelphia

35. What is the best sound? nicki’s verse

36. Rolling Stones or The Beatles? both overrated. next

(also I just realized i’ve never seen mick jagger look anything but a thousand years old. his wikipedia says he’s 73. how long has he been 73?)

37. What is the furthest you have ever traveled? Peru

38. Do you have a special talent? I can sing, which you would very much not guess from my voice

39. Where were you born? jawja

So I’m just gonna tag folks now. @dude-im-not-a-spam-blog @balroxelle @99-problems-but-a-dick-aint-one @dreamofthefallen @j4ck-of-4ll-f4ndoms @oakagainsthumanity @cosmic-marigolds @viridis-cervidae