#plus sketches like this if you're willing to pay

[saberpastel]

Out here creating characters to bully Xavier for fun ★ Smith's such a dickhead :3

[inkrabbit]

Just some Mary hcs when they're sketching/painting while I slowly work on this discussion post-

Mary stays in shrimp position

They've tried sitting up straight or even laying back in bed, but hunched over his sketchbook or canvas just works better

He does own an easel, but that's mainly for the larger canvases

Yes, this idiot will still occasionally put the larger canvas on the floor and hunch over it

You can yell at them all you want to stop. It's not going to work

Contrary to popular belief, Mary actually listens to different music when he's painting or sketching

What's different music? Something slow with a chill beat. They'll even listen to some old romantic songs. Only You by The Platters is one of their favorites to start working with

If you notice Mary working too much on paintings (sacrificing sleep and meals) or even too little on them (having not touched a single painting in a month or more) please ask them if something is wrong. These are normally "warning" signs that something is wrong mentally, which can normally be stress or another episode of deep depression

On the very rare occasion, Mary working too much on his paintings can mean that he's neglected his schizophrenia medication due to forgetfulness. When this happens, their paranoia kicks in full force and they'll be too scared to even sleep. There isn't a way to "break" this. The most you can do is remind them to take their medication and be there for them (preferably in person and to spend a few nights in their apartment, but he understands if you're too busy to visit)

Sometimes Mary's sketches can be... a little out there

This shouldn't be a surprise because of the lyrics to their songs, but you should always be weary when you peek inside their sketchbook

Is it going to be scenery? Portraits? A portrait study of a dead body they dug up the other night? No one knows! Good luck.

I promise most of the sketches weren't for Mary to get his rocks off later

He actually has a morbid fascination with death because it was never talked about when they were growing up. His parents always shot down any "What happens when we die?" question from him and his siblings

Well Mary is now a grown adult that gets to see what exactly happens. And you know what? They love it. They love the circle of life, seeing what the person was buried in and what was buried with them

Mary never steals, though. He'll look through everything, and he even spent the night reading some Edgar Allan Poe when he saw the book tucked beside the corpse

But every time they're done, bored, or it's getting to almost be daylight, Mary will put everything back inside the casket and bury it neatly so it looks like no one was ever there

Sometimes Mary's sketches will reflect what they found. Books, jewelry, stuffed animals, wilted and dead flowers. At the bottom of the page, you'll find the name of the person that was inside the casket, along with the birth and death year

None of these sketches will ever make it to canvas. This is Mary's own personal outing and they don't feel the need to transfer something so personal onto canvas

What does Mary do with all of these paintings?

He sells them. Normally online, but if you've managed to drag them out to an art convention, he'll bring along several canvases

You always tell them they should charge more for their work, but Mary will just say it's not that big of a deal

Really, they're just happy someone loves their artwork and is willing to pay money so they can hang it in their home

Plus, some of the people recognize him and will gush about his music as well. These people get paintings for a little cheaper

Why?

"I feel like they've spent enough either coming to see our shows or buying our shit. I can afford to not make ten or twenty dollars."

[destination-constellation-op]

Though I'm open to commissions, please don't ask me to draw anyone real. I feel like people who ignore the fact that I've mentioned on this account this I draw only OCS and characters people are choosing what they want to see, read, and hear.

I'm fine with people asking for anything but actual people, especially cause the last commission I did on a real person they didn't pay so I never gave them the full piece.

If you want a Commission please listen afollor the posts because they are basically rules. I have more on my main account at @arenabreadandbiscuits. If I have to make anymore post explaining and ESPECIALLY on this account I'm going to annoyed with you in DMS if you manage to be one of these people who can't read or follow my rules.

The account mentioned about is my main account, this account is a comic I'm working on, stop asking for commissions on here unless you have good funds cause they aren't cheap, you use my methods payment app, you understand I can do real people I just prefer not to and to do fictional characters and OCS more, then theres no reason for me to explain to you what your doing wrong with you ask and have none of this ready before doing so.

if you really are confused as to what I will draw the ask. I'm very picky on who I accept my money from. I only take Cashapp, Venmo, Chime, and One.

The next person who comes to me and asks me something on commissions that I never said was allowed or claimed I do is getting blocked. If you have questions ask them but most of my posts between both accounts have answered this over and over again and I'm tired of saying the same thing when the information is RIGHT THERE.

On another note since my last real life comm wasn't paid for by the person who called for it, no.. I wont draw your son, mother, father,dog.. if I can't confirm you'll pay I won't draw anything and payment is accepted before everything else so if you aren't capable of paying you're blocked. Plus I already stated here that I don't feel comfortable drawing real people so respect that and don't ask me to do so unless they have an oc of something that I can draw for them instead.

The whole point of commissions is for me to make money doing the things I can do. Realism isn't a big genre of mine so unless you want someone in my style then don't ask me for real people. I feel most comfortable this way and for me to even do your commission if you ask for one, I NEED to be comfortable or well both be upset. YOU because you didn't follow my rules, and ME because you didn't follow my rules.

I can of course work on anything but with everything I've been through the last two years alone. If you don't have the money immediately you're getting blocked. I'll try anything really but respect me if I turn down something. Don't make me tell you to find another artist more than one time. Also no one better DM me thinking IM the one looking for someone to commission.

I'm not, clearly I need money too digbat. Basically anyone who doesn't DM me like this is getting blocked:

"Hii, I'm looking for someone to draw my OC for me. Full lineart, full color, I'm willing to wait as you work, now rush and I at least have around 300$ on my with no background or home issues to worry about with my money so Merry Christmas OP! I can pay with Cash app/Chime/One/Venmo/Current." And that should be all... Something like that. It's not hard at all.

Thx.

Any questions ask, just make sure they are reasonable. Don't ask me something you wouldn't want anyone asking you. Like I said since this account was supposed to be for my comic idea don't ask for the commissions here but at my main account here: @arenabreadandbiscuits This is the final time I'll be making a post of commissions on this account, the other has all the information anyone could need. Please use it.

If you ask here I'll be ignoring you. Toodles!

[clairethecutepup]

Weekly Update: 5/1/23 - 5/6/23

Entertainment/Art Progress:

Man, I really do believe my work speed doubled, at least, when it came to my new tablet. I dunno if it's the bigger touch screen or the ability to use my computer's mouse, but something seems to be making my work on it more progressive and easier.

Speaking of, I'm nearing the outlining (and possible end) of the "Chapter 1" image for Getting Your Goat. I mean, it'd feel too disorganized to not have that matter of "divider" between comic sections/chapters, ja? Plus, it makes it feel more like a real comic, when it's finally all together. However, I'm feeling the urge to sketch traditionally, rather than outline on the tablet and digitally. I dunno what it is, but I feel easily peeved off with sketching on the tablet... Yet, coloring and outlining? I feel right and happy as rain.

I'm also doing another "writing practice" to help further ease any tedium of drawing and fully original writing, so keep your eyes peeled for more "fanfiction," per se. Hey, just a little something to tide me over, while I excitedly await Peach Creek to finally make its official debut. I've kinda fallen out of using NovelAi for assistance, during "dry spells" and all that with writing... Eh, why pay for the privilege when you can come up with an idea of what to do next, for free, if you're willing to be patient? Also, be prepared for a majority of Ed Edd n' Eddy themed ones, in that regard; but allow me to warn you right now, the canon characters they'd focus mostly on are Sarah and Jimmy, and follow a 2nd person narration of you being an alternate version of Claire that joins them in either simple antics or learning self-improvement. Sure, it involves everyone else, too; but if not something you'd read for fun, I'd say read it to critique and tell me how to do better, so my original works can benefit from that improved sense of quality.

Personal Life:

Well, I've gotten back into Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it's certainly a nice experience to relive. I recall abandoning it for a couple years, but I've decided on resuming that matter of escapism. I mean, it doesn't take up too much time, you can play at your own leisure... It's a nice little matter of relaxation, when you just want a small break from things and also don't want to get sucked into playing for longer than intended, having to "complete missions" and all that.

I've also gotten my mother into Invader Zim, and it's nice when your parent can share fondness for a beloved cartoon series. She really seemed to enjoy the Gir shirt I got her for Mother's Day: it uses Gir to convey different emotions, with them listed under each picture.

I'm hoping that dedicating each weekday to a certain muscle group, instead of working them all on both days of the weekend, will not only help me better build them up and tone them, but also allow for more time on weekends to further speed up creative work progress.

Misc.:

Since my tablet functions as a replacement monitor (I can only use my traditional monitor or tablet to display things), I've also taken to using it as a new "game device" with my Steam list. I feel like I do better in the likes of Pizza Tower and all that, with the closer screen and tilted angle. So, yeah, that's a pleasant, yet admittedly "unorthodox," use for a tablet screen!

[thegroovyboar]

V - The Royal Magus

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"What are you willing to sacrifice to gain the power you think you deserve? What limits are you prepared to surpass, what laws to violate in order to wander into uncharted territories, in order to become something completely different and formidable? You know the price and you're foolishly eager to pay it. In the end, it is not so important to have lost some piece, or completely yourself when you think you are invincible."

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Final piece for Vintagetober! I know I'm always critical with my drawings but this one it's definetely the weakest of the bunch. The proportion are very off. for some reason I really didn't saw the mistakes until I was at the final touches. I fell like the sketch was actually good but something went wrong during inking.

and the concept it's not super original either. While with the others pieces I thought of a more deep meaning to the images portrayed, this one it's kind of literal with the "magic/ power comes always with a price " trope that at this point it's oh so used in fantasy media. yeah that's it. power=cost. predictable but I didn't had any other ideas.

The only positive note is that I went for some diversity and tried an asian protagonist, I feel like in the people that I draw there's some diversity already, but I could do more, especially with body types and race. there's so much variety of interesting human beings and so little representation sometimes.

And this is the end! I debated if to do a final post at the 31 with all the finished pieces together but I don't think I will, it would be redundant plus it seems like this kind of illustration is not so appreciated, which is totally ok, I had fun doing them so that's what matters!

[andmaybegayer]

I actually haven't used Fusion 360 until today. I've used Autodesk stuff before, mostly Inventor and AutoCAD, my brother's university taught in Inventor so it was also what I learned on (actually they (and I) started with SolidEdge, a modelling package with some redeeming features and some weird problems).

Autodesk stuff is nice. I love FreeCAD and it is better than some paid CAD packages but it was struggling with some mesh stuff so I wanted to give Fusion a shot.

(Turns out: no piece of software, even Fusion, likes patterning high-poly meshes 35 times. I may just model this part myself and go back to FreeCAD. If nothing else, duplicating work across CAD packages is a rare situation where work duplication is sometimes considered a worthwhile challenge.)

Fusion is decidedly nice. It's well thought out and professional but it is clearly redesigned to be quite different from traditional CAD, no massive toolbars stuffed with icons, instead here's a very Windows Ribbon toolbar with clear menus and a big, friendly, open viewport.

I've never been someone who can wrap their head around primitives based CAD, parametric sketching is what I'm here for and Autodesk has one of the better solvers in the business. SOLIDWORKS is good, and basically industry standard, and one day I will somehow live the dream and work with Siemens NX, but those things cost way more than I'm willing to pay for a personal license right now, let alone business licensing prices.

If you're used to SOLIDWORKS it may feel a little weird, but it's miles ahead of basically everything else in its accessibility tier. Their free availability to hobbyists and students was a good marketing ploy, plenty of manufacturing companies now pay for Autodesk licenses because their new engineers are familiar with it. Plus, much like with Siemens NX, Autodesk built a full manufacturing pipeline into their software, so you can go start to finish, design, assemble, simulate, manufacturing design, manufacture.