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[azuries]

killing the reaper

bonus doodle

[dapper-lil-arts]

Poster for my Grandmother

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I want to be an artistic generalist but it’s so unrealistic for me rn!!

[how-the-feathers-have-fallen]

Me, fighting tooth and nail against my irl friends who are sw*fties: yeah well, maybe I want my sad girl music to have a 3 minute guitar solo and distorted audio after the second verse of vaguely gay lyrics have you considered that ?!

[cavalierclavier]

I really like your comic. Out of curiosity, what are your art inspirations?

that's a really good question with a slightly difficult answer because i tend to absorb bits and pieces of any media i like into my art style lol

(this got a little long, so answer under the cut)

if i go far back enough, i think my first real taste of comics as a medium was Cassandra Jean's graphic novel adaptations of Miss Peregrine

(images copied from her announcement of the second book)

looking back on it now, the overall style is loose and sketchy, but still readable (which are not necessarily words i'd use for my own style lmao) but there's the use of value and solid black that i still strive for. the style is also very manga-esque, but i definitely picked up a few things on drawing faces and action from these books

(her more recent style is a lot cleaner and a lot more graphically complex, but there's still an emphasis on interesting, readable shapes)

there's also Peter Nevins, who did the original cover for the Hadestown concept album (and the cover for the NYTW recording? correct me if i'm wrong). he also did a few covers for Anaïs Mitchell's other works

(i actually drew a piece based on that second cover a few years ago)

he primarily works in linocut prints, which is a medium that kinda forces you to think in terms of value. while i mostly use the stuff he's done for Anaïs Mitchell as an example, i'm also fond of the original work on his shop

over the years though, Drawfee has probably been the most consistent source of inspiration? it feels a little weird to call them that, especially considering the fact most people know them as a comedy show, but i've been using their speed draw videos as background noise for ages now

i'm really fond of the atmosphere that they've created with their channel, and it's been so fun watching and growing in art skill alongside them (and sometimes having my vocab for the week be utterly destroyed by one of their bits)

there's definitely way more people i could name (CanisAlbus and asmeesh here on tumblr) and a huge pile of webcomic artists (Tracy Butler, Meg Syverud, Sarah Webb, Petra Nordlund—there's so many) but this post is already unreadable so i'll stop there lol

thank you for the ask, and thanks for reading Outsiders :D!!

[eileennatural]

when i was like 9 years old my dad enrolled me in a bonsai cultivation class that was otherwise entirely populated by local retired folks. and i have been fundamentally out of step with my peers ever since

[gayspock]

i made blondies and theyre awful. suicide really is the answer to everything,

[bymiar]

Yup, I'm not publishing anything, but it's not a lack of originality, it's just that I want to do so many things and I don't know where to start... (and school doesn't help either :v)

[jaakunxkaze]

{My music has been a mixture of musicals, HSR soundtracks and Honeyworks songs. At least it helps me get out of writer's block for a bit!}

[raedas]

fucking hell my schedule this week

[cinnaminsvga]

omg zee i cut my nails too short and now everything i do hurts whatever i will do zee

UMMMM!!!!! JAM YOUR TOE AGAINST A TABLE SO THAT PAIN IS REDISTRIBUTED!!!!!! HOPE THIS HELPS 🩷

[gleesongtournament]

Glee Song Tournament Round 2

[daisydisciple]

ok so I'm the new choir director in my ysa ward and we sang today and it turned out really good and a bunch of people came up to me (both in the choir and not) and thanked me for putting it together and the bishop texted me and thanked me and ✨💕✨🌸🎵✨ anyway it's just nice to be appreciated bc I did put in a lot of effort and it didn't feel so much like pulling teeth getting people to come like last time I was choir director in my last ward and like. yeah just doing my calling I'm happy to do it but everyone was being so nice to me :)

[19thcenturyfuck]

auditioned for a band. manager dude said i sounded great and wanted me to join as the lead vocalist...but also specifically wanted me to sing higher and train myself to sing in the higher part of the mezzo-soprano range. as soon as i made it clear i did not want to do this he suddenly switched right around to saying i sounded terrible anyway. i can't believe i just encountered the music industry version of the guy on tinder who says you're hot until you reject him then suddenly you're ugly and he totally wasn't even that into you 💀

[wickedhawtwexler]

i get sooo worried about going off my adhd meds, but honestly i feel like i sometimes exaggerate how bad my adhd is because the last time i was unmedicated for a long period of time (right before i was diagnosed) i was also literally suicidal and had severe anxiety which uh. definitely exacerbated the lack of focus 🫠

[pinkanonhopes]

:) ← is sitting and doing nothing