#wanted to try to get back to lineless art

[sharkbatez]

It’s missing Nissa Revane o’clock!

[wigglebox]

Prayer [x]

[duskerot]

maybe i will stop lining my art . maybe i will just color under my sketches after cleaning them up alittle

[kozachenko]

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Ok yay I'm back from my vacation yipeeeeeee. I started this drawing of Keiki before I left and I was half considering just giving up on it.... until I did a short study of facial planes and then got motivated to work on this again! I'm glad I didn't give up on it though, as I'm actually really happy with this one!

Artist's Notes;

So as I mentioned in my last post about Touhou 17, I wanted to finish this by the game's five year anniversary but with how progress was going I didn't want to rush this so I decided to take a long break from it. Mainly because of the face. For a while now I was kind of feeling like I was stagnating with my drawings, not really in the clothing but in the bodies. There was something about the way I was rendering them that I just wasn't happy with, and after talking with someone else about this issue, I realized that the reason I felt this way was because the faces were too flat and didn't match the rest of the drawing and that I needed to find a way to make the rendering of the face feel consistent with everything else. So after doing a short study of the plains of the face (I used this 3D head model from art station as a reference for my short study, please go give this person some love as they are a lifesaver) I went back into this drawing and applied what I learned here. It was only after that that I finally became motivated to finish the piece, and while it started off as just a simple character sketch like Saki and Yachie's were, the moment I added in Keiki's little fire dragon I knew I had gotten in too deep and now here we are with a full on background. OK it's not super crazy or anything, but it gets the job done and it's better than there just being an empty void behind her. It's rare moments like this when I use brushes other than the Clip Studio Default Charcoal Brush and use the Clip Studio Default Paint Brushes as well (god bless the oil paint and dry gouache clip studio brushes, they were amazing). I don't know why but painting fire has always been really fun for me, there's something oddly satisfying about it y'know? I do think that another reason for this problem was because I was drawing faces like I would in my more sketchy style that didn't mesh well with my lineless style, so I'm glad I've started remedying that.

After adding in the fire dragon I had an idea to kinda make it feel like splash art in the way the composition works... probably because I have been playing Reverse 1999 again and it has taken over my brain. I do feel like Keiki's tools get a little lost in the composition, and I didn't fully render the metal parts of them mainly because I didn't feel like they needed it, but that's just something for me to improve on later down the line.

If you guys are wondering where I went for my vacation, I went to New York and got to go to the MET and the Museum of Natural History. In both places I found Kofun period stuff and I was so happy to see it you have no idea. I remember one of the Haniwa I saw had some neat face paint under the eyes that I tried to replicate with the makeup under Keiki's eyes in my drawing, though I think I'll gave to figure out how to draw makeup on characters because this reads more like blush to me than anything. While drawing this I also looked up some references of Kofun period jewelry and really liked the stuff I found, which also meant that now she has proper Kofun earrings instead of earrings shaped like Kofun tombs. I put some of the things I referenced with a closeup of Keiki's face as well down below. I made her outfit more reminiscent of the outfit I gave her at the beginning of the year with the buttons and all, though I do want to try and draw her in some more period accurate clothing like the Haniwa I took a picture of at the Museum of Natural History. I wish I could find a way to make her handercheif look better though as I wish I made it a little bit bigger, though I think I'm saying this because I've looked at this drawing for too long lmao. Once again something to work on for when I next draw her. Also want to get better at rendering hair, as some details (like the little strands in front of her ears) kinda got unreadable due to the similarities in colour lol.

Now you may have also noticed the little cracks I added onto Keiki's face, and that's because I have fallen in love with the idea of Keiki's body being made from ceramic and that she crafted her body herself. While they aren't very visible I also tried to add some doll joints to her body, which is an idea I played around with in the past but never went to far with. I also want to get better at rendering cracks in ceramic, porcelain, etc, as I'm not sure how those read in the drawing. I also have a headcanon where the cracks in Keiki's face show up because of heightened emotions, and while Keiki is aware of this and does her best to make sure her face doesn't break off.... she will still end up with at least a few cracks during any given day, and she can often forget to repair her own body quite frequently so Mayumi has to remind her quite a lot. Mayumi even taught herself some basic sculpting techniques to help repair parts of her body that are so badly damaged to the point where Keiki can't repair them herself, i.e. if both her arms broke off, Mayumi would put them back together for her so Keiki can at least have something to repair herself with rather than nothing. I also like to imagine that if Keiki created her own body, if you took a look at Keiki from the beginning of her life she would look completely different compared to now.

BTW If you guys are wondering what a very very angry Keiki looks like....ok in order for this to make sense have any of you read volume 11 of Land of The Lustrous? Am I bringing back some memories for those of you that have? Ok good, glad we all got that mental image brewing in our minds, I'll probably draw a version of Keiki that is somewhat inspired by that one day as it's an idea I've had for a little while now. And to those who haven't gotten to that volume yet and are confused.... don't worry about it, just keep reading :)

[lavenderarts]

Revamp: Monthly Subs and Reward Art!

Hi everyone! After a long hiatus on this due to inconsistent health, I'm back and feeling better than ever, and I'd like to re-institute my monthly subscription service for art rewards. These will be active on my Ko-fi starting on August 1st! Read on to hear about the changes from my old system and details of what you'll get for subscribing, but if you don't care about any of that and just want to see the rewards page, here it is:

Please share this and consider tossing a couple bucks a month my way to help me support myself and my dog! Details below the cut!

So last time I was offering art rewards, it gradually became unsustainable for a number of reasons, chief among them the fact that I was basically offering severely discounted full commissions of all styles, and it was exhausting to fulfill in addition to regular commission work. I just couldn't keep up and got overwhelmed. So to help prevent that this time around, here are the changes I'm implementing:

I'll have a single reward type: single character busts! These are easy to crank out in an hour or less, so I can keep up with demand better. I'll reserve the right to decide between lined/lineless flats and papercrafts as I see fit to keep them interesting and fun for me, but if it's your birthday month or your yearly sub anniversary, you can choose the style and get a little something extra! For examples of what a bust looks like, please check out my recent ArtFight submissions :)

I'm going to do my level best to institute a hard 3-week turnaround rate for all regular commissions, and save the final week of each month for giving these rewards full priority along with onboarding new batches of clients for the following month's commissions.

I'm moving my subscription service over to Ko-fi, where anyone can give between $2-9 a month as a very generous tip and get access to my Discord server, or give $10+ for monthly bust rewards, early access to adoptables, and more! You can choose to give more than $10, but no other rewards exist for higher tier subs, it's up to whatever you feel is appropriate! Ko-fi has both Stripe and PayPal integration, which should be easier on the subscriber end, and it allows me to use PostyBirb to post across multiple sites at once, which makes it much easier to post early-access WIPs and finished work than it was on my old subscription service. It also automatically handles Discord onboarding and role assignment, yay!

I'm on the hunt for a simple Discord bot that can post a single repeating message on the first of every month with a link to a Google form for everyone to submit their requests, so that I don't have to ask for them manually. (If anyone knows of such a bot or is capable of making one, please get in touch!)

Previously I offered a whole suite of other rewards in addition to the monthly art -- things like subscriber-only request streams, early claims on adoptables, and even physical merch, which were not sustainable for me. Going forward, early adoptable claims for a discount will still be available as a reward, and I may occasionally do request streams, but on a less formally-scheduled basis and only as I have the free time to do so. I am not able to offer physical prints/stickers at this time; I might revisit the option in the future, but I need to know more before I try it again! I'll also be continuing to offer a subscriber discount on all commissions that will stack with other sales and discounts, along with the ability to skip the waitlist and jump directly into the work queue.

So to recap, if you subscribe to me, here's everything you get:

For $2-$9 USD: Discord server access with a special role, and my thanks for your generous support!

For $10+ USD: Discord server access with a special role, 24 hour early adoptable access with the ability to claim for a discounted price, a bust of a single character each month, first looks at finished artwork and WIPs/timelapses, commission discounts, and potentially more down the line.

My Discord is open to anyone, and all members can freely chat, post art, attend/host art streams, and answer polls regarding prompts for adoptable designs and more. You just get some nice bonuses for subscribing! While these subscription tiers are available, one-time tips and donations of any amount are still an option for commission clients or anyone else who just wants to show some love.

I hope this all makes sense and sounds enticing; I really love seeing people's OCs and getting to bring them to life and put my own little touch on them, and I'm very excited to start giving something back to all of you out there whose support means so very much to me, and without whom I could never do what I do. Thank you so much for checking out the Ko-fi! As a reminder, reward eligibility begins on August 1st! The tiers are active on Ko-fi now, but if you subscribe before August you won't be rewarded for the month of July, so keep that in mind.

[spacelandz]

SO! You've seen these little things I do sometimes and you want to know the process!

It's genuinely super simple, so here goes! Apologies by the way if anything is unclear or glossed over. A lot of this is personal taste and such so I hope this can be a nice boost to create something!

RESOURCES AND THINGS TO KNOW!

To preface this little guide already assumes you have basic knowledge of color distribution, lineless art, or breaking up art into proper layers for later processing! I am also assuming that your art program has access to scatter brushes and tiling textures. Personally I use Clip Studio Paint, but this can work on other apps. Anyways, here are some good sites for this:

EZGIF - Free, easy gif maker for assembling any kind of gif*! It also has stuff like converting those damn WEBP's back into png.

*PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE GIFS THAT ARE PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT. YOU MUST USE A SOLID COLOR UNDER ANY PART THAT IS OVER BARE CANVAS

Transparent Textures - Free to use source for HQ transparent textures that tile! Amazing for finding a paper texture for these if you commit to the paper doll look. Best results for textures that are in white or black!

So! You have a finished, prepared piece that you want to glitterfy. Well I'm not covering that right now so you can scroll down to That part if you came just for the glitter. This next section is for...

PREPARING THE PAPER DOLL

To start, your piece should already be separated into respective layers in any order you'd like! We're about to use a ton of clipping masks so Make sure you know your program before starting! So, as my example we have my oc Roy, resized to around... 1500x1500 or the nearest equivalent Smaller is better because it brings out the texture! He looks a little ah...Flat, though right now?

I'm using this guy for a couple different reasons! Those being:

Roy has translucent bodyparts! Just so you will know what to do with characters who are translucent! I'll get to this in a moment so sit tight

He has a clear, defined, and distinct palette that is easy to pick a color to slap the glitter on! This is important because I personally find balance to be the most appealing part of the finished art.

He also just has a lot of doohickeys on his design.

This is where you need your transparent texture! You can use any kind of texture and I encourage experimentation and such, but I personally use a simple paper texture. What we are going to do is go through and clip our imported and tiled texture to each applicable layer! (Make sure to just Copy and Paste the layer you do NOT need to repeatedly go through this menu...)

And... When you are done, you should have something like this:

"But why don't I just clip the texture to the entire piece through a folder? Why go through the hassle of clipping to each individual layer?"

Well that's because of the next step, where we will be adding the shadows. If we don't clip each individual layer, your shadows will look like this example on the left which sort of just ruins the 3D effect and kinda just looks icky, as opposed to this, which is nicer and smoother.

Now I'm no lighting wiz! In fact I'm rather mediocre at best but some general tips for adding the shadows:

Try to keep your shadows going all in one direction mostly! It gives the effect of one light source and generally just looks better than if you shaded around ALL edges everywhere.

Try to only shade where there are parts overlapping that need the dimension! Overdoing it can make the piece look odd. It's especially helpful to separate any details like different shades of hair, layers of hair, etc so that you can put as much volume as you want.

Once the shadows are all added in you should have something that looks like this:

Which looks good! Now I'd sometimes stop here if I can't pinpoint how I'd like the glitter to sit or if I think the piece just doesn't need it, but we're moving on to the big important steps!

ADDING GLITTER

This part is entirely up to your taste! But I'll describe how I do my glitter stuff. Firstly I start out by identifying which color I want to pop out. For Roy here I chose the red parts! For your character it may be different. Experimentation is key!

This is also, however where you need that scatter brush I mentioned earlier. Personally I just use the default CSP spray brush, but again go wild!

Make a folder above your piece, set its blending mode to glow dodge (or add, or add glow depending on what options you have), and create three layers inside of this folder. Setting the folder to clip is optional right now but will be needed later.

Then, fill each glitter layer with your choice of particle in whatever color looks good! Yes, you can do gradients and other stuff on the particles too! World's your oyster.

^ Unclipped example of a glitter layer.

Glitter tips for the early 2000's webcore enthusiast:

Use different strokes and patterns for the glitter distribution! This helps it animate better by moving around. For example this time I went diagonally for the first, horizontally for the second, and then in loose circles for the third. Particle density and stuff is also completely up to you.

Use a color that would pop against the intended area! For Roy I used an orange-ish yellow since it compliments both blue and red.

So now we have the layers! This is where clipping is our best friend once again! You're just going to go in and clip the glitter to whatever layers you want it on. Entire folder, not just one of the layers!

Once that's all done, go through and toggle the respective glitter layer for the frame, saving individual copies when done. You should end up with 3 identical images with different glitter distribution.

"BUT WAIT! JONES, THE TRANSLUCENCY!!" I hear you call! Yes, this is where we handle that! If your character is NOT translucent, you can scroll past this section.

Open up your frames all in one canvas, stacked on top of eachother (no jittering or slight displacement! ON TOP of eachother!)

Our layout should look something like this...Note how the translucent parts are rather hard to see, well if you took your frames and put them in EZgif, they'd be gone entirely! That's because you physically cannot have a partially translucent gif due to technology limitations. So an easy little cleanup thing I did was:

1. SELECT THE CANVAS AROUND THE CHARACTER WITH THE MAGIC WAND TOOL. Do not have any expansion settings on or it probably won't look right in the end.

Make sure you do not miss any gaps! I personally missed the gap between the arm, leg, and lanyard and I had to redo this next step...

2. SELECT -> INVERT SELECTION

3. FILL SELECTION WITH THE DESIRED COLOR. IT MUST BE OPAQUE. I personally picked this cloudy gray color.

You can now save individual frames of your character with the fill so that they don't go bald when you move on to the next step! Again, you should have 3 frames.

FINISHING UP

This is nice and easy. Upload your three frames into EZGIF and wait for it to process. It'll look like this if you're in the right place.

Once things have loaded, make sure to change the settings to the following:

FRAME DELAY: 0 (this is how fast the frames move.)

DON'T STACK FRAMES: ENABLED

You can play around with this but I generally leave everything else alone because you don't need it. Just hit the make a gif button and you're all done!

Aaaand that's it! If you've read this far...Firstly thank you for dealing with my rambliness and horrible explanation skills. Secondly, I hope that this can come in handy for anyone interested! Would love to see if anyone puts this to use. n_n

[deadlandsqueen]

Sorry it's a lot later but behold!

I'm a freelance artist at this time that is trying to do more art related work, I cant live off this so I still have my full time job, however I love to draw and want to properly get my footing back (Ive done commissions in the past however they were usually part time).

There is no limitation on this so I'll try reblogging this periodically to make myself alive (I say this having a history of one and done.) With that being said I'm also doing projects on the side so as much as I wanna be speeding, the goal is quality so if you do consider commissioning me, please have patients with me ^^"

Now for some Commission info!

Disclaimer! I use Paypal only

Backgrounds are generally not my specialty, I try to put as much effort in them but I will warn it is not my strong suit. However I find lineless to the most appealing as it helps my line work stand out for the characters. That being said, Sketches get a freebe on backgrounds only because they'll usually end up the most simplified and apart of the characters. Meanwhile Line art would be the only time I'd put the time to line backgrounds since there's no color (No brainier but saying it aloud helps meh brain).

Extra characters are always a tricky thing for me I don't like charging the exact price (trying to make it a deal), but I also have to consider my time in these. So with that, it is set to be little off so it's not like you're buying another commission entirely.

What I Will and Won't do!

Will do: >Animals >Robots >Fanart (Doesn't have to be be strictly what I'm into. I'm excited to create what you would like) >Original characters >Horror/Gore (It will be mild but I'm not scared of blood) >Lgbtq+

Wont do: (Generally if it makes me uncomfortable It's a no. I have the right to decline) >Nsfw >Fetish art >Political art >Inappropriate depictions of underage characters

Also one last disclaimer no use of AI art both to take my work or obviously use. (Not sure if I need to say this but saying this out to the universe now)

If you have any questions feel free to DM me ^^

I also have a Patreon if you'd like to support me for just $2 a month for behind the scene works.

[dawncry]

Commissions

Note for everyone; even if you can't order a commission, I understand, but promoting this would mean the world to me. I'm struggling with finances due to issues I won't delve into, and I'm trying to afford the payments for my Cheer team + school fees. I already have a job to begin payment for it, but it's limited times and I'd prefer more help on it.

RULES

No Nsfw themes.

Try not to barter, please, I don't like wavering on prices.

Keep in mind that I may struggle with other people's styles (this applies to shows, I'm not doing it to a singular artist until I've gotten permission)

Feel free to remind me, but don't harass me over it. (You will get your money back in 2 months time after payment if I am unable to finish it.)

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I will have 15 slots open at a time and will make a reminder post when 2 are open.

(If you'd like to be @ ed or dmed when one is open, just let me know.)

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Examples of my work

(fairly recent or good examples of my skillset)

These are just a few

Sorry for the weird setup.

To summarize, I experiment with shading, posing, and backgrounds quite often.

I am willing to do

Furry art (I learned the anatomy and I'm fine with it as long as I have references and it is kept SFW, If you do not have a reference but have ideas and are willing to keep constant communication with me, then I am willing as well.)

DnD art (I can learn the anatomy of any creature and do any details you want)

Perspective backgrounds (I am fine with it)

Lyric art2

Complicated poses, if I cannot do it I will let you know and we can come up with something else.

Strange anatomy, as long as you have a reference I can do it

Design commissions

Fanwork of characters from a fandom

Feral characters

Humans

Anthro

I am less likely to do

Ship art (I can't draw kissing, but if it's not that then it's probably fine)

Demonic imagery

Insanely complicated designs (I can do it, just unsure if it'll be accurate enough to your liking.)

Geometric designs, they are very difficult for me but I can do it with some talking back and forth.

Art of real people (If you are fine with it being stylized, then I am willing)

There will be more added, this is still a WIP

Keep in mind I am a minor, so I cannot do this as a full time job. A piece can take anywhere from a day to a couple weeks to get done. I will keep you updated on the progress as I go along, I just may be slow to respond.

Sketch

I will provide cleaned-up sketches if you prefer, let me know.

Bust - 3$

HalfBody- 5$

Fullbody- 9$

Colored Sketch

Messy/Sketchy lines, and (usually) flat colors.

Bust - 5$ ( +1$ for colored sketching lines)

(+2$ for basic shading)

OR

(+3$ for atmospheric shading)

HalfBody- 9$ ( +2$ for colored sketching lines)

(+5$ for basic shading)

OR

(+7$ for atmospheric shading)

Fullbody- 17$ ( +3$ for colored sketching lines)

(+7$ for basic shading)

OR

(+10$ for atmospheric shading)

Lineart

This is clean line art, no colors. Just line art.

Bust - 7$

HalfBody- 13$

Fullbody- 25$

Flat color

This is clean line art with colors, no shading without the added cost.

Bust - 9$

(+ 2.50$ for colored lines)

(+ 2.50$ for basic shading)

HalfBody- 17$

(+ 5$ for colored lines)

(+ 5$ for basic shading)

Fullbody- 30$

(+10$ for colored lines)

(+ 10$ for basic shading)

Atmospheric Shading

This is clean line, and colored shading.

Bust - 17$

HalfBody- 30$

Fullbody- 54$

Lineless

No lines(Or minimal lines, depends on how you'd like it) on the art, can also be a painting

Bust - 15$

(+5$ for basic shading)

OR

(+7$ for atmospheric shading)

HalfBody- 25$

(+6$ for basic shading)

OR

(+8$ for atmospheric shading)

Fullbody- 45$

(12$ for basic shading)

OR

(+15$ for atmospheric shading)

Backgrounds

This all depends on the complexity, but it will usually be around this range. I will keep you updated as it goes

Simple pattern, blank color, or a design - 0-1$

(EX: Image = 0$, Pokka dots = 0$, Gradiants - 0$, Stripes/Checkers(That I have to draw) - 0.25$, Blurry background - 1$) (Feel free to ask questions!)

Simple background (Like eyes, something I have to draw) - 3$

Nature background - (Depends on complexity) 10-50$

City background - 10-100$

Inside a room - 10-80$

These are examples, they will vary. References for what you'd like are preferred.

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Extra information

An additional character will be 75% of the cost added back to the drawing. (If it is a fullbody and you are adding a halfbody, it will be 3/4 the price of the halfbody).

If you do or don't want me to post the drawing, let me know. Otherwise, I may or may not.

Let me know if you want the Krita file.

If you don't want to DM me on Tumblr, Deviantart works too.

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Payment

I do have a Paypal that I will DM you if we get through the basic process.

I'll have half the price upfront, and the rest when the piece is finished.

Refunds are applied when

- I do not finish it.

- I have taken more than 2 months to work on it without stating that it would take that long, or letting you know of a pause beforehand.

If you back out, I will charge you according to how much has been done. If I have a sketch at that time, you will be charged 50% of the price of a normal sketch. I get slow payments, but I can't afford to spend time on things I won't get paid for. Again, you know this as you go into the process, I will let you know when I start it, and as I get through each phase of it.

Your satisfaction is entirely dependent on you, as I will be updating you throughout the process, and you can tell me to change whatever you want me to. You are hiring me for this work, and I intend to do it well and efficiently.

I will take breaks between taking commissions, as I am, again, a student in high school. I am in the midst of competitive sports and several studies so I understand if I am taking too long for you.

FAQ:

None yet, adding more as we go.

[artsandstoriesandstuff]

Okay, so, since you asked, here's some stuff. Keep in mind this is more things you can try if you want rather than criticism since at the end of the day you do what you want with your art and it looks awesome anyway.

Maybe try some smoother/connected lines? Your style can be sketch-like, which is of equal merit, but smooth lines can make colouring easier (bless the fill tool on reference layer my beloved).

In addition to point one, I've noticed your colouring is pretty freeform. Again, equal in merit, I just wonder if you've experimented with cleaner colouring before.

This is only my personal method for doing lineless, so take it with a big grain of salt. When I do it, though, I tend to keep separate colours and things 'closer'/'farther' from the viewer on separate layers. This makes shading a lot easier, as the clipped shading layers won't go over onto a different object in a different place relative to the light source.

As for anatomy stuff, I don't really have much to say since your style is so cartoony it really doesn't matter as much. The most I can say is maybe go looking at different figures online for pose/fat/muscle practice as just a routine thing. I say this as someone who has to do that myself.

I...Really don't have much actual criticism. I genuinely love your art so much, it's so cool to look at. I also love how you have these different variations of the same sorta style (lineless, lined, the textured brush for colouring version), it's really cool to see how versatile your stuff can get!

I actually have done some smoother coloring in the past! The most recent time I remember was probably May-June? I've also done smoother linework before, but not really connected lines. I haven't found a style I like with that, anyway. (So maybe ill try to practice that?)

And I understand what you mean with the lineless work too... I generally do my work on the same layer to save time but I need to try out that method, too.

With the last one, i for sure need to get back to doing those. I have a couple of times but I haven't committed to doing it. I think I'll prioritize that. (I also don't think I've done any fat/muscle studies at all)

THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING!!! To be honest i started getting the feeling no one cared about the post lol. And I'm really happy you love my art too!! :)

[bobbobfredart-commissions-open]

i have have had real bad art block for the past week or so, and i just wanted to draw somthing nice and easy to try and get back into it. i was playing around with different colours and stuff and i took a lot of inspiration from @artmanoil with adding the lines, which i actualy think worked realy well. it might be somthing i play with more in the future, idk, any feedback would be much apreciated.

lineless version below (i dont know if i like it more or less)

[oceandiagonale]

Wait heck I should probably add some actual lore or whatever for oc Sunday instead of just designs

Uuuuuuuhhhhh OH! Yam, despite being "blessed" with immortality from yveltal, was actually chosen to be a hero by zygarde!

Let me find the paragraphs hang on

Yam was actually chosen by zygarde to be a hero of order. Yam wasn't chosen by yveltal due to the god being woken up too early from its slumber to power the ultimate weapon, and having used up a lot of energy between charging the weapon, fighting yams team, protecting Yam and her friends from the ultimate weapon, and taking away Yams ability to die. So yveltal just goes right back to sleep asap leaving Yam and Co scrambling. Zygarde saw the mess az made of himself for 3000 years and was like," Nope not letting this kid go through that."

So during yams recovery after being healed by shauna, she spends a lot of time in the secret pokemon village and gets a mentor out of wulfric. After becoming champion and reuniting az with floette, az tells yam that she's probably immortal and she doesn't take it very well. So she goes to the village, battles mewtwo to get out some emotions, and gets told by mewtwo that it might be a good idea for her to talk to zygarde.

Zygarde says "yep definitely cursed, thanks for saving the world btw. If you want a legendary pokemon supporting you who won't be an absenty parent I'll claim you as my hero. You'll basically be asked to fix stuff by other legendarys anyway, it's just this way you can have a title and can ask for my help"

So uh yeah! I think I have art of them

Zygarde won't actually join yam and shauna in a more active role besides pointing them to a region until moon. so that omega Ruby is the girls trying to find a new normal and be self-sufficient and failing at it. OR is a mess of emotions and stress and they girls don't even know shaunas immortal until the very end of the delta episode.

[image: lineless digital art of Yam in her post-Geosenge outfit in the middle of a dark green cave/forest, standing in a bright glowing pool in front of Zygarde 50%. Zygarde's limbs(?) are all fanned out and it is looking straight ahead, but Yam is looking over her shoulder with one eye making direct contact with the viewer.]

WAIT OH MY GOD. ZYGARDE'S HERO HUH?? BOY I SURE WISH THERE WERE A ZYGARDE-FOCUSED GAME POTENTIALLY BASED IN THE XY POSTGAME COMING OUT SOMETIME NEXT YEAR THAT YOU COULD PLAY AS HER 👁️👁️

(love that wulfric is a mentor figure tbh. he deserves more attention <3)

[peachie-cottage]

C O M M I S S I O N S

《hello !! If you could, PLEASE REBLOG. Reblogging helps very small artists like me, and I would appreciate it so much》 i'm finally making an advertisement for commissions !! These commissions can be considered "emergency commissions" since i am trying to get funds for a puppy that my mom wants to buy I also need money, like did you know ot costs money to eat food? RULES: • i only take cashapp payments at the moment • i refuse to make any sort of commissions featuring hardcore fetishes/kinks (vore, bondage, pregnancy, ect.) • i will determine whether something is appropriate or not to do • i refuse to do any art that has children in it in a sexual or suggestive pose or outfit • i can't do feral, but i can do anthro • I do draw tickles, but i refuse to draw any sort of tickle kink • Please don't come to me and say "instead of money, i can give you exposure!" because i don't care about exposure. exposure doesn't pay my ver bills. • DO NOT DM ME UNLESS YOU ARE COMPLETELY SURE THAT YOU WANT A COMMISSION AND YOU'VE READ ALL OF THIS.. DO NOT WASTE MY TIME OR GET MY HOPES UP, ALL JUST TO TAKE EVERYTHING BACK. PRICES: Uncolored (basic lineart): • Headshot/Bust: $5.00 • Half-body: $10.00 • Full body: $15.00 this is what my basic lineart essentially looks like:

This would be an example of a $15.00 full body commission Flat-color (no shading): • Headshot/Bust: $10.00 • Half-body: $15.00 • Full-body: $20.00 this is what my flat-color looks like:

This would be an example of a $10.00 headshot/bust commission Fully colored (completely shaded): • Headshot: $15.00 • Half-body: $25.00 • Full-body: $30.00 This is what my fully colored art looks like:

This would be an example of a $15.00 headshot/bust ADDITIONAL CHARGES INFO:

i do tickle commissions as well...

This is what my tickle art looks like:

This would be an example of a tickle commission half body, completely shaded and lineless. ***any additional characters are $15.00 ***based on if you want shaded lineart/lineless style along with the fully shaded art or flated-colored art, it will be an additional charge: ***if you want lineless art, it's an additional $15.00 charge ***fully created background, i.e. a bedroom, livingroom, dining room, area outside, ect. costs between $10.00-$25.00, depending on the amount of detail and difficulty of said background. USAGE: • If you are to use your commission i made you as a profile picture, background on tumblr, or on any other site, you MUST credit me, linking my account on another site, or putting my @ on tumblr. • If I want to post your commission on another site, i will ask for your permission first. I will never post your art on any other sites without your permission. • You are not allowed to use said commission in any sort of copying way, i.e. tracing, claiming ownership, ect.

Refunding policy:

If you are to ask for a refund while i am sketching, i am required to reture 80% of your profit

If you ask for a refund while i am working on the digital line art, i am required to return 60% of your profits

If you ask for a refund while i am completing the flat color, i will return 40%/you will not get a refund, it's based on your commission you choose

Once i begin to shade the flat colored art, a refund will not be available

[katygorl]

Commissions are open~! (Read below)

- Sketch Commissions

. Head/Bust-Shot: $2, + $1 per extra character

. Half-Body: $4, + $2 per extra character

. Full-Body: $6, + $3 per extra character

- Full-Color Commissions

. Head/Bust-Shot: $5, + $2.50 per extra character

. Half-Body: $7, + $3.50 per extra character

. Full-Body: $10, + $5 per extra character

- Chibi Commissions

. $4, + $2 per extra character

. An additional + $2 to be done in a lineless/colored lines style(EX: one character would be $6, two characters would be $10)

- Custom OC/Fan-Kid Commissions

. $10, + $5 per extra character

. A form to fill out + back-and-forth conversation will be sent to get all the details for the character(unless you only want to send a few details or ask for a surprise design)

- Writing/Short Story Commissions

. $1 per 100 words($5 for 500 words, $10 for 1,000 words, and so on), but any extra words I may write are of no additional cost!

. Can be for canon characters from media I am familiar with or OCs(if about your own OCs, I may need some time to get used to them if I am not already familiar with them)

. Check out my writing side-blog @libraryofkaty for writing examples!

- Art Examples(includes some past comms I've done):

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Hey everyone, I'm trying out my hand at making an commission guide for Tumblr to let you all know my commissions are open! :D I'm not in dire need of financial assistance right now, but I do have two pretty big/expensive appointments coming in the next couple of months that I would like to save up extra for if I could.

So, here is a little guide with my prices and some art examples! I take PayPal USD only at the moment and slots are limited to 1 commission per person at a time, but you are more than welcome to let me know of any other commissions you want if you have multiple ideas! I am also willing to negotiate commission types and/or prices if needed too. This about covers it, but more detailed rules/guidelines + art and writing examples can be found in my DA journal too.

If you have any questions, or if you are interested in getting a commission, DM me!^^ While not expected they are greatly appreciated, and any support whether commissioning me or reblogging this post means the world to me! 😊❤️

[meltypancake]

hellooo!! i love your art sm!! do you have any tips on how to study something effectively? 🤔 how do you approach studying something for your art?

hi anon!! thank you so much 🥹and that's a really good question!

there's a lot of things that can go into it, since it will depend on what kind of artist you are - but here are some general things i look out for.

make sure the study somehow ties back into your personal work. for example, while drawing a character i'll notice that i'm struggling with a certain hand pose, so afterwards i will look up the same or similiar hand refs and do a couple studies of them. i'd approach the study like this: draw a hand based on the reference, then see if there's anything off about it. draw it again with the new knowledge you've gained. try to be careful and put your lines down accurately, since it's less about speed but about understanding the structure. finally, apply it to your personal work. this method works best for me, since it stops me from thinking "i should learn anatomy" which isn't that helpful, but lets me pinpoint something specific i'd like to learn about.

ultimately, it's about keeping the practice sustainable. it can be easy to lose your way when remembering all the things you have yet to learn (perspective, figures, muscles, colors etc.) and you end up frantically studying and studying without a clear goal except "getting good". i know the sentence "you need to practice" gets thrown around a lot, and i get where it's coming from, but i don't find it very helpful. art can be anything you want it to be, and for me, having fun with it and finding joy is a huge part of it. so if you're studying and dreading every second of it, it'll be hard to keep it up in the long term and it might even sour your relationship with your art. so a couple things you could do to study, but also have fun: - figure out what kind of art you want to do. legit, write it down somewhere and think about it. do you prefer more graphic art? more painterly and textured? bold lines, thin lines, lineless? what kinds of artists do you admire (though loving a certain art style doesn't automatically mean you would enjoy their process either!) do you prefer monochrome or greyscale or color? - depending on what kind of art you want to create, choose what you want your studies to focus on. if you just wanna draw everyone in super big poofy dresses, you don't need anatomy nearly as much as someone who's into drawing buff ladies in tanktops! - instead of thinking "i will get good at perspective and then i get to have fun drawing my blorbos", just draw your blorbos in an environment with perspective! you don't need to separate your studies from your personal art at all - you can combine them, having fun and learning from them at the same time. if it doesn't work out the way you wanted it to, set it aside, let it marinate, and try again if you like.

and if something is really hard to do, it just means your brain is changing, growing, adapting, OVERCOMING!! and it'll be a little easier the next time around :]

i hope this helped a little! feel free to hop into my inbox again if anything was unclear. hope you have a great weekend! <3

[clutchpowers]

Sooooo... i wanted to stick this little rambly thing at the bottom of the redraw but it would have made it look UGLY so im doing this separately... just wanna talk about the whole thing and What Not.

TLDR: its been a slash positive ride thats been worth it to try "something new" every year and my favorite piece out of all of them is the 9th. also for the curious heres the comparison of the 5th anni piece to the recent one (2018 -> 2023)

anyway. personal post time.

oh where to begin *rocks on my rocking chair* i guess it would be with the 5th anniversary piece...at the time it had been a long while since i did lineless art and i thought it would be cool to try it again for that one so i did by redrawing an old piece from 2014... that was the first "finished piece" i made of Them. i think i even made it into a wallpaper for myself lmao. anyway after i posted it i was like "aw man i should draw something every year until the 10th" but i thought yeah right. im going to forget next year like the idiot i am. but i Some How managed to do one every year... th worms got me... i honestly didnt think id make it all the way to the 10th but i did!! AND WITHOUT MISSING A DAY EXCEPT FOR THE 7TH WHERE I WAS A WEEK LATE???? UNREAL especially when fun fact! every year i had no idea what i wanted to do! all i knew for sure is that i wanted each piece to be out of my comfot zone to push me to do something a little different. unfortunately the subjects tm where always the same so it feels a little. samey. but these are my celebratory posts I GET TO ONLY POST ABOUT THE OTP SUPER BLORBOS OF ALL TIME

the 6th anniversary was a redraw of that one scene. you know the one. the helicopter one. fucking hate that scene btw it actually causes me psychic damage i cant watch with the audio or ill scream. but it is my favorite scene of mine despite all the horrors it causes <3 and i wanted to redraw it as if it was a cartoon... like i had taken screencaps from the lcu cartoon in my head. i still remember the backgrounds being such a pain in the ass. honestly id like to go back and redo this one one day too or do something similar to the concept because its a fun one that i always saw done growing up and i wanted to try it myself.

for the 7th anniversary you can see the turn.. no more humans... return to lego... i was getting a little more confident in drawing them in the lego form so i did another redraw this time with the ending!! honestly i still like this one and how it looks even with how late it was but i wanted to test my confidence and do a real True and Finished piece with COLORED LINES and EVERYTHING!!!!! im glad i ended up taking the turn because for the LONGEST TIME i wanted to try and draw them as lego so bad because all i did was draw them as humans and its funny because now its the exact opposite. glad this piece was kinda the solidification in my head that yeah okay im a bit better at drawing the stylized lego toy now i can keep drawing them like this without feeling like im going to want to delete this in 2 weeks.

the 8th anniversary one is so weird. somewhere toward the beginning of the year it got into my head that i wanted to do a comic of them but time/school would have gotten in the way so i ended up opting for a page. another redraw of the ending scene which honestly out of all of them this is my least favorite one and its solely because its all so off. i def could have formated it better so the background shot doesnt take up the entire fucking page but then again im not a comic guy and this was my first time so the layout was bound to look HORRID but this is something id like to come back to ive had the idea of making like a genuine short comic about them since FOREVER and now that im a bit more experienced (lying) i would like to make one day!!!! just gotta stop getting caught up in my scripts!! and going in circles!! Because im obviously not a writer and i keep getting first-hand embarrassment from these!! but ill get over it one day lol.

OH THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY PIECE MY BELOVED. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES ACTUALLY i love this stupid thing so much you have no idea.i know its re-using lineless but i just loved the idea of what it would look like lineless AND IT CAME OUT SO PERFECT I LOVE IT SO MUCH obv it needs a few touch-ups so the main issues dont stand out to me but god. i love this piece so much. idk what came out of me to make this but its so good ill never get over it. and the little lego them as a cake topper ITS JUST SO CUTE I DONT HAVE MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN I LOVE THIS SO MUCH SORRY

finally. the 10th anniversary piece. oh my god. okay. i need everyone to understand this. i had woken up with this fucking Unbearable pounding headache that was trying to kill me. my body the entire day wanted me to stop and lie down, but last night i was already done with a good chunk of it and all i had to do that day was finish some lines and the coloring?? i literally don't remember all i remember is my body actively trying to shut down and force me to stop and sleep which i took a nap? didnt help. so i said fuck it im finishing this. i was. an entire goddamn corpse arched over my laptop. i was so delirious the entire time its a fucking miracle it even came out as good as it did but honestly. i still hate how it fucking looks. like you can TELL when i gave up (the shading) and it sticks out like a sore fucking thumb to me and it pisses me off because i knew i could have done so much better if i wasnt being stricken down by gods hand and his every attempt to get me to rest. idk like im generally proud ot it, with this one i wanted to go out with a bang tm so i tried to draw every important and relevant character instead of ALL of them like I was originally planning LMAO but ah well. maybe one day when im faster at drawing. this one i defiantly wanna go back and touch up but i everytime i open the file i can see 40 more things wrong with it and it drives me nuts. so ill just have to wait for when im ready. i guess.

can i just say though. the improvement is crazy. it always catches me off guard because tbh i uh. dont like my own art. im getting better at not fucking hating it because i can pinpoint everything wrong with it but whenever i see the side by sides it always surprises me. i always dont think im improving but then i see it and its like wow i really am getting better! i still suck at 3000 things but im getting better! and its overall just a nice thing to see after having drawn them for as long as i have... the power of the worms is strong and has ruined my brain...... speaking of i know ive said a few times that i fucking hate certain pieces, not just LCU related ones but almost anything i post, but if you love them and are able to look at them with a twinkle in your eye then thank you. genuinely. i honestly love looking over the tags of people exploding and saying nice things. it warms my cold little heart and im glad there are people out there that genuinely love some of the things what i do! even if its just fanart and its just their blorbo. thank you for sticking around even tho all i do is draw my otp super blorbos :'^) this game means the world to me and im glad like more than 2 people wanna spread it around.

to wrap back around to the anniversary stuff and speaking of big love to the people out there THE FREAKING EPIC ZINE i was just a small thing but it came out amazing even for how small it was thank you to the contributors and thank you to everyone whos downloaded it!! its still getting the occasional and i love getting the notif in my email about it. i love that there are still people out there who wanna see it and all the hard work everyone put into it to celebrate the games 10th just thank you again i really does mean alot to me ALSO IF YOU HAVENT CHECKED IT OUT PLEASE DO IT IS 100% WORK YOUR TIME AND ITS DIGITAL WITH PRINT AT HOME STICKERS AND YOU CAN KEEP IT AND LOOK AT IT FOREVER

uh to end this off....would I like to do this again..... I mean I kinda am? by that i mean ill do the big numbers (15, 20, 25, 30, 40, etc) till the day i freaking die!!!! but yeah no countdown stuff ever again!!!!! sorry :^( it was super fun to do though!!!! and im glad i did it that piece is the conclusion to the whole thing but that doesnt mean ill stop drawing them. duh. theyre my characters now! but heres to many more anniversaries and to hopefully another game! or to just see them again in any other lego media! or even better... a mischaracterized cameo in ninjago!

[fleouriarts]

who are your biggest artistic influences my furry friend? we had art classes together for years but i still feel like i don’t know 😭

😭😭😭 honestly thats probably cus a lot of my artistic influences are specifically internet artists that ive been following for several years and not things i couldve brought up in art class. you know that lame ass mr smith wouldve hated me if i said 'yeah i draw like this cus of some bts fanart girlie on twitter'. thankfully i have the Archivist's Temperament and save like literally everything thats had an effect on my style... so below is a journey thru my artistic influences (and various insp folders on my computer) as far as i can remember

of course the most basal Dorian Influence is disney movies. you are my brother in arms in the lion king fandom so you know this. whenever i am feeling extremely artistically bankrupt i try to revitalize myself by rewatching the lion king, atlantis, and treasure planet. and also the prince of egypt but thats dreamworks LOL

in 2016 i found the first "online" artists i distinctly remember wanting to imitate, which were sara kipin and celia lowenthal because i was obsessed with how they used color to block out their illustrations. ive also been following dimetrodone(/dimetrodrawn/deinocheirus) on here since 2016 and love all the shapes and colors in her work

in 2017 i started doing more detailed shading because i saw bts fanart by the artist tyu_naxx on twitter and loved how they did it (below is like THE piece that made me change my whole shit up)

around then is also when i started trending towards using limited palettes and that was mostly inspired by various national parks promo artworks that would only have like 5 colors in them. wish i remembered who made these but heres ancient scans of some postcards i got at sequoia national park that changed me

in early 2019 i started wanting my style to be more cartoony so i would constantly peruse the backlogs of kiwi, officialspec, skunkes and mimiadraws to get whatever inspiration i could from them

in late 2019 i completely pivoted for some reason and started doing lineless rendered semirealistic stuff instead. i think that was mostly cus i hated doing lineart. one of my biggest inspirations in that era was atissi

in 2020 i remember i went crazy stupid on using glow effects and chromatic aberration on stuff and i genuinely think all of it can be traced to this ONE piece of bts fanart by lordizxy on twitter like i was fully obsessed (putting it below also in case it gets deleted somehow)

mid 2021 was when i got tired of semirealism and thought it was too amorphous and restricting so i went back to cartoony shit. i was still looking at the artists i listed for early 2019 but i also added artists like iplidl, catmunches, and chunkysoup22 to the mix

2022 was an inspirationless nightmare i have no clue what i was doing for that entire year. the artblock was BAD. i mostly just looked at art from all the artists i mentioned before while artistically wandering in circles. a lot of this was me trying and failing to figure out whether i wanted to do more dynamic yet less rendered art or... the opposite of that

thankfully in 2023 i finally FIGURED THAT SHIT OUT. i would say the current dorian art era started with this silly drawing of graydon and riley hivemind as a dogboy and a catboy ⬇️

you can kinda see the influences of all the cartoonists i listed above but a lot of the way i draw now is just. me trying to not make myself hate doing art. ive always hated redoing a line 30000000 times for clean lineart so now its sketchy. rendering my art was making my drawings feel super stiff so now thats all messy too. etc etc

i think Right Now the artists i go to for inspiration the most are still kiwi and skunkes, but i also found the artist robottoast recently who makes RIDICULOUSLY good furry art, its so full of life and personality and i definitely need to commission them someday. the most recent singular piece thats changed my whole shit up is this scott pilgrim fanart by benadieshekiel (also below) because i really liked how the clothes were fully rendered while the skin and hair are less detailed with clear lineart. so sometimes i do that too

ok i think that is as full of a chronicle of Dorian Influences that i can give you rn. i was not lying when i said i wanted to yap. hope you enjoy <3