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Actually I think that would be a really great thing to share with people on here if you have a link to something? That would be fantastic.
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1: Yeah, I will definitely continue to post everything here. I have galleries elsewhere but I have a huge problem keeping up with them because Tumblr is just way simpler/easier to use for submitting images, and I am pretty lazy.
2: I have a couple story ideas floating around with a bunch of my OCs involved, but at this point I need way more practice with my comic layout and writing skills before I can hope to do anything with them, and a lot of the concepts themselves are just extremely undeveloped right now. For a couple cases, I do hope to eventually do something visual-novel-esque, though whether or not they’ll actually be published in that format is anyone’s guess. It’s more likely they’d be something along the lines of a short-form webcomic.
ON A COMPLETELY UNRELATED NOTE, sorry this blog has been pretty much all asks and scribbles lately, the tendons in my drawing hand are acting up so I’m forcing a temporary break on myself to avoid making it worse. When that gets better, you still might not see more than a couple warmups until I finish with these few commissions I have lined up. But those definitely get my focus for now.
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Anonymous asked: will we see some more mindfang+redglare sketches or pictures from you hopefully in the near future? I miss your fantastic drawings of them <3 Although I totally understand being busy!
It’s possible. I’ve been chatting with Avis about them a lot lately so I might draw them some more if a particular idea hits me.
Like I said in the last ask though, I’m trying to steer away from doing so much fanart. What I do will probably be restricted to warmups/sketches except for the couple prints I have planned for otakon, which will be proper paintings.
I appreciate people taking an interest in my stuff, even if it’s only the fanart, or specific subsections thereof, which is totally valid. But what I draw has never really been determined by what other people want, except for the few instances in which what I want to draw and what people want me to draw happily line up. Or, you know, commissions. This is part of why I don’t do requests.
Generally I just draw what I’m in the mood to draw. And if people happen to enjoy it, that’s great. If they don’t? At least I had fun with it. Unless I’m doing work-related things, I prefer to make art as much of an obligation-free experience as I can.
Sorry that got a little off topic from the ask, but I kind of get things like this a lot, asking if I plan to draw more of [thing] than I already have.
My answer for all of these asks is as follows: If the mood strikes me.
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Anonymous asked: You know, I never really see much, well, Sufferer drawn on your blog, how come?
Because I tend only to draw the characters I personally find engaging.
I cannot exactly spread my attention equally to every character in homestuck because a) there are a LOT of them wow, and b) A lot of them just don’t hold my attention as well as others, or don’t have enough backstory or development for me to actually come up with anything other than “here is a doodle of so-and-so’s face, enjoy”.
I’m sort of missing a lot of characters on here. And you’re not likely to see much of them ever, really. Especially as I’m trying to cut down on the amount of fanart I’m producing so I can actually work on a portfolio and personal stuff.
The fanart I do draw is for fun, so I tend to stick to the characters I enjoy the most. /shrug
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Anonymous asked: Hey. When I was drawing, I was really fucking retarded and held my tablet pen in a harmful way. I've got pain up my hand and arm, can't write, draw, or play piano, and am waiting to go to the doctor to see what it is. I guess the question is, has this kind of thing ever happened to you? If so (or if you know anyways) do you know any ways to tackle the problem? Any general advice on dealing with tablets in a way that isn't unhealthy? Does tablet size matter? (Thanks.)
A lot of times if you draw (or do anything with repetitive motions like that) for a really long time it can stress your muscles/tendons pretty significantly, and a lot of that pain won’t necessarily be in your hand (I tend to get a lot of my drawing-pain way up in my shoulders, and only occasionally in my wrist on a heavy day of 12-14 hours). You can do a lot of things to help it while working - try adjusting the angle your tablet is at while drawing (flat on your desk or on your lap or whatever). Basically make everything as comfortable as possible. You might also want to look into getting a wrist brace if it becomes a frequent issue (and you’ll probably want one for recovery times anyhow, if it continues to be a problem).
If you’re drawing for a while, be sure to take breaks to let your muscles do something different for some time.
If it feels like your muscles/tendons are inflamed from the stress at all, you’re likely dealing with tendonitis you might want to try low dose ibuprofen or something similar, ice your wrist, and keep it immobile until it starts feeling better.
A larger tablet CAN help but that’s not necessarily your problem. I personally ended up buying a large tablet after a while since I work for 6-8 hours in a row, at least, every day, and confining your wrist/arm to a lot of tiny movements can kind of suck after a while. I know big tablets aren’t really within everyone’s budget, but I’d say it’s a worthwhile investment if you plan to do a ton of drawing for long periods of time.
This is mostly just really general advice from my own experiences, but I hope this helps you out a little!
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keepers-of-the-gloom asked: Although I'm a pencil and paper kind of artist, I've always wanted to try sculpting things. Noticing that you sculpt a bit on the side, I just wanted to know if you have any tips on sculpting. Also, do you use any specific tools to aid you in your endeavours?
I’m not SUPER experienced in sculpting as far as actual proper technique goes, I just sort of fiddle with things until they look right, but here are some things that might help:
I use super sculpey as my clay of choice, because it holds detail well and doesn’t give you the problem of drying out, and can be baked to a really nice durability (for people who have had problems with sculpey’s durability in the past, I recommend checking out this thread, which discusses baking times/temps/clay mixes that will give you a more durable sculpture.)
Tools-wise, I tend to use whatever is convenient and the proper size/shape for what I need at the time. I’ve been known to use pins, pencils, the round butt-end of various pens, screwdrivers, X-acto knives, and even (GASP) actual sculpting tools! You should be able to pick up a set of wooden sculpting tools for like 7 dollars at a local art supply store.
Super sculpey has sort of a weird natural translucency to it, which can make seeing what you’re doing pretty difficult, so you might want to try mixing a small brick of black and/or white sculpey into it, which will make the clay more opaque and easier to work with.
The last tip that comes to mind immediately is for getting a smooth surface with Super Sculpey, as anyone who has used it probably knows, it’s a pain in the butt to smooth out all your little details so they look like natural textures instead of just awkward tool marks. Rubbing alcohol + paintbrush. Going over the surface of your sculpture before baking it with the alcohol will smooth out any weird edges or fingerprints and pick up any little clay-shavings from doing scratchier textures.
Hope this helps you out a bit!
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moraictrochee asked: Do you have advice for how to design realistic-looking alien and fantasy creatures? (Especially those that are not close to the anatomy of earth creatures.) I'd love as many tips as you have, since you do it so wonderfully! Thank you for all your excellent art.
Even when doing fantasy and sci-fi designs, it is always important to reference actual real-life organisms.
It really depends on what sort of thing you’re trying to design, but for a lot of my own sci-fi work I enjoy referencing deep-sea creatures, bugs and sometimes plants and fungi.
I greatly enjoy biology and nature, so I end up digging through video and photos and articles about that kind of thing a lot, but I know that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
You can find some REALLY crazy stuff in nature though — animals adapted to do tons of different things in ways you’d never think of.
So I guess start with your creature’s purpose — what has it evolved to be able to do? What’s its niche, how does it hunt (if it hunts!), etc etc. And then it becomes easier to give it features that make sense for how it lives.
I’ll close this off by linking to one of my favorite biology blogs, run by Paxon, who is a wonderful person and posts information and pictures about thousands of creatures, both obscure and well-known. So by all means, check his blog out here: http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com
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Anonymous asked: Do you have tips on drawing fur?
These will give you way more info on it than I can coherently type out right now:
http://sullivan.deviantart.com/art/A-Fur-Tutorial-Part-1-213293289
http://sullivan.deviantart.com/art/A-Fur-Tutorial-Part-2-217035127
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yay pictures!
This guy was built up on a lump of foil for bulking him out/basic shape. A flat layer of clay goes on and then balls of clay for the eyes and then everything else was built up using those as the key feature to keep everything as symmetrical as possible, and then smoothed out with sculpting tools.
I don’t use anything fancy! In fact, it’s kind of the opposite. I make due with whatever i have that is a good shape for what I need — screwdrivers, pins, knives, paintbrushes, etc. I have a set of really cheap wooden clay tools that I got at the local A.C. Moore store, but that’s pretty much it!
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Anonymous asked: I know you've answered a question like this before but I couldn't seem to find it going back through your blog, so! Would it be alright to use your art for an icon if you are credited for it?
This is perfectly fine with me, guys.
Go for it!
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what can you tell us about BSG stuck??
I can tell you that it’s an experiment in seeing how miserable we can make Vriska’s life.
But seriously (not that I wasn’t being serious with that first part), BSGStuck will be pretty damn extensive. More so than anything I’ve ever written before, because all of the main sixteen characters have important roles, their own storylines and a clusterfuck of relationships that will hopefully intertwine neatly. While some characters are vaguely filling pre-existing roles, it’s only based loosely on the actual characters in BSG — it should be accessible to people who aren’t familiar with Battlestar Galactica. I have no idea when we’re going to start posting yet, because I’d like to have a decent amount under my belt, but it’s coming along quickly, and shouldn’t be too far off!
And it goes without saying, but it isn’t going to be a happy story.
Thanks for your interest! c:
As a note this is one of those things that will totally just end up existing when it’s ready to.
We are nothing if not determined to provide you with a quality AU experience — wow damn it that sounds hilarious even when I am trying to type it seriously — so producing things quickly is, needless to say, less of a concern than doing them well.
Anyhoo! - Will be tagging any related things with #bsgstuck for those who are interested.
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Anonymous asked: Umm so can you have an FAQ or something? ;u; I really want to know what tablet you use/programs/etc.
I have an FAQ tag that a lot of other asks have fallen under! But I’ll add this to it since I am not actually sure if tablet has been answered under there yet.
I use a WACOM intuos4 large! Also for most of my painting I now use PaintTool SAI, in addition to Photoshop CS3 for general editing and lighting and whatnot. :>
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Well without getting into Spoiler Land, we can talk about Jul Bara the Trade Lord, I suppose!
“Jul” in the case of the Maruqui race, is an honorific bestowed upon highly respected or powerful individuals in place of a surname. Their first name then becomes the surname of any descendant born after the title is received. As this is pretty much the highest honor that can be given to anyone in their society, Bara is, needless to say, kind of a large force in the current world.
Maruqui operate in close-knit family groups or clans, sometimes numbering in the thousands as it is not uncommon for powerful families to “adopt” particularly helpful allies among their own people.
Jul Bara is especially dangerous as he has collected an extraordinarily large clan -now the most powerful trade force in the immediate range of most races. He enjoys the game of commerce, and is a very calculating individual. Like most Maruqui, he takes family ties very seriously, and any slight against his kin (or any disorder within his clan) is dealt with ruthlessly.
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binarysolstice replied to your photoset: I guess we’ll talk about the three Saava…
Interesting. But what makes it different than all the other sci-fi fics of this nature?
Probably the part where that bit of conflict is not anywhere near being the focus of the story. :> It’s just history.
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