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hey, if you're a commission artist just starting out, DON'T message random people out of the blue asking them to commission you. i know times are hard but it's quite rude and you're just shooting yourself in the foot; work on your art and grow your audience organically and clients will come.

Continuing my crossbreed series, have some bulbies 🌱🌿🍀

Woah thats awesome

the jojo beatdown meme. "artists" and graphic designers" are kicking "adobe" while "writers" looks on, takes a delicate sip of wine, and then joins in the kicking

So anyway, I created an updated version of that XdanielArt chart that contains all the Adobe alternatives since there are a lot more now than there were back when that list was originally made, and Adobe has continued to get shittier and shittier.

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

YouTube video by MyJoJob The Twinning.mp4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9QD... this one's mine

Y'all really need to chill when someone doesn't add alt text. Mistakes do happen. People sometimes rush and forget that's okay. You can add a reply with alt text. I legit have been called stupid, and other names for a misclick involving alt text today.

This is not the way.

"if I just work hard enough, eventually I'll make it"

No. cause if you don't make it that means you didn't work hard enough. And that isn't fair to your efforts.

there are so many factors outside of your hands. So much success is luck, and failure is not always your fault. cut yourself some slack.

White Haired character in wast sea of dark blue colors, with 3 fish spirit floating around him with a small halos

|| Old Art Highlights ||
The Sea of soul. One of my Original characters, he is a reaper with his little soul collecting fish friends 🐟✨

| #OriginalArt | #Watercolour | #OC | #JNoahArt | #Sketch |

whenever i write something sad, i know i've struck gold when i start crying myself, so i imagine it's the same!

I miss this.
It was such a perfect lil’ hub to not just watch everyone hang out, but also to grow berries, EV train, and even find rare treasures in.

I used it quite often, yet I still shudder to think I took this feature for granted.

And if you don't believe me, I've been live-commenting on my reads on Goodreads. I can point out the events that happen in many of the books at exactly that point because I comment on them.

I've read some good 15 or so books so far this year, and it is wild to me how often at damn near exactly the 60% mark, a major turning point occurs which will inevitably change the characters forever. I know writing is somewhat formulaic but it is fascinating to see it play out in real books.

A digital drawing of two men pressing their cheeks together and smiling brightly at each other with hearts floating above their heads. Molan is a handsome middle-aged man with a tan complexion, short chestnut hair with some grey streaks, glasses, a goatee, and a gap between his front teeth. Osborn is a larger man with an orc-like face, pale skin, tusks, flowing purple hair with grey streaks, long fantasy ears, and a goatee.

crazy microbiologist nerd + ancient deity = cuties 💕

molan (left) belongs to my friend @aholepeach.bsky.social

« #art #sketch #OCsky #MonParty #Mossborn #MolanFinder #OsbornMonParty »

In that vein, when you're someone who finds themselves making a lot of OCs -for- your fanfics, it's also comforting to be in spaces that are so supportive of OCs.

[OC] The whole crew from left to right: Aisha, Calvin, Walter, Cocoa, Zari, Frankie and Kareena from my comic project PowerTwined. A group illustration of 6 people and a black cat hissing at the viewer. A logo appears at the top right saying "PowerTwined" in altered Baskerville font. Zari holding a very angry Cocoa. Aisha looks at Cocoa very confused. Kareena with her eyes closed and shrugs like it's nothing. Frankie with his arms crossed smirking at the viewer. Calvin giving the thumbs up while hugging Walter in a friendly choke-hold lol. His glasses are lop-sided.

[OC] The gang's all here!

[ #PowerTwined | #RuiiArt | #RuiiOCs | #OCSky | #ArtSky | #Art | #OC ]

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I refuse to give AI the ✨ emoji.

It’s already coming for my livelihood. It can’t have my favorite emoji.

Please be advised that I will continue to use ✨ to mean *ooooh it’s magic* or *the emoji that came before this one is now shiny and special*.

I'm gonna go with Toys R Us because like... are there toy store anymore? If not that's a shame.

After finishing the Cerulean Sea books I started Under the Whispering Door but found myself thinking of Cerulean Sea too much and I just went "noonono this won't do, this book deserves to be read and judged on its own merits"

I'm glad I set it aside for a bit.

The first chapter of Under the Whispering Door (by TJ Klune) is honestly a work of art. Equal parts stellar character introduction and satirization of business mogul personalities, I laughed out loud more than once re-reading it.

Have written over 5000 words on a Cerulean Sea fanfic and it's honestly some of the best stuff I've ever written; I can't wait to share!

Comic Sans, my beloved, I'm so sorry I ever doubted you.

(for context: makes for a great first draft font when you're writing; takes you out of the stuffy seriousness of writing in any other font; plus i find it easy on my eyes? I dunno i think ppl give it a lot of shit for no good reason)

Even if you're not an NSFW artist, a porn ban affects you

If you've ever drawn a boob or a butt or a dong or looked at them online, just because the human body is the human body, a porn ban affects you

If you draw creatures, if you draw horror themes, if you draw dark art or robots or furries or

Artist's sketch of a bust of Arthur Parnassus from TJ Klune's Cerulean Sea Chronicles. The sketch is in blue ballpoint pen, and the character has long, wavy hair, square spectacles, and is smiling warmly.

Artist's sketch of a bust of Linus Baker from TJ Klune's Cerulean Sea Chronicles. The sketch is in blue ballpoint pen, and the character has short hair, thinning in the back. He has an alert, curious expression, eyebrows raised.

Some sketches of Arthur and Linus from my new Definitive Favorite Book, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune!

I haven't felt this excited about drawing in a long time.

How do you go back to normal after reading a truly life changing book?

Now that people are joining bluesky in large numbers I'll share this old comic of mine. I made it for Twitter, but as you can see, people over there never listened. Maybe this time... So just block, don't dunk on bigots!

Shadow and Rouge! 🌌

#Sonic #fanart