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MA Animation student, storyboard artist, movie lover, and DnD nerd โค๏ธ 26 | she/her | ace ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿฉถ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’œ No AI ๐Ÿšซ 18+ content warningโ—๏ธ

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YOUR PORTFOLIO CRIT
THINGS I'D TELL YOU IF I WERE LOOKING AT YOUR WORK IN PERSON
1 Violating the 180 degree rule makes this sequence hard to follow
2 A few more incidental overlaps will make this foreshortening clearer
3 Symmetrical compositions with a character dead center imply an important moment. Don't draw every panel like that?
4 This __ looks kind of fake. Take the time to look at reference instead of just making it up
5 An establishing shot will help the reader understand where this takes place.
6 Find a life-drawing session to attend, or practice from photos online.
7 Show these pages to someone who doesn't know the story and ask them to tell the story back to you.
8. Nudge this part over a bit to eliminate that tangency.
9 You flattened out the depth by rendering the foreground, middle ground, & background with the same values. Create depth and direct the eye by organizing them into overlapping planes of light & dark.
10 there are better ways to use your time than rendering every brick.
11 these characters look like they're floating (or falling). Draw figures and bg  from the same eye level.
12 Unless this will be a wordless comic, leave more room for the lettering

YOUR PORTFOLIO CRIT THINGS I'D TELL YOU IF I WERE LOOKING AT YOUR WORK IN PERSON 1 Violating the 180 degree rule makes this sequence hard to follow 2 A few more incidental overlaps will make this foreshortening clearer 3 Symmetrical compositions with a character dead center imply an important moment. Don't draw every panel like that? 4 This __ looks kind of fake. Take the time to look at reference instead of just making it up 5 An establishing shot will help the reader understand where this takes place. 6 Find a life-drawing session to attend, or practice from photos online. 7 Show these pages to someone who doesn't know the story and ask them to tell the story back to you. 8. Nudge this part over a bit to eliminate that tangency. 9 You flattened out the depth by rendering the foreground, middle ground, & background with the same values. Create depth and direct the eye by organizing them into overlapping planes of light & dark. 10 there are better ways to use your time than rendering every brick. 11 these characters look like they're floating (or falling). Draw figures and bg from the same eye level. 12 Unless this will be a wordless comic, leave more room for the lettering

Been a year. Time to repost this.

25.08.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1689    ๐Ÿ” 561    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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A little glimpse into some of my animation process! I sometimes do Timelapses while animating that end up being way too big+long to upload on socmed, but here you can see a bit of my underlying rough and initial linework for my Purrnice anim :>

(More thorough process posts are on my sub sites! ๐Ÿค—)

25.08.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1417    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Sculptor's workplace

12.08.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 299    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that Iโ€™ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if youโ€™re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and itโ€™s just this drive that has always been there. Itโ€™ll always be there. And I think itโ€™s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time toโ€ฆwhat, email? I donโ€™t know what they think Iโ€™m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, itโ€™s just pointless. I think thereโ€™s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they donโ€™t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.

Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that Iโ€™ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if youโ€™re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and itโ€™s just this drive that has always been there. Itโ€™ll always be there. And I think itโ€™s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time toโ€ฆwhat, email? I donโ€™t know what they think Iโ€™m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, itโ€™s just pointless. I think thereโ€™s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they donโ€™t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.

My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" ๐Ÿ’œ www.vogue.com/article/matt...

31.07.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3598    ๐Ÿ” 1040    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Happy Pride! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจ
โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

21.06.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจHappy Pride!โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
Cntd!

Final piece of my Pride Parade - opportunistic, elusive and flamboyant, my rougish bard changeling, Phobia (a.k.a. Phoebe) โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™ โœจโค๏ธ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’™

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

21.06.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
two characters kissing suspended in shibari ropes over the ocean. the text reads: art share

two characters kissing suspended in shibari ropes over the ocean. the text reads: art share

โค๏ธ21k Couples Artshare! โค๏ธ

๐ŸŒธ Repost this postโ—
๐ŸŒธ Share your favourite couple art.
๐ŸŒธโ—โ— OR SHARE YOUR QUEER OCS. HAPPY PRIDE โ—โ—
๐ŸŒธInteract with othersโ—
(ัomment, repost)
๐ŸŒธNo AI or NFT's
๐ŸŒธLabel NSFW !!

14.06.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 894    ๐Ÿ” 211    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations on 21k!!โœจ๏ธ๐Ÿ’–

I'm Mei, and here are my OC's at the Pride Parade!๐Ÿ’–โœจ๏ธ

15.06.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจHappy Pride!โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
Cntd!

Another contribution to the Pride Parade comes as a pair: Marasil, a bisexual, gentle-hearted love cleric, and Cedric, a centaur war cleric, and an honorary ally. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™
Two broken halves, that make a whole healing heart โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

14.06.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจHappy Pride!โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Next in the Pride Parade is the myth and legend himself, my very villainous and very gay alchemist wizard, Felyntyr. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’™
He may look vampiric, but he's an albino Drow elf ๐Ÿฆ‚๐Ÿค

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

13.06.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจ Happy Pride! โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
Contd!

Continuing with the Pride Parade is the newest member of my band: a down-to-earth, kind hearted ranger, and a self-proclaimed gay otter - Therrion!โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

13.06.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจ Happy Pride! โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
Contd!

Second piece of my Pride Parade - a bard-barian charmer, pansexual himbo, and my first D&D character ever - Edwyrd!โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’™

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

12.06.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Half-body of a pink-haired woman, clad in sea green bra, golden jewellery, and pearl necklace. She's holding a bisexual pride flag in one hand, the other end draped over her shoulder

Half-body of a pink-haired woman, clad in sea green bra, golden jewellery, and pearl necklace. She's holding a bisexual pride flag in one hand, the other end draped over her shoulder

๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโœจHappy Pride!โœจ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Here is the first piece of my contribution to this years Pride Parade - my fathomless warlock of Umberlee, ex-mermaid and a bisexual icon, Loreley โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™

#dndoc #pride #ttrpg #dndart

12.06.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the TrueRef Gesture Tool.

Screenshot of the TrueRef Gesture Tool.

Remember, the TrueRef timed gesture tool is 100% free!
๐Ÿค trueref.art/trueref-gest...

29.05.2025 03:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7519    ๐Ÿ” 2520    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
A meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In the top panel, one man labeled "literally every company" hands a plate labeled "AI" to a man labeled "me." In the bottom panel, the man labeled "me" nonchalantly tosses the plate down the hallway, discarding it with casual disdain while the first man watches.

A meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In the top panel, one man labeled "literally every company" hands a plate labeled "AI" to a man labeled "me." In the bottom panel, the man labeled "me" nonchalantly tosses the plate down the hallway, discarding it with casual disdain while the first man watches.

Time to post it again.

28.05.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26464    ๐Ÿ” 11549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 160

โ‡๏ธ โ‡๏ธYAOI UNLOCKED โ‡๏ธ โ‡๏ธ

THANK YOU FOR GETTING US TO $90K!!!

01.05.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 840    ๐Ÿ” 256    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
pose reference model walking on digitigrade leg stilts with horns and a staff

pose reference model walking on digitigrade leg stilts with horns and a staff

Here's one of the shots from the Digitigrade Unguligrade Legs Premium Pack.

Modeling and photography on this pack is done by Thire and Faol (facebook.com/ThireAndFaol)
#PoseRef

The full pack is 163 full body references and you can get it on my ko-fi shop: ko-fi.com/s/c1df836b7a

25.01.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 749    ๐Ÿ” 181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

My first completed illustration of the year is a follow up to one of my most popular illustrations (linked below). This new one is titled "Fealty." ๐Ÿ˜

02.01.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10044    ๐Ÿ” 3302    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 194    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69
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how about some messy process shots :)๐Ÿฆ‡

03.01.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2128    ๐Ÿ” 400    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
graphic with 6 previews of drawing refeference photos

graphic with 6 previews of drawing refeference photos

I put all of my free references from this year in one pack. You can download it via Ko-Fi:

ko-fi.com/s/ac47b53b1c

31.12.2024 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1986    ๐Ÿ” 610    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Backgrounds are HARD, and let's be honest - most of us want to focus on the figure.

But backgrounds help tell the story of our characters, and they shouldn't be neglected. That doesn't mean we have to start by drawing huge, hyper-detailed scenes for our characters from scratch.

๐Ÿ‘‡A thread.

01.12.2024 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1157    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
โ€œThere is no ethical way to use the major AI image generators. All of them are trained on stolen images, and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing real human artists.โ€

โ€œThere is no ethical way to use the major AI image generators. All of them are trained on stolen images, and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing real human artists.โ€

This sums it up perfectly. Itโ€™s not a conversation.

04.03.2024 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17317    ๐Ÿ” 7454    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 161    ๐Ÿ“Œ 162

A reminder: generative AI is antithetical to the human practice of art. No matter how "good" the result seems, it's a hollow and barren reproduction productsd without care, thought, motivation, or curiosity.

You know it's ass - THEY know it's ass. But we're stuck in their sunk cost "reality".

20.11.2024 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 724    ๐Ÿ” 231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Post your most popular art from Twitter โœจ

This piece, by a mile. ๐Ÿ˜…

22.10.2024 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5316    ๐Ÿ” 1514    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 114
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been taking more WIP shots as I go & putting them on patreon if you're into that: www.patreon.com/alexisflower

27.03.2024 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 769    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Incorrect quotes and dumbasses

31.01.2024 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 616    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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[3/3]

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[2/3]

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