Quote how you paint dark skin!

Quote how you paint dark skin!

WIP. Painting practice. I think...I've leveled up?!

#WIP -- Finally chasing my dream of making the fantasy art/romance novel covers I love. I've got a tasty plan for this one. #fantasyart #romance #romancenovel

some sketchbook pages

#WIP -- Finally chasing my dream of making the fantasy art/romance novel covers I love. I've got a tasty plan for this one. #fantasyart #romance #romancenovel

WIP. Painting practice. I think...I've leveled up?!

Sketches and beginning notes for an new project, featuring staying up until midnight learning about the entire pipeline of harvesting and making linen by hand, and landscape field notes.

I know that a lot of people won’t let themselves post any ugly early stage project sketches, but to be honest I can’t let myself care about that anymore. I’d rather show people that the early stages of a project can look very ugly and messy, or at least, mine do.

Sketches and beginning notes for an new project, featuring staying up until midnight learning about the entire pipeline of harvesting and making linen by hand, and landscape field notes.

I’m at book 2 out of four, about 400 pages in out of 1200. Today: Pierre and Andre argue about philosophy, two silly little rich boys argue philosophy and are each wrong in their unique and funny little ways.

I love seeing queer artists draw bodies. Queer attraction and beauty has such range to it, and I love seeing body types and parts that we've been told are ugly drawn with such care. I love getting to see the body from so many different perspectives

Officially at the point where a 25 lb kettlebell feels “normal” except for “damn really”

happy Fire Emblem day

I’m starting to plot out the “what is the thesis” and “what are the points I must hit.” I’m researching setting and making some little dots on a map for analogous-enough places I can visit by car, or can delve into memories from places past, or turn to books/videos.

In the research stage of something new where I feel like I can feel it hot in my chest, like I can feel my blood moving. I’m tracking down historical sources, I’m putting in requests at my local library. I’m…staying up reading about how different fabrics are made. 🫠

been doing these from my driveway every evening for 5-15 minutes lately

my coffee table/research zone looking real chaotic right now

the kind of drawing where you sit bolt upright in bed, grab the sketchbook and start scribbling, hunched over, ugly, the kind of drawing that’s for nobody except yourself, that’s the good shit, that’s what it’s about

Does anyone else feel like they are turning inside out when they draw their characters for the first time

Extremely strange time to decide I’m writing a book, but that does seem to be what is happening.

Thanks for doing this! Hi everyone— I’m an artist who makes high-color work on mythos, metaphor, romance, and the sublime. I have a romantic and mythological sensibility, and I’d love to meet other artists in the same sphere ❤️‍🔥

It’s finally here. The colors are so bright and perfect. The publisher said yes to matte black card edges! I cannot believe how nicely this came out. Llewellyn knocked it out of the park here.

Anyway. Trying again. Here’s one of three L0vers cards for my tarot deck.

BlueSky won’t stop labeling my work as explicit when it is explicitly not, and no worse than what you’d find in the renaissance section of an art museum.

Queer figure drawing hangout 🌈 we did little 30 second-5 minute drawings of each other

you TOO can have incredibly shiny covers that you don't need to pay extra to print because the silver foil is a texture in the image file

anyhow age verification laws are bad and they make kids less safe while gutting online free expression and privacy so maybe you should tell your lawmakers not to fall for this nonsense www.stoponlineidchecks.org

Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books

I tried to do a painting study last night and I did a pretty bad job. But something I’m enjoying about today at least is thinking about all of the ways I could do it better next time.

Excerpt from the edition of War and Peace by Tolstoy translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky. I used to play this kind of game when me and my friends would get stuck walking behind frats. Pick a guy, mimic the gait, don’t get caught. People really are the same.

Made a modular nose-piece for my KN95 and some basic chain netting with a crappy strip of leather, a sewing awl, and a prayer. I want to go dancing but also protect myself and others, but also accessorize.

Instagram loves to serve me ads like, “Hey, check out this new alt clothing brand! It’s so poorly-made you can see it in the photos! Look at this fabric made of thin plastic and nothing! Look at these shoes also made of plastic with terrible finishing! Each piece is $80 and up and —“

Hey, do you live in Washington State and have been affected by the Visa and MasterCard porn censorship bans? Please get in touch with me! I have an in-person meeting with State Senator Alvarado coming up about this topic and I would love to bring stories from people who've been directly harmed!

if you would like a deliciously gay, old-fashioned gothic horror book, i would love to suggest part 1 of my novel The Lord Of Astiigos. you can get a free teaser of the first 8 chapters & the huge gigantic part 1 is just $7. t-hornapple.itch.io

Very quick study from last night. Trying to learn to paint the figure in oils!

drum roll please!! check out these BEAUTIFUL brand new Vow risographs (printed courtesy of @juleshroom.bsky.social / justrightpress.carrd.co) debuting at Flamecon this weekend, table A06! leftovers will go up on the shop, but attendees get first dibs >:D #thevow

Tomorrow! I'm releasing Green & Gather on my online shop. It's a tarot and journaling zine about the seasons of creativity. I just saw a post about someone who was trying to get back into writing after becoming reliant on AI to write for them and ... wow. Make your art folks. Hope this zine helps.

Early stage brainstorming for new things 🔥

You can preorder the deck wherever books are sold—see if you can order it from your local bookstore. I also have a list of links you can buy it from: www.emilylubanko.com#/tarot/

I took a video so you can see just how vibrant the cards are, especially with the matte black edges 🔥

It’s finally here. The colors are so bright and perfect. The publisher said yes to matte black card edges! I cannot believe how nicely this came out. Llewellyn knocked it out of the park here.

Are there any active artist discords anyone recommends? Particularly for someone who makes the kind of work I do?

NINETY NINE PER CENT www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe. Don’t forget to complete your dailies!! stop-paypros.neocities.org

Yeah I already have a text document open so that I can speech text ideas into it on my walks, I’m cooked

Screaming at myself like…I KNOW how much work doing a deck and book project is. I know it. I should not want to do it again. I should not be planning for the next one. I KNOW IT’S A LOT. And yet. And yet.

My last attempt at oils was at this portrait class, where we painted from life! Really enjoying skill building this year.

And the sequel cover/flipside