The only video you need to see for April Fool's Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YLl... (11 min) Seriously, @scottniswander.bsky.social's channel is amazing, and every video is a banger. Please please go binge, I promise you won't regret it <3

Happy April Fools with probably my favorite video I ever made on my art-themed YouTube channel. Bruh I cannot believe this genuinely tricked people x'D www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgao...

If you need some silly fun today, here's my April Fools playlist of all the prank videos I did back in the day. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

ButchBun and TigerDyke DTIYS | Karisma Colouring Pencils Neko taking the photo: "Now KISSSSSSSS" A DTIYS is such a wonderful excuse to draw these cuties 💖 Draw-this-in-your-style held by @gracekraft.bsky.social - you should draw 'em too! #furry #butch #ButchBunandTigerDykeDTIYS

Just as a heads up, a few days left for the discount! 😊

Juará, the Ember Serpent: Slumbering Protector of the Verdant Depths Work Commissioned by @syreniabyssi.bsky.social

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and it's a lovely day to follow a bunch more artists who don't use gen AI

Just a helpful reminder to everyone: Wednesday is April 1st. If you see a news story or something that looks like a news story that makes you think "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!??" ...the answer is probably yes, yes they are, that's it exactly.

The Ko-Fi goal has been met! GIVEAWAY TIME! Get a chance to win a free pet portrait commission! 🥳 Any animal! I've done birds, reptiles, etc! -Follow me + repost this post -Tell me 1 thing of good news Winner will be picked April 1st. Shoutout to everyone who helped fund this! 🥰 GL!

Need to prepare for #Pleinairpril? I've got you covered! Today and tomorrow only, grab yourself some stock photos at 34% off with code BDAY34 ✨ ko-fi.com/sambeawesome...

Share your snow ❄️ art! Oh boy, my time to shine! I love painting snow c:

It's live stream time! :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0pq...

The full Q&A stream ^-^ Thank you for your questions @sambeawesome.bsky.social @berryzem.bsky.social @sirgogetter.bsky.social @n1kodem.bsky.social Now my throat needs to rest 😅 www.youtube.com/live/wGt5Ful...

Watching videos on sewing projects & there are ALWAYS people in the comments like, "Can I do this without a sewing machine?" or, "This isn't beginner friendly cuz you need all those tools!" Bro...like...I just.... Do you think people were naked back in the day? Sewing machines didn't always exist 🤦

Share your snow ❄️ art! Oh boy, my time to shine! I love painting snow c:

Soooo thrilled to hear The Warm Machine made it into the quarterfinalist round for Team 1.21 Gigawatts (what the hell is a gigawatt?!) for SPSFC #5 Genuinely hope you folks enjoy it! :D

Keep the pressure up!

I was so close to buying an AI sewing pattern on Etsy before I figured out it was AI. And I had to REALLY dig into things to figure it out, and I'm glad I did. God damn. These scams are getting much harder to spot. I hate it. 🙃

It is always a good day to call paypros and tell them their policies against adult work are unjust. stop-paypros.neocities.org

I read through the article and through the letters sent to these paypros and you guys should too (like please actually read them, don't rely on me). It specifically cites religious and political views but the language is wide open. This is good

Just as a heads up, a few days left for the discount! 😊

I AM ALIVE #Art #Fanart #DetroitBecomeHuman #MarchOfRobots #RobotArt #Robots

Wood texture study with Crayola markers :) #sketchbook #art #drawing

Invest in your friends’ OCs. It’s like being in a fandom, except you get the benefit of having the inside scoop, too. Yes, show me the “bad” sketch, pitch me the shower thought… I love it.

POLL: Do folks prefer sticker sheets (smaller stickers together) or individual larger stickers?🤔

Wood texture study with Crayola markers :) #sketchbook #art #drawing

i've talked about this happening to visual artists as well - saw an artist get disqualified from a contest for being flagged by an AI art checker as "100% AI art" it was a 3D model. they posted a 360° animation, WIP screenshots in the 3D modeling program, etc. be mindful when sharing AI callouts

I talked about it recently so I had to give it another go! A value study where the reference and what I could see was only in greyscale, but I painted with random colors! The end result is STUNNING omg??? It's so magical and ethereal looking :O That pop of green on her dress is everything. 😭

Bro I am scheduling out membership rewards months in advance, I am so on top of things right now. Compared to last time I tried this and I was sweating and crying trying to keep up x'D Progress. 💪

Friendly reminder that I also sell my stock photos and resources on VGen, that includes year-round bundle deals too :) vgen.co/sambeawesome...

I wanted to give a heads up that a spot at *The Branches tier* has opened up! This is a sketch in the mail once a month :) THIS month's theme is either a flower bunny or jackalope. I still have time to sketch one and mail it too. April is Alice in Wonderland patreon.com/fallenlights

who are you? ...who are YOU??

IMPORTANT so you know to raise your shipping rates! (First image is just the USPS logo; it's lacking alt text but the other has everything)

It really feels like breaking up with an old friend with the way Deviantart has gone. I grew up on the platform. Made so many friends there. Learned so much about art. Found so many amazing and inspiring people that greatly influence me still to this day. I genuinely feel sad about it.

Stop supporting DeviantArt. It was clear years ago once Wix (an Isreali company btw) took over that they don't actually have artists in mind. Let the company go bankrupt

Finally releasing this as a print. The zine was a super success, but if you'd also like it on your wall, it's currently 30% off! (As well as everything else in my store!)

If you run into a thing that's hard to draw and you're fighting for your life congratulations you're about to get better at art bc drawing it bad is still you getting better at drawing it at all. Confidence is better than accuracy just go for it

I talked about it recently so I had to give it another go! A value study where the reference and what I could see was only in greyscale, but I painted with random colors! The end result is STUNNING omg??? It's so magical and ethereal looking :O That pop of green on her dress is everything. 😭

Charcoal artwork of a lemur. The tail was an absolute BLAST to do. The stark contrast was super fun. 😊 ⭐ Original available for sale: www.sambeawesome.com/store/origin... #art #traditionalart #charcoal #animalart

That "exciting opportunity" that wasted 3 hours of your life? Someone else is about to fall for the same one. I got tired of that cycle, so I built a free, anonymous database for reporting scam job listings. 🧵

to all my blueskiers who DONT use twitter anymore, the games lead engineer since 2017 got officially laid off as of this. this is such bullshittery from epic, especially since theyre pouring their money into UEFN, 3x creator payouts at the start of the season, and WAY too many collab rights.

If you ever want to commission me and have nothing specific in mind, I do have the option of 'Sponsor a Personal Artwork'! 😊 vgen.co/sambeawesome...

BTW if you ever wanna commission an artist you don't have to have OC's or fandom characters- you can literally just be like "dang I'd like to have some more lesbian art exist" or "wow it would be real nice to see some trans rep in my culture" or "wouldn't a yellow centric painting look nice here"

ALL available keychains are now on my website! :D Including my March sale, they're 34% off! Can confirm they make fun danglies and stim toys. :) Which is your favorite? 👀 ✨ www.sambeawesome.com/store/cluste... #artshop #shopsmall #shop #sale

The tutorial for this is now live! :) ➡️ ko-fi.com/post/Metal-T...

Playing around with folds and shadows with my OC. Thanks for hanging out with me on stream while I worked on this :D #art #digitalart #ocart

How far can I get in this drawing today???? www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5wW...

I've gotten so many generic emails from companies, galleries, etc. about wanting to work with me--like straight to spam. If you can't be bothered to make it seem completely obvious that you're talking to ME, personally, then why should I bother replying? Companies--take note.

*sees lineart heavy graphic art* wow I wanna draw like that *sees realistic painting art* wow I wanna draw like that *sees painterly graphic semirealism* wow I wanna-

If you've got the spare income, this comic is a lot of fun :)