The nice neighbor cat that Sophie hates came by the visit. Sophie made sure to let everyone know her opinion on the matter.

Merry Christmas eve everyone! If you'd like to donate & be entered into the raffle, you have 3 days left! Lots D, E, and F all have very few tickets in them so you have an excellent chance to win them! All the info is below, let's beat the goal & raise some money for the kids of the Fuller Center!

Day 22 #ArtAdventCalendar Snowy seal // Pencil & white charcoal on moleskine paper

I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!” And I hate to say it But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas Quit.

I usually sketch digitally, but lately I've started tracing out my loose digital sketches onto paper and then tightening up the sketch in graphite. It's been forcing me to be more precise and thoughtful in my mark-making, and has made it easier to spot compositional issues earlier on. :o

And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.

And this is why I focus so much on grasses out front.

just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...

the piece is now up on the site :) everydayoriginal.com/product/faer...

Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:

A mentor recently suggested that I create a tier on patreon for sensual/erotic art, since I'm kind of inching in that direction anyway. I'm hesitant, because I'm not sure my relatively tame approach to sensuality would warrant exclusive patreon access, even if it was more NSFW 🤔

ever look at an old piece of yours and think "honestly? i ate" There will be blood alt poster - 2016

80/100 slots filled!

Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor. "I can't afford a visual artist" So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them? Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.

It has been two years since my cat first started having bad health problems. This is a revamp of an older illustration I made as a fundraiser to get him treatment, which everyone very generously supported. Two years on we know he has IBD for sure, it is hard, but he is still going strong!

playing the chipmunks christmas songs in a grocery store should be considered some sort of war crime imo

"That's cringe" My brother in yikes, no one can agree on (or predict) what is or isn't cringe-- it will always come down to personal taste, go in peace and let people make things 😌

Sketch for another watercolor painting I'm going to attempt. It feels nice working on things for myself again 😊

Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”

Calling this done because if I don't I'll keep fussing with the details forever and it's driving me crazy. 😅 Titling this one "Languish" 🦁

Calling this done because if I don't I'll keep fussing with the details forever and it's driving me crazy. 😅 Titling this one "Languish" 🦁

Opening slots for January -3 spots available- Contact by e-mail only: [email protected] Here's the price sheet (and some example of past pieces in the next post) RTs are always welcome 💖 Important note: I might stop art professionally next summer so now or never

Day 10 "Spirit of the woods - Nightingale" Hand embroidered thread painting artwork #birds #embroidery #WildlifeArt

More traditional media experimentation! Watercolor, ink, color pencil, and a little bit of digital touchup.

I haven't grasped the way threads work over here so I'll be posting all these #Novemberfox pieces individually. 🦊🍂

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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Outside filming for my oil painting course. Follow the link on my bio for more info

It's time! I can finally share the Wild Hunt illustration I painted for @13daysadvent.bsky.social Fae & Fables Zine and (Halloween) Advent Calendar! Leftover sales run til 12/21! 13daysadvent.bigcartel.com #art #illustration #ArtZine #TraditionalArt #watercolor

Using a rejected client thumbnail to practice more with watercolor 😅 (with some pastel and gouche for touchups).

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess

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Addendum to this excellent post: You do not have to be good at something to have fun. Don't hold yourself up to hyperrealistic or professional or your favourite ___ standards. You're new and learning! Be YOU, not a copy of someone else.

Finally got around to putting these up! Smol originals, ready to hang, $165 each :) thecreepingmoon.store/collections/...

Reminding myself once again that it is not a race.

need-a-penny, take-a-penny

Using genAI alienates you from everyone else. It doesn't democratize art, it atomizes it. No genAI user is gonna get an outpouring of sincere support from others because even they themselves don't give a fuck about what they're making.

'An Awakened Slumber' sumi and liquid acrylics my first personal painting in a long long while. It was the planned painting for this years New Year's card for the year of the snake. I am so glad that I painted it anyway.

we're at 31 submissions out of the 100 available slots already, damn

I needed a project to keep myself busy recently so I scratch-built an Armstrong from Final Fantasy IX 🏠🐟

I was told I should study computer science because my art was just "silly ding-dong shit," so I studied computer science for years before admitting to myself I was miserable, and decided to at least give myself a chance to do what I wanted before defaulting to what other people thought I should do.

Mokosh, Slavic deity of fate and abundance. This month's ℘atreon postcard 🕊 Join us before the end of November to get one! www.patreon.com/natasailincic She also features in the 2026 Calendar for the month of August ✨

Koi Pup. The oranges on this are so much fun. 8 x12 acrylic and coloured pencil on watercolour paper. Original for sale. Inspired by a monster from the Demon Slayer anime.

My name is Mandy and I'm a 1/2-white-1/2-Chinese artist in Canada. I tattoo at Baohaus Collective, as well as exhibit my paintings in galleries across North America. Website: mandytsung.com

#folktaleweek2025 day 5: Charm ♥

I need to scan this in properly, but I’m real pleased with this little watercolor study I did today 👉👈 I got Nita Engels’ book “How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself” and it’s been really helpful in figuring out some landscape techniques ☺️

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My next presentable watercolor attempt, after a few more flubs and restarts. 😅 I still have a *lot* to learn, but I'm really enjoying the process along the way.