you need to understand the fundament of anatomy to be able to trace a reference without retaining any goofy distortions in the end product. also so you can change awkward posing and make it look more fluid and natural!

when people say "don't trace photos to learn art" it's not because of any absurdist moral stances or whatever, it's because your brain automatically corrects for lense distortion in photos but not when it is translated to lineart. observe.

Just like caring for a plant, you gotta prune dead leaves and get rid of rotted roots to let the healthy ones thrive. I'm incredibly grateful for all the friends who had my back when others attempted to lie and slander me behind my back. Don't let the shitty friendships overshadow the good ones. 🤍

mini vent? I truly don't see how people can have the energy to surround themselves with a social circle that's nothing but drama, chaos and two-faced behavior? Those kind of people are NOT good for anyone's wellbeing. Surround yourself with HEALTHY people who uplift you, not drain you.✌️

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So grateful for your support, we hit 4.5k!! And the question in the post is still up for discussion 💖

every day I have to get up and keep pushing up that hill

Those same parents don't have any trouble explaining to their kids why they think a Nazi serial rapist is the true messiah.

This quote isnt just out of touch or disappointing, its fucking dark. Gay people are not a conversation parents need to have with their kids? Knowing gay people exist doesnt require therapy?? Any parents who thinks that way needs to have their kids removed ASAP. Get in a volcano, Pete.

Okay! SALE IS ON! We're going to the 27th of march cuz thats as long as itll let me do one discount but-- 25% off for my birth month! (March, starting early so I can maybe get dental care asap)

The free dentist ended up not being open yesterday, and won't be until THIS coming friday. If i want my tooth removed before then, I will need at least $100 to get it pulled anywhere else. 🙏 Please help.

i could literally just do doodle requests i know but the anonymity of being able to make a stranger's day with a weird little cat in 60 seconds is kind of gratifying

it's happening!!! we're literally looping back around to oekaki boards and forums!!! KEEP GOING please put in drawing requests to this thing i keep trying to answer prompts on it lmao

The Hays Code did nothing to fix society. It just painted a free target on artists' backs that busybodies and gov shitheads aimed at whenever they wanted more social clout. That's why the worst people push censorship. Violence is okay, but self determinism isnt? Seems weird, right?

The Hays Code didnt prevent today's monsters from becoming. In fact, they loved censorship. If you dont know it exists, do you what to protect or defend against? If you're horrified by a villain winning in the end, arent you thinking about what couldve stopped them? What you wouldve done?

quote this with your “eye strain” art!! I wanna see some Vivid colors and/or Wild Patterns! #artsky #artistsupport #art

The daughter in question

My character Darya’s shitty vampire dad, Mikhail #art #dndart

what I mean is indie work should be free to exist next to these capitalism-approved juggernauts, not that the show shouldn't exist

Heated Rivalry is a nuanced thing but lately the emotion that's coming out on top is that corpos are allowed to feed us sex and queerness through its eyes but my artist friends are getting their groceries snatched out of their hands by those same entities

The free dentist ended up not being open yesterday, and won't be until THIS coming friday. If i want my tooth removed before then, I will need at least $100 to get it pulled anywhere else. 🙏 Please help.

I procrastinated yesterday by writing something I wish somebody had taught me.

Emma and Chris. This kiss only happened in their heads…

thank you "AI", very cool

cookin' up a lil style test today. [the panel design, etc, is Wren's job and that'll come after the art is done lmao so for now, boarders-and-gutters are boarders-and-guttersn't 😂]

🎮 9 games that made who I am now 🎮 my9games.com

Ok time to share both: my newly improved websites ruiiplume.art ruiiplume.nekoweb.org

Finished sketch for @thiefofembers.bsky.social! 💛

They have refused to comment to other journalists as to if they are even still providing care: :Mount Sinai Health System declined to comment, as did the publicly run NYC Health and Hospitals. Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office declined to comment further on the matter.: gothamist.com/news/future-...

It's been ages and the world feels very grim. Let's do an art share! The rules as usual ✅No A/I or N/F/Ts ✅Alt text please! ✅Introduce yourself and interact. Tag some other folks if you wish. Don't drop and run. ✅If you show NSFW work please tag! I'll share throughout the day

I got this drawing of Hades and Persephone finished up today as well. I'll adjust the color and contrast in photoshop and get it printed on watercolor paper to start painting! 😊 (I also see a few proportional issues to fix before proceeding 🤨)

Ya'll pay more than that for clothes made of cheap material that will tear in a month and shit bags just for the brand name so....make it make sense. OR make me a plate of food with no questions. Have my needs met then you'll get free art and some 🥲😏😘

Just rewatched and no, they don't say at all that H+H is absorbing trans youth patients. Give the time stamp.

Hey Erin- can you try and get Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker on the record as to why they capitulated LAST YEAR and allowed Chicago's FOUR biggest hospitals to deny gender affirming care for trans youth? No reporter here will do this.

My biggest worry about Mamdani is that he's a wolf in sheeps clothings. So far he's been pretty great in most things but he needs to be checked and held accountable when he falls short of his promises

Listened to this at 6 minutes in or so. It’s not directly stated, but it appears the reason that Mamdani has not directed H+H to absorb trans patients is out of fear of the federal government. “It’s part of the game we have to play with the federal government .” It’s the EXACT logic NYU is using.

He can direct H+H to provide care right now and to absorb the trans youth patients from the other hospitals. He has not done so, and his admin refuses to do so in this interview.

Before rendering vs After rendering 🎨 Fragment from the dust jacket illustration for “In the Age of Blood” by Emma Elizabeth #bookcover #bookcoverart #coverart #bookartist

hi everyone happy to start my first day of work at bsky! my computer was having a lil overheating trouble but this should fix the issue

If you ever doubt yourself or your qualifications for a single moment just know that bsky hired this guy

I got access to a SCANNER!!! *excited goblin noises* LOOK at THAT definition!😌🤌 And it's not even full size!!!! 😱 Uuuuuh I'm gonna spam you with SO much sketchbook nonsense!!! 🤣✍️🎨 #sketchbook #traditionalart #redhood #batman #fanartfriday #fanart #art #sketch

I finished!! I'm free!!! Brain feels like MUSH!!! YEEEEEEEEEEY!!!🤪

This will make it so that legacy and kumos have a better sense of each other and can clear cache from each other - making things like the forums and avatars (hopefully!) much more responsive on both sites, so that I don't have to rush to move things _as_ quickly to Kumos

anyway enough chronic illness angst, here's some nori toebeans to cleanse the timeline

hope this comic shines some light on it ✨ 🕯️ #art #ocsky #comic #tattoo

omg you also have some cocktail of adhd autism and anxiety ? thats so crazy how do we all keep finding each other

sometimes when im painting i start involuntarily writing posts in my brain and right now im stuck on a post written from the perspective of Joe Biden, explaining that he believes trans people are a naturally occurring phenomenon that happen when god is disappointed in one or more genders

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