Armaina

Art and Creative posts will be made here. Pretty much SFW, blood/injuries at the worst (will be tagged) Always open to any inquiries. http://me.armaina.com/

[armaina]

*gets that fancy new open commissions badge*

Yes I do commissions, yes I am open. Messages are open for any questions you might have. And my email is always available.

Full info and links can be found on my website http://armaina.com/comm.html

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I saw a comment of yours complaining about fanart getting more interactions than original art, and I decided to scroll through your blog. You draw very beautifully, and I realized I feel the same way about fanfiction vs original fiction. I write original fiction and almost nobody reads it, while everyone and their dog is reading fanfiction. (Nothing against fanart and fanfiction, I just want to talk to people about my stories and seeing you have a similar complaint about art made me feel seen.) As I'm typing this it's 1pm and I still haven't had breakfast so I'm gonna eat. What inspired you to start drawing? Or do you not remember?

Aww thank you!!

And yes! original written works suffer the same fate! It's because services like this people are searching for their fandom tags. I find people rarely search tags of general genre or media type so no matter what you tag it, it doesn't matter because hardly anyone is bothering to search general use tags in the first place. (this is a problem in quiet a few places, not just tumblr)

And likewise, I have nothing against fanworks, but I think it's consumed so much of our interaction with the world that many people forget to intentionally look for anything that isn't fandom-related and we all loose a form of connection as a result.

I started drawing because I had stuff in my head I wanted to share. I had soo many thing in my mind I could visualize and the only way I could share them, was to draw them, so I drew. All of my motivation to draw is to get the stuff in my head, onto something that I can share with others.

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Alright, got the art summary, here.

Admittedly have been posting less to tumblr. For a number of reasons.

It makes for a nice sketch blog but eeehhhh. I should make a point to use my Dreamwidth account for sketch-blogging instead. (and maybe pillowfort when they make spruce up their image upload tool) It'll be better in the long run.

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Copic Swatch/Pallet

I always liked the pallet of copics you can use in the older Sketchbook, so I made a pallet to be used in other programs. I have .aco, .cls, .gpl, and .kpl pallet/swatch formats so that should cover most art programs.

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I heard it was makeaterriblecomicday2025 and I had some thoughts about it. So I grabbed a piece of paper and a bad sharpie and wrote them down. No drafts, no warm ups. Just stream of consciousness rambling.

Been thinking about stuff like this for a long time.

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am on Team Crystals on ArtFight!! https://artfight.net/~armaina

I liked this template from @canonkiller so much I wanted to use it again. https://canonkiller.tumblr.com/post/787090580765392896/

(as usual, the only revenges I do are if you're on an opposite team. I never do Friendly Fire)

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Hello friends, did you know I have a discord server that I post all my art to, with ping role updates you can opt into? https://discord.gg/YpU6hhmKWW I like using discord a lot because I'm the social type, so I talk a lot about what I'm working on, in there.

I am a very organized type of person when it comes to spaces like this and like to keep all my art in tidy categories and threads to make browsing art posts easier and keep discussion all in one place.

If you ever wanted to talk to me at length, here's the place to do it.

(please only join if you're genuinely interested in my story/comic projects)

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Birthday Stream!

IT IS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY TODAY

armaina - Picarto

armaina is live on Picarto.tv! Watch our streamer do Illustration stuff and chat with likeminded people. 2041 have watched armaina's stream!

Doin a birthday stream, character shenanigan draws and Q n A, playing cool tunes, the voice situation may change who knows!

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It's been a little over a year since I made Naelynn (October 9th, 2023), and her ref was a little bare bones and made quickly so I put in the work to make her a new ref that covered more details, streamlined a few features, and also actually finalized her details for the pattern on her back. Also made her daily outfit a bit nicer/more intentional. About 27 hours of work.

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Approaching the hill

Exactly a month from now is my birthday, and I'll be turning 40 and that's such a weird thought.

I remember the big deal it was when my mother turned 40, I would have been 9, approaching 10, at the time.

but it doesn't even feel like it's been that long, I can't even say that I feel 'old' Granted I know well that I still have another 40+ years ahead of me, but still.

I guess good to be mindful of how short things really are in the grand scheme of things.

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Anexentum Community

Since the community feature is now public, I've made a community for my personal verse that my stories take place in and anyone is welcome to join.

Join anexentum • Community on Tumblr

A community by and for Armaina and her work related to the setting of Anexentum and all it's combined stories https://anexentum.com/

A little FAQ

Will you still post art to your blog?

Yes absolutely, that's not changing.

How will this be different from your art blog?

The purpose is more for community interaction than just art sharing. I'd like it to be a place for people to share fan works, discuss comic updates, create/share fan characters, and for me to host little events in addition to the occasional community-only lore drop.

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My friend, doctorgitgud had a new NPC for Mossberg, Marfoir, that he had an idea for so I pestered him for the description and drew it. (it was going to be a sketch but I liked it too much and cleaned it up anyway)

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Been too long since I drew her so sketch page, not been drawing enough in general. The sketch on the left in her robe, IDK I think someone bothered her at home. Ertakar body language note: Thumping tail on the ground is a common sign of irritation/anger.

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Just some Naelynn sketches. Trying more expressions. Also she's Having a Time. Working through some old wounds and how they relate to new discoveries. All very context-dependent stuff. Also her Tier 1 gear which she's about to get tier 2 stuff very soon lol.

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Commissioned piece for Doctorgitgud, of his character Drakko sporting a look for a special holiday

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With only a few hours left, I finally got this done before Halloween ends (in my time zone). Naelynn dressed up as Eido from Destiny 2. Even though this wouldn't be anything 'canon' (since that character/reference wouldn't exist in the setting) I still kinda made a vague background to the setting she's in. Supposed to be some sort of luminous spores dropping from the ceiling to set to mood.

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A digital sketch page this time. Messing with a pencil textured brush to do my sketching in. Some naelynn thing both for fun and based on events and also requests from Doc lol. Also a sleepy Drakko in the right corner there and a dark mysterious figure the party ran into that Naelynn gave a fruit to and rolled a nat 20 on persuasion. (both Drakko and the big guy belong to DoctorGitGud )