Storyteller in Training.

Illustration BFA Haver. Catboy appreciator.

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to celebrate me turning 27, all commission options are now 27% off for the next 27 days when you use code 27!!!! did i mention 27!!!

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Anubis and his favorite archeologist 🐕

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speed painting from my last semester of college 🕯️

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I can't believe I never posted my finished artwork for the Set Sail destiny trio zine!

My piece was Sora, Riku, and Kairi practicing hair braiding (or, if you're Sora, tying hair into knots) in the kingdom of Corona.

(psst, if you're interested in a drawing of your own, my commissions just opened again!)

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Lilly, the autistic magical girl, and her trusty sidekick bunny, Butter 🐇

(I remember my profs exact words in his feedback video for this assignment: "the bunny could use some work". man's got a point but the deadline said otherwise)

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the tension of being hunted 👀

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some WIPs!

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the tension of being hunted 👀

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For my last semester of art school, I used the incredible cosplayer jackie_kyle (on insta) as reference for a digital painting assignment 🖌️

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I'm going to try to do Art Fight for the first time!! (see if we can't put this illustration BFA to good use)

My username is CassidyLeora over there, and I have no idea what I'm doing so feel free to interact!!!

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HEY YOU! yes you!!!!!

I'm rusty at drawing after my break, so I'm taking character sketch requests (happy to do more than six)

any series at all is fine–even OCs are welcome, as long as you've got a reference image. lay em on me!

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Mourning Doves in Spring

acrylic on canvas

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Annual Reindeerleo Redraw! 🦌

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Finally posting this Vanitas artwork I made over a year ago--just in time for spooky Halloween week!🎃

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Some close-ups because I spend too long on details no one will notice:

Some wips:

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Sorry for double posting but APPARENTLY those commission scammers have showed up on Tumblr at least for the first time for me.

For those who don’t know what I am talking about, there were/are commission scams going on in Instagram and even places like Artstation where people would pretend to be interested in your work and try to commission a pet or portrait for the sake of trying to get your bank details. Here’s how to (somewhat) sniff them out:

1- They don’t seem to be an average customer/ person that would be involved in your fandom, or has a blank template for an account or don’t even follow you.

2- They ask you to draw a portrait or a pet picture either for themselves or their children/family.

3- They promise to overpay you (in the hundreds) and do not listen to you even if you firmly state the price is cheaper.

4- They are constantly asking for your email name, or private details regarding things like banking details or passwords or other private information others should not know.

5- They try and over reassure you they mean no harm, try to guilt you into giving them the info, or become aggressive over you not giving them what they want.

What should you do if you come across one of these guys? My best advice is to block and report. Sadly these people jump account to account so there isn’t really much to do other than spread this info to prevent artists from being scammed.

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SORRY FOR A SECOND POST BUT IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE INSTA COMMISSION SCAMMERS HAVE REACHED TUMBLR LMAO

If you are an artist and take commissions please read, these scams prey on innocent and desperate people and are frankly scummy.

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I've had such fun tormenting these scammers on Instagram, they better hope they don't encounter me here too

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Sea Monster! from finished to thumbnail ⛵🌊🐟

Never a huge fan of making creatures that aren't huggable, and compositions without characters (where are the cute cat boys??), but problem solving how to paint the waves, lightning, sea spray, and translucent fins was interesting!

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Happy Valentine's Day, VanVen Edition

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