Ashley Does Art

Art and Process

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CLIP STUDIO PAINT : The artist's software for drawing and painting

Hey guys, quick heads up that Clip Studio is for sale again!! It’s 50% until June 25th. I highly recommend the program- it’s very stable and has so many good brushes! It’s like sai and photoshop had a baby, minus Adobe’s shit subscriptions. It’s a one time purchase [25$]

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Decided to polish a sketch I started in October. She's an OC from an rp I'm taking a break from.

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At least the game gives me enough armor that I’m always drawing her in new stuff. Also reached a mission where I can’t seem to survive solo...guess it’s time to join a guild.

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Not sure if I’ll be abandoning this account due to THE GREAT TUMBLR MIGRATION, but I can say I’ve officially joined Twitter.

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More Yatul sketches as I try to render her correctly.

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I’ve jumped into the spooky realm of online games and started playing Elder Scrolls Online. Defaulted to my usual buff-lady-build, which is always complimented as a lady-orc. It’s a bit difficult to draw her face correct as I just want to default to my same!face way of drawing- which the in-game model is similar to (of course), but still not the same. Anyway, Yatul gra-Lazghal is running around Summerset trying to not die and always exceeding her backpack limit.

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I’ve been thinking about witches lately… One thing that came to mind was a broom leash. (Like what surfers can have on their surfboards) Except having one on a broom probably results in a dislocated shoulder or something. I suppose the alternative is worse depending on how high up you are.

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I was holding off posting my completed Jeanne (Bayonetta) cosplay photos until I paid for a formal photoshoot. But I feel like it’s now or never. Location: Sakura-con 2018 Photos provided by: My frriieenddss ! (they don’t have tumblr accounts)

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I always feel weird posting draw-roleplay stuff. But I feel it’s a bit less strange without text??? Sasha & Cisily belong to nfcx on paintberri  Jasper belongs to @skawly Agnes belongs to  fragarie on paintberri 

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Shame I finally finished this picture several months after the rp closed. Well, I can always put her on the back-burner for use in the future.

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Alleir & Tee-Markus (who is @galoogamelady ‘s characters) for Art Fight 2018 ! Mom characters are always a gem, I like them!

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I really should draw more cutesy stuff like this with them! :’O Thank you so much! <3 <3 <3

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You’re welcome ! Maybe to be re-explored when the next Elder Scrolls game comes out. Though you did re-visit your happy Argonian family picture, so there’s that! And you have some fun things with Mi'Jirra and Alleir!

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I had a sudden mighty need to draw ghooouls. So I did. 

Featuring my dudes: Sampson “sick of your shit” Collyer and Smitty, with @ashleydoesart​ ’s character Positron “Ron” “Ronathan” Morris.

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AHHHH! LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL SMELLY CHILDREN OUT ON AN ADVENTURE ! ~*throws sparkles*~

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Mold Making with Alumilite Brand

I tried this product last year and I really like it! Thanks to @trows for recommending it! This was used to make Jeanne’s Umbran Watch and buttons for a Bayonetta cosplay I made.

I won’t lie, it’s a bit expensive. ( Cosplay in general is expensive, but I know some cosplayers out there have a tighter budget than others.) The amount of product you get vs. the price is kind of up there. None of my local hobby/craft stores carry it, so I had to look online and buy it. If it helps, I even had the luxury of trying the Smooth-on product (and by trying I mean buying and going through trial an error). It didn’t go so well...

As a point of reference between the two products, the blue is the Smooth-On brand and the yellow is the Alumilite brand. My first attempt was to cast some buttons as Jeanne’s buttons are an odd shape/ I couldn’t find any online or in-store. As you can see, Smooth-on was a bit misshaped while Alumilite retained shape fairly well. My theory is that Smooth-On is better for bigger props as the mold making product is thick liquid, has a longer curing time, and therefore better equipped for larger products.

Here are the results! (White unpainted and silver painted) I found out later the resin in this kit is fairly soft and was able to sand away the pointed edges with a common nail file. As per the directions/all the tutorials I saw online, I painted the pieces fairly quickly after the cast.

As for the Umbran Watch itself, I first made it out of Sculpty baking clay. I then pressed it into the mold. I will warn you, this is about the largest I would go when trying to make a mold in this brand. (The ruler below is accurate and in inches) Even then there were some imperfections.

  As you can see by the cast (left) it took bits of the mold with it! What wasn’t pictured was the gaping hole in the side that I (foolishly) filled with hot glue but then remembered Molding Paste is my best friend and filled it properly with molding paste. (But honestly, Molding Paste is my best friend and helps fill all my cosplay prop holes) While probably not the SMARTEST way of doing it, I got it in my head that inserting safety pins during the curing process would help fasten it to my cosplay. This was true, however... the Umbran watch was quite heavy and pulled it down. (Causing other problems)

Regardless of the cons, I would definitely use it again! (And again and again) I bought a 2 pack and still have leftover product. See the table above with all the stuff I made. (If you were wondering, I super glued the buttons to my costume and they stayed put)

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Isaac (who is @ponyinsocks ‘s character) for Art Fight 2018 !

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Okay, real talk, how do I combat this tumblr compression to my images? They look blurry and I did the ‘trick’ where you have a pixel of transparency to retain the png file. I’ve even upped the DPI and it’s still blurry....

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Gotcha (right) (who is @crownandantler ‘s character) & Ron (left) (my character) for Art Fight 2018 ! I definitely had a ‘same hat’ scenario cause they’re both Ghouls with half a face & one eyebrow. (Well, Gotcha has a tidbit of her other one.)

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Alleir & Tee-Markus (who is @galoogamelady ‘s characters) for Art Fight 2018 ! Mom characters are always a gem, I like them!