HIIII *waves* welcome to my personal little digital tackboard of all the things I like. I'm Artie, I'm a Mountain Lion currently living and breathing in the northeast USofA. I'm a furry of over a decade, I'm trans and queer and over the age of 21
I don't have a DNI list nor do I care to have one, but I do ask that you be 16+ to follow, mature themes may be found here
I block for any reason. Its probably not personal. Just don't be an asshole and we're cool, yeah? Yeah
Interests and tags and more under the cut
My Interests include Codename: Kids Next Door, specifically Father and the DCFDTL, they've had me in a stranglehold since 2020 and they're the main thing I ever really want to post about. I'm also into other cartoons from that era, and Big Cats like Lions and Jaguars and my own kin Cougars, Furry stuff just in general, and really whatever media is striking my fancy at any given time
My DM's and asks are open, If I take forever to reply to something it's usually because if I don't put my phone down periodically my head will explode, so I'm probably offline. I'll get to you eventually. If we're cool or we're muties you can ask for my Discord
My Tags include #Artie's Text Tag for my yapping, #Artie's Art Tag for my art stuff, and #Artie's KND Tag for general knd stuff
More tags and edits to this post will be added over time, Always let me know if something needs to be tagged I never mind doing it
My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.
Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?
What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?
Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.
Really happy with how this commission turned out! It was definitely a challenge since I’ve never drawn an angle like this before, but I had a lot of fun with it.
Request (shortened): “hiii hello i've followed u on tumblr for quite some time now and i'm simply enamored with your work! i would love to request an illustration with a tiger and firewheels/bluebonnets/heartleaf rosemallow, preferably curled up/relaxing and with warm/glowy tones.”
