Tea and Schadenfreude

This is the Tumblr for my work - paintings, drawings, fanart, jewelry, knitwear, etc. Shop is slowly coming back up at http://effulgentstudios.etsy.com While this is technically my "main" blog, I tend to keep this to original work so most of the reblogs and action are going down on the sideblog: speakingofdoorknobs.tumblr.com

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Draw a place you’ve taken a picture of

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tadc the last act spoilers!!

this is what happened right?

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Listen, if anyone's going to understand, it's Ragatha....

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60-second sketches using https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/app/faces-expressions for reference, hoping I can lift this art block fog in time to actually draw some attacks for ArtFight

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even with the loss of the bisque piece, I'm pretty happy the glazed pieces I had waiting for me at the pottery studio came out so well - particularly proud that those dishes still stack so nicely after firing. I've got them soaking to test that they're vitrified properly, but I'm cautiously optimistic

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A moment of silence please for this casualty of my GHC (General Health Clusterfuck)

I've been doing much better for several months now, and finally got caught up on all the things around the house that I'd fallen behind on while I was sick, so I thought I'd go in to the pottery studio today. Not only do I apparently need to re-learn how to center on the wheel, but it turns out that they only have room to keep bisque pieces for four weeks (perfectly understandable, they've got a limited amount of space and this is from nearly a year ago)

I do at least have my pieces that were ready for glaze firing - since they charge for kiln space for glazing each piece has a ticket that can be traced to a person, so they were waiting for me in my cubby. Still need to mope a bit and have a little treat before I feel up to taking pictures of those, though.

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Hauled these guys out of storage for Make a Terrible Comic Day

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Got to try out the laser cutter/engraver at the library to personalize a cutting board with a little cat chef doodle

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Happy Lunar New Year!

(Posca and Copic markers with lettering/cleanup done in CSP)

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hourly comics, part one (please note, I did not intentionally skip my meds, I couldn't remember where I set the refill I just picked up and have since found them, as will be detailed in later hours)

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Part 2

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hourly comics, part one (please note, I did not intentionally skip my meds, I couldn't remember where I set the refill I just picked up and have since found them, as will be detailed in later hours)

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suggestion from @thewinterarcher

graphite/prismacolor, lettering pasted in using Clip Studio because I probably should've pencilled the letters in before using ink on my first try....

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Finally, I think I have done justice to Felicia's reaction to a Churu opening anywhere in her vicinity

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with how much this site loves its writer ask games, im astounded ive never seen one for artists, soooo

ARTIST ASK GAME!

1. what medium do you use most (if applicable, what software)?

2. most popular piece?

3. your favorite piece(s)?

4. piece you wish got more love?

5. how would you describe your art style?

6. favorite thing to draw?

7. easiest thing for you to draw?

8. thing you struggle to draw?

9. whats something you always come back to when drawing?

10. how do you deal with artblock?

11. do you listen to anything while drawing?

12. describe your process while drawing

13. talk about a wip you like!

14. whats your favorite thing about drawing?

15. least favorite thing about drawing?

16. how do you motivate yourself to draw?

17. what is something youre confident about in your art?

18. something you feel like you need to work on?

19. where do you find inspiration?

20. is your workspace, digital or not, organized (not neat, organized)?

21. what do you think your artstyle would taste like?

22. do you have a favorite color palette to work with?

23. how many artstyles can you work in confidently?

24. whats a compliment about your art that has always stuck with you?

25. what size canvas/paper do you use?

26. what do you physically draw with (pencil and paper, tablet, etc)?

27. do you ever have multiple wips going at once?

28. whats a piece you would like to redraw at some point?

29. do you use a lot of references while drawing?

30. whats something youre proud of about your artstyle?

31. which fandom have you drawn the most for?

32. have you done a lot of collabs?

33. have you taken a lot of classes for art?

34. whats something you still like from your old art?

35. if you had one piece of advice to give your younger artist self, what would it be?

(remember to give the person you reblog from an ask!!)

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I was trying to illustrate what happened when I was giving one cat a Churu and holding the other one back (actually up off the ground with one hand, she's small), and while it's not my most polished work I think it captures the moment accurately.

(Felicia did get her own Churu, she's just convinced that all of the Churu tubes are her personal property and gets mad when Juleka gets one. She has in the past:

Headbutted Juleka out of the way

Grabbed my hand with her front paws to steer the tube to her own face instead

Bitten into the other end of the tube

Shoved her face in to just straight-up lick it out of Juleka's mouth like a furry little freak

Frankly, Juleka is starting to get wary of the tubes)

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Kiddo realised there's not a poison-type eeveelution and decided that needed to be addressed, then asked me to redraw it to look more 'official'

(it has been named 'Poiseon')

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me, yesterday: Make a Terrible Comic day seems like a great low-pressure way to get some of my ideas down on paper

me, today: I have never had an idea in my life, have a venn diagram.