A cup of doodling

Just your average doodler posting random things on tumblr.

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What was meant to be a warm-up sketch ended up as a painting practice, so I figured I might as well share it here.

Betty Ross, a.k.a Red She-Hulk.

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Commission piece I received for a DnD monk character that had a lot of love put into her written design, so I did my best to capture what her writer/player had had in mind. Done in Photoshop CS5 by intuos5 tablet.

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Commission of an OC named ‘Fish’ in a glittery glam drag queen outfit.

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Commission of the client’s WoW character, Liraendra.

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January personal project - an 'ice paladin' character. Was playing around with the idea of a resurrected paladin, frozen/frostbitten extremities, and a lot of ice being involved for his armor and weaponry, the ends of his torn up cape turning to some rather offensive defense as well.

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moving house

Yup, things are getting too fiddly to linger. 

You can find me and my stuff here:

Instagram - sporadic posting but at least it’s got some of my stuff still.

I won’t delete my tumblr myself, but if tumblr decides to, I won’t be opening a new blog here, so at least this way you guys know where to find me in future.

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Commission piece of 'Lettie', the blood elf mage better suited to being a minstrel. Please don't repost or use - this is the commissioner’s character, so please respect them and don’t claim as your own OC, thanks.

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How to help your artists - The circle of influence.

So over the past 10-15 years, as I’ve been trying to branch out, grow a following and sell commissions, there’s one phrase I’ve heard more than any other.

“I’d love to support you, but I have no money.”

And you know, I get that. I understand. I don’t have any either. But here’s the secret. The most powerful and useful thing you can do to support an artist? It doesn’t cost a penny. Reblog their posts, signal boost their commissions, advertise their patreon./ If you have commissioned them, or do support their patreon? Write a review, tell your friends, share their links. Keep circulating the tapes.

Every post is an artist laying themselves bare before you. You have the power to make them into somebody. You can make them into a big name, you can help bring them an income. All you have to do is share.

Here’s a handy infographic.

If artists get only likes, they never get any exposure. They find no followers, they make no money, and feel worthless.

But with reblogs, who knows how far they could reach? New people could see their work and follow them, and maybe one person will spot that commissions post or patreon promo, and maybe offer to help support them. And it didn’t even cost those followers a penny to reblog the post.

So please, anyone out there. If you enjoy an artist’s work and can’t afford to give any monetary support, you can give them something more powerful. A voice.

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And authors, too. Please reblog and share author commissions!

[faranae-moved]

To use the first 200 reblogs of this post as an example: 

That orange dot is OP! Look at how far those first few reblogs spread this post! 

[sabertoothwalrus]

Can I also add!!!!!!

This doesn’t work if you repost art.

Especially when you remove the credit, you break the web of connections. Only only only ever repost an artist’s context if you have ALREADY asked them and they have ALREADY given EXPLICIT permission

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A cross between comic books and film Natasha, referencing some of the vintage photography in my photo references, and a bit of a throwback to the last Black Widow illustration I did way back when Avengers was still kind of fresh. Please don't repost or use without permission.

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Speed paint for the day from reference - photograph of the sculpture Lyda Borelli by Pietro Canonica 

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A witch concept illust done for Mermay 2k18, design based off of a white betta fish (yes, I know, they're freshwater fish, not ocean). Please don't repost or use without permission.

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A piece to comment on how often the signs of abuse can be so obvious but glossed over for a more palatable version of reality.

I was focusing on colours and values for this piece, since I feel a bit as if I've been slipping a bit on both lately. ^^; Still a ways to go but we’ll get there. Wherever ‘there’ is.

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i cant believe americans on tv really say rock paper scissors like???? its paper scissors rock omg do u irl americans actually say rock paper scissors????

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rb this with whether u say paper scissors rock or rock paper scissors

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me normally: linguistic differences are so interesting and cool! I love hearing different dialectal variations.

me, reading “paper, scissors, rock” with my own two eyeballs: the lord is testing me

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Just tossing in that in Korean it’s scissors, rock, paper.

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Practice from photography reference - the lovely Stephanie Obasi photographed by Oye Diran. Playing around with some new brushes to get a feel for them. 

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I haven't done one of these dessert fantasy illustrations in a while, huh?

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Getting back into practice using a reference image, trying to force myself to apply and paint with colours sooner than usual, since I usually try to finish the whole image in greyscale before colouring;

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Quick illustration of a mermaid, was aiming for less of a streamlined Hollywood-esque mermaid in favour of someone more voluptuous, with vitiligo to tie in with the coloration of koi fish.