Mistakenly SciFi

art blog | hope ya enjoy ♥ Please don't repost my art

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Summer can be either a blessing or a curse. For this guy? It's both.

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Would you read a comic about them and their adventures of dealing with incomprehensible horrors? Keep an eye out for Degeneration, a soon-to-be-launched cosmic horror mystery rom-com series planning to be launched by the end of this year!

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Color study experiment from earlier this year featuring another main character from our soon-to-start comic. Kazic Neuzil, a psychic who sees and feels thoughts in the form of different-colored strands.

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I haven't logged in here for years! I injured my arms from 2023 and am still recovering, but I'm BACK! and close to starting a webcomic featuring these two called Degeneration!

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Local down to earth elite league member has everyone down bad

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These are just my opinions and some artists may not be discouraged by these things, but I’ve been artist on this site for over 10 years and felt some of these things were at least worth mentioning. Thanks for your kindness everyone!

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Additionally: Please do not edit and repost artwork without the artist’s permission. I’ve had a few of my color pieces recolored and reposted because people wanted to change up what color clothing a character was wearing, and I’ve had a few of my black and white pieces colored because people thought they weren’t finished. This is hurtful for several reasons:

1. You’re reposting art that is not yours without permission.

2. The colors that an artist chooses are part of the artwork, deliberate choices, including black and white. Black and white pieces are not always unfinished and can be how the artist intended the piece to be.

3. Artwork, especially from smaller creators who may not be well-known, is not free for editing and manipulation. Changing colors/coloring artwork that is not yours without express permission is not acceptable, even with credit.

Thank you so much for understanding!

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Getting her design down finally after years of fucking with it. mature filter because Toni's titties out in a sketch

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2022 doodles

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Fanart - 2019- 2020

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Holy shit, never ever EVER thought I’d log back in here tbh. A LOT has changed, a LOT BUTIt’s mostly good changes so woo. More art again soon.

Before that, my oc, the main one, Miltonia that ya’ll called  Milt? Her nickname is now Toni  so please call her that from now on. She’s also my “vtuber” persona , on twitter and twitch too but I still go by Queenie or Bibi. That’s all.

HOPE EVERYONE STILL AROUND IS DOIN WELL!!!

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Trying to thumbnail out the first chapter oof.

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Wip, fave zelda gals, still a few more to go!

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Quick Lucca for Fanart Friday~

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Peachy! 🍑

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I love this game so so much

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“Don’t trace” originally started as a warning against tracing as art theft (as in, tracing someone else’s art without permission or credit is art theft) and then over the intervening years turned into “you can’t use references because it’s cheating” and I think that’s one of the worst cases of the telephone game I’ve ever personally experienced

you are allowed to trace as practice

you are allowed to trace your own work (for example photographs you took yourself or to keep architectural consistency)

you are allowed to trace things the original artist is encouraging you to trace

you SHOULD use references

you SHOULD be allowed to pick up other artists’ artistic tics you like (…as long as they’re not offensive, like blackfacing, but that’s a different kettle of fish)

you SHOULDN’T go around moralizing at other people about how they learn best because you can and will lose friends that way and you can and will hurt other artists’ development that way.

Also other than art theft there IS no such thing as cheating in art okay use sparkle pens and fan brushes to your heart’s content why is that even a thing I have to say (…and yes I’ve had conversations in the analog world about fan brushes as “cheating” I’m so tired of snotty artists who think you shouldn’t be allowed to use tools that make things easier because they can do it the hard way)

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But honestly, this need to be said louder, as an artist you end up feeling like you aint getting better, trying to draw in perspective without having a guide line . And when others shame artist for using references its like they are expecting the artist to know by memory how everything works on every perspective.

To Consider that fan brushes, or custom brushes are cheating and expecting the artist to do everything in the “original” way is like wanting the cashier to charge you without using a calculator to do the sum. Tools are invented to be used.

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“tools are invented to be used” well put

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Not allowing using references is same as telling to a chef they can’t use recipes but they have to pull any dish in the world out of their asses just like that. The first thing, the very first thing my photography teacher told us was “When photographing was invented, ARTISTS took pictures of cities and traced them on their paintings because hey - easier work! Why bother to work hard when you can make it easy for yourself and save your time and energy?”

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I’ve been drawing for years, and I still trace. It helps me learn relationships between shapes, and to understand perspectives that are difficult. Other days, I eyeball it until it looks right. 90% of what I have on my computer is reference images. 

Thing is, use what makes you learn best. Don’t steal, but don’t suffer because someone says references aren’t getting.  

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Lots of this.

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I work in animation.  My boss encourages the whole team, every day, to learn how to draw the characters by tracing them over and over, before trying to draw them freehand.  It helps commit their shapes and proportions to muscle memory and actual memory.

Tracing is an invaluable method of learning.  As long as you aren’t tracing somebody else’s work and calling it your own, you’re in the clear.  TRACE YOUR LITTLE HEART OUT.

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THANK YOU FOR THIS.