ain't that just the way

35yo white, disabled, gender fluid TME lesbian (he/they) who loves ferrets. [commissions] closed atm! [art-only tag] [ferret art blog!]

[nannahdrawsferrets]

ID: a marker illustration of a river otter swimming with its head out of the water and its mouth wide open. A speech bubble takes up much of the top half of the page, with SQUEAK! written in green. Other vocalizations are written around the sound bubble: hahh!, CHIRP, ... growl ... , SCREAM, chuckle. In the greenish gray water, underneath the water, is more text, reading: "NEOTROPICAL OTTER (Lontra longicaudis): Solitary otters with surprisingly rich vocal repertoire." End ID

My second piece for the @mustelizine!! Very proud of this one, I had a lot of fun with it (even though it's pretty obvious that I am NOT good with text, lol! Check the zine out for FREE at itch.io!

[nannahdrawsferrets]

African Striped Weasel (Poecilogale albinucha) for the @mustelizine, which is now FREE to dl at itch.io !

I can't believe I was able to make art again. I honestly didn't think I would. But going slow and steady wins the race, I guess, lol. I'll continue to try to create and draw ferrets and other mustelids!

[mustelizine]

THE ZINE IS COMPLETED!

You can download the PDF for FREE over on the itch.io page!

[nannahdraws]

Finally, after two years this massive project is done! I got my friend's daughter into Moomin a while back, so I wanted to make her a big papercraft art to put up on her wall. But I still cannot believe how long this thing took. I'm pretty sure half my soul went with it.

But my friend's daughter loved it! So it's worth it.

[nannahdraws]

I need to brainstorm some alternate ways to make art that don't involve needing a steady hand or basically holding a pencil for any amount of time. My arthritis has gotten to a point where I can't really even write by hand anything longer than something Post-it note length.

Anyone have ideas that I could explore? Of course, fingerpainting is an option. I can still do some paper craft, but it just takes me about 100 years because I need to take breaks every five minutes to stretch my fingers out. I've never really tried abstract painting before, I wouldn't know how to even begin. But I guess that's an option?

Any more ideas? I would really, really appreciate it. Sorry for not being active, but I didn't think that within a couple months my disease would progress so quickly.

[nannahdraws]

I've been wanting to try out gouache for the longest time, because it is the most beautiful medium I've ever seen! but I've been SO nervous, so I drew a simple peony, and I'm going to just trace it/carbon-paper copy it multiple times onto watercolor paper to get a hang of the medium (and because I know I'll make a mess of it for a while!).

[ID: a black and white inked sketch of a cut peony flower, with a bud on the stem and five leaves. /end ID]

[nannahdraws]

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hey all! I’ve officially moved my Patreon to Ko-fi, because I heard Patreon laid off its security team & it made me uncomfortable to stay there. but I’ve nearly got everything set up at Ko-Fi, and I hope to see you there!

I’ll delete my Patreon at the end of October (and probably rb this a couple times). thanks for reading!

[ariyogames]

Patreon has laid off their security team

I know this isn't an update on my interactive fiction game but I just wanted interactive fiction creators and other people who have Patreons to be aware about this issue.

Whitney Merrill on Twitter: "Whoa @Patreon laid off their ENTIRE security team. Wouldn’t trust my data there. Also there’s some amazing talent to scoop up." / Twitter

For creators with a Patreon, I would recommend using a password manager to generate a randomly generated password so that when Patreon has (another) security breach, your password will be unique.

For creators that may want to migrate their Patreon content to another website, there is a WordPress plugin that can be used with a WordPress membership plugin that lets patrons access your content like on Patreon.

Ko-fi is also a good alternative that I know a lot of interactive fiction creators use for their work.

Hopefully there won't be any serious security breaches with Patreon but who knows what will happen...

[nannahdraws]

fox wycinanki! at last!!

so here’s the finished papercraft, completely cut out using scissors like traditional Polish wycinanki. 

[ID: a bright papercraft piece against a solid black background, with a leaping orange fox in the middle. under it is a large centered blue flower, with tendrils of leaves and other colorful flowers wrapping around and up either side, in mirror image, ending with two orange and yellow flowers above the fox. end ID]

[thoughtportal]

painting made easier

[werewo1fcatboy]

[Audio Transcript:

Do you want to paint but pain, disability, limited range of motion or tremors are getting in the way of that?

It’s world watercolor month and disability pride month, so let’s combine the two and talk about ways that you can watercolor and make it a little easier on yourself.

First up, if you struggle with grip issues, some manufacturers like Blick will actually make some of their brushes with egg shaped handles.

These are typically easier to hold, but they do come in a limited range of options so you can get something like one of these egg shaped pencil holders that will do more or less the same thing. These are just a bit easier to hold and they can reduce hand fatigue.

Next up, if you struggle with something like tremors or shaking, weight is your friend. There are universal weighted handles that you can slip onto the end and tighten on your brush or whatever you’re using as long as it fits in, and it adds a bunch of weight to the back end of it so it reduces the amount of shaking that’s possible.

If you struggle with grip strength or need something to help you hold onto something, this is an easy ring writer clip, and you can slot your brush into it and even if you’re not gripping it tightly it’s still secured to your hand.

Another option is something like this, this is an easy grip. It’s a silicone attachment that you can place on that give you an extra handle and extra security for holding your brushes and other art tools.

And finally one of my favorite tools is this artist leaning bridge. Mine is an acrylic piece of plastic that just sits over the top and allows you to rest on top while you can paint underneath it.

End Transcript]

[nannahdraws]

full view of my papercraft piece for the @yoi-pride-zine ! I’ve been dying to show you all the entire thing. one of my more niche ships (as in I may be the only fan) is Leo’s fabulous butch coach and Mari, so this zine was the perfect opportunity to draw something of them. 

leftover sales are open! please check out the zine’s store : ) 

[ID: a papercraft of Leo’s coach and Mari Katsuki from Yuri on Ice. Leo’s coach stands in the middle of an ice rink lit up in yellow, pink, and blue, and carries Mari in her arms, bridal style. she tips Mari downward a little and touches noses with her, smiling. Mari puts a hand on Leo’s coach’s cheek. both their eyes are closed. /end ID]

[prawnlegs]

gumroad alternative

I posted this on twitter too, but in light of gumroad shitting the bed I heartily recommend itch for all your pdf-selling needs. I use it and so do friends of mine who do adult work, which it hasn’t choked out (yet lmao). It’s fairly intuitive to use, you can adjust the cut that itch takes from your sales, and they sometimes have creator days where 100% from sales goes directly to you. RECOMMEND.

[prawnlegs]

Also, itch has at the very least taken a publicly anti-NFt stance

[nannahdraws]

Oh man, I also have to get started on pisanki designs

[nannahdraws]

well, I said I’d do better this year, and I only missed 2 months instead of 3, so I’ll take it! 

2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 Patreon - Redbubble - Inprnt - commissions coming soon -

[nannahdraws]

I’ve been working on an actual wycinanki version of the fox commission I made a while back.

in the meantime, here’s a free coloring page of the line art on my patreon!

[ID: Cropped line art of a fox jumping in a Polish folk art style, with rain drop-like and flower-like patterns inside its body. Flowers frame it on either side. /End ID]

[jessaerys]

not only have tiktok and instagram given everyone who makes art Content Machine disease, but the contentification of the process of making art itself (artists posting hyper-stylized tiktoks & reels about the process of making art, forced jokes about being an artist, and "lifestyle" tips on how to #selfcare (with the express purpose of not burning out so you can continue to make more Content) because that's what the algorithm forces them to do in order to get any eyes on their actual artwork) makes me want to pull my hair out & scream & stab someone. something something the cannibalizing of the tail of the snake by the snake, squared. EVIL

[nannahdraws]

sorry for the lack of art!

after learning just how un-lightfast markers are (and that they were never designed to be used for fine art), i’ve found myself in a kind of transitional period, trying to find a new medium (besides papercraft, of course).

please bear with me! i appreciate you being here. : )