Piper

The art sideblog of @Paperpiperpeeperpopper !

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Hi I'm Piper!

I post art here sometimes

I'm an adult but I'm not interested in any funny business

Into spec-bio! Not super hardcore but all my friends call me the biology nerd

Self taught artist over here

I'm attempting to be a writer

Casual gamer

I have a lot of original characters

I am normal about subnautica :)

I do a lot of art and doodles, mostly of characters belonging to me and my friends but I've been doing more fanart recently! I've also been interested in writing for a very long time and I've been doing but I have only recently started posting things.

I like space, both the real life science and stuff going on up there but i also really like it as a sci-fi setting. Also into cryptids and stuff like that but not in like a conspiracy theory way...? More of a 'I like the aesthetic and the prompts and lore ideas I get from freaky lil buggers in the woods'

I'm both a traditional and digital artist but lately I have been doing mostly digital. I'm most confortable doing characters/character design in general

Personalized tags:

#Pipereative < this is the tag I use for posts that contain my own art or writing

#Piperamble < self explanatory. Ramblings and textposts of mine

Wip

Main blog

Thank you for reading my rambling, I hope to see you again soon!

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Figuring out how to draw them

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She's done! My butch android space mechanic that I love very much :>>> this only took me 10 months of procrastination

Her name is an acronym for "prototype exploration, transport, and research android"

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Picking out a name for hearthian ocs that haven't been used a bunch already can be hard, I've found two I liked so far, but I ended up giving one of them away because it was just too damn perfect, meet Suevite.

I've been watching my friend @tremorsvault play outer wilds, and after a hilarious series of events I've learned that they almost exclusively use forward thrust and the jetpack booster. They crash into walls a lot, usually at fatal velocity, but wouldn't have it any other way.

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Girl finally got a refsheet after I redesigned her something like- 3 years ago.

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My secret santa gift for @arkanicdevotion !

I saw the ref sheet and it just screamed creature you see on spooky deep sea footage so I had to go with that, and I had a lot of fun with this, especially the marine snow :]

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Sopping wet gremlin ry

[bogleech]

Okay reblog if you’re an artist who STRONGLY PREFERS reblogs with commentary

People are apparently under the impression that reblogging someone’s art and adding a comment is frowned upon and that can’t possibly be true, every artist I know of sees a reblog-comment as like the ultimate definitive reward for their hard work.

Obviously don’t feel bad for NOT adding a comment if you’re shy or just don’t know what to say, but if there’s something you would like to say about a drawing you’ve liked enough to reblog, I’m pretty sure most artists crave hearing it.

[thesnadger]

This applies to art, fic, dumb theories, whatever! I totally love reading tags and commentary!

Definitely re-emphasizing that ALL reblogs, likes, etc are awesome! So don’t feel bad/feel obligated to add something if you don’t want to, but don’t hold back if you DO wanna add something because you’re worried it’s rude.

[amoralyn]

I once read someone’s post saying “NEVER ADD A COMMENT WHEN YOU REBLOG SOMEONE’S WORK CAUSE YOU’RE TAKING ATTENTION AWAY FROM THEM” and it’s what prevented me from doing so for a time, until I became a creator of stuff myself and I can say that’s absolutely untrue. For one, I’m not a five year old who needs all the attention to be on me all the time. For another, the fact that someone would take the time to sit down and put real effort into writing something, whether as a comment or in the tags, means so much to me and is the most inspiring. Finally, you have a voice too, and you have as much right to speak it as I do :)

SO COMMENT AWAY, MAKE SOMEONE’S DAY :D

[kiaryn-ledgem]

I love the words I devour them

[rosalarian]

OMG is this why people stopped leaving comments in the past few years? I’m so hungry for comments! You don’t have to put them in the tags, either. Feedback gives me so much more energy and motivation to make art than a silent “like” and I crave it!

[whispatchet]

I desire your words! Even if your words are LAKDHFGDJSLALAKDJHFJALA!!!

[ceaseless--watcher]

Ohmygods i was always yelled at for it…..

Is this actually true?

[ahsoka-its-all-of-us]

Comments my beloveds ;-;

[queriesntheories]

I thrive on feedback please give me feedback and comments and interaction on my stuff, even criticism!!! i need that to be better!!! T^T

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Some doodly studies of *looks at smudged writing on palm* Barr Borgal and Blorbinson

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4 and 21 for the ask game 🫵

4. piece you wish got more love?

Out of my original works, this one, and fanart wise, this one.

Mostly because I poured a lot of effort into them, these took 38.5 hours (and it CRASHED at hour 34 and I had to restore it via playback and it bugged out some of the lineart which had to be REDONE) with 151 layers, and 15 hours with 24 layers (which are honestly weak numbers for me these days) respectively.

The oc artist struggles are real, but I'm sad that this Ryley piece is more overlooked than some of my others, because that's the first time I finally nailed down his features and figured out how to draw him consistantly in my style.

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

I honestly don't have a clue, salty maybe? But I can imagine a texture! Something both crunchy and creamy, like a chocolate truffle with a thick shell, or an alfredo sauce with bacon bits in it

[ashe-hallows]

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!!)

[akalimbratic]

I've never done this before but I do want to partake in it :]

Theres a couple more ask games (specifically cotl) saved in my drafts but im waiting until I build up an audience for that one

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I got really invested in an AU

He's having a great time 👍

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Guys I'm still sketching. Guys help I'm still sketching help

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Bart doodle that spawned in the corner of my canvas while I was avoiding drawing hands

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Re-rendered one of my favorite Ryley pieces

Alt ver

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flying the original character artist flag with pride