Roki

Digital Artist || He/Him

[rokidoki]

Welcome!

I go by Roki, Leontyne, or Leon for short :] 🟆 I primarily do digital art, character design, and a bit of writing. I stick to a dark fantasy and painterly type of style with my work and post a mixture of original and fandom content. 🟄 In terms of fandoms, I'm currently most interested in; Hoyoverse, Re:1999, CodeVein, Final Fantasy, Witch Hat Atelier, and Ena, though you will still likely see other types of fan content. 🟆 Currently working comics and short stories! You can expect to see posts of them amongst the coming months. 🟄 Feel free to ask any questions! I'm very happy to show my brushes, speed paints, writing snippets, describe my process, etc.

Commissions // Adoptables // Raffles // Requests

🟆 Commissions are on Vgen, They are closed usually, if you want to know whenever they do open then I recommend having notifications on either here or Vgen. 🟄 Adoptables are cross-posted both here on my Toyhouse. You'll find my adoptables under #Roki Adoptable. 🟆 Raffles are typically Toyhouse exclusive and posted alongside my adoptables. If you need a Toyhouse code to participate, you can DM me and I will give you one. 🟄 Requests can be thrown into my asks. Willing to draw just about anything, furry, OC, fandom, etc, including blood/gore if you ask. This does not guarantee I'll draw your request and I tend to get around to them quite slowly.

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Commission work! Threw in an extra doodle page and lineless version :] Thinking about making the lineless a commission option since this one turned out pretty good. As of posting, I have commissions open on my Vgen, and 35% discount on shaded sketches for the next two weeks, making them 16$! This is so I can hopefully get Vgen verified. :]

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Ratposting

Biggie [White/Brown, first img] and Salamander [Solid Light Brown, 2nd img]

I recently received two rats because their previous owner left them behind, and now I take care of them. This is my first experience with rats, and I'm planning on using my commission earnings for a more suitable and bigger cage and eventually a 3rd rat. :]

They're very sweet and love banana, soon they will get to try strawberries for the first time!

They were rarely handled previously so I'm working on them getting more comfortable with leaving the cage and getting picked up currently.

Most of the photos are of Biggie because she's the only one who stands still for a photo because she's waiting for a treat. My photo quality is also always super shoddy because I buy cheapo phones lol. I've gotten her very excited to jump out of the cage on my lap for treats, and salamander is starting to see and learn that behavior too! She's very brave!! She's very nervous about any handling but she keeps coming back because she's so curious and her love of treats. I love Biggie's tiny teeny speck of white on her forehead <3 The last img is my favourite picture of her so far, she is eating a tiny piece of banana. :]

[edgebug]

happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!

thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!

@joe-spookyy Ben and Socrates

@gooseontheinternet Chamomile and Beefy

@runawayy-rat Bartholomäus and Emo

@theunholystromboli Macrogryphosaurus, Xenoceratops, and Graciliraptor

@techlecticwtch Solas and Dorian

@merlyn-bane Roslyn and Rizzoli

@logictoinsanity Luna and Buttercup

@hagsthehag Orphie, Psyche, Calypso, Ariadne, and Eury

my sweet ladies Bonnie, Mira, An, and Tula

and of course, the irreplaceable

Neil,

who banged out the tunes

[leonawriter]

Things Witch Hat Atelier teaches:

Drawing should be fun, first and foremost.

Drawing for the sake of making others happy is good, but you shouldn't forget your own reasons.

You can't simply trace without understanding what you should be learning from it.

Those who try to restrict what kind of art you learn are only trying to control you. You should be able to choose for yourself.

No one should force you to draw things that you don't want to draw in way that makes you unhappy.

Likewise, you shouldn't try and stick rigidly to only the things you come up with - if you don't learn a wide range of things, you won't be able to get the image across that's in your mind.

Drawing to impress others (not simply make them happy) may not leave you happy, and may blind you to what actually does.

It's good to hear praise of your work, but be careful who you seek it from.

Always try to improve your ability rather than taking shortcuts that'd be the easy way out.

Sometimes an idea can only be accomplished by having multiple artists work on it together.

Perhaps the work of art itself and be replicated, maybe even improved - but the sentiment it was made with for a specific person or idea can't be.

Food is also an art form.

Art itself isn't a talent people are born with. You can learn it at any point in life - anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is lying to you.

Sometimes, art is the ability to see animals that you'd never normally be able to, or flowers bloom out of season, just by putting lines on a page.

Don't overwork yourself.

Just because someone's a teacher or in a position of power, doesn't make them above reproach.

Don't trust cops.

Likewise, don't trust the morality police, even if they seem friendly. They may turn on each other as easily as they'll turn on you, if one does something they don't like.

....all of these were based on things that happen in the manga at some point.

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[rokidoki]

Art Commissions Open!

Request a commission on Vgen You will also find TOS and other additional information on Vgen.

Commissions are open again because I'm unemployed, limited slots :] If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you want to see more examples, speedpaints, or wips of my work. you can find them on my blog.

Pricing // Examples

Skeb Gradient Sketch

✦What's included: 1 character with anatomy of choice, with minor background elements.

✦Bust-up: 16$ ✦Thigh-Up: 20$ ✦Full-body: 24$ ✦Additional Character: +75% of original price.

PWYW Skeb Shaded Sketch

✦What's Included: At minimum you will receive 1 character bust with a minor background element.

✦Additional detail may be added but it's up to my own discretion.

✦Minimum Price: $25 ✦Additional Character: +$25 Minimum

Painted Flat/Simple Background

✦What's included: 1 character with simple background

✦Each Character: 70$+

✦Additional charges may apply to complex details, including but not limited to; normal sized to large sized wings, lots of armour, furry/ferals [fur is time consuming to render], props, intricate markings, heavy flora, etc. Each upcharge is 5-10$ maximum.

✦Pricing is not based on anatomy as it will regardless take the same amount of time. [I.e. Busts get more fine details, full-bodies are more focused on the overall image.] However, if you want to request specific anatomy you can.

Painted Complex Scene

✦What's included: 1 character in a detailed scene.

✦Base Price: 100$ ✦Additional Characters: 40$+ each. Based on character size and complexity.

✦Additional charges may apply to complex details, including but not limited to; normal sized to large sized wings, lots of armour, furry/ferals [fur is time consuming to render], props, intricate markings, heavy flora, etc. Each upcharge is 5-10$ maximum

[spicymotte]

after 4 years of drawing webcomics, this is my wisdom:

start now. now. now now now. or else you'll never draw this damn thing

it's fine if you don't have the entire story figured out yet, it'll happen naturally

draw what you want to draw!! webcomics often run for years, so you better work with something you like

don't overcomplicate things. a simple, efficient work flow is your top priority in order to stay consistent

bullshit some things. trace background refs. reuse poses. draw your character's face from different angles and just copy paste it in to save time. be smart about your work baby

take breaks if needed. webcomic burnout is real

sometimes, a panel or a page looks bad. shit happens. move on

lettering is actually really important and super hard to pull off

it's your comic. do what you want forever!!!

I'm begging you again to work smart, not hard. reuse backgrounds. use brush sets for webcomic artists. trace 3D objects. use 3D models to pose your characters

you may need hours or days to draw one panel, but people will look at it for 5-8 seconds. keep that in mind

a simple background is better than no background at all (avoiding the white void increases the quality of your work by a ton!)

sometimes the anatomy needs to be a little off to make an interesting shot/panel. that's fine, don't worry about it too much

at least 2000px canvas and 300 dpi for good quality results

it's okay to stop by the way. it's okay to move on from a project if you no longer find joy in it

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this was for a raffle on toyhouse! :]

You can definitely tell i was struggling with some parts of the hair lol

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commission work!

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Experimental piece! Was testing out small canvases and the effect it had on my usual painting brush. The canvas size before I upscaled it for Tumblr was only 414x600! I like how crunchy the canvas size made my brush :] Reminds me of crayons.

For the timelapse I apologize for most the work being done in the tiny thumbnail lol, it made my painting process faster though! Turns out colouring a really tiny drawing is faster than colouring a big one, lot easier to make changes, and makes you focus more on the bigger details.

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wip! not super sure if i'll finish

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was a design for a CS

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You get to see them AGAIN because I have posts queued for every week and I manually posted the open adopt post before this scheduled one <3 I know the anatomy is off but all that matters is that the design idea is conveyed </3