Sio's poor excuse for a blog

doodles • musings • fandom • watercolor • horror and cute themes • AroAce and NOT interested • transphobes gtfo • (⁠-⁠ω⁠-⁠) • They/all : Zillennial '95er • •••••••••••••••••••••••••• attempting to be a safe space for all, but specifically LGBTQA+, BIPOC, and trauma survivors. I am working on my accessibility so I can be more disability friendly as well.

[silvermothsio]

I'm taking a stream break, but I'll still finish up the requests I haven't done yet! I promise I haven't forgotten about you (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

[silvermothsio]

A secret to getting better with drawing is to not erase any lines.

[whatskyvenya]

days of color pants ☀️🌿

i’m absolutely in love with their shape, decided to combine them with aurora’s sneakers for the relaxed oversize look

[silvermothsio]

THERE'S COLOR DIPPED PANTS???

please tell me I didn't miss them and they aren't paywalled 🙏

[silvermothsio]

Request! For next stream

Simple design! Ez warm up

Thank you for the warm up!

[silvermothsio]

Read those TOS !

I'll be catching up on the details for a few sites soon. Namely Twitch so I know what it defies as requiring the Mature tag on streams.

I don't think my usual work falls under that, but horror days might.

[musubiarte]

The other day I was surfing the internet and I found this specialized painting colour wheel, it shows how real paint colours relate to each other. 

Outside: the purest/brightest colours.

Inside: naturally muted or earthy colors, like browns and ochres.

The Center: dark neutral tones used for mixing shadows.

The Lines: the lines connect colors that are opposites, if you mix them you neutralize the tone creating clean grays or browns instead of muddy puddles.

I want to share this with you because I think it is really illustrative!

Reference: “Quiller Wheel” by Stephen Quiller

[silvermothsio]

Some personal additions/findings

Pigment-based colors mix differently than light-based, and it's much more difficult to achieve bright saturated purples with pigments. This wheel is for pigments (just adding for the sake of having the vocabulary)

Using copper pigments in particular vastly increases the range of blues and greens, but it still has a narrow range that can be used to mix truely bright purples and violets.

Indigo can be a little bit easier to reach. But once you're talking about pigments and dyes, "indigo" can sometimes refer to the source of the color (a dye made from the indigo plant, a deep navy blue) OR the hue on a traditional colorwheel, which leans slightly more purple than navy.

Also to note; dyes can be turned into pigments, but pigments (to the best of my knowledge) cannot be turned into dyes.

[silvermothsio]

Gosh I hope my headset comes in soon :(

And I need to order a new camera

And set up an overlay....

.... And (trails off)

[silvermothsio]

Feeling nostalgic for Sky lately so here's an old piece from my now-dead insta

Hard to think it's been SIX YEARS my goodness 😭 this game has so much more in it now

[silvermothsio]

hello! From an ask/tag game: list 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers ✨️

Moths! I like most critters tbh but I have a soft spot for pastel and brown moths.

That moment when my cats' pupils get all big. Even better if they're playing or just really excited that I'm home.

Freshly washed & tumble dried pillows (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+ with clean sheets after a shower

Old games & anime (mostly from before 2015). I really like the way Studio Ghibli uses the color green when Miyazaki-san is the director. It's so beautiful.

Working on sets and props for stage. It's been YEARS since I got to do set work and I miss it so much.

[silvermothsio]

Uh hi

I just stumbled across this blog

Your drawings are very cool

Thank you!!!

I'm currently taking requests if you have any critters you'd like me to draw as warm-ups ^^

[silvermothsio]

Hii!! You are fucking awesome and yea I just want you to know that

I think I know who this is my goodness tho thank you!

[silvermothsio]

Wow, you're so cool!

-- Love Anon #8364

This is genuinely so sweet thank you 🥺 I'm collecting requests if you have one!

(unless it's sarcasm, then I'm giving you cake but the cake is dry and the frosting is too sweet and there's no drink to wash it down 😤 )

[silvermothsio]

Is this coolio?

OF COURSE IT IS!!!! it's a moth AND a dragon?! And fluffy as HECK

OP how big is this frien? Are they able to eat or is it a silkmoth situation where only the larvae has a mouth? (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

[silvermothsio]

@hollow-nautilus 's VoidGullet, done live on Twitch!

Thanks for stopping by ✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧

[silvermothsio]

[closed!]

Request slots [closed] for those who missed my stream! Drop em in my Ask Box if you have any.

I can't guarantee I'll get to everyone, as I've also got some larger projects. But I could use some prompts for my warm ups and I want to make sure I rotate who I'm giving stuff too :3

Keep it SFW

Non-humanoid is the best bet

[silvermothsio]

Thanks for joining my lazy stream!

Live request done: VoidGullet designed & requested by @hollow-nautilus

[silvermothsio]

I've got like 4 active followers on a good day, and I just wanna say I really appreciate y'all.

I might end up posting some writing (including fan content /pieces of a fanfic if you aren't too off put by that. ) Mostly just little things on how much I love world building.

Trying to actually keep up with this whole... Social media artist thing.