“ … he crawls outside himself to sing … “

- hosho mccreesh 🪲 casey - 22 - he/they an attempt at an artblog / may not update frequently

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Hey

hello 👀

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DUDE UR ART STYLE IS SO YUMMY AHHH

i was wondering what brush’s you used for ur latest post?

ahh tysm!! i think you're my first ask ever - which is really exciting 😭

i use procreate for my art (i've been trying out csp in my free time too but haven't quite made the switch over just yet oop) so all of the brushes i'll be sharing are exclusive to that - but i'll probably make another post with other suggestions once i'm more comfortable with csp 👀👀👀

i pretty much exclusively use custom brushes. gumroad has been my go-to site for mostly everything, and all the brushes i use are free!

Manero Brushes has quite literally everything i've been using for the last year and a half, but you're going to want to look for brush sets specifically labelled as "freebies." there's a bunch of gorgeous full brush sets priced around $20+ if you're interested in them, but that's entirely optional. all of the brush sets that i use / will be listing should be under the category circled above!

the ones i use are:

- The Sketchbook Experience FREE Mini Set

- Stippling & Patterns FREE Mini Brush Set

- The Watercolor Experience FREE Mini Brush Set

- The Crosshatching Experience FREE Mini Brush Set

- Freebie of the Month 2021 Compilation Brush Set

- Pencilmania FREE Mini Brush Set

- The Comic-Book Artist FREE Mini Brush Set

there's so many more that i haven't tried out yet, so please take a look at the other brush sets on manero's site if these interest you!

application wise, i tend to start off my drawings with the sketchbook inkwash 05 brush from the sketchbook pack as a base and slowly build my layers with both the hb pencil and eraser 02 brush from the pencilmania pack.

i prefer to manually paint my colors over that base layer by layer so each color can bleed through, sort of like you would traditionally. i also use the rustic inker from the stippling pack for more defined line-work, as well as the sketchbook pencil 3b and sketchbook inker 01 brushes from the sketchbook set here and there.

hopefully this was at all helpful! feel free to send another ask or dm if you would like me to clarify anything, i'm more than happy to help!!

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im going to be so fr

these requests are taking forever because i lack the self control to leave them as sketches, so they’re all getting colored and rendered on some level 😭😭😭

forgive me,, here is a teaser of lester

he will be finished once I figure out how hands work.

meg, will, and nico are coming soon - trust 🙏🙏🙏

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The reception to my first post has been crazy, thank you so much everyone!!

I’m a bit stumped on art ideas though, so if you have a character you want to see sketched (riordanverse specifically) - send me a request 👀👀👀

I’ll try to get through all of them, but I’m finishing up the last stretch of my online winter courses before the next semester begins so it may take a bit lol

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" ... I joined Meg on the edge, dangling my feet over the abyss from which we'd escaped .... Had it really been only this morning? I couldn't see the net of strawberry plants below in the shadows, but their smell was powerful and exotic in the desert setting. Strange how a common thing can become uncommon in a new environment. Or in my case, how an uncommonly amazing god can become so very common ..." - The Burning Maze, Chapter 11

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[Image ID: An illustration of Lester Papadopoulos and Meg McCaffrey sitting on the edge of a cistern at Aeithales. The cloudy horizon is cast in an orange glow from the setting sun as stars begin to appear in the night sky through the leaves of a eucalyptus tree. Meg is glancing away with a neutrally guarded expression as Lester eyes her with concern, his ukulele resting forgotten against his back. / .End ID]