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20s. USA. You can find my art in the #my art tag.

[transwomanstarscream]

interior pages for the transformers’ Big Looker storybook “Insecticon Attack!”, published in 1985. painted and illustrated by John Speirs. (source)

[thickness-protection-program]

According to fox entertainment this is who we should be afraid of. I didn't know who Francesca Hong was 10 minutes ago but thankfully now I'm aware of this monster and her monsterous policies

[finalfantasyvii]

[smushles]

Soooo "heavy sizing for wet and dry media" was a fking lie 🤡🤡🤡🤡

feat. sacrificial Hidan

Impromptu Canson XL Mixed Media review under the cut:

I only use budget sketchbooks but somehow hadn't tried the iconic Canson XL Mixed Media sketchbook, until now! I got a partially used one so I don't know what sort of conditions it was stored in, but the paper sizing has deteriorated which lets paint to soak through to the back in a dotty pattern. This actually makes my skin crawl:

It seems like heavier opaque pigment particles like the white in the lilac don't soak through, but transparent fine-grained colors stain the spots that have gone bad. Even if the paper wasn't defective I don't think I'd like the medium-grain surface which seems fragile when wet and buckled a lot.

Comparison to other papers:

Strathmore:

I've tried their mixed media 200 series sketchbook, mixed media Vision (which had 200 series paper), mixed media 300, and watercolor 300 and 400 series papers. They all had an especially hard and smooth surface with "hard" sizing, meaning the surface didn't like absorbing water and was prone to pooling and making unwanted edges. If I actually wanted to do mixed media I would hate how slippery the surface is. I ended up "sealing" any page with graphite or colored pencil with a light wash of watercolor because even the slightest bit of friction would make things transfer to the other page. Even watercolor and ink would rub off a lot. I still think I'd enjoy the painting experience on Strathmore mixed media more than a non-defective pad of Canson XL mixed media, simply because the surface is much more durable and I'm confident that the paper would retain its sizing for longer. On the other hand Canson XL watercolor paper is much more predictable than the Strathmore 300/400 watercolor paper (apparently cotton Strathmore 500 behaves very similarly). I don't like the regular grain of Strathmore and washes dry flat and weird and unappealing... it's hard to explain. I will give Strathmore points for not deteriorating in long-term storage- my 6 year old page of 400 worked like normal while random sheets of XL are already going bad around the edges.

Royal Talens:

I'm using an Art Creation sketchbook right now. Pros against Canson: there are more pages, its smoothness is better for penwork, and it has a nice hard cover. Cons: the paper is distractingly yellow, especially compared to Canson's extra white color. The higher page count is due to low paper weight (though very close to Canson's) and water make this buckle a ton. This also has a relatively weak paper surface that can't take many layers. I prefer this paper for drawing and pens but it's too lightweight for liquid media.

I have a Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media pad that I haven't used, but the medium grain tooth feels very similar to Canson XL.

Out of the sketchbooks I've used I would only buy Strathmore again. The 300 series mixed media paper is more durable than the 200, but it smudges more. That might not be a problem since my sketchbooks don't leave my desk nowadays. If they hadn't discontinued the Vision Mixed Media pads I would definitely have gone for those because 300 series books have shot up in price.

[official-defalt]

[fleebites]

#junicorn

day 22

‘ewen’

[benepla-deactivated20180521]

if i didnt know who these characters were i’d say its a french indie gay romantic drama that is playing a little too heavily with color symbolism

[wellwaterhysteria]

i think about this post like. once a week. and i mean that.

[liquidstar]

"only 90s kids remember-" wrong, if you're poor and/or rural enough, old tech and fashion doesn't just disappear when it stops being trendy. We had dial-up until 2012

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[smushles]

I contributed to a review of White Nights watercolors over on the Idyllsketching blog! Check it out- mine is the first one!

[smushles]

Another review, this time for M. Graham!

[harenodrawsthings]

I didn't want to mention it until I committed to it and finished, but I made a Fate art book! I've been wanting to do this for a while and I'm really happy to finally have done it! It's awesome seeing everything all together in one book :')

[captainjonnitkessler]

I'm gonna be a hater for a minute

Can we get a moment of silence for everyone who's ever created a piece of art that said "what if it DOESN'T end happily? What if good intentions aren't enough? What if everyone is sometimes flawed and thoughtless and petty and we all do harm without meaning to?"

Only for someone to be like "omg yessssss this is so powerful! And then, what if it DID end happily and the good intentions were enough and everything gets wrapped up in a twee little bow because I have the emotional complexity of a six-year-old?" and then they get a thousand reblogs of people going "yayyyy it's fixed!"

[keithstack]

[fleebites]

i’ve been working in a series involving giving the mane six new colourschemes for… reason 🤫

any guesses as to what i’m on about? :3

[smushles]

Hmmm

[smushles]

I contributed to a review of White Nights watercolors over on the Idyllsketching blog! Check it out- mine is the first one!

[millionsknives]

“what if wolfwood didn’t die” ok, interesting concept, let's explore that— “and what if wolfwood agreed with everything vash said ❤️ and what if vash didn't kill legato ❤️ and what if razlo ceased to exist ❤️ and what if elendira wasn’t a bloodthirsty woman who wanted to see the end of the world what if she was just a little girl ❤️ and what if legato wasn’t a victim of brutal csa and what if vash wasn’t suicidal and what if knives killed his sisters for no reason and what if vash never attempted to kill rem and what if meryl was never terrified of vash and what if midvalley was a kindergarten teacher and what if nobody had to sacrifice anything or persevere through grief or guilt or fear or anger” and what if the world was made of pudding. i’m starting to think you people don’t actually like trigun