sign of life please? with or without any piece of art you want to share, just missing you on the dash 💕💕💕💕💕
hello helloo it's been a longgg while..!!!!
i've been drifting a bit from hockey lately,, i just haven't quite felt the pull of it for a while, mayhaps bc i don't have a lot of Guys i'm super into at the moment U_U
BUT one thing i'd like to share is the hockey trumps hate charity auction!!
i've signed up as a creator there alongside so many other awesome writers + artists + editors + more, so please check it out if you'd like to donate to a good cause AND get some fanwork + fan labour out of it ⭐ bidding ends tomorrow, june 8 at end of day est!
i don't have all that much in the way of hockey art rn, but i do have some silly crossover doodles on my sideblog if you'd like to see em ^_^
ty for reaching out, i'm hoping to be back soon too :D!!!💌💌
Do you post on instagram? Also, best Hughes brother?
hiya there, i only post my art here on tumblr!! i did have an instagram under the same name but i gave it up bc i just didn't like the platform as much for posting :P
if i had to pick a favourite hughes i'd say quinn because i relate deeply to his eldest sibling energy ☝️
Hey, I'm currently reading this fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56062231
You made amazing art for it but at least one piece is now missing cause the link is broken 🥺 I've searched your blog but cannot find them. I was wondering if you could post them all again? Please? I love your art and don't wanna miss out.
Thank you 🥰
hello hello anon, i'm so glad to hear you're reading @tkachuksoralfixation's incredible fic! the links in chapters 5 and 7 should now be fixed!!
i'd like to keep the art specifically within the fic as our works come out of a collaborative exchange + complement each other, i hope that makes sense :'D
thank you so much for enjoying my art and the fic! <3
hiii love ur art sm!! ^_^ i was wondering if theres a story behind ur url or if it means anything?
hiii ty!! it's a combination of "adelphe" (specifically gender-neutral term for sibling in french) + "delphinium" (one of my favourite flowers)! i like bits of wordplay combining terms that end / start similarly so i thought this was kind of clever :DD
Your Adam Larsson peice is so so delightful I’ve been trying very hard to be polite and not ask for him with Dunn, but I’m picking out an outfit for a funeral, so fuck it (no pressure bud, your art is genuinely brilliant and we are blessed to have it, just wanted to ask in case you felt inspired)
hello there, i'm so sorry for your loss -- i hope you're doing as well as you can in these times 🫂
thank you for your kind words + the req!! unfortunately, while i'm still learning more about hockey culture + history, there are some players i would rather not draw given certain things i have heard or seen about them, and sadly dunn is one of them :(
it's never my intention to shame or "cancel" anyone (esp not other hrpfers); it's more that i'm not really comfortable with drawing certain players knowing what i know -- i hope that's understandable.
instead i hope this solo lars can brighten your week a little!
how did u get so good at capturing faces and such ... i often have such a hard time getting my drawings to look like someone and their likeness . do you have any tips or anything ?
hii hello ty for the ask!! honestly i can't really offer much in the way of advice beyond suggesting lots n lots of practice, which i know is what everyone says... but i find it's true :") i have a few thoughts below as well!
i think drawing lots of diverse face shapes + features kinda helps you to recognize patterns over time and decide what to emphasize to make someone's face look more distinctive.
mainly, i think less is more!
to use a basketball example (just bc that's what's been on my mind lately):
russell westbrook (top) has lots of really unique facial features (square face, deep-set eyes, strong nasal wings, mole, small ears, wide mouth, etc.) but i find that actually makes him hard to capture. on the other hand, to me, kevin durant's (below) most noteworthy features are his wide nose and semi-hooded (?) eyes.
for a hockey example, i would say the same about linus ullmark (crinkly eyes, soft chin, thin nose bridge, small mouth + thin lips) and jeremy swayman (sparkly eyes, wide/prominent nose) respectively. i personally have a harder time drawing ully than sway!
it's also helpful to look at multiple reference pics from various angles to see how these differences play out.
these are just my personal thoughts -- i don't know if the way i latch onto certain characteristics is actually ~accurate~, and i also take some issue with what i conceive of as "natural" or conventionally attractive features as the baseline to more unique ones. i try not to lean too much into caricature territory, but it's a hard line to ride.
overall, though, the whole point of cartoony art is to simplify and focus on a few key points! it's subjective but i think that's all part of balancing your own style with portraying people in a way that's recognizably Them.
i always feel a bit out of my depth about giving out art tips but i hope this helps a little! <3
is there a particular reason your tknp fish photo art has reblogs off? I only ask because I love it sm and wanted to rb!!
hello hello, ty for the ask!
initially i had turned off all reblogs on my np / tknp art due to the alleged np burner situation just so i could think through and process everything. while i'm still not 100% settled on my stance with relation to the "real" and the "fiction" of rpf, i've (tentatively) come to the conclusion that even as my work is tied to the public images + likenesses of these players, its value comes from the derivative nature of fan works that goes so much beyond the original individuals.
it's actually pretty funny timing that you sent this ask in when you did! i was reading some amazing tknp fic this morning that addresses how fandom community at its core works to reappropriate source material, and how that disjunct between fanon / "canon" is a troubled but necessary one.
the main thing about rpf engagement for me personally is that fic offers such a rich space for reimagination and pushing + prodding at the unsavoury bits of real life, but fanart feels more surficial. i don't quite feel comfortable depicting people whose words and actions are at such odds with my own without being able to qualify those depictions, but i also know that what we do here is meant to be messy and unorthodox and ultimately fun. while i'll oscillate between positions, i've turned reblogs back on! though as of rn, i don't plan to draw np again.
this definitely won't be a one-and-done scenario for as long as i'm in rpf circles, but i think it's an important consideration to be grappling with. thanks for sticking around if you've read this far and for liking my art!!💌💌
hello, I just want to tell you that I love your art! Also, the Robo one you did a while ago really made me happy. As someone of East Asian descent, it's kind of frustrating to see drawings/paintings of other East Asian/Pacific Islander people where they just... look White (though I understand that sometimes artists have certain styles/aren't skilled enough to create subtle differences like that). Your depiction of Robo was awesome and I loved to see it! Thank you. :)
ahh i'm really glad to hear my depiction of robo really resonated with you!! :,)
as someone who's also of east asian descent, i do end up reflecting a lot on what it means to represent poc, especially in the sphere of mainstream hockey and its particular institutional setup + organizational makeup (which is a very different context from the other fandoms i've come from) -- but i also think it's a much broader question that all artists should engage with!
there's no easy way to work through it, just based on all the structures of normativity that surround us (cough my self-portraits as a kid cough, most manga/manhwa coughcough); in that sense i'm a little less inclined to see it as being just about individual skill per se.
it also gets so much more complicated when there's all these subtle differences, as you've mentioned -- e.g. how to balance characterization vs caricaturizing, how to maintain a consistent style without falling into a euro-centric same-face syndrome......
that being said, there are plenty of guides + resources out there from other artists of colour much more qualified to talk on these matters than i am, and i totally get the frustration from a representational standpoint as well.
i'm also always reflecting on how to go about my art, and comments like yours mean a lot to me!! i hope you're having a lovely day; thank you for the ask and for opening up the conversation!
