#askherbgerb

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I love you for linking to the crow boy original post, i was so lost all day

I love directing people to the incomprehensible meme because then more people can participate in the bit

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im sure you already know how amazing ur piece was in the taz balance zine but i audibly gasped and was stunned with how absolutely gorgeous and STUNNING it looks???? like heck yeah dude rock on w ur gorgeous art 😌👍 hope you've been well!

Ahhhh thank you so much!!! <3 I've been going through the zine myself and it looks INCREDIBLE. Everything looks so cohesive and whimsical! Now that it's out, I can reveal that my illustration was actually so stressful and I completely did it to myself lol.

I spent three weeks trying to draw the characters sitting in folding chairs, but the perspective and the proportions of their legs kept looking weird to me. (Also the calibration on my tablet was way off but I didn't realize it until I updated the driver.) I think I redrew most of the poses like 5 times overall.

On the last day before I submitted I realized that people also tend sit on logs around the campfire and I was making wayyyyyy too much work for myself over an unimportant detail. I'm glad I had that revelation because I like how the finished piece now looks.

The finished art can be found in the zine here, it's free to download!!!

[herbgerblin]

What's your favorite meme?

Tbh I was really enjoying parodies of the jet2 holiday meme and then the White House did it, so to the dumpster it goes!

Lately I’ve been enjoying the “not what I’m called” meme:

Credit: @emiemi345

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Are you going after Harvey because he has similar middle aged vibes to Barry?

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Fun facts the spray canister thingy from men in black is called a neurolizer iirc but also totally worked on me and that's the only thing I remember for sure

Excellent, pleasure doing business with you

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Did you survive elongated muskrat's evil thunderdome of hell

ID: The tired Ben Afflect meme, man holding multiple cigarettes meme, tired Hayao Miyazaki meme, coraline’s dad meme, and squinting chihuahua in a hoodie men. End ID

[herbgerblin]

I would like to see…. Heart shaped glasses Lup…

Id: The first image is a digital drawing of Lup, an elven woman with tan skin, curly blonde hair, and a slight build. She is wearing a strapless red dress with gloved sleeves that end in pink puffs, which reveal her shoulders. She is also wearing pink, heart-shaped sunglasses. She smiles with her arms raised and fire emitting from her hands. The unlying caption on the image says, "You set my heart ablaze! Happy Valentine's day." The overlaying caption reads, "Where are my--my fifteen dollars." The second image is the same but without captions. End id.

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Can I buy prints of your work? Like, do you have a redbubble or Etsy type of shop? I’ve always loved ur taz art and would loooove to get prints to hang up in my room!! :D tysm!

Sadly no, mainly because the McElroys explicitly requested artists to not mass-produce unlicensed art of their work, (art commissions are fine) and I've respected that request. Some artists have done it anyway, and that's their choice. It's been seven (?) years since then and I'm unaware of any policy changes they've expressed.

I did have a Patreon a year or so ago, but my day job(s)/mental health meant that output wasn't as consistent as I would've liked. (Plus Patreon has been making increasingly unsavory business practices that have rubbed me the wrong way.) So I took it down. Honestly this ask spurned me to check their merch website and I do see an email for them to accept art packages, so I'll go out on a limb right now and see if they're interested. Fingers crossed!