#merryfinches

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we zoom in on Strider's eyes and see Ed and Stede kissing 😌 ↳ HAPPY YESTIVUS, KYLIE @merryfinches! your investigative talents will always be legendary 💗

[stedesparasol]

What are the goats for, then, Jess? WHAT ARE THE GOATS FOR?

FOR DAIRY AND ALSO PETTING YOU SICK FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ARTIST OF THE WEEK @merryfinches ♥️

This week's aotw is Kylie who has bewitched us body and soul with her lovely art and even lovelier personality. Always there with a kind word, just all round a stellar human being, and someone who makes my day better anytime I see her on the dash. She was also game for answering a few questions:

Which do you use to draw (app/digital or traditional)?

I use Procreate on my iPad! I like being able to put it on my bag and draw anywhere - I don’t have as much time to draw as I want, so I do it in bits and pieces whenever I get the chance.

I love sketching with coloured pencils in my sketchbook too, I LOVE digital art, but there’s nothing like the texture of pencil and paper!

Fave brushes/pencils/mediums (links/screenshot?)

These are the ones I use most. The top 3 are all standard Procreate brushes. Chalk is my go-to for sketching and line art, and lightbrush and lightpen for highlights. I used Gingerbread Inker for colouring - it’s a free brush I picked up from somewhere, but I can’t find where!

Your favourite piece you've drawn?

Oooooooh, I don’t know! It’s easy to look back at basically every drawing and see the flaws, but this one of Ed and Stede in their inn is special to me, because I think it’s the first time I felt like I’d developed a comfortable style after messing around trying to draw them for months with… varying degrees of success.

And I’m really proud of the comic I drew of Ed having a nightmare, because i find comics so hard to draw and I’m in awe of everyone who does it!

Who's harder to draw: Ed or Stede?

Aaaaah, they both have challenges, but Stede I think? I prefer drawing his left side because of the way his hair swishes differently on both sides, and that side is easier. And he has a very particularly-shaped nose that can be really hard sometimes! Unless I’m drawing Ed’s leathers, in which case it’s him 😆

One essential tip for beginner artists?

There will be a point where you look at all your art so far and think “oh these are terrible, what am I even doing?” But that’s GOOD because it means you’re improving! And I’m sorry but that never stops - you will be improving forever! Nobody I know is ever really satisfied with their own art, and your art style is like your handwriting - it’s unique to you.

Also, get a sketchbook and a pencil, make mistakes, practice drawing your own hands and feet, screenshots, your cat, anything basically. And remember it’s supposed to be fun 🥰

Why OFMD? 🥹

Because it’s the fucking BEST! 😎

No seriously, I guess I like drawing Ed and Stede so much because they’re everything. Love, sex, tenderness, fun, cuteness, heartache and joy. Two souls who are so insecure and alone, and then they have someone who GETS them, who loves everything about them. They’re just wonderful.

[xoxoemynn]

💕🌸🐙🌺🎀🩷

(A gang of pink emojis!)

OF COURSE IT'S ALL THE PINKS, I'D EXPECT NOTHING LESS.

Okay Kylie, I remember when I first started seeing your art and it just felt like the sun rising over a garden, all soft and warm and safe, just being wrapped up in a comforting hug by someone you really love and trust. And around the same time you were commenting on my fic, and I always found myself really looking forward to seeing what you'd have to say because my reaction was "omg!! that INSANELY TALENTED ARTIST likes my silly lil words!!!! I hope I don't scare her away." asjdkaldjakl

And then we actually started talking and becoming friends, and you were all those things, so sweet and loving and thoughtful, always with a kind and encouraging word to say, always shining with positivity for the show and for the fandom. But I was not prepared for how WICKEDLY funny you are. You have made me scream-laugh so many times when I was least expecting it. You're an absolute delight to know on every level, and I'm so happy our paths crossed in this fandom. You are all the pinks — the soft gentle ones, the bright sassy ones, the contemplative moody ones — and I'm so glad we've become friends so I can get to know all of them. 💕🌸🐙🌺🎀🩷

Send me the emoji that makes you the happiest and I'll write you a lil love note.

[shaneposting]

🥹💌🥹

kylie!! okay first of all your art is SO incredible, i love that you have such a distinctive style and colour palette and your blackbonnet art is always so soft and tender and makes me want to cry (affectionate)

you're so funny and positive and your posts always make me happy - this post is one of my favourite interactions i've ever had on this website and made me laugh so much

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Happy birthday for yesterday! I hope you had a lovely day! 🥰

aww ty kylie!!! :)

i did! i had a nice take-out dinner at home and a banana creme pie and then i watched Dune (1984) (an objectively bad film that i have seen a million times On Purpose because I enjoy how bad it is) with my friend.

[bizarrelittlemew]

IT IS @merryfinches' BIRTHDAY TODAY, HAPPY KYLIE DAY!!

go wish her a happy birthday and please feel welcome to grab a goatpocalypse icon below if you want 💗

and kylie - get ready for birthday shenanigans 😈 (in the morning)

[bizarrelittlemew]

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TODAY LOOK WHAT JUST ARRIVED 🤸💖😭❤️🥹 thank you @merryfinches this is all SO amazing!! you're the best and so incredibly talented 💗

get your own gorgeous earrings at kylie's shop!!