on expedition

in the flesh or in the light.

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hi I was wondering if you're okay with samjack?

ew what makes you think that (yes)

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it's only happened lately

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hiii.. i wanted to request something johndean if that’s okay?

yes :)

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but i got myself a steady hand

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In absolute LOVE with how you do art. I can't explain it besides "style", but like, it's just so chef's kiss. If it's not a weird ask, what are some of your favorite artists here on tumblr?

thank you so much <3

i'm forgetting some people for sure but i love: @surya2 @grawkenn @mylittleimpala @jiguurten @reijndeers @reeeeeg @haedraulics @onemagpie @seadieking

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Happy Valentine’s Day!! your art always makes me feel so romantic 💝 💝💝

happy valentine's day to you, too, anon <3

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hi! the answer is probably just “practice more” 😭 but do u have any tips for adapting reference pics for fan art? i feel stuck drawing refs exactly how they are and not very confident making them into another guy. i rly admire your art!

i'm in no position to give out advice tbh i struggle with likenesses a lot too! i guess the answer IS 'practice more' and to draw the guys you want to draw until you figure out how to draw them (or at least your version of them). but i guess what i can say is try to use the reference for the thing you actually want to reference? like, use the reference just for the pose and not for the face. or just for the face and not for the pose. if that makes sense? i don't know. here's a video of me using a reference for a quick doodle (sped up 8x) - i'm not sure whether there's a lesson in there, but maybe it's interesting at least

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i love your art smsm but i have a weird question for you

how do you like cope with being into/drawing wincest? ive been into it for a while and i struggle with some incest related trauma. do you ever feel really guilty, gross, or horrible??

thank you, i love your account

i don't have to "cope with" it same way i don't have to cope with listening to the beatles. i don't want to sound callous but that's the simple truth. i don't feel guilty about it. so i don't think i can particularly help you with your struggle but it may be that this art blog is just not the place for it.

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where can i find all of your art? is there a master link? it’s so beautiful!

very happy to hear you like my art!!! but errr what do you mean? you can find all my art on this blog. the tag #a has all my art posts.

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where does that leave you?

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grok can edit someone's image on request now (although it's restricted to premium users because people started undressing women and children). Also every image posted on x will be used for AI training. Some of my favorite artists are leaving the platform so I was wondering if you're gonna leave too

oh yeah i'm aware of all that and it sucks big time but i guess i've given up on the passive ways my art (and my tweets and my tumblr posts and my google searches and my fics and my youtube history and and) will be fed to generative ai to be turnt into slop. i don't think my art is popular enough for it to matter and i don't have to make money with my art either or anything. so. yeah, still posting on twitter

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Will you continue posting your art on twitter?

yeah, i mean i do. not sure what made you believe i'm stopping?

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I am a 1 day old wincest shipper thank you for posting them ..

1 day old 😭 well i'm glad you found me after only one day <3

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following your art inspired me to start drawing in 2025 :) i love it. the fact that you are self taught really helped me get started. thank you and happy new year!

that's an amazing thing to hear! hope drawing is fun for you <3

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I've read your replies to others based on the taboo of wincest ideas and such and I wanted to sort of ask on an elaboration about if you have supporters and others who are(I'm not sure about the words I really want to use) avid defenders of personal fantasy, I guess? I don't know if it makes sense, but what I'm trying to ask is if me liking your art and stuff is a moral failing or show of my character lol. I've read hundreds of threads about how engaging in things like this and more taboo topics within the sexual realm and beyond are normal and fine because they aren't inherently harmful, but I also have people who tell me that these "excuses" are totally bogus and everyone who likes this and things like this is fetishizing things that actual people deal with and they're bad to the bone for life. I don't admit that I have my own liking for things around this in real life or online because I feel pressure from friends and I quietly agree with them because I'm not the kind of person to be very confident about anything, but especially this. Like what's the line people draw from creepy guys who play video games like No Mercy(that also have taboo topics and violence), creepy old guys versus people who like wincest and similar things online? Plus, the whole booktok craze is really bringing to light how many people delve into fantasy in real time, which I'm really suprised about. I don't know, this is very long, sorry if this is non-legible. Also, really like your art. :)

i wouldn't call them supporters, they are just friends and family who i share the opinion with that engaging with "problematic" topics (in quotes because there will never be a list of problematic topics everybody can agree with) and enjoying to do so is fine. but i'm not here to convince you or anyone of anything. you're doing right in reading different takes on it and forming your own opinion.

however! i think the main thing is the uncomfortable truth that there is no "line" to draw that easily and digestibly separates good from bad. in fandom or in life. and i don't think "bad to the bone for life" is a relevant category for anything serious. "fetishizing things that actual people deal with" is haunting to me - everything is something that actual people deal with. that's just human experience. i'm supposed to what? believe i'm not allowed to fictionally grapple with it?

i don't think liking wincest makes you a good person. but it's also not a signifier for being a bad person. and i think after my 10+ years in fandom i'm over discussing these things again and again because i don't think i have anything new to add to it, you know? you gotta find someone else for it.

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i love your art! do you think you could add another link for art where the only full nsfw version is on twitter (and only with age verification), like this one https://www.tumblr.com/tgtbata/706827932069478400/on-the-same-page-full-nsfw-version

oh sorry i thought i went through all nsfw art and put additional links but i guess i missed that one. link is here and on the post itself now!

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cheers, 2025! with all the good, the bad and the inbetween, i'm so glad i'm still here and you're still here and i'm still drawing people kissing for you guys to look at. i hope 2026 is kind to us! a mix of art from this blog and @semifinaldraw <3