that erika

art blog ~ they/them ~ digital art  

[thaterika]

I've literally been unable to do anything productive for over a week. Suddenly got some random hyper focus. Knocked out a realistic portrait in <4h wtf brain?!

I was (am) always really ashamed about how long something this skilled takes me bc getting all my school work done the night before and getting A* did NOT win me any friends and I was already a loner and being bullied. It sucks for other people who find it hard to find out that it looks easy for me - but what looked easy from the outside was me compensating all my life for a brain that wouldn't cooperate when I wanted it to.

This kind of art is one example of my skill masking my neurodivergent brain. Everyone is always impressed with the outcome, but art teachers be like - why can't you do this every time? If you applied yourself... We expected top grades what happend in the exam? Where is your working out?

I've made my peace with never being a consistent creator. That's why I started doing stupid little doodles in the first place. So I didn't place high expectations to produce work like this all the time. So when I had the urge to create I could do small things and still gain the reward from producing art that is 'good' for different reasons. So I could just have fun!

Now I am trying to learn how to trust my skill even when I can't focus like this. It's ok if it takes 8 hours and the outcome is the same. Like thats a normal pace for any human. And it's still fucking impressive.

I want to start being proud of my ability. Like yeah I did this super fast and it's a piece of work I feel proud of.

[stupidlittledoodles]

loaf bug

[thaterika]

I had a dream that I rescued birds from pet shops that didn't care for them and they lived happily in a special place I created.

[neechees]

I'm pretty sure this post is part of the savemysister scam ring that sends out bots asking for money & keeps getting deleted because of their scamming (& had already raised thoudands of dollars) along with other aliases & photos of different people they've used, they seem to always say that they 1. need money for a surgery of Pulmonary Hypertension, which, I've heard but could be wront, rarely actually needs surgery 2. are from the Philippines 3. Use very similar wording, and usually mention something about an oxygen tank 4. Never provide updated but instead just keep asking for money while using the same photos. Below are other examples. Note that the Abbiegails account stole the image of the elderly lady from google, and her condition was end of life renal disease, not pulminary hypertension. So if you see a donation post with the above descriptions, its probably a scam

[neechees]

Update:

Funny, another blog also by the name Ivysour that deactivated on June 29th, 2021 also used the same pictures, the exact same wording, & the same reasons for money ALSO said their grandmas oxygen tank was only going to last a day or two. Only when you click the paypal link, it brings you to the paypal on the left, but on the newer Ivysour blog, the paypal link leads to the one on the right

A grandma who's oxygen tank was only going to last for a day or two ends up lasting more than a week, the fundraiser goes towards two different paypals but for the exact same person within a period of 9 days, and has the same reason for needing money as a bunch of other scams within a scam ring? 🤔 we've got a scam on our hands

[stupidlittledoodles]

Hey everyone, Ivysour (NOW Grongster)just come into my ask box asking me to share this post asking for donations. I ALWAYS check for scams before I share things. I feel guilty bc its a shame we have to be suspicious even when people are asking for genuine help but this one gave me fishy vibes. I have done a bit of digging about for the images and I have found multiple reposts of this post - one with 4K notes!! But the original tumblr account or post has mysteriously disappeared. Then I found this tumblr post confirming the things that I found - so can say the information in this reblog is legit bc I quickly came to the same conclusions. Scammers usually only ask for a small amount and found it strange they said they wanted to keep their account private. They also wont share any updates on how your money is spent or say thank you. These kinds of scams work bc most ppl are willing to part with a small amount for a good cause and a photo that plays on your emotions as a caring human. All those small amounts add up and it makes the post look more legit. It took me about 5 mins of clicking about, doing some image searches etc to find this was probably fake. The fact that this person has no other posts on their blog is a big tell. Please be careful. ALWAYS check your sources before reblogging stuff like this. Please share this to help others. Thanks <3

[thaterika]

Gay Icons for Pride.

Recent commissioned works. Prints on Inprint

If you're interested in commissioning me get in touch via my Facebook page

[iguanamouth]

could you possibly draw a small happy opossum for me? it's been a rough week :v

[stupidlittledoodles]

[stupidlittledoodles]

ok peeps let’s do this!!

get in my inbox

Make them random silly stupid wholesome whatevs but I do put my own creative spin on prompts and sometimes they come out cute, sometimes cursed abominations, and sometimes they are nsfw. I don’t have a filter here and that’s a big part of starting these doodles.

I don’t shy away from boobs, butts, willys, flaps or other adult themes but they are on the rude end rather than overtly explicit. I don’t believe drawing a cartoon tits on a frog is sexual no more than I believe the fact that I exist with tits makes me sexual. If you have strong feelings otherwise this blog isn’t for you kthaxbi

Idk how many I’ll get so I can’t promise I’ll do them all.

I don’t spend more than 10 mins on each doodle soo if you ask for a painted masterpiece of several unicorns at a Roman orgy it will look shit 😂 also pls please don’t ask me for this I just realised I described some really wrong porn 😬

Requests open from now until Midnight GMT on Sunday. You can send them in after, but no guarantees I’ll do them any time soon soz. Generally my asks are open <3

Ps. my pronouns are they/them and if you do want to share any outside tumblr look at my links for how to credit and only on those platforms please thanx :)

[stupidlittledoodles]

this is the first pixel thing I’ve ever created. It’s small and simple. It’s probably not technically right or something and idk how to export it at the right size!

I’ve always been drawn to pixel art bc I like tiny things.

Tips & feedback welcome :)

[stupidlittledoodles]

f o r b i d d e n

[lycanthrop-ee]

Me: *looks at references of baby bears* ohhg… :’)

Me: *draws a baby bear* OHOH… HG N :’’’’’’’)

[lycanthrop-ee]

The culprit..

[stupidlittledoodles]

I felt like doodling a cat

[thaterika]

gotchi

[thaterika]

stupid little reblogs

Hey Folks!

Just to let you know I reblog and share random shit I like, art I admire etc on https://stupidlittlereblogs.tumblr.com/

I’d love it if I had more followers there bc I spend more time on my main stupidlittledoodles account (where we can be mutuals init) and I would like to boost various things I find and stuff yaknow

Expect star trek art reblogging, inspiring art, random shit and memes, star trek stuff probably, gaming, lgbtq+ stuff, neurodivergent shit, random stuff i like, goblinry etc

Thanks <3

[thaterika]

collarpop

[thaterika]

strawberry 

turns out trying to paint white fur is haaard. i dont like how this turned out. the face is cool yellow but the body ended up a warmer tone and trying to get them to match failed but anyway hi im a perfectionist whos going to share it anyway aaaahhhh * hides *

Sauce: https://twitter.com/urabanashi813/

[stupidlittledoodles]

how I’m returning to the world