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moving blogs because I didn't realise Tumblr had a mainblog/sideblog thing and this one ended up being the side blog and i did not want that omg 😭😭😭 but yeah I'm switching from this one to @zymmiee for my art... idk how the username exchange is gonna work but yea!!!

edit: done! the linked blog is my main blog for art now :) I'll be changing my username for this one!

iliothermia

🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨 There's been another break-in at the Gay Juice Factory. One suspect was apprehended after a heated tussle, he was a slippery one. Officials believe there's potentially two other suspects at large.

finished my reread

ecstasy

Still waiting

— Donna Tartt, from The Secret History (via lunamonchtuna)

casakhelone

Achilles & Patroclus (2021)

Of all the art I've made, this is one of my most beloved pieces. I also created a plate version for a double-sided acrylic standee that had one side in the red-figure and the other in black-figure style painting.

Also I've never really spoke about it before, but I always wanted to make a Hector and Andromache piece to pair with this. Never got around to it, but maybe one day I will.

plantbvn

finished my reread

nigelgraz

I think bro might like leather

desm-doodle

lately i’ve been feeling like my lineart is lacking personality, and my art as a whole is looking too digital…i learned to draw almost exclusively digitally so it hasn’t bothered me in the past, but now that i’m dabbling in comics and graphic novels, i find myself wanting more of a traditional look in my inking

so here’s a quick sketch of my New Favorite Guy™ that i made using a textured ink brush, trying to mimic the look of traditional media

some more notes:

i initially planned to do this drawing with actual ink on actual paper…5 minutes in i messed it up beyond salvation (as i tend to do with all of my traditional inking) so i gave up and did it digitally :’)

i also wanted to give him a more distinctive face, perhaps more fae-like features to hint at his true identity (er, spoilers…) maybe it lost some of the “pretty anime boy” appeal, but personally i find distinctive faces more interesting to draw and look at. i’m always trying to vary the faces i draw (though tbh genshin is not a great place to turn to if you’re looking for variety lol), so what do u think? should i lean more into this departure from canon when drawing genshin characters in general? or stick to the mostly-similar anime style faces i’ve been drawing til now?

i’m interested to see what a sketch in this style would look like in color…i’m pretty committed to using black ink in my comics, so it might be a challenge to make the colors look vibrant. that, plus there’s a ton more detail in the lines, as opposed to me painting in most of the detail during the rendering. i think this lineart stands quite well on its own compared to my usual lineart…the intended effect, i suppose, to shift most of my effort to the inking stage rather than the rendering, which’ll save time overall when making comics

anyway, that’s all for now! i might be making more quick sketches and studies in the near future to hone my technique, so i likely won’t be posting polished illustrations for a bit…i’m enjoying this style, though, and will see how i can apply it to props, buildings, animals, and environments :)