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excited about TIME today. it is so nice to end up in place where CHANGE exists. how lucky it is to have a say in the path of existence WHAT AN HONOR. overwhelmed with gratitude that the universe chats with us and negotiates in this way

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living in the grave of a dream

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i need to CHILL in a BOOK STORE and then CHILL in a CAFE and then CHILL at a MUSEUM and then CHILL at a PARK

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got an actual negative comment on my art and of course it's a family member

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guess that piece wasn't for you then

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Yeah i have a dark past (being 13). Just an absolutely horrible backstory (being 13). It would keep you up at night if i told you about it (i was 13 one time)

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current mantra

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DREAD IS A LIGHT

THAT COMES FROM BEHIND

THE VEIL OF LIES

WE TELL OURSELF

TO PROTECT OURSELF.

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from sun to the shore

pretty sure this fog will lift

if I keep walking

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why would it be a surprise

when I tell you my darkest secrets?

my blackest moments?

aren't they written on my face?

didn't you see in every movement

all the ways I arrived broken?

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I do not being in the beige world

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"You're the first [workplace] employee to really hear what I'm saying."

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the rhythm and heave

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Quick little video tutorial! This is a method I use to block in shapes when I’m fighting the urge to polish my lineart at an early stage, especially in rough concept art that doesn’t actually need polished lineart.

I group two layers in photoshop—a rough sketch, and a flat color—and then carve out the negative space by painting into a mask on the group, instead of filling in the positive shapes. From there I can start painting and adding shading into that group, knowing that I’ve already locked down a good initial silhouette for the object/character:

It feels like oil painting, and I end up finding silhouettes/shapes in a way I wouldn’t if I was obsessively cleaning up the linework first. Digital art has a tendency to veer towards cleanliness/polish, so I love finding little opportunities for happy accidents and a bit of mess!

I used it on my unicorn piece last month, for instance, which I think would have lost a lot of its dynamism and charm if I had worried too much about doing a full ink pass:

Hope this is at all helpful!  It’s not a method I use 100% of the time, but it really helps move my process along when I do need it 👍🏼