#sry this is so long and rambley

[zombiepatch]

Feel free to ignore if you don't like asks, but I really like your art and as a fellow artist would like to ask some questions if that's okay!

Which program do you use? How did you decide on turning anti-aliasing off in your pieces and how do you mitigate/incorporate the rougher look into the piece (you do this very well and I must ask how)? What process do you use for lighting and shading, as seen in your recent Murderbot piece?

Thank you for making awesome art and I hope you have a wonderful day!

thank you!!!! <333 i use clip studio paint and most definitely don't utilize it's coolest features often enough ^^;

full answer under the cut bc this ended up very wordy <3

i used to turn off anti aliasing for nostalgic reasons (drew a LOT in ms paint as a kid) and then i decided i really liked the look and feel and now it's just my go-to comfort zone. i just find it to be a really satisfying way to draw :]

in terms of getting it to look right, i tend to play around w/ it as i go and do a lot of post cleaning-up, along with working on top of the lineart layer sometimes. i tend to draw thicker lineart and then go back and erase edges (or color over edges) to where i want em. feels kinda like sculpting, in a way.

for shading and lighting, i obvi pick where the light source is coming from and tryyyyyy to stick to it. i do the shading layer first (if i'm doing it on a separate layer at all, sometimes i color pick manually for the shading on each color, or sometimes i use one color and a multiply layer. depends how i feel. that last murderbot drawing was shaded with layers) then i invert select the shading layer and do the lighting layer as one color, and usually put it on the soft light or hard light setting, based on how strong i want it to be.

basically the invert selection is so the light and shadow layers aren't overlapping (unless i go in afterwards and overlap em a bit to make a of a gradient between em)

oh! i also will sometimes soften the edges of the shading by lowering the opacity on the eraser and erasing the edges a tad, like on this bit;

i didn't actually do it much on this draw, but occasionally i go kinda crazy w/ it (i also added a teeny bit of glow around the mechanical bits, which was just a blue w/ lowered opacity)

afterwards, i then flatten the whole image, duplicate the layer, and start playing w/ gradient maps! my favorite thing, i love you gradient maps <3

like, here's with and without the gradient maps i put on that drawing;

tldr, a lot of it is just playing around! especially w/ gradient maps. throwing gradient maps on there and playing with different settings until i get something i find cool.

[soppingwetratboy]

howd you do it? give urself emo bangs i mean. also post pics if u wanna

Didn’t get any good pics tonight but might post some at some point. I basically just chopped at the hair in front of my face in a diagonal shape with an eyebrow razor until I could mostly see if you want emo bangs I honestly wouldn’t recommend doing them like I did my main goal was just keeping my hair out of my eyes without having to part it or style it too much but yeah using and eyebrow razor to get a choppy effect is the main thing I did

[didderd]

I may not be a skeleton but I’m curious if we could, idk… be friends or at least the start of one?

(Excuse the bad drawing, I don’t draw as much as I want. I’m a writer 😅)

;v; that's vry nice of u. (also this's not a bad drawing. 's good. <3 i like ur horns :>)

((sry this got a lil long and rambley. i have a lot of thoughts and feelings abt friendship :'>))

but to answer ur question, i try to let friendships kinda happen naturally thru interacting with eachother. 'n then i seal th deal by asking them their discord or something.

it almost never works out if we just. out of the blue become friends with very little to no interactions between us prior. (least in my experience.) ;v;

i kinda see 'friend' as a stronger word and hold them to a higher standard than some/most ppl do. i wanna know i get along with someone and vibe with them well if i'm gonna consider us friends. ('n other words they gotta pass the vibe check lmao)

so yeah. i'd like to interact with you more before considering friendship. no hard feelings or anything! i just don't know you yet. :>

[makesureee]

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omg no thank yOU ogm ur so swe e t im sorry if i’m not able to answer all of them cause my memory is an actual pile of shit and my favourite songs are constantly changing but so HERE SO WE GO <3

*viewer discretion is advised because this user is annoying as shit on adderall*

 1. what album do you feel best describes your mood?at the moment, i am like, OBSESSED with the album “my bad” by Good Dog. like. i relate to EVERY. WORD. EVERY. SONG. in that album. i just. i cant cant cant nope.

  2. if your name had to be a song title which song would it be?“Oh.” ~courtesy of Good Dog

  3. what is your go to sad song when you need to cry?i don’t have a go-to sad song. i don’t cry that much anymore either. like, my pain is like, background noise that bubbles to the surface for a second (and on the rare occasion explodes) but usually like literally 2 seconds later im like im good whats up lol. as far as the last song i had a good ass cry to…..i think it might have been A Song For the Late Night People by Kate Micucci. literally not sure tho

  4. what band would you want as the rest of your superhero team?the FUKIN FRONT BOTTOMS

  5. if you had to live in the world of an album which one would it be and why?i think this question is asking which one album i would want to listen to for the rest of my life? to that, my answer is, fuck you my good sir(in middle school and freshman year of high school my ipod had one album on it. one. on repeat. for years. i literally knew the SHUFFLE by heart that shit was miserable and i do not want to listen to those songs anymore)

  6. what song best describes the person you think your soulmate would be?i don’t believe in soul mates, but as far as a compatible partner goes (based off of my most recent song obsessions) i would choose Scarred Pinkies by Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra. i’ll just drop a few lines riiiiiight here damn this post is gonna be long.“Ah, here lies all hope of being normal, all chance of an epic fate,bussing tables in Lake Tahoe, eating scraps off stranger’s plates.Ah won’t you cure me? Take me to your bug out location off the grid.I’ll tell you how I scarred my pinkies,and we’ll await Armageddon,or take a long nap.Then teach me to write well,and clean my lungs.Watch the love of my life sewing dresses on fireflies.Go and get me some real drugs to paint my blood,All while the thighs of women have lost their church,and the hands of men are shaking in the search.”“straight to hell, might as well clock out now and rail that cinnamon.”“The cops knocked, someone soon might let them in.They’ll find our strawberry cough. They’ll find the secret voice that shepherds towards the droughts in our thoughts until it snows, listen i know you know this,i’m losing it.”sry i posted like, all the lines in the song i relate to in regards of a romantic partner. but basically, in this moment i want a girlfriend i can do a lot of drugs with and shit (permitting they’re not into harder shit than i am), but i have so many problems with drugs that i’d also want that person to help me but also no. idk. in the long term i’d like someone who can help me heal from this shit but in the short term, i want to experience the romance of doing drugs with someone because i haven’t experienced much of life at all

  7. create a poem out of song titles.far away, aimless, (johnny goth/johnny goth)i have no idea what is going on. (sweatertooth)the kids on the bus with their heads against the windows, (movies)straight kids playing dress up, (the official suckers)and a body washed ashore. (johnny goth)face down, share the blame. (sweatertooth/the official suckers)no choice. (major persuit)fine, thanks. (walter mitty and his makeshift orchestra)wow that one was depressing and political lolol i just went with the flow

  8. which album art would you get tattooed?a question i dont have to write a paragraph for cause i already know the answer!!! the knife on the front bottoms album cover for talon of the hawk. i don’t want it to be my first tat tho. still brainstorming.

  9. is there a song that you feel could have been written about you?BRUH I JUST CAME ACROSS A WHOLE ALBUM WRITTEN ABOUT ME SHIT. well, obviously it wasn’t written about me but i relate to e v e r y word fukin hELL. again it’s “my bad” by Good Dog. but i think the song i relate to the most off that album is “Oh.”

  10. if you could only speak in the song lyrics of one artist who would it be?walter mitty and his makeshift orchestra. his new album is one i also hella relate to. my previous obsession before Good Dog came out with their new album XD

  11. if you could have your favorite artist sing one of their songs to you which song would it be?well this one is just impossible. my favorite artist changes and my favorite song changes like every week like fuck

  12. describe where you want to be in ten years with a song title.booger storm by walter mittynah jk how bout Set Phasers To Fun; Alarm Clocks To One by sweatertooth. you know they only have one album but it’s chill af

  13. which song would be the national anthem of your country if you ruled one?attention class….please stand for the pledge of allegiance…….. COLT 45, 2 ZIG ZAGS, BABY THAT’S ALL WE NEED.WE CAN GO TO THE PARK AFTER DARK, SMOKE THAT TUMBLE WEED,AND AS THE MARIJUANA BURN WE CAN TAKE OUR TURN SINGIN THEM DIRTY RAP SONGS.STOP AND HIT THE BONG LIKE CHEECH AND CHONGAND SELL TAPES FROM HERE TO HONG KONG.SO ROLL, ROLL, ROLL MA JOINT. PICK OUT THE SEEDS AND STEMS!WE’RE HIGH AS HELL FLYIN THRU PALMDALE SKATIN ON DAYTON RIMS

  14. what is your go to happy song when you need to feel betteri never really go to songs to feel better but kimya dawson is really comforting. she’s like, my song mom. her music is like a warm hug until you get sad cause you’re alone and all your problems are still there

  15. is there an album that feels like a friend to you?yeah actually. Hard To Be Around by Lovers Turn To Monsters

  16. what is the album that you always blast too loud?usually all but ESP my drinking album XDD it’s called Too by FIDLAR. i dEF recommend a listen next time ur drinkin

  17. which album do you always listen to with headphones?i don’t use headphones in my house unless i’m so upset and relating to the music so hard that it needs to be as loud as possible. which again, most recently, has been “my bad” by Good Dog

  18. what song are you unable to resist dancing to?none of them. i do not dance, have never danced, and will never dance

  19. what song do you always have to sing along to?every song i know the lyrics to. im a singer. i cant…not….sing….

  20. what song do feel would be a beautiful painting?if i knew i woulda goddamn painted it XD i actually used to think that way about a specific old instrumental pink floyd song once but i can’t remember which one

  21. what album do you wish you could unhear and discover again?all of them!!!!! i love them so much but when i relate to music so hard i can’t stop listening to it and then its mundane and i have to go bandcamp hunting again

  22. which album do you want to be the soundtrack to your life?i don’t rly listen to positive music but as far as my life is going right now i’d say the soundtrack is Well Soon by Walter Mitty and his Makeshift Orchestra

  23. which band would you want to be your family?i can’t answer that because i do not know any of them personally XD

  24. what song do you think of in association with beauty?what

  25. what song do you think of in association with pain?like???? all of them???? i suck ????

  26. what lyrics do you feel were written especially for you.none specifically FOR me. i’m the writer :p i can write songs about/for people and i’m kinda jealous that i’m not on the other end cause idk who the fUCK i am. but as far as lyrics i’ve found that are mE on the dot:“I’m an artist. No, I fake it. I repeat myself all day.I tell the same sad storiesin the same pathetic way.When I’m sober I am boring, when I’m drunk I talk too much,When I’m stoned I finally like myself. I shouldn’t just becauseI’m a filthy fucking liar. I think I’m nice when I am not,And I only feel like I can talk when I am smoking pot.”“Oh.” by Good Dog

  27. what lyrics do you want to doodle on every piece of paper?none that sounds boring

  28. what music do you listen to at 3 am?the same music i listen to all throughout the day because i get fixated on music i relate to

  29. pick three albums to take with you into the afterlife.none because the afterlife doesn’t exist fools get wit tha program

  30. what is music to you in one word?music

like, do you even read this? like homie it’s so long i feel like i get charity asks but like, I DON’T MIND I LOVE ASKS but holy fuck i’m annoying and i would stop being so specific and rambley if people just told me to shut up