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Xie Lian squeezed, pulling the other two close, and said earnestly, “Not just for today, but for always, thank you so much, I hope the sight of the three of us standing together fighting will become a tale of the ages…”.

Xiu, M. X. T., (2017), Heaven Official’s Blessing. 

This scene right here officer! It killed me!!

Sometimes Dramatic Irony hurts way more than Foreshadowing… 

SPEEDPAINT :

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Inspirations

For me, inspiration can be found everywhere. There are many things 

about everyday life that fill me with fascination. Sometimes I’d look at the 

sky at sunset and be blown away by the colours; my mind immediately 

thinking about how it would make a really good colour palette for a drawing. 

Sometimes I’d even stop and take pictures of the most random looking

places that I can see myself drawing, and use it as a background reference 

for my next piece.  

Other things that inspire me are tv shows, movies, animations, novels, 

comics, fashion, etc… as you can see, the list is quite endless. From 

these mediums, I pick apart and pull whatever speaks to me and try my 

best to express it in my designs.

However, it is mostly through the works of other artists that helped me 

develop my style. Each time they post a new piece of artwork, it fills me 

up with motivation and determination. It would certainly be an absolute 

accomplishment if I am one day able to inspire others into becoming 

artists as well.

Do not be afraid to adapt styles from others. Just because its coming 

from your surrounding environments and not your own brain, doesn’t mean 

it cannot be turned into original work. Think of it as a flower that has just 

been planted: The seed is already there, so it is your job to nurture it and 

expose it to all the things it needs to grow to to become as beautiful and 

vibrant as possible. 

Here are some artists that I really look up to. I’ve used a combination of 

different elements from each of their styles to make up my own:

Samijen and Ginsays for outfits and character designs

Elentori and Picolo for backgrounds and poses

Ikimaru for her use of colours and colour palettes

Other artists I really admire are Iruse and Velinxi, for their dynamic poses and perspectives

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Hi! I love your art! ^^ Do you have any advice on taking commissions and selling art online?

Ahh! Thank you! ^^

So! You want to start taking commissions?

To start off with, it’s best to create a commission sheet to let potential 

customers know how much they’d have to pay to buy your art. 

I’ve attached some example commission sheets of other artists below, 

and you could format yours in a similar way too.

Blakewood, A., (2019), Commission Info (Digital Drawing), Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4pkpdaBgra/

Samijen. (2020), Commission Info (Digital Drawing), Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/samijen

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Make sure you don’t undervalue or overvalue your prices through. Try not to 

price your art at a really low amount, as people could take advantage of your 

service. Be sure to give value to your work, at the end of the day, you’ll be 

putting in YOUR time and energy to create the artwork.

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You could also use freelance service websites to gain customers. I decided 

to start taking commissions through Fiverr instead of creating a commission 

sheet, as the website makes it easier to manage and handle orders. 

Time Management is KEY. Don’t overwhelm yourself, and make sure you 

have time in your schedule to work on commissions.

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Although I still lack trust in my own art skills, I decided to say “Why Not?” 

and put myself out into the market. While its not a lot, I was able to earn a 

profit, which honestly feels quite exhilarating as a college student doing 

part time work.  

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However, one thing you must be aware of is that these websites do take up a 

percentage of your sales in return for using their website, so that really tends 

to be quite demotivating.  

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Anyways, I hope this helped! Let me know if you have anymore questions! <3

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Tutorial

Hello! So I decided to make a tutorial based on my process for the following drawing, and I hope it helps you out!

To begin with, References are important! Especially if you are unfamiliar with 

a certain pose! Most artists, even experienced ones use references when 

drawing so that the anatomy does not look weird. Granted, if you are familiar 

with the pose you want to create, a reference image is not necessary.

In this case, I decided to draw out this meme with two characters from 

Heaven Official’s Blessing. ^ (The fourth image is one of my own hand 

which I required when sketching)

Tip: Try making a Mood Board. Pinterest can be a big help with this aspect. 

Fill it up with Pins that help activate your imagination. Here’s one of my 

Pinterest boards for outfits and poses.

First, sketch out what you want to draw. It doesn’t matter if it looks messy, 

the more lines, the better, as it helps your eyes distinguish what sort of form 

the drawing will take up and help you understand where to put your Line-art 

lines.

As you can see, I’ve used different colours for each character, as it helps me

figure out where the lines overlap.

Next, reduce the opacity of your sketch layer to around 25 – 35% and make a

new layer for your Line-art.

I’m using the G-Pen tool for my Line-art. My size was set at 30, but it doesn’t

really matter, it just depends on the size of your canvas.

Once your Line-art is done, it is time to add the colours! Simply use the 

bucket tool and fill out all the required areas. However, there are still minute 

areas that might not get detected by the bucket tool, therefore it is best to fill 

them in using the Pen Tool.

Now that we have the flat colours, its time for shading. Set the layer to 

multiply and reduce the opacity to around 20%, this is because you should 

want the colours to blend in with your flats. 

The two main colours for this part are Red and Blue as the two help balance 

off each other, making the drawing more eye catching.

Use the red over warm, neutral tones and the blue over cooler tones to 

create a complimenting look.

Now its time to colour in the lines to match. Set the layer to lock, and simply 

colour in the Line-art with a slightly darker colour of your flats.

Finally, if you are not happy with your colours; 

go to Edit ➡ Tonal Correction ➡ Colour Balance and play around with 

the settings until your happy with the outcome! 😊

The background was a simply case of trial and error as I added and removed 

colours until I’d reached a point, I was happy with.

And…. Ta-da! Its done!

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Have you heard?!! The rubbish Heaven Official is having an affair with the Ghost Realm's number one big-shot! - - Anyways both the novel and the donghua have taken over my life at this point 😩❤ 

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Art Mediums

You do not need high priced materials to start drawing. Tablets with pen 

pressure are fine to start with and your software does not need to be 

state-of-the-art. The only absolute necessities are whatever you feel is 

needed for an enjoyable session. In my case, that’s music and ice coffee. 

(a lot of ice coffee). 

Explore different materials and how they work together. Think paint, 

pencils and markers. The ink of some pens can run when you colour your 

drawing with watercolour. 

Digital is my favourite medium as it allows me to easily cut, paste or undo,

and play around with different effects and textures. 

The tablet I use is a Wacom Cintiq 13HD Tablet. 

Wacom, [Online Image], https://www.wacom.com/en-ca/products/pen-displays/cintiq-13-hd

However, this tablet lies on the fairly expensive end, so if you are a beginner, 

I would recommend getting a Wacom Intuos to start with so that you get 

used to the digital art platform before investing in something expensive.

 The software I use for all my drawings is Clip Studio Paint, as they have 

some really cool features and brushes. 

My canvas size is usually 3000px x 3000px. I recommend using a large 

sized canvas and saving it as a PNG, as it’ll still have a good quality if you 

decide to resize it or turn them into prints.

I mostly use the Dense Watercolour Brush for sketches, and the G-Pen and 

Rough Textured Pen for Line Art and Colouring.

I really recommend downloading the T-Marker Wind Brush Set, which you 

can find on the Clip Studio Assets Store. The texture it creates looks really 

nice when used for backgrounds.

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Was feeling pretty inspired to draw the Marauders after watching so many edits of them by @/lupinqs on Instagram! 

Also, James & Lily are truly one of the finest power couples 😌👌💖

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Based on the recent official art which has my heart going doki doki 😌💕💕

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Shining through the city with a little funk and soul~ 🎶✨

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Sorry Dazai, but Chuuya and his Hat is the superior OTP 😔✊💘