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I haven’t even read all of the Harry Potter books

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Have I started rewatching a dumb show from middle school? Maybe.

Did I decide my new comfort character was the unforgivable big bad of the show? Noo, what are you talking about?

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I just wanna see more TwinsDuo fanart, man.

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<3

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I’m aware of the resolution quality.

It was only meant to be lighting practice! I didn’t think I’d like it so much!

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Uh, yeah. Haven't drawn in forever. That's not a shocker. :/

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Link, my beloved. ❤️

For how much I love the little gremlin pretty boy, you'd think I'd draw Legend of Zelda fanart more. And, I should. I love how this one came out. I was super unhappy with my last drawing and I had to redeem myself. This picture is busy, it took so much time and my eyes burned like crazy, but I adore it.

I've been having issues. Nothing debilitating but just very increasingly consistent stressors that are getting me down. Senior year, AP classes, college prep, applying to countless scholarships with hardly any return. I think it's getting to me.

But, hey - at least I have my art to hide in. This one really lifted my spirits. I hope some others can enjoy it too. :)

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I started this ages ago and just now finished. Oops.

Wanted to try out a mask idea for Techno, inspired by that stereotypical native wolf hat. I liked the idea... not super happy with the final result.

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So, it was my friend's birthday the other day. Chaos ensued. Anyway, happy birthday, girl.  Finally 18.  Thank god.

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Another sketch turned into my pride and joy.  Ah, I love him.

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What? I finished this and forgot to post it?

As per my best friend’s request... I present Tommy and Steve.

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A sketch turned into my pride and joy...

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I wanted to draw Mumza but didn’t think I’d finish it this fast.  So, I guess this is my Halloween piece for the year.

Check out the SPEEDPAINT

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Title: Why c!Tommy Thinks He’s Hot Sh*t Characters: Tommy, Wilbur, Technoblade, and Philza Time: 10 hours

SPEEDPAINT 

You know, I liked the idea much better in my head.  The execution doesn't do my original intention justice and there was too many problem areas that I never truly fixed.  I'm not the most happy with it but I wanted to finish it so I could move on to other, smaller projects.  All in all, it's another piece done! I'm just excited to finally do a different project... My Programs: Paint Tool SAI ver. 2

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I've been doing plenty of other projects but I wanted to start one I'd finish soon.  Thought I'd share the WIP. I was thinking I could film this one and try to get another speedpaint from it.

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Characters: Tommy and Wilbur Time: 5 hours SPEEDPAINT!

This wasn’t intended as ship art but if that’s what you want to take it as, go for it.  If you just like the brotherly duo, that also is fine.  I just wanted to draw something cute.

I usually draw more serious things so dropping everything to have fun was nice. This was a one-day make (from drawing to editing the video) and I honestly, adore it. Maybe I’ll do this more often. It certainly was less stressful than everything else I do. However, I do have a bone to pick with some of it – as I always do with my art. It was supposed to look like Wilbur was pulling Tommy’s face closer but it didn’t translate very well so Tommy’s head is a little strange. And, I desperately wish I had done better on Wilbur’s hand. But, otherwise, I think it looks good. Much less issues than I usually see in my work. :) My Process (for anyone curious): 1. Construction – figuring out the poses and composition.  I usually don’t film this part and didn’t for this video.  It can… sometimes take a while.  This is the struggle step I don’t like showing because of how pathetically long it can take me to figure things out. 2. Sketch – Sometimes I can cut this into multiple steps depending on how much I need to do.  This was a simpler drawing so I only had the one you see when the video starts. 3. Color Theory – I’ll start by eye-dropping colors straight from the reference (their skins, in this case).  Then, I go through with overlays and filters to change the saturation and color skew so things harmonize better.  Minecraft skins tend to clash a lot when you’re trying to make colors work.  That’s why you’ll see the video go grayscale often.  Pictures look better if the values contrast each other.  So, I check them often.  Usually, I draft the shading here too. 4. Lineart – I tend to lean for thicker lines but recently was upset with the way my drawings were turning out so I tried to keep these ones more regular.  I think it worked.  I was very happy with the lines this time around. 5. Base Colors – Using the colors I figured out in the color theory step, I just transfer them over in a neater fashion. 6. Rendering – To make things less flat, I’ll go through with detail.  In this piece, I actually totally forgot this step at first, which is why I go straight into shadows and highlights for some reason.  I completely blanked.  I go back later and add it, though. 7. Shadows and Highlights – This step can either be really quick or really, really long.  I went for a simple cell-shading style for this art so it was fast.  Other times, the shading process can take hours alone. 8. Background – If I’m doing a background, it usually happens after I make the foreground.  It uses the same steps as listed previously. 9. Touch-Ups – This consists of my signature, outlines, coloring lineart, yadda-yadda. My Programs: Paint Tool SAI ver. 2

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The second I showed this to my mom, she said, “Aw, they look sad.”  Ain’t that the understatement of the century.

I wasn’t keeping track of the time but I know just the shading and lighting alone took 5 hours.  Let’s just chalk the whole thing up to be maybe 10.  So, do with that what you will.  

And, even after all this work, I’m still not satisfied with it and I can’t comprehend why.

Actual Sleepy Bois.