justabirdbrain

[justabirdbrain]

Commissions are available

prices have been updated, as well as what is available has changed! check it out

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hey he doesn't have to be smelly to have smelly vibes, he's like a rat he's super clean and grooms regularly but the vibes? smelly /pos

he's being bullied

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yo shoutout to the aussie lemonade monster

gotta be one of my favorite monster flavors

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lol i keep forgetting to check my tumblr

it's so easy to forget about i swear

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beepis

sipeeb

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hi, i have a youtube channel

not like you need to follow me there or anything, but i want to make videos n stuff, so if you’re interested... check it out? maybe? ok thanks

https://youtu.be/I-PVAtxP78c

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cheemsbergr

cheemsnbergerr

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oops my bad

so uhhh I kinda sorta took an accidental break from Tumblr after my finals ended cuz... well my laptop broke and I had to get a new one and life's been a bit busy, but hey! maybe I'll start posting random shit for funsies

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hey nerds!!! my friend is doing a sale so get your commissions now!!! do it!!!!

spontaneous commission sale for busts only!

DM me if youre interested :) sale lasts till the end of next week! *must have reference sheet prepared! as well as, i accept paypal only!

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bro WUT??? @staff @support

holy shitteroni tumblr how is this acceptable?????

like cmon now, i at least thought that being on tumblr i’d just see some goofy lookng ads about random bs instead of youtube’s dumpsterfire collection of ads (mobile app why must i rely on you for entertainment in my time of need [read: taking a phatt shitt]) but damn

hitler figurine. hmm. not a great look, not a great vibe, pretty rancid ngl

@staff @support

I just woke up and THIS is an ad I see on my dash? Like please explain what the fuck am I seeing being advertised.

Like I don't even know who else to tag and report this to besides staff/support. It's just rich that the app stores have censored nsfw but Hitler figurines are fucking child friendly???

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i struggle a LOT with expressions when drawing characters so seeing your art and how you draw your expressions, as well as my friend @jollypiratebooty​, are both amazing with your faces like holy shit they’re so fun

Hello! I've rewritten this ask like five times so I'll just come out and say, you're one of my favorite artists, thank you for all the good stuff you put out, it's inspiring <3 I wanted to ask, what's your method of studying anatomy and expressions?

Thank you! <3 Ngl the last time I studied anatomy with effort, I was a kid in high-school. The only book I had on the subject was the Anatomy for the Artist from Jeno Barcsay. It was huge and detailed, literally muscle and bone deep, but I think my brain is wired more for the feel of things than the understanding 😅

I try to find nude or mostly nude pics for anatomy stuff. Adult photo sites rule as a source, people contort their bodies in all sorts of weird ways and I can usually find someone with the build I'm looking for.

When I sketch based on a ref, I try to pay attention to the silhouette, negative spaces and alignments. They help me correct mistakes.

And obviously I love to exaggarate things. (Evident on the waistline and pulled up leg here.)

Same with expressions, I guess. I try to push them but stay within the realm of believable. It's so easy to make a face look uncanny or creepy or w/e with a smile too wide. I have had a couple commissioners ask me before to tone down the initial expressions on their characters, and I think that was a nice reminder to pull me back to reality lol It can get especially weird with long narrow faces like Buttons'. I find it a bit tricky to make him have a large open smile while fitting it all on his head.

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happy highliday fam

yoooooooo

tis the day of being so blasted you go to the moooooon

just like eggman’s piss

we be flyin

and as drrrrrrrrrroplets we will hit the earth

and log in to our twitter dot com

and call shadow a bitch ass motherfucker

for fucking

our wife

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funny how doing something you love can end up causing you to actually feel the pain you're in

i often sit and avoid doing what i’m convinced i should do

because watching a video on some random bullshit while i play a game is easier

than actually looking at something i need to show someone else

than putting forward effort towards an assignment i’m not interested in 

than putting pen to paper and letting the ink blot on the page

than crafting together sentences to describe the story trapped in my head

than seeing my own handiwork and judging myself for its flaws

because when i see my art

my beautiful and hideous creations

i feel the most raw to judgement

and it forces me, sometimes, to see an open wound i’d rather ignore

like those assignments for my classes that i still haven’t finished

stinging pain that’s also dull from bruising

that i know came from self-afflicted injuries

but sometimes

oh those wonderful sometimes

i feel nothing but bliss as i allow my hands to touch the world around me

and music fills my head and paint drips from my fingertips and string weaves between fabric and-

and it’s funny how doing something you love

that’s truly part of yourself

can end up causing you to actually feel

and recognize

the pain you're in

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a sketch of Darik and Mary when they were younger! They met when they were little and became childhood friends, bonding over their distaste for small-town drama and their love for art (Darik enjoyed storytelling and humor while Mary enjoyed weird crafts)

no I didn’t want to draw Mary’s hands any better than I did, I’m too lazy

yes Darik’s hair is curly, but when it’s longer it looks straight from afar so in the story people think he has straight hair

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i don’t have a caffeine addiction i swear

it’s a dependency

but i can stop whenever i want to

yup

gimme that good juice that fuels my brain

and makes me vibrate at a wild frequency when i drink too much

but i go zoom

bada bing, bada boom

fuckin... monster energy drinks man

uhh

what’s your favorite flavor of monster?

drink or otherwise

because mine’s salted caramel

mmmm tasty

shlorp that shit up ooh yeah

what am i even doing

sure, it’s not an addiction

but i may be addicted to the dependency

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“this edible ain’t shit”

I say aloud, as my muscles loosen and my mind goes adrift

anxieties momentarily quieted as the room surrounding me envelops my being

and I observe the wonders beyond my skin

listening to every sound, savoring every smell, every taste, every touch

of the world surrounding me

holding me close

in a suffocating embrace

yet I cannot bring myself to mind its pressure

as I stay reclined, relaxed, rejoicing

and once again the magical words from behind my teeth

flowing into the Void: “this edible ain’t shit”

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ok so

so hear me out

im a little zoinked rn but just wanna say

thank y'all for looking at my stuff if you're seeing this

ok bye