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How did you develop your art style if you don't mind me asking? What does your process look like?

Asking cause your art is GORGEOUS and it makes me so happy I love your use of COLORS AND EXPRESSIONS SO SO COOL

Thank you for this ask, you’re so kind! So so thrilled when people say my art makes them happy. I don’t think there’s anything better than knowing someone responded in a good way to something you created, that’s very special to me!

If anyone has questions about this/ wants to talk about art more, my inbox is open! I’d love to hear your thoughts

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Thoughts on style -

Lots of my posts have a heavy Darwyn Cooke/ Bruce Timm influence thanks to my DC hyperfixation. Others are inspired by old and new comics, traditional paintings, animations, toys, book illustrations and vintage posters!

I’m obsessed with so many different kinds of art. Everyone’s work is so beautiful in different ways. I love collecting and surrounding myself in art that interests me because I want my brain to absorb and rotate it all in the background.

I try to hyper analyse them and decide what specifically appeals to me about it so I can try to incorporate it.

Sometimes these can contradict ( eg. I can like a piece for being really dark/ another piece for being really bright) and that’s okay, I can just do different pieces in response to both.

I also try to decide what I don’t like, or how I might do things differently so I know what to avoid. I think that helps me spot flaws when I’m working, if things aren’t going quite right. all the time fr

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Thoughts on process -

I use pinterest and PureRef a lot to collect/ organize references.

I roughly scribble layouts when I’m working out an idea and quickly test colors/ lighting at the same time. I try to focus on the overall feel and make sure the focal point will read well from a distance, rather than the little details.

Smaller issues get ironed out during the second prototype, like correcting poses/ expressions/ scaling.

It becomes the mould for the final version, which is sometimes just the second prototype sanded smooth. More often than not, it's done from scratch, which is surprisingly faster/ neater.

This example only covers two prototypes but sometimes it takes more, especially if it’s something more complicated. Everything currently sat in my wip folder, for taking too long.

I mirror the canvas a lot in case I’m making any major mistakes and I liquify shapes to make them more balanced if I have to.

I do a lot of color and value fixing with the sliders at the very end. I’ll screenshot and compare the changes side by side to make sure I’m not making it worse, but I’m trying to cut down on this and trust my instincts more.

If all else fails and I desperately need to rescue a piece of art that isn’t working, I’ll try to crop the salvageable bit. No one needs to know how much I struggled with X if I never show them

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Art book recs -

Color and light by James Gurney - everything you ever wanted to know about colour and lighting

Framed ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre - all about composition and values, making pieces feel more complete

Both are amazing books that cover a lot of ground, but they're very concise and easy to understand, I found them super helpful!

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Imagine the neck strain of looking up at the batcomputer for hours

How the tables have turned

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Nite-mite's t-shirt (Nightwing #98) redraw so we can all join his fan club - don't think DC do this as an official t-shirt so we have to DIY

Not selling this, anyone can save (click for high res) and get it printed on a t-shirt if they want to ✨ Tag me so I can see it if you do!!

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(Emotionally) Horrible idea! The Red Hood helmet in the rain, so that it looks like it’s crying a little.

Asdfghk love this idea anon!

Can't unsee Jason's jacket being the color of grave dirt. As if it still clings to him. Hmmm

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I look at your one batlantern post so often and it makes me laugh every time. Do you think you'll ever draw more of them 👀

I might. Just for you anon.

^ Flying through space with an excessive amount of eye contact

^ Had to stay behind. Renewed dislike of green glow-y things.

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happy mothers day from the batboys!!

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Damian living up to Dick's example, showing kindness to people, because that's what Robin's legacy is, and HIS LITTLE FACE as she compliments him for being so nice, is EXACTLY the kind of Damian feelings I come to comic books for. JUST LOOK AT HIS ADORABLE LITTLE FAAAAAACE.

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eye expressions

these are the frames for the short eye animation that i made

a very fun practice

you can probably notice some slightly different style as the frame went on but i do not care that much lmaoooo

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this one's been a wip longer than your typical alcoholic dad's marriage and i prolly wont finish it any time soon so have this ig. try guessing the context of this lol.

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Dick: you have a Bruce revenge scale ?

Tim: yeah it depends how angry I am at him and the difficulty of revenge , level 4 I convince him green lantern is my favorite level 50 or something I became a green lantern

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This is specifically about my fic, Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind where Tim is Bruce and Diana’s kid who is cursed right after birth to be forgotten the more he is loved :) things happen & it’s very sad

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Headcanon for the Batbros:

Tim: Jason I’m not destroying that building with you, even if you’re using “minor explosives”.

Jason: That building’s going to be demolished soon, anyway, wouldn’t you like to do the honours?

One destroyed building later:

Tim: You’re right, this is nice.

Jason, concerned: Tim, i don’t like that tone-

Tim: What other buildings need to be destroyed?

Jason: What have I started…

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“Bruce Wayne is actually a really good father and all his children are just like that” is actually my favorite flavor of batfam

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I think Bruce Wayne is a loving parent, but not a good one. He is a psychologically tormented person who never got over his trauma or developed any healthy coping mechanisms but he just keeps ending up with them and doesn’t really know what to do with them.

Like Dick’s parents die right in front of him and Bruce is just “hey kid, my parents died in front of me to. And you know what helped me? Punching bad guys.”

And Jason? He finds this kid stealing his tires and he’s not afraid of Batman. He doesn’t seem afraid of anything. He’s got a big heart and cares a lot about people, but no one cares about him. So he goes “hey kid, you seem lost. You know what helps me when I’m feeling lost? Punching bad guys.”

With tim it’s a little more complicated. Bc this kid showed up at his front door and put him in a corner (tim saved him) and Bruce went, “hey kid, you seem pretty good at this. I do encourage you to find a different extracurricular activity… but yes, you can punch bad guys with me.”

And with Damian it’s even more complicated but in simplest terms Bruce and Dick look at Damian and go, “hey kid, you seem like you have some issues and a weird moral compass. Do you know what makes me feel better? Punching bad guys.”

Like shit bruce I’m no expert but maybe some talk therapy or grief counselling might help. you cant just "punch your bad guys to cope with your feelings" your way out of this one

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reverse robins of my fav trio!

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Batboys profiles

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