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In Procreate's minimalism and streamlining, she's got a lot of "hidden" features that most people just don't use because they're not stock, out of the box, in your face. The QuickMenu is one of my favorite little features, and I realized not a lot of people know about it!

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Now that voting has been concluded, I'm happy to announce that the 2025 KCD Femslash week will take place August 4th - August 10th!

Please send prompt suggestions either through a submission or an ask!

We will post a prompt list at the beginning of June, to give some time to anyone who wishes to contribute but won't be able to during the scheduled event.

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The Gorgon and her prey

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Oh, this one is nice. Interesting texture.

metallic taste

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And The Eyes Of Them Both

This was a farewell love letter to my favorite childhood anime. I'm glad those kids finally grew up. You're all free now.

'And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they naked. And they sewed fig leaves together, and made for themselves aprons.' -Genesis 3:7

I've never posted this here, as I did this during my time away so I decided to fix that. Hope you like it, it's one of my favorites~

I'm currently doing a timed edition 18x24 screen print poster of this that you can grab here. Thanks!

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hi y’all. with the oblivion remaster making waves i just wanted to post that microsoft and its game studios (including mojang and bethesda) are a primary bds boycott target owing to microsoft’s role in the ongoing genocide in gaza. don’t let them undermine that with the oblivion remaster. don’t buy it. don’t give them any money. don’t engage with their social media accounts or hype up the remake. you should probably cancel your eso membership if you have one. personally i’m not even going to post about tes or minecraft for the time being and will be leaving this account by the wayside for now.

palestine is more important than a video game. these are real people with families, hopes, and lives being slaughtered, dismembered, displaced, starved, kidnapped, tortured, subjected to disease, deprived of basic medical care and freedom of movement, raped and blockaded. this is no different than any other genocide. remember that.

free palestine.

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been busy in Minecraft. I just wish the updates didn't come so fast and change things. Editing everything that no longer works is a hassle.

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Flora in her barrel.

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NECROBANE

Cover art I did for 'Necrobane' written by Daniel M. Ford, and published by Tor Books. This is the second book in the swords and sorcery series following Aelis De Lenti. She's journeying deep into the snowy wilderness with Maurenia, the mercenary she's fallen for, and Tun her half-orc friend, to find an immense necromantic power to stop an undead army, and prevent a war. Tun is a returning character. A fur trader, naturalist, and close friend of Aelis. I again had to interpret what he was going to look like based on my reading of the text. Admittedly, I didn't get to read this one because of the schedule, but he is described in the first book, so I had it. Tun is a Nordic word and given he comes from the snowy mountains of the North and has braided hair I read him as a viking orc, which sounded cool to me and hopefully it is to you too. Thanks to AD Esther Kim!

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He's literally old enough to drink, since I came up with him as a teen.

my part of an art trade with @kohlkopfus !!!

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Video essay by Jellybox about what's good and bad about indie animation!

Wanted to share this in case it's helpful to anyone wanting to pursue making animation independently. It's also for fans of indie animation who may want some insight into how an indie studio works, why indie cartoons are always selling merch, why release schedules are often erratic, etc.

I also wanted to clarify the video's context, because it seems to have been somewhat misconstrued in some circles. Not long ago, WGA and SAG strikes, followed by TAG negotiations were very much in the news, shining light on the struggles the artists, writers, and actors in the Hollywood studio system are facing. In response, the words 'just go indie' have been tossed around quite a bit lately.

Gene and Sean at Jellybox approached us a few months back explaining that they were planning to make a video about the realities of running an indie studio/producing indie animation, largely in response to that 'just go indie' attitude. They were curious if we'd be willing to share our experience, including information about actual costs and the various difficulties and complications we've encountered. We said yes! We'd like for people to know what it's like. As much as it might look appealing next to the currently very broken studio system, indie has its own set of problems, and we think it's a good idea to be transparent about that because talking about problems is how you begin to address them.

Of course, while you get creative freedom and you have no shareholders to appease with indie production, the primary struggle you're always going to face is funding…and funding avenues are limited. Banks aren't eager to hand out business loans to freelance artists making cartoons, for instance. Social media algorithms reward frequent updates you can't swing with hand-drawn animated content, so you can't rely much on things like AdSense. You can't really insert sponsored ads into your animated videos without being too obtrusive. You can take on client work, but that interferes with your ability to focus on own animated project. Crowdfunds can be great for seed money, but they're also a ton of work to fulfill, and fulfillment itself will tend to eat up a considerable amount of the funds you've raised. Once your animation is produced, there is no well established way to sell the animated episode itself like there is for, say indie games sold on Steam. So, while we consider ways to try to make the terrain a bit more hospitable to indie creations, if nothing else, let this explain why productions rely a lot on merch drops!

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And hey, if you're an animation fan, consider supporting the independent productions you enjoy, whether you're tossing a few dollars their way, buying their merch, or just mentioning them to friends:

The Far-Fetched team is launching a crowdfund very soon to help them complete their pilot!

The Monkey Wrench team is killing it lately, and they deserve so much more fanfare than they've gotten!

And of course, thank you to the excellent folks at Jellybox for starting an important conversation!

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Character and commission belongs to Ado!

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Ok, this is absolutely NOT art-related, but I'm gonna take a wild swing : are there norwegian folks here who might know anything about this song ? I've been researching it and all I could find so far is :

-the lyrics (and their automatic translation 😬)

-some info about the singer, Ragnhild Furholt

-another version by the band Gåte.

Thanks a ton, and cheers !

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A freshly finished commission

One slot left for february, these are $200

Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/qBWBBbtScCp9MKMK6

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Selling my illegal illuminated manuscripts to my fellow brothers and sisters in christ at the local market

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Here's the fiery art I made for the UK paperback edition of House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas! Many thanks to AD Charlotte Phillips for bringing me this one