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düsseldorf!! me and @crowlets are at Dokomi artist alley 3G4 all weekend! please come by and say hi if ur around. this is our first time doing a con in europe we're rly excited to be here

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Happy pride here’s a preview from JUST BETWEEN US my figure skating Yuri 💕👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩⛸️ It debuts spring of 2026!

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Leftovers are now open! You can find this and more on the shop 💎

-store link

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this might be a silly question, but is your username on insta (automeruz) from the homestuck AUTO (ITEM) gag? or am i crazy. sorry if thats crazy

like AUTO PARRY? lmao. a little bit! i would be lying if i said the prefix auto wasnt on the mind bc of homestuck. it's also a little... i used to use "automeru" but i think that was snagged on one too many websites so i stuck the z at the end. but automeru specifically was a clumsy japanese katakana spelling reference to automail (ootomeiru...whatever) from fullmetal alchemist haha. while also having meru(z) in it

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ok i uploaded it to my inprnt!

inprnt is print-on-demand.. the prices are okay nowadays but theres shipping and nothing is handled by me so i cant sign it or honor any particular requests. uhh also as the artist i only get a fraction of the profit and the processing is kind of long so all around id rather you guys buy from my shop or con table if you can! but for those who cant https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/automeru/im-ready/

Aw, sorry I didn't realise your shop was closed atm. Do you have any plans to reopen it any time soon? I wanted to get a print of your lovely Burving picture and hope I didn't miss out

you didnt miss out there will definitely be opportunities for that print in the future I dont plan on retiring it that soon...u might have to wait a while though for online orders. I might stick it on Inprnt for people who dont want to wait and dont mind paying more.

For further reference i kind of just open the store whenever i have a big gap in my con schedule and these r my upcoming cons:

June 6-8th Dokomi (Dusseldorf, Germany)

August 2-4th Otakon (Washington DC)

August 21-24th AnimeNYC (NYC, New York)

and some con in the LA area in October probably

BUT ALSO im travelling at the end of July so i dont think ill have enough time to really open and run an online store then. i think earliest itll open is...September? Thats my guess. and then maybe another opening in November for the holiday season.

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Hello! i hope this isn't an annoying question. What is your booth number for Dokomi? I'm trying to save every artist i want to visit in the Dokomi app, to make sure i won't forget anyone

3G4!!! its also in my twitter and bsky bio sorry i dont be making con catalogs that often

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Aw, sorry I didn't realise your shop was closed atm. Do you have any plans to reopen it any time soon? I wanted to get a print of your lovely Burving picture and hope I didn't miss out

you didnt miss out there will definitely be opportunities for that print in the future I dont plan on retiring it that soon...u might have to wait a while though for online orders. I might stick it on Inprnt for people who dont want to wait and dont mind paying more.

For further reference i kind of just open the store whenever i have a big gap in my con schedule and these r my upcoming cons:

June 6-8th Dokomi (Dusseldorf, Germany)

August 2-4th Otakon (Washington DC)

August 21-24th AnimeNYC (NYC, New York)

and some con in the LA area in October probably

BUT ALSO im travelling at the end of July so i dont think ill have enough time to really open and run an online store then. i think earliest itll open is...September? Thats my guess. and then maybe another opening in November for the holiday season.

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Please can you link me to your shop?

its closed rn tho

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im at doujima table b09 in singapore with @catprinx ! this is my first time ever tabling in asia hehe ^^

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BG Designs I drew for the Overwatch 2 x Street Fighter 6 trailer...! It was nice to revisit the overwatch universe again after doing the colors for the comics a while back.

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I’m absolutely obsessed with your art! Your art is such an inspiration, and I like to analyze it to make my own work grow (don’t worry, I am not copying ur style. Perfection is impossible to cheat off of)

I’d like to know- How do you get that dot/noise-ish texture? In the tmnt art you made, one is Raphael’s arm had a bright cyan light from it, but then fades into little dots- I’d like to know how you do that.

Ofc you don’t gotta answer! If you see this in your inbox and don’t want to answer, that’s okay <3

hi! firstly thank u im flattered ;_; secondly its funny to get this ask because i actually made a tutorial for this months ago and i was like.....actually im a little anti-tutorial because i think online art communities pass them around and treat them as a "you've been doing art WRONG this is the RIGHT way" thing and not as like. individual technique sharing. idk. also nobody asked so im not gonna post this. but u asked so... here i am posting it LOL

basically its just the dissolve brush mode in photoshop with the softest default brush + some sneaky masking to get the right fall off/shadows that i want. u can technically use eraser instead of masking but idk i find its a pain to edit afterwards.

this has kind of been my default coloring method for the past... year plus now? basically i just do all the work in my inks/flats stage and all i do for "paint" boils down to like. 2-3 of these lighting layers (normally one key light and one bounce light. sometimes more key lights depending on how much i hate myself) i used to do shadows with this too but then i stopped because it was getting too complicated. sometimes if i want it to be glowy ill throw a frickin.... outer glow layer style on the light layer too.

you can also see me kind of work thru this method in a couple tiktoks (1) (2)

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some guy i saw on the bus the other day

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Doujima: definitely want sketchbook #5 and that mgs2 riso print if u still have any and 2 each of the cassette charms and the mgs3 washi tape (buying for my mgs friend too). Looking forwards to the event!

omg noted i will definitely bring that stuff then!! I'm glad to hear there are some mgs shoppers out there because my friend who did doujima before was telling me the doujima crowd is a lot more into like... pretty anime boys and gacha games etc. and i was like... unsure whether anyone would like mgs (or western fandoms like lis2) LOL.... this is all very reassuring

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gonna just put all these memey raiden drawings in one post.

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This is a far stretch but any chance you have left over life is strange 2 books for doujima? TT missed out the po long ago so I’ve mostly been praying LOL

OMG... YES! I DO well... i dont have that many so i wasnt originally planning to bring em but since u mentioned it ill do it for u anon 🫡

just general psa if ur gonna come see my table at doujima or dokomi please please PLEASE let me know ahead of time if ur looking for anything specific from me whether its a print, zine, whatever bc i am bringing very limited quanitites...pls help me plan my packing.

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if I missed seeing the part of the website where you can put an order note can you please slip in a guy anyway?

yeah email me at isellhotdogs@gmail.com and let me know ur order number while ur at it 👍

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one day left btw

preorder period for this ends in abt a week (there will be no online orders after preorder closes)