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It took me forever to get into Subnautica because I had it on the switch and it didn't have the option to invert the x-axis and i'm apparently a psychopath.

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I've reached the end of my FFA backlog (for now). Ending on a very relatable high note.

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Slime Dragon!!! As of typing this I'm in the process of attempting to recreate this on fake skin. Will report back if the result isn't super embarrassing.

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Fantasy tropes that are always cool: floating islands, floating ships, and floating whales

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Peanut Cats: IN SPAAAACE

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Another piece I used to practice ink/watercolor. Process video for that is up on my Instagram

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Pride Knight!! Another one of my favorite minis sets (Pride 2024)

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I cheer every time someone gets the koi mermaid mini at a convention; she's my favorite

Also featuring the traditional study I did with a dip pen and watercolors. I'd love to do more of that when I'm not slammed with trying to become hireable by August.

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Some misc @foundfamilyadventurecrafts creatures (of which i will be posting many more bcuz kelsey is the saint of Letting Me Use Their Designs)

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goldfish was the first tattoo i did on human skin (my own)

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In my SFX animation class we learned that magic is just when you take an existing element and change the color.

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Who doesn't love a good beetle

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And now for some non-trad flowers. Left to my own devices I like tattoos with chunky, naturalistic looking lines (and not just because they're easier to make look good!!!) Loosely birth flower based set, but I doubled up on the ones I like

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More trad studies. After years of life drawing and trying to design figures that make sense in 3D space, getting into the shape language of trad style was way harder than i thought it was gonna be.

also a knife can just be any series of shapes so long as you put a blade on one end.

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Welcome to this season's However-Many-Days-Streak-of-Queued-Artwork as I try and catch up all my art socials to the same place chronologically. Starting off with some misc trad tattoo designs from my mentorship program. (I was nervous going in given it's remote and even normal apprenticeships are a crapshoot, but two months in and I'm doing great. The professionalism and thoroughness has cleared expectations. Happy to talk more if anyone's curious.)

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I made an About the Artist post! In case anyone's been wondering where I've been the past uh six months I've been focusing on learning to tattoo. Less sporadic updates over on Instagram

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I've been working at maintaining my Instagram for career reasons at the cost of every other platform :''''') but if any yall on instagram and want to see my art more frequently i'm over at https://www.instagram.com/mle.does.art/

More importantly I finished Hotline Miami 1 & 2 recently and I can always count on Tumblr to support my niche fandoms.