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Collab with the incredibly sweet and incredibly talented  @ easy_yase on Twitter of our PROMARE x Gargoyles AU! I did the sketch, and she absolutely NAILED the inks and colors!!

Thank you so much for making this a literal work of art 💖💖💖

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I realized I never took the opportunity to upload my completed piece for "To Have & To Hold", the Fodlan Wedding Charity Anthology!

I drew a lot of inspiration from Hiccup and Astrid's wedding in HTTYD 3 for the costumes, and the castles were referenced heavily from photographs. (Huge thank you to Mod Saphi for providing the references! You were a huge lifesaver!)

I need to replay Three Houses soon. ;-;

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I sketched this last September, but just got around to finishing this today. No matter what others may say, never stop fighting for a world and a future where you're free to can simply be. 💕You'll always have my support and love!!

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🎵 Will you be able to forgive them after listening to their sins? 🎵 So. MILGRAM. *claps hands* I LOVE IT A LOT OKAY. The music absolutely slaps, and I love trying to unravel the characters' stories as the project progresses. I created this poster to sell for conventions, and finally got around to posting it! (Roughly in time for the 3rd year anniversary, too!) I'm pretty happy with how it turned out considering the time crunch I was under. This was heavily inspired by the MV for "Undercover". Who're your favorites? Mine are Kazui & Yuno!

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There’s a protest going on against AI art over on artstation, so I feel like now is the time for me to make a statement on this issue! 

I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the datasets used to train these image generators without my consent. I get zero compensation for the use of my art, even though these image generators cost money to use, and are a commercial product. 

Musicians are not being treated the same way. Stability has a music generator that only uses royalty free music in their dataset. Their words: “Because diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting, releasing a model trained on copyrighted data could potentially result in legal issues.” Why is the work of visual artists being treated differently?

Many have compared image generators to human artists seeking out inspiration. Those two are not the same. My art is literally being fed into these generators through the datasets, and spat back out of a program that has no inherent sense of what is respectful to artists. As long as my art is literally integrated into the system used to create the images, it is commercial use of my art without my consent.

Until there is an ethically sourced database that compensates artists for the use of their images, I am against AI art. I also think platforms should do everything they can to prevent scraping of their content for these databases. 

Artists, speak out against this predatory practice! Our art should not be exploited without our consent, and we deserve to be compensated when our art is exploited for commercial use. 

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VTober 2022, Day 16 - 🍙 Nekomata Okayu!🍙 Another (mercifully) easy one to sketch and ink! Not much else to say!

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VTober, Day 15 - 🦋 Monarch, aka AmaLee!🦋 Fell quite a bit behind in VTober due to IRL obligations, but I did manage to finish at least 20 before the month was up!! And I'd like to finish the remaining prompts I have as well. For now, though, enjoy the backlog of designs I did finish before October 31st!! I adore Monarch's design so much. She's stunning.

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VTober 2022, Day 14 - 😈 Ironmouse! 😈 I actually didn't have much editing after scanning this one, so YAY! <3

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VTober, Day 13 - 🧟‍♀️Kureiji Ollie!🧟‍♀️ I LOVE THIS ONE HOLY SHIT <3 ((My parents on the other hand are scared of her lol)) It wouldn't be Halloween without zombies now, would it? <3

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VTober 2022, Day 12 - ⏳Ouro Kronii!⏳ Not gonna lie, I really struggled with this one. I made a lot of mistakes while drawing, but I'd already fallen so far behind I said "SCREW IT" and just finished it anyways. I'm actually proud that I stuck with this one! Her pensive expression came out nice.

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VTober 2022, Day 11 - 🐏 Tsunomaki Watame!🐏 The first clip I ever saw of Watame was when she was rapping "Watame RAP". A super cute, super fluffy character that can drop sick beats? Sign me UP~

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Vtober 2022, Day 10 - 🍭Amemiya Nazuna!🍭 Loved working on this one from start to finish. Her big poofy sleeves paired with the pose made life so much easier XD

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VTober 2022, Day 09 - 🪐 Tsukumo Sana!🪐 For the Sanalites. <3

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VTober 2022, Day 08 - 🪶Nanashi Mumei!🪶 Let the backlog COMMENCE! I wound up having to redraw Mumei because I screwed up the inking on her first draft. But I like this pose so much more now. <3

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VTober2022, Day 07 - 🌿Ceres Fauna!🌿

I wanted to make her look like a fairytale princess. I hope I succeeded!!

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VTober2022, Day 06 - 🐔Takanashi Kiara!🐔 Kikirikiiiiiii~! Kiara's journey as a performer straight-up makes me ugly cry and also gets my artist's spirit BLAZING with inspiration. ((Also, her live performance of HINOTORII as Holofes 3 was jaw-droppingly gorgeous.))