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gift art for a certain @tonysaintborgi!!!!!!

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it rules to be a transgender writer because writing trans themes is easy as fuck. it's easy as fuck dude. trans themes basically write themselves. change is the fundamental motor of storytelling. guess what else is all about change bitch

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How nice it must be. Never to face terror from the people around you. Not to be a pariah. I envy it.

I may or may not have been meaning to draw this scene from one of my dnd campaigns for a while. When our friend / antagonist was revealed to be a fire genasi, in a world where there are so few genasi, the party's own genasi has never met one until then.

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was talking to my gf about my fear of dying young for being trans and my mom putting my deadname on my gravestone, and she said "i hope that never happens, but if it does, i will carve your name into your grave myself if i have to." and i think theres something extremely raw about that sentiment and trans community in general. you can kill only our bodies, but you cant kill transsexuality

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my flightless salamence has become quite accustomed to scuttling the fuck around. especially in parking lots. she reminds me of a wobbly golf cart with the bow of a sailing ship

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god I fuckign love ocs. my characters. my friend's characters. the characters of mutuals ive never spoken to. the characters of artists ive followed and maybe spoken to a little more. the characters of complete strangers I see in passing and think "aw that's cool". if you have ten fans I am one if you have one fan it is me etc etc. I love you

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How do u get ur art to look like that?Like…rly, it’s so painterly but still has the saturation that I think makes digital art interesting. I’m getting into digital art but all my stuff looks so flat T-T any tips?

i'd say my #1 tip to making expressive art is to never over-polish! imperfection is good in expressive art. it's more raw. draw with your feelings, not what looks good in the technical sense. make it look like how your soul sees rather than how your eyes see. does that make sense? i hope that makes sense.

i feel the same way when it comes to colors. i try to make it look like what it FEELS like, rather than what it looks like. so the more intense and freeform the colors and shapes are, the better. anything to exaggerate the emotion.

maybe another tip i would give you to doing this is to always go back to your initial sketch layer every once in awhile when painting. it can be easy to get lost in trying to make it look polished and clean, but the sketch layer is always there to remind you what the piece felt like when you first put feeling into the page. i think those initial markings always reveal a lot of the original energy and care that birthed the desire to make the drawing in the first place, so it's always worth returning to.

so basically: 1. dont over polish 2. draw how you feel not how you see 3.when you get lost, chase down the feeling you started with and capture it again.

hope this helps!!

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Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again

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comic about someone’s strange dream (and daydreams)

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5 things your character can't do while speaking

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.