#im so sorry this took me so long to respond to

[dreemurr-skelememer]

Hello :D

I have been following you for the last year or so (a few days after I got my Tumblr lmao) and I absolutely love your art!

I have been wanting to study your art style for a while but don't really know where to start,,,

Could you please show me a small portion of your art process, if it isn't too much trouble of course. Thank you and have a nice day!

hello. oh my god. this took forever to find. im sorry it took 2 WHOLE FUCKING MONTHS for me to respond to this but i wanted to put it off until i felt happy with my art process again, so here it is

my fall 2024 rendering tutorial! (this will be very very long)

FLATS AND WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO WITH LINES GIRL. then make sure to recolor the lineart to better match your base. trust me it helps, bold dark lines are Not your best friend when rendering. wait for that post-rendering

i start off with a doodle or a sketch, and then filling it in with flats and other details such as blush

FIGURE OUT YOUR LIGHT SOURCE. FIGURE IT OUT GIRL YOU CAN DO IT you can make it as simple as possible, make it as big as possible, dont even THINK about the details.........just make it really fucking big so you at least know where the shadows and the light goes THEN add smaller shading details LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO ME OKAY!!!!!!!!

my key point with this is for you to learn lighting fundamentals. it's SOOO ANNOYING but alas......they are all correct. it helps a lot.

one thing i also really want to point out is that i like creating a big shadow shape first before fixing up the little details (such as folds and whatever) because it helps me focus on the way the lighting actually works instead of tunnel vision-ing into making the shading make sense on the clothing.

contact shadows (i dont remember if thats what theyre called okay) theyre fucking ugly because im not actually thinking sorry 💔

okay so basically: contact shadows (if that's what they're called) are the spots in shading and lighting where light will NEVER hit.

shadows are still influenced by the colors and lights around it (it's why a blue shadow and a yellow shadow feel completely different, despite both being shadows) so it's not always COMPLETELY dark. BUT! there are small points in shadows where light never hits, and they're almost always super dark or pitch black.

it's hard to explain shadow and light so briefly for a tutorial, but you'll notice it when watching fundamental studies and when trying it out for yourself

YES i unclipped the multiply layer YES its ugly and terrifying but it makes coloring the multiply layer easier okay the colors merged w multiply so now it looks cool and has depth overlaying colors that actually make sense

so basically what i did was color the multiply layer that i used to shade the overall drawing

adding a band of red/orange/yellow around where the light hits, and blue where the shadows get big and wide, gives it a fake ambient occlusion effect in the way that a person would get if they stood under the sun with a clear blue sky

the colors don't have to make sense, especially because i never draw backgrounds, but coloring the shadows really help it give a sense of depth and extra subtle detail and effect that just helps make the painting look nicer

around the end, i also put in colors (in an overlay layer with a low opacity brush) that actually make sense in context of the drawing, which is the lit cigarette and the yellow eyelights mostly because none of the colors were making sense and i needed to actually make use of the lighting that DOES exist in the drawing lol

adding a muddy golden yellow pin light layer (opacity turned down to like 40-50%) to make the light colors less ugly lol

i SWEAR by the fucking pin light layer style. it's so useful and so so underrated.

i used an almost brown-ish gold color on stop of all the layers, and with the pin light layer, it helped make the bright (almost blue-ish) white colors more warm and more yellow. it just helps make things more warm (something i prefer)

i could probably show what it looks like without adjusting the layer opacity to truly show off what i mean (like in the coming section) but i sadly forgot to do that lol

make a layer on top of your drawing with this color in these ranges YES the drawing is fully merged NO don't be afraid, the base was fucking ugly anyway 💔 make this layer into an exclude/exclusion layer style TRUST turn down your exclusion layer opacity from a range of 10% to 40% literally until you're happy with the contrast and the way the color over the drawing. use your eyeballs. i know you can do it im so proud of you

this is pretty self-explanatory instruction-wise, so i'll go into why i do this instead

i really like art that seems like it has low contrast, with almost mid-gray shading and lines. i don't personally use dark and bold lines and shading, unless i find it necessary for the tone of the piece, so using this method helps lower the contrast of the art and make it look "pleasantly muddy" in the way that it's easier and softer on the eyes.

the inverted blue color also helps makes things warmer! the exclusion layer style is still a bit of a mystery to me but i really like the effect it gives, even if i don't completely get how it works lol

if you want an alternative method to this, and if you have access to it (because i primarily use sai and sai only), i absolutely encourage you to play around and experiment with gradient maps. there are so many out there you can make yourself or even get from others that just give the painting an extra amount of depth and color variation. they're SO fun.

personally, if sai2 gets a gradient map update, it's over for y'all it will literally be so over no one will be able to stop me

then i merged everything and actually adjusted the contrast back up because it was looking too muddy for me 💔 but the color adjustments are still there so all hope is not lost here's a comparison of the adjusted contrast in black and white (adjusted on the left) (newly merged layer without adjusting the contrast on the right)

as you can see, i actually turned the contrast back up (despite talking all about how i liked things with less contrast lol)

i wanted to demonstrate that doing adjustments should be done in moderation, and is why i adjust layer opacity often when making color effects you are free to play around with colors to help your style, but don't lose your initial idea and colors along the way. you still need to trust your own colors and intuition!

along with that, i just want to say that it's completely okay to change your mind mid-painting, and it's okay to make somewhat drastic changes. don't be afraid to change things you don't like or change your mind about certain aspects way later on that's basically the whole thing of this!!! don't be scared!!!

now im gonna hold your hand when i say this..........but you need to learn how to render by yourself. it seems like i can teach you but i literally can't, because rendering is different on every piece and depending on how clean your base is. i have to render A LOT because of how fucking ugly my sketches are LMAO to simplify it, think of it as obsessively cleaning up every detail you can see, but with a color picker and a clean, hard edged brush. if you have shit lineart, you don't have to redraw it cleanly over and over, just paint over it. that's basically what rendering is

THIS especially is where you need to be brave and stop being scared. like i said, i can't teach you how to render, and it's something you have to discover yourself because rendering is something that will always be personal to every single piece you make. the way you render on every piece is different. on one piece, you will barely need to render, and on another, rendering is more than half of your ENTIRE process.

don't be afraid to paint over your old art. rendering is a process that's both very perfectionist yet also very careless. find your balance and just go for it.

and then that's it……..u did it………..now yuo know how to paint and render. it's literally just layering shading and lighting knowledge until you think it makes sense and looks okay lol additional note: since i render in only one layer (you don't HAVE to do this, but it'll be harder for you…), i also made slight adjustments with the transform (and liquify, if you have it) tool to make things more proportionate. (i drew the head too big lol)

if you compare the finished piece to the final unrendered base, you can see that a LOT changed, including a bit of subtle proportion adjustment. particularly, the sleeves changed A LOT (because i really didn't like them) but it's also over all cleaner and more coherent, instead of having haphazard colors and shading just thrown about.

rendering is when you finally use all 100% of your brain to finalize and figure out where the shading should go, where to clean up your lines, where to ERASE or ADD BACK in lines, and make sure all your colors look coherent.

it's not as intimidating as it seems, i only use a hard edged brush with a little bit of color mixing and my color picker. it's like dragging and dropping colors to cover up mistakes, it's really quite fun when you get used to it i wish i could explain it clearer but it's hard to describe without visuals!

i hope this helped, and i hope all my yapping isn't annoying (art as a special interest beloved)

have fun studying and trying to render in my art style!

[allylikethecat]

ally!!!!! I am screaming!!!!! that update was so good oh my god !!!! i apologise for the insufferably long ass message you are about to receive but that update was incredible and i must talk about it!!!!

okay so first of all I would like to take fictional! matty by the shoulders and shake him!!!! the man has no self-worth and it is infuriating like??? hello?? why wouldn’t fictional!george be in love with you you are wonderful??!!!

the christmas gift was such a sweet detail and just shows how much love and care they both have for each other — it was so cute!!!!!

fictional!george absolutely destroying his mother and her stupid opinions??? yes please. i am so very happy you allowed him the opportunity to go off as he so deserved.

also…’the man I am going to marry’????!!! I would like to offer you a round of applause this line had me squealing…i love this version of fictional!george so much he loves his fictional!matty and is not afraid to show it.

+ the kiss infront of all of his family???? perfection - he really said fuck you to all of them lmao.

I really hope they both get their well deserved nap and then have a wonderful and productive conversation about their future and sail off into the sunset together (or just go home for christmas lol) ….that is after fictional!matty does something about that weird stomachache he has 🫠🫠🫠

I once again thank you for another wonderful tuesday update - I am SO excited for the ending of this fic.

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Oh my goodness hello my dear 💌 anon! I am deeply sorry that it has taken me so long to respond to this INCREDIBLE ask I have read it at least six time with the happiest of smiles on my face! (Never apologize for sending a long ask omfg literally getting this has made me the happiest of people omg!!) I'm going to attempt to respond to all of your different (wonderful!!) points:

Listen, poor Fictional!Matty has been through a lot in his fictional 34 years :( because they never really talked about it, Fictional!Matty is still hung up on his and Fictional!George's past history, meanwhile Fictional!George does not realize this and thinks they are moving forward - they need to talk, it's all going to be okay 🩵

I had the HARDEST time coming up with Christmas presents for them to get each other omfg, I was like Fictional!Matty just buys himself whatever he wants and Fictional!George is NOT materialistic and doesn't like things BUT I was really happy with what I came up with and I'm excited for you to see what Fictional!George got Fictional!Matty!

Fictional!George was done, his mom is a bitch but his sister's comments put him over the edge, they are going to Manchester where they are appreciated! (In the outline Fictional!George caused even more of a scene - with Fictional!Matty's help, but I think I like this version better!)

Fictional!George is marrying Fictional!Matty even if Fictional!Matty doesn't know that yet- he's waited seventeen years, he's ready gosh darn it!

I had to let Fictional!George make at least a *little* bit of a scene - and making out with Fictional!Matty in the driveway while they waited for the Uber seemed like an appropriate scene to make lol

Yes!!! I'm so excited for the final part, I think it's going to wrap a few things up nicely! Lots of talking, and napping, and snuggling needs to happen, especially since Poor Fictional!Matty is not well....

I'm so glad that I was able to make you smile on your Tuesday, and I hope the rest of your week has been absolutely fantastic! I am so grateful for the continued support and this lovely ask and the fact that you've taken the time to stick with the Christmas Fic even though it is now very much March lol. I apologize again for taking so long to respond and I hope you are having, and continue to have the best week!!!

❤️Ally

[pumpkinhrat]

your gerry and michael are the only things that matter in this world anymore

Kicking my feet, twirling my hair - and so are they :P THANKYOUU!!

[Image ID: A digital drawing of Gerard Keay and Michael the Distortion. The angle of the drawing suggests that Gerry is taking a picture of himself and Michael. Gerry lies on his stomach with his feet in the air while twirling his hair. Michael is in the background behind him and he's making a heart with his hands above his head. End ID]

[deoidesign]

Hello! I just discovered your blog and I immediately became captivated by your webcomic, but I'm unsure where to read all of it. I know it's on Webtoons, but I can see it hasn't been updated for a while, and you still post about it.

Are your physical novels just prints of the webcomic? Are they a continuation? Is the story complete? Thanks in advance!

Hi there!

Glad you found me and are enjoying my comic!

It's only on webtoons, and the story is not complete yet! We're 2/3 of the way through right now. It's currently on hiatus, and it's scheduled to come back in about 2 months!

I'll explain why it's been so long if you're curious, but also for my followers who might also be wondering about it under the cut. Sorry, it's pretty much just me complaining haha

I took a month off I took 2 months to get the books printed I took a month to prepare my next comic and I took 2 months to write the rest of the series (I knew the character arcs I wanted, but not the time periods or mysteries!!!) I've been working on actual episodes since then

I had to take some time off because of some pretty extreme burnout due to the sheer amount of work it was to draw over 800 pages and write 6 complete stories in a year and a half... I was getting sick almost weekly due to the overwork, it was really really bad honestly. I was having to work 60+ hours every week just to keep up...

The nature of the comic itself is also difficult... Each of the arcs is a complete, self contained story which can be read (ideally) without context, and my arcs need to be about 10-13 episodes each... And since I have an exact number of episodes to work with, it's even harder.

It takes a ton of planning and a ton of refinement, and working week to week with no breaks I was forced to put out second or even first drafts, so I just wasn't happy with the work I was doing... And to do that for the rest of the series? I wouldn't be proud of the work I did.

Plus... To be entirely honest, webtoon has treated me quite badly IN MY OPINION... They deprioritized me before I launched (I had to beg for more promotion, I'm not exaggerating), they outright denied me the opportunity to even ask for a raise, I don't make any money on fast pass and they pay me less than my partner makes working at trader joes. My first editor left me completely hanging, my second editor (who I loved) was fired... And they told me I wouldn't get a third season before my first season even finished. So it was just repeatedly completely demoralizing.

I'm sorry it has taken so long, it'll have been 10 months by the time I come back. But I realized... I won't get promotion either way. I won't get more episodes either way. I won't get more money either way. So to finish everything, to make it feel good, to make it something I'm proud of, I chose to take longer to make it better.

I am fully aware I will lose a significant amount of my readership for this and it might genuinely affect my career moving forward. But it's what I had to do! So I'm sticking to my guns on it, and I'm confident long term it'll be worth it. It never could have been this good if I didn't take this much time.

[soranker]

hi….! any chance we can see your art process ? it’s fine if not! i was wondering if u do a sketch before your lines or you just skip directly to lineart? your art is very beautiful!

HI!!! AUGGHHHJHH THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH T__T my art style is kinda simple imo so my process is pretty bare-bones ^^;; there's not rly much too it!! it also kinda changes depending on how uhhhh lazy im feeling in the moment HAHA

probably around half of my drawings are straight to line art bc they're rly just doodles or things i decide to draw without any planning (but also im kinda impatient so i try to skip the sketching step if i can LOL...). but if i DO have a specific pose in mind for a drawing, i'll start with a sort of mannequin sketch or loose pass, then depending on how messy it is, ill either do the lineart pass on the layer on top or duplicate the sketch and then clean it up.

and then my coloring process is not sophisticated at all i just create a new layer and then paint bucket tool away LMAOOOO

here's an example of a drawing where i did sketch first ^_^

[skelemoonz]

your art is amazing and you are a saint for drawing so much of ransack and crumplezone, i love these two idiots sm 🙏

[gplovestwdg]

hiii! loving your modern au!! do you have more info about brody <3, marlon and like the rest of the ericson kidss?

Thank you for your interest and sorry it took so long for me to respond to this ask! ^^

The main Ericson's group from season 4 is split across high schoolers and young kids in my au and they live in separate areas of the school. Characters that go to the Ericson's high school are exactly the same age and in the same grade even if they're a bit younger/older in canon while characters that are younger than high school age are their canon ages.

Everyone is mostly the same though, like I've mentioned before, their roles within this au are slightly different. Marlon and Brody are the President and Vice-President of their grade respectively and as juniors (yes they're in 11th grade) they're given a lot of responsibility considering they'll be graduating next year. Also they're in a not so healthy relationship...

They share most of their classes, and Marlon definitely has anger issues that are exasperated by Brody's anxiety troubles. Here's the two of them with some unnamed students during the gym class they share ^^

It's difficult to divulge all the information regarding every character without turning this into an incomprehensible block of text so I'll be brief with other characters:

Louis and Violet are mostly the same, Louis is Marlon's childhood friend and Violet is pretty closed off and in an also not so healthy relationship with Minnie.

Minnie and Sophie are both on the school's baseball team, Minnie is similar to herself in game personality wise. She can be pretty rude and is very prone to siding with authority figures (teachers in this case) compared to those close to her. Sophie is much brighter and values the independence of students over the authority of teachers. Also Sophie and Mitch have something going on (fueled by my silly crackship in middle school haha.)

Mitch is literally the exact same lol. So are Aasim and Ruby, Aasim is the same as he is in game but he puts up a front around teachers as he's grown attached to his fellow students and doesn't particularly want to go home, since in game he's canonically basically been rehabilitated by the time of the apocalypses start. And yes, he's still pining after Ruby in my au. Omar is also virtually the same as well, he volunteers a lot to help the cafeteria ladies and gentlemen with lunch and dinner.

Tenn and Willy live in a separate section of the school for middle/elementary school aged kids and have their own teenager that they get to see once a week(Minnie/Sophie and Mitch respectively), kinda like the big brother program if you've heard of it. Though Sophie and Mitch specifically are very adept at sneaking around and seeing them near daily.

Here's a little relationship chart with all the kids ^^ Some relationships are a bit one-sided and some are multifaceted as well! For example most of the friends/hate arrows are meant to show annoyance/resentment in the friendship.

Also AJ lives in this section of the school, unbeknownst to Clem for now. It doubles as a living space/common education for kids taken by CPS.

Finally all the teenagers mentioned are in a big friend group and since they're friends with their grades president and vice-president they're able to take advantage of certain aspects of the school like sneaking out late at night without much punishment. They like to hang out around the river near the fishing cabin and in the forest, but Marlon doesn't let them go outside his arbitrary safe zone cause he can't really make up an excuse for them to be out past there and the thought of getting into trouble with the adults terrifies him. Though they do take the train into the closest town and hangout on weekends!

Ahh movie night :')

[metalbeardthepirate]

hi there captain! it's great to see you've joined us! have you spoken to any of the others yet? i bet benny will be excited to know you're around!

Ahoy me hand! It always be good to see a friendly face! I be talkin' to many a masterbuilder matey these past weeks, me hearty spaceman Benny, her royal highness Unikitty, even that Rex lad be subject to me yappin'! I also be talkin' to some less savory folks, like that Business scallywag, but I be havin' a splendid time seein' me good mateys! I were quite pleased to see Benny again, it had been a while since our last meetin', so it were a superb surpise to be shootin' the breeze with that spaceman again.

[munchy-k]

I keep forgetting I exist outside of my own world

[salezmanradioz]

I said I wanted to draw your guy so I did,,, this was sososo much fun to draw :3

- @enhanced-operatives-division

Phoenix happily appreciates your gift and gives you the warmest thumbs up imaginable.

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GAHHH THIS IS SO COOL AND CUTE I'M EATING THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH A A A I LOVE IT 💚

As a small doodle,, I drew our Junipers together as a lil treat 🎭✨ @enhanced-operatives-division

[ladybeug]

MAN THE MUSICAL NUMBERS CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD I HAD TO PAUSE AND STARE FROWNING okok!!! so the thing was that one time agessss ago you said liking ml fanfics is just wanting to read the same story over and over again and after that textbook 2016 post reveal final kiss that sentence just flashed in my mind and everything that happened in the movie (the ladynoir patrol fighting in the rooftops, the adrien snapping at his dad, gabriel being actually decent) just shifted in context for me and the realization of how fanfic coded the movie is and how that directly related to my enjoyment was so clear i couldnt stop laughing hdhshsjs

WOW ACTUALLY

i remember saying that and its STILL TRUE!! And honestly you're putting it in perspective for me, thats why i liked the things i liked about the movie. like the ladynoir patrol fighting on the roofs also did lowkey make my dreams come true they could have done whatever they wanted in the rest of the movie, that scene is what i live for.

And that last scene really did feel like it was out of a fanfic, A 2016 FANFIC, its OLD FANDOM VIBES. back when we were still chewing up the concept of a reveal and not picking apart the bones of adrien's identity like mad scientists.

I remember thinking im sure ive read this scene somewhere. idk where but i have. all of it in different pieces a million times.

Anyways thank you for sharing this i love it?? good take

[fruit-punk]

Hi! I understand that on tumblr anon is not the most appropriate place to leave this but i just wanted maybe a give a suggestion one of ur items you have selling on etsy. I bought one of your puff ball key chains a bit ago and had it attached to my keys for a while before the yarn deteriorated and broke and I only want to suggest that you perhaps replace it with something more durable! Maybe im especially active with my keys but id love to buy another one but dont want to break it again ^^' either way i really loved it and hope to buy something again from you soon!

hello! i’m so sorry your keychain fell apart. honestly one of my concerns while making them was if they were sturdy enough. for now i think i will re list them on my shop as bag charms and make sure i include in the description how delicate they are especially since they’re handmade. in the future i will try to do more testing to make sure my items can hold up to the stress of daily use. thank you so much for letting me know i really appreciate it 💕

[inactiveobeymeblog]

Hi hi!! I have some questions about your MC! Feel free to only answer the ones you’d like!

What’s their comfort food? What food do they eat to feel better?

What are their hobbies? How often do they get to spend time on it?

Do they need alone time or are they ok with constantly being surrounded by people?

Who’s the the character(s) they openly favor and who’s the ones they secretly favor?

What are their opinions on the 3 realms?

Ooo!! These are definitely interesting. This might be longer than my usual post

1.) Hai doesn’t really have a comfort food, but he does find enjoyment in Lucifer’s cooking. He’s always there to support Luci when he makes new dishes and vice versa. Though, Hai Sang prefers spicy foods over sweet or bitter foods. He has pretty much the same food preferences as Luci or Mammon.

2.) Hai Sang enjoys listening to music, working out, sketching little doodles, studying and researching ancient legends, and playing with Cerberus. He doesn’t have a lot of free time considering how the brother’s shenanigans drive him all over the place, but any chance he gets, he’ll take some time off.

3.) As far as alone time? He doesn’t get much bc he’s always either surrounded by the brothers or hanging out with the fantastic three or the coctyus hall members. But he DOES need his alone time. So when he gets it, he spends his time in Lucifer’s study or the music room or library. The quiet places. (And even sometimes Lucifer’s room to spend some more private… quality time with his boyfriend 🌚)

4.) Hai Sang openly favours Lucifer but secretly favours Diavolo.

5.) Hai Sang doesn’t really care about the three realms, but he is definitely interested in their history. Especially the Devildom, considering it's his new (technical) home. He's been in the human world for more than 5/6 of his entire life (he's 247 years old) so he isn't really interested in the human realm too much considering he's learned pretty much almost all of the history behind it. But the Celestial Realm and the Devildom? Now that would be an interesting read! He's read lore a few books written in the language of the angels before, but he doesn't know too much about the Devildom except for the stories his late father told him. Overall, he just wants to know the lore behind the realms

[hellspawnmotel]

these are both so sweet, i dont really know what to say!! thank you both so much for loving my art and for your kind words, it really means a lot to me that i can have an impact in people's lives like this, even people i dont know. keep loving art, and keep creating for yourselves, i hope you both have wonderful lives <33

[mariatesstruther]

Need an AU where because Joel wasn't home when the world went to hell, people got separated, and Sarah had to flee and somehow accidentally ended up with a very young nurse and her military friend who were actively getting the fuck out of town.

A world where Sarah lives, for however long, with Anna and Marlene and other fireflies (See Jerry, Manny's dad etc) until she accidentally reunites with Joel.

anon 😭😭😭😭 this rips my fucking heart out bro do u know how desperate joel and tommy would be?????? omg as a parent i definitely would stop at NOTHING to find my girl

also love the idea of sarah and ellie as sisters being raised by revolutionary lesbians anna and marlene???? i feel like the experience of taking care of sarah and raising her as her own daughter would COMPLETELY change marlene’s decision when it comes to anna’s baby and the cure, just as taking care of ellie changed something in joel. maybe anna doesn’t survive the bite/ellie’s birth and ellie still ends up immune??? what if she was raised with sarah protecting her as a big sister, hiding out with help from marlene???? and once they find out about the plan to kill ellie, marlene and sarah make a break for jackson????? and say fuck the fireflies themselves???? and marlene brings sarah back to jackson with ellie tow????

imagine the look on joel’s face when he sees sarah again, not only as a full-grown adult, alive, but hauling her own quasi-sister/daughter along right beside her. tommy would pass out

[post-eater]

hhi

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