#trying to refine this style

[frosty-tian]

Quick one-layer painting practice.

[bellwethers]

Boo hoo did someone use spirit magic to blow up your factory?

[berry-bread-bakery]

My borgo ever rn🩵💙

[partyhorn]

College life with a particular roommate...

[serpentface]

Yeah I had Wardi use of eyeliner on a routine/cross-gender basis as canon for ages but routinely forgot to depict it ever. And then once I remembered it was also like.. I can't just suddenly drop this look now with no context

It has intended practical functions of protecting the eyes from the glare of the sun and from other sources of damage/contaminants/ailments. Certain styles are considered beautifying and/or formal and may be worn for predominantly cosmetic reasons.

Most eyeliners are derived from soot or charcoal and worn as a thin paste (mixed with small amounts of butter, oil or animal fat and water). What exactly the black pigment derives from (which kind of plants or type of animal's bones/ivory is burnt to produce it) entails more specified medicinal benefits. More expensive eyeliner utilizes powdered malachite or lapis for blue-green hues.

The use of eyeliner in of itself has no gender or class connotations, but the specific styles worn (and materials used) do.

The people you see wearing it on a daily basis are peasants and other laborers (ESPECIALLY sailors and fishermen) who are likely to be in bright outdoor conditions. Field laborers tend to smudge the eyelids all around and a little above each eye while seamen tend to wear a black stripe across both eyes (though exact styles often vary regionally).

Men apply it in combat (regardless of season/sun conditions) and thick black eye makeup is a part of the cultural image of warriorhood. It is generally thought to look both handsome and intimidating, poetry describing it often contrasts a combatant's masculine beauty with the fearsome evocation of a skull's empty eye sockets. This specific style is what's pictured here, and it's not one you're supposed to wear in regular life unless you can claim status as a blooded warrior (he actually can).

Other styles worn by noblemen usually set themselves apart from those of field laborers via design (a sort of cat-eye look with a long tail is common) and/or more expensive pigments being mixed in, usually lapis for dark blue hues. Most noblemen don't wear this style on a daily basis unless they're public officials, it's considered an aspect of formal dress for special occasions.

Women who are Not outdoor laborers wear it for predominantly cosmetic and/or medicinal purposes. The proper feminine variant that won't make you look like a peasant or like you're trying to be masc or like you're Too Slutty is very delicate and small lines contouring the eyes.

[carnage-queen-exe]

[viiioca]

[ day 13 - competition ]

From a collection of letters found in the living quarters of Krile Baldesion during the Eureka expedition, dated around the third and fourth moons of the Seventh Astral Era.

Dear Mistress Krile,

As promised upon departing for Eorzea, I have written to you in what I believe anyone would agree is a timely fashion. The ferry ride was a firmly uneventful two weeks from Old Sharlayan to the grand port of Limsa Lominsa first, where I was not pickpocketed as Master Baldesion predicted, and I was able to arrange another ferry to the small port of Horizon on the coast of Thanalan. (Predictably, I'm in no hurry to return home, not merely because we've hardly scratched the surface as to what possible Allagan wonders we shall find during this expedition, but also because I'm not sure I could stomach another ocean voyage anytime in the next six moons.) I imagine there's little I could describe to you of Ul'dah and its surrounds that you have not already heard from your friend Minfilia, but you'll be disappointed to learn that the coffee she so extolls is essentially a very sweet mouthful of grit and sediment.

From northern Thanalan, I proceeded with a caravan en route through Revenant's Toll and finally arrived at the Son of Saint Coinach's digsite. What words could I possibly use to do the scale of this project justice? There are at least fivescore scholars here, experts and assistants alike in countless disciplines; a score of Ironworks engineers working tirelessly to maintain equipment and appraise the technological finds; a dozen stalwart adventurers hired on as guards and hunters; chocobo hands and their accompanying birds; administrators, cooks, medics…As if that were not enough, we are perched, almost quite literally, atop the ancient beating heart of Allag itself. As vast as these crystal-crusted ruins stretch, there are still more trapped underground, which one can catch a glimpse of from the top of these great canyons that have opened in the ground in the wake of the Seventh Umbral Calamity. "Dizzying" would be the understatement of the era. I have of course worked with Rammbroes previously (you'll recall that he was a great help with my thesis and in fact my appointment to this position is in no small part thanks to his personal investment), but I did not realize that he has called in Cid Garlond himself to lead the engineers on the task to assess and breach the Crystal Tower's defenses. Cid Garlond! One could hardly ask for a more capable mind for what is surely no simple job.

In fact, he has already devised an ingenious method for piercing the first layer of defenses. However, it requires a not insignificant amount of rare materials -- highly refined aethersand of four different elemental aspects, any pinch of which is worth nearly my full year's salary -- and we were already facing a disappointingly mundane roadblock of supply shortages. Rammbroes thus tasked me with following up on various supply leads. I hardly need to remind anyone that this is not the sort of work that I was appointed for, and would have been a task far better suited to one of the graduate students, but I agreed to do it regardless as entering the tower as soon as possible is a foremost priority and I would be foolish to delay it any further on account of my pride.

I had little trouble acquiring the aethersand we needed, but imagine my surprise to discover that Rammbroes apparently did not consider me up to the task, as he sent another to come and complete my work for me -- who turned out to be none other than the Champion of Eorzea herself. I did not expect such a meeting, but perhaps shouldn't have been surprised, as it seems that luminaries are often found in each other's orbits, and Cid Garlond was not only personally acquainted with her but considers her a close ally. Of course, I did not strictly require her help to obtain the final aspect of aethersand, and thought to make a game out of a task that was well beneath both of our stations. And because I know you've read that sentence with your brows knitted in your typical suspicion, I must reassure you that I comported myself with the utmost dignity, and I'm quite pleased that it seems we will have an exceedingly pleasant working relationship for the length of the expedition. She is much friendlier than I'd been given to understand from the (admittedly sparse) tales, and best of all, agreeable to all manner of conversation topics, not the least of which include firsthand accounts of her deeds. I would be remiss in my duties as a historian to pass up the opportunity to collect interviews from a primary source.

We are now in a period of brief downtime as we await Master Garlond's finishing touches. How are matters on the Isle of Val? How fare you and Master Baldesion? I recall him being particularly restless before I left, but I assumed it was related to my deployment on this expedition, as there was much friction between us when I made plain my certainty that the great arsenal of Eureka Orthos will be located beneath the Crystal Tower. Has his mood much improved? Give my regards to the cousins as well. This letter will arrive alone, but when I receive the next portion of my stipend, I shall send back a rather strong tea blend I discovered in Gridania that I believe you will enjoy.

Sincerely,

Raha

P.S. I'm also thrilled to inform you that "NOAH" was immediately accepted as a name for our survey party, and they most certainly did not "laugh me out of camp." In fact, the Champion of Eorzea said she found it charming. I eagerly await your apology.

P.P.S. Would it be possible to include with your reply a dictionary and grammar book for the Ishgardian language? Before you needle me about why I would possibly need them when I'm camped in the middle of nowhere, you should be well informed that there is a chirurgeon in camp now whose mother tongue is Ishgardian, and I thought that it might perhaps make her feel more comfortable among all of us Sharlayans. And no, I've already asked Rammbroes and he's roundly denied me a requisition form, citing "budget concerns" (which I believe to be imaginary). I would make the trip into Coerthas to purchase them myself, but I'm much needed in camp and would be missed if I were gone overlong.

[a-s-levynn]

"Wash me clean again before I pull myself beneath the waves" A Series of Small Offerings - III/11 - day31

[elderly-scrolls]

local coward finally starts sketching deity ozy

[staarcaake]

made a song ^-^

beepbox link

[nevernill]

[hey-heigo]

i think as long as you have a good story you're passionate about and the motivation to convey it as meaningfully as you can, then regardless of how others regard your art your completed piece will be good, and the gripes will end up becoming integral features of the story itself

[windydrawallday]

A VIEW TO KILL

Face to face in secret places feel the chill Nightfall covers me but you know the plans I'm making

[freshthoughts2020]

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[arom-antix]

I will never not be insane for wizards, magic, ice and badass Yuuri

@blended-ice Thank you, besiyr, for indulging me and being just as normal as me about this

Obligatory Viktor reaction:

[cozylittleartblog]

'Ello, I just wanted to come on here to say how much I LOVE your brush-work (is that a word lol?)

Crayon or Pencil-like lines that aren't always opaque all the way and are a little more sketchy sometimes are probably some of my favourite :D

Also, your style is just really cool and nice anyway, but I wanted to give a shout out specifically to your based brush choice!

yessss i love traditional textures in digital art, thank you :> i use kyle t webster's brushes for photoshop and I've never found brushes that better emulate certain real-life textures. man's a wizard, i dunno how he does it. i use his tiltiriffic 2015 brush for basically everything short of merch and anything i want to have really thick lines, it's a delightful brush and it feels so natural to work with.

i heard advice somewhere that people tend to resonate more with art that looks like it was hand drawn, you want small imperfections in your coloring and lineart, you don't want everything to be perfect. i really resonate with that, i think there's a certain element to sketchy pencil lines and messy paint and kraft paper textures that you could call, appropriately... cozy :)c

anyway if anyone would like to know what brushes i use and what i use them for they are under the cut with examples 👍

hopefully this image can be blown up if you click on it :') the only brushes that aren't featured are the ones i got from the free sample pack from true grit texture supply, i use their craft paper textures for most things as well and one of their building grain shader brushes for like, noise gradients. if any of y'all have a photoshop subscription you can download his brushes for free, i highly recommend checking them out! they are THE coolest brushes i've ever used (And boy I've gone through a lot of brushes in my time). if your drawing tablet does not have pressure or tilt sensitivity though your mileage will vary, tilteriffic did not work on my brothers tablet because it couldn't pick up what angle my stylus was at.