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What's your favorite flavor of ice cream lol

I like a LOT of ice cream flavors, but my absolute FAVE happens to be mint chocolate ice cream.

It's so tasty, very refreshing in and gives off the minty feeling in your mouth.

Too bad it has a bad reputation (for """tasting like toothpaste""") and I don't get to eat that often :(

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Do you have any art advice?

Sorry for the VERY belated reply but..

Yes of course I have some (general) advice, that have helped me as an artist.

Buckle up, because it's going to be a long post.

Start a Sketchbook. If it's your first ever try at dipping your fingers into these, you can turn an average notebook into one to overcome your fear of ruining a 30zł costing sketchbook in the future. If you're afraid of ruining your first page of your sketchbook, then just draw what the year is. Trust me when I say this, this has been my go-to when filling up the first page EVER SINCE I STARTED IT BACK IN 2019. Once you'll have 10+ sketchbooks finished, you can look back at your first and current sketchbook and see how your skills have changed over time.

Sign up to Pinterest and start making boards for thing like: Art inspo, references,etc. I created mine back in mid-2020 and I've gotta say, this has been one of my sources of inspo ever since. Of course, Pinterest is not just an art inspo-exclusive site, as there are things like cooking tutorials, room decor ideas, Hell.. even MEMES are here..

Don't be afraid to try out other blending modes other than Multiply, Add or Overlay. These three aforementioned blending modes are surely neat and all, but there are more blending modes out there (thought the full amount of those depends on the art program you're using, I use FireAlpaca btw). There are such layer modes like: Difference, Hard Light, Darken, Screen, Exclusion, Luminosity to name a few. So go out, experiment with them in your art, mix-and-match then and see what you'll get.

Use references. Look, I know that the "JuSt PrAcTiCe" advice is NOT ENOUGH to help an artist, and I get that (That's why I've listed my first tip as "Go grab a sketchbook"), however there's a little catch... Let's say... you wanna draw something for example... Hands - the most tedious part of the human body that a lot of artists are struggling to draw correctly. You try to draw it on paper.. and suddenly - You've just realized, that the hand you drew, didn't come out as you expected. So what do you do in this situation? Well you go search up 'hand references' of course. You can do that with other things like: backgrounds, computers, skateboards, weird deep-sea animals like Giant Isopods etc... ...or you just want to try out a different art style References are a good tool, if you don't know how some things work in an artistic sense, that's all I'm saying.

Use you art program's features to AN ADVANTAGE. Especially the filters tab. I use FireAlpaca to make art. It's a free art program, so I don't have to pay over 100zł montly, unlike Photoshop or.. Clip Studio Paint. However it doesn't have that many features or filters like Photoshop does, and that's okay. Because despite this, you can make great art with it. Wanna make a picture you've just pasted from the web to have some nice halftones? Well you can covert the layer into an 8-bit one, enable halftones and adjust to your liking. Wanna have some interesting colors in your art? Use Gradiation map or Tone Curve and fuck around. Want your art to have a softer look? Use a 'Soft Light' mode, go to 'Gaussian Blur' and later go to 'Levels' and adjust the to your liking. Wanna make a drawing have a pixel-ish look? you can use the 'Mosaic' filter for that. The list goes on.

Last but not least... Have Fun. Art has no rules. You can make fanarts of your favourite series 24/7, make numerous paintings of landscapes on canvas, draw your OCs, doodle on Ms Paint of all things.. or just scribble things in your sketchbook. In the end you're making art, and what matters the most is that you're having fun with it. So go out while you're drawing (as long as you're not harming anybody)

Yeah, that's all

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do you sell prints of your art? i just saw your lunar duo pieces and i love them sm!!

No, I don't sell prints at the moment, but if I had the chance to do some one day, I'd sell prints of my original stuff.

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wait, your birthday is on july 27th? ME TOO!

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WELCOME THE JULY 27TH CLUB, BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Greetings! I'm developer of Minecraft modpack called Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons and I'm writing to you because I really liked your art dedicated to Twilight Forest mod. I'm in the process of creating new version of my modpack(MC 1.16.5) which will contain Twilight Forest mod in it and I wanted to ask your permission to use this images in my quest book. I will of course credit you and include a link to your blog! No problem if you decline my request! Kind regards and thank you in advance

Greetings

Unfortunately I'll have to say no for this question..

I drew this fanart of the Twilight Forest mod just for fun, not for somebody to use it in something big so I am very sorry in advance.

As always hava a nice day/night/afternoon

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Happy birthday!! 🌺🎂🎉

Thank you very much!!!!!

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happy birthday!! this will probably be the only time we'll ever talk- but i really like your work!! its very great :] and inspiring!!!! so again, happy birthday to you!

🎂

Thank you so much

I'll take the cake u gave for me!!!💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤

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Dude your art is the best! I can't wait to see you improve and grow!

OMG Thank you💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤

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AYO YOUR ART IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH THE MONUMENT MYTHOS TAG AND CAME ACROSS YOUR FREEDOM ART AND MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR SPECTACULAR MAGNIFICENT AND AMAZING !!

OHMYFUCKINGGOD ASDFGHJKL!!!!1!!111

Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!!💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤

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Are you taking commissions? 👉🏾👈🏾

I hate to break it to you but..

No, I don't take commissions...

Maybe I'll plan on doing that sometime

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hello! is ok to use your art as profile pictures?

Yes, but make sure to credit me once you use it

Even when you use my art on other sites like Pinterest, Instagram, what have you.. you STILL have to credit me (I'll explain in my other post..)

That's all

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Ur art is so friggin awesome dude. Im kinda jelly now lol.

Hope we can be friends! U seem cool!

Thank you!!

Also Sure :))

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Happy birthday 🎂 🥳

Thank you so much💜 🖤💜 🖤💜 🖤