and sometimes, she draws things

liketheoceaninwinter: just realized I never posted these...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:01:24 -0400

just realized I never posted these paintings I did for one of my friends last winter! he’s a big MST3K fan and he didn’t have any art for his apartment, so I fixed it for him.

I’m kind of proud of these, especially since Tom was the first thing I’d painted in about six years. Crow wasn’t quite done yet when the boys decided to hold them up to take photos, hence the rough edges.

both are acrylic on stretched canvas.

totally forgot that since I posted this, both the guys in the pictures have joined Tumblr. welcome to the party, Tyler and Dave!

they also have an internet radio show that’s pretty awesome (and that I’ve invaded a couple of times because I’m a jerk like that) so you should check it out.

today’s warmup: timed portrait of OkayOphelia because I...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:56:54 -0400

today’s warmup: timed portrait of OkayOphelia because I saw this picture of her in a flower crown just looked like a beautiful, wild pagan goddess and I fell in love with that idea

it’s still pretty rough and her right eye is bugging me but I’m kind of happy with this anyway, can’t put my finger on why.

anyway if you enjoy well written meta and lovely prose go follow her you won’t regret it!

troize: WHO LIKES SKETCH COMMISSIONS?? cause that’s what I’m...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:10:24 -0400

troize:

WHO LIKES SKETCH COMMISSIONS?? cause that’s what I’m offering

more information here

signal boosting for one of my favorite artists on tumblr!

DO NOT BUY DR HOO PINS ON AMAZON

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:58:32 -0400

deconstruction-junction:

elanorpam:

amischiefofmice:

pupukachoo:

There is just a special layer of hell where you get a “suggested products you may enjoy” e-mail from Amazon and it’s your own stolen artwork.

Guys, please, PLEASE if you ever see the “Doctor Hoo” painting for sale ANYWHERE except for these websites

http://society6.com/pupukachoo/Doctor-Hoo-Painted-Version_Print

http://www.threadless.com/product/2899/DoctorHoo

it is a bootleg and it is stolen. I’m still paying off my student loans so I don’t exactly have much money to spare, so it would really mean a lot to me if you only ever purchase things directly from me or the websites I officially sell through.

wow jesus fucking christ :(

I see this thing reposted so much EVERYBODY PUT IT IN YOUR EYES ITS PU’S

and yell at somebody if you see them reposting it/selling it

RARGAHARAHRAR

wow, this is really upsetting! :( glad I got the shirt from threadless and not a different site! I would have been outraged if I’d been duped by a reseller.

I don’t usually do the whole ‘throwback...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:00:56 -0400

I don’t usually do the whole ‘throwback thursday’ thing, but I found a stash of old sketches on my external hard drive and thought I would share.

these are mostly from 2004-2007, I think. overall not terrible, but some really bad anatomy in places (fem!Link, where are your organs and why is your torso so LONG? and Misato’s head is misshapen something awful) even taking into consideration that I was really into anime at the time (which is pretty clear in those faces I mean jeez).

the one on the bottom right is fanart for a now complete comic called Shades of Grey that you should totally check out because it was really interesting.

Here's to all the people who keep drawing even though they dislike their finished work. This is to all the people who keep drawing every single day knowing they have a long way to go till they find their own work "good enough". Here's to everyone who keeps drawing to improve over and over again. This is a little encouraging message to everyone who fell in love with paper and pencil. yes you can do it. no you're not wasting your time. don't procrastinate, go get 'em tiger!

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:37:29 -0400

Will Graham is breaking my heart. I know how this story ends, so...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:28:07 -0400

Will Graham is breaking my heart. I know how this story ends, so I didn’t expect to get so attached, and yet.. here we are.

available as prints/shirts/phone cases/whathaveyou on RedBubble.

not super happy with this one, but it’s been a few days...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:34:31 -0400

not super happy with this one, but it’s been a few days since I posted anything.

the protagonist of my Monster Girls project: daughter of a werewolf, but can’t change into wolf form. it’s a genetic anomaly seen as a sign of good fortune for the pack in the same way that some people claim rain on a wedding day is lucky.

she’s going to school to be a medical examiner for paranormal law enforcement. woo.

aqualinux: e1n: because we all could use a happy little...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:47:35 -0400

aqualinux:

e1n:

because we all could use a happy little encouragement every now and then.

The amount of hugs I want to give is infinite right now.

Light of Dawn, Volume 1 by Quinton Miles — Kickstarter

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:30:05 -0400

Light of Dawn, Volume 1 by Quinton Miles — Kickstarter:

stormfooted:

Light of Dawn is a 53 page graphic novel that’s equal parts fantasy, murder mystery and coming of age. Dawn Sullivan is an enthusiastic eighteen year old mage who has always dreamed of following in the footsteps of her father Elijah, an experienced mage who is also a renowned private investigator. Realizing that she’s never going to give that dream up anytime soon, he officially takes her under his wing as his new partner.

In their first case as a team, the two work to solve the murder of Emma Stevens, a post-grad student who was found dead in her apartment. Throughout this arc, Dawn will explore the depths of her abilities as they relate to solving cases but Elijah is always there to make sure those abilities don’t go too far. As an experienced mage, he is well aware of the potential darkness their abilities have and will be constantly keeping watch of Dawn to make sure she doesn’t cross that line.

Light of Dawn is written by Quinton Miles, author of the free digital comic series TEMPLATE. It is illustrated by Oscar Celestini, artist of Zenescope’s GRIMM FAIRY TALES PRESENTS MADNESS OF WONDERLAND series and colorist of many other books including Vertigo’s UNKNOWN SOLDIER. Martín A. Pérez (aka MaGnUs) will be handling the letters.

Give this money, y’all. This made the rounds on Tumblr after the previous campaign finished and the whole reason that it’s up again is the enormous response it got after the fact. Give money so that I get to read this comic!

hey guys

I really want this to happen but I don’t have $10k to throw at it myself. if this sounds as good to you all as it does to me, you should do what you can! back it, signal boost it, get it out there!

fyeahartstudentowl: bigbigtruck: juliedillon: romy-chan: I...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:47:17 -0400

fyeahartstudentowl:

bigbigtruck:

juliedillon:

romy-chan:

I made this comic solely to explain how the interview went, so please ignore how ugly it looks. This was easier than trying to just write it down for me.

I am a very emotional person especially when I’m nervous, so this event hit me quite hard.

More news soon.

Oh honey. Oh god. I’m so sorry. Okay. This is not a school you want to associate with. These are bad people. They are not better than you. I don’t care how prestigious they think or say they are. Going there would have been a waste of your time, because you are so much better than anything they could offer you and they do not have a fucking clue what they are talking about. Trust me. I struggled through a college full of people just like that, and got nothing out of it but wasted time and resentment. All they did was tell me I was phony and a failure for wanting to actually learn how to draw and paint, and that is all kinds of backwards. All that self-important grandiose bullshit about illustration and technical skill not being “art” is just hiding the fact that they can’t paint or draw for shit. They live in an echo-chamber, and they only worship the absolute newest trends in the handful of areas of modern art they deem worthy, to the exclusion of all else. That is NOT art, that is elitism and egotism, pure and simple, and that sure as hell does not help the students. They are NOT better than you. Your beautiful artwork and expressiveness and illustrative style are powerful and important - everyone’s is. Saying someone’s work is “not art” and therefore not important is not a critique. It’s an asshole thing to say, and offers absolutely nothing of importance or value for potential students.

Now, that isn’t to say there is no value in modern and post modern and abstract expressionist etc. art - on the contrary. The more inclusive you can be in your influences, and the more you can look at and study, the better. (Branching out is always a healthy thing to do!) But if that’s ALL a school has to offer, if an art school tries to tell you that technical skill and illustration are invalid or unimportant, if they try to tell you that Rembrandt and Van Gogh aren’t worth looking at or studying because they are dead, if they dismiss artists they don’t approve of as “kids who like to scribble,” if they tell you that you don’t have a place there unless you conform exactly to what they want, then you need to avoid that place like the plague, because they are not there to help you, they are not there to teach you, they are there to find people who can make the school look even more self-important than it already is.

Sorry for the rant. XD I’m still haven’t quite gotten over how crappy my art college experience was. (For those interested, the crap school in question was Sacramento State University. After I left, I attended a handful of classes and workshops at the Academy of Art University in SF and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA ,which helped me SO much more, as the teachers were interested in actually helping students learn the skills that art schools are supposed to teach you. You know, painting and drawing and inking and sculpting and all that good stuff.)

Uh, so yeah. >_> Basically look for schools with a good technical program that stresses life drawing, painting, drawing. Art is one of the few careers where people care about your portfolio more than where you got your degree (unless you’re gearing up to work for a Pixar or Dreamworks or something, in which case it does help). So find a place that will help you be the best you can be, and don’t worry about how prestigious or fancy they think they are. <3

Echoing Julie’s remarks here. I spent my college years at an institution like the one in the comic that valued ~soul expression~ and AbEx over developing technical skills. At the time, I thought it was all peaches, because I was (and still am) super into making and observing AbEx art. Fortunately, I was required to take classes in Photoshop and Illustrator— without those, I would not have gotten a job after college.

I graduated without having learned ANYTHING about drawing, about color theory, about perspective or line weight or form. At thirt*coughcough* I’m still drawing like a high school kid and trying to make up for the damage of those wasted years.
Fuck “real art”, fuck “high art”, fuck “low art”. Learn, develop, grow, evolve, create.

I don’t often reblog stuff, but this comic and the commentary are incredibly important.

A lot of people ask me about college, expressing fear and nerves about whether or not they’re “good enough” or doing “the right art” to get in/do well. Fuck that, kids.

Find a school that will help you grow, no matter what art you do. Be open to criticism, yes, but if the school you’re talking to talks down to you or says that what you’re doing isn’t ~*~*~*”REAL”~*~*~ art, tell ‘em to fuck right off and walk the fuck outta there. That attitude is wrong. THEY are wrong.

You deserve to have an environment that nurtures your art and your skills and offers classes that will help you the very most that they can. Nothing will hurt you/your art more than cutting off the corners of your square peg to fit into a round hole.

/raises fist in solidarity

/extends middle finger at art elitist assholes

I had a teacher like this in high school who broke me and left me so bitter and feeling so much like a failure that I passed up an opportunity to go to my first choice school.

I didn’t bother looking for scholarships or financial aid because she had me convinced that nothing I did was ~*ART*~ and that I wouldn’t get it. guess what? when my acceptance letter from SCAD came in, I pretty much had a nervous breakdown because I wanted to go so badly, but it was already too late.

FUCK people who think they have the right to determine what is or isn’t ~*ART*~ by their personal taste

FUCK people in positions of authority who use it to try to oppress or tear down others

if artists can’t have supportive solidarity among ourselves, how can we expect others to respect us? shit like this is where 90% of the issues for artists right now are coming from, across the board. well, this, and in several more specific branches of the art community, a desperate need to unionize, but I digress.

people like this who just tear others down for their own validation? they’re BULLIES. and it’s not ok.

neraiutsuze: liketheoceaninwinter: neraiutsuze: andrusi: ner...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:06:00 -0400

neraiutsuze:

liketheoceaninwinter:

neraiutsuze:

andrusi:

neraiutsuze:

andrusi:

magicalgirlfanproblems:

People who think they have the right to determine what qualifies as a magical girl show.

Okay then.

Star Trek is my favorite magical girl show.

okay but i would so totally watch star trek the magical girl show

Tagged: the romulans are attacking!! SULU - ENTERPRISE WARP FACTOR MAKE UP!!!, sulu initiates transformation sequence for bones spock and kirk, DILITHIUM SHINING CRYSTAL POWER!!!!!, shouts kirk as his flowing frilly robe flutters around his tights and booty shorts.

yes

yes

‘In the name of Starfleet, I will punish you!”

YOU DID THE THING

AND NOW I CAN’T STOP DOING THE THING

WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

one more Monster Girl sketch for today! I’d like to do a...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:59:34 -0400

one more Monster Girl sketch for today! I’d like to do a full body sketch of each member of the main cast eventually (hopefully they won’t all be sitting, staring off into the distance. haha) but I thought I’d start with the ones I don’t draw as often. this one didn’t come out quite where I was aiming, but the face and hair came out pretty good. I just wanted her a little shorter and more built (I was thinking of Samantha Wright). I might keep working on this later.

Can’t say much about this one without ruining important things in the first couple of stories, but the whole ‘summoning pagan gods and bargaining with them for power’ thing is a tough balancing act. especially when those pagan gods become a little too fond of a mortal. and things get particularly complicated when the deity in question is a trickster.

another one of my Monster Girls. need to rethink the outfit,...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:35:00 -0400

another one of my Monster Girls. need to rethink the outfit, though, since she looks a little too Lara Croft here. I have a lot of feelings about this character in particular and while she isn’t the protagonist, she’s one of my favorites and an important member of the main cast.

she’s a member of the werewolf clan the story centers around, and she’s transgender.

I honestly think I’ve done more research into making sure I get this one character right than I’ve done in all my mythology/worldbuilding stuff and I still feel like I haven’t done enough. but I’m working on it. because I want to tell it right.

neraiutsuze: andrusi: neraiutsuze: andrusi: magicalgirlfan...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:32:08 -0400

neraiutsuze:

andrusi:

neraiutsuze:

andrusi:

magicalgirlfanproblems:

People who think they have the right to determine what qualifies as a magical girl show.

Okay then.

Star Trek is my favorite magical girl show.

okay but i would so totally watch star trek the magical girl show

Tagged: the romulans are attacking!! SULU - ENTERPRISE WARP FACTOR MAKE UP!!!, sulu initiates transformation sequence for bones spock and kirk, DILITHIUM SHINING CRYSTAL POWER!!!!!, shouts kirk as his flowing frilly robe flutters around his tights and booty shorts.

yes

yes

‘In the name of Starfleet, I will punish you!”

calling it quits for tonight (p.s. the texture gets awful when...

Thu, 30 May 2013 18:50:55 -0400

calling it quits for tonight

(p.s. the texture gets awful when compressed. looks better in fullview, I promise)

had an insanely shitty day the good news is that I’ve...

Wed, 29 May 2013 19:47:00 -0400

had an insanely shitty day

the good news is that I’ve chosen to channel my frustration productively

the bad news is that I’m so drained that I’m not sure I can really get anything done

just realized I never posted my pictures from the Louden Swain...

Tue, 28 May 2013 11:04:57 -0400

just realized I never posted my pictures from the Louden Swain show on saturday

back to art things! speedpaint of Rob Benedict from a photo I...

Mon, 27 May 2013 11:12:38 -0400

back to art things! speedpaint of Rob Benedict from a photo I took at the Louden Swain show saturday night. if you get a chance to see them, do it! super fun band to see live. trust me.

I can’t put into words what a sweet, cuddly guy Rob is. I wanted to put him in my pocket. aaahh <3

Cosplay is Not Consent!

Mon, 27 May 2013 10:50:18 -0400

wibblywobblytime-ywimey:

animeboston:

We want everyone to have a fun but also safe weekend. We’ll have these posted around the convention center. Remember if you see something, say something. Anime Boston staff, MCCA staff, and Boston PD are there to help you!

This should be a thing for all conventions

can I just say that the Anime boston staff and congoers were awesome this year? I didn’t get creeped on ONCE.

this is literally the FIRST con I’ve cosplayed at and not gotten creeped on a single time.

this is my 9th year cosplaying, and my 8th Anime Boston.

and this is the FIRST GODDAMNED TIME I’ve made it through a con without being touched without my consent, catcalled, or followed out of the convention center.

this was going to be my last east coast con. I wasn’t really looking forward to it and almost didn’t go, but I’d already committed to going and didn’t want to bail on my hotel buddies.

so thanks for turning it around, Anime Boston.