apparently i woke up at night, checked news, banged out a sketch for the next illustration and went back to sleep, hyperfixation is the name of the game

"Animator's survival kit" by Richard Williams has been in the library of every gamedev studio i've worked in, it's a goldmine for anyone, not strictly animators - lots of insight on plasticity and translating emotion

no but like, that's the point! I was largely uninspired to do any art outside of work for years, and I am deeply grateful that MC content moved me enough to make art again. If i end up with an artbook's worth of mc-related artwork by the end of the year - hell yeah

A snippet of a Cleo, Drift, Shelby and Pearl on a trip in session 2, personally felt this moment in the soul, every trip I pick the creepiest historical location possible and have a splendid time. Print available here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/amal...

// "There's been sanity in this trip, and I appreciate that! I havent had the urge to stab any of you!" , delighted Cleo. And indeed, eerie crypts and mystic tomes are quite good for anyone with a modicum of taste. // #vsmp #VampiresSMP

ahhh, thank you Abby! Hope ya doing well! <3

oh yeah, audience never does what creators expect it to, though honestly i was trying to make a point that when the call is coming from inside the house and one starts to think these thoughts about their own work - about time to take a break

I've watched the house judging contest in session 2 from 14 different POVs and it's never not funny how absolutely nobody clocked Scott, in a scull, turning into bats and back again amidst the crowd. Peak chaotic cinema!
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"Now, this house is 100% vampire proof!" Exclaimed Avid, to a thunderous applause and squeaks that very suspiciously sounded like a swarm of bats.

thread brought to you by opening insta and seeing a lot of successful people all at once and then opening mail and seeing zero commission requests and musing the hell i've been doing with my life, once again. Better go get me a donut stat

You can always have a lil snack and draw your faves smashing down big style. Just get a treat to keep your mind goblins occupied.

being artist is hard cause whatever you do - the part of you is gonna hate it - make art for yourself? broke and useless. make art for money? sell out. lots of engagement? broke containment, watch out for weirdos and scammers. Too little? Your art is bad and you should feel bad. There's no cure. But

next piece in the works and i'm back in struggle city but this time because of shapes, was never much good with stylization but this time, ehhh kinda alright?? also Kyle WSebster's brushes, my beloved

the scene in question looks like this btw. Like, it's staged insanely cool but you can see that the gape for interpretation is deliciously vast

i dont know how many or in what style more illustrations imma make, probably at least 12, but for this one i really wanted that Penny Dreadful vibe that would make a gang of victorian children foam at the mouth. Prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/amal...

"Get away! Get away! " Cried Jack, but his pleas gave just as little resistance as his silver sword.
Inspired by #vsmp series, the finale of session 1. That scene with Jack, Scott and Owen had insane levels of improv, timing and editing from everyone involved! #VampiresSMP

oh hell yeah! I'm gonna do droplets and such at the end, more wet! moree! Ah, thank you, i'm having lots of fun with rediscovering joy of art haha

okay folds are coming along nice,the thought of " Is this Wet Enough" has been in my brain for 3 hours straight, i'm pretty sure all illustrators have been freaks since the dawn of time

what in Durer's name am i doing lmaoo. Getting the brain and hand to cooperate to get the values right was such a struggle bus ride

i genuinely love my drafts, prelims are always such a banger. aaand now i gotta figure out how to render transparent water in ink, oof

fashion people should market dresses as overalls with extra space and ventilation for an absolutely massive package anyone who decides to wear it is carrying

~There's iron in the air, and silver in the ground...

First of the fanart illustrations based on the incredible VSMP series! I wanted to celebrate the mood of the series and the incredible location and mod work that went into it, the atmosphere, man, absolutely insane! #vsmp #bwsky #artsky

jfc, found this brush that would have been ideal for the prev piece. the curse of 10 000 brushes gathered for 2 decades strikes again. freehanded this pissed off twink in a trenchcoat in like 3 mins to make a point

Print available here www.inprnt.com/gallery/amal...

~There's iron in the air, and silver in the ground...

First of the fanart illustrations based on the incredible VSMP series! I wanted to celebrate the mood of the series and the incredible location and mod work that went into it, the atmosphere, man, absolutely insane! #vsmp #bwsky #artsky

it's supremely easy to not use any ai for anything, the world's been ok without it so far, especially art. making reference boards is like 50% of art process, delegating it to the machine is crazy work

orrr a datesim where every character is over 45 and looks like it. with lovingly animated smut scenes and a world ending plot! ...I have so many design documents of dubious nature...

I'd make a game where you play as a retired witch wherein main mechanic is time-based sass battles with townsfolk, the church and devil himself. Five million ways of solving conflict by saying fuck you to anything and anyone, oh and it'd be claymation fo sure

hell yeahh, shapes! now we're getting somewhere (unfortunately to all this too will be minecraft related)

woke up with a revelation from above that my entire approach to this drawing was wrong, it's a lithography not a lineart piece, and guess I'll just start from scratch but how long has it been since I've dreamed about making art? feels like I'm 16 again and a cute girl smiled at me