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Owner/Artist of Metal Mel Studios, purveyor of all things weird and wonderful. She/Her These are words.
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I found a book on drawing facial expressions that I’m definitely gonna buy when I get paid. Using it helped me make my all time favorite pic of my gith paladin Tarvok

I found a book on drawing facial expressions that I’m definitely gonna buy when I get paid. Using it helped me make my all time favorite pic of my gith paladin Tarvok

Been working on making art even when I don’t feel like it. Done over the course of three days, and it feels like I’m seeing improvement

Reposting with alt text: I did this just now and it worked.

IMO people aren't placing nearly enough emphasis on these upcoming House special elections. We have a very real chance of taking back the house *in the near term* which means we can *actually wield Congressional power* the way people claim to want!

Made some more doodles of two druids being adorable

Question for artists: What are some good ways to find face pics to model OCs after?

If you can. When you can. However you can. Try your best to create. Not just art. Anything. Gardening, writing, crocheting… lean into your hobbies… Create **NOT** for the sole purpose of resisting or grifting but because we all need an outlet, a distraction, something else that is anything else.

you guys look at what I’m stitching 🍴🍯

Doodles of some of my BG3 Tavs: Nelari the half-drow bardlock, Tarvok the githyanki paladin, and Leniran the elven spore druid. I’ve been fine tuning their backstories so I can take play them in DnD!

I'm digging how this WWII guide is basically "gum up fascism by being an energy vampire." Let Colin Robinson be your guide in the fight against fascism. The link: www.404media.co/declassified...

Doodle of mine and a buddy’s DnD characters: Nelari the half-Drow bardlock and Leaf the tabaxi swordmage. Leaf belongs to @cjmac.bsky.social

There WILL be no savior from on high to swoop in and save us. We have to do the work. Get out and VOTE.

Hey everyone. I'm running a deal on all 650 of my commercial use fonts until the 31st! Representing over a decade of my font output, at a crazy low price of just $19 (less than I normally license a single font for!) Cheers and a Happy New Year to all! :) hawtpixel.itch.io/hawtpixel-fo... #gamedev

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

✨🌈 The more you know 🌈✨

Next part of torso study: muscles!

Multiple cities reporting that ICE raids have begun. I'm an immigrant & human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, the actions each of us can take to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate. No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

Getting back to basics with studying anatomy for art. This week is the torso

FUCK AI PICK. UP. A. PENCIL.

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

Question for anyone who has a cat and puts up Christmas trees: Can you recommend good and heavy tree stand that a cat can’t knock over?

Biggest reason why I will always prefer WFH

Going back to basics. Remember: don’t let perfect be the enemy of good!

Question for artist moots: What do you do to draw when you don’t feel like it?

@ ARTISTS!!! (PLEASE REPOST FOR AWARENESS) if you are unable to use glaze or nightshade for whatever reason, please protect your art by using art shield. it's a free service that takes minutes, and can run on mobile as it is browser based! artshield.io#services

Reorganizing my stash of reference photos and art tutorial screenshots :O

Why is it that every time I’m around my family I feel like I’m doing everything wrong? I feel confident in my common sense when I’m by myself or with my husband, but with my family it’s like I revert to factory settings of competence

Former Amazon worker here; do not cross this picket line. Don't do it. Don't even order from them (unless absolutely necessary). They're a disgusting company to work for and the reason for my knee problems that required years of physical therapy. Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨

The most important thing, Texans: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE THEM YOUR CITIZENSHIP STATUS. No matter you status, REFUSE to answer.

If all you can do is 5 words today, that's okay, because those 5 words can save you from burnout! R E S T You are not a machine!

the impression i have is that artists with huge followings aren't having too much trouble rebuilding on bsky, but small artists are having just as much trouble as on twitter i really urge people to retweet art. this sucks massively and im sad people need to start from scratch

Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest Never register for a protest

Kiwi Farms is trying to get a toxic foothold on bsky to target trans accts. Their one move: copy/create blocklists w/actual trashbags & Nazis then add (innocent, unsuspecting, non-trashbag) trans accts. DO not use blocklists unless well-sourced! Ask around; ask list mgrs; confirm reliability

This is the next phase that Kiwi Farms members have stated they will do - constructing look-alike blocklists and then adding popular trans people to them after the fact, once the blocklist is seeded in the community. Make sure any block list you use says who runs it.