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27 / she/they Illustrator, Animator, Spaniel-Wangler. 🇮🇪 Follow me on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/swordsandspectacles
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It does not matter what style or subject you like to draw. The only thing that matters is drawing CONSTANTLY. Being embarrassed of drawing anime or furry fanart is a waste of your energy. As long as you draw everyday you WILL improve, fuck what your high school art teacher says.

Last year, more than 9 million people watched across the world, and executive producer Johan Erhag said he expects viewership will be even higher this year.

Pit Fight

my local birds 🌞 posted early on patreon ✷ www.patreon.com/c/arboret prints ✷ www.inprnt.com/gallery/arbo...

i think they should ban new superhero movies for a decade and instead we should get supernatural westerns

Sketch -> Final

As Cherry Blossom Falls & Clouds Drift By 🌸✍️ My original hand-drawn fountain pen ink drawing & decorative border illustration from the pages of my sketchbook 🖋️📖 Prints, bookmarks and tattoo blessings of my drawings are available 📚 #inkdrawing #illustration #fountainpen #penandink #spring

Sketches from a recent livestream. I get better and better.

anticipating an exponential increase in murderbot misgendering with the show coming out so I drew something about it #art #murderbot

#pleinairpril day 22!

⟡⟡ Southern Reach stamps ⟡⟡ #linocut #SouthernReach #annihilation #jeffvandermeer

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Instagram is such a great resource for finding out what events took place in my area 3-5 days ago

the hart of the forest #art

photo d'une technologie qui démocratise l'art

A few more sneak peaks of new model Tanis! New references dropping this week. 💔🌹

bunny

Only about 3 or 4 years ago, a deathly silent sitka plantation was clear felled here. Now it's thick with wild native trees, NONE of which was planted. It's already heaving with insects + birds, and will keep getting better if left alone. THIS is how we should be bringing our forests back. 🌍

May your day find you being called cool by someone from a younger generation than you.

Check out my new post! Narrative Debt Collectors: Every time you flag something as important, you sign a promise — here’s how not to default on it. #gamewriting #narrativedesign #gamedev gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/narrative-...

A 2 minute mind horse for the soul…

i hate that all the art advices I'm hearing rn are either - make more weird art, make niche things - if you want a job you need an extremely curated portfolio with 100 examples of your stunningly polished work and 50 ys experience

commission for dreamyrevelry

hydrangea fawn 🩵💙

✨ART GIVEAWAY✨ I am doing a small giveaway of a full body colored sketch this time only for a few days! Rules: 📢 reblog this post 💬 (optional) reply with character's references (SFW) ENDS April 21, 2025 Good luck!

Unexpected full page in today's Observer on yesterday's protests and it doesn't interview a single GC for 'balance'

Doodling

More Chibis! #gw2 #guildwars2 #artfternoontea

🪶Svefni, my sona, and her besties. . . . #art #wolf #fursona #dogs

A personal work depicting my character, Shuyok, who is appearing on my socials for the first time despite being rather old! It was very nice to finally draw something nice of him 🍂🌥️

baby star 💫

colored pencils

Watercolor of Smokey Bear Creek California. If you want to dig into watercolor and gouache landscape sketching you can check out my online course: schoolism.com/courses/pain...

Bus knitting! Self designed charts so I'm hoping the finished piece will look as good as it does in my head 🦇

Rush #ELDENRING #art

Dual sword wielding bunny #sketchbook

"Separate the art from the artist" comes up a lot. My opinion is that, like so many things, it is on a spectrum. A long-dead entertainer with a brilliant body of work who, we later discovered, kicked puppies is NOT the same as a living, active entertainer who uses revenue to buy puppies to kick.

Got places to be

Medieval scenes ❤️