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 hiiii ! I haven't made new art in a while, but I still wanna share some art with you guys so here's some art from a few years ago, and some of the trends in my art from then. I used to use markers sooo much.  I did a lot of these object-faces and object-heads back in 2020! I'm really inspired by this era of my art & wanna make art like this now!! I think what was so fun about it was that I just drew random people, not trying to make it look like any actual person or character! this goose one was inspired by a reference I found on Pinterest but I also changed a lot about it from the reference I like drawing random people without names or backstories but also drawing them multiple times!! it feels easier than drawing an original character/fan art a lot of my old art looks like this ⬆️ just random/humorous/cute little illustrations. I wanna bring those back (sidenote: danielle krysa, aka the jealous curator [ podcaster and blogger ] has always encouraged her listeners ...

 HELLO!!!! I work on 3-5 sketchbooks at a time because im insane and I can't just have 1 at a time. so 3 of my current sketchbooks have just been completed. and I wanna show you some stuff in them!  this is #1. I started it in December of 2023.  this page appears to be just a bunch of doodles of a character of mine ..... but surprise! earl from my name is earl!  here's a gouache painting and a doodle of my character sal ive always used wet media (paint, ink, markers) almost exclusively so ive been trying to branch out and use crayons, colored pencils, and oil pastels lately! more crayon sal ! and another character, brandy  there's a LOT of sal in this sketchbook lol here's a gouache painting of her I LOVE THESE PAGES! I thiiiink the background is done in gouache (the yellow might be acrylic actuallyyy) then I doodled with pen, printed some alcohol ink splotches, and doodled more. it was fun :)  maple drawings in marker :) ft. giant worm on a string and a bo...

  hello every1 ive been working on a Big Daunting Project lately and ive been getting very intimidated by it, even though im just doing it for fun. so I decided to make a list of Things to Remember while doing art, specifically during this project!!  these are all things I always try and remind myself but Ive never written them out all together like this, so I thought it might help to do that! I also thought I should share this in case it can help anyone else. ofc these are all my own personal "rules"/values so they might not help your process the same way they help mine. but they might 👀  MANIFESTO (or something) 1.      CHAOS: mixed media, materials exploration, try new things 2. DO IT FOR YOU NOT THEM: stop thinking about the response you'll get. are you having fun? if not, how can you? 3. PROCESS > OUTCOME: if it's not fun, it's not worth your time. you won't be happy with the results if you don't enjoy the process. 4. if it's not working, chan...

 hi again! I graduated art school a full semester ago which means I miss talking about my art and im going to make a huge blog post about it. I wanna talk about my Party art. I don't really know what else to call it. when I was a senior in high school I did this installation project that I still really love. the idea was to create a celebration for my anxiety about graduating/going to college/being an adult/not being in high school anymore/etc. not only was this super fun to set up and photograph, but it also felt like the first thing I had done that looked like what I wanted my art to look like. which is so silly because I don't do installations or photography really at all anymore. but I still think it reflects my current style. I wanted to do something like ^ that project again my first year of college, but Different so I did this installation that was supposed to celebrate hyper-femininity: I used some of these photos as references for drawings and paintings but nothing rea...