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hey so i’m like pretty certain i’ve asked this before, but i just can’t really find the ask, sorry 😭

i was wondering like, on your youtube you were drawing with tons of people on one place, how do you do an aggie or stuff? is it a certain website or app?

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Aggie u can do on a website just called magma dot com! on browser ! no app

whiteboard fox is also browser

and then drawpile is a software for just computer i thiiiibk

hiii…. is my art the fish or me.. blub glub

ONE LAST THING

there’s prints available for the pieces from the exhibit, as well as a preorder for a huge art book containing over 100 pages of incredible work !

prints for offer include my piece if u want to throw some dollars at me wah

[they/them, zine work] 🐠🫧art i did for seaglass lens mag , an ocean themed zine run by a couple pals of mine :3 lots of very lovely artists involved, go check it out!!!

do u take drawing requests

ye but u gotta wait 6-7 months to see me do em and it’s a gamble if i’ll ever even see urs. but still technically yes!!!!

i’m a little late but happy pride, take care of each other n yourselves !!

Have you thought of maybe streaming again? :3 maybe your comms or just personal art idk

I WANT TO SO BAD U HAVE NO IDEA i just keep gettig rlly stuck on wanting a cute super cute stream overlay and then i don’t wanna actually design it at all. i might force myself to just make pngtuber and call it quits there LOL just so i start doing it again…. but i love branding….wah…

can you pls… tell me how you get your colours like that… its so nice and desaturated but also jus fuckkk man i need it you’re so cool

hello! ur username is fun!

i just pick desaturated colors n they turn out desaturated HAHH but i also try to avoid any high contrasts.

for example, instead of using pure white, i pick grays (more yellow grays for warm, more pure grays for cool). instead of black, i lean more towards gray again or brown.

this also makes it look super fun when i do add actual harsh contrasts, like an all black shadow or a bright color. rlly fun effect!

like this ^^

just a general avoidance of the top corners of the color square, sticking to the middle!

there’s also a lot of random layer adjustments i make all the time that essentially do the same thing just faster (lower contrast, lower brightness)

here is also my old color guide from 2021 that i still kinda follow to this day. start super dull, add vibrance later

SORRY IF THIS ISNT VERY HELPFUL QWQ

been sitting on this one for a while

Hi I absolutely love your art and was wondering if you do commissions and if so how much (I don't got money right now and want to see how much I'd have to save up to get a profile pic) any ways have an amazing day/night/ whatever time it is 🌻🩵

ah thank you so much ;w; !!!

i JUST closed them like a day ago (usually i post on instagram or twt when they’re open, nikoco_11 on both platforms) and am working thru my queue rn, but here’s my site with prices + examples of what i offer!

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ty for the interest!!!!

i would love to see more art tips/tutorials from you!! your style is so awesome

YAA i would love 2 make more!! anyone can always feel free to request specific things, i’ll my best to explain my process ^_^

hi! i just have a qq about ur commissions: are people allowed to post the comms you make them? (w/ credit to you, obv)

oh yea of course!! u can do whatever w commissions as long as it’s credited (if public) or not being used commercially (to advertise a product, resold, etc etc) :3 !!!

Some bots have been scraping through tumblr to steal art and put it through ai

oh wow it looks uhhhh fucked LOL that sucks, thanks for letting me know 😭

whenever ppl repost or trace my stuff or like pretend to be me, they never ever pick the drawings that i think look best LOL consistently now, they always pick stuff i think is bland….. maybe that’s the fun in actually making art, ur eye is always improving and ur goals r always shifting… good feeling…

I was really inspired by your falin art and had a circular canvas so I'm making a painting for myself

I'm adding more details later to make it more mine but I just wanted to say your art is really cool

Would you be okay if when I'm done painting or during painting I share it to Tumblr? (With you credited) Completely okay if not. Thank you for your time

OH THIS IS REALLY COOL !!! go for it, i’m totally okay with that!!

really great honor to see something i’ve made become physical like this :’3 thank you

how are u so confident and clean with your lines??

one thing that helped me was getting a bigger tablet that forced me to sit upright and allowed more broad movements to draw! more space = easier to do big swoosh line = ooo pretty

BUT the bigger thing was that i did a lot of practice using only pen in some old sketchbooks!!!

rather than draw slow with pencil and eraser to get something right, i’d draw it fast like 3 times with pen until i got the general shapes down. i found it really fun so i did this everyday for a few months and filled a lot of sketchbooks LOL mostly loose drawings with reference, like below!

additionally i hateeeeee doing lineart, i hate having to redo lines that i didn’t like, so i have forcefully developed an art style that allows me to start coloring as soon as my sketch is done lmao

HI what brush did you use for the coloring here if you don't mind me asking ?? i love your art :D!

hi thank you!!

i mostly used the brush below as well as “artemus chalk soft” i thiiink… i don’t quite remember

lmk if the link doesn’t work sometimes it’s finicky!!

both for clip studio!

Do u hab any tips 4 drawin

if my tags r working then i have some stuff around #qna about more specific things!! right now my big art tip is to pleasw stretch and watch what ur posture/how ur resting ur wrists, elbows etc….

i had a numb hand and elbow pain for 2 weeks bc of being dumb abt this……… fold up towels or whatever so ur not resting joints in hard surfaces………

umm and also never ever even for a little worry abt consistent style if ur still early in learning. be hungry to change and adapt at all times, do full 180’s if that means you’ll feel more fulfilled w what ur drawing

ummmmmmmm. try lowering/raising ur brush’s pen pressure drastically if ur having a hard time w sketching/lining digitally. migjt just b working w settings thag don’t click for u

hi serious talk time! not my usual kind of post and it’s going to be a little long, sorry! but i’d appreciate some help with sharing 🙇

recently my very very very close friend tads got kicked out from their home alongside several members of their family, including a teenager.

they have emergency commissions open currently! here’s a really cute animated gif of a character i designed they did for me!!!!! this could be you and ur oc!!!

below i’ll link their kofi alongside their twitter, but i’d like to request just as a personal favor that you tip them extra (or even just send a couple dollars and don’t comm at all) to help lighten their workload.

their slots are also limited so if they’re sold out already, just toss them $5!

i love ‘em a lot and know personally that even drawing a little, esp for an emergency like this, takes a huge toll off your energy and health and i don’t want them more stressed out than they are.

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thank you always!! here’s their twitter as well

( their tumblr @tadsdy but they’re not as active here!)

small note also as per my previous post: i’m gonna lock in and really get through my current commission queue these following 2 weeks.

as soon as i can, i’ll open up more and that money will go 100% straight towards helping out tads, so keep an eye out if you’re interested in anything from me!!

some of my previous work… 2 interest u like left over french fries for beautiful wild birds….

i’ve never drawn a homestuck yet i get several notes a week tagging my art as homestuck…:how does this happen…..