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Pressed flower collage of a comet moth, by Helen Ahpornsiri

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Three Tomatoes

Digital, June 25, 2022

Study with some neat looking produce left on the counter, heavily inspired by Vincent van Gogh's "violent still lifes".

I am falling down a Dutch art history rabbit hole at the moment.

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I live in the part of the US that could reasonably be called the birthplace of the New Age. Like, people around here aren't just "weird about yoga" I mean I have three Bikram studios within walking distance of me. I mean like the yoga cults around here actively target retirement age white women with disposable income. This happens so often that people talk about yoga cults with the same casual tone as like, someome getting your order wrong at a coffee shop. It's not just an odd occurrence here, it's an industry.

My mom actually had to stop and start yoga several times because the studios kept turning out to be fronts for cults and pyramid schemes.

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Midnight Tokyo

Digital, April 16, 2022

I think I have a new favorite synthwave artist!

Downtown Binary's music looks shimmery and reflective to me- there's a specific background synth they use that looks and feels like glass!

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Character Voice Tag

Thank you for the tag @phoenixradiant ! My line is: "Over my dead body!"

Your line is: " Did you hear that?"

These are characters from the first book of ToGS (Testaments of the Green Sea)

Narul: "Yeah? Why don't you try that, see how well it goes."

Ninma: "Nuh uh! No way! Fuck off!" She quickly glances around to make sure that none of the adults heard her curse.

Hutbari: "Ridiculous! Enough of this nonsense! If you truly think that is going to happen while I am seated on this throne I will have your brains dashed against the floor where you stand."

Bazus: "Never, I would never and will never allow that. Do you know who I am, the blood that runs in my veins? I will cut you down just for suggesting that."

Zenit: "What? No...No! How dare you? Of course you cannot!"

Akard: "Do you truly think that I would permit that?"

Zatar: "Do it. Now."

Otilia: "No! Keep suggesting idiotic things and I will treat you like the idiot that you are!"

Penetinos: "Excuse me? No, no of course not. I do not give you permission, now go, I have work to do."

Istek: "Give it a go, eh? Go on, I have faith in you. But just so you know, if you do that, someone is ending up dead." Dati: "And it won't be him."

Tagging @rhyaxxyn , @theprissythumbelina , @elsie-writes , and leaving it open!

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Wax Flowers

March 19th, 2022

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Orange Cosmos

Digital, March 19, 2021

Happy 12th birthday to my bizarre little cat, Sterling!

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Back in the motherland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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You can take the apartheid out of South Africa but you can never take it out of a white South African

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hi, just a reminder i have lots of prints of my work available on inprnt !! if u want to support me but cant afford a commission this is a great way :3

and if theres anything you want that i havent uploaded there lmk!

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Okay so, got any advice on making pixel art? Anything at all?

I want to draw two of my characters in a style of the game they're based from, which happens to be a high-detail pixel game called Coffee Talk (for example, this is Freya, one of the regulars)

I don't have much experience with pixel art so far, I have some, but only minor stuff.

Sure!

If I was planning to do this, I would first search for a clean reference of a character from the game. That means without any jpeg artifacts and not blurry at all.

Then i would bring it into Aseprite (or whatever program you use), take my marquee select tool (M in Aseprite) and select one "pixel".

Doing this I can see that the pixel is actualy 2x2 px, which means the base sprite was scaled up 2x. So I will go to my image settings and scale the image by 50% (ctrl + alt + i) so I can have the art at its original resolution.

This is much much easier to work with and study for a pixel artist.

Then I would do my art side by side like this:

Studying from the original and mimicing stylistic choices when I can

You could also just edit the sprite (this is totally ok to do as long as youre honest/upfront about it, just like any study. So many beginner artists get started with sprite editing, its such a great way of learning).

I want to make a special mention to this website called Spriters Resource, if you're looking for game sprites (especially retro stuff) you may find it here!

If i don't know how to do something i always go on spriters resource and search games I like, so I can learn how they do it. This website is a goldmine for beginner pixel artists

Feel free to ask me any specifics in the future!! and GL

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posting my old pixel art day 17

made in 2021

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Prague

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posting my old pixel art day 13

made in 2021

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Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus), family Caprimulgidae, order Caprimulgiformes, Singapore

photograph by Johnny Wee

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