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Something I try to keep in mind when making art that looks vintage is keeping a limited color pallette. Digital art gives you a very wide, Crisp scope of colors, whereas traditional art-- especially older traditional art-- had a very limited and sometimes dulled use of color.

This is a modern riso ink swatch, but still you find a similar and limited selection of colors to mix with. (Mixing digitally as to emulate the layering of ink riso would be coloring on Multiply, and layering on top of eachother 👉)

If you find some old prints, take a closer look and see if you can tell what colors they used and which ones they layered... a lot of the time you'll find yellow as a base!

Misprints can really reveal what colors were used and where, I love misprints...

Something else I keep in the back of my mind is: how the human eye perceives color on paper vs. a screen. Ink and paint soaks into paper, it bleeds, stains, fades over time, smears, ect... the history of a piece can show in physical wear. What kind of history do you want to emulate? Misprinted? Stained? Kept as clean as possible, but unable to escape the bluing damages of the sun? It's one of my favorite things about making vintage art. Making it imperfect!

You can see the bleed, the wobble of the lines on the rug, the fading, the dirt... beautiful!!

Thinking in terms of traditional-method art while drawing digital can help open avenues to achieving that genuine, vintage look!

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Finally been drawing my IF mc's!! And of course I gave my William from @parkerlyn 's the nameless some love!

#my art #mansym #mansym art #if #interactive fiction #mc art #the nameless if

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Relatable artist comic :)

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It’s here!

Word length (with code): 12k

What’s to expect in the demo:

Have a weird dream!

Customize your Mc!

Meet your professor!

I am so thankful to all of you who’ve supported me on this journey so far! You are all so amazing and I wouldn’t have been able to do this without you!

And especially THANK YOU to all of my beta testers!!

This game is far from done but I am so happy to be able to introduce you a bit to the world!

Now, let’s get to the main event:

Play the game here!

#reblogging onto my art blog! #because why not!

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Hey so I'm participating in art fight this year!

If you wanna check me out here you go.

#self rb

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Hey so I'm participating in art fight this year!

If you wanna check me out here you go.

#not art #mansym #mansym art #Very excited to draw characters! #art fight #art fight 2022

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Just fucking around and sketching the ro's in @ingenio-if

Inspired by pictures

#mansym #my art #if #interactive fiction #mansym art #art #Ingenio Academy

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I think about this Twitter poll every day of my goddamn life

#not art #its true

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Ya’ll I’m sweating this is extremely early stage but if anyone wants to watch me bumble my way through making an interactive fiction game... voilá!

“Dear potential ingenio!

You are receiving this letter as an invitation to Ingenio Academy’s preliminary tests to prove yourself a perfect fit for our school.

Ingenio Academy prides itself in letting only the most talented people within out walls and we will accommodate them to the best of our ability with food, lodging and a vibrant social life that has left many applicants (such as yourself) with connections and relationships that will change your world.

We hope to see you well on Ingenio grounds during your test period and look forwards to  welcoming you into our vibrant community if you succeed. 

Best wishes,

Ingenio Academy Staff. " 

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Ingenio academy is an under construction romance game with magic, humor, and then later on some horror elements. You play as a student trying to survive as a latecomer in a super-elite school for the extremely talented and resolving problems that your teacher assigns you (and he grades you for them! The nerve!). Not to mention you’re trying to find the love of your life among one of your fellow students.

Ingenio academy is also set in a world where magic and magical dimensions are known about and a part of normal life.

Ingenio is meant for a mature audience due to sexual themes, language, violence, transphobia, as well as other things. (This will be updated as things come up)

All scenario and NSFW asks are welcomed!

DEMO(TBA) / RO INFO / XX /

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#not art #I had this reblog ready for like a hour #wondering if I should go for it or just sit on this a bit longer #FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE ANYWAY HERE YOU GO

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Two best friends in a room, they might kiss!

My MC William and my love Oisein! From @parkerlyn 's IF The nameless! I had a lot of fun with this piece.

#two art uploads in one day? #more likely than you think #the nameless if #the nameless #mansym #my art #if #interactive fiction #mansym art #art #mc art #fanart

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"My sweets, I must go!"

So the MC in @fromtheashesweriseif will have SIX tiny pet dragons and so I had to draw my hypothetical MC 💕 Their name is Rubith!

#fromtheasheswerise #Yebb #they're gray and gay #mansym #my art #if #interactive fiction #mansym art #art #mc art #fanart

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heard people were being weird about ace characters again

#😌 #ace rep matters

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"The cost of blood for my freedom was too high... But I'd do it again, for not only my hands are tainted with blood."

Casual Dearict art dump 🙈

Dearict (They/He) is my MC from @theabyssal I have been struggling to pick between Justice and Pain for a while now and honestly maybe I should go with- *LOUD CAR DRIVES BY*

#long time no see! #dont mind me drawing my comfort MC #my art #mansym #if #interactive fiction #mansym art #mc art #fanart #art #the abyssal if #the abyssal

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Sorry for the lack of art posting but I am still drawing!

Just mostly drawing for my future IF blog hghghh

#still too early for me to be comfy sharing too much info #but what do ya'll think? are the colors ok? #drawing hands is the bane of my existence btw #my art #mansym #mansym art #if

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Sksksk I see your tags allright here you go but They def dont fit the setting so I will make different outfits laterrrr

PLEASE THEY ARE PERFECT!! 🥺💘 the sleeves of both of them are so sexy! Also is that a collar?💗 and the horns my god😳

#casually reblogging here #so I can keep my art all in one place lolol #i also haven't posted art on here for a bit- sorry!!

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Putting this here in case other writers (and people in general) don’t know about emotion wheels. This shit is helpful on so many levels.

#writing #helpful #not art #ooo this will be nice when I start working on my if

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#*stares into your eyes* #...no...