Abigail.M.

@evelyn-collins

Hi! I’m @scoutfinch180!  Nice to meet you!

Interesting to hear you write fanfics about Ghibli and Star wars, I sometimes listen to What if videos on Youtube. What kind of fanfics do you like to write? And I can totally see a Ghibli fanfic working, I’ve sometimes wondered how a sequel to Spirited Away would go. My favorite Ghibli…[Read more]

@loopylin @highscribeofaetherium @keilah-h

Ah I see, thank you for the clarification!

Thank you for reviving this Janelle. Here’s one of my most recent ones:

Another year has begun

And with it a new rising sun

Surveying the year I’ve left

Things I felt. Saw. Places went.

Flying by like a jet plane

Flowing by in a mere moment

 

A year of mountains and valleys

If meadows and dark gulleys

Of pruning and growth

Of bro…

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@keilah-h

and thank you so much! I hope the kittens are ok lol.

@loopylin

Thank you! And I love your sketch!

@highscribeofaetherium

I have no clue what exploding kittens is but thank you!

@whalekeeper

Thank you! I didn’t think of that but I totally see it now lol! (finally found another Atla fan lol)

Thank you for the useful feedback! I think I like Marcel the way he is, although I might change some…

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Those look good!

Here’s something I drew today:

I guess all that to say, don’t worry about skill level, that’s what practice is for! I wound up drawing elves a lot — especially warrior princesses, horses, and centaurs — so I got fairly good at those, and only recently have my drawings of men not hit the uncanny valley lol. Just keep drawing, using reference often, and you’ll get the hang of it!

@keilah-h

It’s ok! I’m still learning too, and here’s some of my limited knowledge:

For the glowy lights, I use a layer-type called color dodge, for a really colorful light, I use overlay, and multiply for shadows.

I used an airbrush for the more blended light like sunrays and such, and used a textured blender where I wanted texture, and a blur…[Read more]

Oh! and activewear and space age vintage style might help you out too!

@loopylin

not necessarily, they weren’t meant to be any sort of person in particular beyond accidentally reminding me of the elf versions of two old oc’s who’s story will not see the light of day lol (at least not in it’s current form), and both being revered guardians of different times of day.

I totally get that! if you want your character’s…[Read more]

I finally figured out how to post these! I just finished them the other day and they’re meant to be companion paintings.

@loopylin

I love that! she’s so cute! I like your use of color! Is this meant to be a regular outfit?

@whalekeeper

Marcel looks good! he has a clear design that is easy to recognize, which is super important with comic characters (if you’re doing that, or if it’s an illustration or just a design from a description in a non-visual medium it’s…[Read more]

@loopylin

You’re welcome!

@loopylin

thank you!

For the trees, I drew the silhouette, and then I used a clipping mask on top to add color/texture, and I took a photo from Pinterest to use as a reference/color palette, and did this several times for depth, blurring the farthest layers, going from big to small branches, if that helps you!

thanks!

@whalekeeper

I’ve called him Ransom up til now, and I’ve tried Ben, but it’s not quite hitting for me? I want something that could be in a fantasy story, but isn’t so fantastically spelled that you can’t pronounce it XD And I want to be able to age him up, and it doesn’t sound too babyish.

I don’t know what name would fit him best exactly, bu…[Read more]

(sorry for lower quality, I had to shrink the art down somewhat in order to post)