hi friends

i'm still alive

anyone down for an art trade?

Had my first livestream tonight, was a good time.
If anyone's interested, I can post times I plan to have it up and running here.


Here's a link to what I'm working on at present. [link]
In the meantime, check back now and then if you're curious: [link]


ALSO: I submitted to peer pressure like any normal person under such duress might and got a Twitter. I am embarrassed and ashamed of myself, not entirely sure how much I'll actually update it, but what the hell, why not? [link]

I have had zero motivation to draw lately thanks to GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF SHIT PILING UP EVERYWHERE OH GOD WHY, but I'll show you what I AM cookin' up instead...

OC Meme for Usury!

Will update it as I go, as I've been doing, but it's been good practice thusfar with the added bonus of being able to put a face to the characters I write about. Baller.

Wish I drew more kawaii animes so I could get more commissions. My car is broken. Shitdicks, man.

Things that presently make me sad:

90% OF POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON DA
Why, you ask? Because they bank on three things:
1. At least eight thousand self-portraits of their face, Photoshopped into oblivion, with such pretentious shit as "earth fairy" (a variation in green, of course) and "nightmare" (a ~*~dark~*~ picture). They're usually pretty girls, but apparently nobody deserves the time and attention of countless hours of applying filters and airbrushing away imperfections quite like they do. Personally, I think it's one giant self-wankfest for the sole purpose of gaining commentary like "OMG GORGEOUS "

2. At least EIGHTEEN BILLION MILLION JILLION FUCKTRILLION pictures...of eyes. I like eyes as much as the next person, but when your abilities extend only to eyes and their photoshopped variants thereof, it's kind of like being the Mary Sue of the artworld. OMG LOK HOW PRITY AND SPESHUL MAI EYEZ R IN COMPARISON WITH EVERY1 ELSE'S!!1/

3. Nudes. If I had a nickel for every picture of a pretty (and sometimes not-so-pretty) woman's thong-clad ass in a fisheye lens, I would be able to not only buy this place, but I'd also be able to kick said artists off the website.
On that note, this is especially irritating when the photographer is
- A: Also the model
- B: A man whose portfolio also includes a whole smorgasbord of blatant twat-shots, women on their hands and knees with their ass in the air, and pseudo-orgasmic faces painted blandly on women who appear as if they've been masturbating to the face of Larry King for at least eighteen hours.
DISCLAIMER TO THE NONEXISTENT FLAMERS THAT WILL NEVER READ THIS: I have nothing against artistic nudes. I love artistic nudes. I find them not only visually pleasing when they are -- well, ARTISTICALLY done -- but I also find they make an awesome reference when I'm practicing figure drawing. Forcing a 1024x768px, gargantuan pussy at me via interweb is hardly new, hardly original, and hardly impressive.


98% OF ANIME ARTISTS
1. It's NOT 'just your style' and it's not a valid excuse for blatantly ignoring poor design and neglecting anatomical disasters. My own skills aren't perfect, but I'm not hiding behind my affinity for sucking Japan's cock in order to protect my flaws.

2. So let me get this straight. I think I've got the formula down, correct me if I'm wrong:

- 1. Use a bland, carbon-copy style
==1a. Give it tits AND/OR
==2b. Make it blatantly prepubescent AND/OR
==3c. Make it some kind animal or inanimate object with a kawaii face on it
- 2. Put any combination of the word 'chibi', 'kawaii', and/or some reference to a popular anime/manga character in the title.
- 3. ????
- 4. PROFIT/FRONT PAGE OF DA!!!

I've seen so many talented, underrepresented artists on here whose work truly deserves to be recognized and instead I am forced to see another supa supa kawaii chibi neko-chan piece of pedobait with big fucking sparkly eyes show up on the front page with 3058305 +favs, but no actual comments of substance.


SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH.

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY INSPIRATION.

Seriously, guys, this isn't funny any more. Fucking give it back.