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only posting this on here because only tumblr remembers my extensive fallout era but i just checked my steam stats and was shocked to see that termina overtook my time in fnv....never thought id see the day.......

any youtuber rec??

I've been watching a lot of emma in the moment because i dont know anything about crocheting/anything similar so i find drama about it fascinating

mrkravin is my favourite horror game youtuber because he plays a lot of indie games and i've been watching him since i was in like highschool, i found out about some cool games through him. he also doesnt scream or yell which is why i started watching him in the first place

and then i think a lot of people on tumblr already watch him but jacob geller. his video on modern art is my favourite video essay ever and made me change a lot of what i think about modern art

patreon post for march is now up

i love that you're everywhere, everytime i join a new fandom i find art made by you :D

(i really like your style btw, keep up the good work!!)

I am on a constant quest to absorb every part of the world into my head and this includes media. One day I will play watch and read everything ever. Related if anyone has any suggestions for media they think I should read watch whatever let me know

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Did you receive any formal art education?

when my parents saw i had interest in art as a little kid (around age 5) they put me in art classes at the art and music school my mom was a music teacher at. so i would go to regular school then there afterwards. then in highschool i stopped going there and just took art classes at my regular school. then i went to art uni and now im here. obviously im very privileged to have had those opportunities so i wouldnt recommend comparing yourself to me in terms of art training and growth because of that. my parents also come from a cultural background that takes the arts more seriously and were very serious in me having extra schooling and training and i was expected to commit to it full time and i know thats not the case anymore in a lot of places

How do you stay so cool and awesome 🥶 erm also who/what are ur biggest art inspirations? Also you make so many detailed pieces do have any tips for not burning out? From ur biggest fan, spongeboab.

in terms of burn out: i trained myself to draw very fast so none of my pieces take me over ten hours individually. that way i tend to get them done pretty quick and dont have to struggle with trying to come back to finish them although i still end up with a lot of wips of course. i also make sure to spend a lot of time doing stuff that isnt drawing, especially stuff like watching movies or playing games so that i recharge creatively. in uni i had classmates who said they didnt watch movies or play games (even though we were in game art..) read books or listen to music etc, nothing else creatively or any other hobbies and they were always the fastest to burn out and fall behind. its really important to take time to look at what other people are making and that doesnt just mean scrolling social media and looking at pictures there but you know going to see something or maybe trying to crochet something if youre into that anything really. also switching between traditional and digital can help (even just having a traditional sketchbook. i draw random things on paper when im especially frustrated)

some big art inspirations in no particular order and not including everyone ever:

kazuma kaneko

2. denis sarazhin

3. yamada akihiro

4. ryuichiro kutsuzawa

okay my cat keeps climbing on my computer so instead of finsihign these collages while he messes witheverything im just going to list the rest

satoshi kon, edouard caplain, ashley wood, piotr jablonski, shigenori soejima, yoshitaka amano among others

any books you'd recommend?

short answer: roadside picnic

long answer:

a lot of books i read are non fiction so i dont know how interested people are in those but i mostly have non fiction books about religion/history/philosophy/etc, art/photo books, and then books that are considered classic books like asimovs cave of steel series or island of dr moreau...the most recent non nonfiction books i read were some novels i inherited from my grandma when she died and theyre soviet era novels that arent available to english speakers which i think is most of my audience. in terms of english books the last ones i read i think were left hand by paul curran and naked lunch by william s. burroughs. halfway through writing this i remembered im supposed to be recommending something honestly im kind of embarassed because im not much of an interesting or profound reader these are all kind of pretty basic books like i was read haunting of hill house in like 2022 according to my abandoned book tracker and i think a lot people have read that but if you havent then go read that. also anything by asimov i do like his stuff....i would just take a photo of my books but with theyre my parents right now so i cant do that right now but i do have a photo of the ones i got from my grandma, they have some nice covers

if you want like art book recommendations I honestly just collect art books of games I like but if you wanna know more about ill elaborate. in lieu of photos i have a screenshot of an order from thriftbooks last year that kind of encapsulates what i spend my time reading

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put the remaining stock of my fear and hunger charms up on my store! theres limited quantity and im not planning a restock any time soon so make sure to check it out if youre interested !

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