not to be a sap or anything but this particular piece of little mermaid trivia does something to me

btw with art when people say 'youve got to do it scared' 'youve got to draw bad' 'youre not gonna know how to do it until you do it' it sounds like bullshit but its true. 90% of art is just getting over the fear that it's not going to be good enough to deserve to be made in the first place. but you're here. you're alive and, with no need to justify that, you're going to make art. it's just part of being alive. you'll spend so long worrying you aren't doing it good enough that you'll look back and realized you didn't live a single day of it.

secret santa doodle gift for someone on my discord server, they wanted a cryptid oc so I made one based off the jersey devil.

i'll get back to my wips in 2024 :)

happy new year !

Doing an October promptlist by an artist friend group! Join in using the tag #Homietober on Instagram.

Days 1 & 2: Stitches, Float

Tools: Dip pen, Copic multiliner, Dr. Ph. Martin’s Black Star India ink, brush pen

Another wip update!! There are a few things that bother me but getting close. Anatomy=suffering but I got to a better place on stream this morning. I can’t wait to show the finished version and be done 😆

WHY YOU SHOULD WRITE HORRIBLY:

1. You’ll never write anything if you don’t

This hit home, and I think it will resonate hard with all my creative friends, here. You are amazing and brilliant and I BEG YOU to keep creating!! ❤️❤️❤️

Reblog to give the person you reblogged from the ability to finish their WIPs

@charamochi thank you so much for the kind words! I primarily use Clip Studio’s default gouache brush for most of my digital painting/rendering! I love the texture of it plus you can get both hard and soft edges and blending all in one. If I need a different brush shape, I’ll just duplicate the brush and add on a shape I like from another brush. When you work in primarily one layer/limited layers like I do, using brushes like this replicates traditional painting to some extent in terms of both workflow and visual results. I hope this info is helpful, thanks for the question! 💕

im alive, finally have some work in progress, have a wonderful day~

I am now offering $5 Twitch stream quick sketches on Ko-Fi! If you're looking for an affordable quick sketch of your OC or favorite character, hit me up at sunset_opal on ko-fi and you can watch me sketch live on Twitch also at sunset_opal! Find all links on my blog page.

Any shares are highly appreciated! Thank you for the support.

Here are some examples of my quick sketches:

Mermay prep

New comic! How comparison is the thief of joy because no one ever gives me pie.

Check out my new webcomic at everythingisgoingtobeokcomic.com!

a graceful swan, a dance from the heart

WIP. i hope to finish the rendering, someday...

seabed garden, sea grass slumber

Rough WIP. Which one to choose? 🤔