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mjulmjul · 1 year
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Hi! I'm trying to teach myself to draw and I used one of your sketches to trace for practise. I ended up being quite proud of the result! I wanted to 1. Say thank you for putting your art out there for novices like me to see and 2. Ask if you are ok if I post it to my blog? With credit of course :)
Thank you! Welcome (back) to art and I'm so honored that my art has been inspiring, that's a huge compliment! I hope drawing will bring you much joy in the future :)
Yes since you're posting to Tumblr and with credit that is okay- a simple @ and link back to my post in the original caption will do :)
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mjulmjul · 1 year
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Hello! I’m interested in one of your pieces that isn’t in your shop yet. I saw you mention that it’s okay to print it out ourselves if it’s for personal use but I feel weird doing so without paying for it. Do you have anything like venmo/cashapp, etc? Your art is gorgeous, thanks for sharing it with the world 🥰
Thank you! Yeah it's truly fine - I don't have anything like that, if you're still feeling weird about not paying then use that money for charity or something else nice for yourself! Or you could buy me Tumblr crabs/ad free to keep this poor old website running so I can keep yeeting art onto here (and okay, the crabs are a funny feature).
For context - as artist I earn slightly less than 10% from the Society6 sales price, so a $20 print nets me $1.84, $10 print gives me $0.95. Adding this because I feel like many many people don't know, especially with Society6's "every purchase pays an artist" branding. I'm lucky enough to not need to make money from my art and this definitely plays into why I personally encourage people to just print my art themselves for personal use :) emphasizing the me here because please never assume the same for other artists if they haven't said anything about this!
Just to be clear I still hugely appreciate every sale because it's wild to me that people want to pay money for my art, or that it's hanging in homes around the world!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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brush sets! that i actually use
if you download even part of these you'll have a great selection of brushes to start out with without having to pay anything upfront, because they’re all free (!)
Georgw concept art brushes - GREAT textured brushes for painting & illustration, they're very responsive - you'll like these if you're used to traditional art. I recommend checking the instructions for the color tilt function! & Georgw ink brushes - all the ink and lineart brushes you need tbh seriously these are SO good i use them a lot. this guy has LOTS more free stuff
True Grit Texture Supply - free sample available on their website, v suitable for a more comic book style and adding grit (u guessed it) to your stuff. their inkers and grain shaders are great imo
RetroSupply Co - free sampler has a good selection of their stuff, includes some beat tones (dot shaders, like in old comics) so you can play around with whether you like those for your art. I enjoy the pencil and gouache brush in this too
Katrima digital painting set - variety of textured brushes, I mainly use these for adding some more texture at the end of rendering
Devin L Kurtz's brushes (tamberella on tumblr) - various sets with foliage, skyscrapers, etc - once you get the hang of these you can create (impressions of) whole forests, cities etc very quickly
MattyB brushsets - various ones, I have the foliage+splash ones to add some textures to paintings. ink one isn't bad either!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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I want to download all your art into my brain so I can enjoy it 24/7 but I’ve ordered 3 to hang on my wall instead. Thank you for existing and providing serotonin ❤️
thank you so much, I hope you enjoy the prints!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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hey! i am consistently in awe of your work, i genuinely adore it (I’d love to get prints of some of your pieces if that’s available anywhere 👀) but im writing to ask abt your technique and brushes! Im new to digital art, and i wanna create the sort of effect you make and i cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it! you have these strokes that look sort of like charcoal but also paint? also refracted light???? idk what program u use or anything and im just a noob still learning how to get the most out of the brushes that come w procreate, but even if you’re using a different program and stuff, I’d love to see if there’s anyway i can translate that effect somehow to the tools I’m using. It’s really cool stuff!! im sorry if you’ve already answered this somewhere 😅
hey! ok first off take anything i say with a grain of salt because 1. i'm self taught 2. there are many many ways to do art, there's no One Right Way. experiment and settle on what works best for you!
atm I basically only use procreate on ipad with an apple pencil.
I've compiled the brushes I use most into this post click here, I'd say download some sets and try them out! this seems to be a bit of an unpopular opinion because I regularly see advice to stick to the basic brushes however if you were making traditional art you wouldn't unnecessarily limit yourself to the cheapest brushes/paints either (assuming you could afford everything), so. go ham.
the main technique I use is a pretty common one where I use a big textured brush and then use a base color layer + clipping masks (you can google how to use these) or selection tool to get sharp edges. so I'll make a selection of the shape I want to paint and then paint within that selection. i often do this with light strokes and/or the brush on lower opacity so i'll keep texture. if you look at concept artists on instagram you'll see this technique used a lot too :) 'edge control' is a term to google to find more about hard/soft edges and how they'll improve your art!
for the light, even for digital art I would very very much recommend james gurney's book 'color and light' because it teaches you almost all you need to know about, well, color and light, and you can apply these principles to digital art too. it's well worth the price but if you can't afford it then there are perhaps some copies to be found online ;) for the actual method in procreate, I like to use layers on the add and screen blending modes, sparingly, and NOT with white highlights but with the actual color of the light e.g. yellow, blue-ish, etc. for stuff like wings, it's usually multiple layers stacked on top of each other!
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(i am not organized)
as a final note i will add that i painted traditionally for years before starting digital art, so i do think that'll have influenced my approach in a couple ways because i basically took all that knowledge and methods into digital rather than starting from scratch.
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mjulmjul · 1 year
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Hi there, any chance of your lil ghost pics going up on society6? I NEED that streetlight ghostie on my wall.
hi, i hope to put them up start of this week but no promises, i've been pretty busy!
tagging some people who asked similar questions (thank you!) - @thereadinghobbit @waywardmoonflower @thatbirdonlysingswhensad @ghost-texture
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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Hi!
Would you be able to link me to the fake analog tutorial you referenced in your “Catching Stars” piece?
I love the texture with the colors used!
Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your art with the world!
Hi and thank you! Yes it's this one - I'd definitely recommend playing around with different textures, overlays and blending modes!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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i love the textures you have in your art!! would u minding sharing your process? if u would mind thats fine, have a good one :)
thank you! don't mind at all :)
I set out some things here, it includes a link to the brushes I use. Basically, download and experiment with lots of textured brushes and textured overlays. In addition I've used this tutorial (not by me) a lot as reference too for an 'analog' look
I mix up styles a lot and 'process' is a very broad term so if you're wondering about a specific piece or this didn't answer your question, let me know!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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your art style is explorative and striking and soooo gorgeous 12/10 i see new art and immediately gasp in delight every time thankyou for sharing it <3 <3 <3
so glad to hear thank you anon!!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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Hi, just wanted to let you know that your art is almost an instant reblog for me. It’s very inspiring and I love the way you use colours and the composition :)) anyway have a nice day!
thank you!! I hope you have a great day too!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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I just saw your art for the first time, it's beautiful and inspirational, full of emotions. Now I want to start drawing again.
oh wow thank you, I hope you start drawing again & that it brings you joy!!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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That Castiel piece is possibly one of the most beautiful works I have seen
The rainbow one right? thank you!
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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Hi! I love your art! You have a way with making simplistic pictures that evoke deep emotions. It's easy and uncluttered but so so beautiful. It feels accessible and that makes me want to get back into art. I could stare at some of your work for hours (I mean I might have spent hours scrolling through your tumblr but shhhh). I love the way you play with lines and color mixing and overlapping them but letting each have their own space in a work. I love how you can go from black and white to rainbow and have them both be mesmerizing. I love the flow of some of the grander looser pieces but also the details in some of the smaller one. Basically, I think your art is amazing and inspiring so thank you for sharing it with us.
Hey! Thank you so much, I'll treasure this <3 it is especially incredible to hear it makes you want to make stuff, I really hope you get back into art and (re)find the joy of creating :)
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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I LOVE your art! The b/w one with Cas standing in the lightning and the impala in the right corner is one of my favourite images of all time. Would you be ok with me using it as background on my phone?
Thank you! Yeah don't worry, using my art for your phone/computer backgrounds is totally fine, no need to ask in the future :)
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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The way you invented art…
da vinci is dust
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mjulmjul · 2 years
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Is there any place for us to buy prints of your ofmd artwork? It is all so so lovely!!!
Thank you! I have one (1) ofmd thing up on my society6, but if there's anything else you want just send me an ask!
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