do you have plans to add other works to your shop? like the tiger shirt?

Yes, I'd like to update the shop regularily with any new items I make this year!

I make the t-shirts as part of a local workshop initiative, and I only get to go in every so often, but if I make surplus tiger t-shirts, I will definitely list them. I'm going in again at the end of the month, so I hope to update the store with the tiger shirts and the concept art book reprints by the start of February. x)

GET YER ‘POSSUMS HERE FOLKS

Lackadaisy Shop Talk - Monkey Wrench!

Shop Talk will be live this weekend with special guests Tito and Zeurel, creators of the amazing indie animated series Monkey Wrench!

Come chat with us about animation, and if you have questions, bring them along with you!

Sunday, September 17th 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT on the Lackadaisy YouTube Channel

sometimes when i get sad i see how many toys i can fit onto our little spinny cake table. 14 is not my record but it was the best I could do with this assortment

Shop update !! :-) Lots of things have been restocked, and the newest creature stickers - rainforest and temperate biomes - are available.

[ID: illustrations of: capybaras, okapis, a binturong, a vulture with stoats, a fox, a snail, a crow, and a rabbit. end.]

hi @blongus64! thank you for your question. and no apologies necessary; Very Long Posts are kind of my specialty. :B

i really appreciated the comparison you drew between making visual art and making music, and i want to bring your attention first to that piece, because you gave some very interesting examples:

"i want a harsh… almost parasitic implication, so i'll use lurid, sickly colors and haphazard lines." "i'll use soft, dull blues, because that's what winter looks like."

the question i want you to ask yourself is this: "where did i learn the idea that This emotion looks That way?"

your art comparison reminded me of a conversation i recently had with someone dear to me who illustrates. they brought up an idea they've picked up from various art instructors over the years, which i'll paraphrase to the best of my recollection:

when you try to draw an apple, you're not just thinking about the object that's right in front of you. you're thinking about the idea of An Apple. that idea is shaped by every apple you've ever seen or eaten—the places and people and feelings attached to those experiences. so when you're drawing from a reference, you have to set all those associations aside and learn how to look at what's in front of you so you can recreate it accurately.

as you mention drawing still life in your ask, no doubt you've practiced this skill already. but what about when you draw a scene from your imagination, or paint something wholly abstract? when it comes to representing certain ideas in your art, the reality is that how you depict them is a choice formed by association. you choose soft, dull blues for a melancholy winter, because those are the colors you see when you look with your mind's eye.

but for me, i associate melancholy winter most with dark greys, and rusty pinks from light pollution in the night sky. someone else might picture the dizzying white reflection of sunlight on snow. these can all be "correct" ways of evoking this feeling you've given as an example, so long as it's true to the artist's subjective experience.

my point is this: just as you can choose to represent one idea visually in a myriad of ways depending on how you look, you can choose to represent an emotion through music in a myriad of ways as well. and that means this:

if representing an image requires learning how to look, then representing a sound requires learning how to listen.

the simplest and most immediate way you can start doing this is to critically listen to the music that evokes the feelings you are trying to capture.

say you have a favorite song that really captures the feeling of melancholy for you. listen to it very carefully. what choices does it make musically? consider this an incomplete list of questions you might explore while listening:

what are the tempo and rhythm like? how do they contribute to the song's feel?

is the arrangement sparse or layered, bombastic or subtle?

what kinds of instruments are being played, and when? which ones take the lead and which ones stay in the background?

how would you describe the music's texture and atmosphere? dark, bright? spacious, intimate? electric, acoustic, synthetic? what elements contribute to that?

how does this song relate back to music history and tradition? can you identify any of its musical and cultural influences? does it fit firmly into a genre, or does it blend different genre elements? does it attempt to defy convention altogether? (does it succeed?)

what is notably absent? how does excluding certain elements serve the song's intended feeling? (after all, landslide would be a very different song if it had drums and bass.)

you might notice these questions are generally not rooted in music theory. make no mistake: music theory analysis is useful, and if you wish to build your musical vocabulary, it's worth practicing it when you can. but that kind of practice only gives you colors for your palette. it will not teach you how to paint what you feel.

if you want to learn how to use those colors, first you must really think about the music that embodies the feeling you want your music to embody. what about This song makes you feel That emotion? think about the sounds around you in everyday life. what sounds make you smile? what sounds evoke boredom, fear, anger, sorrow?

idiophones sound tender to me, so i might reach for a kalimba or music box when scoring an emotionally intimate scene. a I major chord followed by a bVII dominant is dripping with wistfulness to me, so i like using it for bittersweet moments. jagged synths and metallic noises make me uneasy, so i employ them liberally when i want to elicit dread or panic.

these are just a few colors from my own palette. just like my idea of An Apple, they are informed by my experiences, my culture, and all the music i've ever heard. these are the associations that the body forms over a lifetime; you've lived a different life, so you may have different associations for these sounds. and that's okay! what matters is that you pay attention to what sounds make you feel, and stay true in your attempts to represent those feelings.

i should also mention that i didn't figure out how to use my palette overnight. i rarely get it right on the first try. music, like any creative endeavor, is equal parts work and play, and it's the lessons learned from play that serve the work later on. with exploration and practice, you will get better.

so listen carefully. figure out which sounds correspond to different emotional responses for you. this will become your palette. as you experiment, you will learn which sounds are your melancholy blues and which are your haphazard lines. it simply takes mindfulness, a careful ear, and time.

i realize this is only a first step, but i hope you find it helpful. if it isn't, let me know, and maybe i'll do better next time. i'm still learning too. :)

with care, bee 🐦

TOMORROW !! 5PM ET my best friend balls on my face (kapawtid) has collaborated with me to create THESE gorgeous little phone charms featuring the DAMN squad!!! they will also be 30% off because I'm having a shop wide sale starting TOMORROW anyways. thought I would share with my fellow soupers!!

✨SH0P IS 0PEN!!✨

After much time planning and a lot of effort and time put into it, My shop is finally here!!

🌟16 STICKERS DESIGNS!! 9 Transformers related: Doodle badges, Vaporwave Badges, Dratchet handholding and blobs, Skystar, mini minimus, Wreck and rule! 7 orininal: Dessert Moos, Cow crewmate and Cow whiskers!

🌟1 POSTCARD DESIGN: Vintage Pin-up Ratchet!

AND SOON TO ADD MUCH MORE!

Ships Worldwide

Hope some may find interest in my small shop, i hope to expand into selling pins, keychains, earrings, button pins and more in the future if the shop goes well! Most original stickers are all printed and cut by myself, and all are packaged and shipped off by me with much care! thank you for your attention and patience

I don’t know if you’ve answered this already but how do you draw your poses so fluidly?? A lot of my drawings seem stiff

First off your art most likely isn't as stiff as you think. Sadely you have taken interest in the art of making art therefore you've been cursed like all those before you with stiff-ism. I swear all artists think their art is too stiff. I think my art is stiff. Artists who do those paintings that are all abstract and just squiggly lines you ask them "How do you feel about this piece" They say "Hmm little stiff." Lol. But to answer your question it really just takes time. Fuildy in your art comes from confidence in your art. Confidence comes from doing something a lot so often you do it well. Some of that is pure muscle memory. Training your arm (or wrist though you should discourage leading with your wrist because the range of movement is lacking so you can crutch yourself) to make smooth sweeping lines is like working out any muscle it just takes practice. Some of that is honing your "Eye" which is mainly having the mindfulness to notice how weight flows, pools, and moves in the world, other's art, and in your own art. When I say in the world you study real life when you walk about you see how a dead fall dry leaf curls in on itself having only a tiny section of its being in contact with the sidewalk. While a wet freshly plucked leaf is face plastered almost stamped on the same sidewalk. When I say other's art you can see and understand the choices and placement of movement. And can reverse engineer the same choices with various results (because it's one thing to understand but to do is whole another thing mainly because you' don't have the same muscle memory) When I say your own art you are mindful enough to locate the problem points. We've all times when we look at a piece and are like it's stiff but can't qauifty why. Eventually, you'll notice patterns and weak points in your work that you can choose to work on if you want. Lastly you think it out. Just think about the cause and effects of forces on your piece. The jacket on your subject is stuff with all manner of things that one would keep in a bag so it's weighed down so you'd make a long narrowing U where the pockets are. Thinking it out also will help dictate your line weight which is a lot of how fuild lines feel Tho it will become second nature as you mature as an artist. All of these get better with time and experience now you can do line drills to help with your muscle memory, you can do life studies to help your world eye, you can take tutorials to hone your other's art eye and you can have other's criquite your work to help expose problem points. Or you could just draw it will come in time slower but you will improve. I hope that was some what useful and I wish you the best with your fluidity in your future pieces :)

having a b grade puppy drop tomorrow feb. 27th at about 7pm EST! there will be a few b grade drops, just so I don't get swamped with orders, so if you miss out on this one dw there will be more chances!

MORE OF THIS TRIO PLEASE AND THANK YOU 🙏😅♒️

RESTOCK! EAT EM UP PLEASE

if i am being completely honest these will probably not get to you in time for XMAS but hey, you know what, it's punk time and you get that. anyway there's a whole bunch o' shirts for you to snag including some red ones, stuff printed with coppery ink, and a restock of the DECADENCE NOW rat shirts, which i have not printed in a minute. etc!!!!!!!

THANKS FOR LOOKIN' XOXO

Shop Talk - featuring Chikn Nuggit!

Wanna know how a Chikn Nuggit is made? We'll be chatting about it with creator/animator Kyra Kupetsky and writer/animator Allie Mehner tomorrow! Join us and bring your questions too!

Friday November 17th

3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET

Live on the Lackadaisy YouTube Channel

Finally made the XXL Sylenos today and let me tell you. That thing puts the dick in ridiculous. It weighs over 8 pounds.

hi! i did a sneaky little shop update a while ago and never posted about it! check out cool merch here! new opossum, wolf, and goat critterbone keychains are in! and they’re so cute!! i have the opossum on my keys now and i love my little guy i’ve also restocked some large prints that have been out for a while. put some weird beasts on your walls! Ko-fi’s shop interface is. Not very good. So here’s a gallery of designs - click one for a link to its shop page. thank you !!