Part of the reason I've hurt my wrists was from typing. I've made a few lifestyle changes that have helped, but I wish I knew how people can type so much/for so long without hurting themselves. I've fallen off using social media much because my life has improved a lot, and though I only really am able to make a consistent wage off commissions, I haven't been motivated to work on things like that. I still feel I have to finish working on Meanderer before I make decisions. I'd love to go back to drawing fanart of things I love like I would when I was posting more consistently. I have played so many games, read and watched many new things. I wish I had some way to speak about them all. There are so many good things out there, and we wait until we have a good excuse to play them, but I figured out that there is no point in waiting for that excuse. There is no reason not to experience something new and insightful. My only regret is not being able to log my experiences in a way that satisfies me. Thus I think of drawing them all. Maybe one day I'll have the time to dedicate myself to draw all these characters I met and love with the same quality as I did OFF, LISA or Yume Nikki. I fear how much time the internet as we know it has on the clock, and if I'll be able to have time to finish my game and also enjoy posting like I used to, at least for a while longer. I suppose it doesn't really matter, as just living life feels pretty wonderful right now. Anyway, if anyone has any typing wrist-pain related tips, I'd like to hear them... Or at lest a place to buy a split keyboard that doesn't cost 300 dollars.

Posting some random scraps again. Messed up my wrists so I haven't been drawing as much (They are improving quickly though, so don't worry.) Sometimes you forget how fun drawing can be. Not drawing can be fun too sometimes I suppose :^)

Wait... you can't seriously be telling me this awe-some world will soon too come to pass...

Recent drawpile/paint stuff I did on my free time. You can really tell apart the ones I did after playing a shitload of Final Fantasy 4 and 5

You simply do not understand how much I like video-games

could you possibly draw a horse doing a wheelie? It's for research purposes (feel free to decline)

A mural type drawing I did in Magma with my friend Olaf. Consider following him

I LOVE SHAPES I LOVE FORMS

Trying out some different things. Pretty fun

Watched Scavenger's Reign and it made me want to draw weird little guys so I did

Drawpile clowns and a robot.

chilling

Many Monk Girls and her floating eyeball friend friend, Cata.

What are your inspirations for drawing? Like other artists or things

I'll start with my biggest inspiration, which got me into art as a whole: Adam Adamowicz. I got introduced to him through Skyrim concept art, but I honestly think his Shivering Isles concepts are some of the best concept art out there. You can see how much he just takes an idea and completely sores with it. A torrential stream of beautiful sketchy goodness.

I love Oblivion's flat ass dough faces and early Xbox 360 charm, but this shit is simply crazy. Look at this, it makes you wish to dedicate your life to bringing this to life, as all good concept art should. It inspires more of itself.

I could post all the images there are out there, because I sincerely think this is the type of work that has stuck with me the most. It's something to strive for. You can see it for yourself instead. That was what got me started. After that, and through my journey on Tumblr and Twitter, I think what stuck to me the most was the art done by small artists, my "compatriots". The things you don't see. There is so much love in little things, and maybe in another universe there are entire cultures dedicated to them. I wish we had time to explore each and every one of the smallest pieces of media, especially narrative media, weird media.

I'll concede that it's a bit of an abstract thing to be inspired by, but once you realise how much work goes into the smallest of things, I believe you'll find inspiration anywhere you go. I think the reason why my Batter drawings are the way they are is my inspiration from just the design of letters and fonts in general. I think making something that blurs the line of symbol and representation over and over is fun.

One artist that has stuck with me is the late great Gunner Leatherwood. He passed away earlier this year. I watched this guy grow from a hundred followers to thousands. I saw his art improve. I think that inspiration transcends just the visual aspect of the art. It's a story, a lived experience, as all art is, but I felt I understood it much more. I think going after and following these small artists pay off because of this. Everyone can make something truly great, and some people have and no one noticed. Many amazing animated movies have been made, but never got to the people who would understand them, who'd have dedicated themselves to easing other people into it. We like to think we understand media in a completely intuitive, isolated fashion, but it's not true at all. Our shared experience contributes to classics being recognised and loved. Sometimes you need the right person at the right time to understand. Gunner was a great artist because of how intuitive and visceral his drawings were. It was like he was drawing from his entire life experience to express himself in a page. At first he had little control of it, but with time it was molded and polished so that the madness was discernable, but not gone from the drawing. His mindset for drawing was fun, and he too was always going after small artists of all kinds.

But going back to Batter drawings and abstraction, an artist that has also inspired me over the years in that aspect of bluring symbol and representation into one solid thing, and similarly started somewhat small like Gunner, is Matt Lesniewski. His hatching is out of this world, and his character design is evocative and never boring. The characters are huge balls of symbols made into physical objects. Recently he straight-up draws the belts of characters floating. It's wonderful.

Another artist that does this bluring very well, and is very inspiring, is nailgun waowao. They really, well, nail the appeal of making images that have all the defining elements of a certain scene or character, but open closer look they are fragmented and completely abstracted. It's like a bigger image overlayed with many smaller stories and symbols.

But to go back to talking about active inspirations that came before, and got to me to where I am at the moment, it's a bit harder. I can't really make it sound smart besides going "uuh I don't know like abstract stuff, cubism idk lol." Just try to appreciate the great things your friends make, and try and work together to make something even greater.

Some of the most improvement I had in art was from learning with friends. Art ultimately is a form of communication, understanding other people and yourself will make you better at it. Technical skill is fun and speaks for itself, but your experiences will reach much deeper. In a world where we can't even begin to compreehend the powers that be, loving and understanding what is close is probably gonna make your life and art much better.

zomg this moment. so fleeting, yet soz everlasting o_O

Hello hii!! I hope it isn’t bad to ask, but could I ask what brushes you use? ESP the one that you use to sketch/hatch with. It looks great!

maybe some of the other ones? I hope it isn’t a big deal to ask.

Not at all. I usee the Meeko Leako brush from Frenden's brush pack: https://store.frenden.com/l/clipstudio There are many good brushes in this pack but it does require some searching to find what's right for you. The price may be a bit steep but from time to time he puts on a discount. And even with the price, I'd say it's worth it... it's nice to have a large selection to "fuck around" with.

Let's kill him girls