What If Karkat Went Godtier

what if karkat went godtier

kennedy in the background: please don’t actually threaten people!

self portrait from my art request opening because apparently the last time I drew myself was in 2018? wow

(he/him)

Today (March 31) is Transgender Day of Visibility! These are some big issues present in the world today, and it's so to show openness & support towards trans & nonbinary people, especially during such trying times !! anyways @ my trans & nonbinary siblings: you are valid and so so soimportant and I love you. The 31st is rapidly waning but my message remains all days of the year. <3 I wanted to post this earlier in the day when it was like. still march 31 in most places, but then it took like ?? 5 times as long as I thought it would?? its still the 31st here (barely) so it's fine though I swear anyway ,, trans link & zelda headcanons are extremely important to me for reasons I can't fully articulate, and since I've been playing just an absurd amount of botw this coronacation I thought who better to draw for tdov ?? I hope you all have a wonderful day/night, and please do your best to stay safe in the coming weeks!!

2019 summary of art ! my thoughts on the year under the cut

What a year! This year was interesting, improvement-wise. I don't think I improved in any significant way in obvious areas like anatomy, lighting, or color, but I did still definitely improve. This year I put much more of a focus on more complex illustrative work with backgrounds and multiple elements, which made for much more interesting pieces overall. Even for pieces without need of a background, such as character references, I still have made the habit of using at least a solid color background to give the piece more context, at least color-wise, than pieces with transparent backgrounds. I've gotten fond enough of this technique that I don't think I can imagine going back to transparent backgrounds again, unless for a specific compositional reason, aha. Last year I said I would start publishing a comic sometime in 2019. That, obviously enough, didn't happen. My main issue is that I switched projects four - yes, four - times last year as I attempted to find a good project for a first comic. I decided against publishing Monkeywrench first as it's a huge project that I care very deeply about - I wouldn't want to make all my beginner mistakes on it. However, while I didn't start publishing anything last year, I was working on various projects all year round. This helped to fulfill my other goal to work on developing my various projects, and I've even come up with a few more. I currently have most of a script for the project I'm currently prioritizing, which hopefully means I'll be able to start to publish it in 2020, especially since it's relatively short. If I don't, anyway, I'll cuss myself out a year from now. Last year I noted that I was beginning to experiment with painting. I've continued that this year, although often my painted style and cell shaded style merge somewhat. I've gotten more comfortable with my cell-shaded style again, especially in illustrations, after having a bit of a "falling out" with it at the end of last year. You'll notice that the drawing for February isn't something I posted - it was from a class project to illustrate a poem. The style of the project was very different from everything else that I post, so I decided not to upload it, although I could still be convinced otherwise. Apparently I didn't draw much else in February, and this particular panel was the most interesting thing I had from the month in my opinion. I liked the project and I like writing poetry, so maybe I'll try this type of project again sometime. Another interesting thing to note is that for whatever reason I used backlighting a lot this year, to varying extents. I rarely, if ever, used it before this year. I wonder if the trend will continue into 2020, lol. Many of my goals for next year are pretty similar to my goals from last year, in that I want to continue to develop my projects and start publishing a comic. I also want to continue to experiment with my style and compositions in illustration to create more interesting and meaningful artwork. I've been experimenting with my traditional artwork a lot lately, but not so much with my digital art, which is something I'd like to remedy. I also think my anatomy needs some work, especially since I haven't improved much in the area for 1.5-2 years. Here's to a great 2020! Happy New Year, everyone!

just a psa if you ever want a phone/desktop background crop of something I’ve drawn (assuming it’s not a commission/personal work), lmk what dimensions you need and I’ll see if I can crop it for you