I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE I AM NOW LEGALLY MARRIED and referred to my SO as "bro" on accident in court, at which point the judge proceeded with "you may now kiss or fist bump or whatever"
I found out my co-workers have never put hot chocolate mix in their coffee so here's me sharing that and also some of my other fave drinks to make at home☕️🍵
If you guys have yummy recipes I'd love to try them 👀✨
Drawing light instead of drawing shadows
Like it sounds obvious when you say it out loud but shadow is just lack of light, so a lot of times it's easier for my brain to "draw light" by erasing shadows in my multiply layer instead of like "shading"
Artists, what tip really blew your mind and unlocked a new dimension of improvement for you? It can be technical or more personal development oriented!
seems like there's been a lot of zine rejection discourse??? Being rejected is never a personal thing. The only thing you can do is to keep going! Portfolios DO make a big difference tho, here are some slides out of the AA 101 stream I did before based on some personal experience
So I saw some discussion on why Quote RT is not recommended to use on posts by INTL artists
The simple explanation is that QRT's tend have a bad connotation (at least in jp twitter). In fact, some artists even say "Dont QRT" (引用禁止) in their profile.
Here's a thread on WHY:
Hi when artists charge a lot for intl shipping, we're not trying to rob you it is LITERALLY THAT EXPENSIVE
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@shinjaninja
LMAO I THINK WE WERE BOTH A LITTLE NERVOUS and he tried to put my ring on except it was upside down so i was like "bro that's upside down" IT JUST SLIPPED OUT OF MY MOUTH
“Little did we know that this letter would draw us into the strangest of situations...”
A very indulgent project...! Professor Layton time machine desk clocks will be open for orders tomorrow at noon pst ⏳
Cassette tape keychains ✨📻
The QR code takes you to the mvs so now you can push your oshis to your friends like "oh you've never heard of nijisanji? Here scan this for a good time"
Maybe this has been beaten dead already, but the whole point of inktober is to practice and the creator himself said it was to help build a habit of "finished, not perfect".
It doesn't matter the medium as long as you're pushing yourself to be consistently finish your ideas.
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Thanks so much again to everyone who supported the
@khrikuzine
! Here's my full piece, I hope you enjoyed it!
might delete later... but it just feels like some folks don't understand that artists are just people who spent a lot of time drawing??
Like oh you spent your summer hanging out at the lake? that's great too, I just spent it drawing anime girls in weird poses on wide ruled paper
@LoreleiA8T
@Peacharu_
It's from this Cafe in japan, but it's butterfly pea herbal tea! The color of the tea natural changes to pink with acidity, so in this case they've poured a bit of lemonade into it✨
🌸COMING REAL SOON🌸
KH kindergarden acrylic stands!
4x6 in, customizable combo style where you get the base (backdrop + Lea&Isa) and as many kiddies as you want! The base will have 3 slots for kids but any extra kids will come with free clear bases ✨
They're raising the prices for Adobe's CC subscription so here might be some things to look at!
🧡I think there's a photography set with LR+PS for 10$/mo
💙Clip Studio and SAI, both are powerful for cheap!
I also want to talk about the tool I use:
💜KRITA! Free & open source!
🔶Just RT! If you want to comment, you can make a separate tweet saying "LRT" etc. TWEETING SEPARATELY AFTER RT'ING IS THE NORMAL ETIQUETTE ON JP TWITTER.
🔶If you HAVE to QRT an INTL artist (why tho?) make sure that the comment is simple and easily translated, i.e. "Beautiful!"
for every artist you respect who is 'anti-NFT' or 'anti-AI' there are a thousand people who can't be an artist because they weren't born in the right body, right place, or right family to pursue art and never given the tools, time, or support to believe in their own dreams
IMO
First, remember a QRT is essentially "sharing a tweet in the context of your narrative that you have added."
A person who saw your QRT doesn't have the option of seeing the artwork/tweet OUTSIDE of the context you have created.
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vol. 3 extra copies now up for sale 💍💍
This was a project like 2 years in the making, thank you for all the work by the organizers and contributors to make it happen! Thanks so much for having me again, it was a blast🥰🥰
There apparently are ppl who dont realize that the OP gets notifications of QRTs, so there are many cases where if its a "good" comment, ppl would reply directly to the tweet, but if it's a "bad" tweet they'd use a QRT
Bc of this, a connotation that "most QRTs are bad" has stuck
After hours of resining and sanding…I can share new things I’m debuting at ANYC this weekend 🌼🌼
It’s a little harder to tell on camera but it’s 4 layers of artwork resin’ed together to make a chunky 0.5 ich thick keychain!
3) A QRT puts art in a frame that the artist can't get rid of
I think this one is very universal! creators want to be able to control the context in which our work is presented. Unfortunately, there are cases where the QRT comment completely overrides/changes the original tweet.
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Here's my preview for Chapter 5 of
@sorikuzine
Vol. III!
This is a really heartfelt and wholesome project that weaves artwork and story together, please look forward to it!!
💐Pre-orders go live this Friday, July 3rd 💐
1) QRTs have historically been used very often to present someone's tweet in a negative light, whether it's on purpose or not.
Examples:
"This is cute!! but why does her hair look weird"
if the art is shipping AxB, "I like BxC better"
2) QRTs are the "last word"
For jp twitter etiquette, (and most cases for EN also i think), a QRT comment is meant for your own followers. The comment isn't for the actual OP, so the OP shouldn't respond. (this mindset is also why there are a lot of "bad comments" in QRTs).
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Please let me know below if you would be interested in the designs, it would help me narrow down how many to order!
H HI this got uh waY BIGGER than I intended, first of all please note I covered everyone's names up for a reason, I'm not trying to cancel anyone, like if you've done this before ITS OK JUST DONT DO IT AGAIN the point is just to be polite bc people on the internet are real people
I am planning to re-open shop this weekend on Sunday 12pm pst! I have some Layton clock restocks and a couple new items >:3c
I will have an Etsy shop open for international customers, including UK/EU this time🌸
So what happens if an artist, who doesn't speak English, has their art qrt'ed with an added English comment? Bc of the bad connotation, the first thought is that it's a "bad comment".
Ex:
Artist has an OC illustration. QRT: "This looks like ____!!". Everyone who sees the QRT has a completely unrelated context now.
Someone one posts a heartfelt poem for a significant other. QRT: "letter from Char1 to Char2❤️". Congrats, you've degutted a loveletter.
CONCLUSION:
Bc of the bad connotations of QRTs (
#1
is really the big one), please refrain from QRTing creative work, esp from INTL artists! Pls note that there are other personal reasons people might not want art to be QRT'ed as well!
Here are other things you can do instead:
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Pre-orders come with physical swatches if all the inks in the zine + a transparent ink bottle sticker !
Bc of that, it puts the OP in an uncomfortable position where they might want to respond but it's considered bad etiquette to actually do so
Ex:
"A really nice qrt came but i can't thank them so i deel awkward"
"This person interpreted my art wrong but i can't explain myself"