Ask box replies under the cut, so I don’t flood your dashes! Some of these are a bit old, because tbh I forget about messages a lot;; I’M SORRY I LOVE YOU ALL, you are all fabulous people.
iheartapostates asked: Hello! I absolutely love your art, your style, and your humor! I was wondering if you might indulge a question of mine: how do you get your lines so perfect and smooth? I try to have a steady hand in Photoshop, but I can never get them nearly as nice as yours. I would appreciate any advice (only if you have the time!). Thank you so much for sharing your art. :)
jfdhskjf thank you! I actually do most of my inking by hand! I only do digital inking when I am feeling lazy, because 99% of the digitally inked stuff here were cell phone pictures that I went over in SAI, ‘cause I didn’t feel like digging my scanner out.
Basically you can tell how lazy I am by how many digitally inked things there are at any given time.
In all honesty, I am really terrible at inking digitally. I think it’s because of the lack of traction on tablets, or the fact that I’m focusing on a screen rather than on what my hands are doing? I don’t know. The only reason why my digital lines are smooth at all is because SAI (which I use for inking!) has a handy Stabilizer tool, which can keep all the jitters out if you set it right. I think Photoshop has a similar feature? I don’t really know my way around PS;;
When it comes to traditional inking, I know it’s kind of an cliche thing to say, but all I can think of to recommend is practice! I’ve always been really hyper-focused on line cleanliness, even when my art was entirely Really Terrible Shoujo (because that was a thing that happened). So it’s a thing I spent a lot of time going at. Even now I’ll look at my lines and go THAT IS NOT AS CLEAN AS I WANT IT AUGH and then sulk for the rest of the day, like the class act I am.
Anonymous asked: how long have you had this url.
This is the url I started this art blog on! I am not really big on url changes. It gets confusing.
missl0nelyhearts asked: MERCY, your art is LOVELY. happy return to tumblr, darling (and happy TeenWolfing, too) <3
Thank you! *u*
I HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY LIFE TO WEREWOLVES is it season three yet
godzilla-loves-tokyo asked: I have a quick question, if that’s okay? On your picture with Niamh how did you get the bloodied snow effect? It almost looks air brushed because its so soft, and I’m completely puzzled! However if its one of those handy dandy trade secrets I understand :) Please continue to draw such awesome things, and have a good day!
tbh it’s nothing cool or fancy! I just messed around with the pen + marker + water tools until I got something resembling what I wanted. 8D;;
anniestoll asked: What materials do you like to use? ie) pens/pencils a digital program
For traditional art, I use these guys!
For digital art, I primarily use SAI. We have a very good relationship going there. Photoshop and I are a bit rocky, and I mostly just use it to clean things up after scanning, for textures, and for a lot of comic business, like panels and pretty much everything relating to dialogue.
monkeyscandance asked:I stumbled upon your blog due to the Teen Wolf fanart, but soon realized that you are also the artist of a fantastic web comic. I love your art style, it has a very graphic, yet not overwhelming feel to it. Thank you for sharing your art with us and I hope you’ll never run out of inspiration!
sajhdkjsa thank you! I really, really appreciate it. Q__Q I hope I can keep drawing, I have been in a huge dry spell for months and months, and it’s been nice to get back to it.
Augh, I really need to get back to comic things. I’ve had a page half-done for AGES.
snowdarkred asked: do you sell prints? i would love to buy a set of the teen wolf characters and their flowers
I have a Society6 shop, but I am having some Paypal issues at the moment! I’ll throw up a link to it again when I get that business sorted, though I’m not really sure about their policy on fanart?? Would Redbubble be better? I don’t know!
Well, in any case, it’ll all have to wait until my Paypal is sorted again. Thanks for your interest! :D
thechrysalids asked: AGH your art is just so beautiful. the way you use colour is so stunning!
Thank youuu! I always get a bit giddy when folks say good things about colouring because it’s something that I have trouble with sometimes. BLACK AND WHITE IS SO MUCH EASIER augh.
