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tagged!

1 min read
my friend Mcbirb tagged me in this music thing so!

Rules: "You must spell out your username and name a song beginning w/ the letter, then tag as many people as there are letters"


s - sit next to me
q - quesadilla
u - uma thurman
i - it
s - something wild
h - high on humans
y - you're gonna go far, kid
p - put your money on me
o - one of us
n - no one's gonna love you

and uhhh i don't have that many people to tag so i'll just tag Official-KJ DonutSeed and Astr0nautical :V
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tag time

2 min read
i was tagged by Astr0nautical to yell abt alistar so i'm gonna :V

1. Post these rules
2. Post eight facts about your character
3. Tag eight other characters
4. Post their names and their creator's avatar

Head8b by squishypon
Alistar Valentine
1. one of fhea's only childhood friends
2. chronically ill with many different symptoms, mostly stemming from their albinism
3. consequently they take all kinds of pills and have to use an electrolarynx to speak
4. always carries a custom-made umbrella which has a hidden sword built into it
5. has a lot of expensive possessions, including designer clothes and multiple sports cars
6. agender
7. most definitely is a professional hitman
8. gives the best gifts

thanks for tagging me astro! this was real fun :^) tagging
Mcbirb and Daniel the Dreamer
DelightfullyQuirky and Cyprian
Official-KJ and Cynthia
DonutSeed and Ray
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uh oh tag time

2 min read
tagged by :iconofficial-kj:

RULES:
Write the rules in your journal entry if you are tagged
Write 13 things about yourself
~Answer 13 questions made by the person who tagged you, and make your own 13 questions.~
Tag 13 deviants. Make sure they know they are tagged
Don't say "You're tagged if you read this"
It is forbidden not to tag anyone.
No tagging back

""""""fun"""""" facts:
  1. i am the most boring person
  2. it'll probably take me half an hour to think of the next nine facts
  3. i love the color pink
  4. uhhh
  5. i educated my dad what pikachu is yesterday
  6. my aesthetic is all over the place
  7. my favorite part abt myself is probably my hair? altho atm it's a mess
  8. i love stormy weather
  9. uhhhhhhhhh
  10. every song is improved with horns
  11. my favorite planet is jupiter
  12. i do not know anything about anything except pokemon
  13. i wasn't keeping time but i'm pretty sure through off-and-on working these took me well over half an hour to write
the questions:
  1. how u doin?: i'm good
  2. what’s your least favorite show?: i have no idea, let's just go with the bing bong theory even though ive never seen it
  3. favorite pokemon?: that good good coffin boy
  4. least favorite song in most favorite album?: i don't really have a favorite album but but the sake of this i'll say start a war on boxer by the national :V
  5. favorite artist?: I Have No Clue My Guy There Are So Many Good Artists
  6. favorite time of day to eat?: anytime
  7. favorite word?: splunch
  8. favorite cereal?: Great Grains Banana Nut Crunch™
  9. favorite thing to hate?: idk, anything super pretentious is a good starting point
  10. Do you want to recommend anything? A show? A movie? A song? A place?: please listen to the adventure zone or any mcelroy content
i'm supposed to write questions and tag people now but i've been at this forever and want to stop so i'm gonna a weiner and just post this as is :V thanks 4 tagging me friend
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hey apparently this a thing going around and its p neat so i'm gonna do it :V

Rules
• For the first 10 people to comment on this journal, I will put their avatar and three of my favourite artworks from them.
• If you comment, you have to make a journal like this with me in the first spot.
• The idea is not to get a free feature, but to spread art around and make it visible to everyone!
• If you don't make a journal, you'll be removed from the list.

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:iconastr0nautical:
In a Pinch by Astr0nautical  Haunt Haunt Haunt by Astr0nautical  Salazzle by Astr0nautical

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:iconwireguise:
<da:thumb id="533978364"/> <da:thumb id="591735245"/> <da:thumb id="614609416"/>

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:icondelightfullyquirky:
Two Eyes in Total by DelightfullyQuirky  Green-haired Basket case by DelightfullyQuirky  Consumerism Personified by DelightfullyQuirky

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:iconmcbirb:
<da:thumb id="649825503"/> <da:thumb id="660004875"/> <da:thumb id="672115534"/>

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:iconbr0ken-sky:
<da:thumb id="673552371"/>  Unfocused by Br0ken-Sky  Wake Up by Br0ken-Sky
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hey there! i'm going to try and show you how i go about making art because i've been asked how i do a few times in the past and also to have it on hand to refer back to if i ever get asked in the future

Tut0 by squishypon
so to start i take a picture of the drawing with my phone, and this acts as the lineart. occasionally i will do cleanup and some other manipulating, but for the most part all i do to the lineart is crop and adjust contrast and such


Tut1 by squishypon
Tut2 by squishypon
next i open it in an image editor and set the lineart blend mode to multiply with a blank white background underneath

Tut3 by squishypon
Tut4 by squishypon
and from there it's pretty simple, i just start coloring and shading on various layers until i end up with something that looks like this:
Tut0x by squishypon
and for most drawings, aside from some color touch-up and whatnot, i'd be done there, but for the sake of this i'll go one step further and do some silly lighting stuff too

Tut5 by squishypon
first i'll change the background color, then merge all the color and shade layers together and lower their opacity so it tints the colors slightly

Tut6 by squishypon
for more dynamic shadows, i then copy the color layer, recolor it all to one color, and set it to multiply. then, with a soft brush, erase all the sections that should be lit

Tut7 by squishypon
Tut8 by squishypon
next, i make another copy of the color layer, recolor it to black, and merge it with a pure white layer. then i set that layer to screen, and presto, pure white background around the character! i tend to make several of layers like this of varying opacity and blend modes, just to get the exact effect i want

Tut9 by squishypon
finally, i start airbrushing light around the edges. for this step i tend to use a bunch of different colors and typically only set the blend mode to screen and sometimes overlay. after some minor touch-ups and effects, we're left with this:
Tut0zz by squishypon

and there you go, that's how i make art! nothing too fancy, and my process is pretty inefficient and limited, but i feel i've optimized it pretty well. hope you enjoyed the read, and if you have any questions or anything i'd be happy to answer them! :^)
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