Day 11. Prompt Wasn't Working For Me, Drew This Instead.

https://youtu.be/PAlx7NZbeX4 link to the stream

Gonna try this streaming thing again at 4:30 mdt! (Thats about an hour from now) link in reblog.

I’ve only been posting art for a little while, here and on my Instagram, and honestly, it’s been really nerve wracking for me. I kept wondering why I even decided to do this, but something happened that made it all worth it for me.

I was out and about with my family and ran into one of my old church leaders from when I was a kid and she shared a story with me about how my art had helped a girl. This leader has worked with foster kids for years, and is working on getting her masters in something related to helping teens and kids. As part of that she is working as a therapist for some kids, and in one session she was sitting with this girl. This girl was completely stonewalling her, wouldn’t say anything, wouldn’t even look her in the eye. My leader knew that she liked anime, and remembered all the anime art that I post, so she shared my art with this girl, and that helped her to open up. after that she wouldn’t stop talking.

I personally know how helpful therapy can be, and the thought that my art helped that girl to open up and be able to get the help she needed, well it makes it all worth it for me. I started making art because it makes me happy, not because of a class or for someone else, but because I love it and it makes me happy. I think I lost sight of that. so, I’ll keep making art, because I love it, and I’ll keep posting art, because maybe, just maybe, there is someone out there who I can help with my art.

Getting a head start on cosplay for this year. I made a candle for my skykid.

Made this as a birthday gift for my friend!

I TOTALLY THOUGHT I POSTED THIS LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO! This is a commission for the amazing @mistyaria she was amazing to work with. thanks again misty for putting up with my nonsense schedule during finals.

Some vases I modeled in houdini for a class.

I found the time to color this. I am so stinking proud of the colors.

I normally don’t post wips, but I am really excited about this idea. The drawing won't be finished for a while, because I am an idiot who decided to try for some interesting lighting and effects. Basically, this drawing started as a doodle of what the spirit of the Four Sword might look like, and then evolved into what if four became the spirit of the Four Sword.

Can I work on finals today? No, but apparently I can whip out a semi-realistic hibiscus in about 4.5 hours.

Made with craft paint on some plywood scrap that was already blue.

The Hollow Knight model

I made a model of the hollow knight for a class project. I love how the infection texture turned out.