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🦀 What are your least and favorite process when working on your art? How do you balance them at all?

That's a tough one! But I think my favorite is probably lining, because I love going ham with texture. Shading is also chill, almost therapeutic, even.

Least favorite, though? Hmmm. I'd say anything that involves messing with the perspective. Sometimes if I need to redraw the same part a lot because I'm not sure how angles and foreshortening work it can be pretty annoying. But the solution is always to pull through and use references when you can!

Didn't realize I had anon asks on. Okay which one is that one...

What's your favorite medium? Give us some art supply recommendations! / If you're a solely digital artist, what is your setup like?

When it comes to traditional there's only one thing I still do: copics. Or rather, alcohol-based markers in general, because I can't afford copics most of the time, haha. Of course, the markers themselves don't magically make good art - you have to really play around with blending and stuff, but once you do it unlocks so many possibilities. And invest on some watercolor paper too or else your colors will bleed through and the paper will get wrinkly.

I also had a lot of fun using oil paints in college, but it's such an inconvenient medium - it smells horrible and takes a while to dry and you just need to have your own space for it. And honestly? Ballpoint pens are also super underrated as a medium. You can do a lot with line variation and hatching.

When it comes to digital art, which is most of what I do, I just have a 13" cintiq and use Clip Studio Paint - or Aseprite for pixel art. I don't think the specific kind of tablet you use matters much, but I've had this cintiq for 8 years now and it serves me well. I'd love to upgrade to a bigger screen if only because it's a bit hard to see small details on this one...

It looks like me drawing a bunch of basic stuff, or stuff that's just "for work", and being really unhappy with it.

I usually find that taking a break from art for a while, or taking the time just to study another person's work, does wonders. I can think of a few examples of me doing these that have actually made me level up as an artist afterwards.

I am not super good at keeping track but there's definitely artists that I'm always happy to see in my timeline.

Rariatoo is really cool - I am always impressed at how simple their art style looks but how everything they draw has a real sense of weight. In general, my favorite art is stuff that looks like you can reach out and touch it.

Likewise, Iganashi - I love their line weight and colors, and they've singlehandedly made me thirsty for Eiki Shiki, haha.

Kafun always adds so much to their art, and it's so bright and colorful and sexy. I think you may notice a trend with every artist I recommend here which, I mean, you've all seen my art, haha

But in terms of artists that aren't like, just internet people - Kinu Nishimura is easily my favorite ex-Capcom artist. I absolutely adore all her pics of characters just hanging out. If there was one artist I'd like to do guest art for my game, it's her.