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my artistic "brand"
Of course, if you know me from this site (or from ArtFight), a lot of my brand is feminine (not necessarily female-only), cutesy character designs. This is a saturated niche, and for good reason: after all, who doesn't like cute little things? I use Procreate (best 12.99 I've ever spent), and most of my art pieces are very minimal on brush usage (usually 3-5 max) unless it's for backgrounds or something more experimental. I enjoy hand-patterning fabrics to a certain extent, and also enjoy drawing and/or creating moderately detailed outfits.My typical character designs can be defined as "moderately complex"; they do have several moving parts but also a good amount of solid color blocks, primarily so that I can personally replicate them multiple times, too. I think my favorite part of character design is probably hair. However, I do enjoy dressing up my own characters (and other peoples', if given the permission) like dolls. It matches my personal interest in fashion, too, and my interest in dressing myself up when I'm not slaving away at my 9-5. While I primarily enjoy doing vaguely fantastical outfits with lots of accessories, I also enjoy doing subcul outfits, e.g. lolita, street fashion, cyberpunk, other forms of j-fashion, etc. The only things I'm not a big fan of is heavy armor. For this, I learned how to draw ruffles for a goddess dress outfit design for someone back in December of 2025, and that has honestly been the biggest level-up I've gotten in terms of outfit design. I've been putting ruffles on many things ever since :) inspirations
I credit my current artstyle to be developed primarily from these two artists: etherane (primarily her works around 2016-2018), and Eku Uekura. etherane shaped a lot of my compositional techniques and framing, as well as not being afraid to use sketches in final products; Eku Uekura guided my interest in detailing outfits and clothing design, as well as "splash art" compositions which I used to do a lot more often.However, that's not to say those are the only places where my current artistic style is developed from. The eyes and coloring of my style probably went through the most changes: originating in its earliest style from Nikki Russell's Dork Diaries doodles in my elementary school days, to experimenting with a more anime-esque art style a la Love Live, to finally refining coloring techniques based on Youtube tutorials and observing the art style of End Roll artist cerulean, eyes are the number one tell of when a piece of art was created through my lifetime. I've also done short, daily life comics (something like 4komas) throughout high school using a cheap stylus and the school laptop, which served as a fun visual diary. Maybe I'll publish some of them on this site one day. looking to the future
I do intend to continue growing as a visual artist, even if I've always been a hobbyist. I have been experimenting with doing more detailing with outfits, drawing features I typically would not gravitate towards, or experimenting futher with staging and scenery. I hope that in a comfortable artistic environment that I am in now, I'm able to play and become a better artist as life goes on.
other visual art
Outside of character art, I enjoy doing collage/journal pages as my analog form of art. I keep a LEUCHTTURM1917 notebook gifted to me by a friend and primarily write content with SARASA vintage gray. As a former fandom image editor, I've gained a lot of experience and eye with layering different images and overall composiitonal integrity of different moving parts. This all provides a tangible way for me to play with visual art using my hands, rather than futher playing into my "screenager" tendencies being a digital artist sometimes shifts into.
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![]() part 1: art as an identity
i discuss how i became an "artist," my progression, and how it's shaped me.dedications
LT, G, O.
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