Hiya! I got enough interest for animation commissions, so I went ahead and added the option to my vgen :)

For your reference if you missed my last journal, I'm offering sketch animations like this:

But it'd be a little more complete than that! I don't have the time available to finish the hair on this, as I gotta do commissions haha but obviously if the animation is paid work, I can put more time into it :)

And while I'm here, I thought I'd do one of those journal memes I see floating about! This is a "this or that" one.

RULES:

Pick one option per question if possible - even the smallest preference counts. If not possible, explain your answer!

Digital art OR traditional art?

Digital art! I like to capture the feeling of traditional art in my linework, though. I used to sketch with brush pens when I was younger, so it's fun for me to recreate the way ink looks on the page.

Original concepts/characters OR fanart/canon characters?

I used to do all sorts of fanart and make aus and fancomics and everything, but after a point I was like... I'm doing all this because I'm disatisfied with the source material and trying to create something that suits my tastes, but what I'm creating ultimately isn't my own, because it's still fanart at the end of the day. Rather than trying to reshape something someone else made into something that suits me, I could be making stuff that's wholly my own... So nowadays I consider myself to be retired from fandom, and focus almost exclusively on original works. I still love to look at other people's fanworks, though!

Original fiction OR fanfiction?

I only read prose fanfiction that comes to me recommended via friends, but webcomics I read a healthy mix of original and fancomics :) I've a lot of friends in the pokémon fancomic community, so with the fancomics I read, most of them end up being pokémon ones, but I also read some zelda ones too. Overall though I would say I generally prioritise original fiction, I think it's important to support independent creators!

Sketch OR lineart?

This is a false dichotomy to me, both of these things are linework! I don't think there's much to be gained in distinguishing a "sketch" from a "lineart"... You can redraw something to be cleaner and tighter as many times as you like, it's all still lines if you're drawing lines though. I think it's generally healthier to not distinguish them, a lot of people consider "lineart" to be a chore because they think these are different things and that you "have" to draw a lineart... But you don't, your linework should be whatever you want it to be. You can draw without lines, too.

Coloring OR shading?

Another odd dichotomy... if this was flat vs shaded I'd understand, but shading and colour are interlinked! I love all aspects of colour, and that includes how it creates and reacts to light...

Handwritten signature OR text signature?

Handwritten signatures are very stylish! Unfortunately I think they're also not especially legible. I think it's important to include a text signature even if you use a handwritten signature, so that people can follow your work back to its source. I'm too lazy to sign my pieces, so I put a link to my website on there.

Shrink canvas OR add a filter before posting?

A very odd question, you shouldn't be posting print-sized pieces online regardless as to whether or not you put a filter on it. For one it's unkind to people with slow connections and limited bandwidth, but also it makes your work easier to steal and profit off of.

Messy art OR clean art?

I would not consider my art to be messy, but "clean" carries with it a sense of smoothness and crispness that I don't think my art has. My lines are clean and controlled, but they have grit and looseness to them regardless.. I suppose I'd say my art is drawn with intention, as opposed to feeling things out.

Bright colors OR muted colors?

I'm photosensitive, so I prefer to use muted colours and reserve bright ones for focal points and contrast.

Warm colors OR cold colors?

I'm drawn to blues and purples, but I work on a beige background and not a grey one so my colours tend towards a warmer slant... But I mean as I said earlier, I love all aspects of colour haha, I think colours work best in contrast so I like to have a little bit of warm and a little bit of cool in everything!

Graphics tablet with screen OR no screen?

My local university has a cintiq and I was fortunate enough to try it out. I hated it! What an ergonomic nightmare! I've got chronic joint problems, and the way you have to sit to draw on a screen like that was doing a number on my shoulder. So no screen for me!

Humans OR nonhumans?

Well, depends on what you mean by nonhuman really I mean I draw a lot of demons LOL but if this is more humanoids vs anthros/ferals, then my preference is towards writing human characters but I do very much enjoy drawing a funny animal from time to time.

Fur OR scales?

Man that's a good question. I think scales are a little easier to do.

Edgy characters OR wholesome characters?

I think I'd rather land somewhere in the middle! I'm not keen on the whole gritty grimdark style everything's bad and that's Realism™️™️™️ style of writing because I like to believe there's good in the world, but ahh... "wholesome"... that's a very loaded word, really. "Wholesome" media is intended to be "comforting" and "unchallenging", something that's meant to make you "feel good"... but what assumptions have to be made about the audience in order for these things to be true? Generally speaking, "wholesome" media is alienating to a lot of people who are considered "difficult" to think about, because they're quietly written out of "wholesome" things. I'm not keen on the wholesome label, personally.

High-poly models OR low-poly models?

High poly modelling is beyond me honestly, I don't create super low-poly stuff in that I don't restrict my polycounts in any meaningful way, but I do polymodelling and shape things through cutting and extruding new topology, and the sculpting tools just help assist me in moving the verts around, whereas high poly modelling is entirely done through the sculpting tools and you create new geometry using the sculpting tools... and then you retopologise it later down the line. That approach has never really clicked for me, I prefer to control the geometry from the start.

Music OR podcasts while drawing?

Music babey!!! I can't focus if there's podcasts because I cannot process what's being said without there being words on screen, so it just becomes noise and at that point I'd prefer the noise to be fun and melodic haha