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a shadow in a corner
oh boy i'm late for posting this (i want expecting another feature man) but yeah, haven't seen kiribans in years
fist one to drop a screenshot in a coments (plz use command) gets their oc of choice doodled! must be a follower tho
i literally justwoke up and YOOO??? THIS IS SO RAD YOOOOOOOOOOOO
screen for historyyyy
cant promise much but
https://artfight.net/~Kotisnotacat
apparently it's been a whole year since i've registeded here, i thought my profile was bugging but nope, apparently it's cake day!
think i'm safe to say Sheezy is my favourite artist oriented website out there right now, its relatively small and youre not getting any mad clout here, but it only means it's cosy and feels like it actually has a community, which is so rare to come by nowadays. i'm a ginormous fan of all the customisation freedom this site offers, legit just stare at my page every once in a while cuz i just love the way it looks, which, once again, is something maybe neocities offer nowadays aswell
i really love the small community that this site is, i love the userbase and interacting with all of you. all hail Sheezy, please don't ever die
ty to all my moots and to all who follow me once again, you're all amazing BP

i'm bored
RULES:
Answer each question in as much detail as you like. Skip anything you don't know or would prefer not to answer.
How many usernames have you had? (You don't have to share them!)
not that much, tbh. most of them have originated from my ocs and evolved with time, some are just random.. about 15 at max
What does your current username mean?
it originated form a joke spelled in ruzzian, and is really only confusing, and hence is he joke in that language.
basically: "kot"(name) is not a cat. in russian it reads like "cat is not a cat". but he is because kot means cat. also he is partially a cat anyway. lore shenanigans
What is the first program you used to make digital art?
ms paint ofc
Where did you first start posting your art?
ugh.... vk
What is the first piece of media you drew fanart for?
bro you think i remember? powerpuff girls or something idk
Who was your first self-insert/persona/fursona? What did they mean to you?
a proper self-insert?.... honestly dont think i had a fandom oc that was me up untill like homestuck with trollsonas in 2017. my first proper sona was an orange and white striped cat named Soffi, made her when i was 9. could not be further away from what i am now lol
What phases/styles has your art gone through? (e.g. an anime era, a watercolour phase?)
it certainly had it's own phases but not like even proper trending ones like emo or toony or.... well yeah anime cats happened.. most of the time it was just a combination of lots of artstyle snippets or ways other artists i liked drew like, and i stiched them together to make my own thing.
but yeah chibi anime cats, traditional marker art and mizukichi were deffinetely phases.
What/who do you think has influenced your art style the most?
sigh... mizukichi. a ruzzian artist unfortunately and only like the pre-2015 art is good. but it has rewritten my brain chemistry in ways like nothing before or after did. still has an iron grip on me.
What/who inspired you to be an artist?
boredommmmm. and acessibilty. cannot sculpt in class BUT i have a pen and paper.
What tools are integral to your current workflow? (e.g. Programs, brushes, references.)
i just open a canvas in sai and draw... most of the times i refrain from references as a whole, a trait i havent grown out of since very little, and just draw from imagination. probably is a reason my progress is so slow, but whatever. whenever i need to draw something i'm completely unfamilliar with i do pull out 50 reference pictures tho
What improvements have you made recently?
not that many? think i started using more textured brushes and do not do the bright highlights close to the lineart, the way hard highlight would fall on a flat metalic pin, but do them closer to the shadows.. to make em shiny ig....
What steps would you like to take in the future?
get crazyyy experimental psychidelic and weird with colors and composition go fucking bazinga with brushes DRAW MORE GORE more animals
have you read this? to the end? wow. you are tagged now, congrats. go write this thing