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@embermarke

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Illustrator & designer 🥨 Draws the brows I wish I had 🥨 INTJ 🥨 She/her 🥨 Ongoing project: Farewell My Homeland

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@embermarke
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9 months
#PortfolioDay I'm Kat and I'm an independent artist and aspiring writer. I'm currently working on my personal project, Farewell My Homeland, a novel I hope to publish, as well as an accompanying art book! 🪶
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@embermarke
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A study ✨
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On the wind 🪶
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3 years
Hi #originalcharacter ! I love drawing and writing about my ocs very much 😌
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@embermarke
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3 years
quick Jinx bc why not 💣💣💣
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4 years
Expressions sheet for Tanya... Some practice at least! . Anyway, hope everyone is doing well and staying safe in these times ❤️
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@embermarke
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3 years
Here's a thread with my concepts for Skybound, a personal character design project featuring my original characters~
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@embermarke
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a little rendering 🪶
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@embermarke
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5 years
Hi there #VisibleWoman ! Katherine here. I'm a freelance illustrator and designer. I love drawing characters, storytelling, and rendering sweet, sweet leatherwork 😸 🥨 🥨
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@embermarke
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4 years
Oh hey #OriginalContentArtist ! A lot of the art I do is inspired by a story I'm currently concepting out and writing, working title Farewell My Homeland. In the meantime, I'm learning a lot in the process! 😼
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@embermarke
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4 years
Adding some color to my sketch. It's been a busy couple of weeks and I guess wanted to do something for fun 😸 Also, I wanted to say thanks everyone for your support--it really means a lot ❤️
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@embermarke
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A character study of my dnd character, Dzoldzaya Ögedei Chulunnbataar, but you can call her Dzaya <3
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@embermarke
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2 years
I learned so much from doing these, from wanting to bring my idea of Tanya (canon and a video game version) to life, it was really a game changer.
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@CheeseChase_
꒳Star ✡ COMMS OPEN (0/2)
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Im bored so let's do something artists, What is a drawing you think you're iconic for? and let people reply to you what drawing they think you are iconic for
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@embermarke
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4 years
Hi #VisibleWomen ! I'm Katherine, a freelance illustrator and designer. I'm currently concepting out a novel, working title Farewell My Homeland. Designing characters inspired by history and folkwear is my jam! 🥨 🥨
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@embermarke
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5 years
Surely there's something more in that cup than just coffee 😉 Here's a little Leyendecker spoof/study, but with Tanya and a bit of my own take worked in. Happy holidays! Sending my best wishes🎀❤️
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@embermarke
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5 years
Halden's morning routine. Halden: **Shows up at the mess hall at 4:30am looking like this.** Tanya: *spills coffee* 🤦‍♀️ (Reads right to left, manga style I guess 😅)
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@embermarke
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4 years
Modern beach AU Tanya where she surfs all day IDK my lizard brain XD 🌅
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4 years
"For King and Country, as they say... well, that's all in the past." Just some Katríonas as I wrap my head around what she could look like.
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@embermarke
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4 years
Training. Some Tanya sketches... just experimenting with some poses and perspective 😼
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"I hope one day you'll find home, my wolf of a sister..." Exploring some folkwear-inspired aesthetics, feature the Kareva sisters, Tanya and Irina.
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
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Hi #VisibleWomen ! I'm Katherine, an illustrator and designer. Along with freelance, I'm currently concepting out a novel, working title Farewell My Homeland. Designing characters inspired by history and folkwear is my jam! 🥨 🥨
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@embermarke
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1 year
At long last... XDD Hairstyle meme with Tanya <3
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
5 years
Hello #VisibleWomen ! I'm Katherine and I am a freelance illustrator and designer based in Colorado. I love drawing characters and bringing concepts to life 🧡 🥨 🥨
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@embermarke
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1 year
Designs for Katríona, captain of the Aramus--ceremonial uniform + everyday look
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
Thinking about...her...😸 Monster Hunter AU Tanya making another appearance. I recently got Iceborne and immediately started feeling nostalgic about my old Dober armor (plus ingot, I think) so I needed to draw it *sigh*
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4 years
“We’re alive. And sometimes… that feels enough.” Irina's dance.
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2 years
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
4 years
✨Holiday Giveaway✨ Thank you for supporting my creative endeavors! Here's a little character drawing giveaway for a bit of cheer and to express my gratitude! 🧡 🥨 RT for entry 🥨 Winner gets a drawing of a character (full color bust) of their choice 🥨 Ends January 2nd!
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4 years
Yay @lesly_oh for your milestone✨🎉✨ your art is amazing, thanks for sharing it--it really brings the world joy!🧡💛 Here's my take on her oc Rin for the #leslyoh100k dtiys. Left is my drawing, right is Lesly's original :3
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4 years
Wolf Halden, golden-eyed captain of the falcon-class dreadnought, the RES Kassandra. A consummate soldier and officer.
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4 years
2020 has been a year of growth. It's hard to pick my favs, but these are four really meaningful pieces for me. Some I'm actually proud of, others are more about learning. Happy New Year!
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
4 years
Hmm why not? #faceyourart
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
July 2018 --> Spring 2020. Sometimes, two years feels like a lifetime ago.
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
And close-up crops because I think they are cute 💕
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
2 years
Posting a little WIP to let you know that I'm still here, just been really busy 😤 Take care out there!
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
4 years
New userpic update! I liked my previous one bc it read well tiny but it's been two years and my skills and style have changed a lot. So time for a redraw? Here's Katríona, maybe in a "prequel version", where she's a cadet or something. Sailors n stuff but make it airships 😉
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
11 months
Artists - show me your most popular piece! Ajfkahsnajdk wwwhat was I thinking? (It varies on other platforms, but this is the one for 🐦)
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@TholiaBentz
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Artists - show me your most popular piece! Unexpectedly, that one of Gwen Stacy / Spider Gwen🕷️🕸️. First time I painted a tribute to Spiderman franchise. First time I reached 19k ☺️ -
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KatW. 🥨
5 years
"Well now..." A couple of 2cool4skool Monster Hunter World characters, @smooth_poser 's Jal and my character Tanya because yay hunting monsters with friends 😸😸✨✨✨
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@embermarke
KatW. 🥨
5 years
My personal favs for #Artof2019 So happy to have met a lot of neat friends and artists this year. Thanks everyone for all of your support, positivity, and for being so dang sweet--it really means a lot to me and inspires me to become a better artist and creator! Here's to 2020😺
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2 years
A little break. Anastasia from the cartoon and Amir from Otoyomegatari ❤️
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KatW. 🥨
5 years
Protecting those you love... . More Tanya and rifle art 😅 I want an anime opening with my ocs asfjkdas;fajkdl;
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KatW. 🥨
2 years
Market day 🥬🥕🧅
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KatW. 🥨
3 years
@LaurenWalshArt It's scary that there are people out there who think like him... not very different from the ppl who rounded up Japanese Americans and placed them in internment camps during ww2.
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KatW. 🥨
2 years
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide: Where the gray flocks in ferny glens are feeding; Where the wild wind blows on the mountain side. -- Emily Brontë Tanya wearing a dress I love from Of Her Own Kind 🖤
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KatW. 🥨
3 years
Vanilla & cloves 🧡
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KatW. 🥨
2 years
The Kareva sisters. ~I've been putting together an art book of Farewell My Homeland concepts created over the last few years, and currently working on some new additions to the collection~
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KatW. 🥨
3 years
Hello! #PortfolioDay I'm Katherine, an indie artist who loves character design. I'll be available for projects this winter, and in the meantime, I'm excited to keep sharing more stuff on my Patreon :3
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2 years
Archery lessons 🏹 Another concept of a younger Tanya. It's July 17th, which means it's been 4 years since the creation of my character, and I hope she's brought a little joy to you as well!
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5 years
Passing the time on a plane ride... I painted over a piece I did recently. This would be Tanya's usual look, maybe after a skirmish. I enjoy painting over stuff bc I can play around with/focus purely on concepts. (Sorry for the double tweet... tried to fix some cropping issues!)
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
The officers and Tanya pay a visit to the crew's mess hall...
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5 years
"My love, keep this close until you return." Magdalena Halden, née von Falke . Vintage photos are my jam 🖤
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4 years
Changing my icon for winter... I can be fickle... 👉👈
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4 years
"You um... What?" Tanya's younger sister Irina--just exploring some of her features and personality. How much they should look alike is still ambiguous to me, but whereas Tanya's season is summer, Irina's is winter.
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KatW. 🥨
2 years
Hello there! #faceyourart
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4 years
"My name's Evgenia Mikhailovna Antonenko. And you are...?"
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3 years
"Wait for me. This time, I'll be there..." Kicking off the new year with a semi-realistic concept portrait of Tanya, based on one of my previous drawings of her.
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2 years
Here's an updated expressions sheet for Halden ☕☕☕ Would like to do a couple more but moving on for now until I get more ideas...
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
Bloop! Little painting sketch WIP of Tanya that was supposed to be for outfitaugust. I'm excited to get back to it after some other pieces I have lined up... in the meantime, my brain's all over the place this busy week, so why not add to the chaos with a little OC questionnaire?
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
Tanya is obviously my No.1 but sometimes I find her a little intimidating to be a true #ComfortOc lmao *tear*. Instead my comfort oc is Monster Hunter AU Tanya (not to make things confusing)... The relationship just isn't as complicated and the game itself makes me happy!
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
Back to my usual BS -_- taking a needed break! I did this way back for #outfitaugust but never got around to finishing it till now. Tanya in a modern day AU with athletic wear and ripped jeans... This is the only one I did lmao I do not keep up with prompts ever but that's OK 😂
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2 years
Little drawing of Katríona 💢
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3 years
Hey it's been a while #VisibleWomen ! I'm Kat, an indie artist currently working on my personal project, Farewell My Homeland. I like folkwear and modern [military] history. ✨ 🥨 🥨
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3 years
Rifle designs and initial character explorations
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3 years
Skybound companions
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2 years
The artist / the art Can't be bothered with a haircut, apparently :P
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@nicky_blender
Nicole 🍄
2 years
The artist / the art
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KatW. 🥨
9 months
My artist goals for 2024: Maybe the FMH art book! I'm slowly completing it, but things have taken longer because I'm working through my first draft of the written story. Currently at 24k words... I hope to get to 100k-150k next year (aka finish the first draft).
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@Luzdanaee
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My artist Goals for 2024??? - Try to go from Freelance to Fulltime - Take my Art slower and try to enjoy it more - Rest a lot
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
Here are the portraits for my giveaway! Thanks so much everyone for participating, it's an honor to be able to draw two really lovely characters❤️. First one is @Florence_Jess 's Sapphira, and second one is human Tora Ziyal for @HereKezi . More info to follow below :)
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@embermarke
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3 years
The stock jutted into her shoulder. Steady... She took a breath, steadied her arms under the weight of the rifle, and exhaled....
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@embermarke
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5 years
Currently working on a new piece, but saw this #decadeofart #2010vs2019 tag popping up--thought it'd be funny to show. I dug this up from my old dA from Jan 2010 and... apparently your girl knows what she likes 😳🤣
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5 years
#mevsmyart I'm actually a lot goofier IRL 🙈
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5 years
"Do you remember, Tanechka, those days at the university?" She muttered, slumped against the wall. The revolver remained in her grasp. "It was a lifetime ago." Special thanks to my Russian-speaking friends for explaining the translation for the titles of their textbooks!🧡🧡🧡
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2 years
02. Friendship/Philia #KissArtFebruary A super cute challenge!
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2 years
Feeling nostalgic about sultry summers...
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4 years
Frozen speartuna FTW!🐟❄️
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4 years
Reply or QRT with your most popular drawing. It varies across platforms, but this is a recent popular one :]
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KatW. 🥨
3 years
"Use a heaping tablespoon for every cup." ☕ Happy New Year everyone! I've decided that my end of the year tradition now is to do a little Leyendecker spoof/study with my ocs. Hope all is well with you all and thanks for continuing to support my art! 🖤
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"Never enough time..." Tanya x Halden
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KatW. 🥨
4 years
A quick drawing of Yui, @mmediocreman 's lovely oc as a break. Hope one day to learn more about her story! And check out Sona's beautiful art ❤️ I had a lot of fun looking up hanboks and now I wish I could own one 😭
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Studies of Octavius. I have an entire cast of characters for Farewell My Homeland and I really should draw more of them! Side note, the story takes place in a fictional universe, so I have ideas thumbnailed for uniforms, but the designs are largely still a work in progress 🤔
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4 years
aww lol! Ok, so the one from HS is someone's character from an old RPG my friend and I started (anyone remember those forums where you write a story with anons on the internet?). Jazira's creator... wherever you are, I hope you are doing well 😄
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5 years
Concepts for Irina Kareva (born Karişkir), Tanya’s kid sister. One in folkwear/casual and another in more of an improvised outfit cobbled together from running around with the partisans 🌲🌲🌲
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"We were just girls, but we quickly learned to be soldiers." Redesigns for Evgenia Antonenko for Farewell My Homeland. I started this last month, and now it's tragic to see what's happening in Ukraine. My heart goes out to those impacted by the war 💙💛
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Here's the evolution: current version; August 2018 redraw (previous userpic); and original from 2006. She's one of my oldest characters :3
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KatW. 🥨
5 years
I wasn't planning on doing #outfitaugust but then I was super inspired by @lesly_oh 's amazing outfits for her character Mica 😻! So I'm deciding to do a few haha. This time I decided to draw my OC Katríona, starting with the base. Prompt by @lemonliger
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@morrahart You've already drawn one of my ocs, so only if you want to 🖤🖤
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KatW. 🥨
1 year
Show me your WIPs, no matter how messy! 💪 With all the AI stuff going on, I've been thinking a lot about why I create art. In the meantime, I'm trying to not care too much about what other ppl think about what I draw, and only make things that bring me joy.
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05. Desire/Eros Another little sketch for #KissArtFebruary
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@CutTimeComic what. ...apparently I'm today years old when I learned that "ships" is not two ships sailing away together...
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@v_0_3 oh gosh okay I'm sure you're going to have a long list of really awesome characters to choose from, but if you feel like drawing Tanya that would be the Coolest Fricken Thing!!!! 🙈🧡 But no pressure, either way I'm excited to see all your beautiful OC art!
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4 years
Experiment... this little loop thwacks XD
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2 years
Last of my #KissArtFebruary drawings :3
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A Hunter and her companions--something for an illustrations class...just experimenting!
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@embermarke
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3 years
Hi all, I'm launching my experimental Patreon!! I'll be featuring early access, WIPs, behind-the-scenes, process sketches, and other exclusive content. Looking forward to working hard and learning together. Thank you very much for your support ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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30 and up Twitter, drop a picture with your age. 33 30+ unite! 💪 Still so much more to learn and do (and miles to run... anyone else a runner here?)
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@Phobs0 ooh...maybe if you'd like to draw my character Tanya...😸🧡
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Current WIP for #KissArtFebruary 🖤
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