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My new three main accounts!

So I did the thing! here’s my new accounts I’ll be using over Tumblr (I still might post some to Tumblr, but it may be left on low priority):  My Twitter My Newgrounds  My Reddit

#important #new accounts #other accounts #art accounts #here and ready #come one come all #get yeeted tumblr omegalul

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Welp, that just happened

I am aware this nsfw ban does not directly affect me, but It’s still infuriating, at how incompetent the staff is to handle a problem, and instead decides to nuke it all, screwing over countless artists, especially those who make their lively hood off this site, just cause of a few bad apples and an app store, way to go Tumblr, way to go. 

Not only that but frankly speaking, i was planning on starting an nsfw tumblr blog eventually, but it seems that’s not gonna happen anymore given this new rule as it won’t be allowed, not to mention it doesn’t seem my art gets much traction here anyways.

So what’s next? 

One of two possibilities:

I either put Tumblr on low priority and start more social media on other sites that allow both sfw and nsfw, and if i do post to tumblr again, likely i won’t post everything i make, and the wait time for posts will be drastically increased due to being low priority.

Or I abandon Tumblr completely and migrate elsewhere, seeing as all others are doing it and I’ve lost a great chunk of respect for Tumblr due to it’s incompetence.

I likely will be starting a Reddit, and a Newgrounds account since it seems that’s what people are doing lately, and both allow both sfw and nsfw. I’ll update what few who follow me on these when i make them.

#important #notice #possible account abandonment #possible account migration #art #tumblr adult content ban

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tumblr is banning ALL NSFW content starting Dec. 17

So to any nsfw art blogs out there, time to post about your alternative art accounts on twotter/pixav/dovientart 

(stares at the nsfw art blogs im following) 👀

SOURCE

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Heckin’ absence?

Jee golly gosh it's been heckin' ages since i posted art, why's that? life, adult shit, and school, heckin' heck man i just wanna do art, but hey! i'm refining my anatomy more so i can make better artsy stuff so uh, stick around for that!

#notice #update #absence #busy lately #heckin adulting #heckin school #heck #lowketemotionalturmoil #anatomy practice #yahoo #more art soon to come #akira ok_hand #akira shitpost

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Hi i really Like your art and I just wanna know if Maybe you could give me some Examples on drawing skirts I'm sorry I'm just having a hard time And Drawing legs with skirts is difficult If you Don't want to I completely understand And sorry to bother you

THIS IS NOT MEANT TO DICTATE ANYONE ANYWAY OR MAKE ANYONE FEEL BAD ABOUT HOW THEY DRAW THINGS.

THESE ARE JUST GUIDELINES I FOLLOW, YOU CAN DRAW ANYTHING HOWEVER YOU LIKE♥

I’m sorry if I missed what you were asking for I tried!!!

please message me if you have any more questions or want a video for a little more help!

Here the posing program Design Doll I use!

http://terawell.net/terawell/?lang=en

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Oh look a traditional drawing, haven’t done one of these in a while, this started as a doodle but escalated and every time I do a doodle 90% of the time it turns into a full drawing and i’m like “whoops” 

#my art #persona #Akira Tanikel #curly hair #long hair #freckles #drawing that was meant to be a doodle but escalated cause i obsess over details #art #traditional art

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god bless

If you would like to request a tutorial, you can do so on this post over here! Eye Coloring Tutorial by me | Other Eye Tutorials: 1 2 3 | My Resource list for Faces and Heads

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Planned redesign for Somo Otora?

I plan to redesign Somo Otora completely sometime soon, and i think i'm not gonna make Somo an anthropomorphic cat anymore, as well, it would give the vibe of me being a furry (which i’m not) this isn't to say i don't still like anthropomorphic animals, but i likely will draw them not that often, and i feel making the protagonist in my story would give the vibe of them being some furry character, to which i feel it’d be; well... bad for getting the story out there, not only that but it'd be very difficult to work with, and it may drive off a lot from my story, not only that but even without the bad reputation the furry fandom has, even without that, anthropomorphic characters are pretty hard to draw not gonna lie. (also to clarify i don’t hate furries, nor do i think they’re bad people, but i’d rather not be associated with the bad apples in that fandom, nor any fandom really, i try to stay away from most fandoms, especially ones known for a very questionable fanbase, to which i don’t want to attract unwanted attention.)  That being said, Somo Otora will likely be a Neko, but not an anthropomorphic cat as originally planned. Though i plan to take Somo a very different route from most Neko characters in anime (i say anime because that’s what i hope to make my story into one day), i'm not gonna be doing the usual trying-too-hard-to-be-cute irritating trope that follows Neko characters, i HATE that trope with a passion, the only thing i really like about Nekos is how they look (not all the time though cause as i said some Neko characters look like they're trying too hard to be cute, and it's both awkward, and annoying), Somo Otora will be a different approach to the typical Neko trope, she will act as any other normal human character, and not like usual Nekos, though maybe having some physical advantages given being part cat; maybe she will be more agile, maybe she will have naturally sharp nails or be able to turn her nails sharp (as one thing i plan is most species may have a natural knack for certain types of magic or already have natural born abilities based on what species they are and maybe that could be one for Nekos in my story, yes it's a small power but most natural born powers will be small so it's not a giant advantage or too ridiculous, something that makes sense.), maybe her appendix is stronger allowing her to eat raw meats that humans typically can't or it would result in illness, maybe her pupils dilate or shrink like a cats depending on the emotion she's feeling, or maybe all of the above, still mapping this out and deciding where to go with this, but because of this change, i will be fully starting from scratch on Somo's design. I may have anthropomorphic characters in my story still, but likely very few, and on the side or in the background; but i feel making my protagonist that would be a bad decision.

#important #The Journey #my story #planned redesign #Somo Otora #neko girl #neko #natural born abilities #species

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I may or may not do a pride piece, but sadly it may be a day (or potentially longer cause i SUCK at due dates), but yeah, may take time to make it cause i'm busy and have a trouble shifting focus from one piece already in progress to a new one and pausing the one in progress.

#talk #potential art #pride month #pride

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I just binged all of Aggretsuko, god i love this show so much, I may end up doing some art for it.

#talk #Aggretsuko #binge watch #binge watched #potential art

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Persona Redraw!

Remember that old full effort colored piece i did of my persona? yeah, I redrew it! felt i could do better and was dissatisfied with the old, so i redid it, and updated the design a bit, also finally learned to draw curly hair! and i got better at coloring and shading, or at least i feel i did.and i tried mostly-lineless-work! Also;

IMPORTANT NOTICE!: 

i finally am changing my name on all social media and have a name for myself! my new name will be Akira Tanikel! Why the name change? because Somo Otora was never meant to be my name or meant to represent me, just what i named my accounts cause i didn’t know what to name them, but why i’m changing it is also cause it’s the name of my protagonist in the story i’m writing (W.I.P), but yeah i couldn’t think of a name before so i just named myself after one of my characters not thinking about it, but now i want to make a name for myself, and i don’t want to be named after the protagonist in my story as that’d be awkward and give the feeling it’s a self-insertion (which it’s not), but yeah, so name change. 

#my art #persona #Akira Tanikel #curly hair #long hair #brown hair #emerald eyes #necklace #fantasy clothes #Light Guardian Symbol #full effort #colored #color shading #color shading practice #calcite necklace #mystical robe #important #important notice #name change #two edits #background roses #freckles

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Deviled Egg

A little meme-y doodle i did for Eggsauced, a mod on Dave Greco’s Art Discord, This was a joke made for the Weekly art challenge, where the theme is “Demon / Devil”, someone joked about “Time to draw up some Deviled Eggs to honor Eggsauce's amazing job with this challenge.” and I actually did it to further the joke into a real thing, but a play on the word “deviled egg” 

#my art #art #doodle #egg #Eggsauced #Dave Greco #Discord #weekly art challenge #deviled egg #horns

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shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

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Cool Story Somo

Some art reaction i made of my persona for those moments where you here something really weird, or stupid, and you just

Inspired by This Image

#my art #persona #long hair #curly hair #freckles #colored #shaded #shading practice #color shading practice #simplified eyes #shirt that i don't know the name of wHOOPS

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Name change soon!

PSA: I'll be changing my username on all social medias soon, but probably will purposely delay it a month or so, so that those who know me and friends can hear about it beforehand so they don't think I disappeared or don't know who I am and all that jazz, also to give people who don't know time to hear about it before I make the change, to give fair warning ahead of time.  

"But Somo! why a name change across all social media?" 

Well, because 'Somo Otora' was never originally meant to personify me online, originally, it was the name given to the protagonist in a story i'm writing called "The Journey" (placeholder name until/if I find something better later on, just giving a name so i don't have to constantly say "my story" etc, etc), so in other words, 'Somo Otora' is not me, Somo Otora is a character I created, and I wish to finally move on from using it as the name to go by online, as I seek to create a new name for myself, that's for me, and not based off a character I made, because if I did and kept it also as the name for my protagonist it'd give the impression it's a self insertion, which it is not. That being said, name change , in maybe a month, I already have some ideas in mind, but i'm keeping the delay both to give others time to hear about this, and for me to take more time to consider my choices. Also said name will be for actually one character, but not a character involved in my story, more so a persona character, one to represent me, sorta like a mascot in a way. I'm sure you've all seen the art I did, but this is the most recent full-detail-and-colored piece (as of 3/22/18) of said persona character which is suppose to be me, whom will have the same name as the new name i choose

"I'll miss the name Somo..." 

I will too, I will too, however, it's not gone completely, but just now returned to the character it was intended for from the beginning. Hopefully though, the new name i choose, whatever it may be, people will come to like it just as much, with each door closed, another opens. ♡

#important #important notice #PSA #name change #name change heads up #Somo Otora #Somo #me #The Journey #persona #online name #month delay #social media

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Did this in class today while taking notes on paper and stuff, had some time to spare, and practiced drawing hair, and drawing curly hair better, emphasizing that it’s curly, and i practiced drawing a warrior pony tail hair style, i think i did pretty darn good on this! 

#my art #me #persona #long hair #curly hair #warrior ponytail #question mark #doodle

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HOLY SNAP

Holy snap! I think a dev of “Hello Neighbor” hearted my “Peeved” doodle! holy heck i’m honored! 

#my art #doodle #wow!!! #honored #star eyes #long hair #curly hair #flattered #Game developer #Game dev #Hello neighbor #he liked one of my pieces! me a silly nobody and he liked my doodle! i'm so honored!