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First heard this in Titane, but everytime it always makes me think of Kate (Clementine) in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or say, how she is perceived and described in it.

#my bullshits #love this song very much though I don't know why

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I love to buy things for my friends, but sometimes I worry that I may come across as cocky (if that's the word to use) or something.

But for me it's like, I'm in this foreign country and I work myself so much but there's not much I can really buy to make myself happy or make me feel relaxed. But if I can buy something to make my friends happy or can make us have a good time together, it is much easier of a choice to make.

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My Entry for the Folio Book Illustration Award this year, illustrating Neil Gaiman's story "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains..."

I pictured the moment when "the thing" in the cave showed the protagonist the blade that he would use to avenge his daughter soon. "The thing" used the appearance of his daughter when she was found died, being tied to a thorn tree with her hair.

I've put close-ups and a thorough process under the cut.From color sketch to the finish.

#my art #sketches #original art #illustration #book illustration #watercolor painting #watercolor #color pencil #painting #art #artists on tumblr #fantasy #horror art #neil gaiman #skeleton

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I probably should have drawn skeletons in my life more before this point. But man, I'm just a flesh person all the way.

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Paintings to celebrate the 10th anniversary of my favorite Future Islands album "Singles" (released March 24, 2014). They were inspired by some of my favorite songs on this album:

#my art #watercolor #watercolor painting #illustration #art #artist on tumblr #original art #future Islands #painting #green #blue

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My desire to see a Chinese flavor backroom is taking over me aaaaa

Just endless white and green school/hospital style walls... terrazzo floor... crappy round celling lights...

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Adding tag for this post

hi!! what watercolors do you use? your paintings are always so vibrant and have such a mystical vibe to them and I’m curious lol

super sorry if you’ve already answered this, tumblrs search function fights me whenever I try using it 😭

Hi! No worries I haven't and I'd love to talk about watercolor :) I use several, in transparent > opaque order:

Schmincke > Holbein cake colors > Nicker poster colors

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Some notes:

Schmincke: Expensive but really good, vibrant, if on a budget maybe you can get a couple blocks of colors you really like. If you're committed to watercolor I definitely recommend getting a palette. I made my own custom set. Loooove the blues.

Holbein: this is a Japanese brand, so it was actually easier to get in China than the US, I got on Ali Express. It's slightly more opaque but not exactly gouache. It looks like the really cheap kind of cake watercolor palette but a lot more vibrant. It sets on paper with a kinda of sandy texture and I really love it. It's also a bit more dense than traditional transparent watercolor, so you can also layer with it easily.

I think the 24 color set is a lot more worth it than the 12 color set. Problem is I don't think they sell blocks individually, or at least hard to find.

These recent ones I posted are the combination of these two paints above.

Nicker: Again Japanese brand. I heard this is what Ghibli studio use? But it's affordable. I could get individual jars (jars are much better value than the tubes) in China, but in the US I've only found sets on Amazon so far.

It's smooth, and still remains a good saturation when diluted compared to other gouache/poster colors I've used. I don't use this alone as much now, but this is something solely done with Nicker I made a couple years ago 👇 as you can see it has good coverage. So when I did this I didn't layer up I just painted inch by inch.

But I have to say, how a watercolor painting turns out is really up to the paper! In my opinion paper is even more important than the paint, it influences vibrancy and textures more than you would think. So I always encourage my friends to get good paper rather than expensive paint. I use Arches hot press for formal works most often, but for a cheaper option I also love Fabriano (the two lil ones above are on their postcard papers, really good enough). Both are great for layering up.

And last, you can Photoshop them :D

These stuff sure cost a lot in total, but it took me a long time to figure out and collect all these, they don't really run out that fast if you don't do very large paintings. You can definitely try it out bit by bit, and enjoy the excitement of using a new paint on the way!

#ask #watercolor #tutorial

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Oh right here are some live drawings from before

#sketches #figure drawing #color pencil

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Friends if you have good TV show recommendations please share, thriller or sci-fi preferred, thank you 🙏

#idk whether I've been overstimulated or stressed or something but I'm so uninterested in things now... #last satisfying show was Mare of Easttown #it is better to watch women I tried breaking bad and fargo really can't bring myself to care #my bullshits

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My back & neck pain from tattooing (and maybe sleeping like a fucking shrimp) is becoming way too noticable at this young age...

#i knew this was coming but #definitely feeling older #my bullshits

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HAPPY40...!

#No fucking way I heard People are People in food bazzar last night #which was already today in UK time

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EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS

I'm reposting this since it's an emergency now and this is my only income.

There are still two (2) slots for full illustration, $180 usd. Here's more info.

If you wanna help here's also my ko-fi. You can find my sketchbooks and the gomens fancomic. The portrait commissions are also available, $25-$45 usd.

And my prints. All reblogs appreciated!

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Sound of Steel.

#my art #illustration #original art #digital painting #digital art #painting #art #new york city #enviroment art #artists on tumblr

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I just learned "The Doctor" in Dead by Daylight is actually based on the real-and-alive evil Chinese psychiatrist Yang Yongxin who forced electric shock treatment on children with "Internet addiction". Although his clinic for such treatment was shut down in 2017, this man is still alive, unpunished and even enjoys a good career in another hospital.

The Doctor's background was altered to avoid controversy, but from his matching survivor Feng Min (she's even a e-sport gamer) you know originally he's supposed to be Chinese. And although on Wikipedia it's worded like this is a guess, on the Chinese Internet many players prove that The Doctor was indeed made as the result of the poll for a new Chinese killer, in which Yang Yongxin got over 60% vote, way over other traditional Chinese tales creatures.

It's quite crazy as this is the only character based on an alive real life person and the only (could have been) Chinese killer, but it's seldom discussed outside of DBD's Chinese players.

#my bullshits #this history matters a lot to me as I really think it shows the concerns for injustice and also the creativity of Chinese netizens #whose voices are blocked by the firewall and left out by the world #it needs to be remembered somehow #To me... these things can relate to awareness of politics and oppressions. and perhaps hope in our future #dead by daylight

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Finished True Detective season 4 it's not amazing but like it's okay. Then seeing the score of S3 and S4 on IMDb, I'm truly convinced people are just being extra harsh towards woman creator. Are you fucking kidding me S3 was so shit and it's still over S4 that much??

#pathetic men #my bullshits

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Your favorite blue man

#my art #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #faith game

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Those new bloody photos of Barry Keoghan have literally everything I want to taste in my fanart 🙏

#man makeup blood leather jewelry #my bullshits