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Inactivity? Say it ain't so!

lmao so I basically took an unannounced "semi-hiatus" from social media and I haven't been browsing or posting as much, mostly because I've been feeling burnt out from all the shit that's been going on both IRL and online

gestures vaguely at everything

anyway, nothing bad happened to me; I've just been taking the time to mentally decompress, but I've also been working a lot and spending 99% of my creative energy at work. I don't mind since what I'm creating at work is meaningful to me and I'm satisfied with where my creativeness is being focused right now, I just don't have the energy to post about shit or scroll through socials

and honestly that's probably a good thing

regarding that "semi-hiatus" I'll likely just continue it since I'm feeling less stressed out from not scrolling as much and not seeing as much discourse

does that mean I'll stop posting art? probably not, I just don't feel the need or desire to post right now, and I'll start posting again whenever I feel like it

being busy IRL helps lol, I'm just vibing on my own terms

#text #long post #self vibes are good vibes #yeehaw

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I drew a birthday card for one of my IRL friends of their cat, Lucky 😊 she’s a calico/tabby mix with a crinkly ear and always greets me at the door when I visit

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#cat #calico #tabby #tabbico #caliby #birthday card #digital art #virize #I only had a few hours to draw and print this lmao #procreate is great for fast things

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I forgot I took some photos of my fountain pen collection at the time back in November; I was super enamored with my BENU pens and still am, they’re just so blingy and pretty and sparkly and make me feel magical ✨

The Iridescent Kaweco Sport is also one of my favourites, it’s so CUTE and matches every ink I fill it with

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#fountain pens #BENU #BENU euphoria #BENU talisman #kaweco #kaweco sport #photography #virize #sorry not sorry for all the fountain pen spam #they're tools like all of my other pens and art supplies #I fucking love stationery #writing with fancy ass pens makes me happy #I've also been able to practice using my mirrorless camera more so win-win

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a sketch of my tiny bb Jiro in a chibi-ish style that ended up not so sketchy

me: yeah I'll just do some silly fast art of my character, who cares if it looks wonky

other me: but make it detailed and good

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#jiro #oc #dragon #twitch #twitch mascot #wip #sketch #digital art #virize #fun fact Jiro is the size of a house cat #also I don't even know if I should keep tagging this with twitch mascot cause I haven't streamed on twitch in 50 million years #I just keep doing it cause Jiro was originally intended to be my twitch mascot but uh #yeah #life got in the way of streaming consistently lmao

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I bought myself the Platinum #3776 Century - Shape of a Heart fountain pen in a fine nib as a late xmas gift a few weeks ago and it finally arrived 💖

This is such a stunning pen! The rose gold trim, the heart-shaped breather hole, and the clear, crystal filled finial—which features two tiny, 1mm wide gold hearts that Platinum says is punched out from their nibs and inserted into the finial. The hearts are really hard to find since the crystals are loose and move around, so I was quite lucky to get a photo of the two hearts side by side.

I’ve already started writing in my Hobonichi with the Platinum pen, which I’ve filled with my current favourite ink, Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi. It has a bit of feedback (which I like), writes smoothly, and feels balanced both posted and unposted. I’m very pleased 😊

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#fountain pens #platinum #platinum 3776 century #platinum shape of a heart #fountain pen ink #photography #virize #I love this pen so much

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I’m excited to be starting my journalling adventure this year ✨ it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while but I never really committed to it

The Traveler’s Notebook is going to be dedicated to more designerly and artsy spreads for when I feel like being creative, while the Hobonichi Techo (A6) will be for daily journal entries where I can just write about my day, make goals, and keep track of important dates

Anyway, here’s my inner cover spreads for my Hobonichi; plus a couple closeups 🌸 I’ll be tagging my journalling posts with “viri journals”

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#traveler's notebook #hobonichi techo #hobonichi #journal spread #fountain pens #fountain pen ink #BENU #BENU euphoria #BENU talisman #photography #viri journals #virize

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Gilded Eeveelutions Series

All of the Gilded Eeveelutions in a single post! I’m really happy with how all of them turned out, as this was originally an experiment with different pens and inks that just hit the ground running and exploded (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Prints are available on my Etsy!

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#reblog #I normally don't reblog my own work but you know what #fuck it #screw keeping my art blog clean for one day #I'm still very proud of this series

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holy shit what is even HAPPENING ANYMORE

In the span of two weeks (TWO WHOLE FUCKING WEEKS) artists have had to deal with:

muskrat buying Twitter, leading to the giant artist mass exodus and migration to other platforms

the introduction of pay-to-win Twitter verification badges for the low price of $8/month (which was originally $20/MONTH)

muskrat going 🤷‍♀️ when criticized about account impersonation, which in turn backfired so hard people were impersonating him and he turned into the biggest asshole crybaby who “couldn’t take a joke” so he straight up suspended or banned said accounts

same as the above goes for “free speech”

DeviantART introducing their new AI generator shit, which automatically enrolled ALL deviations on their database to feed AI generators (guess what, people ✨ did not like that one bit ✨)

such severe backlash from artists that tons of people straight up deactivated their dA accounts or sought out bots to remove everything from their accounts to nuke them from orbit

dA backpedalled so fucking hard that now instead of deviations being opt-out, it’s now opt-in—WHICH SHOULD’VE BEEN THE CASE FROM THE BEGINNING

seeing how absolutely tone-deaf dA is towards everything and everyone until big name artists whack them over the head with a baseball bat multiple times; they literally could have just shut their fucking holes and I dunno, not released a fucking AI generator tool in the midst of Twitter imploding and taken in alllllll the migrating artists and built up a stronger platform

Damn. Two weeks. This isn’t even everything; this is just the shit I could think of off the top of my head.

Being an artist in 2022 is so. damn. hard.

I’m so fucking tiiiiiirrrreeeeeedddd

#text #long post #reblogging this to my art blog because BOI #AM I FUCKING TIRED #it sucks to be an artist in 2022 #I'm not a full time artist but MAN #just the constant 'lol is this site gonna exist in a couple months' thing is really sad #this shit is depressing as fuck

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The moment I laid eyes on it, there was no turning back ☕ BENU Euphoria Iced Caramel Latte (Special Edition) with a Medium nib, paired with Colorverse Coffee Break and written on Tomoe River Paper

I've been getting into fountain pens again and I'm really enjoying it; this BENU writes like a dream! Photos can’t capture how truly sparkly this pen is, it’s just so PRETTY ✨

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#fountain pens #BENU #BENU euphoria #fountain pen ink #photography #virize

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“Dreaming of Lavender”

Featuring my Jupiter Djinni OC, Plume 🪶

This is my first time using fountain pen inks as a painting medium rather than just in my pens, and I quite like the result! I drew this whole piece with only two inks if you can believe it—Platinum Carbon Black for the lines, and Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi for the rest. Chromashading inks like Nekoyanagi are difficult to photograph consistently because of their colour shifting properties, but the results are rewarding.

Pens: Kaweco Sport (M), LAMY Safari (F), Sailor Fude De Mannen 55° Nib, Sakura Gelly Roll White (08)

Inks: Platinum Carbon Black, Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi

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#golden sun #golden sun djinn #golden sun djinni #djinn #djinni #jupiter djinni #plume #oc #lavender #traditional art #fountain pens #fountain pen ink #virize #I didn't include the Sailor Fude De Mannen in the photo because it has the ugliest coloured barrel I've ever seen on a pen #WHY IS IT PUKE OLIVE GREEN #I only bought it for the nib #sigh #function over form I guess

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「 Dead Flowers 」 for the torn apart Laid at the grave to heal a broken heart Let it rain until it floods Let the sun breathe life once more Reborn...

I’ve been working on this on and off for the past who knows how long (months??) and I’m finally FREEEEEE

This is only something like the 3rd full illustration I've drawn in Procreate, so I'm quite happy with it 😊

I also included some progress pics! It's kind of unfortunate that the foliage and Zorua obscures some of the detailing on the stone, but you can still see the Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina motifs

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#pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #hisuian growlithe #growlithe #hisuian zorua #zorua #stone guardian #gracidea #dialga #palkia #giratina #digital art #virize

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bomb ass boba b*tch ✨

gift art for @royalmylk 💖 I'M LOVE YOU SO MANY

I loved the idea of giving Inked a pair of aviators and a bomber jacket while drinking bubble tea, 10/10 was super fun to draw

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#inked #anthro #furry #bust #waifu #digital art #virize #I busted my ass to finish this #worth #kinda disappointed that the bubble tea emoji isn't supported everywhere yet

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Something I’ve been working on for the past while in Procreate (wip)

The second image is just to show off the more intricate details hidden behind of all the foliage in the first image, since it’s somewhat difficult to make out what’s actually depicted

I usually don’t post wips but I haven’t posted anything in a bit and I don’t want people to think I’ve just stopped drawing again; I just don’t have that much free time so progress is slow lol

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#pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #hisuian growlithe #growlithe #hisuian zorua #zorua #wip #sketch #digital art #virize #having only small amounts of free time kinda sucks ngl

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A couple of casual flower inks 🌼 featuring my newest fountain pen addition, the Sailor Fude De Mannen 40° Nib pen

Left: peach-leaved bellflowers Right: calendula (pot marigold)

I used multiple photo refs and limited my time to 20 - 30 minutes per page

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#peach-leaved bellflowers #calendula #pot marigold #flowers #ink #traditional art #virize #you could say I practiced touching grass by practicing drawing flowers then actually going outside for real

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Exasperated, Jiro slowly drags his claws over his face, giving you a look that screams "I'm so fucking tired of your shit."

I’ve started working on new emotes for personal use and on Twitch again, it’s been a while! Here’s virizeTIRED / JiroTIRED

This has basically been my mood every day for the past who knows how many years

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#jiro #oc #dragon #twitch #twitch emote #twitch mascot #digital art #virize #I've already been using this one excessively #it's gonna be another one of those years

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I designed my own Jupiter Djinn—meet Plume and Tempest 🍃

Plume was inspired by seraphim (six-winged deities) and initially was going to be called Seraph, but the name didn’t really suit the design that well other than the “six wings” motif. Tempest, on the other hand, is pretty straightforward.

I didn’t bother coming up with hard stats for these two cuties, but I did put some thought into their “in-game” battle effects!

Plume: Deals a Jupiter-aligned physical attack equal in power to the user's normal physical attack plus an additional 60 damage points. 15% chance to afflict Stun, 30% chance to afflict Sleep, 60% chance to afflict Delusion.

Tempest: Deals a Jupiter-aligned physical attack equal in power to the user's normal physical attack plus an additional 20 damage points. 80% chance to deal a damage multiplier of x1.2 (30%), x1.6 (25%), x2.0 (20%), x2.5 (15%), or x3.0 (10%).

Please do not use these designs or ask me if you can use them; they’re very personal and I plan on using them for future projects!

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#golden sun #golden sun djinn #golden sun djinni #djinn #djinni #jupiter djinni #plume #tempest #oc #digital art #virize #if I had more time I'd design sprites for them #but this will do

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I don’t get to flex my photography skills often, but here’s some cherry blossoms I shot yesterday while the weather was still decent 🌸

These were taken on a Sony a6100 with a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens, edited in Camera Raw. I absolutely love the amount of bokeh I can get on this prime lens!

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#cherry blossoms #sakura blossoms #sakura #flowers #nature photography #photography #virize #I kinda just yolo'd my settings while I was shooting these lmao #spring is my favourite season