hi um.. would you be able to draw more furries, pretty please? 😳👉👈
PFBDBFBH actually i've always been averse to drawing furries bc i feel like i suck at drawing animals...
the dan and phil furries were so much fun though!! my commissions aren't open right now, but you're always welcome to leave art requests in my inbox 😊
hello!!!! sorry to bother you but what brush did you use for that one Chilshi drawing you did??? I've been trying to get one like that but every single one I try doesn't satisfy me v_v
hi there, not a bother at all!! i use procreate; if you use the program too, i'd be happy to send you the brushes if you shoot me a dm ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
here's a close-up of the chilshi art:
for the lineart, i used studio pen, and for the coloring, i used watercolor painting brush. i like using studio pen at a lower opacity, and watercolor painting in areas which are shadowed.
these are both non-factory brushes, can't remember where i got them from but they were free! there's only a couple of water brushes i've found that work for me, but this painting one really scratches all the brain itches 😌
(if you see this and you'd like the brush, this is an open invitation to dm me for the file!)
🛰️ @pichirobi will be contributing as a page artist 🛰️
The way you draw Xie Lian is so cute 🥰 I love his freckles and scruff!
aww thank you!!! :D i feel like san lang would love it too 😌
my boyfriend got a computer installed over his work station and uses it exclusively to stream a live camera feed of the florida keys coast
which means i get random texts during his work day with pictures of the screen when something cool swims by, like this nurse shark:
very important development: nurse shark now has a friend!!
Hii are your commissions still open and do you do OC art?
hello there! yes they are and yes i do ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ for ocs, i'd need a reference, even if it's just a real person or a picrew hehe. i'm also down to help build ocs from just descriptions, but that'd be a different kind of charge.
shoot a dm if you'd like a quote for your idea!!
Hi hi! Can I ask for examples of sketch vs colors for commissions ? I'm not sure if the ones you show on the commissions post are all colors or if some count as sketch :0
hello hello, of course you can!! the only issue is, ALL of my commissions this year have been full color haha!!
*if i were* to receive a sketch comm lol, it would look something like these:
simple lines and, if you'd like, solid blobs of color (no xtra charge) :^) for comparison, here are some recent colored comms:
i hope this helps! (and if you're interested in a commission, reach out via dms with your awesome idea ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)
hi :) are your commissions only digital or do you do print? ty!
i offer free 4x6 prints of commissions, though can also print any size up to letter. im happy to mail a print out in addition to the digital file! 🥰
What do you use for your art? (Asking around to see what's best)
as in, what materials i use?
i have an ipad pro 10.5", and use procreate. i'm really fast & familiar with that program and my art doesn't involve any crazy effects, so i have no need to use a more complicated program like clip studio. procreate is super cheap and super simple, with a really friendly ui! they're also coming out with more features like 3d modeling and animation.
i think buying an ipad is worth the investment, particularly because if you'd just use it for procreate, you could buy a used ipad. i got mine new as a gift but i just use it for art; it doesn't need to be fast or in good condition.
also consider accessories; ipads are very fragile so you'll want a good case, and a screen protector. paper texture protectors feel nice, but mind that the screen will have a slight grain to it.
I'm dropping by to say that I am so in love with your xie lian and hua cheng designs! I'm fairly certain I originally followed you for your yuri on ice art, but I've fallen a bit back into mxtx's world recently and I've been obsessed with seeing one version of hualian that doesn't necessarily adhere to the book's standard of beauty. I've been showing your art to my partner and been unable to prevent myself from talking to her about the designs and why I like them. they're just so cool. I think once upon a time, mxtx said that xl and hc work so well together because they are both eccentric in one way to the extreme, and to me somehow that is especially conveyed in your versions of them. anyway! thank you for your art! *: ･ﾟ
yuri on ice is my absolute biggest comfort show so i am alwaysss happy to take fan art requests 🫶 but i can't get enough of hualian either haha!!! i'm so grateful you like their designs because i have so much fun drawing them! 🥺🥺
i have complete respect for the source material and at the same time don't find it very interesting to draw all of tgcf's characters with the same body types and skin tones 😅 i feel like the donghua has a similar issue where the protagonists are largely drawn pale and thin. personally i think it's a missed opportunity to tell a visual story with character design; although xie lian is canonically pale and dainty, i wanted to see what kind of visual cues give off certain traits! for example, i draw xl with eyebags for what i think are obvious reasons LOL.
it warms my heart so much that you share my art with your partner 😭💗 thank you for the ask!!!
like why I personally don't like age gaps between an 20 year old and a 37 year old is bcs the 20 year old has only been a legal adult for 2 years while the 37 year old has been for 19 years which is nearly as long as the 20 year old has been alive
I'm happy that everything is good for you in the relationship
but that's not an universal thing
though this is just my personal opinion as someone who's 20, I'm barely an adult and I kinda don't want to date someone who's twice the adult I am.
But I know know that I am not you
I'm happy that everything has worked out for you, but this is just my explanation why people might have adverse reactions to your relationship
i understand it's not a universal thing! i don't claim large age gaps are universally okay. the point i was making in my addition to that chain of posts is that relationships with large age gaps are inherently ones with a power imbalance, and many of them tend to be unhealthy, but this power imbalance does NOT have to be abused. i felt that my last girlfriend had a power over me despite us being the same age (that too was not abusive).
i too was put off by his age for a while, which i noted in my post haha. i don't seek older men and my boyfriend has never seeked younger women. i have a complete understanding of the position i am in. yet, i love my partner and i am indeed incredibly safe and happy.
i think it is totally fair when my friends and family have concerns about my relationship! it's completely warranted. it comes from a place of love & concern for my well-being. my distaste comes from people who make assumptions: people telling me i am being abused, i'm just incapable of...noticing any signs of abuse lol?, throwing around words like "groomer" and "pedophile". not only is that a direct insult to my partner, but it also undermines my ability as a (albeit young) adult to make my own decisions and care for my own mental health.
all my extra caution in my relationship has proved to be unecessary anyway, but i'm very glad that i have learned from others about what to expect and what to be careful of. it's made my relationship even stronger/supportive having taken our pace so slowly!
anyway, i hope this clarifies my original intent in that post! i don't promote large age gaps or anything, i shared a personal story to hopefully help readers understand that there is not a universal label for every relationship. OP was also making an excellent PSA to stop misusing words like "groomer" and "pedophile". thank you for the ask! (/genuine)
just came across ur tgcf art and when i tell u my jaw hit the FLOOR at ur xie lian...... u truly understand the buff & tan (and true) agenda and i literally feel crazy. thank u for making them look like actual guys instead of pale ass twinks (nothing wrong with the typical anime style but yk)!! love ur other art too; instant follow!! hope ur well <33
AHAHA THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! yes i'm personally not a fan of the danmei urge to make all main characters skinny pale twinks T_T
i've written a rant about this somewhere—i also feel very weird about hualian, as a queer relationship, being forced into a "submissive fem & dominant masc" role. one of my favorite things about hualian is that xie lian presents kind of feminine, and he's also a total jock—he's a martial god and geeks out over swords and combat. he's also totally romantically incompetent LOL.
hua cheng presents kind of masculine, being this brooding, scary, badass with all of the ghost world at his fingertips. but he's also a TOTAL simp lol!! very romantically submissive, he would literally rather die (again) than exhibit control over his relationship with xie lian.
they both have feminine and masculine traits, so i really admire how mxtx has characterized them to be queer in both sexuality and gender expression! i'm also privately not a fan of starember's depictions; i sometimes feel a bit uncomfortable hua cheng's exaggerated masculinity and dominance, and xie lian's fragility/femininity 😅 (i adore their artistic skill, this is just personal preference!)
anyway, i think you'd like my post which breaks down my hualian designs :> they're not perfect, but i love to draw them! if you haven't already, please please also go follow @fmd-art and @malinanan, two off my favorite hualian artists right now!!! buff lian truthers UNITE!!
I wish age gap discourse hadn't spiraled the way it has because I want there to be a safe space to say "Men in their 40s who date 25 year olds aren't predators, they're just fucking losers"
... honey you just described a predator LOL
No, I said what I said. But thank you for providing an example of how this topic has become insufferable on the internet.
i am honestly burningly curious about how a 40 year old man who fucks around with college grads is not a predator
"College grad" is not a developmental stage, nor is it what I would describe a 25 year old as. I was 4 years out of college at 25. My mother had two children at 25. You can be a fucking congressman at 25.
There's a difference between a man who is immature and buys into misogynistic views of beauty and aging and one who is a predator. Also, many actual predators? Not losers and able to move through society pretty freely being seen as cool and the ideal, so conflating the two isn't helpful.
This is going to be my final response to any attempt at discourse. You're welcome to continue amongst yourselves.
also sometimes a 40 year old and a 25 year old just weirdly find each and it's a perfectly normal relationship - like all human relationships are complex and situational, it's so rarely an either/or thing let alone just one thing only
if a 40 year old dude only dates 25 year olds, DiCaprio style or something adjacent to it, then yeah he's a loser
if a 40 year old dude meets a 25 year old through social event or friends or whatever and they happen to hit it off and make a go of it, and this isn't some sort of reoccurring pattern for the guy, that's just a relationship with an age difference
being predatory means something specific, and man I agree w/ OP and really wish people just stopped ascribing it to any and all relationship dynamics they personally might not like
predator and groomer - two words that need to go up on the "can't use till you learn their meaning" shelf
i'm 21, my boyfriend is 37. our age gap put us off from romance for a long time precisely because we're both hyper aware of the power imbalance. neither of us had ever dated someone outside their age group. the first 3 months of our relationship was, basically, courting. we hadn't even kissed during this. when we were discussing our relationship for the first time, the first thing he said to me was, "whatever we do, you have to decide. i cannot make decisions for us."
i've met many creepy men and am constantly, painfully aware of all of their creepy signs & behaviors. i used these months to basically vibe check him, and found that our dynamic was one of the most healthy, gentle, and respectful i've ever had. his words and actions have proved to me that i have complete control over the pace and intimacy of our relationship.
6 months have passed, and he has never proved me wrong. and goddamn, i am so happy!! life is so good with him!! we somehow found each other, and the gap is weird, but also not at all, because we've never liked each other for our ages.
it's easier than you might think to find yourself in a relationship which is unhealthy, even manipulative, even abusive. and there are plenty of creepy "40 year old dudes"—it's a great idea to seek support, connection, and advice from other people who love you when in a relationship with a large age gap. a year ago, i wouldn't have ever dreamed of dating a man almost twice my age. i just lucked out in finding a man written by a woman lol.
i've had people tell me i'm being groomed or that he is a pedophile. it breaks my fucking heart. to hear the person i love being accused of genuinely fucked up things, because people who don't know what the fuck they're talking about have (understandably) negative preconceptions about what my relationship looks like.
sometimes blanket labels don't apply to every real-world relationship. sometimes really odd and pretty things happen when humans fall in love. if you wouldn't date someone older, no matter who they were, cool. i didn't think i would either.
Your art is absolutely amazing!!! I just spent like an hour going through your art and your tgcf tag reblogging everything and wanted to let you know your art style is so good! I love your xie lian especially!!!! 💜
AHHH (⸝⸝⸝- ᴗ -⸝⸝⸝ ;) i LOVE spam notifs haha thank you for all the wonderful tags you've reblogged with!! here's a gege i don't think i've posted, thank u for loving him (he's a mess but he's OUR mess)! 💗
thank u for scruff + eyebags combo xie lian he is perfect ❤
EEEEP thank you!!!
i do love the idea that over the course of almost a thousand years spent farming, rolling in garbage, struggling to find a reason to love himself, struggling to find anyone who loves him, xie lian...lets himself go a little bit. he tries to tie his hair up neatly as a prince should, but can't help strays from constantly flying out. he might not need sleep, but feels deprivation's effects, and still rubs his eyes until they bruise when he tries to shake off the nightmares that keep him awake. he forgets to shave.
(but of course, things change when hua cheng enters his life yet again. san lang can't heal xie lian's pain, but he can give back the confidence, love, and preserverence that's kept hua cheng going for all these years. and xie lian's scars don't heal, but he's motivated to take better care of himself. now that he knows he's worthy of love, he's stronger for it.)
