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My colors are off

Another artist pointed this out to me, actually thought it couldn’t be “that” off.

Did some color calibration. (Apparently couldn’t trust my own eyes or monitors since all three were showing things differently even my cintiq. Bought an X-Rite Colormunki to keep profiles more up to date and to take my office room’s ambient lighting into consideration.)

Looking at older colors and rechecking the most recent stuff. Holy shit, the contrast, and darks are WAY darker than they should be. Smolder’s gear is almost pitch black, kitsune’s hair is almost the same and shading is far darker than intended. (that shouldn’t be the case)

Gonna have to recolor a few things. gah.

Probably a good time as any to consider getting around to actually doing ref sheets of my characters so color picking will always remain accurate / I can tell when things are a lil fucked.

(also a lil reminder for others, color calibrate your monitors often. maybe)

2017 -> 2018

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This year I actually really wanted to do a Christmas Painting of Smolder & bigger Smolder this year since I haven’t done any Christmas personal art for myself in the last several years actually.

This week has been, well something. Unmotivating and a rather slightly lonely one. More so than I wish to admit.

Wouldn’t really make it in time for the Holidays. (But I’d probably still do it, cause I still really want to.)

The closing/end of the year has been uh, not so fantastic.
But, overall I’m somewhat looking forward to 2018 and going into it with a slightly different mindset on the way I should approach my work, others, personal problems and the way I think in general.

:::2018 Goals:::
-Paint more (I’ve done a single full paint this year. and that was back in March…That’s dishearting.)
-Study+Practice more
-Figure out what I enjoy.
-Draw more of what I enjoy. (Rather it’s fan-art, gift-art or just drawing my own things.)

-Work smart, not hard.
-Stop being so distant and try approaching others more / get better at talking. (Social skills, severely lacking)
-Travel / Conventions. (probably won’t happen.)
-Comic group / Participate in comic collaborations (probably won’t happen)

-Get better at Character Designs / World Building.
-Introduce more OCs.
-Work on Demonic (Finish at least a chapter or two)
-Fanart/Doujinshi comics. (I feel strongly about this one and always wanted to.)
-Dumb Smolder T-Shirt (i’m serious, had this one dumb idea for a while and really want to see how it would look on a shirt. lmao)
-Learn to 3D print / Relearn 3D.
-Get a 3D Printer
-3D Print my own OCs and friends OCs.

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Think you’ll do any more BnHA fanart? The pics with Smoldr were really cool, and it would be fun to see more of that kinda thing.

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I honestly want to, but i probably won’t. You guys have no idea how much I get into it when I’m really into something and having fun.

The first stream I drew Smolder as a BnHA character got me excited for a lot of dumb ideas i want to see. Idolizing all-might, meeting deku/baku, crushing super hard on my man Mirio and Momo! (Like, doodle ideas when she’s not using her suit. She’s just a mean tiny grappler that’d soon scorch or chock her assailants/criminals into submission between her burning thighs/tail. JUST A BUNCH OF DUMB IDEAS I WANNA DRAW. LOL )

Would you say you are a well recognized artist and that you like where you are, or do you wish in some time that a “change” would occur that draws in a larger audience? Also, mind telling us your journey thus far to the point where you are now? I’m a very big fan ^^

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Recognized. I guess so. (Going off just tumblr/fa/twitter numbers here…mostly Tumblr because of Smolder playing an absurdly big role in it. the audience/following count took a massive jump from 8k into the 20k+. But I’ve always felt pretty content with that. Smut or not, having your own character being the reason folks followed is a pretty nice feeling + bonus if they stay for everything else. even if I don’t draw her as often as I use or want to.)

Um, there’s a few things I want to “change” myself and want to try doing for 2018.

[1] Be more active on all the sites I post. (This is a given)
[2] Move away from being a “commission” artist.
[3] STUDY

I would like to phase out commissions. Not that I don’t like doing pieces for others. (I enjoy gifting pieces to friends, others who’s works or content I’ve enjoyed and it does feel nice making stranger’s DAY/WEEK just for creating a piece they wanted.) it’s been a rocky experience. I got to personally meet and work directly with some great clients that have been good to me, returning clients or funny enough even good acquaintances /friends.

For 2018, i’d like to move over to doing strictly fanart of shows/games/things I actually enjoy and personal pieces. (mentioned back before there are shows like “Working!!” I would love to do fan comic or two for. Zelda, Splatoon, League of Legends or whatever else even catches my interest and hopefully meet others with the same interests.)

Really want to turn 2018 into studying + self-exploration with themes, characters, backgrounds and ideas that always pinged my interested but I never got around to just sitting down and investing time into. (2017 was originally supposed to be the year of “STUDYING” first few months worked out but then I got busy/stress. So I would end up just turning to sleeping doing nothing for long periods of times or playing dumb games like league a lot.)

I’m on a far better foundation than I was a year or two ago. So hopefully that will make pushing for improvement (myself and art) will go much smoother next year.

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(dumb thing above is from personal studies and notes earlier this year when I was trying to get back into painting + learn the fundamentals. I tried, but gonna need to do better next year.)

Hey!

I’m alive!

Sorry my responses have slowed down immensely this weekend. (Still, have half of the commission emails to send out and inquiries to respond to! My apologies there everyone!)

I was stressing the hell out + breaks/pads/rotors broke on my truck (not paying for that shit right now, house first) + anxious waiting on a response from the management company thinking I got passed up for the place. Nah, apparently I was just being a jackass.

Running back and forth with the management company today/tomorrow for the rental and my bank because I stupidly sent in the wrong documents/there was an easier way I wasn’t aware of they talked me through it. So trying to get that sorted out as soon as possible.

Hopefully, I can start work/dying comfortably in the new place VERY soon.

Gonna try not to jinx it, but keeping my fingers crossed!

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I’d like to say something.

I’ll get back to posting art regularly soon. Sorry for the chatter!
I don’t do these kinds of posts/journals very much. So I do apologize if It sounds like I’m repeating something I’ve already said in the past.

Copying and pasting this from my patreon/FA page, felt this applied to everyone who’s viewed, faved, shared and supported me. Regardless of how brief or how long.

Things have been good. (Damn good infact)

The job at Amazon has been going better than expected. Took a while to get use to the physical labor, the commuting and getting truck all fixed up. But shit’s been good. So damn good, this feels NORMAL? Like I’m actually on track for once, I have proper direction, a proper schedule. (I know to expect some bumps along the way. I’ll get better at correcting them quickly. But still!) That actually means a lot to me. THIS feels amazing. Even for such a “SMALL/COMMON” step in life others have gone through already. I’m just super late catching up haha…It just took way too long.

I feel confident enough to say as of August this patreon page will be set $5 only. For everything.

NSFW, Animations, Sketches, Experiments, Alternate Versions, Voting.
Everything.

If you’re currently supporting me, plan to support me or once supported. Through patreon, commissions or side projects. i don’t care. THANK YOU.

I know I’ve been a pain in the ass and very hectic to keep up with over the years. Sometimes I can be a consistent hard worker, knocking pieces out quickly and efficiently, with decent communication! And sometimes I stumble over myself causing problems, giving paper promises and delays/not so great situations for everyone involved. I’m sorry for my fuck ups and wasting the time of those who once worked with/supported me.

But through all that fuckery

Thank you all kindly for all the support you’ve given this slow ass artist/ stranger on the internet. You guys helped me stay afloat consistently, through my troubles, family situations, emergencies and when I really needed it. I still have some catching up to do, but my schedule is feeling more and more…Under my control than ever compared to the last few years of taking commissions and projects.

I love you guys for what you do for me and owe you all so damn much for that.

Thanks for sticking with!

-Kanel/Brandon!

Irrelevant Chatter

Had a new-year piece just sitting there. But I wanna improve my anatomy a bit before I get back onto it. (Got a bunch of art-book-pdfs from a friend for Christmas. Currently starting with one by Andrew Loomis. In all seriousness haven’t been feeling too great with my artwork for..well, the longest. Anatomy, perspective, lack of a decent technique and even my coloring all over the place. Everything’s pretty jumbled up. Gonna keep reading up and practicing on my own time. So apologies if I sometimes end up posting not so polished studies/experiments. I’ve always enjoyed showing progress with at least someone. Lonely artist problems probably)

For now, have some garbage dragons:

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Been awhile since you’ve last been here, you doing alright?

Ah, i wanted to get a bit more into that and the reasoning for major 6-month inactivity in a lot of places. (especially on tumblr)

I’ll probably do a much larger post later.

In a nutshell tho: I’m doing alright! Things are less stressful (albeit still uncomfortable here. I miss having my own place/apartment to myself and my comfort among other things)

My family has helped lift a burden making last two or so months bearable. (They got jobs, f i n a l l y. This is a pretty big deal for me at least.) So I feel I have more room to breath and be more active.

Actually feels kinda nice reading all these messages and responding to you guys. A good chunk of them were pretty positive and welcoming. Been sticking to myself even among friends because of the stress/irritation quite a lot. So it’s pretty nice coming back, receiving silly/warm/dorky/check-up messages and I appreciate you guys for it. More so than I can really show. (But you guys didn’t hear this from me)

Edit: Sorry for the lengthy “ I”M DOING ALRIGHT” post! ;;;;;