Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Finished art trade w/ āŖ@zip_spinzā¬ !!
I included a background variant since I couldnāt pick between the two
(Also lmk if anything should be changed! As long as itās not a major change like messing with the line work, I donāt mind :) )
(Also also, the images should expand if you click on them)
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Art trade update for āŖ@zip_spinzā¬ !!
Lmk if you want anything changed, otherwise the sketching is done :)
16 - 4
Hey everyone!
Just an update on my commissions since I had some issues with one of my payment methods recently.
Iāve had some issues with data leaks on PayPal leading to activity from hackers on my PayPal account, and because of it Iām hesitant to continue using it. Thankfully I havenāt lost anything (I almost did, but after a case repeal PayPal closed the case in my favor and returned the funds since I wasnāt the one who withdrew it).
For now Iāll continue to keep commissions open, but Iām going to only use Venmo for a while. I may eventually use PayPal again, but Iāll need to be sure that itās safe and secure enough before I do that.
This will also affect the commission deals I had planned both for this Halloween season and for the winter holidays. Commissions will still be 50% all October, but I wonāt be doing YCHs or adopts like Iād originally planned since I doubt thereād be enough interest now that Iām not accepting PayPal.
Other than that, not much will change, just payment methods and some YCH plans I had. I do still have some sketches for YCHs, though, so I may wind up raffling those off if I get the motivation to finish them. Weāll see.
15 - 4
Hey yāall!!
Since October is almost here, Iām getting some commission updates figured out for the Halloween season. Iāll of course do discounts just like last year, but I was wanting to get an idea of anything else yāall might be interested ināparticularly YCHs and Adoptables.
Iād love to be able to do a few YCHs, or to make an adopt to auction off, but I have no idea if anyone would even want one and donāt want to waste the time if not. Prices for the YCHs would probably be somewhere between $10-15.
So, this post is just to see if thereās any actual interest for that. Discounts will still happen even if YCHs and adopts donāt, and will be 50% off spooky/halloween themed commissions just like last year.
Thank yāall for reading!! For those who are interested, Iāll probably update on this by Tuesday, and my commission info is linked in my bio at all times :)
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Hey yāall!!
Bit of an update post but also not really?? Idk. Thisāll probably get long so Iāll add a lil TL;DR at the bottom
Recently I went through some of my older videos and realized just how silly I used to be about tracing. Like, I straight up asked at the end of my Bellyache animation meme for people not to trace, even for unposted practice. It was just really weird. (This is fine if yāall wanna ask this of your own art, no shame there, but I just no longer agree with it for my own art) Iām not sure what that was and tbh, my best guess is that it just went from never even considering the possibility of my art being traced/stolen to having it happen a stupid number of times in a short period after my channel got bigger and it hit overwhelming. I was also like 15 and nervous as hell so that mightāve had something to do with it. I do remember that I used to get the worst icky anxious feeling every time I found out my art was traced/stolen so that probably had smn to do with it.
Anyways, Iāve since chilled out and realized that A- some of it can be harmless to me and helpful to others, and B- I maybe shouldnāt have been so bothered š.
Really Iām just writing this as a long winded way of saying itās fine to trace my art or copy it for practice/to study. I donāt really mind anymore. Plus, Iāve heard other artists say it can be helpful, so if itās helpful for you then Iām not gonna stop ya (I havenāt tried it myself, but Iāve traced the basic shapes on photos of animals when learning to draw them, so I can see how it might help).
I will say, I do have a few asks relating to this still:
- please donāt post anything of mine you trace or copy/replicate (yes, I will know, and yes, I do see it when yāall do. If I know youāve traced/copied my art and you ask for art trades and such Iām not even gonna entertain it. You will be ignored. (this has happened before). I donāt appreciate it, and donāt want to associate with people who so shamelessly steal.)
- please donāt claim it as yours if you do trace or copy/replicate my art
- please donāt trace my sonasā ref sheets (Larkspur, Carter, ClusterFluff, and Bashful) as theyāre incredibly personal and I still get that icky anxious feeling with these guys (though this may change over time, and I will update yāall if it does)
- donāt trace commissions or art trades. Period. Those pieces were made for specific people and Iām sure theyād rather not have something they paid for/drew art for being taken and traced.
Referencing is also fine ofc (always has been, Iām just repeating it here since it feels on topic), but please make sure you change stuff up and mix in other elements/refs so itās not a copy or so heavily referenced that I can tell exactly what art piece you referenced. If you are going to do this, and the influence is fairly clear then please just credit me (and also tag, Iād love to see it!!!)
Anyhow, I never know how to end these, so onto the TL;DR
TL;DR
I used to be waaaaaay over protective of my own art. Iāve grown up a bit and realized that was kinda silly of me, so this is an update on that. Tracing of my art (as long as itās for practice and goes unposted and isnāt claimed as yours) is fine. Referencing is also perfectly fine, but please donāt heavily reference/copy, and please credit/tag me if you do reference my art (Iād love to see what yāall make :D)
15 - 2
Howdy yall!
Yesterday marked Fluffās 2nd Birthday (I forgot to dig up the first sketches of her yesterday, so Iām a bit late to announce this, whoops). To celebrate, I figured Iād post (almost*) every ref sheet Iāve made for her to date + the sketches that she came from, along with me yammering on about this lil gal and also some of my time on the internet and as an artist.
(*Not including an animation friendly alternative ref sheet since it was literally a simplified version of her first actual ref)
Starting off with some backstory.
When I created her, I was actually in the middle of a drivers ed class. We were on a 10 minute break, so I did as bored artists do and started doodling away. Iād been wanting to design a fox character for a while leading up to that, and while I was thinking up designs I decided to try throwing in a traffic cone for fun. Her name actually came from that, being a bit of a play on words with āCluster Fuckā since I associated that with traffic. From there her patterns were just my messing around and seeing what I could do.
Later on, I ended up getting bored in my freshman year of high school, and started doodling it some more. Purely for the hell of it I decided to draw out some face designs. One of which was very sharp, angular, and snarl-y, which I stuck with. At about that time I decided to change her species to a more generic canine since I liked that face shape and general build a bit better than a foxās.
Sometime after that I changed her tail to resemble a shark more since Iād started liking them a lot, and I simplified her tail design while I was at it cuz it was a major pain in the side to draw.
For awhile she stayed like that, but the most recent change (literally last Saturday) Iāve made was to simplify its eyes, edit the order of colors on the nose, adjust her colors to be more vibrant, flattened out her chest again, and I changed its body type.
Despite all the changes throughout the (very minimal amount of) years, Cluster fluff here has been a sona and a mascot for me and itās been such an incredible experience to watch her age and grow with me. Itās seriously been surreal going through all her old refs and seeing how much we both (it and I) have changed. Itās also given me a bit of whiplash looking back at old art. When going from her first ref (2022) to her most recent one (2024) I also had my first āWait I managed to draw /this/ and Iām only 17???ā moment ever, which was also really bizarre.
Thanks to all of you, Iāve also been able to see her time after time through the creative lenses of those around me, which has been equally astonishing. Every single piece Iāve seen has taken so much time, effort and love and I canāt even begin to describe how incredibly thankful and overwhelming overjoyed I am to have been able to receive gifts from so many people. My time here on the internet hasnāt been all too long yet, but yāall have made it such a rewarding experience and it never fails to make me feel all warm and fuzzy thinking about the little community weāve all got here. Even with all the ups, downs, and internet drama, yall have made being here an experience I wouldnāt trade for the world. Whenever Iāve been feeling less than 100% these past 3 years that Iāve had this channel, Iāve been able to host/join streams and immediately be surrounded by people I know and who have always always always managed to leave me feeling 1000 times better than however Iāve felt before chatting. Yall have all been incredibly sweet and friendly, and I canāt overstate how glad I am to be able to have the experiences Iāve had with you all.
Iām literally tearing up as Iām typing this, I love yall sm <333 /p
Thank you all for being here to talk with me and watch me grow both as an artist and as a person. It means the world to me that so many people have been interested in the silly little thoughts and ideas I sometimes have and sometimes draw.
Gah, enough gushing though, I donāt have enough tissues for these tears.
Hereās some info on all these pieces:
1st image: The first sketches I ever made!! (7/1/22)
2nd image: First actual reference sheet (7/2/22)
3rd image: Second reference sheet (4/9/23)
4th image: Third reference sheet (8/15/23)
5th image: Its most recent reference sheet (6/29/24)
(Tap the images to expand them!! YouTube crops weird)
This most recent reference sheet was made, as some of you already know, for ArtFight. Iāll be participating for the first time this year with team Stardust! Yall can find me by the username Bamboozled_Firefly.
Good luck to everyone, and watch out cuz Iām out for blood /hj >:]
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I decided to join art fight this year!!
Thisāll be my first year participating and im super pumped >:]
Iāve already got 2 characters uploaded, but Iām working on updating refs for the other 3 (fingers crossed i can get it done) and ill also need to make some cover images for them
You can find me here!:
artfight.net/~Bamboozled_Firefly
21 - 5
Hey yāall!
Quick question:
(Gonna give some explanation and info, then Iāll sum up the question at the end of this post for those who donāt feel like reading everything)
Explanation
So recently instagram has decided to start using posts for their AI (yikes, I know)
I have heard that you can get around it but the process seems long and Iām a bit hesitant with that since Iām not sure how well itāll actually work, and atp with all of the AI art stuff going around Iād rather stay as far away as possible.
Because of that Iām currently considering slowing posts on instagram (I may still post, but posts will be less frequent and Iāll have to glaze them regardless of what option I ended up going with). Iāve heard a bit about a similar app called Cara thatās trying to avoid AI scrapping, and Iām tempted to go make an account there instead that would be pretty much the same as my insta currently isājust occasional posts whenever I make art I want to share.
Nothing will change with my YouTube account!!
So why am I asking yāall?
I donāt know how interested anyone would be since the app is so new and still a bit glitchy (Iāve heard that the glitchiness will improve, so really itās just how new/small the app is that Iām worried about). If no oneās interested then I donāt want to waste the time making an account there.
Why ask here?
Tbh I just have a bigger platform here and yāall are more interactive than my insta
Alsoā¦ data scrapping
So, would yāall be interested in me making an account on Cara to post my art?
8 - 11
Commission update:
(TL;DR attached for anyone who doesnāt feel like reading through a couple paragraphs)
Iām going to avoid using PayPal for a while (Iām fine with explaining why for anyone curious, but Iām not going to get into it all in an update post. If anyoneās curious, then I can explain in the comments under this). That means I wonāt be accepting payment via PayPal for some time. Iāll still be taking Venmo, and I should get back to using PayPal eventually. Commissions are still open. This is just temporary.
My TOS and my pricing will also be updated soon (I already have most things changed, I really just need to work on some updated art examples and Iām considering putting together a small portfolio). That will be uploaded to my links soon, and Iāll make a follow up post once those are done. Iām hoping to make it easier to read the pricing, rules, etc., and also to more easily view art examples. (If yāall had any confusion points with my current info docs please let me know! Iād love to be able to take any points into consideration when reworking them :) ).
TL;DR:
I accepting commission payment via PayPal for a bit (Venmo is still fine). My information documents for commissions will also be updated soon.
14 - 12
Itās 2024 woooo!
2023 was definitely a bit of a blur but so was every year after 2019
To celebrate the end of the year, hereās a recap of my art! I didnāt have any finished digital art for September, so instead thereās a traditional doodle of a kiwi
I really got into a rendering phase there at the end
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Programs I use:
-Procreate
-CapCut
-StreamLabs
-ToonSquid
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How to properly credit me:
Put my FULL username in your about (pfp)
^in the description of videos, add a link to my channel as well (if used as a thumbnail or in vid)
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Want to make fan-art? Go for it!
Art trades: Open!
commissions: OPEN! [comm info in links]
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A few interests and things about me! :D
- Iām AroAce! (+Questioning Agender atm)
- horror is my fav movie genre
- no favorite colors, but pastels and dusty colors are always great
- pets!: goldfish, shrimp!
- fandoms Iām in: lemon demon, warrior cats, beastars, ICP, TOH, DHMIS, Bluey
-My birthday is in June
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Please donāt trace, heavily reference, or repost my art. Ask to use it in edits.