Animal Illustrator in California, but was born and raised in México City. Title is Spanish for "drawing cartoons", which is pretty much all I do. Besides art, I like animals and storytelling. I'm also a twin.
I volunteer as a docent at the local zoo.
GAME FREAK REALLY WENT AND SAID “HEY, LET’S GIVE COMIX A NEW FAVORITE BIRD POKÉMON” HUH?!!!!
I LOVE STELLER’S SEA EAGLE BRAVIARY WITH MY ENTIRE HEART!!!!!!
Quick doodle break from playing Monster Hunter Stories 2 almost nonstop
Paolumu is best monstie!
@comixqueen and my birthday is around the corner. 3 whole decades, oooffff
Gonna be celebrating this one together tho! Running around a cool museum, visit a cool aquarium, hopefully get a tattoo together if we can manage to get a hold of anyone at the chosen studio.
Can’t wait to see you, sis!
Oh right, I never finished sharing my March Mammal Madness art here!! OTL
Here’s all my portraits for round 3, the sweet 16. Harpy eagle, red brocket deer, Egyptian rousette, and the ammonite Didymoceras nebrascense. The tablet in the ammonite’s art was made by my sis @nekonotaishou
Put a number in my ask box!:
- When did you get into art?
- What art-related sites have you ever signed up for?
- Show us your oldest piece of art you have on hand.
- What defines your artistic style?
- Do you practice other styles/have you tried other styles in the past?
- What levels of artistic education have you had?
- Show us at least one picture you drew or sketched recently that you did not put on a public site.
- What is your favourite piece that you have done?
- What is your least favourite piece that you have done?
- What do you like most about your art?
- What do you like least about your art?
- Have you ever considered taking commissions?
- Are you looking to pursue a career in art?
- What do you like drawing the most?
- What do you like drawing the least?
- Do you draw more fanart or original art? If fanart, what fandom do you draw the most of?
- What would you absolutely refuse to draw?
- What is your purpose for drawing?
- What medium/program do you use the most in your art?
- How would you rank your art? (poor, mediocre, good, etc.)
- Do you believe there is such thing as “bad art?”
- List at least one of your “artspirations.”
- What do you think you could stand to improve on?
- Do you have a shameful art past? (recolour sprite comics, tracing art, etc.)
- Draw a picture!
(via lynayru)
More March Mammal Madness art, this time for the Gods and Monsters division.
Species list under the cut:
More March Mammal Madness art! With only two vertebrates, only one of which is a mammal… it happens some years. This is the Sea Beasties division (or, as it was known backstage at first, “Gods and Monsters of the Sea”)
Species list under the cut:
March Mammal Madnes, Tricksy Taxonomy (or, as it was known behind the scenes at first, “But WHAT is it?”)
Species list under the cut:
All my March Mammal Madness art for yesterday’s Red, In Fur bout. I had tons of fun playing with the colors <3
Species list under the cut:
March Mammal Madness kicks off for real today, so please enjoy these two rodents I drew for Monday’s wild card bout.
Southern red-backed vole on the left, Hopi chipmunk on the right.
PACIFIC RIM ANIMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Copperhead: *exists*
Me:
Hey, I’m actually posting art here! Wow!!
Who remembers my March Mammal Madness art? Well, it’s that time of year again, and, thanks to an early reveal game, I can share a tiny bit of art I’ve made for it! Round 1 art for the white-winged vampire bat!
I actually got to choose this species as a competitor, myself! As a result, I may have gone a little Extra on her round 1 artwork…. but still, she’s my baby and I wanted her to look her best! <3
New year and all that.
Received some really bad news this morning. This doodle was one of many distractions I needed today to deal with it.
Looking at how other artists price their commission work has been equal parts enlightening and discouraging; on one hand, I know I have a right to price at least $20/hour, but on the other hand there are artists offering more detailed art than what I will be offering (or at least art that appears to be more detailed/laborious) for significantly less, and it makes me feel like the prices I’m going to set are self-aggrandizing. :/
It’s a bad feel :/
My one technique that’s helping me keep my head on straight is telling myself that
A) custom artwork is a luxury, and
B) that customers can easily look through a gallery (as well as advertised samples), and know what they want when they’ve found it, and have the ability to decline if the price is too high for them.
If someone complains about the pricing, you probably wouldn’t want them as a customer anyways.
This is good advice and a useful mindset to have!
Me in March, looking up Bloodborne bosses: “whoa the Moon Presence is p gnarly. Definitely never gonna draw that nightmare of a design omfg”
Eldritchtober #15 Curse & 16 Moon: “… hey ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ”
Me: “gdi”