Lutea Arts

So I’m going to be advertising and shilling from the sun and back because bills need to be payed and projects need to be backed. I have a lot planned but I also want to be able to eat, so here’s a link to my commissions.

More of my commission info is here as well: Commission info

I ask because I have been trying to build my crochet business for years (among other things) and I want to pic something that will help me further that. I know etsy is the easiest answer for many, but with all the things going on with etsy, I'd rather take my chances elsewhere. That's why I never moved off Ebay despite it being more geared to reselling used goods than home made stuff. (I think that may be part of my problem too!)

You can acknowledge a character's complexity, backstory, and motives, and still dislike them. Complex characters don't always translate to "likable". it just means there are layers to them. and sometimes those characters are either layered cakes, layered onions, or layers in a land fill that are continually recovered with dirt.

Like no matter how much of a sob story a character might have, or how their actions are perfectly explainable , or even if the story paints them in a specific light- you do not get a pass to hurt other because you yourself are hurt. An explanation isn't an excuse.

No , not every character needs to be nice or morally upstanding. not everyone needs to be a saint. Its a character at the end of the say. And any character archetype old or new can hold a wealth of complexity. I've come across plenty of complex characters and understood their situations and I can appreciate their inclusions in the story as well as them being antagonistic (hell , protagonists in some stories). I've dissected them, researched them, ect. Complexity encompasses a myriad of things for a character like : traits, backstory, tendencies, good, bad, and neutral actions. Regardless of all that, I can still dislike them. Sometimes an azzhole is an azzhole and not everybody likes em. consider it a flavor

(Side note: Its OK to dislike a person and distance yourself while still understanding their situation. Their mental health may be important but yours is too. You can't help someone who DOESN'T WANT IT. )

I made her a keychain too!  ; merchshop

Some more pixel art practice in pixsquare. I wanna build up to animation in it but for now I’ll focus on pixel artwork. I’m trying to think of it like lineless rendering.  

Yeah I went ahead and got an acggoods account. I wanted to try it out. i don't have room for merch and I find print on demand pretty advantageous at this time. I really wanted to have some merch for moonlit lemonade and mache and mata  (among others) just because. I am adding more to it as I go, doubly excited for the pins and key chains. I've been wanting to make a keychain for Oya for so long!

AND STICKER SHEETS! This thing makes sticker sheets, i already got two stickers up as we speak. Here's a lovecore one-

-And my fun-gals one!

-------- So I have three other shops shops. totaling 4. no i don't have a problem.

One for my physical work (crochet):

One for my Ko-fi (you can get crochet patterns , digital comics and books I've made, commissions, digital wallpapers, and more):

One for T-shirts (thinking of getting rid of this one, honestly):

something to consider whenever i want to try my hand at a merch shop again. kinda reminds me of redbubble. you have the option to sell through the site or buy in bulk and sell in your own site (at least with wooacry.) Some items made in wooacry can be sold in your acg store frint (which is claimed to be free but they take a percentage of every purchas being that they handle shipping, handling , and manufacturing. due consider.). I thought I'd share it here while I remember.

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Thats right, I can crochet your oc in different styles , custom made , and mail it to you. It’s around that time of the month and this is basically a job for me . XD Kate me make your plushy dreams come true! (I can make hats and bags based off your ocs as well too!)

My crochet commission details are here:

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here but stay aware of the data centers being built around your towns. Ai isn't free, it was never free. from jacked up electricity builds. building in black and low income neighborhoods, poisoning local people and environment, and literally stealing fresh water. Those still pushing ai as a need and not the wasteful want it is are usually complicit in such inhumane actions as this. I highly advise to stop using ai, you are paying for it one way or another. I can not properly describe how much i hate this and anything generative ai adjacent.

(TLDR: I am sharing vids that helped me, i used the program like any other graphic program pre-2022, and I turned the ai sharing off. I am also using a free account on the figma website. which makes it easier to avoid most ai features because a lot of them are paywalled. Lastly, with the free account they limit how many files you can have, but regardless you can save your files locally (on your device) and import them back when you want to open them again. there, full workaround if you have to or want to learn figma. I hope this helps. ) Long version: : This is if you have to use figma but don;t want to touch any of the ai mess. I am doing some testing and operating on free account. I've been seeing a fair amount of graphic jobs asking or requiring experience with it so I decided to dabble with it. I found it be be riddled with ai and continuously pushing it but luckily it was a functional program pre- genai so I'm able to use it just fine without touching any of it.

I was able to make these the other day. Might be shabby but I did it. Both done without gen ai and with the available tools allotted. So yes you very much can use Figma without touching its ai just fine.

...I question the ethics of still using programs that incorporate gen ai, even if you don't use gen ai itself, you are still using a program that contains it. Maybe by nit using such ai features it shows the company you aren't interested in those aspects they keep shoving and it still does something positive, or simply using it is allowing them the excuse to keep cramming such environmentally and socially damaging tech into the general public? Idk. Its something to consider. But if You HAVE to use figma but have concerns of it's gen ai then rest assured you can use figma just fine without it .