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I'm Paisley Gray, a queer cartoonist& character designer in the US. They/Them

@theartofmadeline

shark vs the universe
Cosimo Galluzzi
Xuebing Du

JVL
cherry valley forever
KIROKAZE

pixel skylines
Jules of Nature
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
todays bird
Sade Olutola
Acquired Stardust
wallacepolsom

Product Placement

titsay

izzy's playlists!
Three Goblin Art
Misplaced Lens Cap

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@pig-feathers
New Year, "New Meet the Artist" post!
Find me elsewhere:
I'm Paisley Gray, a queer cartoonist& character designer in the US. They/Them

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
i can’t get over the fact that if you were to have more than two arms you’d need more than two pectoral muscles to accommodate them
Counterargument, sweet back muscles
* OH SHIT
i am. very normal. yes. very. definitely not gripping my arm so hard it’s about to draw blood
@demilypyro
Back Muscles
perceived skill
Peace and love
Write it badly or it'll never be written
Write it badly or it'll never be written
Write it badly or it'll never be written
Write it badly or it'll never be written
Write it badly or it'll never be written
Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
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✨️ Twinkle twinkle little star, how the hell you draw an arm ✨️
sometimes i wonder if we have forgotten that sharing creative work is, fundamentally, a bid for human connection. like I'm not posting art or fic for 'engagement' i'm posting it looking for other sickos to play with! i'd be making it anyway for my own gratification because there's something wrong with me, i'm sharing it hoping we can have something wrong with us together <3
LMAO so, recently someone tried to SCAM me, so i'll show you what happened and the telltales of it being a scam.
This one is quite obvious but i know people who are just starting their artist careers and might not have experiece.
Follow the thread:
🚩#1: They pick your most famous/Popular art as reference. They don't know what you actually sell.
🚩#2: They will pick a random popular character. They're not roleplayers or anything. They're not here for the art in any level
You ask me, what are the odds they really like Goku? Oh, well, you'll see. At this point i check their profile for anythign that might indicate it, but as you'll see you won't have to.

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
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I Don’t think I could stop drawing, even if I tried.
Ireland is coming to the end of a three year pilot of Basic Income for Artists.
2000 artists received €325 a week for three years, and every euro paid to participants resulted in society receiving €1.39 in return.
Artists’ earnings from their art increased, there were more cultural activities and events and there were, unsurprisingly, huge leaps in participants’ psychological wellbeing.
Hey! I was wondering, how do you draw the tattoos? I've been trying lately in an OC and i feel like something isnt right hahahah But yours seems very natural looking
I don't know if the way I draw tattoos is the most natural looking or the best way but I can show you how I do it!
The thing that will make the tattoos blend with the character in a more realistic way is the color. Tattoo ink fades and changes color a little once your tattoo is healed, and I've noticed that using a saturated color instead of pure black helps to achieve that effect. Of course, your color choices will vary a little depending on the skin tone of your character (use a darker reddish color for a character with darker skin tone, a lighter one if the character is very pale, etc), but the multiply mode will help make the tattoo design stand out regardless. You can play around with opacity levels too. Here's a side by side comparison of how the tats look if you use a brown/reddish color vs an achromatic black/gray.
It's a matter of taste, really. I don't think the 2nd image looks worse, but I like the look of the first one better because it blends with the skin tone a little. If your art style is more graphic/bold than mine, you may want to stick with bolder tattoos that stand out more than the ones I draw. For example, I don't always do this process; here's an example of tats I drew that do not blend as much with the skin:
For Frankie's tats I wanted a bolder look (she's the only one with colorful tats). None of these tats have a lower opacity setting, but I did color the lettering in a way that some parts are lighter/more saturated following the shadows of the skin. Again; this is all a matter of taste! My advice is that you should use the liquify tool a lot because as long as the tats "bend" and follow the body shape they will look like they belong to the character. Whether you prefer a "natural/faded" look or a bolder one it all depends on personal taste and your art style in particular. The gaussian blur trick makes a big difference too, although I don't always use it.
Hey y'all! Just wanted to let everyone know that if you would like to follow or support my work outside of Tumblr, my LinkTree has ALL my Pig~Feathers accounts and socials, including my new Artistree account where you can commission character art from me! Connect with me any and everywhere, I'll be so happy to see you 🐷
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You guys the art director has a hand ref sheet if anyone wants some good references

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Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.
The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.
These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.
(all credit to my physiotherapist)
Check it out y'all! I've been on a roll creating character designs for my comic.
These people have been in my head for so long, they are just pouring out of me now that I have had to heal from how traumatic 2019-2024 were for me. My nervous system is much more regulated now, and although I still struggle with my ADD and executive dysfunction, I am now much more capable of drawing regularly.
I prefer to develop things in my sketchbook, but official art and the actual comic will be digital. Hope you enjoy!
Characters: Zaya and Jennet from Bruno Dracula & the Spooky Bunch