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it's in a place of honor above my desk, though, and i am 100% that "oh ariana we're really in it now" meme on a daily basis. thank you for putting your art out there!!

Thank you so much!! I hope it keeps bringing you joy! (❁´◡`❁)

aaaaahhhhhhghhhh. the thoughts. too many. that painting makes me a heap. piled on the floor tears in my eyes. when love and fear mix

this is soothing my weather induced headache

Hey! I mainly use Procreate on iPad these days (with occasional forays into Rebelle and Krita on desktop). I usually tag my posts with what programs I used (if I don’t forget).

You can find a variety of the brushes I use in my brushes tag.

the most essential brushes in my workflow in Procreate are the default 6B pencil (found under Sketching) and a tweaked Nikko Rull brush (found under Painting) with a different grain:

Grain > Grain Source > Edit > Import > Source Library > Munched Paper

I hope that helps!

I LOVE Once and future, it's so striking and stunning and skilled, I just stopped and stared at it for ages when I first saw it. And then I saw Devotion on here and I thought the same all over again! Now I've found your other Merlin work and it's all so gorgeous, I especially love Shadows of the past, A reminder of you and me, Seven promises and Devotion. You make me happy made me miss the sweetness and tenderness of early series morgwen so much all over again, it's so soft and pretty.

Your art has really inspired me to finally start my own. I've been waiting until I have time once my exams are over (which I just finished today!!) so now I'm definitely going to start some Merlin stuff, particularly now I've seen your amazing work. I hope I can create art that's as gorgeous and impressionable as yours one day!

So I just wanted to come and gush about how much I love your art and tell you how amazing you are!

Thanks, bye! I'm going to go and stare lovingly at all of your Merlin art now! <3🌻

I didn't know how to react to such a heartfelt message at first and I was simply overwhelmed. I read it in the morning and now it's early evening for me and it bounced around in my head the entire day.

First of all, congratulations on finishing your exams!!

Second of all, YOU are amazing for picking up doing art and being brave enough to simply start! I wish you all the best during your art journey and remember to have fun!!

Thank you so so much for taking the time to write up this lovely message and letting me know about your future art endeavors! You have no idea what a creative push that is to me so you get a Merlin of Gratitude!