I Love Tumblr Holidays

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occasionally I am struck dumb by the sublime beauty of the world in the small moments, you know?

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News headlines from this past week 3/23/25

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merlin and arthur screenshot redraw

i know this show is older now, but his death still destroys me and i had to do something for it

i didn't do the chainmail texture; i might come back to it sometime, but for now im happy with it, especially since i just drew it on my phone

Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you? And find nourishment at the very sight of you?

(i apologize for any formatting issues, im on mobile)

this took a few weeks of drawing on and off to finally finish, since the paper is i believe about 3 x 2 feet

i used a mechanical pencil for the sketch, which might have been the most time consuming part. in the sketch i messed up the perspective and proportion while trying to make it more dynamic, which i had to fix when i did the lineart (with tombow ink pens).

i did the shading in only a couple hours using greyscale alcohol markers. i didn't use the reference image for the shadows, because i wanted to be particular about the lighting

the final piece is still a slightly different angle than the original photo (of the Canterbury Cathedral, found on Britannica), and while it was on purpose, i still need more practice with the execution

ART PROGRESS:

alcohol marker coloring improvement from September 2023 to April 2024 (6 month difference)

i now have a better understanding of how alcohol markers work and how to build up the color slowly to create depth and texture, and to prevent losing the lineart. i am once again more patient in lineart, shading, background art, AND coloring

i used lineart only for the subject - the dragon - allowing the background to consist of shapes to not be distracting. i used the texture of the markers to my advantage, creating a scaley appearance on the dragon and a cloudy one for the sky. i also used a white gel pen to add bright highlights and even more texture

Okay I JUST realized I never posted these on here—- BUT BASICALLY, about a year and a half ago I started doing these experimental black hairstyle posts that were threads long on Twitter, to give artists a source of inspo for their black ocs whose hair they wanted to try something new with! There’s more to black hair than just the selected styles portrayed in media, and I thought it would be fun to show people how much texture, shape, fades, length, and style can be combined when drawing black hair—-cause it’s a kind of manipulation our hair can do irl! The OG posts were lost with the hacking of my original Twitter account (@/bagels_donuts) but I’ve since reuploaded the whole thread to my new Twitter (@/ItsDonutsFR)! I hope artists on tumblr find these useful, sorry it took me so long to post them here😭🙏🏾 I’ll upload them all in parts!

Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades

ABOUT ME

NAME: Danny Chai PRONOUNS: he/they SEXUALITY: demi/pan

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SOCIAL LINKS

TWITCH – I’m a beginner VTuber and streamer! Mostly chill games with friends (Raft, Minecraft, etc.) or solo/duo art streams! Gaming streams every Saturday at 7-9pm central, and random solo art streams throughout the week!

YOUTUBE – I post all my Twitch VODs here every Monday at 4pm central! I’m also starting to post occasional speedpaints, so check those out!

DISCORD SERVER – For my Twitch and YouTube followers, plus commission info! Mostly just my stream friends and moderators right now, but I encourage you to build a community there!

DEVIANTART – I semi-regularly dump all my art here, pretty similar to this blog, so follow me there too! As a reminder, my commissions are open!! But DeviantArt isn't the best place to contact me, so probably try somewhere else.

PINTEREST – I sometimes post art, but I mostly use it to save references for my drawings. Super organized and full of helpful stuff, so feel free to use my account as a tool, fellow artists!

CARA – I try to post my best art here to make a digital portfolio for myself! Again, commissions are open!

SPOTIFY – Just in case you're curious about what I listen to! Lots of metal, stoner rock, hard rock, indie, etc.

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COMMISSION INFO

COMMISSION STATUS: OPEN

COMMISSION SLOTS: 2

FOR MORE INFO:

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BLOG TAGS

Here is a list of tags I use on this blog so you can search for them as needed!

MY ART: "chai's art"

I specifically tag the mediums I use, if it's of my OCs, etc., so you can search specifically as well.

ART I LIKE: "cool art"

This tag includes art and artists I find on here and like a lot!

AO3 SKINS: "ao3 stuff"

I occasionally make ao3 skins, which you can find here!

STUFF I AGREE WITH: "about this blog"

This tag includes posts about the inclusivity of this blog, memes this blog can relate to, etc.

INFO, RESOURCES, AND DONATION LINKS FOR RECENT EVENTS + LGBTQ SUPPORT: "current politics"

Try to support as much as you can, whether it's a donation or just spreading the word!

three watercolor paintings i did a couple months ago!

i haven't used watercolor in a very long time because i always found it difficult and unpredictable, but i wanted to try it again. after trying painting a lined drawing first (not posted here), i tried again with these lineless styles, painting directly over my sketch

the style suits me much better. i love the way i can layer the colors to make them brighter and more vibrant. it also helps to use tube watercolor paints rather than the tray, so it's easier to mix like im used to with acrylics

overall, it feels similar to how i render digitally, building up colors especialy around the eyes