✦ doodlemancy
✦ 28
✦ OR, USA
✦ she/her
✦ chaotic bi
✦ part time retail, full time human disaster
My True Name is Margaret. Most people forget this after a few minutes and try to call me Megan. A new manager at work once called me Bridget, which I thought was hilarious, because he just reached for the first old lady name he could think of.
As a toddler, I once ate a jumbo orange crayon and pooped orange for two days. As a child I never believed in Santa but was fairly convinced I might be able figure out how to either float with umbrellas or slow my descent from jumps by kicking my legs like Luigi, who I had a crush on at the age of 7. If you combine my western zodiac sign with my eastern zodiac sign, I'm two sheep.
In public school I was immediately labeled a "gifted" student. What this actually meant was just that I could read and write a little before kindergarten and I have terrible anxiety. I also have on-and-off depression (mostly seasonal) and ADHD. My body collects chronic ailments and pains with the same enthusiasm a child in a park might collect fallen pine cones. In short, I am disabled, but I feel weird about using the word.
I've always drawn, but I didn't get serious until I was 12 and just discovering that fan art was a thing people did and that there was a word (anime) for the specific kind of animation I was becoming very interested in. I took some figure drawing classes in community college; that's the greatest extent of my formal training. I like art as a semi-profitable hobby and not a job. My other hobbies include video games, baking, figurine collecting, tabletop/board games, and embroidery.
I am currently living in Oregon with my boyfriend, a cool roommate, a hamster, and a chaotic neutral entity that demands to watch me shower so she can lick the water off my feet when I get out.
✦ 28
✦ OR, USA
✦ she/her
✦ chaotic bi
✦ part time retail, full time human disaster
My True Name is Margaret. Most people forget this after a few minutes and try to call me Megan. A new manager at work once called me Bridget, which I thought was hilarious, because he just reached for the first old lady name he could think of.
As a toddler, I once ate a jumbo orange crayon and pooped orange for two days. As a child I never believed in Santa but was fairly convinced I might be able figure out how to either float with umbrellas or slow my descent from jumps by kicking my legs like Luigi, who I had a crush on at the age of 7. If you combine my western zodiac sign with my eastern zodiac sign, I'm two sheep.
In public school I was immediately labeled a "gifted" student. What this actually meant was just that I could read and write a little before kindergarten and I have terrible anxiety. I also have on-and-off depression (mostly seasonal) and ADHD. My body collects chronic ailments and pains with the same enthusiasm a child in a park might collect fallen pine cones. In short, I am disabled, but I feel weird about using the word.
I've always drawn, but I didn't get serious until I was 12 and just discovering that fan art was a thing people did and that there was a word (anime) for the specific kind of animation I was becoming very interested in. I took some figure drawing classes in community college; that's the greatest extent of my formal training. I like art as a semi-profitable hobby and not a job. My other hobbies include video games, baking, figurine collecting, tabletop/board games, and embroidery.
I am currently living in Oregon with my boyfriend, a cool roommate, a hamster, and a chaotic neutral entity that demands to watch me shower so she can lick the water off my feet when I get out.
PRETEND IT'S TUMBLR AND READ MY FAQ
IS THAT ANIME?
yes.
CAN I USE / REPOST YOUR ART?
please see my rules!
WILL YOU DRAW ME SOMETHING?
patrons and ko-fi subscribers get free monthly sketch requests, or you could commission me!
DO YOU EVER DO FREE REQUESTS?
sometimes, on a complete whim, i will open sketch requests to my followers on twitter. i usually do this to break art blocks, test new tools or get limber after a period where i haven't drawn for a while. i don't do every request i get.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON THIS GAME/CHILDREN'S BOOK/WEBCOMIC?
thank you, but i am just a hobbyist and not equipped for that kind of workload!
YOU WANNA BE IN A ZINE OR SOMETHIN'?
(chin hands) tell me more...
WHAT'S DOODLEMANCY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
it’s doodle + mancy as in the suffix used to denote specialized magic (ex. pyromancy, necromancy).
WHAT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS DO YOU USE TO MAKE ART?
in 2012, i drew in pencil and colored it in paint tool sai with a wacom bamboo tablet. in 2013 i started to make all-digital pieces. i later upgraded to a wacom intuos 4 and started working all-digital. in 2014, a friend gave me a wacom intuos 4, which i used until 2020. in january of 2020 i upgraded to an xp-pen artist 15.6in monitor tablet and switched over to clip studio paint. i also sometimes use a samsung galaxy tab a with s-pen for mobile sketching, which i usually do in adobe photoshop sketch. i also sometimes make use of an ancient copy of photoshop cs6 for certain functions sai and csp don't have. (i will not upgrade it and adobe can kick rocks)
i am a big believer in good reference and especially 3D reference that i can pose. i use designdoll and/or clip studio's 3D models. i used to use daz 3D but it's overcomplicated and the models weren't anime enough for my weeb ass.
if you're looking for good free digital art programs, i recommend either krita or medibangpaint, both of which i've used in the past. i also highly recommend the xp-pen brand if you're buying your first digital tablet; it's affordably priced and their products work great. it's high quality without the premium pricetag of wacom. (wacom, like adobe, can kick rocks.)
CAN YOU HELP ME LEARN TO DRAW?
oh goodness no. i have no idea what i'm doing.
WELL... DO YOU HAVE ANY USEFUL ART TIPS?
• HELLZ YEAH I DO!!!
• DIGITAL ARTISTS: DROPBOX. GET IT. USE IT. PUT ALL YOUR ART IN IT and pair it with a habit of saving early and often. even if you don't buy a sub, it does file versioning, so if your files get corrupted or your computer crashes while you're working, you'll have a backup. i cannot tell you how many times dropbox has saved my life, bacon, and ass.
• tired of being forced to use a mobile device to upload to instagram? user-agent switcher extensions let your browser fool instagram into thinking you're mobile.
• if you get frustrated easily, try podcasts/youtube/etc. in the background while drawing. distract Critical Brain.
• HEY TEENS: if you like anime and your art teacher hates anime, absorb their knowledge and use it to draw better anime.
• it's fine to draw just for fun and not make improvement your #1 priority.
• make an effort to talk less shit about yourself. sometimes self-deprecating humor is a great release for the frustration that comes with not being as skilled as you want to be. but try to be nice, ok? drawing is hard.
• visual mediums are food for your artistic growth. goofing off is good for you. go play a video game.
• exhaustion and overwork are bad, not glamorous. be wary of people who glorify them.
• get in the habit of stretching BEFORE pain becomes a problem for you. set timers if you have to. seriously.
• prodigies are outliers. you do not have to be a statistical anomaly to make art. time is arbitrary and age is irrelevant.
yes.
CAN I USE / REPOST YOUR ART?
please see my rules!
WILL YOU DRAW ME SOMETHING?
patrons and ko-fi subscribers get free monthly sketch requests, or you could commission me!
DO YOU EVER DO FREE REQUESTS?
sometimes, on a complete whim, i will open sketch requests to my followers on twitter. i usually do this to break art blocks, test new tools or get limber after a period where i haven't drawn for a while. i don't do every request i get.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON THIS GAME/CHILDREN'S BOOK/WEBCOMIC?
thank you, but i am just a hobbyist and not equipped for that kind of workload!
YOU WANNA BE IN A ZINE OR SOMETHIN'?
(chin hands) tell me more...
WHAT'S DOODLEMANCY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
it’s doodle + mancy as in the suffix used to denote specialized magic (ex. pyromancy, necromancy).
WHAT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS DO YOU USE TO MAKE ART?
in 2012, i drew in pencil and colored it in paint tool sai with a wacom bamboo tablet. in 2013 i started to make all-digital pieces. i later upgraded to a wacom intuos 4 and started working all-digital. in 2014, a friend gave me a wacom intuos 4, which i used until 2020. in january of 2020 i upgraded to an xp-pen artist 15.6in monitor tablet and switched over to clip studio paint. i also sometimes use a samsung galaxy tab a with s-pen for mobile sketching, which i usually do in adobe photoshop sketch. i also sometimes make use of an ancient copy of photoshop cs6 for certain functions sai and csp don't have. (i will not upgrade it and adobe can kick rocks)
i am a big believer in good reference and especially 3D reference that i can pose. i use designdoll and/or clip studio's 3D models. i used to use daz 3D but it's overcomplicated and the models weren't anime enough for my weeb ass.
if you're looking for good free digital art programs, i recommend either krita or medibangpaint, both of which i've used in the past. i also highly recommend the xp-pen brand if you're buying your first digital tablet; it's affordably priced and their products work great. it's high quality without the premium pricetag of wacom. (wacom, like adobe, can kick rocks.)
CAN YOU HELP ME LEARN TO DRAW?
oh goodness no. i have no idea what i'm doing.
WELL... DO YOU HAVE ANY USEFUL ART TIPS?
• HELLZ YEAH I DO!!!
• DIGITAL ARTISTS: DROPBOX. GET IT. USE IT. PUT ALL YOUR ART IN IT and pair it with a habit of saving early and often. even if you don't buy a sub, it does file versioning, so if your files get corrupted or your computer crashes while you're working, you'll have a backup. i cannot tell you how many times dropbox has saved my life, bacon, and ass.
• tired of being forced to use a mobile device to upload to instagram? user-agent switcher extensions let your browser fool instagram into thinking you're mobile.
• if you get frustrated easily, try podcasts/youtube/etc. in the background while drawing. distract Critical Brain.
• HEY TEENS: if you like anime and your art teacher hates anime, absorb their knowledge and use it to draw better anime.
• it's fine to draw just for fun and not make improvement your #1 priority.
• make an effort to talk less shit about yourself. sometimes self-deprecating humor is a great release for the frustration that comes with not being as skilled as you want to be. but try to be nice, ok? drawing is hard.
• visual mediums are food for your artistic growth. goofing off is good for you. go play a video game.
• exhaustion and overwork are bad, not glamorous. be wary of people who glorify them.
• get in the habit of stretching BEFORE pain becomes a problem for you. set timers if you have to. seriously.
• prodigies are outliers. you do not have to be a statistical anomaly to make art. time is arbitrary and age is irrelevant.
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
whenever anybody asks me what my favorite things are, i immediately forget everything i know about myself and my entire life, so here's a list i can refer to the next time i'm asked. these lists are unranked except for the top entry.
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Video Games
✦ Zelda: Breath of the Wild ✦ Rod-Land ✦ Super Mario Bros. 3 ✦ Zelda: Link's Awakening ✦ Final Fantasy IV ✦ Earthbound ✦ Grandia II ✦ Skies of Arcadia ✦ Yume Nikki ✦ Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow ✦ Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance ✦ Stardew Valley ✦ Undertale ✦ Doki Doki Literature Club ✦ Mario Maker 2 ✦ Terraria |
Movies
✦ Mad Max: Fury Road ✦ Castle in the Sky ✦ Kiki's Delivery Service ✦ My Neighbor Totoro ✦ Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse ✦ Star Wars: The Force Awakens ✦ Pacific Rim ✦ The Iron Giant ✦ The Sound of Music ✦ Hot Fuzz ✦ Sleeping Beauty (1949 Disney) ✦ The Wizard of Oz ✦ The Great Mouse Detective ✦ Spaceballs ✦ The Secret World of Arrietty ✦ The Emperor's New Groove |
TV Shows, Cartoons & Anime
✦ Avatar: The Last Airbender ✦ Sailor Moon (90s, not Crystal) ✦ Puella Magi Madoka Magica ✦ Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood ✦ Steven Universe ✦ The Good Place ✦ Parks and Recreation ✦ Russian Doll ✦ Firefly ✦ Usagi Drop ✦ Parasyte ✦ Prétear ✦ The Promised Neverland ✦ She-Ra and the Princesses of Power ✦ Yu-Gi-Oh (4kids Dub) ✦ Brooklyn 99 |