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Where did the NSFW art go?
Posted 10 months agoMy sincerest apologies for purging my NSFW artwork. The dipshits that run my state government passed a bill (that was signed by Ron Desantis) earlier this year that goes into effect on January 1st 2025. The bill in question requires services that host "content harmful to minors" to validate users' ages. Earlier this year, e621 had a similar problem relating to this but their governer (Arizona) thankfully vetoed the bill. No such luck here in Florida, however. The bill is (very intentionally, I suspect) ambiguously written and, until it becomes clearer who exactly is affected by the provisions of the law, I'm not going to deal with it. The law seems specifically aimed at businesses or other such legal organizations, but it also specifies that a person may be served a subpeona and/or sued by or on behalf of, a minor residing in the state of Florida.
I'm not a legal expert and I'm not chancing being sued by some Karen because her kid saw a titty. Unless and until the law is deemed unconstitional (for drawn art such as mine, this may well be a First Amendment issue, hello ACLU) or case law is established to clarify how it can be applied, I just won't be posting NSFW content more risque than a bathing suit.
I'm sorry to everyone who favorited my art. Take it up with the geriatric bastards in the Florida State Legislature and Ron Desantis.
I'm not a legal expert and I'm not chancing being sued by some Karen because her kid saw a titty. Unless and until the law is deemed unconstitional (for drawn art such as mine, this may well be a First Amendment issue, hello ACLU) or case law is established to clarify how it can be applied, I just won't be posting NSFW content more risque than a bathing suit.
I'm sorry to everyone who favorited my art. Take it up with the geriatric bastards in the Florida State Legislature and Ron Desantis.
Looking back on two and a half years of art
Posted 4 years agoIn a previous life, I never really considered myself particularly artistic. Learning to draw was something I'd wanted to do, but never had the intrinsic motivation for, art for it's own sake. About two and a half years ago, I joined the Discord server of one AlbinoRayneDeer, a furry artist I liked. Joining that server was an excellent decision, as it gave me the extrinsic motivation to draw - it gave me people I could show my work to and who would encourage me to keep going. It feels a little strange that it's already been two and half years. It's interesting to look back on my old work and see how my style has changed, how I've learned to better represent my subjects, and how my process has been refined. Thinking back, my original process was completely ridiculous, what with sketching then tracing on a lightboard, lol.
It's been a bit of wild ride for me. I have no idea how many pieces I've done in total, and a good chunk of them aren't here on FA. Probably in excess 200 at this point. Practice may not make perfect, but if you bang your head against something long enough, you'll make a dent in it. I have no intention of stopping. I've found drawing to be a very zen activity.
Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me and helped me improve in my work. It's weird how joining a single Discord server has so profoundly changed my life.
Meph
It's been a bit of wild ride for me. I have no idea how many pieces I've done in total, and a good chunk of them aren't here on FA. Probably in excess 200 at this point. Practice may not make perfect, but if you bang your head against something long enough, you'll make a dent in it. I have no intention of stopping. I've found drawing to be a very zen activity.
Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me and helped me improve in my work. It's weird how joining a single Discord server has so profoundly changed my life.
Meph
Colored Outlines in Krita
Posted 4 years agoI'm sure that I'm not the first person to figure this out, but I have a quick way to do colored outlines in Krita that I thought I would share. Something like this could be done in Photoshop or GIMP, no doubt. It's not particularly complicated, but it does require a couple things ahead of time.
1. Your outlines must be on another layer
2. Your outlines should be black, or at least a solid, dark color
3. You've already done your color fill
You should be looking at something like this.
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/mepht.....phthecat_a.jpg
Next, set the layer blending mode for the outline layer to "Grain Merge", this is why a dark outline color (black, preferably) is important.
Next, hold down the control key and click on the little preview of your outline layer in the layer selection docker. This will place a selection around your outline, like this.
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/mepht.....phthecat_b.jpg
From here, select the your fill layer, pick the appropriate color using the eyedropper tool (in Krita, hold control and click with the brush tool to pick up a color), and begin to color in your outlines. Change your selected color as necessary. It's very important that you only draw on the fill layer. If you draw on the outline layer, you'll know immediately because it'll look very wrong. At the end, you should have something that looks like this.
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/mepht.....phthecat_c.jpg
It's pretty easy to tell where you have and haven't filled in by looking at the color of the outline. If you add a white layer underneath everything, you'll see the white bleed through the outline where it hasn't been filled. The marching ants effect of the selection box can make it difficult to see how the outline looks zoomed out, you can hide the selection box visibility in the layer selection docker. Note, however, that this will disable the selection with respect to the brush, remember to turn the visibility back on.
1. Your outlines must be on another layer
2. Your outlines should be black, or at least a solid, dark color
3. You've already done your color fill
You should be looking at something like this.
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/mepht.....phthecat_a.jpg
Next, set the layer blending mode for the outline layer to "Grain Merge", this is why a dark outline color (black, preferably) is important.
Next, hold down the control key and click on the little preview of your outline layer in the layer selection docker. This will place a selection around your outline, like this.
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/mepht.....phthecat_b.jpg
From here, select the your fill layer, pick the appropriate color using the eyedropper tool (in Krita, hold control and click with the brush tool to pick up a color), and begin to color in your outlines. Change your selected color as necessary. It's very important that you only draw on the fill layer. If you draw on the outline layer, you'll know immediately because it'll look very wrong. At the end, you should have something that looks like this.
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/mepht.....phthecat_c.jpg
It's pretty easy to tell where you have and haven't filled in by looking at the color of the outline. If you add a white layer underneath everything, you'll see the white bleed through the outline where it hasn't been filled. The marching ants effect of the selection box can make it difficult to see how the outline looks zoomed out, you can hide the selection box visibility in the layer selection docker. Note, however, that this will disable the selection with respect to the brush, remember to turn the visibility back on.
