VIP Commission: Iraia Emberleigh for Moonfabe!

Alriiiight!

 Happy Monday!

I have been reflecting on my communication style lately, and I am just going to throw it out there before I jump in. I have been informed by a few sources that I sound depressed or upset in my online communication. Especially these little free associative rants I do. (and I do recognize these walls of text scare away all but the bravest of souls, so I thank you) I just want you to know, that couldn't be further from the truth. I am, in general, a very happy person. My cynicism is my sense of humor. I openly talk about my flaws because I think its funny and cathartic (and a well-trained self defense mechanism, I don't mind tellin' ye.) I ask opinions and provide options to clients because I genuinely want you all to love what I make, despite my shortcomings. I'm not sh*tting on myself. I am trying to get better. I feel so chronically misinterpreted that I am second guessing everything I say. And it's making me clam up. Which probably isn't a good thing.

So, I suppose I will just soldier on. I appreciate your concern and I lament your misgivings. I will do my best to navigate the web of twice-removed social interaction with a renewed heroic stoicism. And maybe I just have to put out disclaimers every once in while, neh? (re-reading that paragraph with an objective tone, I think "funny" is probably the last take-away I would find. I understand your struggle. But...funny is what I was going for, mores to pity.)

Anyway, Disclaimer done! Moving on

This one took me a minute! I think I drew the fishnet bodysuit 4 times. I know that most working artists out there just make a custom brush, swipe it even across the body, boom bang boom, your mind does the rest.

Definitely a more intelligent, economical way of doing it, lol. I wanted the netting to shape to her body. To really sell her volume.  But the closer to the sun we fly, the more our wings start to deteriorate. Subtle errors reeeeally stand out. The even, clean symmetry of a custom brush mitigates so much of that visual confusion that it just makes sense to our eyes. So I needed to keep reworking it for it to not be distracting.

I think it turned out pretty dope.

So! big old text dump today. Feeling spritely. Feeling hydrated. In designated lane, and so forth. Stay tuned for more!

Loquaciously yours,

Shard