Aria

Aria

@thatartisan.bsky.social

Just call me Aria. She/Her 🏳️‍⚧️ Freelance Artist/Animator Previous work - MARVEL: Cosmic Invasion - He-Man: Dragonpearl of Destruction Tags: #art #pixelart #digitalart #animation #oc

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Happy #portfolioday! I'm Aria, a seasoned pixel artist looking for longer-term contract work. I have experience as a portrait artist and sprite artist, and have experience working in a wide variety of styles and resolutions. I can also do non-pixel stuff. Full portfolio at thatartisan.carrd.co!

experimenting and iterating on a manga style design for Wolf. After a few failed attempts at working in monochrome I figured it'd be a good idea to try out different methods of converting my designs to ink. I'd be interested to hear what people think from these options #art #digitalart #oc

they should make a version of me who doesn't wake up at 1 pm, eat lunch, get so tired she needs a nap at 3, and then wakes up at 7. where did my day go.

whenever I get a bit of work done I make the mistake of "rewarding" myself with some personal art even though I'm still in the middle of a horrid burnout streak and I don't have any confidence or tolerance for failure with my own stuff rn. really miserable time :\

like I do my job work, feel proficient for a short while, and then go back to stuff like trying to expand my digital art/manga drawing skills and I suddenly feel like I can't do anything right. ugh!!! I wish I could just stop drawing entirely for a month or two but I gotta pay my bills somehow.

since I've been watching part 6 with my mom I got thinking about this again. I think her ability would be called "Fill My Eyes" and be able to copy any stand ability that I or she witnesses, retaining memory of it up to 5 minutes. maybe the duration could increase with practice/mental growth

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Seeing Double, a Jojo 4koma #art #digitalart #oc

sanguine moon WILL be real. every character change or writing session I do has me going "awwww yeahhhhhhh" and it's so gratifying

the old one was inspired by Valkenhayn's wolf form, but I found in my attempts to animate Wolf's idle sprite that it was very unstructured and felt a little too divorced from what an actual canine tail is. now, it should be more realistic while still being stylized in the way I stylize things.

a while ago there was a post clowning on someone for asking "why can't we take screenshots in real life" (the obvious answer being that there's a camera) but. I'll be honest. imagine how convenient and cool that would be. there's no tech barrier between you what my viewpoint looks like.

okay yeah definitely still burnt out on art which really sucks when you have art as a job. I'm going to try to lock in soon to get it done but mannnnn is that such a bad feeling.

Emoticon face varieties I like: :) - The original smiley. the OG. ever-useful :3 - Classic kittyface, can't go wrong, nya~! :x - Bunnyface/pursed lips. I mostly use this when I'm feeling small and kinda awkward :] - Slimeface. it's like :) but extra slimey (more excited imo) :> - tiny. cute. mousy.

oh and honorable mentions to :-) and (: for being evil and fucked up varieties of :) that exude an indescribable aura. if you hit me with either of these I will have a fight or flight response. (-: is basically just the actual antichrist.

rare Aria transition update: after 2.5 years of HRT, my weight is up to 150 lbs (was 123 pre-transition!) and my boobs are finally starting to come in just a smidge. strange as it is to say, but I'm finally starting to feel a bit better about my body ^^

i drew out an important moment from Sanguine Moon earlier tonight and made myself cry with it. so. uh. yeah. if my comic ever gets made I hope it really catches on because I'm gonna drag anyone invested in it on a Ride

i think that flip phones are probably the platonic ideal of The Cell Phone you have a little thing that folds up into your pocket, has physical buttons, and you can do a satisfying flick of the wrist to open or close it. so cool.

I'm not terribly good at hatching, so I decided to use Kingsmith as a bit of a playground to practice it. calling this piece "Robot's Remorse" #art #digitalart #oc

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i got inspired by recent CN leaks to create my own document full of my characters' responses to various interview questions. here's what Conan, the main antagonist of the story, has to say in one of his. would anyone be interested in me releasing this doc to the public?

i got inspired by recent CN leaks to create my own document full of my characters' responses to various interview questions. here's what Conan, the main antagonist of the story, has to say in one of his. would anyone be interested in me releasing this doc to the public?

i have returned from a brief vacation where I went to see my mom and I'm feeling a little bit better. I'm probably still going to avoid doing personal art for a while, but unfortunately the grind never stops so I do have to keep animating for my jobs. body willing, I'll be able to keep those up.

beginning to feel that creeping dread I've been ignoring for a while now. unsatisfied with my art, unsatisfied with my appearance, my body, my skills... I feel very small and insignificant, and powerless. so much bad in the world and I can barely keep myself together enough to draw

I'll probably delete this later, but. i wish I could take a week off, or a month off, amd just rot. and do nothing. but I can't, because I don't have that leeway. I have a job to do, a Brand(tm) to maintain online, and general life stuff is beginning to crush me underfoot. I'm so tired.

with those doodles posted I must admit. I do believe I am totally burnt out on art. gonna keep working on my job but ugh. feeling so low lately, I can't make anything nice

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doodle your slime researcher friend is regretting messing around with werewolf dna when the first full moon hits

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happy #portfolioday artists. this is me telling you all to make an actual portfolio. this is not an ask. 🫵😐 "look at the media tab of my" boooo tomato tomato. that's not orderly or visually appealing. make a place where its all in one thing and people can see it.

i need to write a bunch of little non-canon comics with sanguine moon characters because A: they're awesome and I need people to see them more and B: i really need the practice if we're being honest, I'm not good enough at writing or drawing to write a full comic yet

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Happy #portfolioday everybody! I'm Aria, and while I'm not looking for work right now, take a look at the stuff I get up to! I love fighting games and making pixel art inspired by them, as well as digital art of my characters. My full portfolio at thatartisan.carrd.co #art #digitalart #pixelart

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hi #portfolioday! i'm liz, a pixel artist inspired by lo-fi aesthetics and limited palettes. i like to draw landscapes, vehicles, and sci-fi. ko-fi.com/ditherwitch #pixelart #art #ドット絵

replayed portal 2 an man for how oversaturated its writing became with how it defined 2010s internet humor, that's still such a well-written game. there's a fair amount of nuance to some of the jokes and overall flow of conversations and I'm glad I'm replaying it as an adult with a brain

Happy #portfolioday everybody! I'm Aria, and while I'm not looking for work right now, take a look at the stuff I get up to! I love fighting games and making pixel art inspired by them, as well as digital art of my characters. My full portfolio at thatartisan.carrd.co #art #digitalart #pixelart

had the thought "you know I've been obsessed with werewolves and slimegirls for so long it's hard to choose which I prefer as my gender goals anymore" and then I realized: what if both? slimegirl whose normal shapeshifting gets her stuck as a werewolf during full moons, for whatever reason

I have no idea how I'd fit this into my current slimesona lore but I could just find a way. "I've been experimenting with wolf dna for some reason as a means of turning human again please stand back as I test it on myself" fare would anyone blame me if I were to make it a permanent fixture in lore

brainfog from being sick is the absolute worst. what do you mean I'm full of motivation and desire to do stuff but i can't think about it and my body's movements feel totally disconnected from my brain's intention?? this is so annoying...