New metallic fantasy design laptop bags and vinyl stickers will be available this coming weekend at #magfest at the Shottsy arts booth! Don’t miss out we have very limited quantities! • • #fantasyart #fantasyartist #furryart #unicorn #dragon #wolf https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm75uv1LBRD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Come see us in the artist alley for all your fantasy needs! Laptop bags, wire sculptures, acrylic charms, artwork and more! #galaxyconcolumbus
1 - completely rewrite your first draft in a new document, this will improve readability immensely!
2 - ask a friend or family member to beta read (you can send them a Google doc), tell them to let you know which parts feel boring and ask them if they don't mind fixing spelling mistakes they see
It's very important ONLY to ask them to change spelling mistakes, and ONLY if they don't mind. They're helping you out for free, and their time is valuable as well!
3 - Grammarly is free
4 - use a text to speech online app to help catch spelling mistakes (I find listening to my documents helps a lot to catch weirdly worded sentences or mistakes)
All of these are amazing tips I use every day! Grammarly is a great tool too.
Make sure you do NOT self publish your first or even your second draft. It helps to have the document side by side with a new one and completely re-write it trying to cut out the wordiness. Also, sometimes you find better ways for characters to get to the same scenes or goals.
Guess I need to start posting more art on tumblr come follow me here. Here are some of my newest designs I’ve sent to my agent. I also got my first ever royalties for some of my licensed products.
Sneak peek WIP of a painting I’ve been working on for over a year. Should be done (fingers crossed) by the end of this month • • • #fantasyart #unicorn #dragonart #dragon #illustrator #artistsoninstagram #womenartists #fantasyartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca52BISLtNL/?utm_medium=tumblr
Time lapse better cropped of my icon. Here is just the coloring process. • • • • #procreate #graphicdesign #dragon #fantasyart #oc #seraphim #dragonborn #shoppingspree #shottsyarts https://www.instagram.com/p/CNK-hppj5GN/?igshid=axp1kkw6nlfh
Finally joining the club and learning procreate. Here is a new dragon I’m doing to test it out and get the hang of the program. • • • #drawingoftheday #dragon #fantasyart #procreate #timelapse #dragonart #dailyart https://www.instagram.com/p/CJuW3umj4SA/?igshid=1mbbddf6vvpn7
WIP of an overdue bat sculpture commission of someone’s fursona! Was specifically requested to do very accurate conical ears! These are the first like this I’ve done and they were super complex but I’m thrilled with how they’ve come out so far! • • #bat #wirewrappedjewelry #wirewrapping #wiresculpture #fantasyart #furryart #fursona #fursonasculpture #batsculpture #batart #animalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CGgJi2QDbSM/?igshid=46drvok8pkba
Who remembers my little pony tails?? Teddy was my first “Bad Boy” cartoon crush lol why do I always like the douchy characters with a soft side? I’m basically about to marry this character as it’s just a pony version of my fiance. • • • #mlp #mylittleponyart #mylittleponytales #teddyandsweetheart #ship #fanart #pony #horse #mlpfanart #mlpfandom #brony #bronyfandom https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2NLBojSk3/?igshid=1pu07u3w8821k
More progress! Currently streaming on twitch drawing this and taking commissions! Come join at twitch.tv/ShottsyArts • • #fantasyart #unicornart #unicorn #mythicalcreatures #digitalart #digitalillustration #artistsoninstagram #livestreaming #shottsyarts #lava #magical https://www.instagram.com/p/CFqGCNcD-Pe/?igshid=1s56wgoez2xij
WIP decided to start working on my lava unicorn again. I’d really like to finish this and have some more finished paintings in my folio. • • • #fantasyart #unicorn #digitalillustration #environmentpainting #fantasyartist #artistsoninstagram #monster #mythology #mythicalcreatures https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfUdKkjGVR/?igshid=14lnqt7xg6s12
“Deer spirit” Sadly I can’t post the whole image on Instagram but I don’t think I’ve posted this one here yet. • • • #deer #animalart #animalartist #spirituality #animalspirit #animalenergy #energyhealing #deerart #fantasyart #spiritanimals #spiritanimal #spiritguides https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQXsrJjIMF/?igshid=rqvp8ohwlyw
More sneak peeks of my comic WIP. It’s going to be quite the task drawing all the messiness of my room lol also the incoming stuffed animal storm! • • • #wip #sliceoflife #comics #comic #sketches #layout #humanoid #dragonborn #dragon #artistsoninstagram #artist #artistlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CFNbM8Jj0i3/?igshid=ymvyiibgnk2e
New Tom Ellis Lucifer study. I’m going to be a bunch of sketch studies of him then move on to other characters from in in preparation for an illustration I want to do. • • • #lucifer #lucifans #tomellis😈 #luciferfanart #lucifermorningstar #sketch #facestudy #luciferseason5 #lucifernetflix #fanart #actordrawing #portraitdrawing #portraitsketch https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKt_ssDS10/?igshid=qs71s0lyvv6x
What a difference a few weeks makes! The top is my most current. Also shows why sometimes comics and such take so long. I couldn’t get his mouth right at this angle and one day it just clicked! It always helps to put something away for at least a day sometimes even a week and come back to it with fresh eyes! • • • #wip #comics #comic #characterdesign #fantasyart #dragonborn #dragon #humanoid #tutorial #arttutorials #drawingtutorial https://www.instagram.com/p/CFIH2M_jSTM/?igshid=o3n9mwbyidk3
Did my first group draw ever last night. It was so relaxing and fun just drawing along side other awesome artists. I came late so did the little dragon head doodle. @lightboxexpo is amazing so far! I hope to go in person one day! • • • #groupdraw #dragon #dragons #dragonsofinstagram #dragonart #conceptart #sketching #fantasyart https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDAvc0jlFo/?igshid=y0hokg65idt1
