MicahDraws @micahdraws@mastodon.art

Hello everyone! Here is my new #introduction post!

I'm Micah, I'm an illustrator and cartoonist! I create the superheroes-meet-mythology webcomic, the Sparrow! All the characters are based on myth and folklore from around the world. http://www.sparrowcomic.com

I also draw a lot of male pin-up art & I take commissions. Most of my NSFW goes on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/micahdraws

I'm @micahdraws most social media sites so feel free to say hi here or elsewhere! I love meeting ppl!

Also I'm probably going to run another tutorial stream on how to use 3D models in CSP. Info to come once I schedule it with some folks that have been asking

Downloaded Blender finally. Clip Studio Paint can import OBJs, which has been HUGE help with setting up scenes. There are TONS of free OBJs out there. But occasionally I need a specific scene set-up and can't find an OBJ to match.

So I'm learning how to make my own simple OBJ files to help with staging when I need a really particular prop or set dressing.

also, thanks be to .ART for being one place where the algorithm is not making people's lives miserable.

I am back from a convention! Expecting to resume my usual nonsense here soon

LET'S GO SUPLEX A TRAIN!!!

#finalfantasy #ff6 #finalfantasy6 #finalfantasyvi #sqex #squareenix #sabinrenefigaro #ffvi #drawing #illustration #muscle #mastoart #creativetoots #martialarts #martialartist

Conalt's cheerful nature often makes people forget he's a fae princeling connected to both the Morrigan and Donn, a faerie king of the dead.

It's rare, but Conalt can be utterly terrifying when he needs to be...

http://sparrowcomic.com

http://patreon.com/micahdraws

#oc #originalcharacter #halfelf #halffae #faerie #shadows #shadow #necromancer #ravens #illustration #mastoart #creativetoots

If you want to see all the #Starfinder portraits I've done so far, I have them all neat and arranged in my #portfolio website!

https://micahdraws.com/portfolio/starfinder-broken-pillar-portraits/

#pathfinder #paizo #dnd #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #spacefantasy #digitalart #illustration #mastoart #creativetoots

Now taking queer couples' romance commissions for February! $125 per couple*, full color! 18+, fan art, or OC are all fine!

Reply or DM if interested! Limited spots available!

#commissions #art #artist #mastoart #creativetoots #commissions #illustration #illustrator #queerart #gayart #queercouples #lgbtart #lgbt #lgbtartist

Sensitive: censored nudity in commission graphic

Soryn Demeri, verthani mechanic and hacker, perpetually exhausted and done with the bullshit.

Approved by the player's girlfriend, and I quote: "10/10 would bang"

#Starfinder #pathfinder #paizo #d20 #ttrpg #tabletopgaming #roleplaying #roleplayinggame #sciencefiction #scifi #spacefantasy

Wow uh...I did not realize that would spam the local timeline? Sorry. I thought threaded replies only showed up on Home feeds

I just want to SCREAM because I'm not sure I can accept that I just have to sit and wait for people to notice me. There has to be SOMETHING I can actively do to share my vision and grow my support base. I've been struggling with this for SO LONG and every time this happens I get more tired. :/

And like I said, I know those numbers don't define me or my skill, but they DO define how much my work gets seen and appreciated, and it's helpful to measure how well I'm doing at growing that audience. I'm tired of watching people sail by while I fight and claw and struggle to be seen, but get passed over for reasons I don't grasp.

It makes me think there's something fundamentally wrong about either my art, my social media presence, or both. That for some reason, my work doesn't connect with people enough to interest them. Or that my very personality is that much of a turn-off for some reason. It makes me think I'm playing the game without all the rules, and I'm getting overlooked because I broke rules I didn't know existed.

And, like, I know, I know. Those engagement numbers don't define me. But I want to make a more stable income off my work and part of that is growing my audience. It's extremely frustrating to be frequently active on a platform and get less than a tenth of the interaction someone who's BARELY THERE gets. I'm happy for him, but this kind of thing often triggers some kind of depressive switch in my brain.

Sometimes I'm pretty sure I'm doing this social media thing wrong. Usually this shit doesn't bother me and I cruise along happily, enjoying my life, my friends, my followers.

Then I see it. In this case, a friend who posts his OC drawings on Twitter like... 4 times a month, tops. He has roughly the same number of followers, but somehow his art has ten times the engagement ANYTHING I post has.

Paka Okayu, Mwangi woman born on Absalom Station, professor of computer science, and former anti-corp activist!

http://www.patreon.com/micahdraws

#starfinder #pathfinder #paizo #d20 #ttrpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #drawing #art #portrait #illustration #illustrator #mastoart #creativetoots

Kresenz Scherich, verthani CEO and cult leader. She's nice, I swear! One of 25 #starfinder character commissions I've got on my plate :D

#drawing #art #illustration #d20 #ttrpg #pathfinder #paizo #roleplaying #rpg #dnd #gaming #tabletopgaming #tabletopgames #alien #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefantasy

The spooky Dr. Nocturne, one of many, MANY reasons I love Yo-Kai Watch :D

#yokaiwatch #yokai #yokaiwatch3 #spooky #spoopy #illustration #illustrator #mastoart #creativetoots #mastoartist #nintendo #nintendods

Rika Tammerk, verthani lab assistant! #Starfinder #d20 #paizo #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #sciencefiction #scifi #alien #aliens #roleplayinggame #illustration #mastoart #creativetoots