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Ash Lupino

@ashandinkstudios.bsky.social

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Hi there! I'm Ash (he/him) and I make SFW and NSFW Anime/Cartoon/Furry designs! I can also be found at https://www.instagram.com/ash.and.ink.studios/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/user/ashandink

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 10h

For today's post - two experiments in style and technique. A random snep girl that came from an experiment with brush weight AND one of my attempts at blending shadows - this time on Jinx!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed my human art doesn't get nearly the attention that my fur art does. Do I need to shift priority a little?

To make up for yesterdays NSFW human post, here's a recent Helena (my oc) I finished a bit ago!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 2d

Hugh Man you say? Now that’s a name I can trust!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 2d

It's NSFWednesday! I'm letting a wheel decide what I post from the backlog (and I'm been told I don't draw enough guys for being bi) so here's an Elsa/Anna/Kristoff that got made much earlier this year!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 4d

I do still have a good amount of human art in the backlog - I'm still figuring out what to post when. Currently with my backlog I'll be posting Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat, with Saturday as bikini day.

Anyway, here's another of my fav's from Dead or Alive - Tina Armstrong! Let me know what you think!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 5d

I was asked if I could maybe do this character from The Raccoons - an early 90's Canadian cartoon. Hopefully I did her justice!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 5d

I…uh…wow.

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 6d

Bikini Day! I've been working on making these as fast as I can and I have a small backlog - enough so I've had a random number generator pick which one is getting posted.

Today is Diane Foxington! Let me know what you think!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 7d

For today, one of my oldest drawings of Yang Xiao-Long. Sorry for the lower quality but at this point I was still working out textures and shading. Tomorrow is a Bikini Day though to make up for it!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 8d

In compensation for my inability, I provide a pic of my old tortie persian, Claudia.

Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah tortie was fighting me hard. I do find it annoying that she’s never shown as tortie in most of the book art.

Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 8d

Quick drawing of Princess Donut that I had to add a background to. I'm enjoying the Dungeon Crawler Carl series (Book 3 was a bit of a slog) - feels like someone writing a book around their Pen and Paper RPG campaign character. Let me know what you think!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 9d

Reuploading because I saw a mistake lol. Here's WWII Pinup Rebecca again - sorry about that!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 9d

The 2nd upload for Not Safe For Work Wednesday - a tickle fetish (?) suggestion I got from someone on FA. Not exactly my bag but a fun stretch to try to figure out. There's two designs I tried - this one is the second as I wasn't liking how the first turned out (and it's closer to their suggestion).

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 10d

I've had some people ask how I do my shading work - honestly it's very simple. I come from a mini painting background so I borrow from that skill set a lot. I use Clip Studio Paint Pro, and I do my shading before laying down flats (as the colors mess with my ability to imagine shapes well).

I made these very fast - so a few notes: The light source is further away than the arrow is (or the image would mostly highlights with super strong shadows). I work with a gray background to save myself eyestrain - staring at bright white is draining, even with my glasses blocking most of the glare.

I honestly can't remember the name of the art book I pulled this method from. I first saw it all the way back around 2001 on an anime forum. Sorry I'm not much help there! Anyway - each line color sits on it's own layer for easier manipulation down the line.

Yeah, it looks like a nightmare now. We'll fix that shortly. I find the brighter colors make it easier to find gaps and missing color. There's actually one I missed in this image...gotta go fix that.

I forgot to note this in the image, but my Soft Light (Highlight) layer stays at 100% opacity. Main Shadows layer goes between 30-50%, and Deep Shadows goes from 10-25%. That's up to your taste and intent. The gray background also helps here, as it shows the now white highlights and shadows better than pure white will. After this is laying down flats and then cleanup of messy lines and odd shading. Don't worry - this image will be coming down the line soon!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 11d

Holy crap! 100+ followers?! Thank you so much everyone! I...didn't really have anything planned for posting as thanks so...here's a Pikachu with a beer (one of my older sticker designs)?

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 11d

Haha! Thank you so much - I'm very happy with how she came out! My S.O. is to blame for digging her up - truth be told I'd forgotten her!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 11d

I miss the neon obsession of the 90's - but Rebecca can rock it!Trying to figure out the background for the 3rd image, so it might be a bit.

Also someone on my FA asked me if I could try a pose/fetish for them and the "challenge" caught my fancy. Hoping to have it done for posting later this week!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 13d

It goes back to my earliest stuff (which is rough). I'm more worried about posting too frequently and wearing people out! I'm probably going to post every other day until I'm in mostly new stuff.

BTW There's 2 more Rebecca's coming down the pipe - one SFW and one slightly NSFW - so keep an eye out!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 13d

Due to my S.O., I've been on a Rebecca Cunningham kick - here's the bikini pose for her!

I still have a big backlog (~190) to add backgrounds to - so I might pick up the pace a little bit. I'm thinking Saturdays will be Bikini Days to space them out a little.

As always, let me know what you think!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 13d

It is a good thing I am Bi then lol!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 14d

IT'S FRIDAY! I'm celebrating with a new Rouge I finished up a little bit ago! Lemme know what you think!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 15d

Some of my sticker designs would need more work to become prints - so I'm posting them here in their original form. First up - a Loona design I made back in March!

Also I'm looking into starting up a store to sell prints, but logistically for me it's pretty difficult, so thanks for your patience!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 16d

Going back to humans for today as I continue to work through my older stuff. This is a Velma I did sometime earlier this year - the background is a new style experiment. I was going for a 1960's-ish vibe. Let me know what you think!

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Ash Lupino @ashandinkstudios.bsky.social · 17d

I’m working on one old school furry waifu my SO asked for, then I’ll look into working other Sabrina and Krystal poses! As always if you have a thought let me know and I’ll see about it! ;)