WrenJay
@badgerbirdwren.bsky.social
Artist, LARPer, writer, mom, spouse, coffee enthusiast, Liberal scum
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WrenJay
@badgerbirdwren.bsky.social
· Jun 30
In lieu of #artfight this year, I will be building a #portfolio for the first time. Feel free to join in. #art #portfoliobuild2025
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BUTTERFLY and FLUTTER SLEEVES Pt 1! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected]
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration
July 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
BUTTERFLY and FLUTTER SLEEVES Pt 1! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected]
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration
July 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Hair tips! (with Otti!) Just some brief pointers on how I usually do hair
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
![Title: Hair Tips
(Note: EXTRA mean stuff that aren't in the image)
Body: (left to right/ top to bottom)
1 - Sketch mainly focuses on big shapes, then add in small strands.
EXTRA: Don't worry too much about perfecting the lines in the sketch layer, because you'll be drawing over them anyway later. Just have the main shape you want. Start with big shapes, then add in smaller shapes/lines.
2 - Simple flat colours
3 - Basic shading:
> Bright + Saturation on both top and bottom
> Darker in the middle
EXTRA: This is mostly a style thing, I don't always follow it myself, so you can mix and match and just do whatever here really, just a basic gradient for now is good.
4 - Basic rendering + blending
EXTRA: I use a flat thin regular brush for this part to blend in the gradients and add some separation in strands, but it's okay to be muddled here as well, the magic comes later.
5 - Over the line-art, draw thin strands by colour picking corresponding[ly] to the area you're [drawing] the strand in.
EXTRA: spelling mistakes lesgooo. Anyway, for this part, the strands shouldn't be too big (you can use a very generic brush for this really, I just use a flat one sometimes, and sometimes a round brush). The strands you add here give volume and depth to the hair. Add them in accordance with the flow of the hair, but don't be shy to go against the flow sometimes (stray hairs), and the most important part is to outside the hair shape from the sketch by a little bit.
6 - Add in even thinner strands over the line-art and use them for highlights. Side note: I increased the top and bottom saturation using the overlay layer.
EXTRA: same as the previous step, just use much thinner strands (sparingly) to add highlights, and for little stray hairs, going against the flow here is usually better to make the hair volume pop out more!
Experiment and have fun!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pb7gp4lz3cslvw4oha36b4fa/bafkreiarcduyjxciyj6twop7t53vjbqmnytrb6mpyj4cm6pvy7wsfmhkea@jpeg)
July 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hair tips! (with Otti!) Just some brief pointers on how I usually do hair
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
In lieu of #artfight this year, I will be building a #portfolio for the first time. Feel free to join in. #art #portfoliobuild2025
June 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In lieu of #artfight this year, I will be building a #portfolio for the first time. Feel free to join in. #art #portfoliobuild2025
Honestly, the worst part about AI becoming so prevalent is that now I can't just search for "art prompts" to get a list of dumb things to draw. I have to weed out the "I used this prompt to get this image" links, and I am too lazy for that. 🫠
January 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Honestly, the worst part about AI becoming so prevalent is that now I can't just search for "art prompts" to get a list of dumb things to draw. I have to weed out the "I used this prompt to get this image" links, and I am too lazy for that. 🫠
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I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
January 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
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It took me 15 years to realize “write what you know” means you can gender-swap and adapt your 17-year-long relationship to write a compelling romantic drama. 🤦
#writing #neurodivergent #blackandwhitethinking
#writing #neurodivergent #blackandwhitethinking
December 11, 2024 at 8:55 AM
It took me 15 years to realize “write what you know” means you can gender-swap and adapt your 17-year-long relationship to write a compelling romantic drama. 🤦
#writing #neurodivergent #blackandwhitethinking
#writing #neurodivergent #blackandwhitethinking
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I don’t wanna know about his Goodreads reviews, I want to know how little of his medically necessary back surgeries were covered.
December 10, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I don’t wanna know about his Goodreads reviews, I want to know how little of his medically necessary back surgeries were covered.
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My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
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My first post on this app and it’s cats. 🤷
November 19, 2024 at 7:13 AM
My first post on this app and it’s cats. 🤷