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Sucia Series: "Morning Glow"

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uuhhhhh I hate doing realistic/unstylized pet portraits 😖😖 they take forever and look weird. but the client was happy so that's all the matters 🤷

**COMMISSION** 8x10 acrylic on canvas

happy birthday dino

Exactly one year ago today, on dino's very birthday, I was dancing for my life on the national stage. I was across the country for dance team nationals with the hiphop team dino himself inspired me to join. Funny how the universe plays these things out. Do you know even beyonce herself used to have an alter ego so she could forget her nervous self and become that queen onstage? Well last year on dino's birthday was the most afraid I have ever been in my life. But it was also the proudest. I couldn't believe how far we'd come as a team and I as a dancer. When I stepped on stage for the first time, I was so afraid I wouldn't be sharp enough, charismatic enough, powerful enough. But as we took our places I envisioned myself as my biggest inspiration, the legend himself, right where I belonged between my incredible teammates. I can confidently say I gave it everything I had and it was far from perfect, but I know dino would be proud of me. Looking back on that day one year ago, it remains the hardest thing I've ever done. It really changed the way I see myself and imagine what I can do. I feel invincible, and it all leads back to one spark. So I wanted to honor the incredible dancer who pushed me to push myself and break my limits with a very special piece. So happy birthday lee chan, if only you knew the ways you've changed lives 🩵

your art is incredible!!!!! keep it up!

Thank you anon! I promise I always will 😭🥰🥺💜

I can't even begin to comprehend the shower of love and support I have been receiving this week. It kind of broke me and everything shut down there for a bit but now I am back to catch up on posting oodles of art from the past couple weeks and thanking everyone for their beyond kindest of words!!

Here I compiled a little gallery of my favorite reactions to my lino piece because I can't help but look through them and giggle!! The gold medal really goes to this one:

Why yes, I meant to tell yall but I have just been appointed the new royal portraitist of course.

....then we have the lino simps:

and the oblivious art simps:

and of course the ones who are rocking both:

the ones who share my taste in overly texture-bashed glory 🔥🔥

omg I have.... techniques?!? 😭😭 no man I promise I'm just out here winging it

and the ones that just made me tear up:

⬆️ this one is funny to me because my usual intention with my art style is to bash as many colors into one square inch as humanly possible, so it's wild that this is the piece new folks are getting as an introduction to me because from now on their eyes will only be getting more and more assaulted little do they know

and... the oddly hungry ones? 🤭

the observant ones who looked too closely and noticed I actually threw a shit-ton of purple in there shhh it's totally monochrome 🤫

the better-than-a-nobel-peace-prize ones that just make me radiate joy💜💜 YES REPPING STAYS AND SPREADING LOVE IS MY LIFE GOAL 😭🥰😭

and the cryptic ones that kind of scare me 🤔

and finally, the one who kind of summed up my intended art style in the coolest way, in your debt cause I'm definitely going to use this now:

Anyway, I mean to say thank you to the moon and back to everyone who supported this piece, you made my summer, replenished my confidence in my art style, and motivated me to paint even harder from now on!!

...bonus: the one we all saw coming ⬇️

watchful

I've got the eye of the tiger 💙✨

Birthday card for my friend Jackie.

Sucia Series: "Glassy Night" - Glass ver.