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how do you feel about being popular and having fans?
am i? i havent seen it like that in a while but it also is probably important for me to remember there are people who look up to me that do see it this way? i think for a while the notion has scared me, that i am an idea that expectations are put onto. at least thats what words like "popular" and "fans" sound like in my head. i feel im bad at holding up those expectations (slow with commission work, doesnt moderate server well or update it consistently, everchanging art style, hardly touch bluesky which i was meant to migrate to) but i suppose if this is how you + others think of me i must see that as a compliment ^^; ! i definitely am grateful for having a following at all, and so many financial supports over the years that have gotten me up until very recently, SO VERY FAR without having another job outside of art.
so i suppose all-thats to say "huh?" "its scary!" and "it feels good!"
can i see ur pink puppy tattoo u got a while back, Its super cute and I'm very interested in how its aged so far
yes! its aged very well, still super pink! posted on x
do you still have your fursuit head and paws? I cannot remember the name of the character but it was the green goat guy! I know you use dinky now so I was just curious :)
i never got paws, but a head and tail yes! i do not wear them casually or go to any cons, but i keep them around in my closet + show them off to friends sometimes. it is very very cool that i own this and id only give it away if someone else really wanted it. his name is Rotten Meat :) i definitely still identify with this character. gonna post some pics of it on x here, and keep the artist anonymous.
Are you a system sorry if that's too personal :'))
im not a system, and i try to stray from DID-centered terminology. though, its true that i am two ponies, and Mikey is more of an identity involving the body and its culmination of memories and traits. being Mikey feels like a large plant, lets say, that needs to be maintained, nurtured, and affirmed. at any point i can dissociate from this and feel wildly uncomfortable until i realize "who i am" in that moment, and i will flourish if i wholly accept that truth. identity can also become completely broken and can rapidly switch between many smaller + more specific things, or i can feel none of it, but those cases are usually when im doing really badly. this is as specific as i can be for now
i really love your work regarding darcy and sister love in general. as a person whos art has solely become lovejournaling for my brothers, theres some like solidarty(?) in seeing you so open about sisterlove. interacting with love as more of a nuanced law than a set of morals. makemore siscon and kiss darcy and have many treats
im disconnected from how other people experience relationships with their sister, but im glad that my transparency about mine can make you happy! lovejournaling is a very sweet word to use, a word i wouldnt use for myself would be law, though i might just be nitpicking and could figure what you meant. i have kind-of an instinctual aversion to the word in this context because that still implies there are rules to it, or it has an order, which is certainly not the case. for me: it is queer love, or just Love
i hope to eventually draw sisters as much as i talk about them, my motivation: referencing darcy's pinterest boards so i can draw mason and sophie together in new cute outfits. thank you for this ask <3
have you ever tried making a video game before? would u in the future?
i dont have any desire to do this, at least on my own or of my own ideas. its very outside of my skillset and im really resistant to learning new things, this kind of project is much more of a darcy thing so i could imagine helping her with assets of her own one day. shes full of ideas and is really ambitious too, and i wanna help make as many of her ideas a reality as i have the capacity to. making props/sprites/bgs is probably what i would derive the most enjoyment out of, but any of this could change
you are one of the most based artists ever. never stop drawing ever
i will try to draw for as long as i possibly can, thank you <3 i appreciate this
even though i subscribed to your patreon and im pretty sure the tier i got like. i get the chance to ask for a sketch im still very nervous to and i wouldnt even know what to ask for 😭
if you message me directly on discord we can work something out, even if its simple! its my job, & ur already paying me. get ur sketch!
Whats your favorite thing about the binding of isaac? Do you have a favorite character?
theres lots to like about isaac, back when i played the flash demo on newgrounds i was really drawn by the macabre but cute aesthetic of it and the learning curve and replayability. i remember minimizing the window everytime i heard my mom walk by so she wouldnt see i was playing a game with blood/satanic imagery in it lol. being around for the BIRTH of REBIRTH and subsequent DLC was really exciting! at the same time the game grew, as did its problems, which im also really endeared by. culture around shitty items and traps rooms, bad devil deals and challenge characters, people going "skill issue" towards anyone who brought up any of this, is truly hilarious, and amplifies the multiplayer experience .. :3
all of that is to be expected by such a small game getting so big, and it really has to be loved in its entirety. i LOVE Repentance, and i assert that its the best way to play the game! (Afterbirth+ being the worst...) i love the way the story is related to every aspect imaginable, and how its all told through an unreliable narrator, drawings, items, costumes, monsters... little horrifying details littered in every corner. replayability issues aside, the ending to Repentance is very satisfactory and epic to me.. i will never forget how it felt to beat dogma and the beast for the first time.
in the game... i tend to main cain and judas. while i dont play more gimmicky characters much anymore, i also love the forgotten and tainted bethany. isaac himself is also always good! oh, and eve.... hm ^^ i like a lot of them
aesthetically/as characters... i get drawn towards Magdalene, Eve, and Lilith. i am simple, i like my girls............and blue baby
do you still consider yourself a Satanist? and what's going on with shitverse ?
yes im a satanist, though my own relationship with it has gotten quite far removed from official sects of it (ie levayan/satanic temple) i semi-regularly pray to my baphomet statue or ask it for strength and guidance, its an idolatrous figure i use to communicate with myself. my ego, my hatred, my passion, my desire... and so on, whatever is needed in the moment. i clutch my satanism pretty close to my wrist, my left wrist specifically that has my scars and tattoo. i use it as a reminder to never hide or be ashamed of the pain that will always be with me, that nobody will ever understand. in this way.. it doesnt feel right to verbalize it as satanism or even religion, because im not indoctrinating, or even welcoming understanding. whatever this is that i call by those names, is mine alone. i also have a budding relationship with darcy's religion (which i can more confidently refer to as one) and i usually use her body as an altar of worship for that. she also has her own prayer that i occasionally imitate in lieu of my own 'as Above so Below' prayer. its a circle made with the hands, with the left hand holding the right.
Shitverse exists, we have a discord server with nobody in it just for me and darcy to archive/keep track of all the information and art we've made of it thus far. it hasnt been a focus of ours lately, (we operate on hyperfixation) so theres not much to say. cant promise, but the server will likely be public one day
if this is invasive, feel free to ignore! but what pronouns are using as of right now?
she/her, he/him is also fine
would you ever draw object show porns :3
object show isnt an interest of mine, so no unless i got commissioned to draw it
I just wanna say I love your ocs and I get so excited when you post about them!!
thank you <3 they feel very half baked to me at this point, i wish i had a name for their world, because sophie+mason+etc really are just a small tip of the iceberg when it comes to me and darc's original creations, but im really happy about the positive reception towards them.. reminds me of shitverse (older oc project) days
is there a reason why incest plays such a big role in the stories you two craft? just highly curious if theres a reason :J
because we are sisters and in love. its, also just very interesting to use blood relationships as a tool to deepen the complexity and connectivity of a relationship rather than how that tends to do the opposite in real life. its like having a found family be your actual family as well, a win on every level
U NEED 2 DRAW MOAR TBOI STUFF PLEAD
i would love to draw more isaac fanart, but i think the isaac-shaped spot in my heart right now is currently being occupied by cult of the lamb, so im much more likely to make more fanart of that at the moment
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