Voltaic Pile

@voltaicpile.bsky.social

Im a papagen in my late 20s. profile pic by https://bsky.app/profile/buttermilkmutt.bsky.social taken by https://bsky.app/profile/cyuneryne.bsky.social shes wonderful. 18+, anyone under 18 please DNI

VRChat is funny. One end you have the most dedicated programmers making breakthroughs in optimization for shaders and 3D performance. The other end you have people bashing together every kit and prefab they can find for avatars. Doesn't matter if it tanks frames. If it uploads, it's good enough.

late night post of a sexy gouache painting... I struggled hard with this at times lol but I'm happy with how it turned out! Piece for FWA!

It's been a pretty spooky month so far~, and almost time for the spookiest of nights~ >w< Sorry I've been so scarce with posts, so here are some pics of my wendigo form I've been rocking for this month~ ^w^

I changed the way I work a couple of months ago to follow this advice, it made a big difference and my productivity went up by miles. (I don't know who made this image, if you do, let me know so they can be credited)

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Decided to try and do some proper studying for once. I wanted to up my game with fur textures a little bit. For a lot of folks a lot of the appeal of furry art is the sensory aspect so I think good texturing can make all the difference. There's also a lot of diversity in fur types! More notes in alt

Texture balls art study with a variety of types of fur. 
The first is a sort of medium spiky fur, not too far off from what I've been doing. It's pretty versatile. The important part is getting the swoopy shapes of the locks right.
Next is a shorter, fuzzy fur. Not too much to say about it, just using a lot of tiny marks to give a sense for the grain of the fur.
Third is long, curly fur. I mainly references cocker spaniels for this. Most of the curl shape takes place at the end of the locks since the weight of the fur kind of straightens it out. Probably the most fun to draw.
Fourth is kind of a clumpy, cottony fur. Looked at sheep for this one. Just kind of a bunch of cotton balls stuck together basically. I could see this sort of texture being adaptable for bushier winter fur.
Fifth is a very frizzy, coily fur. Definitely the hardest for me, it's hard to depict all those intricate details without getting too noisy and complicated to draw. Most important thing is breaking up the outline to let those little coils fall out a bit, definitely makes the mass feel a bit less solid and more fluffy.
Finally, this one was an attempt at longer, softer fur. Looked at long haired cats for this one. One thing I noticed especially with this one is how fur will tend to form layers sometimes. I have a habit of just chaotically throwing locks of fur on and it tends to overcrowd a little bit. Particularly for longer fur, it seems like it can be good to give a bit more space between locks along the grain.

hey there! check my new summer YCH! :3 - $70 for per pose; - any species, any gender for both poses; - goes shaded; - body proportions will be the same as on ych :P gonna take 4 slots for now, and then will take more :3 to take a slot contact me on discord (freddymartin) or tg (freddd54) #ych

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