ma-malai

Hey, deviantArt, what's up? As you've probably noticed I don't really come here anymore ... I've pretty much moved on to tumblr and tegaki e for all my art needs and only pop over here every now and again to clear out my notifications. Anyway, over on tumblr you can find me at MyMaMalai (my main tumblr) or GirlsLoveCapesToo (my comics-centric tumblr). At tegaki e I'm Ma-Malai.

As of last month I am gainfully employed! How's that for a real life update? I'm working with the 2010 census as a data entry person - pretty much when the census forms are mailed back they get opened and scanned and anything the computer can't read (bad handwriting, scribbles, scratched out stuff) comes to my department. I really like it and it feels awesome to have a job again and be getting a regular paycheck :D I just need to re-work my schedule to include drawing and such - I work first shift and I am beat by the time I get home XD

I've decided to up my art game - I've been practicing with shading and some different techniques with laying down linework and all that jazz :D Surprisingly, deviantArt has been a great help with this! I've found a number of helpful tutorials here and I've already picked up some neat tricks for PhotoShop I wasn't aware of before. Very nice! So, hopefully, you'll all see an improvement in what I do :D And to give credit where credit is due, here's a list of the tutorials I've been checking out: http://aeterne.deviantart.com/art/Digital-Drawing-Tutorial-151344358 http://chira-chira.deviantart.com/art/easy-cel-shading-tutorial-145082508 http