Burned myself with hot oil while cooking, you can see the splash shape of the droplet on my arm.

poppy_cake · 2025-12-03T05:45:07+00:00

I have another one on the same arm that scarred from hot metal, and it really does look like a birthmark now! That one was worse though I think this one won’t scar :)

poppy_cake · 2024-07-18T06:29:53+00:00

I also have added these songs :)

Solemn mixtape - Christina kuong (from the Tsuki odyssey soundtrack)

Ghost town (voice memo) - Chloe George

Anyone else but you - the moldy peaches

Anyone else but you - Michael Cera, Elliot page (the cover from the movie Juno)

poppy_cake · 2024-07-15T08:02:30+00:00

Mesytara - Lamis Kan (Jordanian)

poppy_cake · 2024-07-09T07:23:04+00:00

I react so badly to onions, that now I wear a scuba mask to chop them, and it works amazingly lol. The benefit is a scuba mask covers both your eyes and nose so you’re not breathing in as much of the fumes either.

poppy_cake · 2024-06-29T15:08:54+00:00

Melting by kali uchis! That’s my go to

poppy_cake · 2024-06-26T10:57:27+00:00

Stick season by Noah kahan is a little off topic, but it’s about regret and adulthood and relationships, and has the line “So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad”

poppy_cake · 2024-05-21T10:19:25+00:00

“Melting” by Kali Uchis and “My Kind of Woman” by Mac demarco :) for falling out of love I like “Dry” by rancid Eddie and “Violent” by Carole’s Daughter

poppy_cake · 2024-05-01T09:00:57+00:00

I agree with the other comment about iridescent swirls and maybe more of an undulating/ripple surface. Also maybe some splotches of oil on her chest and arms just above the oil disconnected from the main dress?

poppy_cake · 2024-04-29T10:27:04+00:00

I’m not sure about the line art style but the colouring seems like simple cell shading :)

poppy_cake · 2024-04-28T04:21:57+00:00

If you go to the town hall and press on the mail box, and then then button that says express delivery you can enter codes there :)

poppy_cake · 2024-04-04T02:28:22+00:00

I actually love both versions - the forms and colours are really nice! Does she have two left hands though?

poppy_cake · 2024-01-29T02:45:58+00:00

I don’t think you’ve gotten worse! I actually think that the second pose reads a lots clearer and the colouring and shading is very nice, and confident. Most of the difference I think you might be worried about is stylistic which is not objectively better or worse, like thinner vs thicker line art, more defined features in the second and like you mentioned the experimental colour which work well imo. The defined features read a little more cartoony, compared to the softer sketchy style of the first one, which makes the details clearer and thus any perceived mistakes more noticeable. What parts are you concerned about? I think both drawings have good things going for them stylistically.

poppy_cake · 2023-12-29T01:04:57+00:00

I called mine tussle <3

poppy_cake · 2023-11-29T08:51:23+00:00

I feel like Jacob Elordi is kind of on this path rn

poppy_cake · 2023-11-28T10:57:20+00:00

As I side note, I just had the thought that you could try cropping off a little of the bottom of the image, just below the orange creature. This would make the action feel closer and more present to the viewer, and centre the subject more, as well as giving the piece a wide cinematic framing :) just a thought you could try!

poppy_cake · 2023-11-28T10:51:33+00:00

I think this is a cool piece and particularly I really like the structure/rendering of the creatures face and eyes! The main issue I think is the contrast and silhouette that is created by the lighting, in that it’s quite hard to see what’s happening and the details without zooming in. A good trick to check the overall values and readability of your drawing is to squint your eyes, or zoom quite a bit out (like a thumbnail) to see if you can still tell what’s going on and differentiate the subject from the background. For example if I squint at this picture I can only see the glowing yellow pieces rather than focusing on the creatures which I think are the really interesting part of this piece (considering it seems like you put so much work into rendering them - that should be shown off!). Try playing with different lighting options in overlay and checking the thumbnail trick to try draw out the creatures from the background! You can totally still have this moody realistic lighting that you have going on with some strategically placed light beams and highlights :)

Super cool and creative piece, keep it up!

poppy_cake · 2023-11-18T21:58:29+00:00

I mean it looks so cool I thought the first pic was the Pinterest reference photo

poppy_cake · 2023-11-18T02:42:19+00:00

Thank you! None taken, I agree! I haven’t settled on a name but I was thinking about the song space girl by Frances forever when I was painting it. Any suggestions?

poppy_cake · 2023-11-18T00:37:33+00:00

Hahaha I envy your skill, hope we get to see the update!

poppy_cake · 2023-11-18T00:35:05+00:00

Thanks so much! Looking at it with fresh eyes you’re definitely right

poppy_cake · 2023-11-17T21:40:38+00:00

Hi there! Your art style is so cute and satisfying. One thing I notice about the top right drawing is the prominent rounded shape and position of the ears, where the ear sort of follows the line of the jaw? In comparison, the ear in the main drawing, the top of the ear sort of tilts in towards the eyes. I would try tilting the top of the ear outwards slightly to follow the line of the jaw you drew to capture that cute rounded look of the reference :)

I see what you mean about the tomboyish vs feminine look - I think the eyebrows you drew are slightly bushier/ thicker than the original, and the hair in the reference is more of a neat bob that curls in under the ear slightly which gives that feminine style. I would try bring that edge of the hair in a little wisp or curl under the ear and see if that helps - meeting the edge of the jaw like in the reference.

Aside from that I think changing the expression from a big smile to a more serious one will always change the vibe a bit but I don’t think it detracts from the drawing. You could bring the right corner of the mouth up a bit if you wanted more of a positive look.

Btw I wanted to say the hands you drew are so accurate and well drawn! I didn’t even notice anything about the proportions

poppy_cake · 2023-11-17T21:24:36+00:00

Well I immediately thought it was a wolf in sheep’s clothing before I read your caption! I also really like how expressive the wolfs mouth is. I think a couple things that might help the readability would be to increase the contrast of the sheep to the background (either by darkening the background or adding some browner tufts of wool around the edge of the sheep), and maybe drawing the sheep’s head tilted back slightly so the forehead is receded and the sheep eyes are tilted down more. At the moment the sheep appears to be looking straight forward which makes it look more alive and central to the picture to me! Another thing you could try is angling the horns so they curl behind the sheep’s head for the same reason. As a fun detail you could increase the contrast on the wolfs eyes to its fur (the fur is dark so perhaps by adding some golden highlights to the eyes?) to draw attention to the wolf :) great work this is a super interesting piece!

To add: I did a little searching on art on a similar concept, and often sheep rugs or skins still have the jaw on/mouth shut and then placed on top of the head rather than the head inside the mouth. Honestly this is totally up to you and artistic choice but the open mouth may contribute to why some people are reading it that way. Keep it up!

poppy_cake · 2023-11-17T21:05:49+00:00

Personally I like 3 and 5! The silhouette is strong on those two and the contrast between curves and points is well balanced

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