FAQ
About me:
name: Marisa
pronouns: she/her
age: 26
birthday: May 1st
sign: Taurus
What should I do if I want you to post an ask privately?
Add *** to the beginning of your message
I want to apologize because I just spam liked/reblogged a bunch of your posts, sorry!!
You don’t need to do this! If this is reassuring to you, I will literally never notice unless you say something to me about it. Even if I do happen to notice, I’d only be flattered, I promise!!
How is your icon moving?
Tumblr briefly accidentally supported animated webp images as icons. I think they disabled this until they can implement it properly (aka add a toggle to turn animations on/off). I’m trying to be lowkey about it because I don’t want staff to realize I’m not supposed to have this and make me disable it 🫶
Can you reblog my donation post?
At this point, I’m deleting all donation asks I receive. I’m getting multiple per day, and for each one I post, I get a dozen more. It’s become a bit overwhelming seeing so many people struggling and it’s starting to affect my mental health because I feel so helpless to do anything. If I had the money, I’d help everyone I could, and I feel so guilty turning people away, but the truth is that donation posts are less effective when people encounter them frequently, and I hate feeling like I have to choose who is and isn’t worthy of receiving donations. In addition, Tumblr is not the best audience to be seeking financial assistance from (most of us are also poor)
There was a post I’d seen that recommended charity subreddits as a more effective way to allocate funds and resources but I cannot find it!! I will link it here if I do.
Where are you reading/watching <insert piece of media>? Can you send me a link?
No, I don’t answer these types of questions because posting the links to pirating sites is how they get taken down! i promise you just google “watch/read <media> online free” and have an adblocker and you’ll be fine. I’ve been doing this for over a decade now trust me 👍
Who is Nico the Catboy???
Nico is my Adventure Time OC. He is not canon. I made him up with my brain. You can read about him in chronological order by going here.
Can you draw Nico in the Fionna and Cake universe?
No.
What do you draw with?
When I draw digitally, I use Clip Studio Paint or Photoshop CS6 and an Intuos Pro Small. I mostly use my own brushes, and I’ve uploaded my photoshop brushes here and my clip studio brushes here.
Traditionally, I like to sketch in this sketchbook (I used to be able to get it cheaper from the store I work at until it got discontinued. I’ve found a 2 pack of a coverless version that’s cheaper, if you either don’t care or want to glue a cover on yourself). I like it cause it’s big enough that I don’t have to draw super tiny but still small enough to fit in my purse. It has a lot of pages and the mixed media version is really good too. When sketching, I prefer to use mechanical pencils. Anything’s fine as long as it has a good eraser.
Next I’ll photograph my drawings with my phone, and edit them in apple’s photos app. If I’m coloring it, I love using the ios version of Medibang Paint! It’s incredible!
How long have you been drawing?
I always liked art, but I started drawing more vigorously when I was around 8 years old, so about 18 years ago.
Do you take requests/commissions?
I don’t take free requests. Don’t think you’re being slick by asking me to “imagine” a scenario, I know what you’re doing.
I have done commissions in the past, but I haven’t been in a great place for a while to continue with them, so they’ll be on hold indefinitely.
for now, if you’d like to support me, I have tips turned on on tumblr!
What do you want to do as a career?
I’d like to do storyboarding and/or character design, ideally for TV animation. I’m currently trying to get internships!
Are you going to school for art?/Where do you go to school?
I’m currently attending CSUF’s Entertainment Art/Animation BFA program!
Do you have a store for your art?
I have a storenvy, but it’s closed at the moment since I can’t store or ship anything from my apartment.
I also have a gumroad where you can purchase the Nico the Catboy Zine!
Do you have an amazon wishlist?
👀👉👈 yeah
How are your cats??
You can keep up to date with them here
Is Half-n-Half ok???
yeah he’s fine, just large
What’s your hair routine?
I’ve posted about it a few times, here’s one post about it
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