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- The Outersloth contract and explanation
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Posts by Nooka Dascalu 🔜 GDC
Screenshot of the Samantha Mash Illustration Faire homepage showing off a variety of prints and stickers
Because I still can't take on much new work due to teaching I just want to remind folks that I have a Faire and just updated sizing and prices! You are also free to contact me one on one through my email to do wholesale/consignment (that's how I do most stocking agreements)
samanthamash.faire.com
discovered some old WIP photos of a comissioned painting I did for a neighbor back in 2015
Night Ruins
for yasl_0 ☁️🐲🖤
Illustration of a pale swan with a orange head and orange feet. The background is pink and there are three red stars around its outstretched wings and body
Illustration of a red swan with a darker red head and orange feet. The background is yellow and there are three orange stars around its curcled up body and slightly open wings
Cleaning up these two, the Pearl Swan and the Cerise Swan, as I wanted to start selling these at markets. They were mascots at my Patreon until I have started teaching again and have paused my Patreon for the time being. When I reopen I want to start up with new tier mascots for everyone!
Photo of a Ring-Tailed Lemur looking over its shoulder and to the side while it sits on a log
Photo of a Hadada Ibis walking by the frame with plants behind it
Photo of a harbor seal swimming quickly by the frame underwater
Lovely day yesterday to have a zoo trip with my class. Went to draw the animals, stayed for the wonderfully sunny weather
It is one of my favorite days to be an instructor. You get to see some fun creatures and lots of growth in the student work while out in the field
demo: celineloup.itch.io/amber-painti...
I won't draw a GN for pennies but surely there is work out there?
I'll draw your TTRPG, I'll draw your magic card, I'll give your book a cover that people will cross a room to read
here's the ad they ran for the lecture:
A redline sketch of a horse drawn digitally
Made a tutorial on drawing animals, using horses as the example for my Sophomore-level class. Here is one of the many steps getting to a somewhat nice, functional pony
sketch, 2024
For Mori! 🐲📚🕯️
💥💪😘
rararar
The “look inside cat” meme. The text is formatted green text style, and reads: > “Ghibli-inspired art” > Look inside > a cel shaded deciduous tree
the thing is, people could easily just watch the fucking shitty wizard show and keep their mouth shut abt it. but they want to not only do whatever they want, they want to tell people about it and argue about how they're still a good person. they want everyone else to assuage their guilt for them
It still needs a lot of polish & I'm hiding the roughest pages until I make more progress on them, but all I pay for is the domain, which makes the investment worth it to me :-)
I used Squarespace for a really long time, until I just couldn't justify that price point anymore. Now I'm self-hosting my website with Cloudflare & it really wasn't that difficult! My projects page was the hardest one, with the filter: nookada.com/projects
For alistairwildfire 🐾🦁🐺
her eyeliner rubbed off sometime in the night
u peel banan?
A set of three coasters with hand drawn illustrations on them. Done in gouache and poscas the three represent a cheetah, a vulture, and an oryx. The cheetah has a blue background and is yellow, orange, and red. The vulture has a green background and is yellow, orange, and pink. The oryx has a orange background and is teal, blue, and yellow
Found more of my old posca and gouache work for gallery shows. This was for the Nucleus Portland coaster show in 2021. All pieces were on 4x4" coasters, and while these are sold out I'll be making a new set of three for this year's show soon!
Solas is my comfort character rn
youtu.be/BaFyvWjEyJQ?...
Just watched Nobody (2025), dir. Shui Yu & it was completely amazing. Everybody needs to see it stat. Report back to me once your heart has recovered.
For sure! Next time I’ll make sure to nap so I can do karaoke with yall!!
Wow, it’s already over & I can’t believe I have to wait another year 🥹 This has honestly been the best GDC yet & I’m so glad I was able to come this year!
It’s been super busy but I’m really glad I was able to organize my time well enough to connect with my friends again :-) See you next year!!