GUEST SPOTLIGHT: NONAGON

GUEST SPOTLIGHT: NONAGON

Please welcome our final guest, our cover artist @robo-nonagon! We're beyond proud to have their art style representing the zine, and can't wait to see how it turns out!

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mimi's wardrobe

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(unfinished art from 2020)

the nostalgic melody fades away 🎐

do you think you'd ever sell physical prints of your art? because honestly i would love to see your digimon and the persona 3 protagonists art physically. would definitely support you if you do ever decide to sell physical prints! oh so pretty!

not atm, though I've thought about making a digimon art book at some point in the future. I have been getting more and more questions about selling prints though, so while I have no immediate plans I'm definitely considering it~

the kurusu family grows 🐈‍☔️

I love how crisp and refreshing your art is! It’s like that first sip of cold water when you’re thirsty or a breath of fresh air in the wintertime. There’s something so nostalgic and comforting about it too! Do you have any tips on how you create your work? :)

waahhdsjgk what the heck this is so nice thank you!! I've shared some tips in other asks (this one on backgrounds and this one on character colouring), but in relation to what you've said, whenever I create a piece I ask myself: what feeling do I want to invoke in the person who looks at this? but that's also based on the happiness I feel while drawing the piece - I hope to transfer all the feelings I feel as the artist to the viewer!

when I look back upon all my artworks, I want to be able to think I've successfully captured the atmosphere I envisioned - sometimes heavy with emotion, and sometimes light-hearted and fun. since I draw fanart most of the time, I also try to capture the feeling of the original work while also adding my own flavour and taste to the piece. I always put an emphasis on lighting and colouring (choosing the colour palette is a huge step in achieving the feeling I want in a piece), but I hope to improve my composition with each work as well which is something I think I'm lacking in, particularly dynamic angling.

in some more technical senses, I always look toward the artists I aspire to be like and study their work. I often study the same artists, but I find it's important to always look for new inspirations in order to grow. for example, lately I've been wanting to detail the way I draw/colour characters more as I feel like I've neglected that aspect of my art and have focused more on backgrounds, so I studied different character artists that i like and tried applying their techniques to myself while also retaining my own style.

sorry this got long and rambly and I have no idea if this is helpful, but I wanted to try and dig into my mindset towards creating art. thank you again for the kind ask!!