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Bailie's Art Blog

@bailiesartblog / bailiesartblog.tumblr.com

I’m Bailie & this is my art blog.
Sharing art/ comic updates.
BG artist / freelance illustrator / Comics: Les Piggies; Rodesha & the Mountain Troll —free to read on WEBTOON Canvas

Actual photo of me picking a red for my art

Sorry to anyone who has ever sent me an ask; I never check, and am very slow at responding to them. I’m not ignoring you!!

Will reply when I am able! Thank you for your patience!! 🙏💖

Hi! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your art so much! WOUKD you mind telling me what software/app you use to create it?

Thanks and have a nice day!

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Hey there! Thank you so much!!

I pretty much do all my work on a 10” iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil. I do a lot of my sketching and prep work in procreate (as it feels more natural to sketch in). And all my clean/final work is done in Clip Studio Pro!

A little personal ramble on this lovely pride month…

Not that it really /needs/ to be said, but I’ve been working through it quite a lot these past few years but I think I’m finally comfortable with using the ace spec label for myself. Happy pride ✌️ 🏳️‍🌈

it’s something I’ve known about myself since I was a tween — I just never had the knowledge/language to identify it. I spent a solid 10 years wondering what was wrong with me, why I wasn’t feeling the way I was /supposed/ to feel. & just a lot of general confusion.

When I did start learning the language for it I felt like I needed a very specific, perfectly fitted word—but I felt too constrained by “definitions”. Like if it wasn’t a 100% perfect match, then I couldn’t be /that/.

Funnily enough, it’s the reason it took me so long to figure out I was bi (which was its own unique identity struggle). And yet it’s taken me almost /another/ 5 years to accept my aceness.

One thing I’ve always felt odd about labels is that one’s own connection/identity/relationship with a label can vary a lot from what the “general idea” of that label is. & I worry too much about what other peoples perceptions are and how they might impose those ideas into me.

Which is why I really like the word queer for myself, and often why I just use that. There’s certainly something ‘not straight’ about me, and I don’t owe anyone any further explanations to that. But also, I myself don’t entirely know either. & that’s okay. I’m okay with that.

Anyway, understanding yourself is hard, and while labels/words can be helpful, they can also feel restraining. As my dear friend once put it, sometimes identities can feel like jumping from one box into another. It can be a complicated relationship. Your labels also change. We allow ourselves to evolve in so many aspects, there shouldn’t be any difference when it comes to our sexual identities.

I didn’t mean for this to be an entire* thing*, but I guess what I mean to say is; Do what makes you happy and comfortable, when it makes you happy and comfortable. ✌️💖