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@baruyon / baruyon.tumblr.com

Hi! I'm Rachel, a.k.a. Baru. I live in the UK. This is my art blog with some rambling from time to time. I do original work and fanart for lots of different things! :) → Original Art → Fanart → My art Q&A / resources → Step by steps (old) Email: rachelsaundersart@hotmail.com ~~~ Commission status: Closed ~~~

Hey! I love your recent ofmd piece, the composition and expressions are so on point! I just wanted to mention that you might want to take a look at oluwandes skin tone in the show versus the colors you used in the piece. He looks pretty light in your art and I think it’s something we should all be careful about to avoid whitewashing!

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Hi, some other people also made this observation and I will definitely make sure to not make the same mistake in future. I know that such things matter a lot to people. I will keep the critique in mind. Thank you very much. :) I hope it's okay for me publish this ask publicly; I hope if anyone else has the same comment they'll see it and know that I'm aware of the issue.

Hi everyone! I'm sorry for the long absence. I got into using Twitter, then started missing Tumblr for some reason!

I recently watched the whole original Star Wars trilogy, and have been doing a few doodles here and there. :) I hope you'll like them. :) I know C3PO is probably annoying to some, but I like him anyway. :) I think I identify with him because I too worry and panic easily lol.

Hi everyone! Sorry (as always) for not posting here in a long time. I guess everyone’s over at Twitter now! ^^; Anyway, I thought I’d update my blog with some art. :0) This is my entry for the ‘Spirited Away’ prompt of the Character Design Challenge a little while ago:

facebook.com/groups/CharacterDesignChallenge/

I might delete this later (because these drawings are very rough) but I just wanted to say I just watched the whole of Good Omens and it pleased me greatly. I decided to practice drawing Aziraphale and Crowley so I can draw them properly when I have some free time (hopefully tomorrow and Friday j_j)  

I really hope I’m getting their faces down right, at least ^^; Anyway, thanks for looking!

Hi everyone! Long time no post. ^^; Sorry about that!

This was my entry for June’s Character Design Challenge. 

facebook.com/groups/CharacterDesignChallenge/

The prompt was ‘Ninja Cat’!

Hi everyone! Thank you all so much for your kind words on my last post. :) 

I returned to Tumblr yesterday after hearing about the new no-NSFW policy and the whacky algorithm thingy they’re using to try get rid of NSFW posts; I went through my blog and found multiple posts that had been flagged as NSFW when they weren’t at all. -_- I requested reviews for them, so hopefully I won’t have any further issues (famous last words, knowing Tumblr).

I will be keeping my Tumblr as it isn’t a NSFW blog. I haven’t been posting much recently anyway, but I will continue to update it when I have anything new to share art-wise. :)

For those of you who are leaving Tumblr for good, I would love to see you guys again on Twitter:

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Update!

Hi everyone,  I realised I haven’t updated my Tumblr in a while, oopsie.

About a week ago I started my first ever studio job working as a concept artist. I applied to the studio not expecting to get a reply, but a couple of Skype calls and a test later I found myself being offered a job. At the end of September I packed most of my worldly possessions into a suitcase and made the long journey by train from south east England to northern England. The job itself has been a steep learning curve for me, and I can’t talk about what I’m working on thanks to client confidentiality, but either way I’m enjoying the company of people who love art and drawing as much as I do.

Hope you guys have been well, I want to upload more personal art if I get time to do some. :) 

I finally made a Pillowfort account! I’ll be posting drawings as usual, but perhaps with a little more talking thrown in! Hope to see some of you guys there!