Anonymous asked: I was debating asking this, but I feel like it would be really rude not to. I love your artwork a lot, and I was wondering if it would be all right with you of I saved some of them to my iPhone to use as wallpapers? :)
Hey guys, you never, ever have to ask me for permission for personal usage of my artwork - like saving them to your computer or phone, whether just to keep, or to make an avatar out, or to set as your wallpaper, or even printing out to decorate your room - I don’t mind, it’s nice and flattering and it’s what I’m here for. Any non-profit usage of my art is fine.
I also get a lot of people asking if they can copy/imitate my art for learning purposes, like as color studies or brush studies, I don’t know. I’m okay with this too, as long as your intentions are purely educational.
Y’know, I’m just going to answer another common inquiry while I’m here. Yes, you can use my art as a tattoo design (it’s very flattering that you’d want to, please think it through though, lol. And send me a picture when you’re done!)
Really, the only thing that ISN’T okay is claiming you created my artwork when you clearly didn’t, and/or selling it for your own profit. That’s just silly.
thatgirlwiththebooks asked: You're one of my favorite artists, but I am perturbed that you assume that I, a person dissatisfied with Adler's portrayal, am a mindless hater who ignored everything else about the episode. It is possible to love a work and acknowledge its flaws. Nothing is above criticism. Moffat has a past of writing iffy girls. I am not determined to hate him. I love Sherlock. I can still criticize that Adler came across as a woman weakened by her emotions, as opposed to Sherlock's strengthening him.
Hey there! I figured I would get a response like this and I hope I didn’t offend you too much! I was actually specifically responding to certain full-length reviews (don’t know if you’ve seen them around) that sarcastically say things like “oh I had such hopes for this show, then Moffat wrote it” - I wasn’t referring to fans who have relatively minor and legitimate criticisms of the episode. I understand that the interpretation of a more emotionally vulnerable Irene is not for everyone, whatever I may think of it. Some people saw Irene as a woman weakened by emotions, and may not have seen the episode as Irene manipulating and pwning everyone’s face (the way I saw it) and that’s fine! It’s not black and white - both interpretations are true and false in their own ways. You can be “not gay” and still be in love with Sherlock… wait.
I probably come across as a crazed fangirl who thinks BBC!Sherlock can do no wrong, but that isn’t true, I promise! I for one had a massive number of issues with the way the villains were written in “The Blind Banker” but let’s not get into that can of worms - this show, great as it is, is definitely not above criticism. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I feel that close-minded criticism of “A Scandal in Belgravia” - those with a personal vendetta against Moffat, or people who are unwilling to accept a twist on a canon and try and pass off that close-mindedness as “oh I’m just too much of an ACD fan” - is what really bothers me. Not saying that everyone’s criticism is like that, of course!
Anonymous asked: I just wanted to say that I just sat here and looked at every post on your blog. Your art is truly incredible, and you are so creative. As an artist myself, usually talent like yours leaves me with a pit of jealousy in my stomach. But your posts were humble/gratuitous, you posted other artists work, and you just have an overall air of kindness, quirk and awesomeness. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm happy to consider myself a fan of yours, and thanks for making my night better
WHY DO I GET THE NICEST ANONS EVER seriously now
Also thank you so, so much for like, almost 11,000 followers asddddfasf I want to do some sort of reblog giveaway thing but I don’t know what I’ll think about it
Anonymous asked: Will you marry me?
Have I ever mentioned… that I love The Social Network so much… like an absolutely delusional, unhealthy amount of love? I have seen it so many times that I can literally recite every line and that’s a lot of lines.
The only thing I’ve watched on repeat just as much are the three episodes of Sherlock. I seriously put TSN or a Sherlock ep on in the background ALL THE TIME when I’m painting, and I listen to them like they’re good rock albums or something. What can I say, BLISTERINGLY FAST AND SCATHING DIALOGUE SOOTHES ME.
Anonymous asked: I just wanted to tell you that I think you're an amazingly gifted artist. I fell in love with each of your paintings ever since I stumbled on here via one of your Sherlock portraits. I even watched your livestream once and was completely blown away - I didn't even know it was possible to digitally paint like that. You have a unique style, a ridiculously good sense of colour and an enormous talent; your paintings make me very happy, and please don't ever doubt yourself. x
Congratulations! YOU WIN THE NICEST ANON IN THE WORLD AWARD.
This award comes with a hug!
a-flibbertigibbet asked: Sometimes your art is just so beautiful that it I forget to breathe when I see it. I love it. Most ardently.
Anonymous asked: You have a lot of talent! How old are you? :O
I am 22! Turning 23 in less than a month though. :(
isaiddangerousandhereyouare asked: Alice, I just wanted to let you know that I had to cover my mouth at 1:50am, so I wouldn't wake up my family LOLing after reading this poster! Your spirit truly amazes me. From the funky HP outfit to the absolutely stunning artwork, I look forward to hearing from your everyday on #sherlock. Well. done. you!
Is it really lame that I teared up a little here, I’ve been having kind of a bad night confidence-wise and wondering what the crap I’m doing online inflicting my art and dumb shit on the world this message was perfectly worded and just what I needed to hear :( thank you so muchhhh
sportula asked: Why not? Twilight
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Hahaaaaa, Twilight used to be a guilty pleasure, I loved drawing sparkly vampires… anyway, you’d think among soooo many couples in the series there’d be plenty of ships to be found, but a lot of them are so unbelievable (read: badly written) that a good ship is hard to come by. I enjoy Alice/Jasper the most, I think, as they seem to have one of the more interesting relationships.
Can’t stand
I think I speak for humanity when I say the absolute worst is Jacob/Renesmee, oh my godddddd.
haluun asked: Pirates of the Caribbean!
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Okay, I loved the first Pirates movie, the sequels somewhat entertaining but a total mess, from what I could garner from the incomprehensible plot of the rest of the series I kinda liked the idea of Calypso/Davey Jones, I mean, I’m all for the tragic doomed love affairs. I wish it was more fleshed out though… also I haven’t yet watched the fourth film yet (I honestly can’t believe there is even a fourth film.)
Can’t stand
God, Will/Elizabeth bores me to deeeath. Every other relationship in the series - I mean, like, Jack/ANYONE, including Jack/The Voices in His Head, manages to be more interesting than these two.
Anonymous asked: A Song of Ice and Fire! Gimme an OTP and gross-pairing.
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A Song of Ice and Fire, is like, the worst series ever to get invested in any particular ship since GRRM tosses away his characters’ lives and happiness like confetti, but I’m gonna go for the rather cliché answer of Sandor/Sansa… the way they were written in the second book was really beautiful, and I liked how it was a ship that “almost was but probably will never be.” I ALSO LOVE THE TYRION/BRONN BROMANCE but not in a sexual way (oh god) and I like poor, doomed Ned/Catelyn and Dany/Drogo. Oh, and Jaime/Brienne’s bromance was great too. I’m full of canon clichés!
Can’t stand
There’s a lot of AWFUL pairings… Littlefinger/Sansa has got to be the worst though (ugh so, SO creepy and gross adjkaslfa) but that’s not really Sansa’s fault so much as it is Littlefinger’s… I absolutely LOAAAAAAATHHHHEEEEE him he is such a creeper asdlajfla dude doesn’t deserve to be shipped with anything but a horrible death.
rum-and-raspberries asked: Avatar the Last Airbender.
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I really do love Zuko/Katara… I’ve always had a thing for those angsty, yin/yang, opposites-attract type of pairings and Zutara hits all of those. ;) Plus, the fire/water thing is so appealing in an artistic sense… makes for awesome fanart! Pluuuuus Zuko is my favorite character, and while I like Mai, Zuko/Mai bores me to death…
Can’t stand
Haha so again by default I never really liked Katara/Aang, although I don’t hate them… simply because I didn’t feel they had any real chemistry. It was a very sweet friendship and I loved the loyalty they had for each other, but I felt like the “romance” tacked on towards the end cheapened their friendship for me. :\ I’m just not a fan of rushed, undeveloped romances in general.
munerostars asked: Harry Potter! c:
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I’m usually not that big of a slash shipper but the incredible fic to end all fics The Shoebox Project (oh my god please read it if you haven’t) has convinced me utterly of Remus/Sirius and I will not hear one word against them. As far as I’m concerned IT HAPPENED. MY HEARTTTTT asdlafasfsaf
Can’t stand
…which effectively leads into me not being able to stand Remus/Tonks (I mean, it’s fine that it’s canon because Sirius was dead at the time) (also not happy about that) but from an entirely objective standpoint I felt like it was the most rushed, poorly written and unconvincing relationship in the entire series.
Reblog if you want a fandom in your ask box, and you’ll answer with your OTP and a pairing you can’t stand.
(Source: 20llux, via sansastark)
Anonymous asked: Usually, when one comes across an artist as good as you, one would think that they might be conceited--that they might think that they are "too good for the world", somehow above the rest.
I saw what you did for that girl, Cyril, today, and I just want to say...thank you. That was truly amazing of you. It was touching, to see someone who (presumably) has a million other things to do to take the time out of their day to give such a gift to a person who needed it. You're such a wonderful, kind person, and so obviously talented, too. You've definitely proven that there are still good people in the world, and that popularity doesn't always get to people's heads.
Just. Yeah. Rambling. Thank you though--it was a truly awesome thing you did. :D
This is like one of the nicest messages I have EVER received. I feel like I don’t deserve all the praise here, but thank you so much anon. ;_;
