Fai | NO GEN AI. | #1 Fran Stan

Omg

Eat zucchini

Just wanted to scratch the itch.
First dragon doodle in a long, long, long, long time.
testing out new ink brushes.

uh...well. my hand slipped 🫣
(this is how you know I'm hooked)

My Miqo'te, Yumeki 🐱
May as well make this my new sketch comm poster girl... 👀

#FFXIV

And another, very poster-y version 🐱✨

#FFXIV

I was able to for a moment last night then it fucked up for me lmao

"I'm glad they finally censored thing I don't like haha"

Guess what, thing you like comes next.

Thank you so much! Angles like these are always super fun for me ✨️

Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received 'I really like a game that has soul.'

Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received

It’s smart business. There are a lot of games right now. Getting the “fun” equation correct is hard. Right now, using Gen AI assets sends a negative signal that you won’t deliver value.

thankyeeeewww 🥹 This was supposed to be a quick b/w sketch but I got so into it, I couldn't resist coloring 😁

I had the immense pleasure of putting together an illustration for this new australian Magazine, very humbled that that @serrels.bsky.social and @jacksonwryan.com chose me to scribble on their first cover.

Please consider backing local australian journalism. there are stories here worth telling.

And another, very poster-y version 🐱✨

#FFXIV

uh...well. my hand slipped 🫣
(this is how you know I'm hooked)

My Miqo'te, Yumeki 🐱
May as well make this my new sketch comm poster girl... 👀

#FFXIV

イチゴのおいしい季節になってきました🍓
＃FGO

Just wanted to scratch the itch.
First dragon doodle in a long, long, long, long time.
testing out new ink brushes.

...And so. "Dragonfaiyah" was born lol.

in fact "Fai" was never supposed to be my nickname but because pinoys are Like That and like to shorten everything they hear, Rafaela became Rafai which became Fai, and it stuck. more than a few people misheard it as "Fire" and it created a lot of puns and additional nicknames.

Fun lore for those who don't know me irl but "dragonfaiyah" was an obscure nickname I had even before my old artist name. a classmate of mine came up with it because I used to be known as that kid who really likes fantasy and...dragons,lol.
also because I was known for having a terrible temper lmao

Sigh im just having an identity crisis. And I'm 50% sure it's because of hormones that built up from both past week's stress and uterus-related things. I just feel like I used to be better than what I am now even though I know that's false... and I can pick this up again

Hidden Fai Art Lore.

Look at my old dragons... i used to be so good! These were from late high school to early college.
I loved drawing dragons even if the bodies intimidated me.

I want this old me back 😭 i miss my old dragons... i need to go back to them, i feel like i neglected that part of me

sorry for being cringe I'm trying to enjoy being alive

yes I still have that atalante wip
which is still a wip
...give me a few days 😂😅 I just need to work off all the frustration from the past week

some okay comm progress today which was very challenging but engaging. still need progress on my backlog but its been a tiring several few days...wondering if i should settle for a quick doodle to get back into my dragon-drawing mood from ages ago or just sit down and play to relieve the stress lol

Charlie Puth - Home (feat. Hikaru Utada) YouTube video by Charlie Puth

its actually good???? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsE...

on the list of things i was not expecting this year:

Charlie puth...ft Utada Hikaru???????????????

meanwhile the govt officials that allow all this E-files bs to happen on our land.....

but nooooooo lets ban TUMBLR or someshit🗿

a black and white drawing of a man 's face with his hands folded ALT: a black and white drawing of a man 's face with his hands folded

nothing makes sense i am going to combust ong

I'm so tired of the emotional rollercoaster over the creative world, the job market, pinoy society, Im tired of losing hope. so I will simply run on spite. I'll complain the whole time but I'll claw my way up because god fucking dammit i have a place in this world and fuck anyone who thinks I don't.