Hey there fellow human! I'm Aud, a random artist on the internet wanting to use my creative skills to inspire others.
Please make yourself welcome and snoop around as much as you'd like! If you have any questions or comments after reading through everything, including grammatical errors or suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know! (I won't bite 💜)
AudRunaki
About Me
Basic Information
I'm a female minor dwelling in the Pacific side of the United States. I typically come off as introverted and quiet, but can be quite sociable given the circumstances. My hobbies include drawing, writing, worldbuilding, gaming, riding roller coasters, D&D, roller skating, messing around with piano keyboards, and reorganizing both my physical and digital space. 💜Philosophy
I'm a person who loves to learn, especially when it comes to psychology-related things. I enjoy studying the history and reasoning for various people's viewpoints, primarily to better understand the world around me. As an artist, I like learning about psychology in art as well; it intrigues me to see how different colors affect a person's mood or themes are understood despite being abstract.
I'm a very neutral person when it comes to my own beliefs. Despite having faith in a higher power, I'm not part of (nor want to be part of) any religious group. I prefer when I'm allowed the freedom to discern the positives and negatives of other's beliefs for myself rather than by an organization. I do my best to continue improving myself and my understanding of the world around me, hoping that my improvement will naturally help me to aid others. If you want to learn more about my beliefs, you're welcome to ask me about them! I don't often get the chance to talk about many deeper topics, so I'd be ecstatic to discuss them with anyone who's as interested in this kind of stuff as I am!I also have a thing for personality tests! I love seeing what both myself and my friends get on them. I've taken MBTI tests (I'm an INFJ), an enneagram test (type 9), the big 5 test, those weird BuzzFeed tests, you name it! On occasion, I might dive deeper into my results and/or the results of others get a better grasp on how we think.Favorite Media
My favorite games are the games made by GenDesign, or otherwise known as Team ICO! While I mainly enjoy artistic games, I do have a soft spot for random lighthearted games too. If you want to see my ever growing list of games I've played, you can check out my backloggd account where I list, rate, and share my opinions on various titles!When it comes to music, the majority of what I listen to is 80s, pre-80s, and video game music. I don't have a particular genre taste; I enjoy anything from metal, rock, pop, disco, synthwave, r&b, you name it. I do have a particular distaste for rap and current-day pop though... just about anything from 2000s until now. (there are exceptions of course) If you want to see a list of songs I like, you're free to check out my Spodify account!Movies and TV shows are a whole other thing. There's a ton of movies out there and I don't have very definitive opinions about them. Although, if I had to choose a favorite movie, I'd say one I've loved since I was a kid: Wreck-It-Ralph. I'll enjoy just about any movie as long as its thought out! If you want to know if I've watched / have an opinion on a particular movie or TV show, all you have to do is ask.
My Artistic Side
My Digital Art Journey
I've always been known as a creative child by family and friends, but my art journey didn't kick off until May of 2021. Prior to that month, I always felt like I had an abundance of ideas and no skill to capture them. I was fortunate enough to meet a few wonderful growing artists on a site called Pixilart. Realizing that there were so many people just like me, people who were just as weird and creative who wished to improve their artistic skill, I felt inspired to pursue this passion long-term. Thanks to the support of everyone around me, I've been able to continue improving my art skill at rapid rates.I have many people in various walks of life that inspire me to continue this journey, but I'll list a few of my inspirations right here. I consider a lovely artist Frost to be the main inspiration behind what sparked my passion. Without having met her, my art journey likely wouldn't have started. Meeting her lead me to meeting all the other wonderful artists I know, as well as being an overall role model of kindness and compassion. Concerning art skill and style, I'd like to shoutout my mutuals Sketch and Mayu as two particular inspirations. I'd also like to shoutout Bean and Sprout as a couple other good friends who shared a lot of this journey with me. But most importantly, I'd like to highlight my friend Neoluce as a great inspiration to me. Teaching me to be more confident in myself, he's been a huge influence on my growth both as an artist and human being.
I also get inspired by a lot of professional artists of course, but a couple of honorable mentions are Akira Toriyama and SamDoesArts. My family, especially my dad, as well as other friends whom I didn't mention here all give me a lot of encouragement that keeps me going as well.
For any other inspirations, just look in some of my social media followings to see some of the people who inspire me, both artist and non-artist!My Current Art
My art is fairly stylized, though I'm always flexible, looking for ways to experiment, and trying to improve in any way I can. It's hard to put the style I have into words, so you'll just have to see it for yourself!
In terms of subjects, I usually draw my own characters, mutual artists' characters, and fanart of things I enjoy!
I use Clip Studio Paint EX, an old Dell desktop, and an XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro for my digital illustrations.If you'd like to see my artworks, you can go to these accounts:
✨ Cara; Main Portfolio
✨ Instagram; General Art Social
✨ Twitter; General Art Social
✨ Pixilart; Art Journey Progression
✨ DeviantArt; Abandoned SocialLiterary Medium
While visual art shall always be my favorite medium to express myself, I do have a knack for writing. My forte with the art of literature lies in narratives, rants / reviews of things I enjoy, and tutorials. When it comes to narratives, I love writing stories with a little bit of adventure, fantasy, and mystery genres.
I have a couple socials where I post writing-related things if you'd like to see some of my work.✨ Substack; Article Social
✨ Backoggd; Video Game ReviewsConnecting It All With Worldbuilding
Just some sites for now until I get the time to add more of a description to this section.✨ Toyhou.se; Character Information
✨ Unvale; Character Information
✨ ArtFight; Annual Character Drawing EventOther Content
✨ YouTube; Art and Gaming Videos
✨ Twitch; Live Art Streams
Contacting Me
Social Rules
Response times: I do not mind late response times at all, unless the situation specifically calls for timeliness. I personally tend to respond late to various things, so I also don't mind it whatsoever if other people do it. Do know that I believe in it better to respond late than never to respond... so if you're worried about it being rude to respond late, don't even sweat it! I wanna know what you want to say no matter how long it takes you.Frequently Asked
Commissions: I am NOT open to being on any end of a commission. Anyone who asks me about commissions without any regard to what is said here will be ignored. I do want to be open for commissions in a few years, but I'm taking my remaining time as a minor without an official way to transfer money to increase my art's worth further. And please don't try to suggest work arounds... I already know PayPal exists I just don't want to deal with it right now.Contact Methods
Discord: I'm most active here, best way to contact me. (username: audtrico / AudTrico#7319. In case link doesn't work)
Cara, Instagram, Twitter: Won't see your message as quickly on these, but still a pretty good way to private message me.
Any social I have an account on that aren't listed here I'm less likely to see your message in a timely manner. You are always free to message me on them though, I won't mind as long as you're alright with my response being late!My Community
If you're interested in being a part of a chill artistic community, I have my own discord server I'd love for you to join! It's called Runaki's Retreat and I'd love if you could join to help it grow into a much more flourishing network!