kaden
writer, digital artist, composer, & game dev
he/him
commissions: waitlisted 🌙
for business inq: [email protected]
kadiumz
aboutHi, I'm Kaden! I'm a guy from Louisiana who draws, writes, composes music, and is part of the dev team
at Ghost Garden Games!
Other hobbies include cosplay and cooking :)online handles:
kadiumz and holdthegravy
faq
PERSONAL FAQ
Q: HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR USERNAME?
A: 'kade-umz'. I got it from a nickname-making quiz off a (dead) website called Quibblo back in 2013 [i.e. your name +iumz. in my case, the 'i' replaced the 'e')Q: WHAT ARE YOUR INSPIRATIONS?
A: lemme list out a few below :)
- Art: Ken Sugimori, Richard Scarry, and Charles M. Schulz were huge childhood inspirations. Also, mogumu, fourleafisland, and RAMDARAM are more current inspirations!
- Music: Toby Fox, Daft Punk, femtanyl, Machine Girl, aivi & surasshu, Louie Zong, Metaroom, Joe Hisashi, and Hideki Naganuma are the biggest reasons why I make music.
- Writing: I grew up with lots of Sheldon Silverstein and Rick Riordan (really fell in love w a BUNCH of British and American writers in college).ART FAQQ: WHAT PROGRAM DO YOU USE TO DRAW?
A: I use Procreate on my refurbished iPad Pro (aka cheaper, used, and reset by Apple). I also sometimes MSPaint on my pc with a used Wacom tablet I was giftedQ: WHAT BRUSHES DO YOU USE?
A: For Procreate, I use the in-program 6B Pencil for line art and either 6B Pencil or Gloaming (also an in-program brush) for coloring. I just recently started using Cy's brushpack as well! Very fun; I highly recommend it!Q: DO YOU USE ANY REF BOOKS OR SITES?
A: I do! I use Pinterest sometimes for pose inspo and color swatches (tho I now stick more so to just red, blue, yellow, and green!). I do a lot of pose and figure studies, and read up on said stuff in my free time. The best figure drawing books I personally use are Cartooning the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm and Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis