‎ >What's in the name?

MustyYew (ˈmʌsti-ju'), also known as 'Musty', 'Mustyy' or 'かび臭いイチイ' ('kabikusai-ichī'). Kinda wish I had some super cool backstory to tell, but it was just randomly generated from my brother's XBOX account when we were young (full username being 'MustyYew011937', I eventually omitted the numbers for obvious reasons). I basically just stole the name for myself and started using it as an alias, mainly because it just sounded cool and I couldn't think of anything better myself lol. Funnily enough me and my brother had this whole back-and-forth battle over who actually owns the "MustyYew" name, but he eventually gave in and let me have it for myself anyway.
A lot of people have pointed out the weird (and kinda gross if you think about it) connotations of "Musty Yew" as a name when you actually disect its meaning, but that's sorta the reason why I like it so much. Plus it's objectively simpler and more memorable than a lot of usernames out there.

‎ >How long have you done art?

Basically as long as I can remember. I'd start coming up with my own characters and ideas since I was around 6-7 years old, but only began taking my artistic potential seriously around the tail end of 2019 ("taking art seriously" doesn't necessarily mean I got good at it though, keep that in mind) - even then I'd just grab some paper and doodle stuff based around whatever 3-4 interests I had at the time (Minecraft YouTubers, BFDI, memes, look I was 13 okay).
It wouldn't be around mid 2020 when I'd actually share my art online for people to see. Quarantine in genral obviously gave me a lot more free time to expand upon my artistic technicalities, as well as my taste in media and arts overall (see the "Interests" tab below). If you want a display of what I'm best capable of then I would view any art I've made from 2023 onwards.

‎ >How is your art made?

My artwork is carefully constructive through the contemporarily complex digital art sortware known as Microsoft Paint (circa Windows 10), with such revolutionary equipment as a singular computer and optical mouse. But seriously, that's it. I've never used a drawing tablet and I don't have some super advanced desktop setup in order to make my art, just a basic mouse paired with my nearly 10-year-old Windows PC.

‎ >What inspires your art?

A lot of it is just drawn (haha) from media I look up to or grew up with; TV shows, web series, adverts, books, games etc. I couldn't pinpoint one specific thing or person for the way I draw. I'm also self-taught for the most part, so a lot of my abilities were formed from looking at others' work and critiques.

‎ >Where can I find your art?

I kinda just share my art across Discord servers I'm in, as well as the occasional DeviantArt or Newgrounds or Twitter depending on how I feel (all of which you can find through my Linktree).

‎ >Do you take art commissions?

I'm certainly up for them! I don't have any set permissions or prices at the moment though, as that's usually something I negotiate with the commissioner directly, though I have gladly made art for people in exchange for profit in the past (mainly with Robux I should add, but I'll happily take requests for real cash through Kofi donations or PayPal). However, I do plan on making a big portfolio with all my public art as part of this very website, so.. look forward to that I guess.

‎ >Why do you have so many gosh darn flippin' socials?!

Honestly I just get bored of browsing the same website every day, nothin' too deep. A lotta people have brought up the amount of platforms I seem to have across the internet in the past, so I thought I may as well address it here.