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A very rough sketch of Back to Black’s mascot, Joy

Waiting at the eye doctor (not for me) so I quickly decided to doodle Joy

Maybe I finish later

I want to draw Kris in feminine outfits but damn do I struggle drawing people

I should maybe redraw this but the way I rendered and did the colors is so juicy, I fear I will not achieve the same peak trying to do it again

An Eevee under a blanket with one of those ice pack head things, sick and shivering from the pain

Ough how I’ve been feeling the last 24 hours (Getting any sleep last night was rough)

A female Eevee in a gen 5 hat looking very happy, raising her paws in the sky

A quick doodle of Lucas from Mother 3 looking onwards, he is gripping a stick in his left hand

My OC Music looking behind her, this is a slight redraw from a piece I made in 2013

Tiny little sketchbook I got today to try and encourage doodling for myself more since that feels like a rarity these days

Man I can't get over the one time I tuned in for a VGC stream this regional it's the guy that threw his headphones at me in Toronto

Multiple sketches of Phantom's Boo OC, the idea here was to sketch the OC to get comfortable with them, most of these made the final product

A sketch of a Tsareena and Gardevoir for Slopdop, the idea here was to get the elements of the characters right as the size was already nearly good for an emote but needed to be widened to get a better image of where things should go

A sketch of Lonely's OC, this one actually had multiple sketches because I was struggling a lot with drawing a human. I basically joked around with this sketch after struggling, but I actually liked this concept the best so I kept it and cleaned it up

Behind the emote making process!

Lately I've been doing a bunch of larger scale canvas drawings either to get a feel for the character or get a concept down better without feeling so restricted. Here's just a few I've done more recently!

My heart is so heavy rn

I also have a skeleton of some basic stuff I was going to write up too! Mostly things I wish I was told when I first started, like opacity and layer settings are the biggest ones cause it took me 2 years to learn about them lol

It sucks a bit cause I learned how to use color from someone else's tutorial but

1) The tutorial is gone
2) The person is not spoken about in a positive light, if at all

A mock script of a tutorial on using color for artwork, it reads: "How I use color in art Basics: Color mixing Color wheel Color Theory Associating colors to things Advanced: Breaking down colors Matching colors Color studies Exaggerating colors Creating harmonic pieces I’ve always been told how much people like how I use color in my art, and have even been asked about how I do it. It’s always been a bit tough to explain, so I decided to write this out in hopes of enlightening people about my process! If you are reading this then that means you’re interested too, and I do hope that this ends up helping you! As a disclaimer, art is very expressive and color especially I feel has no right or wrong way to do it, it’s just what you feel looks right to you and what you enjoy doing! So while I may talk about..."

I'm not sure if I'll finish this, but I've wanted to make some sort of tutorial for so long on how I approach/use color for my work.

If I do finish I plan to release it as a PDF on my ko-fi for free/pay what you want

They came in eeeeeeee

Difficult to kinda explain but basically ever since I’ve gotten my cintiq (no regrets I love it) I’ve found myself drawing significantly less due to the effort it takes to set up and clear space to set it up for. It’s kinda a hassle, I miss when it wasn’t that, so it kinda makes me not wanna draw

In the last 4 days since I’ve gotten this I’ve sketched like 4-5 different things and finished 3 pieces. It’s such a miracle, I’m actually having a good time

I got an iPad recently with hopes that it motivates me to draw outside more and oh my god it is so nice to be able to draw like how I used to, just pull out the tablet and sketch something if I feel like really quick, no need to force myself to commit to drawing something good for the day

Debating on doing Crystal Shards next but ohhh boy do I not like that I'm forced to use d-pad on NSO version. I could change the controls but ehhh ):

I've been pretty sad lately due to a lot of circumstances going on irl, so I've been spending my time playing Kirby to help cheer me up

I've 100% Forgotten Land a 2nd time, and now 100% Return To Dreamland Deluxe (Including jukebox songs)

My phone didn’t charge last night apparently HAHAHAHA good thing I have a power bank

Pretty much packed and ready to go for Frame Fatales, see you guys soon 🫡

Incredibly excited to be helping out

I feel like it would be SO chaotic in doubles LMFAO

You had turn order on right? (I know some who didn't hence I ask) I definitely understand the coverage thing, though I didn't mind that. I think I went in at high 60s to low 70s into that fight and it took me a while to beat, but damn was it satisfying to finally beat into a pulp

Monochrome Club room my beloved

Oh interesting, I actually really really liked the way it worked in Arceus because it made that One Specific Battle actually pretty hard, plus the strategizing around it was cool

Good kinda vague here but I mean something that runs well, looks good, and plays good. I love SV but god the performance is holding it back so much and the promise to improve that and then never improving it has really tainted my trust

Also I’m totally fine they didn’t announce anything gen 5 related tbh I don’t really want them to touch those games until they produce a good mainline Pokémon game (Though I’m down for a legends game of that too tbf)

Was hoping nothing would be announced/released for this year and I kinda got that? Legends in 2025 is hype as hell, hopefully they don’t release gen 10 until their 30th anniversary

I wouldn’t be surprised tbh

Never played any of those but yes! Also Moonstone Island, not my cup of tea but still solid.

Agreed, it’s really made it discouraging for me and I’m sure many others 😭

Yea, I suppose that's the only way to view it now with how big its gotten

"But funny Pokemon with guns!" Doesn't excuse the sinister bg of the devs. And if you don't wanna support Pokemon (Which is fair) then go play/buy Cassette Beasts.

It's like Pokemon but so much better done with the designs, and the devs are cool. Was even run at this GDQ