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Some doodles from last night. Nothing like a streaming call to kick my artistic behind into action XD; The instant feedback is kinda nice.
First one: @chrystallink‘s character Tiger as a Herr, one of my aliens species XD;
Second: Ya boi Tsuname
Third: Aidren, from Torn Apart
I had to drop out of ArtFight this year after my CGMA course stuff started. I’m taking Fundamentals of Environment Design and it drained every last drop of motivation for Artfight from me XD; but, here’s the two I got done! I had some WIPs I’d started before the end, but, since there’s two days left still, maybe I’ll hold off posting them until it’s really over. XD; (Or never, gahh they’re too unfinished >.<; maybe I’ll post them on Insta or something idk...)
Top: Okiimichan’s Shinx Kira!
Bottom: @chrystallink‘s Tiger and Luna~ my sheeep
👀 So apparently you can post up to 30 images on tumblr now? The editor is a lot worse so it took me a while to wrangle it, but, hey! I have less than 30 attacks (in theory)! ...Actually I do have more but the last one is a set, so it'd probably go best on its own post. Not that last-minute-quality attacks are really top notch, but, eh, you know.
Alright, let the tagging begiiin!
@enjoliquej's Elaine, with knives. :v
@chrystallink's Deco!
@vio1315's Mien!
@a-random-cc's Keegan Tal!
Silvaze126's Tsukuyomi!
@authoroflight's Sion!
Dia (Chrystallink)'s Penelope!
@vanguv's Naomi Woods!
@wishbane's Geneihu!
Vio (Vio1315)'s Kydin!
Auld's Wispa!
@yangularoo's Gumbo!
Sheltonee's Sam!
Viathatoneartist's Lumina!
My Flint and CC (a-random-cc)'s Freedom!
@luniceity's sona!
Paciulo's Kim! (He has a rad comic called No Space For Us on tapas! I recommend it (so far)!)
Luminousmoon's Ripple! (She's so cute haha)
EnjoliqueJ's Yuuko (I'm so proud I named her TT.TT)!
Dia's Black!
@g-doodlez's Kira (really wish I could have finished her lol)!
Dia's Cirrus, Nisshoku, Sherbert and Kids and Neon Phoenix (I did so many sketches but alas, so little time)!
@niwawings15's Andy, Kaye, Nick, Tobias, and Davie, then Sno, Clara and Gar!
Phew that's everybody! XD Maybe a sane person would have done these one at a time but I really wanted to test out the 30 image thing on tumblr! 👀
Stay tuned for another post, I'll probably queue it because I can!
First attack of the year! It took me forever to complete because there's lots of little hidden details. Featuring @chrystallink's Clysmia, Blake and Cider, as told from the perspective of my fan Gaunto character. We'll see if I can get any more of this done before ArtFight is over. Took way longer than anticipated. Hidden details under the cut.
Hidden characters!! @quarkycadet's Pogo (didn't realize you weren't participating this year rip!!)
Yanderedile (offsite)'s Plum! There's gonna be a lot of Katamari OCs because they're perfect for hiding in places :)
So colorful! Wish all these guys weren't hidden in the dim lighting. I'll have to do a proper attack of all these guys someday. XD; @jestersunite's Crumb!
Now we're getting into the very hidden characters, mostly obscured by figures in the last panel XD; @madame-photon's Octavia, who got almost completely obscured by Blake. You can see a little bit of her form between Blake's shoulder and his hair. Love her design too, I've got to do her justice someday :')
@kirobotdx's Kijori, who ended up getting pretty much entirely obscured in the end. There's a tiny bit of his head visible under Cider's head and beside Blake's shoulder. :') I've got to better with him next time.
Now for other secrets/cool things!
I really like how this poster came out. You can see most of it, but I thought I'd give it a spotlight here.
The record player! I'm thinking it's Clysmia's brand ;3
The VCR/DVD player
Friends' stories on book/(album?) covers
17 ArtFight sketches in a somewhat convoluted order.
1-3. (Left to right) Solinkie on ArtFight's Yoe'Ara, Klay and Misha. The silly Loss meme on Klay still makes me giggle. XD
4. mjbear " 's Rini! She has an adorable design :) 5. maisnon_overture " 's Fae! Really loved her design and concept~ 6. @kairubyz's Amekou Kanaumi! Really love her design :) 7. BleuNightshade on ArtFight's Meyi! She also has a really lovely design~ 8. @spatialheather's Wisteria! Love the design. Wisteria deer is such a cool concept~ 9. @artiethebeeboi's Silk the Chao! Love me some chao~ 10. @viathatoneartist's Will and Eva! Had a silly little idea based on that Sailor Moon meme. XD 11,12. @enjoliquej's Ghost, Sly and Ezra. The comic bit with the latter two was especially fun. Poor Sly. XD Ezra needs to learn to have a filter, rip. 13. @chrystallink's persona! She was going to feature more in the little comic I did with her chars which will be next in the queue, but alas. :') 14. @yangularoo's Dark Roo! Was inspired by one of their pics of this char. 15. @artyfartyperson's Oren! Love the little plant child ;u; 16. ErroneousMortis's Little Bird Chemist! Love the lil story this char has~ 17. Wisperlings on ArtFight's Spice! She has a really cute design~
The Autograph Part 2-7
To wrap up we have the rest of the sketches for the little comic for @chrystallink, featuring her chars Clysmia, Blake, Cider, and Fahrenheit. Hailey and Dia's persona are also featured in line on the third (second here) page, and the latter a little bit on page 6 (image 5), but they're hard to see. And of course, my joke char Bob the Faceless Gaunto. XD
Thanks to @authoroflight for the original template! (Though I might have customized it beyond recognizability ksdjgnsd)
2023... I got a lot of art done this year compared to past years! Though the year started out slow, between trades and commissions, the first quarter of the year somehow managed to have at least one good drawing a month, even if March's old-sketch-paintover looks a little strange next to all the creatures. XD; May and June continued the theme of painting over old, though June's original was considerably newer than May's. It also took me forever to find it!! Several of the ones I'd been going to put for June turned out to be from different months (no date on them so was going by modified date at first, oops!). And in July of course there was the Clysmia comic, August with the Choco 'comic'. September was another low but I managed to churn out another paintover. October of course had my annual flower-drawing saga with the last one featured here, and in November I got bored and drew Comet, and December held a delightful surprise in the form of a book-illustrating commission. :3 Gonna keep that one to just a preview since it's part of something that'll be published.
But! Let's go through all the rest. Keep reading for more on the rest of the pieces.
January - This was a secret santa for my good friend @toothpaste-dragon of her OC Baz! Love this grumpy crust of an alien. :D You can view the full pic here.
February - This was a commission from @dreagonarchives of her guy Guido! Full pic: x
March - Paintover I did of my character Sleepi from Torn Apart! Since it was done over an older pic the style looks a little incongruent from my current style 😅 But this was also almost a year a go now, so, y'know.
April - My half of a design trade with @chrystallink! Doggos are a bit of a challenge for me, but it was a fun one! Full pic: x
May - A fittingly sunny pic of my character Nola. This was another one that I think had started from a paintover and just went places from there. Still a little strange-looking, but oh well. Plus a photo of some sunflowers in the background. XD
June: Progress pic of an absolute freak. An attempt was made to sketch out a hand to keep it from hiding, but I never did get back to this pic... 😂
July: As mentioned above, a comic for my good friend Dia featuring her gal Clysmia!
August: The tail end of a final ArtFight attack against Chocobir! I had so much fun putting in on the Easter eggs, and Choco is so cute!
September: The suave business lizard himself, it's Nell! Another one that's painted over an older sketch. Overall I think I improved the face shape a bit since the sketch? Maybe?
October: The final flower from Floratober 2023! I had a lot of fun and it was so great getting so much feedback this year. The wonders of posting on places other than Tumblr! lol.
November: Comet from Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san! Whenever I need to get away and draw, Comet is there as my comfort anime. :) It's been a while since I've drawn the girl and watched the last bundle of episodes!
December: And of course, December's art! From a very fittingly snowy-themed project. :) I don't know yet how much I'll be able to talk about it, but it's certainly going to keep me busy for a while!
@chrystallink's DeathScreen and UnknownSpy on ArtFight's Blane! Someone somewhere discovered Blane last year and I knew what I had to do this year.
I like how the thumbnail for this one turned out too so I'll post that as well.
