Clysmia - Tumblr Posts
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
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!