Worth It

This week has just felt like a whole lotta Mondays to me, with the odd Sunday thrown in for variant flavor. I'm not sure how I felt about that, but it's... Wait, no. I still have to deal with this for a little bit longer. But then afterwards, on Tuesday, it should all be back to normal!

Normally I'd be pleased to have so many day offs, but I guess I wasn't in the right mental state to appreciate them this week... Ah well

 Drew a fair bit of UV, though. Despite my feelings.

Here's a quickie I drew this afternoon. :)

Midnight may be king of a small backwater town which only serves as a stopping point for adventurers, but that doesn't stop him from having fun sometimes!

And by fun, I mean throwing himself bodily off a cliff to avoid going to a council meeting of all the local kings under Richard's Rule.

He sent Reginald and Ruby in his place, though. Ruby was NOT happy with that, but she went anyway.

'Responsible', and all that.

But she made Harland force Midnight to stay indoors for the next two weeks. But of course Mid didn't mind.

.... Until Reginald dropped two tons of paperwork on top of him and cheerily suggested that, "WELLLL, since you're stuck in here for a wee bit, how about we get these sorted out, yea?"

Midnight had regrets. XD

PMD - Team Sweet

Hello again! Glad to see you all here again. 

I've uh... been busy this week. Distracted. Occupied with my thoughts.

...

I'll explain briefly.

Okay. So. After we got back from our Grandparent's place on Monday (we were dropping off my sister back to College... like you do), I started playing PMD DX for the first time, and didn't do anything else until I had finished the main story 3 days later. I had played all the other Mystery Dungeon games, expect Blue/Red Rescue team, so naturally I was pretty excited about it!

I had already decided I was going to play what the game chose for me the first time round, then replay it with the Pokemon of my own choosing. And I got Treecko. Which surprised (and irritated me) a little bit, because I don't... well...

I prefer fire types more. 

That's... the nicest way I can put it. 

I don't want to be mean to the grass type class - they have some pretty cool Pokemon in their ranks! And they're useful for taking care of those pesky Water and Ground types. And they can learn some pretty sweet moves! But I prefer them to be my partner. Not to actually be one. If that makes sense...

Well, anyway. I accepted my fate gracefully enough, and after a few minutes hesitation, picked Torchic as my buddy - bringing back an old partner from a previous PMD game. I figured I'd tag-team her a lot if I didn't like how my 'character' played. 

But it turns out I didn't need to that much!

I had a lot of fun blasting foes from halfway across the room with Dragon Pulse and slamming them in the face with Iron Tail! Haha, I had no idea Treecko's could have so many ridiculously powerful moves right out the gate! It was awesome! Breezed through the first few bosses, only coming into trouble with the volcano levels and stuff... But playing all the other Mystery Dungeon games had prepared me well. Got through them all without having to restart a level once. :)

And now that I've finished the main story, I've been having a lot of thoughts about these two... Rewriting their story to make things more interesting and personal. More conflict. Character development.

... Dunno what to do with it all, though.

*Shrugs* Eh. Guess I don't have to do anything with it. It's fun. And it's for me.

But it would be pretty cool if I could make it into something...

Anyway.

*Waves you all off and turns on PMD DX again*

UV Ramblings with AppleStorm

Well... I've decided to do something I don't think I've ever done since I started this whole "Posting pictures I've drawn on a Saturday night" thing. And that is, not to post a picture. That I drew.
... On a Saturday night.

Mainly because It's already Thursday (as I write this) and I have the sneaking suspicion I'm not going to be drawing at all this week. It's just... not a good week.

So instead I shall be talking a bit more about UV. Mainly just about what's on my mind, but hopefully it will still be enjoyable. Rambling, but enjoyable.

*****

Right. Ok. So... Ruby DeathDancer. I'm sure most of you guys are familiar with the character; Red kangaroo, Vampire, went to a not-vampire school and met a buncha life-long friends and family (and Midnight). Bookworm, tired voice of reason, potions expert... also has a Grandmother who's immortal. And a sandwich obsessed spider who's also immortal.

Yup. That was her age 15.

But uh, here's a thing... I have never spent a day in school in my entire life. Not one. Which was probably pretty obvious to anyone who did. But my 12 year old self really wanted to write in a school setting. Like, REALLY wanted to. Which was cool, I guess. But even a preteen me felt that, unless I actually went to a real school, I couldn't capture the 'right spirit' of the story I had grown so attached to. I still did it, but... obviously I trailed off to more generic adventures later on. Too scared to try and explore something I felt I would get wrong, not matter how much I researched or read about.

Maybe that's why I'm still so... hesitant, to revisit Ruby's teen-hood. Oh, BEFORE she went to high-school, absolutely no problem. Some mundane Vampire shenanigans of a quiet, angry little home-schooled girl trying to gain approval and attention from her Grandma gives me lots of stories. To say nothing of K&D, with big-brother affection, protection, and teasing for their feisty little sister.

Would also give me a chance to explore some Vampic Culture. And how Ruby's family go completely against that.

And the parents. Yeah. Them too... 

*deep concentrated look of pure resentment for Ruby's mother. But not the father. He tried his best.*

And after she graduates, she and Sapphire, Ollie, Harland and Midnight all go off on an almost 1-year road-trip around New Zealand in an old van which totally wasn't stolen. Until Midnight's parents caught up with him and forcibly crowned him... and put him under house arrest. Ruby and Harland stuck around with him (to keep him company) and got married after a few years, while Sapphire buggered off and started doing her own thing. Got hooked up with an amateur adventuring team and never looked back. She visits occasionally, but she's got her own separate story now. Ollie went to university and became an engineer of some sorts. Probably computer or electrical. Or both. Also got married and moved to Ireland. Still kept in touch with Ruby, though.

Then when Reginald comes in, that's when things really start kicking off! Midnight finally has someone competent to do the taxes with, and Ruby and Harland's business - The Déjá Brew - starts doing well. It's a little coffee cafe, potion shop, and pub in the more 'magic friendly' part of town. Although in Bandwell everything's magic friendly, but... *waves hand* More so.

And when all the kids start turning up...
Yeah.

I've got lots of material, as you can see. It's just...

That middle bit still bothers me.

Intellectually I know a high school is just a group of different personalities with bad coping and people skills, with lots of hilarious mistakes and stories and dramas and stuff. Which is 90% of what my story is anyway. But another part of me leans heavily on the "Write what you Know", and I know NOTHING about that kinda world. It's frustrating.

Hmm.. but then a part of me is glad I never had to go through all of that. Would have probably damaged me more than benefited. 

Eh. Who needs friends your own age, anyway? A twin sister is a thousand times better, any day of the week. And older people are more interesting. Plus, it would have meant I couldn't have spent so much time learning to draw or write, or anything I was actually interested in.

Yeah. Maybe this was for the best...

But anyway.

I'm getting tired... I'll wrap this up and go watch some more Discworld Noir. And finish reading Terry Pratchett's GUARDS! GUARDS!

It's only taken me about 3 days to finish it. A very lovely, non-stressful way to spend your free time, I must say.

See you, guys. :)

Important Documenting

Feburary 29th, huh?

*...*

Nice.

Okay. So... Story time!

This is Aeron DeathDancer, the youngest son to Ruby and Harland DeathDancer. A kangaroo/penguin hybrid (and Vampire), he lives the intense life of a witch's son, and enjoys every second. As a kid he would help his mum out at the 'shop' (the tower Midnight said Ruby could use for her alchemy lab), and has a decent knowledge of all things magic. Especially blood.

At the ripe old age of 9, he decides it's about time he got some special magic powers and, with the opportunity to go to the ocean with Aunty Sapphire, plans a stupidly dangerous AWESOME FOOL-PROOF PLAN to find and fight a 'rare powerful sea monster, with immeasurable magic potential". Using the potion knowledge he learnt from Ruby, and with a small sword he earned on his 6th birthday (from Reginald), almost freezes and drowns himself in an attempt to sink to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

To make a long story short, he gets Time-Travel and Teleportation powers. And with a now 500 year stunted growth, he's pretty much immortal.

So. What does a young boy with such amazing, serious world-changing powers do?

Go on epic adventures without telling his mother, of course!

Well, once he figured out how to do it, anyway...

Took him a few years to realize he could do more than just create spooky space mist. :)

******

Okay. I'll leave it here for now, but this has been fun! I'll try to talk more about UV in the near future.

Til then, thanks for reading! And see you all again soon! <3

Army Angel

GREETINGS, WORLD! 

Feeling much less exhausted than I think I was last week. Well, I can sound enthusiastic when I post now, so that must mean I'm doing fine.

RIGHT. The original reasoning behind this picture was quite a trip, but it boiled down to HALOS ARE COOL AND FUN TO DRAW and BARBED WIRE WOULD LOOK AWESOME IF IT GLOWED. I combined the two of them into a sketch of one of my sister's characters (again), and not too shabby if I do say so myself.

You might've noticed I'm trying out a new sketching style, too.

Instead of a rough crayon look I've been using for the past few months, I'm now making it much more cleaner and bolder.

Not as good as line art, but a decent second-best when I'm feeling lazy. Plus, it feels much nicer to draw with! :)

Not Afraid

Hi. I'm tired, but happy to be finishing the week in a good mood.

Wanna see the picture I did this afternoon?

 I keep forgetting that it's good to draw something completely random sometimes. As nice as it is to be able to focus and enjoy a drawing mood, it's also nice to do something that... just exists. Y'know? Something that isn't supposed to be anything special. Something that you just come up with on the spot without any thought or purpose for it.

It's good. And being reminded about that feeling did me good, too. :)

Hope you guys have a lovely weekend. Stay safe. <3

The last Letter

Hello, there. I'm at my grandparents house at the moment (and then probably at my cousins house when I post this on Saturday). Sitting on the unstable top-bunk like I usually do. Listening to lots of 60's stuff. Not too hot, all things considering. It's been raining a lot.

:)

Another of my sister's mercenary ocs. He just received the last letter he'll ever get from his girlfriend. 

She was tired of waiting for him. 

He's been sitting like that almost all night.

First the only friend he ever had in this job, then his girlfriend.

What a week it must've been for him...

The Colour Inkstinct (Cover)

Ah, it's that time again! Time for some more Splatoon art! :D

I drew this last Saturday, since I was still in a major mood... Just some fun concept art for a story that I've had in my head on and off for the past year or so... Two boys from very different cultures, living as roommates and trying to find their place in life.

Storm comes from a very shallow society that focuses solely on pleasure, and he's trying to find the one thing that'll make him happy. He's chased down all sorts of interests, hobbies, and dreams, but to no avail... Hoping to finally get some inner peace, he moves out of his parents house and gives Turf War a shot. The most popular game in the whole world. He believes if he can do good in this, he'll finally be happy.

Ace, on the other hand, comes from a culture whose entire purpose is to work hard and serve others. From his family, to his school, to the military, and to his leader, he's been expected to do his very best. And he did. He was a good soldier, a good son, a good person, and was probably going to be a cog in the big machine that was the Octarian Race for life. No questions, no complaints.

Until something that happened a few years ago changed his perspective... Now he's decided that there has to be more to life than working. And he wants to find it.

....

So, yeah. That's what I've thinking about lately.

I really REALLY want to make a comic of this. Maybe I should. Would certainly give me some practice before I get serious doing UV comics...

Hm.

We'll see.

Tentacular Vacation

"If everybody had an ocean

Across the U.S.A.

Then everybody'd be surfin'

Like californi-a

You'd see them in their baggies

Huarachi sandals too

A bush bushy blond hairdo

Surfin' U.S.A."

 

I blasted the Beach Boys' Surfin' USA the entire time I drew this. Nothing like drawing some Splatoon oc's to the tune of a 60's song, amiright?

Hmm... Maybe I should continue with these more sketchy posts for a little bit longer. They're kinda fun, and it means I can throw in a background for almost nothing. And by Jove, I think we all agree I need that.

I guess I'll decide next week.

Meanwhile, you guys enjoy your weekend! Do something fun. Relax. Go surfing or something.

Haha, anyway. Catch you all later! :)

Aeron DeathDancer

 Whelp. Tired and anxious again, so it's time for another sketchy picture!

I should just call this Sketch-anurary, huh? Would make it seem like I'm doing this on purpose. In a way I kinda am, but.. *waves hand away* eh.

Every few months or so I try to draw Aeron as a (mostly) mature adult. Just to test out what he could look like. Because he sometimes likes going back in time to visit Ruby and Harland to just... relax with them. Have some familiar cooking, spend time with his parents, and quietly helps them out in small ways. Like making sure an important letter gets to its destination on time (by just taking it himself and teleporting), or keeping some of the kids safe from shenanigans, or finding the exact right person to help out with a current problem. (That's how they got their permanent psychiatrist! Poor Reggie and Midnight really needed that...)

As he flicks back and forth through time and dimensions, seeing what the future holds and the secrets of the past, he can't help but come back to his old childhood home by the quiet forest glade. Even if it's just for a cup of coffee with his mum...

I really want to draw a scene like that one day.

Maybe soon...

Kitchen Talk

... Otherwise titled as "AppleStorm is finally learning not be a perfectionist"!

Haha, that's the dream, anyway. Honestly I was just really proud of this sketch and I shaded it so much it would've taken me ages to recreate in a cleaner version... Time I neither had nor cared to spend, so this is all your getting this week. :)

Two more of my sister's oc's. Having a MUCH needed discussion about life choices...

It mostly boils down to "Let sleeping dogs lie" and "War sucks". 

Also "Cheer up and we'll go get you some therapy in the morning".

 

Tyler McKay

 2020 is now a thing. Mostly I'm filled with indifference to this fact, but it is cool that we finally get to see double 20's!

And I've got something to post for this first Saturday, unlike last year where I was too mentally exhausted to do much of anything... Also pretty cool.

One of my sister's mercenary oc's. He's quite fond of animals. Up to the point where he'll shoot anyone who hunts, abuses pets, or even so much as wears a fur coat...

Apart from that, he's very friendly. :)

Holiday Ride

Evening, guys! You lot all had a good week? Enjoyed your Christmas and stuff? Heh, I've spent the entire week sick with flu. Definitely one way to spend your holidays, but I've had fun! Got to truly sit back and relax and really enjoy myself, unlike what I would've had done if I wasn't sick! True, I spent my 25th awake at 3AM with insomnia and then trying to stumble my way through the rest of the day, but I still had a good Christmas. :)

I thought I'd be more or less better by the time Friday rolled around, but I've developed a bit of a sore scratchy throat, which has a tendency to be worse the moment I'm in a relaxed sleep and I have to cough till I almost vomit. Still fine, just annoying...

I was worried I wouldn't be able to draw something for the blog tonight. I had been lazy 2 weeks out of 4 this month already, and I was starting to worry I'd have to do it again.

Of course that fear was unfounded cuz I drew this!

Pretty simple, but I like it! I wasn't planning on drawing anything festive (because I already had my Christmas Mood way back in August) but I thought it'd be cute if I drew a little reindeer girl, and two hours later I had this little picture!

Anyway. I hope you lot enjoy the rest of your holidays! Wont be making any New Year's post again (FAR too lazy for that... also far too sick for that, too) so I'll be seeing you all next year! :)

Buster Boy

*Static noises echo around brain as I try to come up with something other than nothing like last time*

...

*CracklecracklespitpopCRACK*

Hhhhyeah nope I'm too tired to deal with this.

Enjoy your day folks.

Sandwich-Interuptus

.............

*MunchMunchMunch*

"..."

"What?"

 

The DeathDancer Children - 1986

Hello! I'm back from my New Zealand trip, and I'm no longer feeling dead after that 4AM start for the airport on Thursday (only got 2 hours sleep again, but after doing this regularly for the past 3 months I knew what to expect and what to do, so it wasn't that bad...)

Fun times all 'round, and I'm glad to be home! ... Almost. Have to wait until Tuesday before we drive back to our house, but that's fine with me. So long as there are no more airplanes!

Speaking of almost home, here's another little something from UV that I drew this week!

I've been thinking about doing this for a while... Finally decided I would this Tuesday.

Ruby and her brothers before she went off to the GoldenForest's Highschool, where all the important stuff takes place. Grandma said they didn't have to smile if they didn't want to, but they had to look at least a little alive and not like reanimated corpses for their parents. I reckon they managed, right? :)

Definitely was a nice challenge trying to make it look like an 80's photograph. Took some trial and error, but I reckon I did a good job!

An Undercover Adventure!

Hi! I wish to say something about what I've been doing this week, but I can't really be bothered... but here are the important bits - Am currently relaxing at our 3rd New Zealand house. Got a book in exchange for a review at a neat food place a few days ago. The book is about an Englishman's opinion about France and the French people, in a really snarky defensive way with some really clever points. I'm loving it, by the way. And also I have a really nice pillow. The weather is nice, too.

And I spent about 2-3 hours drawing this little piece.

......

Midnight doesn't normally like roughing it out in the wilderness for weeks on end, but when he finds out that there's another king from a nearby castle coming to visit him over some matters (whether it be a social "just making sure we're still cool and don't want to go to war" visit, a "we need to sort out some minor problem effecting both of us" visit, or a "we're just passing through- let us crash on your couch for a bit" visit) he'll round up Ruby and Reginald screaming "ADVENTURE!" and leave the castle as fast as he can. 

Reginald isn't hard to motivate, and Ruby only comes because she knows both of them will end up in a ditch on fire without her looking after them. 

Ruby will tell Harland where she's going and promises to text him when they get back to civilization, and Midnight just writes a note to David telling him what he's doing and to not tell anyone. Flavio then automatically crowns himself the new king and proceeds to brainwash anyone who says otherwise.

UV Rough Comic

 IT'S BEEN SEVEN MONTHS AND I'VE ALREADY MADE ANOTHER COMIC, WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT???

I was just playing Pokemon Shield at around midnight last Saturday and was just starting to wind down and prepare to think about going to bed when I had this urge to draw something. Didn't have a clear picture of what, just... SOMETHING. So I whipped out my tablet, fired up CSP and started sketching. About 20 minutes later I had 10 little thumbnails as a base idea and 10 very rough sketches I planned to expand on later the next morning.

About 2 days in I had finished the outline I wanted, and another two days I had all the colours down (would've finished it sooner but preparing for a trip to New Zealand certainly took some time). 

Oh yeah! Going to New Zealand tomorrow. Catching a flight at around 7 in the morning I think? Which means we'll have to be leaving at around 4-5ish. Looking forward to that.

But I'm not that stressed currently... And I'm a actually excited in some ways. Once we're through the whole "get past Sydney Security to get on an airplane", bit... 

*Thumbs up* 

Magic Chemicals

Heey, folks! It's that time again!

A typical "Make it up as you go along" piece, but I think I'm happy with it. Okay, happy probably isn't the right word I'm feeling... Maybe just satisfied that I've managed to do something with a background in it? Yeah. That sounds more accurate.

I tried to make sure it was 100% geometrical. Which probably means it's about 85% geometrical, but apart from me, who actually fusses over stuff like that? :)

Also large glowing containers full of mystical rainbow liquid. What's not to love?

Spider Queen

🎵 Spider man, spider man, does whatever a spider can🎵

That's all that I've been thinking of whenever I see this picture now, and honestly I'm perfectly okay with that.

I tried to do a fancy carpet pattern. Geometric diamond webs are fun in making, but trying to put it on a slightly curved surface that's 3 times smaller is a little bit of a headache. And getting it to line up perfectly is a waste of time (still tried for a solid 20 minutes though).

Angela SoftSong x Alexis DeathDancer

AAAAND once again we're at the beginning of another month! November's the flavor this time; getting hotter with a generous dose of gaming fever. And mangoes. Lots of sweet, sweet mangoes! Nice!

Ah, and of course the typical weekly progress art from yours truly. *bows*

Ah, Ruby's eldest child with her very lovely cat girlfriend. <3

I had a lot of fun on this piece; nice and relaxing just to kick back and draw my good ol' magical anthro's again.

Also the first time I've drawn Angela and Adult Alexis on here. Neato. :)

It was only a matter of time before I drew these two angels together~

Bus Stop (sketch)

 

🎵 Bus stop, wet day 🎵
She's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stops, bus goes
She stays, love grows
🎵 Under my umbrella 🎵

I was doing some musical research a few weeks ago and came across this little song. When I showed it to my sister she suggested that I should draw something about it... Didn't end up doing much with it, and quickly forget about it. But seeing as I've been sketching all week and didn't have the energy to do something more detailed this Saturday I thought "Ah, might as well post this... just because it's not inked doesn't mean it's not good enough", so I am.

Trying to put a 1960's twist in the clothes and hair was certainly a challenge, but I like it!

Umbrella's are still hard, though. Aesthetically pleasing, but hard.

Simple Mermaid

 Greetings! It is I! Your favorite weirdo! And I have brought with me a new, never before seen little mermaid monstrosity of the deep dark depths of the ocean! :)

Experimenting with my more simplified style again. Needed something I could outline in less than half an hour...

 

Seeking Refreshments

 New week, new post! 

Let's do this!

*Claps hands together and produces image*

I need more practice drawing humans and animals. I mean, I draw a lot of Anthro Animals, sure, just... not much of anything else. Hm...

But I reckon I did a pretty decent job at this. Also it has a background! Feels appropriate, considering it's starting to get pretty hot in Australia, what with all the fires and stuff...

( Forget it, Blacky! Ford aint givin' up his drink to the likes of you. Go somewhere else for some orange juice. )

Dancing Alone

Folks, October is upon us! And with it every delightfully cute and spooky thing that has been kept back by the unknown holiday forces will be coming at us with great speed!

I doubt I'm going to do anything particularly special this month - I rarely do. But if I happen to create something of appropriate theme, I'll be sure to send it over here! :)

But enough of that. Time for the weekly art show!

I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out, but I'm actually pretty happy with this! Sure, coulda done more work on the background, but there's a charm in the simplicity. Alone somewhere in the dark, with music no one else but you can hear. Dancing quietly as the world around you stops for a time. Freedom, nostalgia, and sadness...

If I was more of a poet I would make this more depressing... Eh. Only got so many talents. :)

GENGAR!

Oh hey! Look at this thing! More fanart!

 Because stress got the better of me this week despite literally just getting over my most recent stress block..

Gengar you fantastically fabulous freaky shadow ghost monster, you~

5th Anniversary

After having a 7 hour nap and some very, VERY late dinner, I think I'm finally awake enough to post this!

Five years I've been doing this. For half a century I've been doing this UV Blog stuff.

Dang. Looking back at all the previous Anniversary Pictures, I realize how much I've developed over the years; along with my characters and my art! 

Well... *raises cup* Cheers to all you guys inside my head! May you soon be develop into something with which I can share with other people! :)

Fire Hoop

 Hey there! Not much to tell tonight. Just another little Marti picture I did this week.

But if anyone is curious about what I'm up to IRL, I am currently in Tasmania! Arrived on Thursday 10PM (instead of 4PM, like scheduled), and pretty much spent Friday in bed reading web comics and writing stuff. We took a bit of a bush-walk through Russel Falls this afternoon, with included a nice long car drive, so that was also pretty relaxing! Planning for more rest tomorrow. Hopefully some drawing, possibly some Nuzlocke stuff, but I wont mind whatever we end up doing. :)

(Not really looking forward the the 4AM start for home on Tuesday, but I'll deal with that when it happens..)

Tiny Martini Hoop

Hi there! Not much tonight - just a little oc I've concocted a few days ago. She's kinda cute though, so I'm quite happy to show her off!

Martini the Tiny Clown! Acrobat, Entertainer, and backup Barkeeper. She's friends with the Carnival's magician.. gets into a trouble for causing horrors of nature without a license.

Sleepy Seal

 Hello! Just gonna drop this here real quick and get something to eat because I'm hungry. And I do not wish to stare at this page for about two hours trying to think of something cool to write... Far too lazy for that!

Did this entire thing in about 30 minutes. From sketch to background.

Good stuff.

The Miracle Kid and the Insane Radish

Hello! Did you guys all have a nice week? Mine was good. A fair bit a drawing. A bit of sewing. Lots of Pokemon! Getting hyped for Sword&Shield and stuff. And avoiding spoilers like the plague (for once in my life).

These guys are Diana and Moonless, two of my Pokemon from the SoulSilver Nuzlocke challenge I'm doing at the moment.

Although Diana is the baby of the group, she can easily hold her own ground (supposing the enemy isn't resistant or immune to psychic type moves) and as a result she's a nice backup for the newer weak Pokemon I catch.

Moonless is kinda on the back-burner in terms of training (seeing as I won't be needing her for a little bit, but want to keep her updated with the rest of the group - just in case something happens) and I imagine whenever take her outside Diana just keeps a close eye on her. Makes sure there's nothing she can't handle, maybe whisking her away from a dangerous situation.. Stuff like that.

They don't talk much, but I think they have a bit of a fascination with each other. 

*******

I've gotten attached to all my team members and it's not even been 3 weeks yet... it's kinda ridiculous, actually. I'd hate to lose even one of them at this point... Especially Patric and Margaret. And Alex. And Diamond. And of course Diana and Moonless. <3

So far no one has died yet, but I'm only 3 gyms in and I'm betting it wont be long until I have to bury one of my lil' monsters... Hm.

*picks up D.S and continues grinding*

Toad Girls

 Hey. Got some fan art to show you this week. Nice and simple, but kinda cute.

Just one of those random moods that comes just as quickly as it leaves... Fun while it lasted, though.

I love drawing toads.

Quincy & Jeffry, Vampire Hunters Extraordinaire!

Thought I might as well post this, to commemorate the more or less the beginning of this new project of mine. Even if I drew this about a week ago, but whatever...

SO. These fine lads are two of the main characters to this Dracula Sequel we've concocted. Quincy Harker (brave looking dude on the right) and Jeffry Morris (timid red-head to the left). Both of them are medical students at St. Barts Hospital in London.

Quincy J. A. Harker is the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker, two of the survivors from Dracula's shenanigans. Raised with the knowledge that Vampires and other fun things actually exist, he's the only non-vamp (besides Van Helsing) that notices when something seriously fishy is going on.. and then blames it on Vampires. Correctly.

He's about as dense as a brick wall (same as his father), but thankfully he got a little of his mother's brains. With any luck, he might use it during the book...

Meanwhile, from what I've decided for poor young Jeffrey, he comes from a struggling upper-class Irish family who have a tendency to end up becoming doctors. He's a hypochondriac, a bit of a clean freak, sensitive to anything harder than a slight tap on the forehead, and our resident damsel in distressed. Gets bit by like, three different Vampires. Maybe four, I haven't decided yet...

The story itself is set in 1919, one year after world war 1 (although that could change, this is only week 2 of working on this after all). Stuff is bad, but Quincy is optimistic at finally being let go to do medicine. He meets some people, finds out that there have been some weird things happening in the dorms and church grounds, and concludes that VAMPIRES must be the cause. He has a stake out and almost kills one of his teachers.

They did get the Vampire they were after, though, so no need to worry on that front!

 *********

I dunno how serious this project is going to be (compared to UV, OverKill, various stuff for my sister...), but I'm having fun with it!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'mma go and get something to eat now. You guys have a good night! :)

Sino & Webs

Hello! Just a little simple one today, I'm afraid. Researching stuff for Dracula has taken most of my energy this week, what with figuring out dates and Vampic lore and other stuff. It's been fun, but I needed to give myself another freebie.

Two of my old spider characters, Sino the blind spider and her guardian Webs!

Maybe I should re-draw all my old spider dudes just for the heck of it. Including Fang, I'd say it would amount to just about 8 spiders - Fang, Webs, Contrary and her brother (which his name escapes me at the moment), Sino, Bumble, Raven, and the one old druid dude which I also forget his name... (although I think I named him after a tree of some sort)

Could be something fun to do while I work on this Dracula sequel thing for a bit... Nice and simple, fun, and doesn't require much creative juice!

Well, we'll see what my attention span decides to do. But it's nice to have a plan. :)

Pepper

 Hello, guys! It's August now! Nice. Just a few more weeks until September. And then October. And November.

...

Also, I've decided to write a sequel to Dracula.

Was this well a thought out decision? Nope. Will this end up becoming a fun over glorified fanfic about stupid kids in a world where Vampires exist? You bet. Am I likely to do anything with it if I even finish it? Probably not.

I just really like Vampires and have a burning desire to see what happens to Quincy Harker once he's all grown up and stuff.

So if I decide to shift my focus on writing instead of drawing for a bit, you'll at least be prepared for it.. now that you know what I'm thinking...

*It's been ages since I've last written anything down.. MMM okay yeah no I can still do this! Course I can. BRING IT ON BRAIN I dare you to try and interfere with my plans!*

Vampic Castle

It's that time again folks - another minute of awesome artwork from the vast archives of AppleStorm!

Got given Dracula to read a few weeks ago and I've almost finished it, and as a result I've had a fair few Vampire thoughts (even more so than usual) and it's bleeded over to my art a bit.. heh.

I kinda just had fun with the dude in this pic, not really caring if it made sense or not. Background was more or less make-it-up-as-I-go-along too, although it took a few tries until I was happy with it... but when I outlined it I was pretty proud of it! :)

Dunno what I'm gonna do now... probably go get some dinner and maybe find some anime or movie to watch. Hm...

*Waves goodbye and proceeds to exit the building*

David GoodWing

Evenin' guys! Not gonna take up too much of your time today; got a SplatFest to do and other stuff. You know how it is.

First outlined piece with my new updated art program.. there are still some things I have to play around with, but so far so good!

This here dude is a new character we added to UV recently - David GoodWing, a priest with a lot of issues. 

He's a good lad though, and one of the few people in the castle with organization skills! He helps out whenever there's a bake sale or a war to plan. :)

Werewolf Kid Redraw

Heya. You guys doing alright? Well, I'm pretty good at the moment. Managed to get a fair bit done this week; lil' bit of sewing, some embroidery, fair bit of drawing (especially UV).. even managed to sneak in a few hours of Splatoon2! Twas good.

 I did a piece waaay back in 2015, almost 4 years ago I think, about some kinda werewolf kid and his cat companion running from an angry mob.

I think I've improved a bit since then, don't you?

( Redrew from > THIS < )

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And in other news I got a new laptop. Which means all my settings and brushes and preferences and stuff in CSP have been reversed again... which then means I'll have to fix it again.

*Shrug* At least it's motivating me to draw more stuff - because you can't fix something you haven't tested yet! And besides, I got like 20 new default brushes to try out, so that gives me something fun to play with! :)

Squidkid Gals

Whelp. It seems another week has passed by. Again.

Better get this over with so you guys can get on with your day, yes? Alright, then.

S'been a while since I've last drawn some Splatoon stuff. Definitely was a nice change from everything else I've been drawing. :)

FAAANG

 Hello! Glad you could make it through another week! Health been alright? Could be better? Could be worse? Just the same old same old?

Well in any case, I hope you keep on survivin' on-wards and up-wards to the next week! 

NOW... as for tonight's drawing...

I made this purely so I could make it my new Instagram profile picture.. Didn't think I'd end up posting on here, but thought I might as well give myself a freebie and not stress about coming up with something better. Which is cool (in a really lazy way).

FANG WITH ALL HIS MANY MANY ARMS.

An artist barely knows what to do with it all. So many possibilities! So many choices!

So little idea of what to make them do without looking stupid.

...

Good practice, tho.

He's looking slightly deranged, but it adds character.

Phosphorescence

Hey. I drew the humanoid personification of Phosphorus again. Been a while since I've done that. :)

Played around with a lot of effects in this one. And I think it turned out pretty good. Not 100% to what I envisioned, but still good.

Just Phossy wanderin' around with a defective umbrella in the glowing acid rain stuff. As you do.

House of Cards

 Heyo. Don't really have the concentration for anything at the moment, so I'mma just post and go on with my foggy brain. That cool? Cool.

The UV team as the 4 suit of cards - Harland as Hearts, Ruby as Spades, Midnight with Diamonds and Reginald Clubs. I had a lot of fun with this one.

Midnight's on top of the podium because he's the king (and not because he's short or anything, noo..). Ruby looks like she has better things to do than pose for me. And Reggie and Harland went full cosplay, now that I think about it. Ah, true drama kings to the end. :)

Animal Adventurers

Hi! How you guys doing? Had a good week? Well, I've mostly been stressing about art and other equally unimportant things, but I think I've gotten over that now! Which is good.

These guys are just your typical line-up of adventurers, but I had fun with it! I plan to turn them into stickers later on, cuz I kinda want that wizard cat on a notebook or something..

Local Artist back at it again

Hey guys! First day of June's today. Pretty much half way through the year already! Whodathunk? :)

 Something a bit simpler from all the background practice I've been doing this week. Still looking good, though!

Might make a good sticker, now that I'm thinking about it... *takes mental note that will probably get lost at the back of mind until someone brings it up again*

City Snow

 Hi there! So.. um...

I realized a little while ago (two month or so at this point) that I was kinda avoiding drawing backgrounds and more focused on characters and stuff. 

On the one hand I was thinking "that's okay, you've been struggling with other arty things anyway - work on your BG skills later" and the other hand was like "COWARD you just don't want the world to see how AWFUL your environments are!".

So I was kinda sitting there like "Alright. I'll do something about it later." And never did. (Typical of me I know, but hey at least I wasn't stressed or nothin')

So this week as I was sketchin' random stuff on my computer, I sorta internally told myself that hey, maybe I should do more than just a vague impression of a background for a change.. and, um.. yeah.

Gonna try and do that more often. :)

*Waves goodbye absentmindedly and drifts off to do other things, having completed my task*

Pink Demon Lady

 Hello there! We've made it through another week..

TIME TO BRING OUT THE ART.

Sorta stumbled through this one because I was kinda tired, but it came out pretty alright.

High-heels are something I never thought I'd enjoy drawing. Yet I do. *Shrugs* :)

The Vampire Witch, the Werewolf Knight, and their Kleptomaniac King

 Why HELLO THERE, good sir! Fancy meeting you in a place like this! Did you come for the tea and biscuits? Sorry to disappoint you old chap, but there doesn't seem to be any left.. Heard the goblins came by and scoffed the lot before any of us had a chance to get them.

But SAY, there's still this fancy looking picture untouched on the other side of the room! Might be worth a good look at, if your into that sort of thing... Mind the china bits all over the floor, though. Murder on the footwear, that stuff is...

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Some familiar dorks with their weapons of choice... Ruby with her retractable metal rod, Reginald with his heavy battle sword, and Midnight with some cutlery he found on the way out of some fancy guy's kitchen.

Ah, Midnight.. never change. :)

Sittin' Around

 Hey, guys. It is now the month of May; almost half the year gone already.

Wish I could say I'm surprised, but considering how busy I've been (what with drawin' and school and stuff)  ... eh.

I need to do backgrounds more often. So long as I don't stress about making it perfectly geometrical or whatever, it can actually be kinda fun!

Not stairs, tho. They're still a bleedin' mystery. *annoyed huff of confusion*