Don't stop now! There's an army of Sharks around that corner!

One week later, and I am resigned to report that the Ninjago hyperfixation hasn't abated yet. It has shifted towards a Ninjago!Movie flavor of the characters I know and love very well, which was... weird! But if it sparks joy, who am I to question it?

And instead of drawing a lot of the things in my mind, I've been writing about it instead! And it's been enjoyable, digging my teeth into a big writing project for a change of pace.

Maybe I'll keep writing fanfiction for another week before getting back into my art. Sometimes flexing my other creative muscles for long periods of time is a good thing. And I'm enjoying it, so why not?

Of course that won't stop me from drawing things like this, though. Even if it's only a little. :3 This sketch is inspired by the things I have been writing. And we'll see if I can make a few more companion pieces to go with it later. 

Fire Ninja Fight

*Long. Very long. Drawn out sigh.*

So.

After 3 years of radio silence, guess what hyperfixation has reared it's masked head from the depths of my brain again.

Yeah, I don't believe it either! But it's Ninjago, folks! 

I'm hoping this is only a temporary bout of madness and then my soul can be cleansed again. But until then, I guess I'm gonna be thinking about fruit-colored ninjas for a hot minute.

Such is the way of the dormant hyperfixation from your childhood. XD  

Not a competetion, but if it was...

Had a bit of a rough week, but despite dizziness knocking me around a lot, I managed to eek out another SWH2 comic before Friday so that was good I think!

Also in-between trying to make comics, I also doodle some RK stuff. Which was an unexpected but pleasant surprise :3

Once again Lapis and Jim are my go-to nerds for easy and comforting RK characters to draw. As they should be. XD

What do you see (when you look in the mirror)

Currently feeling like a horse stuck on a broken carousal, because my inner-ears are going through the wringer for bizarre reasons

But lo and behold! Art!!

Made this at the beginning of the week because I saw some cool pictures of broken mirrors and reflections. Figured it would be good practice and good fun, and I was right

We gotta get Tristan a dictionary or something, I swear

 Another week done, and another comic done. Although the comic I made this week was 10 pages long, and I got it down in 5 days, so it was a little exciting and thrilling to get all that down on paper!

Unfortunately I didn't really draw anything else this week, except concept art for a Spiderman OC I've started musing about during the quiet moments of the night when sleep is fickle and the dreams won't come. So even if I have been too busy, I've at least been entertained by all sorts of thoughts.  

Anyway, I'm pleased with how everything has turned out this week. I look forward to seeing what happens during the next 7 days of my life!

Beacon sketches

 I think it's at this point that I have come to a realization: it's February!

Which is something that I should probably have already known, but in my defense it's funnier if a part of me was still absolutely convinced it was still December of 2025. The year's going to be over before I even register it's begun, huh? XD

Still trucking my way through Steamworld comic projects, and I'm pleased with how good my endurance has gotten in the last year. Averaging a comic project a week is pretty good, and I'm optimistic (and excited) about all the other things I'll get to do with these advancing skills!

But that's future problems and delights. For now, practice (and persistence) makes good things better! And I'm relieved I'm FINALLY getting the hang of drawing Beacon's face. XD 

A man and his nuclear-powered therapy crab

Okay, after that intensive odd week of Warrior Cats, I am pleased to report my Steamworld obsession is back on track!

Not like it ever left, but now it's back with a new interest and passion! And also a mild fascination for new ideas I'll want to explore later.

But til then! Behold! The man of the hour with his therapy dog best friend! 

I'm still learning how to draw Trophy, but I'm pretty pleased with the vibes I'm getting down on paper lately. I'll see if I can start making some comics including them or not over the week. :3

Cats cats cats

Well this is an unexpected shot of nostalgia for my system! Warrior Cats, huh?

I figured one day I might become interested in cat drama again, but also getting invested in a bunch of WC OCs too? Now that's something you don't see everyday! 

We'll see how long this lasts, but until then it has been very fun spinning these cats around in my head while I work on comics. :3

A wheelchair user, a HoH person, an amputee and a half-blind kid walk into a bar-

What was supposed to be a brief creative exercise turned into a sketch that I actually quite like

And by that, I mean who knew translating robot designs into human variants would be so much fun?

Also Quincy, you are living up to the Pirate stereotype of hiring people with disabilities and we love you for it very much XD

My Bane, My Antidote

So.

This piece got slightly out of hand! A little more polished than I was bargaining for.

But you know what? Some days you just gotta draw something and then keep coloring it until it accidentally becomes something more than you first planned! And that is okay.

Quincy Leeway doodles

Well! I sure drew a lot this week! Roughly 12 comic pages of various projects, and a handful of smaller doodles throughout the week!

Unfortunately none of that is easy to show off in my typical blogger format, and the thought of having to dig up and upload even one comic page out of context exhausts me, I have decided to go for option B! Something I made on New Years day that still amuses me! 

Love how despite only having one arm, Quincy is still hilariously chatty with his hands and unreasonably fun to draw. I'm so glad I've started to get the hang of working with him. XD

Remember the Fallen

Wrote a SWH2 fanfic earlier in the week, and then decided to make some kind of 'art companion' piece to go with it.

I didn't want to draw any submarine interior, but honestly the wispy smoke and steam works better with the emotion I wanted to capture. 

It was an interesting experiment, one which I am not unpleased with. 

If there's breath left in our bodies, there is Hope

It was only a matter of time before I started making fanart inspired by SPG songs, and I guess this week was that time!

Pretty much an excuse to draw something with a lot of steam and smoke.

Miss Phroggy

After a few ego deaths and a great Herculean effort, I have finally started trying to learn how to draw robots that aren't Quincy

And this one is frog-shaped! 

Still got a long way to go in terms of figuring out how to make the shapes and colors work for me, but any progress is good progress, and Poe is a delight to me

Burning eyes. Glowing furnace.

Another week passes and I am still invested in steam powered robots going on submarine adventures.

 

May next week teach me how to draw these steam powered robots going on submarine adventures with more confidence, though XD

-that one meme where the guy slaps a car- This Robot can fit so much Anxiety within him

... *SIGH*

Okay

 So.

I might have a new hyperfixation right now. 

And you'll never guess what that is, unless you remember what I uploaded on my blog last week 

On the one hand, I want to say "who could've foreseen this?" with a lot of irony. And on the other hand, I want to say "WHO COULD'VE FORESEEN THIS???" with as much genuine bemusement I can muster. Because REALLY, Apple? You Do Not like drawing machines or robots of any kind!
And yet here you are! ACTIVELY CHOOSING to draw machines and robots! Probably gonna learn how to draw a submarine to boot too, aren't you?

Ha! I am always fascinated by whatever the end-of-the-year obsessions I get, but THIS! This is somehow inviting every creative outlet I have to demand my full attention. And there's only so much time to write fanfiction and draw art in a day, y'know!

But we'll see how this goes!

Whatcha got there Wesley (It's not a Smoothie)

Right! Nearing the end of November, and soon the end of the year. But since we're not there quite yet, I'm going to instead think about something that doesn't make me stare into space and think about the passage of time.

 ... I'll stare into space thinking about some steampunk pirate robots. Which is a completely different flavor of thoughts to have. XD 

I still hate drawing robots and anything mechanical. And while I'm still artblocked (as this was something I drew a few weeks ago) I am at least having fun writing about some shenanigans inspired by Steamworld Heist 2! But maybe I'll try being brave and drawing some robots later tonight, if I've got the energy for it. We'll see!

Contempt and Acceptance

 Right! So, posting a day earlier this week, because I shall be away from my laptop for the weekend! Going to spend a few nights in a cabin without my laptop, which will be a nice change of pace but will also mean I won't have the means to share whatever art I had made this week. I debated leaving it til Sunday, but I do like checking off things from my "to do ASAP" list, so figured this would be a good use of my anxious energy.

... Although this isn't exactly something I drew this week, but you know what? Close enough! I'm still art blocked and anything is better than nothing XD 

Disgust might never drink alcohol in her life, but she'll still act like a shot of apple-juice is something she can drown her complaints in and I love her for that.

Season of Roses; Spirit of Spring

 Despite not having drawn much for the past few weeks, the month of November seems to be half done already! And while normally I'd like to point to something I had made during the week, the only notable things I have done weren't done with pens or paper. Knitting and embroidery needles, yes! But trying to take any pictures to show off on this blog feels a little more complicated than I'm willing to commit to XD

Instead, I found a piece I made last month during a time when I was obsessively thinking about some of my RK kiddies... but in an alternative reality where some events heavily changed aspects to the characters and story as a whole. 

 

 Some of the changes and knock-on effects for this alternative story have absolutely and thoroughly enchanted me. And one of which was this piece I made in an attempt to articulate how much I loved Lapis' new flavor of friendship with one of her mates.

It's a simple lil piece, but something that still makes me very happy to look at. I was very pleased with how the colors turned out despite only working with blues, greens and pinks. I hope to do something like this again one day, if the inspiration and motivation allow it. <3

Burn Bright. Fall Hard.

Okay, so I was wondering if last week I was being a little dramatic and jumping the gun for saying "I might have artblock"

But not so this week! Now I know for certain I've got an art blockage. If even the thought of drawing makes me want to curl up in bed and sleep for an extra 2 hours, then that means something is up in the waters! XD

So yeah. Haven't drawn anything much this week, but I have rediscovered the joy of embroidery, and maybe I'll even dive into knitting and sewing over the next few days too! Writing and reading is also an option on the table, if I'm gonna have more time for things that aren't drawing every waking moment of my day. So that should be fun! 

In the meantime though, here's something I drew a week or two ago! Mostly just a way to keep my hand busy and give myself some color and movement.

Seems as good a week to wear something different, I guess!

Whelp! That's another month ticked off the list. Only 2 more before I start seriously thinking about screaming into the void or staring into the abyss.

To make things interesting for the beginning of November though, I am obliged to announce I've got Artblock! Or I think I've got artblock? It's definitely not burnout for once (much to the shock of everybody) but drawing has been kinda like hitting my head against a brick wall the last few days. So that's been interesting! We'll see how long that lasts, I guess!

In the meantime, I've been making sure to limit my usual temptations to draw the last few days (Pokerogue has been helping with that) but of course that didn't stop me from trying to draw more art of my Emotional kiddies anyway XD 

Between nostalgia for an old vampire idea I had last year, a private joke I've got in my brain about comparing my Fear to Spiderman, and the insane desire to try drawing an Assassins Creed outfit for the first time in a decade, I made these over the course of an afternoon earlier this week!

Seemed as good a time as any to indulge all those fancies. If I couldn't have drawn them at the end of October, when could I? XD 

Glowsticks

 Knew I forgot to do something last night, despite thinking about it multiple times and musing about what kind of art I'd insert into the timeline for my blog this week.

Well! Better late than never, as the kids say! And no harm done. I am still well within my deadline for posting- skipping two Saturdays in a row is not something I'd let happen on my watch. Not today, anyway! XD

Got nostalgic for glowsticks, so of course had to draw some with my emotional kiddies a few days ago.
I need to draw glowy things more often. It's way too much fun

Freezing Flight's Fall

Out of all the things I expected to do this week, getting a brief but intense obsession with My Little Pony and then diving headfirst into a new AU idea for my Rose Knights story was not on my bingo card! Yet here we are, with me having done exactly that!

On the one hand, I'm a little sad I didn't have enough time to explore all the ideas and concepts I had for the pastel ponies. But on the other hand, I'm deeply relieved to experience a hyperfixation that lasted ONLY for a few days. I was getting exhausted with the obsessions that lasted for months at a time. This one at least was polite and a fun snack for my brain.

We'll see if this new RK AU we've got is going to be another short burst of excitement or whether it's here for the long haul. But we'll find out soon enough, I think!

Bristly sketches

Right! I've done my best to play video games, sleep and readjust to daylight savings time, and more or less give myself every opportunity to "put down the pen and not worry about drawing for a few minutes". And there has been some success!

And then I still turn around and do stuff like this. Because of course I would. XD 

On the plus side, I think my burnout isn't as bad as it could be. And if I'm careful, maybe I can think about a big drawing project in another few days or a week.
What kind of big drawing project will remain to be seen, but the surprise won't be a bad thing. Whether it's RK, another project with my IO kiddies, or something else entirely? We'll see :3

Daily dose of Joy

Somehow after spending almost the entire month of September drawing and making comics with nary a break in the flow except to crash out for a day at a time, I am now finding myself in the tell-tale signs of burnout! Which shouldn't surprise me, yet somehow does because my short memory is only rivaled by my inability to realize when it's time to quit and rest.

But such it is!
I'll make an attempt to take it easy and play video games later. But until then, I've still got a small surplus of art I've made in the last week, so might as well use it for something.

Joy won't be looking so perky and vibrant for long, but that's besides the point. 

Character development via the Angst route

Okay, it's definitely getting hotter now. Spring is kicking into a higher gear, which unfortunately means my teeth will be getting kicked more frequently now

But good thing that's never stopped me from drawing, so *drops this on the table* 

 Grief, you lot have no idea how long it took me to find a halfway decent reference for Fear's pose. That awkward twisted and cowering position was possible! But not without banging my head against all the internet searches I could think of within the hour

Pretty pleased how it turned out tho, so I'd say that is worth it! 

Happy Birthday to the best Vampire Kangaroo this side of Fantasy Australia

 *Confetti pop!* Tis the season of September! Which is something all of us have known for the last few weeks of our lives

HOWEVER! It is also the season for celebrating the birthday of this blog, a half-buried story full of loose threads and vibes, and also a character that I owe literally 90% of my artistic and writing skills to!

Friends and enemies, I give you: Ruby DeathDancer! Vamparoo extraordinaire!

 

Featuring Harland, because what's the point of a birthday party if nobody lets him dance with his spouse? XD

 Did I spend all morning doing this instead of eating lunch! Yup! But I'm pretty pleased I could keep up tradition this year with slightly more sleep and spirit.

Cheers to Ruby, who is arguably one of the most important characters I've got inside my head. You and your friends and family are far from forgotten. <3

The partly Fearful and mostly Disgusted

Well! The month of September has passed by quickly for me. Having a big comic project will do that to you, but also it's that time of year that makes me nostalgic for Undercover Vamparoo

I'm definitely planning to make a lil sketch to celebrate the 24th later, but until then: I have some more Inside Out stuff to offer tonight! 

 Since finishing my big IO comic project this week (31 pages in roughly 2 weeks), I was worried I'd be sick of drawing these guys for a little while... but nope! They still sparked joy, and I wanted to give them some more love and attention.

Windows of the Mind

Okay! So first time forgetting to post on my blog is understandable. Twice forgetting to do it is also understandable!
I think the third time means there's a new pattern forming. So you know what that means, right?

Panic after midnight and then realize you had enough time to draw something cool that's newer than any of the other things you drew this week! XD 

Drawing a bunch of stained glass windows with artsy spiderweb patterns on it with an incredibly bright source of light that's almost blinding you was very fun to draw. Definitely a good way to spend the evening, in my opinion!

Pink Rose Prince and Orange Rose Prince

 -AND once again I completely forgot to post on my blog after dinner! Second time in a row feels like it should be a crime, but you know what? That's fine! I still remembered before going to bed! 

SO HERE! HAZZUH! ROSE KNIGHT CONTENT!!!

I'm real pleased that I'm starting to get a feel for the other royal heirs now, which means I can draw them being supportive, weird, or weirdly supportive at each other!

Either way, drawing brightly colored idiots will always be a fun time for me XD  

Sleepover is just a frame of mind (we're pretending there's only one bed tonight)

-okay! I knew I forgot to do something before getting caught up in my evening! FORGOT TO SHARE SOMETHING I DREW FROM MY WEEK!

TIME TO FIX THAT! 

There! Peace has been restored and balance reestablished!

Okay, time to eat some midnight snacks and then go to bed! Today has been a good day though. Can't wait to end it on a good note too <3 

All Sides of You (whever you go)

Been a busy week for me! Today feels like the first time I could properly drop some of my load and do nothing except what I wanted to do for the afternoon.

Still thinking a lot about my RK kids, in no small part to my big sister writing a ridiculous amounts of fanfiction about my characters in the first place. It's been fun getting stuck in a cycle of inspiration!

But sometimes you gotta step back and draw something that wasn't a chain reaction to anything except maybe some vibes that have started to cook in your head. This was one of them, for me! 

It's times like this that I'm incredibly grateful that past-me made the genius decision to give Jim orange freckles and yellow eyes! Which means no matter what color his hair is, he can still see every part of his soul reflected his reflection.

A little artistic symbolism with the two extreme versions of Jim's identity walking along with him don't hurt either XD 

It's not a crime if nobody sees you putting back what you didn't mean to steal in the first place

 Well!

I think my Rose Knights obsession is back into full swing again! That didn't take long XD 

I am going to credit and blame my big sister for writing so much fanfiction about all my characters literally almost every single day the past week. That was a major part of my newly fueled obsession, I think!

If the fact I'm still itching to draw more comics and sketches is any indication, I'm looking forward to see what the next week brings us all! 

Inside Out AU (swapping jobs!)

And just like that folks, July is over and August has begun!

For me personally, that means ArtFight is done for the year and now I am free to put my energies into personal projects and improving my art skills! Made a bunch of attacks I'm proud of, but now it's time to do literally anything else for the next 11 months of my life.
... it also means finding something with low stakes to exercise my storytelling muscles in a way, as to give me a chance to recover some proper energy before tackling the things I truly care about.

In shorter terms, I have made an Inside Out AU where almost all of Riley's emotions switch jobs but keep their core personalities. Because why not! XD

 

Since this idea is less than a few days old I've barely begun to realize the implications of making Fear be the "Joyful" one of the group (let alone the others with their new jobs) but safe to say I am enjoying myself! And it's gonna be nice to play with something which I don't have to care about 'making perfect' or even make sense for a hot minute.

We'll see how long this lasts! 

Lil Envy

 Tired. Head empty. Definitely ready for July to be over. But until it actually does end, I'mma do my best not to fall into any ditches or graves.

Envy will absolutely do his best to steal more jackets though, and I adore him for it XD

RK sketches (the Hairdye trio and the royal half-brothers)

Right! It's usually at this point in the month that I realize that I've been pushing myself hard trying to draw attacks for AF, so I gotta remember it's okay to slow down and stop for a few days before picking up speed for the final leg of the month.

I'm proud of what I've accomplished so far, but gotta remember to sleep and play video games too. Just a little bit.

Oooooor just draw some of my RK kids! That also works too, in my humble and not biased opinion XD

Fear and Joy (Gif)

 Another busy of ArtFight done and dusted! I'm pretty pleased with what I've done so far, and now that I've had a proper Sabbath break I'm almost ready to attack someone new!

Until then though, here's a lil gif I made..... apparently two weeks ago? and then completely forgot I made! Like you do XD 

This is the first gif I've made that's truly colorful, so I'm pretty proud how it turned out!

"The teen is stressing again."

 Don't mind me, just crawling out of my ArtFight bunker to upload these real quick! Nothing to see here at all, folks!

Move right along! Have a good day, and excuse me while I participate in the yearly war!

StarDust Nerds (2)

June is slowly coming to a close now. Been a busy month for me, what with preparing character sheets for ArtFight and drawing comics about one of my favorite movies (amongst other things)

But as much as I've enjoyed the challenges I've overcome the last few weeks and the upcoming shenanigans I am excited to participate in, I realized I also needed to slow down and do something purely for myself sometimes. No pressure to preform or do good or anything like that.

So I decided to indulge in an activity I've had for the last few months: remaking something with my current art skills.

Roughly 4 years apart from each other. 2025 - 2021

 Safe to say I am reasonably pleased with my artistic development over the years. Still learning and improving, obviously! But it's nice to look at one of my old and most favorite art pieces and then recreate it into a new favorite artwork I can enjoy for the next few years.

Sunlight and Foreshadowing

Well! Guess who just spent the whole week drawing *checks notes* practically ten pages of comics and a few little sketches besides that?

Yeah, I know right! In hindsight I'm still processing the fact I did all of that too!
But to be fair, when the inspiration hits and the hyperfixation bites your ankle what else are you supposed to do?

 If I had to pick a favorite page I drew tho, I think I'd pick this one.

Only because it took me over an hour to get that blasted clock right, AND I had to fix it a few times because needing to get the correct time in reverse was maybe a little harder than expected. Also the lighting still pleases me.

Added and Fractured

 Had a long week

Got all the RK character sheets I needed to do, though! With a good few weeks before ArtFight started too, no less! So that's good.

Still thinking about the stitchpunks though, so I know exactly what I'm going to be doing with every second of my spare time for June. 

lil stitchpunk guys

RIGHT! So I just spent most of my week making character sheets getting ready for Art Fight this year, and I got them all done! Mostly! And that's really cool because I wasn't expecting it to be done so fast!

However! It also means I've had no extra time to do other sketches, so I've had to pull up a random thing I drew last week instead- which is fine with me, because these lil guys still spark joy 

Stitchpunks my beloved, you will never not be fun to draw. Especially when your personalities get mashed together by the forces of science XD