Christmas Rebirth

 Hah. Well, how are you lot doing? I've been quite busy this week... Family coming over to visit, cousins to entertain, Christmas shenanigans to do...
Not to mention getting baptized with my sister. That took a little bit of my time. :)

Because of the mayhem of everything, I wasn't sure if I was going to draw something special for it or not. But an entire afternoon before the event and a brand new toy for me to draw on found me itching to at least try.

So here's what I've done!

 First time drawing with my new Christmas Gift! It was a little weird, but I think I'm warming up to it quite quickly.
In a week's time I'll be wondering how I managed to draw for so long with my old tablet, I bet. XD

Anyway! Suffice to say I've had a pretty special Christmas this year!

And I'll be... *checks calendar* seeing you lot next year!
Dang.
This year is almost over.

Y'know, despite 2020 being horrible in a lot of ways, I think this was one of my best years so far? Sure, I've been stressed, but I've been learning how to deal with it, and I know I'm coping a lot better than 17 year old me did. Burnouts? Yeah, I've had a few. But I've also had so many drawing highs it's been kinda ridiculous? I've made almost twice as many comics as I did last year? That's pretty cool. (It's still not a lot, but it's a step in the right direction!)

And I'm just... Frankly, I'm content. I'm content with myself at the moment.
It's not always I can say that truthfully.

*huff*
*raises a hand in salute*

I'll be seeing you dorks on the other side!
Have a great new year.
Here's expecting the next 12 months to be slightly better than the low bar of the last 12! *pfft*
Ah we're probably jinxing ourselves...
Well. We'll give it a good go, anyway! >:)

Death and a Snake

If I could think of anything witty or nonsensical to say, I would. As it is, I'm still feeling like I've got too much going on in my head to bother with such things. Plus, I wish to get this over with so I can go and read something.

Also my brain is still being annoying, so we'll have to settle with a sketchy post instead of what I was originally hoping for tonight. But that's fine; pretty sure none of us care that much anyway. Plus, it's OverKill related! :)

Mortality is pretty fun to draw. Hard, but fun. I like drawing old patchy sweaters and big round glasses...
Definitely contrasts to Dr. Antidote's more formal appearance, anyway.

Also weird colourful eyes.

*Hmmm*

Yup. Guess it's just one of those days again.
I'll be catching you guys later! Gonna just quit for the day and try to relax.
*waves*

Hope you all have a nice week! <3

The Personification of the Will to Live and an Old Retired Detective

Hhmmkay just type out words to form a sentence, comeonyoucandoit, it's not rocket science..
Wordswordswords...

Introduction.
Introduction...

*slams sketch onto table and takes a step back*

.....

 Head filled with cotton. Too much traffic going through my fuzzy brain...

Enjoy a ridiculously tall grumpy being of pure spite with his favorite human companion.

*huffs out*

Making Better Life Choices is something Other People do. I shall instead Look Out of the Window with my Murderous Pokemon and Plot how Best to Ruin the Entire Ocean.

 Ah, December. Season of heat waves, mangoes, and ginger bread cookies. Of staying up late playing video games, reading or chatting until the wee hours of the morning. And chocolate.

As well as kicking back in my favorite chair so I can work harder and longer for days on end, because the School Routine has been dismissed until January. There is still an outside structure dictating when I must stop, but that is necessary, because otherwise I doubt I would stop. If only out of principle.
And my principles demand to be heeded.

But anyway. I didn't post last week because a) didn't have any prepared, b) I was on a brief seaside holiday and had no internet, and c) didn't have the emotional energy to care.

But I'm here this week. And it's something fanart (and fanfiction) related!

This picture is based on a fic me and my elder sister have been working on since last year. We've just gotten to the point where the main antagonist(?)  is properly introduced, as well as her Beheeyem.  

Beheeyem would have to be one of my favorite Psychic type Pokemon ever. Hypno is a close second, but it's not nearly as fun to draw. And the Gothitelle line is fun to use in game (especially if I get a male Gothita), but trench coats trump ribbons any day. Also cool flashing finger lights.

Dark types are more my flavor, but I can respect Psychic types for what they are.

Heh. I think I also spent more time on the background then I did on the characters. WELL.. okay, maybe 50/50. Drawing someone from behind is never easy, and the amount of good references you need in order to be confident to even START drawing deserves it's own little time table, but I'm digressing.
Rain is a pain. Especially moody rain with lightning. But I think it turned out cool, so I'll say no more on the subject.

Hm. Well, I've had enough of this. I wish to do something else now.
*Salutes myself out* Have a good one, folks!

Kitchen Visit

 Hm. Nearing ever closer to December, I see... Feels like it should already be over to me. But it's not. 

...

The Laptop hasn't been treating me well this week. Drawing on paper has felt a lot more natural and painless then anything I've tried to do on CSP. Which sucks, but what else can you do? I'm riding it out the best I can.
But obviously I still needed to post something on here. So I dug around in my folders and found this little unfinished picture of mine.

So here it is. I guess.

 Drew this back in mid October, but never got around to finishing it (or posting it)... I think it was one of those Inspired moments that go as quickly as they come. But that was fine, because it meant I could draw the Castle Kitchen for the first time.
A very important location in UV. Well, for the children anyway...

Backgrounds give me a lot of trouble. Especially ones where I have such a clear mental picture in my head from like... hours of daydreaming.
Which is weird because that feels like that should give you less trouble. But it doesn't.

Anyway. The little Charles spaniel cook is one character that's firmly rooted in Midnight's permanent staff. Her real job is at a little bakery a few streets down, but she spends a lot of her time helping Midnight prepare meals for all his starving orphans.
She's sweet and very practical, and enjoys all the shenanigans at Sanctuary Castle with a good sense of humor.
Pretty sure she eventually marries one of Reginald's brothers, too. So yay for strong blood-thirsty wolf husbands!
She was fun to draw. Very round and curly and petite~ <3

The kids are just... generic, I guess. Although I have come up with some fun powers for Sunny (the rabbit). His ability is kinda healing magic? But solar powered. So if he scratches himself or something his body just regenerates super fast if the sun is out.
And the opposite is true if it's cloudy; his body just doesn't know what to do and kinda does nothing to help his bruises and cuts if it's dark.
So you'll either see him super bright and healthy or covered in scars that refuse to heal. There is no middle ground.

He'll make for a fun adventurer, that's for sure...

But that's enough of that for now.
I'll be meandering off into the sunset. Got nothing else to write about anyway.

I hope you guys have a nice weekend, wherever you are and whatever your doing.
*waves*

HufflePuff Girl

 Whelp, almost 8 now. Haha, but I don't mind.

This week has been a whole lot better for me than last week. Low bar, sure, but I'm actually pretty happy right now.

Got the new Steam Powered Giraffe album this week, as well as drew a lot of Pokemon stuff, and I'm almost at the Elite 4 in my Nuzlocke game. Only one other Pokemon has died on me so far, but nothing I couldn't recover from.
That's pretty good in my books!

Anyway, here's what I've decided to share with you all tonight!

Ooh, a Harry Potter Wizard Girl with Spider~ I wonder who this could be?

I thought it would be best to do something easily and fun for a change, instead of pushing myself to new and difficult heights that would've brought me to tears even in a good mood. So when a Harry Potter song came up in my Discover Weekly list on Spotify, I was like "... Eh, sure. Let's draw a HufflePuff wizard. Nothing else is working today."

The HP dress code is basically everything I love? Long robes with hoods, fancy colourful ties and the potential for fun patterns and skirts.. It's great! And so satisfying to draw.

It was also the first thing in a few weeks that didn't feel like pulling teeth. *thumbs up* 

Anyway. It's pretty late, and I have things to do now.
See you all next week, then. <3

It's Friday Afternoon, not Saturday Night... *shock*

 Okay, so I just started doing my drawing exercises a literal minute ago and I'm now crying.
I have no idea why this keeps happening. I've been crying almost all week any time I try to draw something.

It's now been three weeks, brain. I have Things to Do. I don't want to take another week off because you feel like any frustration is intolerable, so you shut everything down...
This isn't fun.

I have Things to Do!

(...)

These two drawings were the only things I could manage this week. I don't mind them, but I don't love them either.
I literally can't do better than this.

I'm tired of crying when there's work to be done.
If this happens for a 4th week in a row I'm calling fowl.

Passing Through (Y Nuzlocke Challenge)

 Yeah, I really need to start preparing these posts ahead of time during the summer months... I mean, I literally had no choice this time, because I decided I should stop being so stubborn and actually take a break from drawing this week (as apposed to stop drawing-WORK... apparently there isn't a difference when you've got art block. *sigh*) so yeah. Probably gonna bail early. Because it's already past 7:30. And I have Cousin-Duties to perform.

I actually really wanted to talk about the new Pokemon Nuzlocke challenge I've been doing this week, but I can easily do that next week. When I'm a bit more organized.
Maybe more than two Pokemon will die before then. Give me something real depressing to talk about.
*places hand on chest* You will be sorely missed, River and Richard...

 I'm loving the story that's going on in my head with these guys, though. It's been a nice distraction from being stressed about not working.
And it's been like, almost 5 years since I've lasted played through XY. That too.

A Fruitloop with his Cat

Hm. Just as the week when I was planning to do some serious drawing rolls in, I got myself a classical case of artblock.

*Huff* Well, I SUPPOSE it has been a while since that's happened... But it's still annoying.
Been trying to take advantage(?) of it though, by drawing a buncha things I don't normally draw. Such as robots.

The frustration is real, but at least it's in my control. As apposed to out of my control, in which case I would be more depressed, and possibly more stressed (if that's even possible).

But my brain cooperated long enough so I could draw this for my weekly Saturday Night Post, so that's pretty cool.
Haven't been able to draw anything else since then, but that's to be expected.

And in other news, my early Christmas spirit has surfaced again. Dunno what I'm gonna do with it, but I am enjoying the vibes I'm feeling in my own personal atmosphere.
Yes, I'm aware Halloween hasn't happened yet.
*Turns on some rock-n-roll Holiday tunes and continues to enjoy myself*

See all you guys next week! Hopefully things will improve by then. Both for me and for you lot. :)

Tropical Break on the Amphur Resort

HI! I was meaning to try and draw something else before tonight, but I guess I'm posting this instead. Not that it's a bad picture. It's a very nice picture. One I'm quite proud of. But I wanted to be extra and make something different. Like you do.

Anyway, here it is. Hamish the Human and Rask the big ol' alien dragon thing.

 

I'd stick around and talk, but I'm going to be late for my weekly gaming session with my cousins if I do. And by late, I mean they'll call early and I'll panic and drop everything because I'm unorganized.
I should probably just start preparing these posts the night before, shouldn't I?
But why would I do a thing like that, anyway? *pfft* Ridiculous. X)

Anyway. Ta-ta, then! *swiftly exits the building in grand style*

Airport Adventure (I.I.)

Uh.. I have a little something more from my space world.
Took three painstaking days to complete it (again), but I've finally done it!

Sure, it's not what I wanted it to look like, but I'm still proud with what I've done with it. *shrug* Art be like that sometimes. :)

 

Drew a few more of the crew this time. Aside from the four we saw from last time (OVER HERE), we also have Olivia (other human), Merc (white fuzz-bucket), Thorp (angry brown fuzz-bucket), and... that other worried black-clad dude.
Haven't settled on a permanent name for him yet. Working on it, though, don't worry.
I want it to start with an M. Kinda like Marcus, but more... alien sounding.

*HUFF* That background, tho!
I originally wanted them to be inside a kinda space-port, with lots of spaceships and cargo everywhere, but I guess they're at the entrance to an international airport now. Because I had no idea how to draw what was in my mind...
But this works too... basically the same kettle of fish, anyway. 

Drawing the background aliens was kinda fun. A little time consuming, sure, but not as much as I was expecting.
Just kinda... made them up on the spot, without putting much thought into them. Generic, sure, but they served their purpose.

Anyway. It's past 8pm now, and I need to get some dinner.
See ya all next week!
Hope you survive until then.
*thumbs up*

Reginald + Castle Trio

My third unintentional UV post within two weeks, huh?
Alrighty, then. I'm not one to complain about a thing like that...

Have some fuzzy brats with uncle Reginald, folks! :)

 Since I'm a little pressed for time, I'm not gonna say anything cool or go into detail about these characters. This was just a neat age exercise with the Castle Trio. And Reginald to some degree...

*Salutes myself out*
SEE YA LATER FOLKS!
Hope you do alright next week!

Bush Walk

Hello, there. Hope everyone out there is fine right now. I'm pretty good. A little tired, but satisfied with how my week has been. I've been working really hard.

So hard, in fact, that I wasn't sure if I was going to come up with something for this week's Saturday post. But I scraped in a little something from my leftover reserves... and made this.

I realized the song Plant Life by Owl City fitted pretty perfectly for Ruby's early childhood, and as a result of that I drew this yesterday afternoon before sunset.

It's not often I get inspired to draw something, and then actually do it... It was novel. I liked it. And I didn't give up halfway, either.
True, probably could've done a cleaner job, but I'm still pretty happy with it.

Few people realize what a dreamer Ruby really is, and just how lonely she was before she made the decision to go to school. Against what everyone else tried to tell her too, nonetheless.
As much as she liked her privacy and freedom at the old cottage in EverWinter forest, Grandma was less then great company for a girl like Ruby. They were too similar to get along, I think. And her parents.. well, she (both Ruby and Grandma) felt they weren't allowed to have a say in a life they barely knew.

UV's 6th Anninersary

Whelp. After a busy day doing comic stuff, and about an hour trying to finish this piece before it ticked over to the 25th, I think it's time I celebrated my blog's birthday. How 'bout you?

Heh. It's kinda weird how I've been posting on this blog for 6 years, though. My cute shenanigan stories about an Anthropomorphic Vampire kangaroo and her various friends and relatives has turned into quite the adventure since then!

And despite my typical radio-silence about the subject, I'm still deeply passionate about the world of Undercover Vamparoo. Very much so.

It's a top priority in terms of me wanting to make it a graphic novel series or something, but I realize in order for me to make it a reality, I need a lot of self-training and discipline. And courage.
That last one will be the hardest to overcome, but I have time to work that out.

But I'm tired now. I think I'll go read for a bit and let this day end...
For those of you who (for some reason) are still here, or just the odd person who likes checking up on my blog every blue moon *raises cup* cheers. I bid you all goodnight! *drinks fruit-juice*

Cherry Chums

Heyo, folks! I'm back another week, ready to share something else on this little site I call my blog! :)

I made this as a commemorative to getting cherry trees in Animal Crossing. Considering we don't have any online friends to swap fruit with, this was quite an achievement in our eyes!

Free-Falling

*Cracks knuckles and pulls out massive picture from behind curtains*
BEHOLD, THE FRUITS OF THREE DAYS WORK, MORTALS!

(*Sigh* Seriously, though. It's been a while since I've drawn something properly outlined and shaded. Not the full-ham work I probably could've done, though, but this is fine.)

Just some of the dudes from my space-adventure world; Rask (big black dude), Bur (small fuzzy one), Sabassa (lizard man), and Hamish (actual man).
(And Ghost, but of course you can't see him because he's inside Hamish's brain. Soo... Does he count?)
(Eh, I'm counting him. Ghost is important.)

Drawing all that flying paper was a mixture between too much fun and having no clue what I was doing. But I think it turned out alright in the end.
Sabassa desperately trying to save some important documents was a must. Hamish's art stuff, while not exactly relevant, was also a must for me. Because.. Well, I love a good boy who draws stuff. :)

I was planning to draw some sort of futuristic weapon for Rask, but I realized that would mean I'd have to draw it. And I was not about to do that. And Bur is still an unexplored character (in terms of personalized items and junk), so I left him alone as well.

I guess the picture was crowded enough as it was, so it's probably just as well.

Firework Show

Ah, September's here. That means no more Winter; only Summer from here on out.
*Huff*

One morning it was cold enough to get half-buried under the covers, and the next it's too hot for a quilt and we almost had to turn on the air conditioner.
*Swings arm out* That's Australia, folks!

 (From left to right; Paula, Peggy, Buzz, Zell, and Savannah)

Took about three days to complete this - the first day (or night, more accurately) was the sketch and 'better sketch' (yeah, I didn't bother line-arting this. I knew it wasn't going to be worth it in the long run...). Day 2 was the flat colours and patterns, and then day three background, shading, and special effects.

It was only meant to be a small picture, but I guess I kept adding characters. Like you do.
It amuses me how short Zell is in comparison to like... literally everyone else, though. It's cute.

Race through Pine Woods

Hi there! Back for more punishment, huh? *claps hands* EXCELLENT.

Let's get on with it, then!

More stuff of our Animal Crossing (New Horizons) Villagers! Paula the bear with Tank the rhino, having some friendly competition with each other.

The poses were kinda hard to work with, but I think it came out alright in the end. Background wasn't too bad, either.
Loved designing Tank's shirt. And if Paula had her jacket unzipped, I bet I would've given her something fun too..
Maybe later. :)

Sun Shower

Evening, all! For those few folks that return frequently, let me just say I hope you've had a good week. Or at least a week that doesn't deserve the award for #1 worst experience, and 10/10 would not try again.
While not unlikely, it's still possible. And if so, I hope the coming days improve. :)

Anyway. Time for art, I think!

Something simple, but I did what I could with the time I was giving myself. I've got a lot of things planned to do tonight... Can't just exhaust myself right out the gate. :)

This is one of our Animal Crossing (New Horizons) villagers, in a more human-like form. Peggy's cool. Her personality is a lot more intense than the others, but that's what makes her so delightful~

Was quite proud of how the trees came out. I think drawing lots of backgrounds over the past week+ will do that to a person, though. 
*thunbs up*

Picnic Lunch!

Hello, again! It's been getting warmer for me lately. Winter's (loose) grip is slipping away again. As it does so quickly in Australia...
But maybe I can enjoy a few more odd nights of not sweating under a thin quilt. Fingers crossed. :)

Anyway! All that I wish to tell you guys about my week is that I had a very productive Thursday drawing (about 8 hours in total) and I'm very excited about the current project I'm working on!

I fear if I say anything more than that, though, I could be liable to become super anxious and stressed because then people would have EXPECTATIONS of me actually finishing and showing it to them. And I don't want that.
I really don't want that. 

So I'll show you something related but also completely unrelated at the same time! :)

 Humanized versions of two of our Animal Crossing (New Horizons) villagers! Frita the Ram and Walker the dog.

I've been drawing them a lot lately. It's almost been like therapy, because I see them and chat to them so much in-game.
It's been nice.

Colorful Memories (Redraw)

 Well. Had a pretty bad drawing day on Monday, so I thought it would be a great idea to try and redraw an old picture from the files.

Despite being a sketch (as opposed to a fully rendered drawing like the original) I can tell I've improved a little bit since then. How about you? :)

August 3, 2020

 November 5(?), 2016

 I also seemed to have given the red dude more clothes since last time. Although I neglected to give him shoes...
He went out into his fancy garden in his socks. Hm.

Next time I redraw this picture he'll probably be out in complete fancy dress; shoes included!
But that wont be for a few more years, I bet...

Anyway! I had fun with this.
Definitely broke the art block, in any case.

Blacky

OKAY, Blogger updated a little, it seems. Give me a second, just gonna navigate my way around here... Uhh...

*EVERYTHING LOOKS WEIRD AND I DON'T LIKE IT*

Here have a Blacky sketch while I figure this all out!

*BAM*

Hmm... Okay. Cool. Uh...

Do I feel like talking tonight?

Nah. Not really.

As nice as it was to take a week off the usual routine, and as relaxing as it was on the 8 hour drive yesterday back home, I don't think I'm up to anything tonight.

Just know I'm fine, and I'll probably have something better to post next week.

*thumbs up*

Oh and also, let it be known to the world that yesterday I decided it would be a good idea to give to the goblin race of UV sentient(?) steampunk trains as their main means of transportation.

That is all.

Goodnight!

Just a brisk morning

Hi! Fancy seeing you here! :)

(I was quite proud of this piece, so thought I'd reuse it on here.)

We were supposed to be at my Grandparents house this week (celebrating Nan's 80th birthday, I believe), but due to us all getting sick, we thought it best to postpone the journey until we weren't contagious anymore. So we're going tomorrow.

Still coughing up a lot of stuff, but no helping with that.

Looking forward to the nice long drive with nothing to do but daydream and think in anxiety-free bliss, though! :)

Space Fish

 *Tap dances my way around an introduction, jazz handing my greetings, and dramatically pulls off a table cloth to reveal my new weekly art post*

*Cue spectacular music climax!*

*COUGH* 

 

Tried to make a hybrid of an old-school scuba diver with an astronaut. But because the background is more spacey than oceany, I think the scuba diver bit gets overshadowed a lot. But there are fish in here, so I suppose it's not all lost.

Overall, I think this picture took a little less than three hours to do? Which is impressive, because I remember when something half as complicated took twice as long to complete. Hm.

Definitely a sign of improvement if I ever saw one. :)

Anxeity at its Finest

 Afternoon, gentlemen! Mm. Today was a nice day. Not as anxiety-inducing as the rest of the week. Which is generally what you'd like on a weekend, I guess, but... Still. It's nice.

Trying hard not to think too far ahead in the future (like, 2 hours) and just enjoy the moment and share a good picture with you guys.

So let's just do this, then! :)

Despite this being only a 1 hour sketch, I'm actually pretty happy with it! Proud, even. Because I was thinking about trying to draw something like this. And when I did try, it turned out not too dissimilar  to what I had in my head!

For any artist, that's always a really cool thing to do.

Anyway. Yeah, I guess in a way this is vent art? (if you want to give this a name) but I had no real emotional connection with it while I was making this, so I dunno what to tell you guys.

Logically I know I've had a good week, but dangit it had some long nights in it...

Experimenting with new lighting methods, though.

Liking what I'm learning.

Love how the memory orbs came out too. Although they look a little like glowing marble candy...

Eh. It's a feature.

Whelp! This is all the effort I wanna put into this post. 

So long, folks! Have a nice night! :)

Peace

 Hello! Uuh... 

*tries to think of something interesting that I did this week*

Drew lots... Thought a little. Sorted some mental files. Then immediately forget what I did with them.

Yup.

Sounds like an average week to the non-observer, but overall I'd say I've had a good week! At least a 6/10. Which equals to a 3/5.

A 3/5 week isn't something to turn your nose up at. I'll take it.

Brain Fog still clouding my brain. I didn't have anything special to say in this post anyway, so it's just as well I guess.

 I'll assume you guys know the usual gist to my posts, so I'll just say goodbye and go.

*Short waving hand gesture as I leap out the window*

FAREWELL, FRIENDS!

MAY YOU HAVE AN ABOVE AVERAGE WEEKEND!

*THUNK*

Pep Talk (Sketch Comic)

Not much tonight, guys. Ended up taking a break from any serious drawing this week. Focused mostly on my mental and emotional health. I'm a little more stable now, I've got a lot of ground to cover.

Did sketch this out yesterday, though. Self-indulgent, but therapeutic.

Been playing around with the Inside Out concept a lot lately. Trying to use it as a means to explore my Anxiety and ADD brain, as well as some other things.

Mostly stuff I've only recently been allowing myself to acknowledge or accept.

With any luck these guys will help me sort some confusing brain nonsense. Or at least all my suppressed emotions... *thumbs up*

Eyes refuse to focus. I'mma leave now.

Bye-bye! Enjoy your little scruffy Disgust and ever-worried Fear. :)

Rooftop Run

Hello, there!

Got another UV picture this evening. :)

Midnight with the Castle Trio - Flavio the cockatoo, Rex the Kitsune, and Mouse (technically Maisie, but nobody calls her that) the mouse/polar-bear hybrid.

Flavio was found on Midnight's doorstep one late spring morning with a rather awful note from his parents stating that if Midnight wouldn't take care of him they'd just... do a lot of awful things and abandon Flavio somewhere else, because they didn't want him. 

Midnight wasn't comfortable with the idea of looking after a 2 year old child, but he definitely didn't want to leave him out in the world with an even worse future. So he took him in.

Not even two days later Midnight was asking Ruby for parenting advice.

Years later Flavio gets officially adopted (with some encouragement from Midnight's parents), and is now first in line for the throne. 

Half a decade later, Rex becomes part of castle life! No one knows when or where he came from; Ruby just noticed there was one more kid than normal running around in the garden one afternoon, and asked Midnight when they decided to take in another kid. Midnight almost fell out of the window craning his neck trying to see who Ruby meant... then admitted he assumed Rex was one of the local church orphanage children. Ruby didn't agree.

One interrogation later, and Rex admits he's been hanging out in the castle for months, but didn't want any of the grown ups to know he was here...

And long story short, Flavio gets a new brother!

They annoy and prank each other a lot, and like trying to traumatize each other. (Flavio with his mind-controlling ability, and Rex with his illusion magic...)

When they're older they actually become a pretty good team.

Well, they can keep the castle budget together, so it's something...

 

Now Mouse... actually isn't one of Midnight's children. She just lives with him for the school term, and goes back to her parents for the holidays. But she's still a big part of the castle...

She's the straight-man to all Flavio and Rex's shenanigans, but she can keep them in line when she wants to.

Anyway.

I'd say more, but I'm getting tired now. Don't feel like typing anymore.

I'll call it a day and get something to eat now.

*Brushbrushbrush*

Hm. Another post including Sapphire in it?

I ain't complaining. :)

Wanted to finally draw Violet - Sapphire's mother - for once.

A good mum who encourages her daughter's rebellious nature.

Where did you think Sapphire got her spunk and complete disregard for useless laws from? :)

"You want to stop wearing skirts and dresses and wear pants instead? Okay, dear."

"What's that? You'd like to dye your hair yellow? Hm. Mum and dad wouldn't like that... Sure, honey. I'll give you a hand."

"You're pretending to be gay to get out of having to find a real boyfriend for your grandparent's 50th Anniversary? Sounds reasonable. I'll backup your story."

  

Now that I have a real excuse to explore Violet's history a bit more, I'm having fun thinking of all the possible mother-daughter moments with Sapphire. Whether cohesive or not. :)

"Sapphire Dara DeathDancer, you haven't visited or called your mother in years!"

"Mum, you are literally 26; I haven't even been born yet!"

Hybrid Kangaroos with Time Travel Powers - It's a Family Occupation

GUYS

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS

You know how I've been complaining for years that I have no idea what Sapphire's been doing with her life after she left high-school??

I'VE FINALLY FOUND OUT WHAT SAPPHIRE'S BEEN DOING

GUYS

SHE'S A TIME TRAVELER!

SAPPHIRE'S A TIME TRAVELER TOO!!!

On the one hand this raises so many more questions but THIS ALSO EXPLAINS SO MUCH!

(Sorry, I'm just so excited about learning this, like WOW GIRL, I did not expect this from you)

Okay. So, how I found out about this is kinda... well, it made sense at the time, but trying to recount the tale might get confusing. So please bear with me, because I actually really want to write this down as a note to my future self.

*deep breath* 

Alright. So it all started a few nights ago when me and my sister were talking about UV. I think we were jumping from one topic to another more than actually talking about anything specific? Because it's so easy to do in UV..

Anyway. Long story short, my sister had a light-bulb moment and started to explain a possible explanation for why we never see Sapphire in the mainstream story. This explanation included Morgana the Fey hiring Sapphire to do a little job and it ending BADLY.

Badly enough so that Sapphire was at death's door due to a HORRENDOUS injury, and Morgana saving Sapphire by giving her some of her blood.

Now. A funny thing about blood in UV - normally fairy blood has a lot of magical healing properties with no further side effects apart from causing you to sparkle or maybe have a third eye for a few hours. That's cool, and usually harmless. If you're not a Vampire...

If your a Vampire and drink fairy blood, you will get something Weird with a capital W in your magic system that could range from "My fur can glow and change colour" to "I can summon Cthulhu with my mind". And there's no way of telling what you're gonna get.

And for those that have stuck around for long enough or remember, Sapphire is half-vampire. But she thought she couldn't access the Vampic side of her genes (and she was right; it was a dormant part of her), so she's never relied or depended on it. As far as she is concerned, she was UnMythic.

But fey magic don't care what you can or can't do. It reacted to the fact that Sapphire had some Vampire in her, and it latched onto it and gifted her with the power of Time Travel and Teleportation.

... to put it simply and shortly.

Sapphire had to spend a few productive hours screaming in the forest to get used to the idea of being immortal before visiting Grandma to ask for help. And Grandma in turn asking Aeron, because he's the expert on stuff like this.

Cue Aeron going through the stages of grief, dying of laughter, screeching in Spanish, and banging his head against the wall with muffled screams of "I should've know I should've know I SHOULD'VE KNOWN-" in the span of five minutes. Then extending his hand to shake Sapphire's, and saying "Welcome to the club."

Young-Aeron hasn't even been born at this time yet, so Sapphire has no idea she's joining forces with her future nephew. But I'm getting ahead of myself...

This explains why Sapphire rarely visits Ruby anymore. Not because she can't or doesn't want too, but because Sapphire no longer ages at a coherent rate anymore, and she feels like that would raise Questions.

But Ruby has some massive blind-spots and assumes the reason why Sapphire still looks like she's 25 when she's nearly 40 is because she never had to deal with the stress of keeping a kingdom stable or raising kids. Or keep Midnight from running amok.

Also Ruby has a time-traveler for a son.

So when she DOES figure it out a few more years later, it's more *disappointed "I thought you were better than this" look* than *Shocked Disbelief*.

After that Sapphire visits a lot more often. Technically.

Time Travel is fun like that. :)

ANYWAY. I think I'm coming to the end of my rant... Um, it's probably not worded very well, but I'm so excited about this new development that I think it doesn't matter if no one else understands.

When I start making UV comics it'll look much better. 

(Whenever THAT may be)

Sooo... yeah!

How's your week been?

"Do you mind, Blacky? I'm trying to reflect my terrible life choices..."

 Good evening, you fantastic few people who have made the choice to check out this post on this particularly fine night!

Been a pretty rough week for me. Trying to assert dominance over my stress and stuff, only to finally get results in the last few days. Not good results, but I'm at least back in charge again, so I'll take it. Hopefully I'll continue in an upward curve in the upcoming week. :)

As for drawing? Well...

Been drawing a certain Canadian Pyromaniac a lot lately.

*thumbs up*

Hunter's hair is equal parts wild, fun, and confusing. Just the way all hair-styles should be. 

Not satisfied with the lighting or shading, but eh. What can you do?

I'll work on improving it at a later date.

*...*

Well. Now that we've got all that out of the way, I'll catch you guys later!

*salutes myself out*

Midnight, The Spoon Lord

Hello again! Fancy seeing you back here.

We got ourselves another UV picture tonight.

Ah-HA! No spoon is safe from Midnight's paws! 

Silver spoons, golden spoons, wooden spoons, plastic spoons, and the odd spoon that's made from something like cookie dough... Nothing is too petty for him to steal!

Oh, it's easy to just take them back from him. He's perfectly open about it. It's the taking that gives him a buzz. And the hording. But he doesn't care if you steal them back from him.

He knows how to get more if he wants some. :)

(Ruby hates how he always steals her spoons the day she decides to make soup for dinner. "What do you expect us to eat with then? Forks??" *THWACK* "Give me those.")

Sino, but if she was an Alien Vet for the I.I.

Hello there! How you lot doin'?

Not much for me to say tonight. Been a bit of a boring week, I'm afraid. Sprained my creativity on Tuesday, and forced myself to rest until I felt like I could draw something without having to painfully squeeze my heart into submission.

But despite that I guess I've been good.

Drew this, anyway. :)

Anyone remember Sino? Blind anthro spider who used to be a sheep? Wears a checkered bandana?

 Well, I was thinking deeply about various anxieties earlier this week and was trying my best to come to terms with just how dumb and unlikely they all were... so I came up with an alien race who choose to become blind (either due to religion or culture, haven't decided yet) to comfort myself. 

I realized, like, five minutes after I came up with this idea that Sino would fit perfectly for this new alien group. 

Her personality is quite calming and philosophical, plus she's really gentle and empathetic. Really cheered me up arguing with her about the importance of sight, and how I shouldn't worry about it.

I like all my spider characters. But besides Fang, not a lot of them have a chance to be used for something.

 At least Sino has somewhere else to live now! Even if she isn't a spider anymore... :)

Anyway! Enjoy your week as best as you can! And for those that are working, I hope you do your best. 

See you around!

Pat & Blacky (The World Reader)

Hi there.

I think I'm going through one of my phases again. Y'know, the kind where I just... don't really love anything I draw?

Yeah.

Gonna try and be positive and kind to myself. 

Or at least not force myself to try harder and harder, to see if I can break through this.

I was planning to try and write up a little description about these two and the story they're in, but I don't think I have the energy to spare...

Just know that they're a little like Ruby and Midnight, but Medieval and a lot younger. Also they have a magic book that has a map that shows them where they need to go (very useful).

You and Me

WELL. After spending a literal (and very productive) week drawing Gravity Falls for my sister, I thought it was time I did something for myself.

Something easy. Maybe a little cute.

 And 100% nostalgic.

While sharing and listening to stuff with my sister during this week, a certain song was brought to my attention again, and it gave me major feels.

  It was a song I remembered quite fondly, hearing it years and years ago on Eurovision (back in the day when I got up at 4am to watch it live with my more sadistic family members) and I couldn't help but imagine Ruby and Sapphire as I heard it once more.

Those two were closer than sisters, once. And while they did rekindled their relationship in their teenage years, I think they realize that they'll never get back what they had.

But they're both okay with that.

They have good memories of a time that could've easily been far worse for them.

I don't see much of Sapphire in my mainstream stories anymore (since Ruby and Midnight's domestic shenanigans keep me pretty occupied) but I still think of her from time to time.

Maybe I'll get Aeron to track her down for me... Spy on her for a bit. Heck, maybe even somehow manage to worm his way into her adventuring group?

Hmm...

I wont force anything. Sapphire will tell me what she's been up to one day.

I've got time.

Til then. *raises glass* Cheers, girls!

Kings of Bandwell

 Well. I WAS going to try and make an Anzac post for today, but because I've already made a Birthday special earlier this month my brain did a little... uh... how should I put this?

It backed away into the darkest corner and refused to come out.

Yeah. As appropriate as it would've been, I'm afraid I got so stressed I decided it wasn't worth it in the end.

BUT, despite everything I've been through this week, I did manage to draw something UV related! Midnight and Reginald, no less! And I guess we can all live with that... :)

During one of my fits of complete self-worthlessness this week, I decided I'd cheer myself up by making a UV Playlist on Spotify - just to see how many songs I could gather in one place that make my think of Undercover Vamparoo.

Considering my memory, I was surprised I came up with as many as I did, but looking at it harder I realized that most of the songs were about Midnight. "Why Should I Worry" and "All Hail The King" are the most obvious examples, although there are a few Harland and Reginald songs in there, so maybe I'm overthinking it...

Anyway. It's a work in progress, but it helped me focus as I drew this picture, so I don't mind. :)

And in case any of you wanna check it out >>>HERE'S THE LINK<<< to it!

*finger guns at you all and sidesteps into a portal and disappears*

P E A C E   O U T   F O L K S !

Candy Cousins

*...*

*waves arms in the general direction of picture, not having a clue how to start this post*

*??*

I was just thinking about how fun it would be to draw something candy themed again, but all my brain was giving me was LOLLIPOP.

Just... LOLLIPOP. 

It wouldn't take me any further than that, so I just shrugged and drew lil' Ru and Sapphy with the teeth-rotting treat.

I like to imagine that the Vampires have their own speical snacks, like blood boxes and stuff. They definitely have some sort of iron-pop that would be pretty popular. Maybe not as much as a regular lollipop, but the benefits would probably outweigh the lack of sweetness! :)

"Relax, nerd..."

Hey there

...

Yeah, might as well get this over with. Can't think of anything to say.

Far too tired to try and draw something new today, so you're getting the Gravity Falls AU art I posted last night to my Instagram.

Was kinda proud of the background anyway, so I'm not too upset about it.

Hopeless dorks, the both of them. :)

Growing up

Hm. April 4.

Fourth of the Fourth.

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

I've been thinking about this day on and off for the past... long while, actually.  And I've been debating with myself whether or not I'd do something special, or just let it slip past like we usually do...

But, obviously you can see I've decided against it. So...

*snaps fingers*

Yup. It's my birthday. Well, our birthday... And not only that, but this is the day we legally turn into adults. 18.

We're 18 now, guys.

I suppose normal people would feel excited about that. But I've never been normal ever, so I don't feel obliged to fake anything. I'm indifferent to this.

Well okay, not indifferent...

But not stressed anymore.

*****

I remember turning 13 (which coincidentally was also on a Saturday) and going into denial and hating pretty much everything about life. Well, just the parts that I didn't want anything to do with. Like... growing up. And the piano. And math. But mostly growing up.

I was a pretty melodramatic child in certain areas... 

And I remember watching cartoons and reading comics and books like an addict. Like... spending every single moment obsessing over animated shows and movies and comics and fan fiction, like I was scared my enjoyment for these things wouldn't be the same when I grew older. Too old to appreciate the things I loved so much. That by the time I'd turn 18, something inside me would just switch off and everything would go grey or something (I dunno, those years are hazy to me looking back now).

By the time I had turned 15-16 I think I realized what an unhealthy little zombie I was and started the long road to turning it down a notch or ten, and gaining better self-control and drawing habits... which then made me into an overworked stressed teenager who thought that anything but your best and working at 200% was not good enough. Which still meant I didn't get much done. But for different reasons...

Haha, and there was still that fear of growing up.

But ever since last Christmas (or just before that.. during the last 6 months, in any case) I think I must've gotten more mature or something, because I suddenly stopped caring about my age. I let go my fears and anxiety about how this was supposed to be a turning point in my life, and just accepted that this wasn't going to change who I was or what I was going to do and it honestly didn't matter and nobody cared.

I cheered up considerably realizing that, let me tell you! I could take years learning to drive a car if I wanted to. I could stay home until I was 30 or 40 and nobody would mind. 

And hey, if the world ended before that, I wouldn't have to worry!

*****

I try my best to not be too personal on this blog. But I know I constantly look back at my stuff and enjoy what I wrote and I remember so much more when I do. My thought process, my mental state, even what I was planning to watch or play to reward myself for posting another picture on time!

And, well... our birthday DID land on a Saturday, didn't it? Like it was fate or something. Planned. Destined.

Definitely wouldn't have put this much effort if it was on any other day, I can say that much.

SO... Happy Birthday to us! I got a good feeling about this new year of our life.

And I understand I've got to work on myself AND my stories a lot, but I know I can do it!

Hope you guys enjoy your week in isolation! Treat yourself kindly and remember that whatever your going through will seem like nothing in a few years. Have a good one! :)

*Bonus after-math picture*