Hoop Loops

*Deep Breath*
OKAY. So.
A lot has been going on with me this month. Some good. Some bad. But the one thing that's been constantly pushing for my attention (besides my comic project) was Art Fight; an annual art game that happens in the middle of Summer, where people draw each other's ocs for fun (and points).

This was my first year participating. Of course I was anxious at first, but once I got into the swing of things, it was actually pretty fun! Flexing my new art muscles gained from online lessons, as well as showing off my own characters and style. And of course, drawing for other people.

I tried not to spend too much time for each piece, but you know me... I always like doing a good job on something if I can. Especially for art.

So yeah. Didn't mean to add a fully detailed background, but hey; least I got a lot of points for it.
Martini is mine, of course, but the other joker is called Mingle Jingle. They belonged to a Swedish dude ( >> His Tumblr << ) ( >> And his DeviantART << ) who I thought had a nifty style. It meshed nicely with mine, anyway.

If I'm too burnt out over the next few weeks, I might share some more of my Art Fight attacks on my blog. But until then; what's done on Art Fight, stays on Art Fight.

It'll all be over in the next 24 hours, anyway. Whichever team wins is inconsequential; if my team wins, that'd be neat. But if we lose, it just means we got more art, and still win anyway.

I'm definitely going to participate next year (if all is well). Maybe rope my cousins or sister into the deal, too. That'd be fun.

But enough of that. I'm out.
See you all next week! Keep safe! <3

Tiny Martini the Clown/Acrobat

A day spent drawing nothing but short stripey clowns with hoops is a day that doesn't come by often. So I made the most of it and tried to enjoy myself. Which I did. But it also meant I had all these sketches to choose from, and I couldn't decide which one I liked best.
So I'm picking them all.

 

 Even after two years, this lil' clown is still super fun and easy to draw... That's good. Means I did a good job designing her.
Or maybe my taste in comfort characters hasn't changed much since then... Eh. It doesn't matter.

Definitely need to give her some friends to play with, though. But that's a challenge for another day methinks.

Miscellaneous Magic Doodles

 Due to me being sick for half the week, then overwhelmed for the other half and busy with comic stuff, I have decided to share some old sketches and have a day off drawing, instead of stressing myself anymore than I have to.

There is context behind all of this, but I do not wish to explain it tonight. All that you need to know is that the magic in this world is weird, my anthro characters are (sometimes) human, and spiders are treated as farm animals and sheep are dangerous predators and that still delights me on a fundamental level you cannot understand.

 I forgot I even drew any of this. But it's nice seeing these sketches again; if only briefly.

Pride & Shame

Hi! How you lot doing? I'm personally well. Not physically, (because I'm sick) but quite content. Which is pretty good for me, considering how my week went.

But because I spent two days recovering from a near burnout, and then didn't have enough time to finish this picture on Friday, I just don't have the energy to properly shade or add special effects to this anymore. Bit of a shame, but that's the way it is sometimes.

It still looks okay, though. Don't hate it or nothing. Just disappointed I couldn't finish it, and probably never will, because I have better things to do with my time.
Oh well. :)

 

 

I'll save my brain power for more important things later on tonight. But suffice to say, I've been thinking about this idea for a while.

If I ever took writing more seriously, I would definitely want to write a fanfic series exploring all the different aspects of all the emotions; both positive and negative, and how they clash and compliment each other.
But that's a dream for another day.

Hope you guys have a good weekend! I'll see you next week. :)

Rainbow Veins

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins

Cause your heart has a lack of color and we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later cause we wasted all our free time alone