Ru and Harland as ISAT background characters

What do you mean it's only a few days until Christmas. Impossible. Inconceivable. Totally probable but my goldfish memory is still baffled all the same

Anyway! Burnout is still keeping me down, so I haven't drawn much this week. But that's fine, because it means I have an excuse to dig up these sketches again!

 

Due to shenanigans and bright ideas, I thought it'd be fun if I tried turning Ruby and Harland into ISAT background characters. These are just concept designs, but I am pretty pleased with how easily these two can be inserted into the ISAT universe.

And also incredibly weird seeing my color-coded characters in a greyscale style. XD

Cook Sif!

 One week later I can confirmed I have burnt out- through the roof and the floor! There's probably still something I can burn through, but for the most part I am tired and doing my best to rebuild before getting back into the groove of drawing.

With any luck I can see make some little sketches like this every once in a while.

Three Siffrins without a Trenchcoat

 Okay! I think I've finally burnt out again! Just a little!
In all fairness I think I always have an "exhausted" period after finishing a big comic project (and 11 pages of art is A LOT, especially for me) but also I think I've been steadily getting more desperate to prove my worth, especially now that I feel like I've got a reputation and standards to hold up to.

Which is obviously very silly, but eh. I'll figure out how to deal with it later.

For now, I've got 3 of my roleswap Siffrings stacked on top of each other like the gremlins they were truly meant to be

I need to draw more silly and nonsensical stuff when I get some of my creative energy back. But that's future problems.

The Siffrin Squad

Can't remember a single thing that happened to me this week at the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure most of it was related to all my various ISAT roleswap ideas.

Feeling the overstimulated and overwhelmed exhaustion, but gonna be okay I think. Probably.
Anyway! Siffrins be upon you!

It's fun to have all my roleswap Siffrin designs all lined up like this. Satisfying.

Gettin' Info

okay so I'm still sick a week later. Which of course hasn't stopped me from drawing, but unfortunately most of the things I've drawn are big comic projects (that are unfinished) and random little sketches that are harder to organize in a way that makes me happy on blogger

SO. Not showing any of that! just gonna show off one of my favorite sketches I made a while ago instead!

and in other news it has come to my attention that it's halfway through November. Could've sworn it was yesterday I was looking at the Christmas lights from 2023, and I am still convinced it should be October and not almost the end of the year.

Time is weird, huh!

Siffrin and Bonnie (Role!Swap Additions!)

got sick yesterday and if I thought I didn't have any energy last week I definitely don't have any energy now. However! I drew a lot! and I really liked how this one came out!

 

I'm thinking of pairing up everybody on the team in combinations so I can get a feel for the vibes for the dynamics in every roleswap AU.

But that's later! for now this is a good start and it makes me happy.

Fellow Travelers

Don't have much energy to talk about my week, but overall it was alright and I kept myself busy with so many drawing projects.

All of it roleswap AU related, of course.
I've got 4 of those things in my brain right now, and they're all crying for attention

Least I'm starting to get the hang of how I want to draw all these guys in every role swap AU. Looking forward to getting to draw all 20 together just to see the differences on a bigger scale!

More role!swap Sifs cuz why not

OUT OF ALL THE THINGS I EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN A WEEK, PEOPLE NOTICING AND LIKING MY WEIRD ISAT ROLE!SWAP AUS ON TUMBLR WAS NOT ONE OF THEM.

Freaked me out more than I'd like to admit and flattered me to know I've now inspired a bunch of people to come up with their own ideas. Is it a wonder my lil heart has been so overwhelmed all week?

No matter! I'll either get over it or get to hide under my rock again without being bothered for a while. But until then, have some more role!swap Siffrin's!

Pretty happy with how I've made sure all the Sifs are recognizable but still distinct from each other. When I line them all up it's gonna look pretty cool imo.

Oop, looks like we a role-swap going on lads!

*stares at all the new ISAT AUs I've created in the span of a week, as well as the steadily growing collection of concept art for said AUs* WELL. That's one way to spend a week!

Haven't had an obsession like this since the Ninjago phase I had....... last year? last year. But NOW instead of fruit-colored ninjas getting swapped powers, it's a whole RPG party swapping the roles they fill in the team.

Don't worry! I can work with this! But MM. This is going to flood my brain with so many ideas and vibes

Today Some Fighter!Siffrin and Housemaiden!Bonnie! Tomorrow? Who knows! We'll find out when we get there, I guess! XD

Fallen Star of the Show

Been a hot minute since I've drawn something with a background. Figured this week was as good as any to do that.

Will definitely need to draw Loop more often. They are extremely fun to draw, once I got past the "how on earth do I draw their glowy head" bit.

Phone a Time-Loop Guide!

Evening, folks! Daylight savings is still messing with my body clock, but for the most part the time-shift has settled and I'm starting to get used to the new norm. Mostly I'm glad my insomnia no longer keeps me wide awake until 6am. I thought jumping forward an hour would make my insomnia worse, but it seems to have made it better? Weird, but not unwelcome!

Anyway, for your daily dose of art from yours truly~

Safe to say after drawing these guys almost every day for 2 months, I am getting a grip on all of their designs. Still got some things to hammer into my brain, but most of it is already crammed with the essentials and I am pleased with that

Also working with only shades of grey is something that is strangely addictive. My love for color is still alive, but a good challenge and restrictive creativity is also appreciated

Allergic reactions and Reacting to allergies

I blink and September is over, but it's not quite Christmas yet? Logically I should know it's only October, but it's also ALREADY October?? but still somehow not the end of the year???

Weird! but also expected and normal.

Anyway! have a cranky researcher throw a pineapple at her local therapy-star to make herself feel better after watching her coworker choke to death on said pineapple:

 

Loop 100% deserves it and doesn't deserve it at the same time.
The fun never ends with those two XD

The Universe's favorite actors

Head empty. Not a thought floating through my brain. Just lil' guys floating in space.

 

That is all! I'll catch you all next week for more of the same thing.

UV 10th Anniversary comic

I shall preface with this post by saying: I have not gotten enough sleep. Part of me wishes I had made more of an effort to do something special for the 1st decade birthday of my blog/UV story, but honestly? the irony of "10 symbolizing completion" feels correct because none of this is complete and I feel less pressure because of it.

SO. on that note, allow me to present my out-of-context thoughts in the form of Aeron giving me emotional support or whatever I was thinking of when I drew this last week XD

Feeling exhausted and bitter about sleeplessness is not the energy I wanted when I planned to post this, but you know what? It's fine and I think the vibes still work.

Completed and perfect UV is not. However, a delight and treasure it is because I still love these dorks an unreasonable amount.

Let's see where the next 10 years take us!

Flowers for you!!!

 Huh. Saturday again.
You'd think this wouldn't surprise me, considering how many Saturday's I've had, but somehow! it's Saturday again!!

What did I do in the last 7 days? Haven't the foggiest! Probably drew a bunch? Did things like chores and spending time with friends and sisters, probably. ... dunno what else, but you know what? I think it was a good week!

And I can end it on a wholesome note!

 

The amount of love these nerds can store in themselves is a lot, and it has to be expressed somehow
The scissor wizard definitely needs it in any case XD

Looping Buddies (+ comic panel cuz I was a madman and drew 7 comic pages this week)

 Out of all the things I expected to do since last week, drawing (and finishing!) 7 big comic pages in the classic "gotta fit everything into boxes" style was not one of them! but you know what? I'm pretty pleased with it! and myself! And it was nice having a big project to focus on, after a month of making little sketches and stuff
Unfortunately I can't share any of these comic pages on this blog (yet) because they contain spoilers for In Stars and Time and I don't want to spoil my twin so cruelly like that. And worst of all it'll be out of context spoilers. Can't do that!!

At least I can share this tho!

 

We'll see what kind of drawing projects I get up to next week, but for now? Pretty content. Worked hard. did my best. Learnt things and rediscovered some old things too.

Loop Time!

 OKAY. THIS TIME. This time, this week! the last few days!! I've finally been falling asleep before dawn! Sometimes!!
Not gonna lie for a hot minute I believed my sleep schedule was going to stay messed up forever. As it is, it's only 'slightly' messed up, but not nearly as bad as before and now I'm getting some sleep so I'm content atm!

Anyway! some sketches I made this week! Here they are!

 

Still figuring out how to draw Loop, but figuring them out has been oddly fun? I think it's a mixture between the glowing head and the crosshatching. And the sparkles. I can forgive a lot from a "not easy character design" if I get to throw sparkles onto something.

Tall!!! and lil homemade gif!!

Another week of unsuccessfully falling asleep before dawn, but I survived and I am looking forward to pushing through the next set of days

Til then have a lil sketch I made a few days ago! And a lil gif for good measure!

Just a lil messy 3-framer! I haven't tried animating anything in almost a decade, but it was fun messing around and trying to remember how to the basics worked.
Probably won't animate anything else (unless I'm insane) but this was neat all the same

Enter the Housemaiden!

 Another week down! Can't remember a thing about it, but I'm sure I must've slept occasionally so that's all I need to know right now! 

Still practicing drawing the ISAT dorks, and I've finally added Mirabelle to the list of "characters I am almost comfortable enough to draw from memory"! I could almost draw the whole gang, if I wanted to!

Focusing on character studies has been nice. I can save my creative energy for later, after I've rested a lot more.

Some Scissor Wizard Companions

 Okay, so I can't actually remember what I've done this week (besides failing to fall asleep before dawn and reading almost a library's worth of fanfiction) but I do have the evidence of a lot of In Stars and Time character studies, so I think it's been good!

Still figuring things out, but it's been very enjoyable so far! I'm still learning how to draw Mirabelle, but at least I'm learning the vibes for Odile, Isabeau and Bonnie so that's been fun!

Scissor Wizard

 I think this week I realized that drawing almost non-stop for all of July, plus or minus the intense drawing obsession I had that lasted a few months BEFORE July, maaaaaybe meant my anxiety to 'get back to drawing and prove my worth' was a little silly.

So I spent most of the week playing video games and reading fanfiction instead.
I mean, if I'm gonna take a break, it might as well be a long break that can justify me working non-stop for the next few months before I crash and burn again, right?

Jokes aside though, I've been having fun learning how to draw the characters from the video game I've been playing!

 

He's just a lil wizard with a bunch of scissor attacks, what can I say?

Literally the cutest and most anxious creature I've had the pleasure to project on for a while. Would recommend to friends and family alike.
I'll see if I can learn to draw the other characters from In Stars and Time by next week. Not pressuring myself though, don't worry. I don't have to prove myself to anybody with these drawings.

[completely forgot to name this a week ago but MORE PENGUINS]

 okay so I spent all of this week sick and playing video games so I can't say I drew anything much, but y'know what? I needed to spend a whole week playing video games and reading fanfiction and whatever stuff.

We'll see what next week brings all of us!

Emotions about Penguins

dunno what to tell anyone except "yup. The Club Penguin obsession is still here and still going strong". Also my head is empty cuz I thought it would've been a great idea to stay awake for more than 36 hours on Friday and today I find out I'm sick. Is that besides the point or just a factor to my current madness? Who can say!

anyway I got these sketches up my sleeve so here!

 

Sums up what's been going on in my head tbh
Also Steam Powered Giraffe's "A life of Un-Delightment" is my new favorite song and I will be listening to it for a few months

We got penguins now, lads!

Right. I think I've now reached another pivotal point in my year, and it's heading in a direction I wasn't expecting but probably should've read the signs for.

I'm making my way back towards some of my original MMORPG roots and into Club Penguin!

Still in the early stages of "figuring out how I want to draw these stylized penguins" but honestly I know I'm already in so deep. Will this last a few weeks, or a few months? Who knows! Only time will tell. But for now I've got brain dolphins and they are inspiring me to go into weird places for love and comics.

Disgust sketch (because I still like looking at it)

Well. I've already made 15 attacks on AF this year, and there's still 3 weeks left of the fight to go. On the one hand, I think I'm pretty pleased with how many drawings I've made in such a little time. On the other hand, I know I'm gonna burn out if I keep this pace up and I'm already planning all the jokes I'm gonna recite to myself when I do crash and burn in a few days or a week.

 Because I've been busy with Art Fight I haven't drawn anything for myself, so I decided to dig through my files and see if there's any art I hadn't shared yet. Of course there was lots of things I hadn't shared, but that's not the point.
The point was I found this lil' sketch!

I don't remember when I made this sketch (must've been a few weeks or even a month ago?) but I keep coming back to look at it so that must mean I didn't do too bad a job making it. <3

There's not much else for me to say. I like this. And I probably should take a longer break before I get back into AF. Maybe. XD

Even MORE character sheets (and completely overshot my expectations and destroyed the bar for every future AF battle I will ever participate in)

Okay. So, somehow. SOMEHOW. I drew character sheets for my final emotions. And somehow got it all uploaded on AF before the battle started.

It started on a Tuesday for me, fyi.

The fate I tempted last week made me draw 4 character sheets in 3 days.

Because of course it did.

It is very satisfying seeing all the personifications of my emotions on AF, though.
I will never do anything so dramatic and cool ever again tho, cuz GRIEF that was a lot of work I did XD