Bit messy in here

Drew a bit this week, and not much at the same time. Still working on that burnout.

Doing my best to get through it one day at a time though

Fluffy cotton-candy colored space spiders

 Hi! Still tired. Tired for more or less the same reasons as last week, but at least I've been feeling good enough to draw a little despite everything so that's a good start

Got inspired to develop my space adventure story some more too, so that was fun saying hi to these kiddies again

The fact space spiders could be mutts and there's probably a whole selection of different breeds out there fascinates me on  fundamental level and I am sorely tempted to draw more space spiders just to have the pleasure of looking at more than one of these guys. But that's for when I have energy. Or remember. Whichever comes first.

Acrobat

 Burnout hit me properly at the beginning of the week so I've been stuck in bed for most of the week and obsessing over the weight of life's problems. Like you should when you don't have the energy for anything else.

Drew this... two weeks ago tho? I can't remember. The important thing is I had it, and now I'm gonna share it.

If Batman didn't have a tragic backstory and ended up working in a circus, maybe this guy would be it.

There's a pun and everything.
I like puns.

A man with his awful genie [insert whatever on earth their relationship is]

Normally I do not forget to post on my blog on a Saturday night. 

Normally.

Obviously today was a little different. So instead of posting on Saturday night, I shall post this on Sunday morning. Which could still count as Saturday night because it's only 1am, but I digress.

I pride myself on always keeping the routine, but sometimes the routine fails me.

I have only myself and my hyper fixation on trivial google facts to blame.
Obviously I'm blaming the trivial google facts more.

Did you know the accordion was invented in 1822? You bet I'm going to make a vampire play that instrument instead of a pipe organ.

This night shall not be wasted, nor the trivial facts I have learned.

Flashing Skies (MLPFIM AU)

*stares at the MLP FIM show that I haven't watched or been a part of the fandom since 2018*

Why am I being haunted by pastel ponies with destiny tattoos again?

Why am I plagued with ideas for alternative universes for a show which I can't even remember the lore or characters for?

WHY am I making CONCEPT art for a show I haven't watched (or finished watching) since I was 16, with characters I can barely remember except the basic details, for a world with lore that needs a few books to hold, when I swear I was obsessed with vampires not even 24 hours before???

WHY-

I mean, it is very nice concept art. But the type of concept art that's overkill and polished. Which is exactly what I need to draw when I'm burnout so I'll take it XD

I'm still confused, but then again, I'm really not. I got emotionally invested in Hamtaro and Ninjago again even after I thought I'd never get back into those shows ever again. I'll just add My Little Pony to the list.

........ or I will if this obsession lasts longer than a few weeks. This is still pretty fresh- it could die at any time, so we'll wait and see.

The Hunter and the Wolf

 Well, starting to settle into the new house, and I think staying in my new bedroom 90% of the time has been helping me make a (semi) stable safe zone in this weird new environment. But I'm still tired, so I'll make this quick and preserve what little energy I've got for the rest of my night.

You can have this before I go though.

I'm still thinking about these guys sometimes. Working on the world building and character arcs one step at a time, but it's been nice to think about during the whole *hand wave* everything.

Every Cloud has a silver lining, and every Storm has it's rainbow

 Right. First Saturday in a new house. I am not emotionally available for comment or random thoughts at the front of my mind, so have some art I made the day before the movers came and carted all our heavy stuff to the new place instead.

This is like... what? the fourth time I've made art like this featuring my Inside Out kids? Like, the kind where you turn the art upside down and...? yeah. Fourth time I believe.

I have a feeling I'll be drawing a lot more of my brain kiddies over the next few weeks, so lets make some new memories shall we? (hopefully not all of them will be blue/purple XD)

Some good boys

 Head empty. Heart full. Full of what? Mostly nostalgia and melancholic feelings about moving out of the only house I've ever lived in. And two boys which honestly have no right to be as adorable as they are, yet here they are. Breaking the law and looking cute while they do it.

Their matching cat phone charms on their weapons is the thing that makes me smile the most to be honest. And the fact Isaac (the black one) is the one responsible for buying them makes me smile even more.

Dorks, the both of them.

Fairy characters from a story that hasn't even been named yet BUT HERE WE GO ANYWAY-

 *thunks head against wall*

I thought the D&D inspired story using all my Inside Out emotions was bad enough, but noooooo my brain decided that it wanted FAIRY versions of all my emotions next.

And now I've got a fantasy post-apocalyptic story about fairies disappearing and freaking out about magic dying or whatever. Just what I needed.

AND WORSE YET I've even started making character designs for some of these nerds based on the vibes I've had less than a week dwelling with! What is this rubbish??

Seriously tho, I am enjoying myself way too much and you have no idea how much fun it is drawing little people with wings in the most pastel and softest colors I can imagine. And I might even have a plot for this story (thanks to my dearly beloved twin)

I'mma go write it down before I forget cuz good grief the vibes compel me so much and I'm not certain I'm about to derail all my other art projects and chase down this one instead.
We'll see.

Euphemia (Sadness) concept sketches

 Right! The month of July is now firmly underway, and I have been doing my best to participate and not burn out for this year's Art Fight festivity.
I've actually caught myself before burning out completely at least twice this week, which is better than what I did last year so I think this means I'm doing good. I'll try to keep this pace up until I reach 15 attacks (and then I'll obsessively try to double my score once I've met my 'quota', just you wait and see-)

Nah, but even if I've been busy fighting innocent strangers and throwing my art at them, I've made sure to work on my own personal projects this year. And since the thing that compels me most is "Ninjago" and "Bells, Books and Candlelight" (that's what I'm calling my DnD inspired medieval world where the main characters are based off my IO Emotions) safe to say I've been having fun when on my downtime.

I think out of all the characters so far in BB&C I think I need to plot Euphemia's role in the story a little more. She's mostly there to provide moral support to the other characters, but since she is the reason why the world of magic is about to get turned on it's head I feel like she deserves something very big and dramatic to deal with personally.
Besides the whole "excommunicated from everything she's known and loved" of course. But that's just her tragic backstory, not necessarily her mission for life.

Eh, this is early development stages. I've got time to figure things out.

Until then though, gonna rest a little more than get back to drawing for AF. *finger salute* Catch ya'll later folks

Bells, Books and Candlelight (character concept art)

 Well, for the first time in almost 6 months, I draw something that's not Ninjago! A true novelty, and something that I'm not sure how I feel about at the moment.

Apart from pleased I could finally make some concept sketches of a few characters I've been thinking of for years, of course XD

Yeah, these guys might be based off my Inside Out emotions (the body shapes, the colors, the personalities), but they've kinda got their own deal going on and one day I hope to share their weird magical adventure of getting excommunicated from everything they've known for the sake of following their moral compasses, beliefs and individuality.

It's a good time, and full of anecdotes of my own experiences in various things.
We'll see if this goes anywhere in the future tho.

Rewind and crush your Enemies into the floor

 To the surprise of everyone (including myself) I did not draw once this week, except in my notebook which I don't intend to share with anyone.

I instead wrote a short fanfiction about Star Wars (of all the possible things I could've written about???) and even finished it. Didn't edit or spellcheck it much, but I finished it! And that's somehow more of a miracle than me finishing a short comic.

So yeah. No new art to share this weekend. But I can offer the comic I finished weeks ago instead.

 

Since it still makes me laugh I think that means I did something right, but for the most part it was just a silly idea that I wanted to get down on paper.

We'll see if I draw anything next week. Or if I just write more fanfiction instead.
Only time will tell!

The Sakurai Samurai and the Neko Ninja

The season of Art Fight is almost upon us again, so as per tradition (I mean, I've only done this 3 times so far XD) I have added a few more characters to my roster and ngl, I'm pretty happy how these turned out

 

 

Took me all week to make these, but I think they were worth it

We'll see if anyone makes art of these nerds tho >:3

The powers of Youtube compel you

got new laptop this week. the old one was in danger of having a mental breakdown and giving up all hope of life (theoretically.) Thankfully tho, for the first time ever, I got to keep all my familiar pen settings and special homemade brushes for my new laptop with a little bit of computer magic and blood sweat and tears. So I don't have to reinvent the wheel and breed the perfect horse and build my favorite type of cart this time. That was cool.

So to test out how CSP worked on my new laptop, I drew my current Special Interest(TM) using their rainbow hand powers of time and space.

Conclusion? Basically the same. Which is exactly what I wanted.

Still getting used to my new laptop, but at least I have good motivation to use it so I'll try not to whine about missing my old laptop while I make the emotional adjustment.

The Hands of Time

Whelp. Only took me one week to switch my focus from Obscure Elemental Masters that rarely turn up in the show to Obscure Villains that never show up ever again after their focus season.
I REALLY know how to pick them, don't I?

But I'm not grousing because at least these dorks are twins! And I am biased and protective of all twins in my media, so I'll take them and give them the love they should've gotten from the tv show <3

Seriously, I've gotten scarily protective of these boys. And under our supervision they're gonna get the "Reformed Villain" treatment straight after their "Fallen Hero" shtick. They will be looked after and provided for if it's the last thing I do.

Ashes to Ashes, and.... still more Ash

*Deep and intense sigh of relief* First semester of University complete! Not gonna lie, wasn't actually expecting to survive that experience.
They had me in the first half, but I still made it to the end and I can't believe I did that! All of it!

But that is now in the past, and my ADD brain has already moved on and started obsessing about all the things I didn't have time for in earnest now.

So. Lemme give you some of the sketches I've made of one of my favorite forgotten background characters from a children's show about tornado ninjas. Yeah, I know. Again.

But this time these sketches were made with tools I know how to use! >:3

After this week I can't say I love this guy a normal amount with as much conviction as I used to.
But he's not the only one. I also drew a lot of art of some of his friends, and...they don't concern me as much, but it was still a lot of art I drew in 5 days.

Turns out when you have to suppress your creative urges for 13 weeks it all bursts forth like an exploded dam the day after you submit your final presentation. Haha, next time I have burnout I'll have to try that trick.
But til then! Ash is the worst and I would kick him in the teeth and then hold him closely for safekeeping. That is all.

This is Apple, signing off a lot freer and uncontrollable than last week! Have a good one folks! <3

Mind, Shadows, Smoke

When I implied I'd be making some more Ninjago fanart this week, I was not expecting to become obsessed with the random side-characters that only showed up for a handful of episodes and then disappeared like they weren't relevant anymore.

I shouldn't be surprised, but I am anyway. XD

 I just think they're neat, yur'honor! Neat little guys who deserved more love and attention and speaking lines.

Good thing I'm an artist so technically I can give them all those things. And I will! .... just as soon as I escape Uni in a few days.

The Agent Gang (plus Storm)

We interrupt your regularly schedules Ninjago Program to bring you some hedonistic squids, some militaristic octopuses, and some cannibalistic salmon.

Thank you for your attention! Your regular program will resume shortly. *beep!*

Follow the Guide(bird)

 *the distant sound of a mechanical bird calls you to adventure and discovery*

*this same sound of a mechanical bird calling you to adventure and discovery bemuses you, because why on earth is it dragging you all the way in the middle of nowhere?*

*these are questions that will never be answered*

*unless you keep following it*

*Or unless you follow your idiot friend who believes this mechanical bird is good luck*

*Whatever motivates you, I guess!*

Ninja Cats!

 There is no time for explanation! Only cats!

Fluffy, scruffy and incredibly adorable cats 

That is all from me for this week. Good day!