"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

Dyed hair and Dragon eyes

 Well! That was a week I had!

Was it busy? *so-so gesture* I'm always busy, but I think this week I was more busy burning out and realizing I needed to rest some more before trying to go back to all of the projects and ideas I've got in my head.

I played Pokerogue a lot, and even checked out some of the fanfic writing I made in 2023! So even if I didn't achieve anything impressive, I had fun and I'm intending to revisit old stories just to stretch my brain while my creativity takes a break.

In the meantime, I'm glad I seem to always have a surplus of doodles and sketches to share every week! So enjoy the Dragon Eyed duo!

Sapphire Sea

okay so I knew I was tired today, but forgetting to post on my blog until after midnight. Hm! maybe I am as tired as I think I am XD

Anyway! I drew a UV thing earlier this week, so I'mma throw that into the void and go get my midnight snack

For something that was just meant to keep my hands busy, I'm pretty pleased how this turned out

Tara Fight Stance (gif)

 Whelp! My obsession about making little gifs has reached it's climax! I've now made one for every main character in RK!

I'm proud of them all for different reasons, but I think the one I made for Tara ended up being the most technically challenging one. Which means it's also the one I like the most XD

 The hair fwishing and bright yellow colors make me very happy. Lookat her go! <3

Bristly Whittling (gif)

 okay so turns out the insanity I was having last week has kept following me through the last 7 days. I've almost made a little 4-frame gif for every major RK character, which is something that has been both a fun challenge and also gratifying knowing that 13-year-old me would be so excited to see me 'animating'

 

 Regardless if I keep making little gifs, try moving onto something more 'complicated' or just go back to regular drawings and comics, I've enjoyed myself so far! :3

Lapis in Rain (gif)

 Once again I had a moment of insanity, so I decided to try making a quick gif in the span of a few hours yesterday!

Overall pretty pleased how it came out! I had no idea what I was doing, but I think it's cute.
Might do it again, if I feel like it. The simplistic coloring style I use for my RK kiddies make it very easy to do.

Post-Apocalyptic Postie

OKAY

Who wants to a see a magic trick?
And by magic trick, I mean looking at this picture I made in 2021 and then looking at THIS:

I have now become insane and decided to think about this post-apocalyptic steampunk mailman again! It's been almost a week and I'm in danger of becoming obsessed with this nerd in new and exciting ways teenager-me couldn't have imagined.
And now he's got a robot dog friend! So that's surprising and fun! XD

The Dragon Knight (and her squires)

 Somehow the last week took a thousand years to end, yet I'm still surprised now that it has

A bit busy, a bit of nothing, a bit of enrichment and the opposite of enrichment for good measure.
So overall an average week? for what it's worth?

Either way! I went insane and drew a motorcycle a few days ago!

Well actually I drew two pictures with a motorcycle, but this one is my favorite because it includes the good kiddies (as well as the other older kiddie whom I love very much)

Birthday Duck

 Got a new little nightlight yesterday! A ducky nightlight! Which was equally surprising and delightful to get!

 

Now I've got starry skies and a little duck to keep my company during the long nights of insomnia!
I've named the duck Desmond. They a good little creature :3

RK + Pokemon

 Okay, so turns out I've been in Brisbane for a little longer than expected. About a week longer, I should say! XD

But even if I haven't had the chance to draw digitally all week, I've still had some sketches hiding away in my pile, so I can share those instead of nothing.

Sometimes you just gotta drawing your OCs with pokemon you think suit them, y'know?

The Rose among Thorns

 Taking a quick detour from the typical weekday shenanigans I usually have, and I'm currently in Brisbane!
Been a hot minute since I've been anywhere this big. Or anywhere PERIOD, I guess! I can't remember the last time I've gone on a trip like this. 

Good thing I drew this earlier in the week!
Just a quick George sketch. Getting vibes down on paper is sometimes all I can do, and that's fine.

Necroknights

Well! spent most of my free time this week working on comic projects, so I  genuinely couldn't remember if I had made any other kind of art recently

Then I saw this picture and I went "OH YEAH! I did spend an hour sketching out some Necroknights" XD

So I did do something I can share and prove I've done something this week!

Next week, however? Who knows! We'll find out when we get there

The Crown Rose Prince

 Due to a recent breakthrough in RK thanks to some good old fashioned brainstorming and desire to draw characters with a rainbow shimmer effect through their hair, I drew probably the most colorful thing I've done in probably 2-3 weeks!

And boy howdy I'm actually pretty pleased with how it turned out! Wilfred has never looked so shiny before!

In other news my hometown is experiencing some floods again thanks to a cyclone, but since it's not quite as bad as the floods we got in 2022 I'm gonna hold my breath and see what happens next! XD

Delicate Flower

Head empty. No thoughts. Just my favorite depressed marshmallow Rose kid.

Sometimes you just gotta find a reference and copy and switch your brain off for a bit.

Jim and Bristly doodles

 Been one of those busy and tiring weeks, but I've gotten through it okay and now all I gotta do is find some extra energy to find some of the art I made recently and upload it on this blog.

Oh look! Found some art. Now just gotta get it up here!

And now I can wander off and try to enjoy the rest of the evening! which I shall do!

The Burdens we Carry

 Out of all the things I expected to make this week, a new phone background was not one of them but I'll take it!

Not clean or perfect, but I am reasonably pleased with how it turned out :3