Beacon sketches

 I think it's at this point that I have come to a realization: it's February!

Which is something that I should probably have already known, but in my defense it's funnier if a part of me was still absolutely convinced it was still December of 2025. The year's going to be over before I even register it's begun, huh? XD

Still trucking my way through Steamworld comic projects, and I'm pleased with how good my endurance has gotten in the last year. Averaging a comic project a week is pretty good, and I'm optimistic (and excited) about all the other things I'll get to do with these advancing skills!

But that's future problems and delights. For now, practice (and persistence) makes good things better! And I'm relieved I'm FINALLY getting the hang of drawing Beacon's face. XD 

A man and his nuclear-powered therapy crab

Okay, after that intensive odd week of Warrior Cats, I am pleased to report my Steamworld obsession is back on track!

Not like it ever left, but now it's back with a new interest and passion! And also a mild fascination for new ideas I'll want to explore later.

But til then! Behold! The man of the hour with his therapy dog best friend! 

I'm still learning how to draw Trophy, but I'm pretty pleased with the vibes I'm getting down on paper lately. I'll see if I can start making some comics including them or not over the week. :3

Cats cats cats

Well this is an unexpected shot of nostalgia for my system! Warrior Cats, huh?

I figured one day I might become interested in cat drama again, but also getting invested in a bunch of WC OCs too? Now that's something you don't see everyday! 

We'll see how long this lasts, but until then it has been very fun spinning these cats around in my head while I work on comics. :3

A wheelchair user, a HoH person, an amputee and a half-blind kid walk into a bar-

What was supposed to be a brief creative exercise turned into a sketch that I actually quite like

And by that, I mean who knew translating robot designs into human variants would be so much fun?

Also Quincy, you are living up to the Pirate stereotype of hiring people with disabilities and we love you for it very much XD

My Bane, My Antidote

So.

This piece got slightly out of hand! A little more polished than I was bargaining for.

But you know what? Some days you just gotta draw something and then keep coloring it until it accidentally becomes something more than you first planned! And that is okay.

Quincy Leeway doodles

Well! I sure drew a lot this week! Roughly 12 comic pages of various projects, and a handful of smaller doodles throughout the week!

Unfortunately none of that is easy to show off in my typical blogger format, and the thought of having to dig up and upload even one comic page out of context exhausts me, I have decided to go for option B! Something I made on New Years day that still amuses me! 

Love how despite only having one arm, Quincy is still hilariously chatty with his hands and unreasonably fun to draw. I'm so glad I've started to get the hang of working with him. XD

Remember the Fallen

Wrote a SWH2 fanfic earlier in the week, and then decided to make some kind of 'art companion' piece to go with it.

I didn't want to draw any submarine interior, but honestly the wispy smoke and steam works better with the emotion I wanted to capture. 

It was an interesting experiment, one which I am not unpleased with. 

If there's breath left in our bodies, there is Hope

It was only a matter of time before I started making fanart inspired by SPG songs, and I guess this week was that time!

Pretty much an excuse to draw something with a lot of steam and smoke.

Miss Phroggy

After a few ego deaths and a great Herculean effort, I have finally started trying to learn how to draw robots that aren't Quincy

And this one is frog-shaped! 

Still got a long way to go in terms of figuring out how to make the shapes and colors work for me, but any progress is good progress, and Poe is a delight to me

Burning eyes. Glowing furnace.

Another week passes and I am still invested in steam powered robots going on submarine adventures.

 

May next week teach me how to draw these steam powered robots going on submarine adventures with more confidence, though XD

-that one meme where the guy slaps a car- This Robot can fit so much Anxiety within him

... *SIGH*

Okay

 So.

I might have a new hyperfixation right now. 

And you'll never guess what that is, unless you remember what I uploaded on my blog last week 

On the one hand, I want to say "who could've foreseen this?" with a lot of irony. And on the other hand, I want to say "WHO COULD'VE FORESEEN THIS???" with as much genuine bemusement I can muster. Because REALLY, Apple? You Do Not like drawing machines or robots of any kind!
And yet here you are! ACTIVELY CHOOSING to draw machines and robots! Probably gonna learn how to draw a submarine to boot too, aren't you?

Ha! I am always fascinated by whatever the end-of-the-year obsessions I get, but THIS! This is somehow inviting every creative outlet I have to demand my full attention. And there's only so much time to write fanfiction and draw art in a day, y'know!

But we'll see how this goes!

Whatcha got there Wesley (It's not a Smoothie)

Right! Nearing the end of November, and soon the end of the year. But since we're not there quite yet, I'm going to instead think about something that doesn't make me stare into space and think about the passage of time.

 ... I'll stare into space thinking about some steampunk pirate robots. Which is a completely different flavor of thoughts to have. XD 

I still hate drawing robots and anything mechanical. And while I'm still artblocked (as this was something I drew a few weeks ago) I am at least having fun writing about some shenanigans inspired by Steamworld Heist 2! But maybe I'll try being brave and drawing some robots later tonight, if I've got the energy for it. We'll see!

Contempt and Acceptance

 Right! So, posting a day earlier this week, because I shall be away from my laptop for the weekend! Going to spend a few nights in a cabin without my laptop, which will be a nice change of pace but will also mean I won't have the means to share whatever art I had made this week. I debated leaving it til Sunday, but I do like checking off things from my "to do ASAP" list, so figured this would be a good use of my anxious energy.

... Although this isn't exactly something I drew this week, but you know what? Close enough! I'm still art blocked and anything is better than nothing XD 

Disgust might never drink alcohol in her life, but she'll still act like a shot of apple-juice is something she can drown her complaints in and I love her for that.

Season of Roses; Spirit of Spring

 Despite not having drawn much for the past few weeks, the month of November seems to be half done already! And while normally I'd like to point to something I had made during the week, the only notable things I have done weren't done with pens or paper. Knitting and embroidery needles, yes! But trying to take any pictures to show off on this blog feels a little more complicated than I'm willing to commit to XD

Instead, I found a piece I made last month during a time when I was obsessively thinking about some of my RK kiddies... but in an alternative reality where some events heavily changed aspects to the characters and story as a whole. 

 

 Some of the changes and knock-on effects for this alternative story have absolutely and thoroughly enchanted me. And one of which was this piece I made in an attempt to articulate how much I loved Lapis' new flavor of friendship with one of her mates.

It's a simple lil piece, but something that still makes me very happy to look at. I was very pleased with how the colors turned out despite only working with blues, greens and pinks. I hope to do something like this again one day, if the inspiration and motivation allow it. <3

Burn Bright. Fall Hard.

Okay, so I was wondering if last week I was being a little dramatic and jumping the gun for saying "I might have artblock"

But not so this week! Now I know for certain I've got an art blockage. If even the thought of drawing makes me want to curl up in bed and sleep for an extra 2 hours, then that means something is up in the waters! XD

So yeah. Haven't drawn anything much this week, but I have rediscovered the joy of embroidery, and maybe I'll even dive into knitting and sewing over the next few days too! Writing and reading is also an option on the table, if I'm gonna have more time for things that aren't drawing every waking moment of my day. So that should be fun! 

In the meantime though, here's something I drew a week or two ago! Mostly just a way to keep my hand busy and give myself some color and movement.

Seems as good a week to wear something different, I guess!

Whelp! That's another month ticked off the list. Only 2 more before I start seriously thinking about screaming into the void or staring into the abyss.

To make things interesting for the beginning of November though, I am obliged to announce I've got Artblock! Or I think I've got artblock? It's definitely not burnout for once (much to the shock of everybody) but drawing has been kinda like hitting my head against a brick wall the last few days. So that's been interesting! We'll see how long that lasts, I guess!

In the meantime, I've been making sure to limit my usual temptations to draw the last few days (Pokerogue has been helping with that) but of course that didn't stop me from trying to draw more art of my Emotional kiddies anyway XD 

Between nostalgia for an old vampire idea I had last year, a private joke I've got in my brain about comparing my Fear to Spiderman, and the insane desire to try drawing an Assassins Creed outfit for the first time in a decade, I made these over the course of an afternoon earlier this week!

Seemed as good a time as any to indulge all those fancies. If I couldn't have drawn them at the end of October, when could I? XD 

Glowsticks

 Knew I forgot to do something last night, despite thinking about it multiple times and musing about what kind of art I'd insert into the timeline for my blog this week.

Well! Better late than never, as the kids say! And no harm done. I am still well within my deadline for posting- skipping two Saturdays in a row is not something I'd let happen on my watch. Not today, anyway! XD

Got nostalgic for glowsticks, so of course had to draw some with my emotional kiddies a few days ago.
I need to draw glowy things more often. It's way too much fun

Freezing Flight's Fall

Out of all the things I expected to do this week, getting a brief but intense obsession with My Little Pony and then diving headfirst into a new AU idea for my Rose Knights story was not on my bingo card! Yet here we are, with me having done exactly that!

On the one hand, I'm a little sad I didn't have enough time to explore all the ideas and concepts I had for the pastel ponies. But on the other hand, I'm deeply relieved to experience a hyperfixation that lasted ONLY for a few days. I was getting exhausted with the obsessions that lasted for months at a time. This one at least was polite and a fun snack for my brain.

We'll see if this new RK AU we've got is going to be another short burst of excitement or whether it's here for the long haul. But we'll find out soon enough, I think!

Bristly sketches

Right! I've done my best to play video games, sleep and readjust to daylight savings time, and more or less give myself every opportunity to "put down the pen and not worry about drawing for a few minutes". And there has been some success!

And then I still turn around and do stuff like this. Because of course I would. XD 

On the plus side, I think my burnout isn't as bad as it could be. And if I'm careful, maybe I can think about a big drawing project in another few days or a week.
What kind of big drawing project will remain to be seen, but the surprise won't be a bad thing. Whether it's RK, another project with my IO kiddies, or something else entirely? We'll see :3

Daily dose of Joy

Somehow after spending almost the entire month of September drawing and making comics with nary a break in the flow except to crash out for a day at a time, I am now finding myself in the tell-tale signs of burnout! Which shouldn't surprise me, yet somehow does because my short memory is only rivaled by my inability to realize when it's time to quit and rest.

But such it is!
I'll make an attempt to take it easy and play video games later. But until then, I've still got a small surplus of art I've made in the last week, so might as well use it for something.

Joy won't be looking so perky and vibrant for long, but that's besides the point.