The Miracle Kid and the Insane Radish

Hello! Did you guys all have a nice week? Mine was good. A fair bit a drawing. A bit of sewing. Lots of Pokemon! Getting hyped for Sword&Shield and stuff. And avoiding spoilers like the plague (for once in my life).

These guys are Diana and Moonless, two of my Pokemon from the SoulSilver Nuzlocke challenge I'm doing at the moment.

Although Diana is the baby of the group, she can easily hold her own ground (supposing the enemy isn't resistant or immune to psychic type moves) and as a result she's a nice backup for the newer weak Pokemon I catch.

Moonless is kinda on the back-burner in terms of training (seeing as I won't be needing her for a little bit, but want to keep her updated with the rest of the group - just in case something happens) and I imagine whenever take her outside Diana just keeps a close eye on her. Makes sure there's nothing she can't handle, maybe whisking her away from a dangerous situation.. Stuff like that.

They don't talk much, but I think they have a bit of a fascination with each other. 

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I've gotten attached to all my team members and it's not even been 3 weeks yet... it's kinda ridiculous, actually. I'd hate to lose even one of them at this point... Especially Patric and Margaret. And Alex. And Diamond. And of course Diana and Moonless. <3

So far no one has died yet, but I'm only 3 gyms in and I'm betting it wont be long until I have to bury one of my lil' monsters... Hm.

*picks up D.S and continues grinding*

Toad Girls

 Hey. Got some fan art to show you this week. Nice and simple, but kinda cute.

Just one of those random moods that comes just as quickly as it leaves... Fun while it lasted, though.

I love drawing toads.

Quincy & Jeffry, Vampire Hunters Extraordinaire!

Thought I might as well post this, to commemorate the more or less the beginning of this new project of mine. Even if I drew this about a week ago, but whatever...

SO. These fine lads are two of the main characters to this Dracula Sequel we've concocted. Quincy Harker (brave looking dude on the right) and Jeffry Morris (timid red-head to the left). Both of them are medical students at St. Barts Hospital in London.

Quincy J. A. Harker is the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker, two of the survivors from Dracula's shenanigans. Raised with the knowledge that Vampires and other fun things actually exist, he's the only non-vamp (besides Van Helsing) that notices when something seriously fishy is going on.. and then blames it on Vampires. Correctly.

He's about as dense as a brick wall (same as his father), but thankfully he got a little of his mother's brains. With any luck, he might use it during the book...

Meanwhile, from what I've decided for poor young Jeffrey, he comes from a struggling upper-class Irish family who have a tendency to end up becoming doctors. He's a hypochondriac, a bit of a clean freak, sensitive to anything harder than a slight tap on the forehead, and our resident damsel in distressed. Gets bit by like, three different Vampires. Maybe four, I haven't decided yet...

The story itself is set in 1919, one year after world war 1 (although that could change, this is only week 2 of working on this after all). Stuff is bad, but Quincy is optimistic at finally being let go to do medicine. He meets some people, finds out that there have been some weird things happening in the dorms and church grounds, and concludes that VAMPIRES must be the cause. He has a stake out and almost kills one of his teachers.

They did get the Vampire they were after, though, so no need to worry on that front!

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I dunno how serious this project is going to be (compared to UV, OverKill, various stuff for my sister...), but I'm having fun with it!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'mma go and get something to eat now. You guys have a good night! :)

Sino & Webs

Hello! Just a little simple one today, I'm afraid. Researching stuff for Dracula has taken most of my energy this week, what with figuring out dates and Vampic lore and other stuff. It's been fun, but I needed to give myself another freebie.

Two of my old spider characters, Sino the blind spider and her guardian Webs!

Maybe I should re-draw all my old spider dudes just for the heck of it. Including Fang, I'd say it would amount to just about 8 spiders - Fang, Webs, Contrary and her brother (which his name escapes me at the moment), Sino, Bumble, Raven, and the one old druid dude which I also forget his name... (although I think I named him after a tree of some sort)

Could be something fun to do while I work on this Dracula sequel thing for a bit... Nice and simple, fun, and doesn't require much creative juice!

Well, we'll see what my attention span decides to do. But it's nice to have a plan. :)

Pepper

 Hello, guys! It's August now! Nice. Just a few more weeks until September. And then October. And November.

...

Also, I've decided to write a sequel to Dracula.

Was this well a thought out decision? Nope. Will this end up becoming a fun over glorified fanfic about stupid kids in a world where Vampires exist? You bet. Am I likely to do anything with it if I even finish it? Probably not.

I just really like Vampires and have a burning desire to see what happens to Quincy Harker once he's all grown up and stuff.

So if I decide to shift my focus on writing instead of drawing for a bit, you'll at least be prepared for it.. now that you know what I'm thinking...

*It's been ages since I've last written anything down.. MMM okay yeah no I can still do this! Course I can. BRING IT ON BRAIN I dare you to try and interfere with my plans!*

Vampic Castle

It's that time again folks - another minute of awesome artwork from the vast archives of AppleStorm!

Got given Dracula to read a few weeks ago and I've almost finished it, and as a result I've had a fair few Vampire thoughts (even more so than usual) and it's bleeded over to my art a bit.. heh.

I kinda just had fun with the dude in this pic, not really caring if it made sense or not. Background was more or less make-it-up-as-I-go-along too, although it took a few tries until I was happy with it... but when I outlined it I was pretty proud of it! :)

Dunno what I'm gonna do now... probably go get some dinner and maybe find some anime or movie to watch. Hm...

*Waves goodbye and proceeds to exit the building*

David GoodWing

Evenin' guys! Not gonna take up too much of your time today; got a SplatFest to do and other stuff. You know how it is.

First outlined piece with my new updated art program.. there are still some things I have to play around with, but so far so good!

This here dude is a new character we added to UV recently - David GoodWing, a priest with a lot of issues. 

He's a good lad though, and one of the few people in the castle with organization skills! He helps out whenever there's a bake sale or a war to plan. :)

Werewolf Kid Redraw

Heya. You guys doing alright? Well, I'm pretty good at the moment. Managed to get a fair bit done this week; lil' bit of sewing, some embroidery, fair bit of drawing (especially UV).. even managed to sneak in a few hours of Splatoon2! Twas good.

 I did a piece waaay back in 2015, almost 4 years ago I think, about some kinda werewolf kid and his cat companion running from an angry mob.

I think I've improved a bit since then, don't you?

( Redrew from > THIS < )

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And in other news I got a new laptop. Which means all my settings and brushes and preferences and stuff in CSP have been reversed again... which then means I'll have to fix it again.

*Shrug* At least it's motivating me to draw more stuff - because you can't fix something you haven't tested yet! And besides, I got like 20 new default brushes to try out, so that gives me something fun to play with! :)

Squidkid Gals

Whelp. It seems another week has passed by. Again.

Better get this over with so you guys can get on with your day, yes? Alright, then.

S'been a while since I've last drawn some Splatoon stuff. Definitely was a nice change from everything else I've been drawing. :)

FAAANG

 Hello! Glad you could make it through another week! Health been alright? Could be better? Could be worse? Just the same old same old?

Well in any case, I hope you keep on survivin' on-wards and up-wards to the next week! 

NOW... as for tonight's drawing...

I made this purely so I could make it my new Instagram profile picture.. Didn't think I'd end up posting on here, but thought I might as well give myself a freebie and not stress about coming up with something better. Which is cool (in a really lazy way).

FANG WITH ALL HIS MANY MANY ARMS.

An artist barely knows what to do with it all. So many possibilities! So many choices!

So little idea of what to make them do without looking stupid.

...

Good practice, tho.

He's looking slightly deranged, but it adds character.

Phosphorescence

Hey. I drew the humanoid personification of Phosphorus again. Been a while since I've done that. :)

Played around with a lot of effects in this one. And I think it turned out pretty good. Not 100% to what I envisioned, but still good.

Just Phossy wanderin' around with a defective umbrella in the glowing acid rain stuff. As you do.

House of Cards

 Heyo. Don't really have the concentration for anything at the moment, so I'mma just post and go on with my foggy brain. That cool? Cool.

The UV team as the 4 suit of cards - Harland as Hearts, Ruby as Spades, Midnight with Diamonds and Reginald Clubs. I had a lot of fun with this one.

Midnight's on top of the podium because he's the king (and not because he's short or anything, noo..). Ruby looks like she has better things to do than pose for me. And Reggie and Harland went full cosplay, now that I think about it. Ah, true drama kings to the end. :)

Animal Adventurers

Hi! How you guys doing? Had a good week? Well, I've mostly been stressing about art and other equally unimportant things, but I think I've gotten over that now! Which is good.

These guys are just your typical line-up of adventurers, but I had fun with it! I plan to turn them into stickers later on, cuz I kinda want that wizard cat on a notebook or something..

Local Artist back at it again

Hey guys! First day of June's today. Pretty much half way through the year already! Whodathunk? :)

 Something a bit simpler from all the background practice I've been doing this week. Still looking good, though!

Might make a good sticker, now that I'm thinking about it... *takes mental note that will probably get lost at the back of mind until someone brings it up again*

City Snow

 Hi there! So.. um...

I realized a little while ago (two month or so at this point) that I was kinda avoiding drawing backgrounds and more focused on characters and stuff. 

On the one hand I was thinking "that's okay, you've been struggling with other arty things anyway - work on your BG skills later" and the other hand was like "COWARD you just don't want the world to see how AWFUL your environments are!".

So I was kinda sitting there like "Alright. I'll do something about it later." And never did. (Typical of me I know, but hey at least I wasn't stressed or nothin')

So this week as I was sketchin' random stuff on my computer, I sorta internally told myself that hey, maybe I should do more than just a vague impression of a background for a change.. and, um.. yeah.

Gonna try and do that more often. :)

*Waves goodbye absentmindedly and drifts off to do other things, having completed my task*

Pink Demon Lady

 Hello there! We've made it through another week..

TIME TO BRING OUT THE ART.

Sorta stumbled through this one because I was kinda tired, but it came out pretty alright.

High-heels are something I never thought I'd enjoy drawing. Yet I do. *Shrugs* :)

The Vampire Witch, the Werewolf Knight, and their Kleptomaniac King

 Why HELLO THERE, good sir! Fancy meeting you in a place like this! Did you come for the tea and biscuits? Sorry to disappoint you old chap, but there doesn't seem to be any left.. Heard the goblins came by and scoffed the lot before any of us had a chance to get them.

But SAY, there's still this fancy looking picture untouched on the other side of the room! Might be worth a good look at, if your into that sort of thing... Mind the china bits all over the floor, though. Murder on the footwear, that stuff is...

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Some familiar dorks with their weapons of choice... Ruby with her retractable metal rod, Reginald with his heavy battle sword, and Midnight with some cutlery he found on the way out of some fancy guy's kitchen.

Ah, Midnight.. never change. :)

Sittin' Around

 Hey, guys. It is now the month of May; almost half the year gone already.

Wish I could say I'm surprised, but considering how busy I've been (what with drawin' and school and stuff)  ... eh.

I need to do backgrounds more often. So long as I don't stress about making it perfectly geometrical or whatever, it can actually be kinda fun!

Not stairs, tho. They're still a bleedin' mystery. *annoyed huff of confusion*

Spiders a-plenty

Hi there! Literally spent most of the week drawing some custom Spider stickers for me and my siblings.. cuz, y'know. I like spiders.

Overall it was pretty fun, but I think that drained my creative juices a lot so I probably wont be doing anything like that again for a while... 

Literally don't have the mental energy right now, so I'll just leave them here and go.

See you all next week! :)

A typical Saturday Post

Hello there, guys! You all had a good week? Mine was pretty good! I caught a bit of a vomit-bug on Monday, so I spent most of the week in bed reading and thinking and just generally relaxing... Was quite enjoyable despite the nausea and stomach pains and stuff, and I had no insomnia apart from the first [Monday] night, so... yeah! It was good.

Didn't even touch my laptop or a pencil until Friday evening (was almost avoiding it actually, I was enjoying my break from the internet so much...) But I'm here now, in pretty much good condition.

 (Bit tired, but my normal insomnia kicked back in last night, so I guess that mean's I'm good again)

Again. It's been a good week for me. I'd say it's almost a shame to have it end, but I'm looking forward to all the drawing opportunities I'll have next week! Also an appetite. I'm looking forward to eating normal meals without feeling sick. I didn't realize I took that for granted until now, so.. :)

WELL, I guess I'm gonna go get some dinner, catch up on anything that I've missed on the internet and then check out the new SpringFest currently going on in Splatoon2!

(Dang I'm going to be SO rusty, I haven't touched that game in almost a week!)

Hope you guys don't get sick or anything! I mean, as much as I like getting some random one-off flu, you guys probably aren't too enthused on the idea, so..

Wash your hands and avoid eating anything that could potentially give you a stomachache! Okay, take care now! See you all next week! <3