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Recently, I've had half a mind to rebrand but my only quip about it is every piece of art I have is watermarked with the oddly-simple "branding" (I'm not really a brand, more like a screen name; I ain't big enough to be a brand :V).

I'm wondering if this blog should be an archive blog of my works up until this point in my life where I want to change my direction. I want to experiment, dive deeper into my illustrative side, but I'm beginning to find inspiration elsewhere and that's a huge change for my art.

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Literally, all she had to work off of was this MS Paint drawing I did in 2010:

Needless to say, I am in awe. You did amazing on this, hun!!

asked my bf @oddly-simple for character design prompts and he gave me one of his old ocs, april, to redesign! i really loved making her and she's probably one of my favorite character designs i've made 😊🩷💜🤍

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Thank you so much again for making this!! It turned out so dope!! 💕

Y'all should absolutely go commission my friend if you want cool pixel art like this 👀 That or throw a coffee at them (metaphorically lol) if you've got the spare change!

Animated fullbody pixel commission for me friend @oddly-simple!

I really love making spooky works <3

I’m open for pixel art commissions on Ko-fi

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Figured I'd post this here too, but I have a Bluesky now if y'all wanna follow me there (not moving away from Tumblr or anything, more just glad to fall away from Twitter).

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My part of an art trade/collab with @tomiyeee where we drew the persona's we made for each other with a corresponding Sonic OC (I did mine with Meringue, she did hers with Kindred)!

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My part of an art trade/collab with @tomiyeee where we drew the persona's we made for each other with a corresponding Sonic OC (I did mine with Meringue, she did hers with Kindred)!

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My half of an art trade with @pumpkigutz of their character, Ecco! Can you tell which part I had the most fun drawing? 😂

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Redesigned Kindred and Tweaked Meringue Macaron Reference sheets!

Kindred's old design was bothering me, as it just wasn't fitting the narrative I wanted to give him and looked way too close to Shadow, so he got a full redesign. I kept elements of his old design (shape language, Eggman designed boots and gloves, etc.), but I changed his color palette + a few other features on him. As for Meringue, I just made her ref sheet more consistent to Kindred's.

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I can't believe I never posted my swamp witch design here before! This was a design I made back in October 2023 with every intention to make into a 3D model, but I completely forgot about it. So this year, I got out of my comfort zone to make a weapon/broomstick for her!

I'm still very proud of the original design, albeit I'd love to tweak some of her design to fit my current style. Maybe I can work on a better turnaround sheet to actually model her sometime in the near future.

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Projects Dark Wood actually might end up being a comic instead, but that doesn't mean I won't potentially make 3D models of my characters later! Regardless, development is slow but rewarding right now. I honestly can't wait to get more of the characters + redesigns for Sonic, Tails, and Eggman out of the way.

I do need to try and focus on story and environments at some point though. ;w; We'll cross that bridge when we get there.

If y'all have been wondering where I've been at, let me break it down for you-

In all seriousness, I'm starting on a bunch of small things for a bigger project I'm calling Project Dark Wood! Essentially, hopefully, I wanna make a Sonic fan-game. I don't have a lot of details, but I'm making some good art progress (scheduling my own deadlines has been a game in and of itself between work lol).

Currently don't have a queue and don't really plan on having a consistent schedule, but I'm still making art, designs, and little things alongside this. Regardless, I'm super hoping to share more of my work soon!

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Animated pixel bust for my friend @oddly-simple! Ty again for letting me animate your cool guy <3

I’m open for pixel art commissions on Ko-fi

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Pixel Art Commissions OPEN

I am OPEN for animated pixel commissions through my Ko-fi! Feel free to dm me if you have any questions!

Animated busts starting at $40 can be ordered here!

Animated fullbody pixels starting at $60 can be ordered here!

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Quick question to the folks that keep up with me here:

I've posted a little bit of my excitement to delve into writing on my other blog, but since it's a form of art, I wanted to see if y'all would be interested. For context, I'm revisiting characters + a story my made a good while ago as an exercise to get me into the groove of writing!

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my half of a design trade with @oddly-simple of his persona! 😊

masc-leaning clothes aren't my strong suit so it took a few tries (as you can see from all the concepts/sketches lol) but im really happy with the result! 😊❤️💜

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My side of a very special design trade I did with @tomiyeee! I had the honor of designing her sona, Strawbie!

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wanted to try doodling my bf's (@oddly-simple) character, grapes! i love her wings and color palette so much 😭

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Throw back to 2010 when I made this funky little fella!

Decided to revisit my roots and bring Grapes back from the grave. She was my first ever fursona, and I've been hit with a ton of nostalgia bricks for the old internet! Somehow, little me did good on picking the color palette (seriously, I just color picked from old art).

Old art of her OG design below!

There's also little design bits in the new design I added to pay tribute to things I used to add such as random type symbols, scarves, leg warmers, and tail charms. Here's a couple examples of that:

Honestly, I really wanna make an alternate design based off that purple fur one and make it a 'rave' themed design.

Regardless, this was a fun character to revisit and bring back! :D