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A commission I did for TheKillerShaymin of his lovely character, Remy, over on deviantart.

Commission Sheet

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A comic commission that I made for @carlycmarathecat based on this clip, but with Donnie and Raph. For my first comic commission ever, I think it turned out pretty well! I certainly had fun doing it!

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The Brains and The Brawn - P14 cover/table of contents, <–previous, next–>

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Took a mini-break on this for the holidays. I’m really happy to be back making more BnB!

I think I affected myself with the angst on this page. But finally, after 13 pages, Raph and Donnie are in the same room!

ALSO IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN I’VE OPENED UP COMMISSIONS NOW!

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I wanted to draw the animaniacs and also give a fellow artist the attention he deserves. Happy b-day @painted-arachnid!

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In need of Refueling, Chapter 1 - Start

Summary:    “You?! Why would I trust you? You have brought me nothing but failure. Time and time again; nothing but disappointment!”

His father’s words might have been a result of his possession by the White Bone Spirit, but whether or not they were his true thoughts, Red Son vows to prove them wrong. To do so he seeks to attain a power strong enough to destroy his father’s immortal enemy. After all, he’d much rather throw fire at his problems.

Word Count: 902

Ratings/Warnings:  Teen and up; injury, burns, angst and hurt/comfort, toxic thoughts caused by toxic parents

Notes: This fandom is just starting out and I don’t see that many continuous fics for it out there. So I guess if I want to see one, then I’ll have to make it myself! I hope y'all enjoy it! Big thanks to @painted-arachnid and @simplyfornardo  for helping me bounce ideas off of them. And also thanks to @lemonsqueazie for providing me with “Journey to the West” lore. I don’t know much about the original novel or other iterations, but I still tried to keep some things compliant with the lore. You should check all of them out, since they’re really great content creators with neat ideas!

Read on AO3

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 “You?! Why would I trust you?”

Red Son recalls his father’s words the day that the White Bone Spirit had possessed him and they had to be assisted by their own enemy in order to free his mind. He is trying his best to meditate and control his thoughts. He was never particularly good at meditation. He is much better with action than thoughts or words. Still, his analytical mind attempted to focus on the task at hand - trying to figure out a way to bring his father the glory he deserves. But these petty thoughts of that day keep coming back to him. He resists the urge to tug at the tails of his jacket, as he sits cross-legged in his room.

Yes, the Demon Bull King had been possessed at the time, but how much of what he said had been his inner thoughts? They had to simply be the ravings of a demon possessed by another demon.

 “You have brought me nothing but failure.”

This is true though, isn’t it? The weather station, the race, the skeleton key - Red Son really had failed every time he tried to defeat that Noodle Boy and Dragon Girl on his own. He always needed help; rescue. He feels flames bristle at the back of his equally flaming red hair, and the tip of his pony tail twitches in the heat.

No! Red Son shifts his thoughts back to figuring out what to do now. He is an engineer; he works out difficult problems all the time! He’ll definitely think of something! He made his father’s armor! That’s certainly been useful! Ergokinetic absorption was such a handy ability - stealing energy to make energy, and the more powerful the substance, the more powerful his father would become! That was the first thing he had presented to his father when he was released from imprisonment beneath the mountain. His father had liked that. Perhaps Red Son could make another piece of armor or a weapon for his father that would be even better! It was the armor that helped give his father strength enough to combat the Monkie Kid! Not enough to defeat him though. And if he couldn’t defeat the Monkie Kid, he probably couldn’t defeat the Monkey King himself. And it was also that gift that allowed the White Bone Spirit the means to possess the Demon Bull King in the first place…

 “Time and time again; nothing but disappointment!”

Red Son’s thoughts come to a standstill. His dark eyes blink open, staring at nothing. He has to remember to breathe.

Red Son squints his eyes shut, angry at the interrupting thoughts of his father’s words. But they weren’t his words. Right? He didn’t really think those things. He wasn’t a disappointment! He wasn’t a failure! He just needed to find the right way to prove that he could be useful to his father. That he could be strong!

Maybe that was the key! Some new form of strength! Some new power that Red Son himself could attain, so as to stop being the weak link in the chain of his family. For that he’d need some sort of ancient artifact or power source. That was what his parents seemed interested in anyway. Despite his numerous attempts at providing them with modern technological solutions like the weather station or even the internet, they seemed intent on focusing on older more “reliable” power sources. If that’s what they wanted, then Red Son would try to focus on that, too. Besides, going by the same logic of the very armor that he had made for his father, the older and rarer the item, the greater the power it could potentially hold. Perhaps it would even make him strong enough to help bring down the Demon Bull King’s greatest foe - the very one who had buried him in the mountain for hundreds of years.

That was it! If Red Son could defeat the Monkey King or provide his father with the means to do so, then he would surely be someone deserving to be called the son of the Demon Bull King! Red Son latches on to this thought like a lifeline, pushing down the echoes of his father’s words of “failure” and “disappointment.” Well, he would be neither of those things! Whether or not his father truly meant those words, Red Son would prove them wrong on principal.

He attempts to not get entirely carried away by some of his fantasies, however, with a bit of logic. Where to start? Who would know of an ancient power source and be willing to divulge such information? He couldn’t let his parents know. It had to be a surprise. He could present it to them himself. Perhaps even test it out first…

Habits die hard, and Red Son finds himself turning to the internet for answers. Just because he’s going to find an old school solution, doesn’t mean he has to completely forget about modern conveniences. Apparently the Demon Bull King family weren’t the only demons running around the city. There had been sightings of others, and hints as to what they wanted. But one demon in particular stands out to him. One who is highly dangerous, but incredibly ancient and would be the most likely one who holds the answers he is looking for. And he could find her lurking underneath the city.

It’s a start.

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Another secret santa, this time for @eternalglitchmain who wanted some snowy shenanigans with the turtle bros! I had a lot of fun with the snowy background on this!

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A secret santa gift I made for @unichurro who wanted some friendship bonding time with the traffic light trio. I tried to draw them living up to that fan-made nickname of theirs (see what I did with their dialogue?) Hope you enjoy it! I had a lot of fun drawing these three!

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The funniest sword fight scene in the history of cinema. 

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This was an intense piece to do, and I got a little over-zealous with the effects, but I’m happy with how it came out. Thank you @carlycmarathecat for an excellent request prompt! I would have loved to see the Battle Nexus utilized more in the show. So much angst and action potential!

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This request is for @misplacedfangirl83 and her OC, Amita. She was a really cute design to work with! Thank you for all of your support and great feedback! I encourage you to keep working on your art, as well!

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Another really fun request from an anonymous follower!

The first outfit is from an old drawing by Kevin Eastman of OG April O’Neil. The second is Haruko’s outfit from FLCL because I was feeling nostalgic and thought April would look cool in some anime get-up. And the last one used a combination of different styles and outfits that I made up with inspiration from the @rise-fashion-zine and a particular piece of artwork by @madame-mongoose. Oh, and the backgrounds, I just took out of the show.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun making it!

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The first request by an anonymous follower really hit my soft spot - Raph getting the love and attention he deserves. Thank you so much, anon! I hope you like it!

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The Brains and The Brawn - P13 cover/table of contents, <–previous, next–>

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This page was hard to draw, but I’m really happy with how it turned out. I was trying out new techniques and such.

Just a reminder from page 4, breaking the quiz screen counts as an incorrect answer. Also if he gets one more incorrect answer, he’ll fail the quiz.

If it wasn’t obvious, the events of this page happen roughly at the same time as the events from the previous page.

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The Brains and The Brawn - P12 cover/table of contents, <–previous, next–>

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A warning about future pages - things will only get more intense from here on out. Please keep an eye on the tags (cw: injury and electrocution).

I’ve only got like one more page of having to deal with mechs and drones and stuff and then I’m done! As frustrating as it was drawing the mech, I had a lot of fun drawing more dynamic poses for Donnie and going crazy with the panels!

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“Monkie Kid” speedARTicle - artwork and video essay in one. Enjoy!

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Some Red Son angst, hot off the press!

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A lego series has no business being animated so well. But I guess I like Monkie Kid now