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Last day done!!! This whole month has been so much fun! Thank you so much to the lovely mods @hermitadaymay, y'all did such an amazing job, and seeing your kind notes on participants' posts every day was so uplifting.

I've never been able to keep up with a monthly challenge for more than a few days, but this time I was able to get something done for almost every day! This month has been such a great opportunity to learn and grow. For the days I missed, I plan to finish and post them sometime in the next few days. There are also a few pages of ideas and design attempts I'll post with that, if anyone is interested.

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Day 30 done! I don't really watch Doc, but wow is his skin fun to draw! The extremely impractical glasses are my favorite part of this design, they look like they're about to fall off at any moment

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Day 29 done! My weird headcanon for Skizz is that he isn't actually an angel or a regular avian, but rather in a sort of grey area between the two. He's an albatross, which is a bird with a lot of legends and superstitions surrounding it. Albatrosses have mistakenly been associated with burdens and bad luck (like in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner") However, they only symbolize misfortune to people who mistreat them. They're actually symbols of perseverance and guidance, as well as healing and protecting lost souls. This means that Skizz counts as a supernatural being, but it isn't really noticeable. He's got a good sense of direction and is remarkably good at telling when someone needs guidance, but other than the giant wings, he seems normal

(Thanks to anyone who read that whole thing! I warned y'all I was a literature major, rambling about bird symbolism was inevitable)

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 28 done! I couldn't decide which of the many friends of Hermitcraft I wanted to draw, so I just fit as many as I could into today's square. If it wasn't clear from the rest of this month's drawings, all of my hermit-a-day pieces are part of a big grid of 2 in x 2.5 in boxes. I figured having boxes ready to fill in, plus a small size that limited how much detail I could add, would make it easier to actually complete the whole month. And it worked!

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Love the idea of weresheep zed (I have a similar idea in the most roundabout and weird way lmao)

Thanks! I wish I had a cool backstory for it, but really I just couldn't decide whether I wanted him to be a human or a sheep. I'm curious about your take on a weresheep! Roundabout and weird seems like a very fitting description for any version of Zed

I'm hoping to post some weresheep concept sketches along with all my other hermit-a-day practice designs at the end of May, if you want to keep an eye out for those

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Day 27 done! Today is everyone's favorite knight, who I imagine as having griffon features. Since griffons (griffins? gryphons?), as well as lions and eagles, show up in many coats of arms, I thought it would be fitting for a knight. Plus, the idea of Wels having wings and a tail was too cool not to draw.

As a bonus, have a Zedaph for day 26! I'm especially happy with my design for him. He's a weresheep: the bigger the moon, the more sheep features he gets!

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 25 done! Another hermit that I don't watch nearly as much as I should. I wasn't able to fit it into this drawing, but I imagine that his apron is covered in pins representing moments, storylines, and accomplishments from each season, like a TCG card or a llama face

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 24 done! Behold...the Juppet

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 22 done! Meet my take on Keralis: robo-Keralis! When looking at his skin, there's no interpretation of him as a human that doesn't horrify me, so I imagine him as a silly little robot guy

And, as a bonus, have an XB for a late day 20!

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 21 done! Usually I like drawing armor, but this drawing really fought me. My favorite details are the little antenna and the tally marks for each season of hermitcraft.

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Day 18 done! All of Bdubs' builds are beautiful, but this little starter house is my absolute favorite. Everything about it makes me wish it was a real place I could visit

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach! 

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 17 done! I really struggled with his face shape, and then realized it was just my brain being bothered by the lack of a regular human ear to connect to the jawline. And though I love the Gigacorp aesthetic, I never want to draw a spacesuit again

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach! 

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Day 16 done! I didn't feel up to drawing any of Scar's many, many hats, so instead I gave him the floofiest hair possible

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach! 

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Day 15 done! In honor of Sal the Salmon, I decided to give him salmon fins. I like to imagine Jevin made them himself and just sorta stuck them on (he definitely did the same thing with the eyebrows, though he'll swear those are natural.)

There was a scrapped design where he had a salmon skull floating in the slime, but salmon skulls look weirdly like bird skulls, especially in a tiny pencil drawing. Sadness.

Also, I've completely forgotten to add the charity link for previous days! There's a donation match in progress, so if you can give, now is the time!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 14 done! One of my friends wanted a drawing of Lizzie, so I thought this lovely couple would be perfect for the group/collab prompt. Drawing this was so nice, I mimic the expressions as I draw and I was smiling the whole time. A note on the designs: they are both some kind of fairy with insect features. Joel is based on a dogbane beetle, while Lizzie is an orchid mantis!

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Day 12 done! I'm not sure why my Pearl design has hidden eyes. Maybe to fit her mysterious yet silly persona? It's definitely not because I couldn't figure out how to draw her eyes

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Day 11 done! For some reason, I can't seem to make Cub look anything other than menacing when I draw him. Believe it or not, the fangs actually made him look nicer. Though since this is permit office Cub, menacing might be the right look