#sketchbook roundup

[hallaheart]

February sketchbook roundup! A lot of color work and DND art this month

[big-waifu]

BOOK: #3

DATE: Spring 2003/2007?

The larger drawing space of this book opened itself up to possibilities for larger and more detailed images. Knowing that I was the Monarch of Wasted Space, I chose to instead draw fairly small figures. At least this time I was courteous enough to cram as many doodles in as possible.

And just look at these doodles! Between the action shot on the first page and the lady with the tribal aesthetic, it looked like I was really starting to push my boundaries and use these silly OCs I made to start acting on my fantasies. Whatever was going on the second page before, my older self decided to draw a new picture of Beta so good an even older version of myself had to play detective based on the squiggly cat picture to figure out when I had even drawn it! If only they had known that years and years later I’d revisit this book as an aging woman trying to pin exactly what Gamecube games were out at the time of drawing any of these pictures to determine the date they were drawn!

[bfleuter]

New sketchbook pages + art roundup on the Patreon.

[volcanows-art]

sketchbook roundup

[renthony]

I did it! I managed to get this week's free post up on Patreon! It's Sunday morning, but we can all pretend it's Friday for long enough to read this, right?

Check this post out if you want to see a cosplay makeup test, some sketchbook practice, and a roundup of what media I've been into lately!

I've also got an update on my 2024 pledge drive:

[alexis-royce]

March's Art Roundup is available for everyone to see over on my Patreon. This one's got a bunch of watercolor portraits, as well as some digital illustrations and sketchbook work!

[bluedelliquanti]

This month 's Patreon sketchbook is a recommendation roundup for ShortBox Comics Fair (which runs this month!)

[ice-jsuirya]

second to last roundup… my sketchbook only had 26 pages so i had to switch the layout for the last few days 😔

[liches-covered-in-lich]

A bit late but *glares at tumblr* it's better be late than never ey?

But here is my 2023 art roundup! :D

General retrospectives under the cut per month if anyone is curious 😘

Jan: This was a gift I made for a buddy of mine! It was of his oc that the friend group collectively simped for and cultivated together, as a family. He's a great lad and a starting point for me to use stock textures for the general look of my art

Feb: An older design of my Miraak, but I really still like this piece. It was the starting point of me trying to learn how to draw characters interacting together. While I do think I can improve in some aspects, I still think it holds up really well and looks super cute!

Mar: Ah, gore. This was the beginning of me doing a 'soft' art style. It's of a melting Emperor Belos for the Tales of a Tyrant Zine (I believe the link is still active for access to the pdf? If curious, I should still have it around somewhere. It's pretty sick ngl). I really like this piece, it helped me deal with my imposter's syndrome in the group of Amazing artists as they really liked this piece of mine! And generally I love drawing gore

Apr: This was a commission for someone on tumblr! I used my softer style for this piece and had fun figuring out how to make the light imposing but not loose the main colors and details! Also fun fact - I had a friend pose for me holding a sign so I can get GOOD hand references as google was no help

May: Ah the first full drawing on Krita. This was a test on the art program as Autodesk Sketchbook was no longer working for me on desktop (tho I still use it for my ipad art!). It's of my HOK who I don't talk much about as they're just a Dude. Sorry Jhyth, I should do more with you

Jun: This bitch. Elyden I adore you, you're my favorite oc and one of my longest lasting ones but. . . It took so damn long to get a good design with him that showed his personality and wasn't a pain to draw. I really like his design here, I think he looks wonderful

Jul: A commission done for my Skyrim fanfic's editor actually! She's pretty cool and greatly improved my writing skills! And she paid me to draw a mudcrab in Sovngarde! What more do you want? I love this piece too as I learnt how to do backgrounds in my style that won't kill me in my detailed art style

Aug: Another commission done for a friend of mine! It was based off a doodle I did of his oc as a gift but he paid me to finish it as a full rendered piece! :D I got to draw a tiddy window and an evil throne!!!

Sep: An art collab I did with a friend of mine! Where we split the image in half and drew each other's ocs interacting! It's actually the same dude as the Jan's piece. I both hate loved working on this. His hands gave me so much trouble

Oct: My second favorite oc's revamped design, Lorelei <3 I love her a lot and I really love her design. I think it fits her perfectly and you can tell what she's about immediately by just looking at her. I adore this lady (also fun fact, she's the older sister of Elyden!). This drawing means a lot to me as it was me figuring out that I like drawing character references only in more fun poses in a sense

Nov: Funny thing, I finished that drawing yesterday. But it's a reference of my Rahgot! I chose this as my Nov piece as I feel like it was when I was getting better at character designs. In terms of practicality, function, aesthetics, colors, and visual language

Dec: A commission for an old friend of mine that I knew since...fuck me, I think...6 years? He wanted me to draw an antagonist for his body horror gundom ttrpg campaign! Even though he doesn't draw, his designs fuck so hard and I'm so glad I got to draw one fully <3 I love this piece and I think it was a great send off to the end of this year

I feel like I exploded in improvement this year. My skills and my methods for art became more practical and made my life a bit easier in general in the process (especially in the coloring department). And I cannot wait to see what I'll make for next year :D

Thank you all for coming with me to this journey <3 and have a blessed new year

[binxysage]

Sketchbook Roundup

Many things were accomplished, sleep was not one of them.

[hallaheart]

Sketchbook Roundup for November. A lot of DND art this month!

[big-waifu]

BOOK: #1

DATE: Autumn to Winter 2002

This is a roundup of a few other notable pages that I couldn’t quite think of a full post for. Each one is sort of an additional attempt at some things that are maybe still a little difficult for me.

There isn’t much to say here, other than maybe this is the first time I remember approaching anything resembling the nude female figure.

I was very- very- self conscious about this page.

[jamscandraw]

1 and 5 for the artist ask game?

1. Art programs you have but don't use

I'm pretty sure I have Blender downloaded on my PC but have never used it? That's it though, I've got my one art program that I like and I stick to it

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

Probably 80-85% of it goes online these days. Stuff that isn't "finished" enough to post goes on my sketch account or in my digital sketchbook roundups for Kofi supporters, and the only stuff I don't post is either stuff that I maybe plan on finishing one day (but probably never will), really rough concept art or vaguely NSFW stuff that I don't really want to post publicly

Send me a weirdly specific artist ask

[catanddragons]

Sketchbook Roundup!!

20 Feb 2023 - 27 Feb 2023

Once again featuring a couple doodles of my FFXIV character, my classic OCs, and the main character of a Crystal nuzlocke I’ve been playing!

Will said Crystal nuzlocke get a comic a la Dear Mom??? We shall see 👀

[cyclopticscraps]

some stuff from a while ago and some stuff from the last few days

[softcenteregg]

This year feels like it has gone by at the speed of light. Thank you all for your support, it has meant the world to me that folks have found my tiny corner of anime boys. Here’s my 2022 finals and sketch roundup.