Oodles of doodles

drawpile doodles

weedy seadragon

tiger boy

iceborne inspired piece

Mermay Concept and Drawpile Doodles

I started drawing on drawpile more. I really like roleplaying on drawpile with drawings. It's making me think about expressiveness of gestures and faces. I wanted to see if I could make my characters have easier to read acting.

 I drew a manatee for mermay but I decided not to go further. It was fun though. I just couldn't think of a satisfying composition.

 Some drawpile doodles.

Mermay 2019

Betta fish and leafy sea dragon inspired merfolk. I don't really plan on making more mermay stuff but if I do have more ideas I might make more.

Personal Work 3

Well, I'm doing a lot of personal work.

Personal Work 2

Been doing more background focused pieces recently. That's  just how things seem to be shaking out apparently.

I was pretty frustrated with the tree piece and went through a bunch of different iterations until I after many stubborn efforts, finished it. I thought it wasn't very good but it seemed to go viral on Twitter. Not on any other social network though. I do feel a sense of imposter syndrome. I thought it wasn't very good... Weirddd. It was a good opportunity to collect data on what particular things in that piece resonated with people.

For instance: the story. Apparently people really dug the story. The story was very secondary though. It almost came together by accident. Also the colors. It's just very very odd to me. I feel like it's all very accidental. Oh boy. Can I replicate it? I don't know. But a lesson is learned all the same.

Here are some processes.

Personal Work

Some personal work. They started out as sketches done on drawpile. I enjoy that collaborative process of drawing. Seeing others draw while I draw. It helps me focus and gets me drawing different things. It's similar to streaming but I've always felt streaming as an activity is sort of lonely or a bit self centered (not in a bad way). What I mean is that streaming commands the attention of others which I have never been personally comfortable with because of low self esteem. Collaborative drawing encourages everyone to draw while looking over other's shoulders to see what others are drawing. It feels nice to be sharing in an activity rather than being the only one doing that activity. And if people want to just watch and not participate you're more than welcome on programs like drawpile.

Client Work

 I had the opportunity to illustrate a piece for Check-in at the Turnabout by Justin. You can read it here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12968194/8/Check-in-at-the-Turnabout or here https://archiveofourown.org/works/14922729/chapters/42816878

Some unrelated client work.

Cover for Leading Edge 73.