Ahhhh This Is So Old And Unfinished

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

My friend is disappointed in me But i can't stop Can't stop Won't stop Never stop

Hey guys! Just wanted to update everyone.

I still need to work on my comic (as always) and need to draw more in general. So first things first is to get used to my new art program Krita!

The best was to do that is to try out techniques for drawing and coloring. What I like to do is find colorless images of things I like and practice coloring with them. Tonight I finished our sweet baby Karkitty!

CHARACTER AND ART DO NOT BELONG TO ME, JUST THE COLORING!

I’ve been meaning to post more stuff, but I have anxiety about people taking my original characters, because they’re all my precious babies, so here’s me just wanting to draw

A while back my friend challanged me to draw characters based off of mushrooms

It was a lot of fun

Mushrooms are cool af

I've found a new obsession

I cant believe it took me so long to realize how important libraries have been in my life

My mother love love loves books (can't get enough of them) and when we lived in Texas we would go to our small local library to rent stuff like fraggle rock

The library at my high school in texas was the best, they had a decent corner dedicated to manga, with an art wall (i even participated in a competition)

I once mentioned they didn't have my all time favorite manga and the librarian (best girl) got all the volumes available at the time

A lot of the early bonding time between me and my now fiance started because I suggested he got off at my bus stop instead of his cos it was a closer walk to the library between our houses

When i took an internship at a library, it made me realize just how perfect of a job it would be for me as a helper (shelving books, making sure things are in the right order, putting those plastic covers on paper back books, helping others find something, having a general relaxing environment where people can't just easily yell at you) and it was the place where i finally began my comic series during my lunch breaks

Libraries aren't just a place where you can find books or get information, its a safe space where you can feel at ease and just let go for a few hours

I plan to become a library assistant alongside a comic artist because i loved it so much

Happy New Years

First major art piece of 2021

Here’s the speedpaint of it up till the part where I put the leaves and lighting effect (forgot to record that part)

I imagine that Karkat would constantly fall asleep reading his romance novels

I was bored...

Yeah I used a draw the crew template, so what? It’s fun to mess around with.

So, a few things:

No the comic sadly will not be ready in time for the previous deadline (i underestimated how much time and loving effort go into coloring these guys, and also how long i could go before inevitably going into anime cuddle time with Xerxes)

No i haven’t given up on said comic, it’ll just be a few more days before i can get it finished

I’m going to be taking a break until i get back home from visiting family for the holidays (if i do any work before that point it will be if i have absolutely nothing else to do)

I’m very saddened that i couldn’t meet my goal, but considering the little amount of time i had and how far i got before seeing that i wasn’t going to make it, i’m pretty damn fuckin proud! i’m also proud that i’m able to make the mature decision to admit that i won’t make it, rather than try to stay up all night in a feeble attempt to finish this

however, despite all this, I felt i needed to post something

So, here is a mini preview of what i’m workin with (please not this image may be adjusted i the final form)

I’m sorry to the few who may have been looking forward to it, but i hope that when i do finish, the wait will be worth it

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays

Illy