BIG POST: SKETCH DUMP!!! hehe

Hello, everyone! Happy Thursday! How are you?! I hope you're all having a great week.

I've been sketching for the past 10 days straight as I've been struggling a little bit to get back into the swing of things. I alluded in my previous post to my having to navigate some stinky life things, and to keep it brief, our vet discovered a birth defect that landed us at the emergency vet with Mr. Mushroom until 3am one evening, so to put it lightly, I've been a bit of an emotional wreck. Mushroom is OKAY! SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL 💜 BUT! It's been a rough couple of weeks getting used to new routines and things.

Well, onto art things, eh? Above, I thought I'd share what it looks like when I sit down and think of ideas. I make lots and lots and LOTS of lists lol

SO, from said list, I sketched some things!

First up! COWS!!! I'm not sure what will become of this, if anything. There will be a lot of that in these sketches, just my throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks, as they say!

Then, I randomly decided that it was time to make a profile pic that I actually "vibed" with, so!

I did it!

From there, I began revisiting old works, as is the routine at this point ha. I have always felt a weird connection to this comic, so I wanted to rework it a bit. I also played around with the idea of using this little caricature of myself to do a periodic comic of sorts (think the mushroom comics?) THOUGH...

Now that it's finished? I like the sketch SO much better lol! The final render is so.. stiff and it's lost all the softness that I loved about the original sketch. I wanted to stick to the color palette of the original, but I think it is all a bit too crunchy and needs some more work!

This is a becoming a consistent hurdle for me. I discard so many works because I have such a difficult time capturing the feeling I connect so closely to in my sketches. Hmm..

Should we look at some wizard stuff? Yeah, we should.

This little series is both inspiring me AND intimidating me! I want so much to feel confident drawing dragons and mythical things, but it feels just far enough out of my element to make me feel a bit inadequate! I shall persevere!

I think I really gotta animate that kitchen, though. My partner suggested having the eggs bouncing in the carton in the background and I instantly felt big inspired haha!

OKay, I just had to pause for a minute to sketch Mr. Mushroom. He's been so snuggled this week! (reference photo below hehehe)

This is another one where I was like?? Is this.. good? Something? Weird? Meh? Idk, but here are some rabbits that will likely be lost to the void!

This is a tiny ode to an OOOOLD work I had made before I was really posting to the internet, but I have really been enjoying this woodsy, nighttime feel, so of course, the sun and moon had to join in!

Is that it? I think!?

NO, WAIT!

R E W A R D T I M E!

We'll be sending these out next week! Yay!! SO pleased with how they turned out!! Bug band postcard + three bug/floral valentine stickies!

OH, and I ordered some stickers for my next shop drop!!

(BTW- shop drop is still coming!! SO sorry for the delay. Between Mr. Mushroom's bout of health troubles and my living in the middle of nowhere having big internet connection struggles that affect my ability to print, it is a bit delayed! But, it's coming, I swear!!)

Alright, I think that is really it. I'm off to draw big time!

I hope you have a lovely, lovely weekend! I'll be back again soon with finished up things!!

Aub and Mush 💜