It's time, lovelies! As promised, I have a bunch of new merch designs to show off--I spent the better part of the weekend drafting these pieces, which largely features Tekken, some KoF, and even Fighting Vipers, as a treat! All full-body artwork will be made into standees; the Tekken artworks will be repurposed for stickers as well (from the waist-up) because I don't want to create brand new artwork for stickers (unless it's Lars because he's my fave lolololol). I'll be working on these on stream over the next couple of months, so please look forward to it!
I generally don't like grinding this hard, but I had my reasons for it, as follows:
1) The event I'm preparing for is in April. If I hope to be prepared, I need to have as much merch as possible, and as I outsource all my merch that means get it done ASAP. The deadline to order these products isn't until late fall, but I want to get the ball rolling now.
2) I'm taking a break from designing merch in August. Grinding this hard is going to lead to burnout, plain and simple. So with these designs drafted, I'll feel really content about taking a break since I'll be spending the next several weeks creating lineart and colouring them. When September rolls around, I'll be back at it feeling pretty damn refreshed. As for what I'll be working on in August...that's a discussion for another time.
If you've made it this far, thank you for reading! My next post will consist of finished artwork--I hope y'all like Tekken, because you're gonna be seeing A LOT more of it!