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Patreon Illustration - Sonia

[September 9th Update]

Sonia's expanded version has been added to the post! Along with some small edits and a slightly modified background, its looking like this pre release is just about complete! Wicke and Hex are up next, and as they were tied in the polls it will be a toss up as to who goes first. Keep an eye out this week for new releases!

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Sonia is nearing completion! The base version is coming together well, with just a bit more lighting and shading necessary. The ...

A Swell End To Summer

Summer is unofficially over now that September has rolled around, but that doesn't mean the bikini days are over! I've been working a bit on the next commission and a few drafts between the Sonia piece, updates which I believe will be sent out later tonight.

This post contains a two part expansion piece for Lunatic Rabbit of Akie from Ape Escape 3 enjoying some rather calorie dense flan at the beach. The other projects included are a few exploration pieces of my shark Mako, looking to s...

Patreon Illustration - Sonia (Work in Progress)

Here is the current Sonia draft, as mentioned in the recent batch of projects! From what I've seen of her, Sonia appears to be rather expressive with her posture, so I wanted to try and push that skill a bit more. After an entire sketch page of random poses and with a bit of inspiration, I settled on one that captures that hip bumping attitude of her concept art.

Currently there is no BE alt, though I do plan to add one to keep it in line with Courtney's project. As it stands, this is b...

Trace and Clare and Vannie (and Lilin, oh my!)

Hey everyone! I've been working on some pretty big projects, with a pretty strong emphasis on BIG.

My recent work sessions have created a handful of projects. First and most prominent is a long awaited duo piece of Vannie and Trace's sona enjoying a trip to the buffet! Looks like they are both quite well fed~

Furthermore, some warmup projects were developed, two of which are of Clare (owned by TheMushLord), one of which is a duo piece with Vannie. Finally, requested by a friend, I...

The Consequences of Your Actions

Here is the cleaned up pre-release version of the recent Vannie doodle! Seems like she's been rapidly climbing in sizes, faster than even she could imagine. You might up having more than just your hands full... Are you prepared?

I hope you all enjoy! More content to come very soon!

Maxine & Vannie (And More!)

Heya! Here is the project mentioned previously, Maxine and Vannie getting ready for Halloween! its a bit ahead of schedule, but better to be ahead than behind. There is room for a little bit more tweaking and refinement, but I feel it is now in a fantastic spot to share.

Additionally, I doodled two other things that will be included here. One is a rather self indulgent of a rather large Vannie, and the other was a test project to better understand perspective. I don't always do backgrou...

Patreon Poll - Courtney (Complete)

Heya! This project wrapped up really fast and I am really happy with how fun this ended up being. Having a fast project is a breath of fresh air after numerous week long projects.

Present here are the original two versions, as well as bonus size swaps for if you want someone not as endowed but still a bit crazy, or VERY endowed and with a bit less edge.

This may go through another clean up due to the speed at which it was completed, but as usual I want to make sure everyone gets e...

Patreon Poll - Courtney (WIP)

Heya! Getting this one out early so everyone can see it and give feedback if necessary.

As mentioned, I am going to try and come at these next four projects with a more reasonable scope on things. Currently, Courtney here as our first character has a base version and an expanded version. She looks rather unassuming at first, but her spooky side starts to show once you've gotten her attention.

Today was notably chilly, and it really feels like fall is on its way. Perhaps that is pa...

Mid Length Sweater Dress Vannie

Here is a project that started last night and wrapped up today! Sort of a mid way variant on her outfit, I drew Vannie in a sweater dress thats not as long as her full length gray one. I am unsure if this will be a regular addition to her wardrobe, perhaps with a color shift to separate it from the classic turtleneck. All the same, it served as a good warmup to get in the mindset of creation, especially since all four of the upcoming Patron voted pieces feature ladies rocking similar sweaters...

Dorky & Garnet (Art Trade)

Finally finished up with the last of the art trades! This is of Dorky and their girlfriend Garnet trying to be sneaky in the park. One can only wonder how well that went!

Now, with all of the previous in progress pieces finished up, I can focus in on the new polled character illustrations as well as the final few outstanding commissions. As usual, I need to remind myself to intersperse these projects with some smaller personal pieces to keep a good balance. I expect the next project rel...

Gift: Calamity (AlphaErasure)

Hey everyone! This past week I have been away a bit more than usual as I have been taking care of a family member's house while they are away on vacation. Thankfully I managed to snag some time to wrap up another project, this one being of AlphaErasure's own Calamity! She's a huge glutton for cinnamon buns and she has quite the royal energy, so having her upon a throne of her favorite treat sounded perfect.

As the new week is fast approaching, I will be trying to pre-plan a bit. I have ...

Aqua & Darkness (Complete)

Hey everyone! The Aqua and Darkness duo piece is finally complete!

This project ended up being a few days behind on the projected finish date due to some hardware malfunctions over the weekend. A blue screen of death greeted me on Sunday, but thankfully all my data was backed up on emergency drives. It took some time to get everything situated once more, but I believe things are stable.

That being said, this marks the final of the Konosuba projects, and I will now be able to set m...

Rebecca's Tour - Part 4 + More Chibi Doodles

The fourth part in a ten part series of images for Ballistic Banana featuring their OC Rebecca! This setting was with a wild west cowgirl vibe in mind. Part 5 will be steampunk themed, a radical shift from the current themes!

Additionally, I have been drawing a few more chibis in my spare time, so as promised I have included them in a bulk image at the end of the post.

Tomorrow I plan to have updates on the Aqua and Darkness piece, or possibly tonight if time allows it! I look for...

Poll #26 - Sweater Squad

 What I will be affectionately calling the Sweater Squad is the next set of poll characters! From left to right is Sonia, Courtney, Wicke and Hex Maniac.

As with the Konosuba set, every character will receive a drawing. Voting directly influences the order which I will take on these projects, actively shaping the course of these next four projects I take on. Even if your favorite character doesn...

Hiroko Back Shot + Chibi Doodles

I found myself struggling pretty bad with artistic drive these past few days, so I took some advice from some friends and tried to doodle a bit more; something I have regretfully discouraged for a very long time. Turns out, doodling is quite fun! Who would have EVER thought XD

Doodling helped me find some rest from the mental fatigue that was coming over me, and now I'm feeling a little better than before. I was able to make a quick personal piece and followed through on it to completio...

Aqua & Darkness + Rio & Zoey

Two new project updates!

At long last, the Aqua and Darkness piece is coming together. For a long time I had been struggling to find a way to portray these two together, but after some brainstorming with some friends it seems like I was being a bit too worried about exactly how I wanted to portray it. Being a bit more lenient with the idea process let this idea develop into something tangible.

Additionally, included here is another project! This one depicts Zoey and ...

Big Pool Party Collab

Hey everyone! Found myself coming up on some deadlines so I had to detour a bit. This is a big collaborative project with a huge number of creators, each of us drawing something in our own unique style. I only had to include one, but I felt drawing Vannie, Zoey and Sarah together would add a bit more to the project. Included here are the isolated assets for the three ladies, plus the full collaborative pic with everyone in it. It was a bit slower than I would have liked, but nevertheless its ...

Vannie's Birthday + Anuun (SMT II)

Hey everyone, I have a few new pieces to share. Vannie's birthday is tomorrow! June 12th was the first time I drew her, so I tread it as her birthday of sorts. I wanted to draw something to celebrate, so I spent some time drafting up some ideas. This was the one that I settled on, including both Zoey and Sarah just like last year. Last year's piece was similarly a doodle, but if possible I may try and do a quick ink and coloring on this in the morning.

A secondary project that was a big...

Patreon Illustration - Luna Animated

Updates on the Luna project! Everything has been inked and colored and finally strung together into a working animation! I will admit its not the most advanced, but for a first time I am rather happy with the results!

I noticed while exporting that Clip Studio compressed the heck out of the gradients in the video, namely the background and Luna's hair, so I will have to look into how to fix this. Of course, animations are probably best done in flat colors to save time, because inking ev...

Luna Update, More Frames!

I've been playing around with the CSP software a bit more and spent some time tweaking the Luna project. I added more tweened frames between the previous keys of the last post, overall giving a smoother animation to the whole thing. Additionally, a small little addition that goes a long way, Luna's eyes will now blink every few cycles of the animation.

Included below are various speeds on the animation, all of which will be included in the finished version. Simply adjusting the speed do...

Patreon Poll Illustration - Luna (Update!)

Hey everyone! I have something a bit left field to share, but I hope it is of interest to you.

For a while I had been mentioning the Luna project, and for quite some time nothing was coming to mind. Perhaps call it luck, but I finally figured out how to work part of my software that had been confounding me for ages; Animation!

Clip studio offers short animations, up to 24 frames on my plan, and after quite literal months on and off visiting the animations section and trying to mak...

Rebecca Part 3

Here is the finished Part 3 of Rebecca's WG sequence, leaning into the Halloween themes a little early this year! Its been really fun working on heavier set characters again, so this has been a really great project to continue. Part 4 will get some more work tomorrow, along with Luna and the Dorky trade. If I have more free time, you can probably expect another few drafts to show up, so keep an eye out!

Sunbathing Sinoa + Rebecca Part 4

Heya! Earlier today I wrapped up the Sinoa project, and honestly I am incredibly happy with the result! Of course, a gray anon had to be included for proper referential scale. I would consider this a sequel to the last Sinoa picture, as both share the same outfit and beachside theme.

Additionally, Rebecca Part 4 has been drafted. She is now large enough that knee up cropping is no longer feasible, so this along with the next 6 parts will all be full body to capture the full scale of her...

6/25 Project Batch

Hello! This post it going live as-is to ensure updates are sent out before the night is over. I still have a bit more gas in the tank, but there is no reason to delay a post longer than necessary.

The Vannie doodle from yesterday has been completed! I am contemplating whether I will give it a background or if I will leave it like this in order to focus on more projects.

Secondly, a new Sinoa draft has been made! I wanted to include a little gray anon as a reference scale to show j...

Post Heat Wave Update

Hey everyone, I've got a few assorted projects to share.

Those of you in North America may have seen the brutal heat wave that came through the Northeast. Unfortunately, I was smack dab in the center of that and it has been quite honestly debilitating. I haven't been able to spend much time at my desk, but thankfully the temperatures have been dropping to something actually livable yesterday and today. So for now, here are some projects I have on hand to share as I try and shake off the...

M1dnightAngel Banner Art

[2024/06/18 Update] Pushing a small silent update adding new brighter variants and a small fix to the BG. All previous files will remain within this post as bonus material.

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Here is the current progress on a project with M1dnightAngel to make a banner usable across multiple platforms. This features three of Angel's own characters; Mila, Hannah and Ruby, and also features Me Me Me Chan for good measure. Additionally, included in the files above are various formats for Angel's ...

Art Trade - Cloe (CrysNickel)

Here is the completed piece from my art trade with CrysNickel! Cloe was a ton of fun to work on, and Crys did a fantastic job with Vannie himself! We will both be posting our trades on Monday, so keep an eye out!

New Projects

I have three new projects in various stages of development ready to share! First up is a four character banner WIP for M1dnightAngel, second is a WIP of CrysNickel's own Cloe for a trade we have in the works, and finally is an armored and disrobed double piece for my friend Murasaki of their Draenei Naadiraa.

Having so many characters to draw has definitely made posts a little slow, but thankfully things are in a good spot currently. I anticipate more updates rather soon too. While I wo...

Sun and Shine

Here is the finished version of one of the recent Vannie sketches! Working on lighting and shading has been a lot of fun, and I feel these practice pieces have also been a good test for my anatomical know-how. Overall, there is still a ton to learn and I hope to keep pushing for improvement!

More projects to come soon! Thank you once again for all the support, and I hope you all enjoy your weekend :>

Saucy Snap

Here is the mostly finished version of one of the previous Vannie sketches! She's sending a teasy pic to her partner, showing off how absolutely imposing her build has become. Included are both cropped themed versions and the full uncropped version. I attempted some soft shading for this project and honestly it was pretty fun! Definitely not the most sophisticated, but I didn't want to tear my hair out trying to bite off more than I could chew. For what its worth, I'm very happy with the resu...