A mystery box that I somehow managed to paint while I was sitting pretty in 40 degrees celsius (105F) with no AC. I feel like I earned my stripes just by managing to unstick my hand from my tablet alone...
As always, your thoughts are well loved!
2023-07-13 18:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostAnd just like that we’ve passed the threshold that separates both halves of the year and now we’re all teetering dangerously close to the edge of 2023 - barely clinging onto a flimsy swimming pool noodle over an abyss of tinsel and a thawing Michael Bublé.
Because time is clearly a precious commodity, I’m going to do the unthinkable and speedrun this update like I’m streaming a world first race.Hold onto your wigs because this one’s coming in with a whoosh.
"She watches through the memories of countless dead over..."
This piece really flexed every single creative muscle in my body. As simple as it seems, the whole thing was a major learning experience - from the head tilt, to painting dark skin against a dark background while also being underlit to, of course, the gold drip over the body. Boy if I didn't know how to paint metals before...
Perhaps the hardest part was to nail the mood and storytelling though. I went through a...
2023-07-04 09:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy FFXVI release day everyone!! I can't wait to meet my new queen.
I managed to punt this out in under a day, fueled by the hype of my most anticipated game in a long time. This weekend is gonna be my treat to myself after finishing that grueling NDA - 3 full days of sitting in front of the TV like a little kid.
Anyone joining me??
2023-06-22 16:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
A soft lady to ease your troubles.
This is the first piece that's used the NSFW token I introduced a while back into StarStickers and it was honestly a blast to figure out how to paint the more... gentler aspects of a body.
As ever, your thoughts are loved! (Keep it polite though, please and thank <3)
2023-06-18 11:32:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Not gonna lie, this one was a tough one to wrap up.. So long doing lineart, I had pretty much entirely forgotten how to paint.
I put a lot of heart into this one. Although I haven't played in a while, I really wanted to bring her story fully into the piece- from her ending at val'sharah, to her rebirth in Ardenweald to the creation of the sister's tear.
I did learn a ton while working on this - including the age old lesson of "plan before you start working". Absolutely wa...
“Almost” over. I feel compelled to insert that lest I get cocky and the last deadline decides to snipe me in the arse.
If you’re wondering what I’m talking about - and you’d have to be very new or have (rightfully) stopped paying attention to me circa 3 months ago: for the last few months I have been working on a ball-busting NDA project involving 20+ pages of highly detailed linework for an upcoming big-publisher coloring book.
This project, on top of ...
2023-06-02 14:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostOh my God, where has she been...?
Somewhere the sun don't shine, that's for sure.
Please consider this a token update to firstly, inform you that I am indeed still here and secondly, apologise in earnest for the radio silence the last few weeks. May was absolutely brutal on my schedules and I have only just managed to come up for a gasp of air.
I am however extremely - and I mean extremely - pleased to announce that the worst of it has pass...
2023-06-01 11:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Another WIP! This one's a little more polished, as I haven't actually had a chance to make such crisp lines in a while.
If the colors pan out how I hope to, this should go on to make a really nice print~
This one's a Fanart reward a patron booked via StarStickers. Anyone recognise her?
2023-05-12 07:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for the radio silence! I've been doing that thing I do when I get overwhelmed which is try to get a bunch of things started/rolling instead of focusing on a single one. It's easier for me to lower the barrier for entry that way.
This is actually something I recommend my students do whenever they're struggling to find focus/motivation - don't worry about making a masterpiece. Just worry about making something little, just enough to crack the door and let the pressure out. A lot...
2023-05-09 09:08:06 +0000 UTC View PostNo, no I will not be subjecting myself to decades old memes that only people with a birth year starting in 19 will understand. I will not lower myself to quoting boys with dehydrated noodle hair just to indicate that this year is almost halfway over. We have standards in this house and we shall sternly abide by them.
Now with that stiff upper lip firmly in place, let’s push this update down the hill.
Before we dip into current ...
2023-05-02 19:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
What if the WoL decided to ditch Hydaelyn and hitch a ride with Zodiark instead?
That's the concept I wanted to explore with this Mystery Box, which - not gonna lie - was a lot easier in my head than it turned out to be - partly because of the design of the horns (for which I had to craft a special device which you can behold in the thumbnails) and partly because I couldn't figure out what color scheme to land on, as Zodiark doesn't really have a defined palette that would make it obvio...
2023-04-25 11:32:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like April is Sassy Catte month! Adding hands to a piece is always a pain in the nethers, but damn if it doesn't add some spiece to the piece.
I actually drew a ton of different poses to decide what to go with this one - which I'll definitely save for future Mystery Boxes. You can see a few (as well as the lines for this piece) in the thumbnails below.
As always, your thoughts are loved!
2023-04-19 19:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post
What's this, new art?! After these 84 years...
Anyway, because I clearly couldn't keep it simple after pushing 22 pages of lineart for that NDA, I decided to go full ham with this Ultimate Mystery Box - redesigning this lovely Keeper miqo as a Priestess of Menphina.
I really wanted this to have a tarot-card sort of vibe and although I'm not sure if I succeeded in that, I know this is going to make a lovely print regardless.
As always, your thoughts are loved!
*This...
2023-04-13 14:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a good job my art is better than my ability to title my updates...
First of all, I wanna say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our little April’s Fools event. This was my first time doing something like this and although we had some minor teething issues, it was a blast and just as dumb as intended.
Throughout the 5 hours of streaming (whilst wearing a terrible wig - ...
2023-04-04 11:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post
[ For those unfamiliar with calendars or time, today is April 1st. Please read the following update accordingly. ]
Today we welcome the fourth month of the year by marking a momentous occasion, as 2 years ago today I launched my rewards platform StarStickers.
In this time I have produced hundreds of rewards and the system has continuously evolved based on analytics and feedback to ma...
2023-04-01 08:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a little bizarre to spend weeks working your back raw on something you can't show, as for the treadmill that is the internet, this may as well mean you've been comfortably sitting on your hands with a thumb up your b-
If you're in the Discord, or if you've been reading my updates, you'll know that I've been working on a very sekrit NDA project that I agreed on last year. What I didn't reali...
2023-03-24 16:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Believe it or not, this is the first lala I've gotten to draw as a comm or reward in well over 6 years!
2023-03-16 11:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post
"I'm never drawing scales again" she said...
A lot of thought (and wrist-power) went into this Mystery Box. The character I got for this was described as an an asahi garlean who eventually fled to Eorzea and clung to her Doman heritage so she wouldn't be persecuted for being an Imperial.
So with that info, I decided to emphasise this duality, giving her the fur of Tamamo Gozen, Doma's guardian auspice, and a dark hand/claw covering her face as a sign of her garlean allegi...
2023-03-08 14:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
If looks could kill... <.<
This reward was a "Lineart Bust portrait", purchased with points through my patreon reward portal StarStickers! If you're a patron make sure you sign up, and if you're not... well *shady eyebrow wagging*
2023-03-06 18:07:44 +0000 UTC View PostOh March - blessed month of looming allergies and crippling clock changes - I would believe in your power to curing my seasonal affective disorder if only I wasn’t swaddled in blankets and wearing gloves as I type this update. I feel cheated out of my god-given right to complain about how unseasonably warm it is for this time of year.
Anyways, to spare my frostbitten fingers as well as your dwindling attention after the 2023-03-03 11:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
One sweet moonboy to brighten the start of your month!
This reward was a "Lineart Bust portrait", purchased with points through my patreon reward portal StarStickers! If you're a patron make sure you sign up, and if you're not... well *sassy eyebrow wagging*
2023-03-01 19:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a minute since I got to make a mystery box, so of course I had to get back onto my 80's pop-rainbow-vomit ways!
The theme for this one actually goes all the way back to the very early days of this Patreon - when I jokingly called the WoL of one of my earliest patrons a "bubblegum lizard". This stuck so hard this patron has never changed that tag out of their server name and so when they booked a Mystery Box the result was pretty inevitable.
I honestly had a blast with t...
2023-02-22 18:18:46 +0000 UTC View PostHappy tidings to you all- I come bearing good news: after much, much planning and preambling, we’re finally pleased to announce the official launch of the new version of StarStickers! [ Insert confetti ]
I already ran over the bulk of the updates to the system in this mega post here so please read that first if you’re not entirely sure about what’s going on here....
2023-02-15 11:10:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't get to design many sin-eaters these days, so this was an absolute blast (no pun intended). I'm also really glad I got to do something a little more emotive and illustrative for this one, even though trying to wrangle all that filigree into the gesture was a right ol' pain.
I decided to include some progress pics too, which you can find ordered by stages in the thumbnails below. And as Patreon likes to make landscape pieces into the size of a stamp, I'd really appreciate it if yo...
2023-02-11 18:27:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of you may remember this one, which I posted as a Patreon exclusive due to it being under NDA.
I am super pleased to finally be able to post it to the public!
This piece was drawn for "Fallen Gods", a fantasy horror series by SD Simper featuring necromancers, vampires and spicy wlw romance.
You can buy the book here and you can also find more info about the author on her 2023-02-03 20:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post
February is always a funny month, where I don’t know if I should be relieved that January is over or horrified that we’re already a WHOLE month into the new(ish) year. It’s the same sort of cognitive dissonance I get seeing discounted Xmas chocolates hanging out with V-day roses and Easter bunnies. Because what is time if not an agglomeration of seasonal diabetes in a shop near you?
Either way, I hope you’ve got some of them snacks for this update, because it’s a chunky one! <...
2023-02-02 15:30:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Feb! Let's celebrate with this piece that took the absolute spirit and soul out of my body. "I'll never draw flowers again" she said...
This was honestly so much fun and I was super grateful to the person who commissioned it - who wanted it as a counterpart to my "Daughter of Pulse" piece I made about 4 years ago. It's so neat ...
2023-02-01 19:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Beholdeth, a rogue and a bard and a pirate. Bet he's rolling D20s all the way home with that smirk.
This reward was a "Lineart Bust portrait", purchased with points through my patreon reward portal StarStickers! If you're a patron make sure you sign up, and if you're not... well *sassy eyebrow wagging*
2023-01-22 21:37:45 +0000 UTC View Post
A lineart bun, for your consideration.
This reward was a "Lineart Bust portrait", purchased with points through my patreon reward portal StarStickers! If you're a patron make sure you sign up, and if you're not... well *bushy eyebrow wagging*
2023-01-17 23:10:07 +0000 UTC View Post