SpelunkerSal

02-2021 Rule34 Painting: Revali - WIP 1 (+alt?)

Revali won last month's poll by a lot, wow. Was expecting it to be kinda close at least, but it wasn't. :P So here he is!

My idea for this was something like.... "Revali may be high and mighty out in the field, but back home he and the rest of Rito village know his place..." or whatever :P Idk, haha

Hope you guys like the sketch. I figure it might be some nice fanservice to see him like this considering...

Roommates Arc 4 Page 17 - WIP4

Jesus, I'm finally done with the SKETCH of this monster of a page. I'm sorry this one is taking so long but I only have so much time for RM and besides that the pages do take a long time... This one in particular is a monster just because of how much content it has. So many line miles. ^^;

Next time I get to work on it I'll be doing the lineart. Also gonna try to start Roommates days a couple hours earlier and see how that goes. Enjoy for now

2021-02-03 22:38:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Mega/Ultimate Commission Forum for Feb'21! Comment with your idea and refs if interested

As the title says! Please read up on this for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45738590

If you are a sweet tier or above patron, please specify if you'd like a Mega or Ultimate commission in your comment!

Everyone who is interested in a Mega/Ultimate commission, please comment below with your 1 or 2 character commission idea along with ref(s) if necessary. I'll make my selections one week fro...

Greg in 2k, 3k and 4k

Dreamous (my husband for those who don't know) is a huge fan of Mewtwo, and our character Greg too, who is  one! I saw him using the Greg art I did for Patreon but it wasn't sized well for a wallpaper, so I went ahead and made one. Sharing it here with you all too. :)

Download the attachment below for 2k, 3k and 4k sizes of this flexible boy for desktop wallpaper use! 2021-01-30 19:23:14 +0000 UTC View Post

SSSStream 01-2021 Results (3 pics)

Here are this month's SSSStream session's results!

Vote on which of one of these gets colored next month here (and get the HD versions of all of these there too): https://www.patreon.com/posts/46847160/

Here's how things went down:

1) Colored the dragon dads from Spyro in a 3-way 69. See the resul...

SSSStream 01-2021 - Coloration Poll (Vote + HD Art Pack)

DOWNLOAD THE HD VERSIONS OF THIS MONTH'S SSSSTREAM RESULTS FROM THE ATTACHMENT TO THIS POST

As part of the monthly SSSStreams, I'll be coloring one of the yielded brainstorm drawings from the stream at the start of the next SSSStream! Please vote below. The normal size post is here in case you cannot download the pack right now: 2021-01-30 01:16:22 +0000 UTC View Post

2021 Annual Art Folio & Hiroshi the Tanuki

It's here! -->https://gum.co/Sal2021 <--

Also, surprise! I set up a gumroad that has all the other folios. Should make things easier than what I was doing before. https://gumroad.com/spelunkersal

Once again thanks to everyone for another great year of content. :) Just gonna copy paste what I...

01-2021 Ultimate Reward -MissingKeys-

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Here's one of the mega/ultimate rewards for this month! MissingKeys asked for some good ol' LoA/RoA rule34 of Sylvanos and Wrastor (hooray size diff!) We came up with the dialogue together there. :P

Please enjoy!

01-2021 Mega Reward -HerrWozzeck-

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Here's one of the mega rewards for this month! HerrWozzeck wanted me to design a "hung, twunk boar with spiky hair" and this is what I came up with!

Please enjoy!

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Sal's Places: 2021-01-27 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

01-2021 Mega Reward -soul4hdwn-

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Here's one of the mega rewards for this month! Soul4hdwn gave me mostly free reign to come up with a "desert warrior Strikedramon" and this is what I came up with!

Please enjoy!

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Patron Power Stream: 01-2021

Be sure to download the attachment to this post to have all the individual sketches at a normal size! Cool tier and above patrons will get the HD versions in the next pack, as usual.

Loved these ideas today. Thank you guys!

Patron Power Stream Rules: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17173203

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2021 Poster Boy: Hiroshi - Complete (Standard Size + Alt + Phone BGs)

Download the Standard Size art and phone wallpapers from the zip attached to this post below!!

Thank you guys so much for another great year on Patreon. This is for all of you. :) Enjoy Hiroshi in his full glory, with and without fundoshi!

Hiroshi here will be featured as my Poster Boy for my 2021 Folio when I'm ready to release that. Expect some details on that next week. Keep in mind that long-standing patrons get discounts on this and all past folios. So you gu...

2021 Poster Boy: Hiroshi - Complete (HD Size + Alt + PhoneBGs)

Download the HD Size art and phone wallpapers from the zip attached to this post below!!

Thank you guys so much for another great year on Patreon. This is for all of you. :) Enjoy Hiroshi in his full glory, with and without fundoshi!

Hiroshi here will be featured as my Poster Boy for my 2021 Folio when I'm ready to release that. Expect some details on that next week. Keep in mind that long-standing patrons get discounts on this and all past folios. So you guys who...

2021 Poster Boy: Hiroshi - WIP 5 & 6

He's almost done! I just gotta render the kimono, then do some minor color correcting, a little contrast and final details. His body is more or less done at the moment. REALLY proud of how his face came out.

I wasn't able to work on this yesterday like I was planning to because I got really sick. I'm better today though! So I am a little behind schedule on this. He should be done by tomorrow or Thursday! After he's done I'll compile the new folio and get it ready for purchase. Expect an...

2021 Poster Boy: Hiroshi - WIP 4

Hiroshi's comin' along! Got all his flats down today. Monday is when I work on this next, so I'll have another update then. :) Next step is basic lighting and shadow to get him ready for painting.

Have a good weekend! Thanks, guys.

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2021 Poster Boy: Hiroshi - WIP 1, 2 & 3

Here's my concept for a new OC to be the Poster Boy for my 2021 folio! Raccoon won the poll ya'll voted on. I know a tanuki isn't a raccoon -exactly- but... they certainly look very similar, so I thought it'd be okay. Have always wanted to do some art like this!

At the behest of some patrons on the discord, I decided to go with a body type I don't often draw (and should more often!), a thicker man with a healthy mix of muscle and fat. He's quite soft, but strong. :3

Also uh, since...

01-2021 Rule34 Painting: Spyro x Bubba - Complete (Standard Size)

Be sure to download the standard size files and phone wallpapers from the attachment to this post!

Finally done! Whew! 💦 This took around 45 hours. It's about double what the monthly paintings usually take me. I hope you guys like it! I poured a lot into this and I am pretty happy with the results. Learned a few things too. :)

To reiterate the premise for this: Spyro just found out Misty Bog is a nice cruising spot for the dragons. He's all eager to help releas...

01-2021 Rule34 Painting: Spyro x Bubba - Complete (HD Size)

Be sure to download the HD files and HD Phone Wallpapers from the attachment to this post!

Finally done! Whew! 💦 This took around 45 hours. It's about double what the monthly paintings usually take me. I hope you guys like it! I poured a lot into this and I am pretty happy with the results. Learned a few things too. :)

To reiterate the premise for this: Spyro just found out Misty Bog is a nice cruising spot for the dragons. He's all eager to help release his dr...

01-2021 Rule34 Painting: Spyro x Bubba WIP 6 & 7

Got a lot done today! I was able to completely finish the background, and do the first pass of light and shadow on all the dragons. Next time I can finally start painting! Should be able to finish this by the middle of next week. Taking the weekend off. :)

So I'll continue this on Monday. Take however many days it needs to finish, then after that will be the poster boy for 2021 (raccoon was voted for as a reminder. Gonna use tanooki theme as inspiration)

Thanks for your patience w...

February 2021 Rule 34 Pinup Poll

Here are the Rule 34 choices for the next painting! Chosen by the patrons from the Sweet Tier and above. Back to a single character for next month as things should be returning to normal for me schedule-wise around then.

Once again Tiger is a returning vet for this and he can be seen here: standard | <...

01-2021 Rule34 Painting: Spyro x Bubba WIP 5

Did end up redrawing Spyro's face like I thought I might, and a slight adjustment to Ragnar's too. Today I finally finished the flat colors... Holy shit this is gonna take way longer than I thought ^_^;

I'm -definitely- going to have to spend next week on this as well so I don't burn myself out. I think it's better to spread this out over a longer period of time than to try to rush it. I reap what I sow. :P

But hey, you all get the benefit, haha. Hope you guys like so far. More pr...

01-2021 Rule34 Painting: Spyro x Bubba WIP 4

Took the whole day to get to this point, but finally for all the dragons sketched in. Really tried hard to get their likenesses down as accurately as possible. Might redraw Spyro's face a bit, we'll see.

Oh, I decided to change Ulric to Gunnar. For whatever reason I just couldn't get Ulric's look down right, so I swapped to Gunnar to save time instead of trying to get it to work which it wasn't. X3 I think I like this choice better anyway.

Another update tomorrow! Hoping to get al...

01-2021 Rule34 Painting: Spyro x Bubba WIP 1, 2 & 3

I wanted to start 2021 off with a bang. So I'm torturing myself by doing a full background and 5 characters... ^^;;;

My premise for this is setting Misty Bog as if it were a notorious cruising spot for dragons... those dragon dads still need releasing! ;P Get to it, Spyro~!

The ones in the back will be Boris, Ulric and Ragnar.

Started with a tiny thumbnail sketch, blew it up, then sketched over it (something I've never done before). And now going over it again with detailed ...

Mega and Ultimate Commission Forum! Comment with your idea and refs if interested

As the title says! Please read up on this for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45738590

If you are a sweet tier or above patron, please specify if you'd like a Mega or Ultimate commission in your comment!

Everyone who are interested in a Mega/Ultimate commission, please comment below with your 1 or 2 character commission idea along with ref(s) if necessary. I'll make my selections one week fr...

NEW! Mega/Ultimate Commissions eligible for Cool tier patrons and Up, coming shortly

New perks have been added to the Cool and Sweet tiers, making those tiers and up eligible for Mega and Ultimate commissions. Read the screenshots for details:
NOTE: Two new rules added to this type of commission
1) You may ask for a coloration of a Mega commission in a different month if you have gotten one before. Same cost as getting it drawn.
2) No ref-sheet type commissions! Those may be requested as a normal commission by contacting me directly at any time.&...