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2021-07 Pack

Bit of a slow week!

I hadn't really realized that I hold the pen differently when I draw digitally vs when I draw traditionally .3.; So spent a bit correcting that which led to not a lot of sketches finished this week TvT

Sketched up some fakemon for a side project too, probably only keeping the ghost fox though. Its funny the most time-consuming part of making a fakemon is coming up with a name.

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2021-06 Pack

Nearly forgot to post this week adasdf

Getting kinda tired of this brush úwù;;

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2021-05 Pack

I'm ngl I spent most of the week glooming but I sorta made up for it over the weekend. If I keep up a good pace I should be able to finish all sketch tier requests soon-ish. 

Hopefully I don't burn out úwù

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2021-04 Pack

Finishing the commissions from...*checks notes* Mid-November!

Updates designs for Chika, Akemi and Pirika. Sheets lack in detail tho so probably gonna have to keep working on those at some point. In the meantime I gotta work on Patreon sketches.

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2021-03 Pack

Trying to get back to posting on Mondays so shorter one this week.

Still testing out the binary pen, specifically which program does it best 🤔 I do like how I can get shitpost-y with it, though. Apologies for the shitposts, btw.

Anyway, new year's pic, a little late uwu; Chika has an uncharacteristically intense look but I hope the reason why is conveyed. For the record, Chika is just supposed to be nebulously [big] and lately I've just been drawing her bigger ...

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2021-02 Pack

Started using a binary pen halfway through the week after getting nostalgic for oekakis and it feels very natural. I can't really say I'll stick to it long-term because I'm really weird and dumb about my tools/brushes, though.

Also I'm sharing my sketch canvases in full...since last week. I used to go over them to individually save each thing I deemed worth sharing, but I sorta feel like that was padding. So packs might be a little less crowded now.

I'm open to criticism and ideas...

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2021-01 Pack

Ayyy 2021 amirite.

Took a week off and I somehow forgot how to draw digitally so that took a while to come back. For a bit I didn't even know if I could even continue with the Patreon, like maybe I should put it on hiatus while I figure shit out but nah I'm good.

In a related note, I am gonna have to retire the Sketch Tier, at least momentarily, since I really want to catch up with everything. 

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2020-52 Pack

Last pack of the year!

Let's hope 2021 is better cuz this year has been a mess úwù 

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2020-51 Pack

Slowly working on stuff úwù; Been feeling really weird lately, exhausted all the time and not sleeping great. Think it's because my sleep schedule got shifted weirdly but not super sure.

Been a while since we've had a 53-week year and of course it had to be 2020.

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2020-49 Pack

Smol one, getting some patreon stuff out of the way.

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2020-48 Pack

Sorry for missing last week úwù Been a bit depressed for a while and it is definitely affecting my work, sadly. 

So couple of commissions, which I had to reopen for emergency purposes :'3 Didn't really wanna reopen them under those circumstances but whateverrrr.

Redrew some ooold stuff, composing the latter 3/5ths of the pack, infact. Redrawing old stuff tends to make me feel better even if its just small sketches. 

And I'm designing a new OC, Pirika uwu Subspeci...

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2020-46 Pack

Im sleepy uwu

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2020-44 Pack

Smol one this week. 

Injured my foot last week :'3 Think I might've sprained it, it got really bad at one point but been healing slowly.

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2020-43 Pack

Happy early Halloween uwu 

Including a resize folder for a couple of pics that could be considered a little big.

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2020-42

Sorry for skipping last week, I couldn't really do/finish I was happy with.

Still trying to work on my process but I can't help but overcomplicate things :'3 

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2020-40 Pack

I dont really have anything to say this time uwu

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2020-39 Pack

Finally done with the commissions from July uwu;

As mentioned in past packs I've been working on the way I do sketches and that's gonna affect the packs a little bit. Drawing significantly smaller so the resize folder is gonna be a little emptier if not entirely absent in future packs .3.;


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2020-38 Pack

Picking up from last pack, trying to figure out stuff for sketches. Ended up trying out some traditional art, which I haven't done in a whiiile; I really like 2H pencils, but it mostly made me realize I want a display tablet TvT

The Akemi sketch is the look I might end up going for but not entirely sure.

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2020-36 Pack

Finishing commissions soon. 

Working on the way I do sketches, I hope y'all don't mind that .3.; I basically spend too much time on sketches because the clean sketch part of the process is actually straight up doing lineart. And since I'm doing lineart for every sketch I'm supposed to make it's no wonder I've fallen behind so much :'3 

For the people that don't entirely understand the art process, its not that big of a deal in the end. Or any at all, really. It's just st...

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2020-35 Pack

Changing the brush I use for sketches. Compare the 2 Stilva pictures to see what I mean, but basically the one I had been using for a bit now is really comfortable but it always felt too clean. The other one is messier but a bit harder to use, I still need to fuck around with the settings to get the right feel for it.

My sleep schedule is so fucked up rn and I can't seem to fix it at all qwq;;

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2020-34 Pack

Missed last week's pack cuz I suck ;v;

Have some Akemi \>3</

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2020-32 Pack

Just taking care of some patreon rewards and some other personal stuff. More stuff in the...B site that shan't be mentioned, since apparently just mentioning it makes Patreon upset.

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2020-31 Pack

Bigger one that usual, lots of rough sketches/doodles. Trying to alternate between personal stuff, the emergency commissions I had to open and patreon rewards.

My AC needs maintenance I'm melting uAu;;

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2020-30 Pack

Small one this week, had a busy one o3o;

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2020-29 Pack

Oh boy. Lots happened last week :'3 Im too tired to get into it tho :x

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2020-27 Pack

Sorry for skipping last week and nearly missing this one too.

Been feeling a bit burnt out lately and not really getting a whole lot of sleep. Hopefully getting out of the former soon but usually the sleep thing fucks me over for a while :'3 

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2020-25 Pack

Meant to post this a little earlier but Patreon had a massive stroke .3.; I've also had a weird week because my cat had to go to the vet and stuff. sfasdf I wanted to post this on birthday at the latest but because of Patreon going down I'm late TvT

Bit of a smaller pack altogether. I've been trying to change the way I make sketches so I can actually finish stuff faster. I had to look all the way back to 2014 because back then I was just finishing shit super quickly and basically I've b...

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2020-24 Pack

Late on this one cuz I really wanted to finish that Akemi ref for this pack. Bit of a wild ride but I'm happy I managed to cram a bunch of stuff I like into such a simple design. I probably could've made the clothed version look a little bit better but.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I think I used a different brush for each file in this pack :'3 It's kinda hard to settle on a single one, ngl and I prefer going for whatever feels right instead of forcing myself to use a specific brush

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2020-23 Pack

Mostly working on Patreon with some stuff for myself in-between.

Also designing a new character, a vertically-challenged drake girl named Akemi. Not 100% done with her, but I'm getting there. Is it bad I'm recycling traits a friend of mine rejected when I was trying to draw their characters? 🤔 I'll admit I'm sorta doing it out of spite but I really like these traits and I wanna keep drawing them.

Also some more stuff available at the baraag.

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2020-22 Pack

Starting work on patreon sketches and also personal stuff.

I've been wanting to make a new wallpaper for a while so thats what the Stilva pic is for; I wanna make a bunch of different versions in the future for that purpose too. It's a remake of a pic I made last year, I always liked that pic and felt like I could do a whole lot more with the angle but sadly I didn't make it very....alt-friendly. 

Anyways, expect more personal drawings in the future

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