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SKETCHBOOK: petal witch & orc lads // sfw

i needed a break from obsessing over the designs of a few semi-new characters, so i sat down to freely draw some random monster people. sometimes it’s nice to just sketch without any plan and kind of just let your hand move on its own. today my hand wanted to draw a witch of thorns flanked by a couple of orcs, because when in doubt i tend to draw fangs and flowers …

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SKETCHBOOK: comfort egg // sfw

a scene from tarikuto & naoki’s childhood, depicting one of those moments that marked the beginning of their friendship. after a fight with his older brother, naoki decides to run away from home. he doesn’t make it further than the temple stairs, where tarikuto finds him moping. they don’t really know each other very well yet, but tarikuto gets naoki a feel-better egg and sits with him as he feels whatever he needs to feel.

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OC Spotlight: Thulani // mostly sfw

People often think of water as peaceful, serene, and soothing. Water nourishes the earth, gives life to all living beings, cleans the body and cleanses the soul. It’s an element that’s intertwined with the pearly beauty of the moon, inseparably attuned to her push and pull, gentle waves glimmering in her light. They say water is a healer, ever willing to softly embrace your aching body and letting you soak in its mellow care.

But if you ask Thulani, he'd say that you're an idiot if ...

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July MOTM: Figure of Stained Glass - painting process video // nsfw

download the attached file to watch the process video of the july MOTM painting!

as indicated elsewhere, i think this piece looks simultaneously really cool and kind of ... weird. i recognise that i'm probably just being my own worst critic, and i'm definitely not unhappy with it. i just took a few experimental risks with the stylisation and i'm still over-analysing exactly ...

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July MOTM: Figure of Stained Glass - concept sketch + design commentary // sfw?

thanks again to ky for suggesting a stained glass monster!

one can use stained glass for various pieces of art or objects, but for me the term is more or less synonymous with stained glass windows. consequently, i wanted this monster to look like they had stepped out of the huge stained glass windows of an old castle or cathedral. i've considered incorporating stained glass in certain previous designs, but mostly in the sense of clothing or wings that would mim...

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WALLPAPER: July // nsfw

download the file below to get access to this sparkly, spacey wallpaper!

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July MOTM: Figure of Stained Glass (sketch) // sfw

it’s called fashion, look it up. (i love the way flowy fabric looks in stained glass windows, so couldn’t resist the opportunity to drape this monster person in royal blue!)

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July MOTM: Figure of Stained Glass (painting) // nsfw

thirsty for every last drop.

this piece was pretty experimental and is quite unlike anything i've painted before, especially with the way one character is drawn as three-dimensional while the other is two-dimensional. i'm honestly not quite sure how i feel about the end result. it looks pretty cool and i don't regret trying this stylised approach ... but i also look forward to going back to my usual style with my next painting, lol.

thank you to ky for su...

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EARLY ACCESS: starstruck // nsfw

time to revisit another MOTM design of the past! this is the void, originally from october 2019, as suggested by squishiepeepz, meredith, and nightglider!

they look a bit more three-dimensional this time around (not least in the groinal area), and a lo...

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SKETCHBOOK: designing Thulani // sfw

a while ago i drew thulani, his boyfriend, and his boyfriend's boyfriend having a threesome (you can see those very nsfw sketches here and here). as explained in those posts, thulani's design was just a random placeholder, because i wanted to draw the three of them even though i hadn't even started View Post

Monster of the Month: Poll for AUGUST

which of these monsters should i draw in august? you can vote for up to 3 options!

thank you to the patrons who suggested these ideas: nightglider (an urban theme); ky (red wine & elegance); bees (megafauna); toreadorkable (a dinosaur-inspired monster); and ciyu (porcelain & lace)! <3

please keep suggesting monsters, themes, and other types of design pr...

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OC SPOTLIGHT: Poll for AUGUST

which one of these characters should i write about in august? you can vote for up to 3 options!

(the july spotlight will be about a hot-headed and explosive water mage -- thulani!)

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SKETCHBOOK: yushe & kang // nsfw

i recently asked which MOTM designs i should revisit and a fair few people suggested the heavenly naga from may 2019! i sat down with the intention of doodling some rough pose ideas, but got carried away and ended up with a few far more refined sketches than intended lol. but the plan is still to colour and properly finish at least one of these! probably the upper right or lower left, because ... c...

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SKETCHBOOK: an elf & his himbo // sfw

some cute doodles of sekani & byeong-ho (whom you might recognise from this far more nsfw sketchdump). at the surface of things sekani is a notoriously pretty elf with a bit of a resting bitchface, known to be analytical, intelligent, and intellectual. he's good at hiding the anxiety that makes him overwork himself far into the night, that makes him question whether he really deserves a place a...

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OC Spotlight: Sekai Zuri // sfw

Many centuries ago, a barn owl thajir named Saoban ruled the land between the rivers while Khunsu, a rhaajim with emerald scales, was queen of the desert. The civil war that they had inherited from their predecessors, between the City and the Nomads, would finally come to an end once love blossomed between the two goddesses incarnate. When they became one in marriage, so did their domains, and the Empire of old was born anew.

The gods seemed to signal their approval by breathing their e...

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WALLPAPER: June // nsfw

access this tender wallpaper of a soft werewolf and his soft human by downloading the attached file :>

// art + andreas © me; julian © kubi.

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June MOTM: Werebear & Witch - painting process video // nsfw

download the attached file to watch the process video for june's MOTM painting!

this time i didn't have any specific ideas for the pose, so i sat down to think with my pen, and basically doodled a page full of rough and tiny thumbnails. i hit jackpot with a sketch of the werebear rubbing his half-boner against the witch's inviting behind, because it presented a great opportunity to draw it loo...

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June MOTM: Werebear & Witch - concept sketch + design commentary // sfw

thanks again to bees for suggesting a were-creature monster of the month!

i honestly can't remember exactly why i thought of a werebear, specifically. perhaps it's because i really love bears and it's been ages since i drew a bear-inspired anything, or perhaps because i could already picture a big and lumbering bear person being soft and gentle with their human lover. i do recall why i added "& witch" to the prompt, though. one word: allit...

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June MOTM: Werebear & Witch ("sketch") // sfw

back at it again with the pop-arty aesthetic (and a "sketch" that actually qualifies as a proper drawing because i got carried away lol). lately i've been craving those bold backgrounds and bright colours again, it's such a cool and energising look. the honey witch is just having a blast, likely summoning their werebear darling to maul an enemy or two. ah, true love ...

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June MOTM: Werebear & Witch (painting) // nsfw

"oh my."

i was going to paraphrase lana del rey's video games because i always thought the lyrics were "i heard that you like a bad girl's honey" in a very euphemistic sense. alas, i was today years old when i discovered i was mistaken but regardless, this werebear absolutely adores this bad honey witch.

shout-out to bees for suggesting a were-creature! if you want to suggest monsters, aesthetics, and other types of design prompts for future MOTM pol...

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SKETCHBOOK: egg thief // sfw

let the egg theme continue! here's even more tarikuto & naoki sketches, including them as kids (naoki pls, let tarikuto keep his egg); more doodles of tarikuto as an overgrown limousine mouse; and him doing the cat thing of wrapping his tail around people he likes. 

// art + tarikuto © me; naoki © kubi.

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OC SPOTLIGHT: Poll for JULY

which one of these characters should i write about in july? you can vote for up to 3 options!

tiny disclaimer (i guess? in lack of a better word) but i'm still working on the designs of shinya, thulani, and ayanga, so the portraits above are concept sketches that might change. (thulani has already changed a lot since his first appearance in a couple of nsfw ske...

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Monster of the Month: Poll for JULY

which of these monsters should i draw in july? you can vote for up to 3 options!

as always, these prompts were suggested by patrons! shout-out to toreadorkable (goth); nightglider (scavenge); ky (stained glass); ciyu ("it came from the fog"); and ariana dawnhawk ("the keeper of forgotten songs")! 

you can also suggest monsters, themes, and ev...

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EARLY ACCESS: mint condition // nsfw

bent in half by a very loving werewolf boyfriend? sounds like a most pleasant wednesday evening.

i’ll have you know that when i showed kubi a wip of this piece, they mentioned something about julian patting andreas’ fluffy werewolf butt and now that’s all i can think about. (also, i can usually resist the temptation to choose terrible puns for my post titles, but ... not today.)

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SKETCHBOOK: bad egg // sfw

honestly, who gave tarikuto and naoki the right to be this adorable? they are both shapeshifters, and lately i've been obsessed with drawing them in their respective cat-snake and fox forms. but after doodling the kreacher version of the "no" sketch, i couldn't resist also drawing the humanoid equivalent of the same moment. tricksters gotta trick, but sometimes you have to keep your worse half from getting up to too much mischief, y'know?

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SKETCHBOOK: good egg // sfw

from tiny bebe to toddler to child to all grown-up. i didn't mean for this to look like a pokemon evolution chain, but here we are. this is tarikuto in his tube mammal form at different stages of his life. i s2g, every time i draw his shapeshifted self he looks more and more like a ferret, pine marten, or similar weasely creature, so at this point i'm just rolling with it.

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WALLPAPER: May // nsfw

luca and rin, sitting in a tree, e-a-t-i-n-g a-s-s

get access to this werewolfy wallpaper by downloading the file below! :>

art + luca © me; rin © kubi.

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May MOTM: Adagio & Allegro - painting process video // nsfw

attached below is the process video for the may MOTM painting, of two ladies named adagio & allegro!

the composition and pose sprung out of three scattered notions: 1) with adagio being a mermaid and allegro a faun, i immediately pictured them next to a pool, so adagio could remain in the water while her girlfriend sits on some mossy rocks; 2) as we have seen before (2021-05-31 21:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post

May MOTM: Adagio & Allegro - concept sketch + design commentary // mildly nsfw

thank you to ciyu and toreadorkable for the suggestions that combined into this design prompt! ciyu had suggested two complementary monsters, and at first i was going to use one of the excellent examples they gave. but as i was looking through my excel doc of MOTM design prompts, i saw that toreadorkable had suggested a music theme. out of nowhere, i thought of combining the two prompts into "adagio & allegro."

the funny this is, i know next to noth...

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May MOTM: Adagio & Allegro (sketch) // mildly nsfw

underwater cuddles! :>

// art + characters © me.

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