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[What's Happening] Goodbye 2023

Citrine's got a thing about fire lately, huh?

[things are about to get wordy, scroll to the bottom for the brief summary]

SO 2023 was a big mess. The first half was a hell on it's own and the second half became a game of catchup which resulted in a particularly brutal burnout.

Almost everything intended for 2023 didn't happen but.... I also kind of feel it was a blessing in disguise in a way. I was already spread thin and my "plans" would have made it significantly worse. 2023-12-22 23:29:08 +0000 UTC View Post

we are the same

Local Alolan Vulpix becomes identical to local Ruinous Pokemon Chien Pao

Enjoy!!!

Lazy Fishing

I realized after I set up the poll I could combine all 3 remaining suggestions, but the poll was already up, so...

THE WINNER
Noneedtobepushy: Fishnets. Literally fishing nets for catching fish.
-This just made Sock's fishing routine way easier.

Runner Ups!
Rush: Due to mixup, Socks has unfortunately gotten gloves
-Fish holders.
Fish: a tiny ukelele!
-Which happens to be tiny enough for a small skunk!

I hope yo...

[OVER] What to get Socks for Christmas?

The fight for the final of the suggestion sketches!
You pick the winner!

Choose wisely!!!

What Socks is getting for Christmas

1. Ohad Kanne: A drum kit!
You mean a fancy bed and sock storage unit?

2. Burhmos: Rocks.
Everyone knows rocks are just primitive Legos.

3. Renn: Some cool and cute platform boots!
They are pretty big, but thankfully they are perfect for putting long flowers in.

4. Cresap: P-5000 Powered Work Loader
Basically some really expensive packing peanuts.
Also the actual workloader was sloppy-traced because god damn that's a LOT for me right now, hahaha!

5. Cold...

[over]What to get Socks for Christmas?

(I'm not taking any more suggestions, thank you!)

Comment to suggest a gift for Socks the skunk!

RULES:

• CANNOT BE ACTUAL WEARABLE FOR-YOUR-FEET SOCKS (thats too easy)
• Can be anything else!!!
• ANYTHING!!!!
• Don’t use more than 8 words, please

I’ll sketch a few suggestions early and the ones left unsketched after December 7th will enter a poll to compete for the final sketch.

Naturally you don't have to get ...

Late Night Lights

Local Chien Pao adopts an Alolan Vulpix

Santa, Baby

This one was inspired by the need to 1up my past self.

That older Rouge pic was from 11 years ago! Time is too fast I can't handle it!
My favorite part of the older one was the outright refusal to draw hands.

Festive Fear from the Future

I absolutely LOVE Iron Bundle. I've been wanting to pair Iron Bundle with the Evil Robot Santa from Futurama. It's a match made in robot hell!

I like to imagine the dumbest scenario where professor Turo escapes to the future and... ends up in the world of Futurama. But with Pokemon. Yeah. That's fun.

Also about the words.
Man. I love Iron Bundle but the moment Hydro Pump misses I lose the game and I don't keep it on my team anymore now lmao.

Ruining a Cozy Scene

My main idea for this one was to take a cozy type Christmas scene and just ruin it. Here you can see my wyvern Citrine noticing that there is some rude doll-like creature watching from afar, completely unaware there are better things to be noticing.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

[December] Feeling Merry

Ahh December, a festive time of giving!

But what does that mean for you?
WELL!!!!

All Rainbow Socks Patrons will be getting not only a festive "Socks and Pals" wreathe sticker, but an entire sheet of novelty Puffy stickers!! To make matters better, if you're a Double Rainbow $17 Patron, those stickers and sheets get doubled!

But it doesn't stop there!
You might be able to do a little giving too.

If you're at least a $5 Striped Socks Patron, you'll be able to part...

You CAN be an immortal dragon!

The winning suggestion from Rush!
"Mineru's Immortal Dragon kigu"

I used the "modern version" of her for this one. I think the biggest struggle was showing off her long body while in kigu while also going for a good pose. I threw away 2-3 other pics before I sat with this idea.

I also went with Naydra for use on the kigurumi since "wisdom" seemed like Mineru's obvious lean on the three pieces of the triforce.

BUT YES I DO HOPE YOU LOVE IT!

Mineru Poll [over]

It's time to pick the final Mineru pic!

Which is your favorite?~ 

[OVER]Mineru Month Suggestions!

[edit: I'm no longer accepting suggestions! Thank you!]

It's time to suggest a pic you'd love to see!

The rules are simple!

• MUST involve Mineru (from Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom if you didn't know)
• Use 8 words or less
• MUST be SFW!

At the end of November 3rd, I'll choose the 4 suggestions I have the best ideas for and add them to a poll!
["Forbidden Socks" Patron suggestions get added automatic...

Good Morning Mineru

A perfect view after a long night of study!

Oh my GOSH I can't tell you how much time and effort this took. How many things were done over and over again because the first time "didn't look right", especially the back of her skirt!!!!!
BUT I DID IT! IT'S DONE and wow I'm thrilled at how it turned out.

Fancier pics like this often feel too time consuming to be 'worth it'. The artist part of me was thriving all the while the part of me that knows I need money to survive was repea...

Inevitable Hoodie Mineru

"Can I help you?"
She loves owls and it has nothing to do with the fact that she's also smarter than you.

I titled the pic "inevitable hoodie" because I like hoodies so this seemed like a completely inevitable thing to happen. 

The plan was to take pieces of her default outfit and sprinkle them here and there in a fun way!

Also that owl tanktop exists, you can find it on suredesigntshirts, though not in that color. I have a similar brown one from them that doesn't se...

Maid Cafe Mineru

This piece is maximum self indulgence, I just could not help myself.
There is no reason for Mineru to be in a maid cafe outfit, but that's what makes it FUN!!!!!

Also I made that owl pattern specifically for this pic, but I could see myself using it again. Owls owls owls~

I was tormented on what color I wanted to make the outfit so I ended up making 2 versions.
I hope you enjoy!!!

[WiP sketches] Mineru

[edit: I added the kigu sketch to the pile!]

IT'S MINERU MONTH!!!! Mineruvember
I ended up not calling it Mineruvember after all because seems a lot of people do these "xtober, xvember" as daily drawing challenges and I'd rather not get folks confused.

Oh man, though!!! I've been a busy little bee!!!!!!! There was so much changing and fixing between the sketches and the final products. I'd repeatedly go back and fix finished pics. Re-do lines. There was a lot of love on these, ...

Mineru Month

November is Mineru Month!

This month is pretty exciting I think.
Of course if you do not enjoy MINERU ART I understand wanting to dip out before the clock strikes midnight on Halloween.

All 3 of the shown pics(and WiPs) will be posted around 10amEST on November 1st!

I'll be accepting ONE Mineru suggestion this month!
Suggestions can be made between November 1st-3rd, and be voted on November 4th-6th
This tiny window is due to November being a crazy ...

"Take the whole bowl"

Darastrix suggestion, the winner from the final poll!
"Goodra trick or treating"

When I closed out the poll, I had a clear vision of a Goodra dressed as an Ivysaur to the surprise and approval of a very flattered ACTUAL Ivysaur.

ENJOY!!!!

I AM.
WORKING.
SO HARD.

LIKE. You'll see. You'll see you'll see I have a big pile of GOOD STUFF that's already ready for next month. Also sorry if my interactions have basically been 0 on the second half of this month, I've t...

THE GOO

The 6ths of the first 6 suggestions!
The final Goodra suggestion will be taken from the poll that's up now!

Coldsy: Classic Horror/Halloween Movie Poster(s) except Goodra

VERY EXPERIMENTY!! I really wanted to make him a little more 'alien monster-y'
I like to imagine it's just a Goodra playing an alien in a mini monster movie.
Sludge wave will come in handy for this one!

Skeleton Goo

Goodra suggestion 5!~

Cautioncat: Skeleton patterned Goodra

I couldn't help but imagine this cute pose for this one.
2 versions because I liked the idea of the skeleton patterns glowing!

Final Goodra Poll

I have room for only one more Goodra, so you'll have to pick!
Which of the last suggestions will be the one?

Gorgeously Goodra

It's the 4th suggestion!

Zicofool: Goodra Fashion show

I started drawing this and was going to go in the direction of "high fashion" but then I tossed that idea out in favor of.... watches. Everywhere. My favorite. Strike a pose and know you will never actually know what time it is because all the clocks are WRONG.

I wanted to catch folks extra off-guard with some neutral colors instead of super brights. Sometimes it's just such a good flavor~

Goodracize!

Goodra suggestion number 3!!!

Rush: Goodra's Home Jazzercise VHS Classes

I had to google this so I could "get it right" even though all of me knows it's that look that everyone THINKS the 80s was. Yknow though. I'd totally Jazzercise with a Goodra video. Goodracise. They are faster than they look!

*hands you a wurms*

The second of the suggestions!

Renn: Goodra giving out gooey sweets!
I've had a recent obsession with a very gooey treat. Thos Trolli Bright Crawlers. The "Bursting" ones filled with that sweet sweet candy juice. OH MAN, MAN THEY ARE AMAZING, TRY SOME.

I ended up getting a few bags at the store because they were straight up 50% off. They were so gooood but I ended up getting sick after blowing bag one hahahaha.

Goodra uses EXTREME SPEED!

The first finished suggestion for Gootober!!!

Suggested by SirFancySwank: Goodra cosplaying as other Dragon pokemon

Oh man when I read this the first thing that came to mind was Goodra dressed as a Dragonite doing a naruto-run for Extreme Speed. I HAD to.

Also also also RAINBOWWWSSSSSSSS YEEEEAAAAHHHH

Enjoy!~<3

HUGE Goodra Sketch Pile!

[edit: i added the winning poll sketch as well because it felt cleaner to have them all together]

YES! All 6 of the first suggestions all sketched out! It took me a few days, but I intend to line and color them up!

I'm still taking suggestions until the 8th of October at 11:59PM EST!
ALL SUGGESTIONS MADE AFTER THE FIRST 6 WILL BE ADDED TO A FINAL POLL.
CLICK HERE and comm...

[OVER] Gootober Suggestions

[Suggestions are no longer being accepted! Thank you!]

HAPPY GOOTOBER to everyone who decided they loved my Goodra drawings enough to stay!

The rules are simple!

• MUST involve Goodra!
• Use 8 words or less
• MUST be SFW!

Of course involving Goodra can mean a lot of things! Naturally all forms of Goodra are acceptable, regular, Hisuian. Also my Goodra, "Gooey", who you've seen paired with the Dragonite, "Sweet", work!...

GOOTOBER!

That's right! October is GOOTOBER for this Patreon!

If you don't like Goodra, get out while you still can!

It's gonna be ALLLLLLLLL Goodra!
Suggestion polls with GOODRA! Naturally this can include all forms of Goodra! Hisuian, regular, or even a fan favorite "Gooey" who you've seen paired with my Dragonite "Sweet"!

As long as it's Goodra!~

I'm really excited over this long Goodra sticker too.

ENJOY!!!