Today is World Rat Day. 🐀 This picture from my yearly calendar was made as a reminder of and for a friend that we already knew beforehand would leave us in February. We miss you.

My two favorites, Lana and Sui, on a Christmas market date! I only noticed after printing that the Christmas stalls probably should have lights inside too, but oh well. Let’s just say it’s a small market where people couldn’t afford to invest in lighting. Yeah...

I reworked the picture multiple times but couldn’t manage to make Lier not look chubby. But honestly, it’s kind of boring that everyone in the family is thin anyway—it suits her. I also wanted to give her a different hobby. It’s still creative, but now it’s painting pottery and stuff like that!

I paint a Halloween picture almost every year for October, even though I don’t actually celebrate it. But I just really love cute Halloween pictures—adorable bats! Cute witches! Costumes! Cuddly ghosts! Unfortunately, I also see a lot of gore around that time every year, which I like much less...

I love autumn illustrations because the colors are just so beautiful—like a giant apple world XD! I was about to write, "and no autumn picture is complete without a hedgehog," when I realized I actually forgot to include the hedgehog from the sketch. Oops.

My favorite this year! Cozy, cute, and I love the colors. I also really like the creatures from the imaginary video game for the calendar. Mara (on the right) isn’t in her usual pink, frilly princess look—but the frog with a crown still gives a nod to it. Also, I need this Blåhaj Kigurumi!

For the July picture, I wanted it to feel warm and have a bit of retro charm. Although, to be honest, I have no idea what retro charm actually is. For me, it feels like I achieved it, but since I don’t really know what defines retro charm, it might just be my own interpretation *laughs*.

December 2024 Christmas feels so far away right now, but this picture was next in line xD!

November 2024 Here, I wanted to create a picture that is both rainy and colorful at the same time.

October 2024 I loooove Sui's outfit in this picture; overall, I really like this piece <3.

September 2024 Haha, the arm is so terrible. I mean, anatomy isn’t something I put much effort into practicing anyway, but the arm is so bad that I hid the calendar for a while XD.

August 2024 My absolute favorite in the 2024 calendar :D. Pastel colors are just my thing. And little stars, ahw. Plus lilac shadows with pastels—perfection!

July 2024 The twins are having fun on a bouncy castle :D

June 2024 Man, I messed up the lighting in this one so badly. I tried so hard, but nope. I even made a digital color sketch beforehand, but I couldn’t fully translate it into the final piece.

May 2024 Sui fits in well with the family and plays video games with Tommy—I mean, it helps that she loves video games too!

In most of the calenders pictures, you can easily tell that they’re digital, but I think this specific image looks fascinatingly similar to the other aquarium pictures I’ve painted traditionally. I think it has a lot to do with the blue overlay. Oh, and: Blåhaj love! :D

April 2024 Pastel rainbow time! I wanted to try making the rainbow a little bit more abstract this time.

March 2023 Another plant-themed picture! I hoped to create a magical lighting atmosphere here. It didn’t quite work out as I envisioned, but it’s still nice.

February 2024 Every year I draw Terry at the aquarium, but he loves not only aquariums but also music. So I thought, instead of drawing him in an aquarium with a concert T-shirt, I’d draw him at a concert—with an aquarium T-shirt!

January 2024 I’m always amazed I manage 12 unique illustrations each year (except maybe the aquarium ones). This time, the family is painting themselves on a big canvas, with hints at the edges that they’re still working on it.

December 2023 Mara is making a gingerbread house. I’ve never made one in my free time because I don’t want to leave it sitting around uneaten—but I don’t really want to eat it either.

November 2023 Fantasy sea creatures are the best. That way, I don’t have to do research. Yeah, that’s fun.

A Help Support Pikmin I drew for a Pikmin Bloom support group

October 2023 The twins are playing witches for Christmas... or at least, I think they’re playing?

September 2023 Konoka loves animals, but the cute cats at the shelter just aren’t as adorable as the scorpion.

The water starter crocs, modeled after the fat croc tea pet meme.

August 2023 Basically an in-game screenshot from one of Tommy's games, with Mara also logged in.

July 2023 Lierchen enjoying a summer fireworks display.

Umbreon? Na, it's Copeon!

June 2023 One of my favorite pictures, but I always love the plant-themed ones the most. They’re just so beautifully idyllic <3. I even have the cat planter in real life, it’s from leikya.carrd.co !

A bit lacking in details because somewhere during the line art and coloring, I forgot that there were supposed to be flowers in the garden. Oh well. Still cute :D! I especially love the dino pajamas.

May 2023 A fabulous unicorn-vomiting-water fountain. Mara and Tenshi cycle through emotions like shock, curiosity, and pure wtf.

Spinda is my favourite Pokémon <3<3

April 2023 A typical rainbow picture—this time, the rainbow creature is really big! :D

March 2023 Shinji playing in kindergarten.

Bulbasaur-🤷

February 2023 Lana and Sui are in a fantasy museum, admiring a dragon's hoard :D

I realized that I never uploaded the pictures from the 2023 and 2024 calendars. Since I spent so much time and effort on them, I’m going to post them gradually now. This is January 2023: the family I paint every year as snow figures.

Spheal being the cutest little fella~

Two shirts I sewed, with fabric featuring a self-drawn design.

I initially painted this picture with fewer details because I wasn’t feeling well but still wanted to finish it. However, I was SO unhappy with it that I ended up adding more details, and now I think it’s really beautiful <3.

Sylveon was the hero of energy support until Gardevoir (and later Pawmo...) came along.

I drew this year’s calendar on a iPad Mini because, unfortunately, my own big iPad broke, and I just didn’t have the energy for traditional drawing and the effort it involves. (The scratches on the display are only on the case.)

The first picture I painted for the 2025 year’s calendar, so it’s still a bit wonky. Before this, I rarely drew complete pictures with a background and everything on a tablet. What I really like here is the water.

Manny McLoaf by @lordmagikarpish.bsky.social

Glaceon is also a cooking champion :D

For Nikolaus, my partner made Baumkuchen, which I then covered in chocolate—super delicious!

Karpfinchen from karpa.carrd.co . I really like this art—I think I just love these cozy-feeling pictures where people are simply doing things <3.

This picture is so unfair—when I painted it, Leafeon really was the worst Eeveelution in Pokémon Sleep. Now it’s actually okay, depending on the skill set.

I don’t have a praline frame, so I had to get creative. I’ve seen people use Lego for other materials, so I decided to give it a try. It worked perfectly :D!