The endless toil of "I want to figure out my style, but I gotta work on my fundamentals first" - And then I don't make time to work on my fundamentals. 3D form is a big weakness of mine that I haven't seem to have corrected. So, I gotta find a way to balance fundamentals and style stuff. Fuck.

"Never fight a man with a perm." #deltarune #dess

Kinda forgot about the whole bsky thing, along with the whole domain thing, along with the whole existing thing. Life's been rough.

I keep trying different styles. I don't even know if this is Dess from Deltarune anymore. At this point, it's just me as a deer lmao

Smokin on that awful terrible no good strain that made me make several dark fountains. #deltarune #dess #art #drawing #ink

Decided to do another sketch of the character I'm working on. Wound up being sort of a self portrait. I'll use it as my pfp here.

Did a sketch, just to get something, anything down, for my OC/mascot's new design. I'll do more iterations later.

Update on the website BS: I got a more substantial test page, built using Hugo. I love foss so much. Who the hell needs AI when you have the power of community built software? #hugo #foss #indieweb

Bought a domain just now. Don't visit it. There's nothing on it. However, I can in fact use it as my bsky handle. Pretty sick.

I can only draw things I'm happy with while I'm studying things. Frick my chungus life. #drawing #art

Drawing traditionally is a pain in the ass once you realize that you want to digitize it. Then it becomes an endeavor that takes too much time and effort. Original drawing on the left.

Just gonna shout into the void real quick. Today's just been one of those slump days. I had this vague idea of like, mixing maximalist minimalist graphic design (E.g. The Designers Republic) into my own art style. Didn't really take. Guess I gotta take a break, and also try to find more inspo.

I got out of my slump after a friend showed me another artist (@herny.bsky.social), and their style lowkey gave me the inspo I needed for my own stylization. I wound up drawing a self portrait in the end!

Looks like reverse psychology does in fact work. I said I'd end up in a 10 day slump again and then banged out this drawing. So much for the slump I guess :p

After about an hour and 20 minutes of screwing around, I finally created something I'm happy with. Seeya 10 days from now after I get stuck in yet another drawing slump! #oc

Pretty happy with this. Especially with how I drew it. I started with a sketch, then lineart in pencil, then a second pass of lineart with a dip pen. I'll try that more often when I draw traditionally.

Okay I don't know what I did differently this time, but I locked in when I was just gonna do a lil sketch. I should do lil sketches more often.

Actually really proud of this one. This design was really inspired by the "runners" in the game Marathon. I might refine this drawing some more sometime soon...

I swear I'll post more often. I just haven't been super happy with my art lately. Have a doodle.

Attempting to break into the #splatoon competitive scene, as someone who's been playing the series since Splatoon 1. Posted a looking for team thing on the IPL Discord, to absolutely no reply. What's going on with that? Who do I need to yell at? Let me INNNNNNNNNNNN

I tried to get back into the swing of things after a long while of being in a slump. Not bad at all, actually. Sorry for the bad scan btw. I'm too lazy to rescan.

Friend of mine sent me this old series of Daihatsu ads. Something about it feels nostalgic. Kinda like, Nintendo Wii vibes, you feel me? #nostalgia youtu.be/tQLRaOl946I

Today, I did a self portrait in my sketchbook. Might refine it more in Clip Studio later. Thought I'd post anyways, though, because I really like how this came out. Enjoy!

Gonna post into the void here. I've been struggling with trying to get some of my drawabox lessons done. I don't really know why. I'll try to do something this week, but like, it's rough to even think about doing it.

Cooked up a new OC today. Her name is Ishika, and she's some kind of weird squid creature. Unrelated to the other kind of squid creature that is seen in Splatoon. I'll flesh her out more as I think about what I even wanna do with her. Also I realized I forgot her glasses. Oops! #oc

I decided to phone it in (not really) and actually draw for fun for once! After shamelessly ripping off a friend's style alongside using the mirror tool, I drew something that I was super happy with! It's been a while since I've been happy with a drawing, to be honest.

Gonna start trying to post stuff here. I want to get myself out there in the world. Hopefully doing that will help me draw more often, and do more of the drawabox course! Whoever sees this, hold me a lil bit accountable towards this goal :p