Janine (OC) First go at her natural form. I think the head is the hardest part to get right so I went mostly for that. I like it, but I might want to change its shape a bit because it looks too dragony. Make it a bit shorter+wider instead of long. Might just not matter either.

Valentines Sora #100oj #100orangejuice

Finally finished Code Vein. Really enjoyed it, though I got distracted with Total Warhammer 3 so it took longer than it should've. I don't have a lot of interest in the sequel that just came out since I don't like open world games all that much. Maybe someday.

Janine (OC) A lot happening atm so didn't draw much. Been thinking about how my girls look in motion. Used large theropod reconstructions as ref for this. I'm not sure how much her arms should swing while running. Still need to draw her natural form, that might give me more of an idea.

Went down to the town museum. Lived here my whole life but it was my first time going to it. It had a big wall full of local native artifacts and history. Also has a reconstructed pioneer era town but I didn't go that far this time.

Saki brings you a meal. #100oj #100orangejuice

Need to find a way to get motivated again. I keep going between knowing that art is my only option, to knowing that it's not going to happen. Definitely been falling more towards the latter since early last year. Even when I see improvement or progress my mind feels so shot.

Hanna (OC) 1.5hrs~. Even when it goes well like this I can't push myself to do more, which is a problem. I need to draw for most the day but morale issues are stopping me.

Hanna+Vivi (OC) 4hrs. Getting slower again. Looks bad too. Kept getting distracted. I think it happens more than I notice. Forcing myself to stay on track made me feel stressed and nauseous. Miserable. Trying to be quick is rough. My body rejects doing it and I keep going back to slow and careful.

Couple more requests. Second character is someone's oc. About 1.5hrs for each. I could probably be even quicker and messier with it and still have it look fine. Had some troubles that I didn't bother to fix since I wanted to be fast. Gonna take today off since I want to play Total War.

Some requests Each one took about 1hr~. Tried to be quick and not care about messiness, but tbh it's not even noticeable. A few things that could be cleaned up but overall they look the same as my normal stuff. Gonna try some more. Maybe give me some more requests and maybe I'll do a few.

Frustrated with drawing faces. Not heads, just faces. Anytime I draw a face well, the entire thing turns out better. Faces consistently drag the entire piece down, and despite them being what I practice the most I just can't do it. I can practice many things for one day and improve, but never faces.

Dark Magician Girl 8.5hrs~ Spent so long on the face and never got it looking decent, same as always. I kind of give up on the whole thing after a while when stuff like that happens. There's a lot that could've been improved, but if I can't make the face work then what does it really matter.

Flannel Devil Hanna (OC) Mixed a bunch of visuals I like together in a mash and it ended up working really well. Thought about coloring it but I always have troubles with her when I try. 5hrs~ as well so didn't want to take any more time.

Think I have to take a few days off drawing again. Getting a bit of that arm pain coming back. My OTHER arm is also getting the same feelings. Might be because I've been playing games when I'm not drawing. From now on I guess it's either draw or nothing, anything else is too hard on them. Awful.

Hanna (OC) Wanted to try a slightly different clothing style and figured I'd do pose practice as well. 5.5hrs for most of it, but I spent the next 6hrs+ on touchups. The touchoups were only on the face, I can never get it right when I do her with color. Still not a fan, but I wasted enough time.

Chiyo (OC) Tried to take my time and relax since I've been too negative lately. It was unsuccessful, both for drawing and feeling better. Didn't notice all the issues until it was 90% done and too late to fix, as usual. Head feels too big? It was fine in the sketch. I even measured it to make sure.

Hanna (OC) Tried a slightly upturned head. Hard to find refs for expressions at this kind of angle, I had to give up on that. Just the angle itself is hard to find stuff for. Most of it is the end result, but not how to get there. 3hrs~. Unacceptably slow, even for practice. It's also just bad.

Gaea-Time 4 finally arrived. Ordered it months ago but our postal service is still on partial strike. Lao Shan Lung is also there.

Really fighting it with art lately. Same problems I've had for years. Can't reliably do a decent sketch when I know how to. I have no ability to tell if something's good until it's 90% done and too late to fix. Still way too slow to try anything. I think I'm getting worse. Waste of everyone's life.

Io 7hrs~. Probably more but I stopped keeping track after a while. Couldn't get anything going. #codevein

Tosia (OC) Wanted to practice her legs but decided to do all of her, which was a mistake. Was constantly touching it up over 8hrs~ and still never got it how I wanted. At least the legs turned out alright.

Simple Suguri Reposting to fix head shape. 4hrs~ #100oj #100orangejuice

Playing Code Vein. It's the premium store brand version of Dark Souls. Definitely doesn't feel as good, but it's a solid alternative. At least if you can get by the excess edginess, which I find charming. Playing games so I don't have to think about existing for a few hours.

Sketches (OC) Faces being a huge pain and time sink as usual. Hanna's outfit gave me issues, which is rare. I tend to have a relatively easy time drawing Vivi, not sure why. I originally didn't want to draw her with glasses all the time, but she just looks way better with them.

Sketches Guess I'll start doing some of these again. Trying a different sketching style here to see if it's quicker. It is, but also more prone to mistakes. Added some underwear last second so it's not nsfw, which took too long. Wanted to do more but I'm still not great mentally. idk

Finished Expeditions: Viking. Solid small scale C/TRPG. Lots of combat focus, but the combat system itself is pretty simple. A few things that annoyed me, but I enjoyed it. I've never been too interested in Viking stuff and I had to tab out a lot to go read about the time period.

Lulu Done for @pandoracosmos.bsky.social First full art of 2026 #100oj #100orangejuice

Some more of these. 1st one is the same general frame I was using with the other ones but it just kind of worked. Luck. Tried something a bit different with the other two, making them taller/thinner. I don't know if I like them. I slept on it and I still have no idea.

Front facing practice. Tried varying them a bit to find something that works and it wasn't happening. Did the angled one at the end to compare, and that looks fine. Here's the frames to show they're done the same way as my angled one, I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. I don't think it's the frame.

I'm consistently bad at front facing heads so I'm going to practice them for a while. Planned to do 6+ of these but after spending 2hrs on just these my body gave up. Maybe more later. Don't like them. These angles always looks like a different style than my usual stuff, and even from each other.

Hoping everyone has an acceptable new year. This one and all the rest. Can't think of one positive in my future. Getting closer to where I need to be art wise was my goal for 2025, and I improved too little, basically not at all. Sick of life. I feel both motivated and hopeless.

Star Breaker pic took 6hrs+, but if you shorten the 2.5hrs I spent on ONLY the sketch then it's a bit more like my normal time. Never got the head looking right, was burnt out before I started the lineart. Straight on faces still giving me issues. Just unable to figure it out.

Star Breaker's Swimsuit (Minus those weird sleeves it normally has) #100oj #100orangejuice

2025 Art summary. I was stunned to find I had enough decent things to fill each spot with. Arm issues started in November, and that pic in particular sums up my vibes this year. I didn't do as many full drawings and I still don't feel any positivity for next year. idk.

Never expected this to get an anime. Along with Gaea-Tima we finally have some actual Kaiju stuff starting up which is nice to see (Kaiju no8 doesn't count).

Janine (OC) I always skimp out on drawing sheathed weapons with her and Chiyo since they're kind of a pain to scale well. Definitely making more trouble for future me with the tomahawk sash, but it's pretty accurate to how I envisioned it going in. Overall decent. Took too long.

Played Into the Breach for a while. Slow paced game so no worries for my arm. First played it in 2019 but didn't gel with it. I'm not sure what the Advanced Edition update added, but I seem to be enjoying it a lot more now.

Steam replay thing. Played more games this year than I probably should have. Started getting a real feeling pretty early on that my art's never going to get where I need it to be and began playing games more. Vibes are worse now, so idk how I'll be when my arm's better.

Hanna (OC) Felt good enough to draw today. Arm was fine(ish) afterwards, too. Took 4hrs~, 2+ on just the sketch. I don't like it. Same stuff as always, you know the script at this point. Posting it now since I don't want to look at it again tomorrow.

New arrival + Rodan. Been almost 2yrs since Vol 7. Ordered it when it released a month+ back but our postal service has been on strike. Arm update: Every day has some problem. Either it's my wrist, knuckles, fingers, or entire forearm. Not much improvement. Still on art hiatus.

Jenna (I accidentally deleted the original post of this. Don't know when) #GoldenSun #黄金の太陽

Been watching Ultraman. Started with Q + the original, but wanted to see how the newer stuff is and caught up with Omega. I love that suits and miniatures are still mostly used over CG. Back to the og as I wait for new eps. Also drew today. Arm was ok, knuckle joints not as much.

Noelle over the year (OC) She's the one I have the easiest time with. I don't know what time of year I did each of these since she hasn't changed much, I know how I want her to look and it works out most the time. Drawing the clothes better is really all I can do.

Tosia over the year (OC) Definitely the most difficult to do out of my chars, and it's because I can't quite get down how I want her to look. Had a tough time picking ones to put here since they're all kind of whatever. I have vague image, but not clear enough to do consistently.

Did some tests with my psychiatrist a while ago and got the results now. I'm good with visual things, but I'm awful when I have to use a pencil. I was so slow at it that it said I was almost at disability level. My art speed issues being a built in flaw is the worst outcome.

Watched Ultra Q from 1966. Prequel to Ultraman. Most episodes are like old Toho Kaiju movies put into 25 min packages. A few pretty bad ones, but most of them are fun. Last episode was different. There wasn't even a kaiju, it was just sad. Was still relevant to things today.

Janine over the year (OC) She's in an odd place where I know exactly how I want her to look but can't make it happen most the time. Had more luck when I started drawing her head more guy-ish, but it still feels like luck whether it works out or not. The 3 decent ones are all recent.

Chiyo over the year Forgot this was the first year I drew her until I saw the first pic. Overall same trends as the others, but she suffered less from my decreasing mental state. Still some bad ones, maybe a few of my worst, but far more were decent.

Vivica over the year (OC) Same trend as the Hanna ones, head shape and hair improved, poses did not. I think the glasses help a lot, though I don't want her having them on all the time. I've always done oddly well with her bottom half, but I still need refs to actually think of poses.