In my ROMHack-playing phase. I like Tsukikuro's later hacks, specifically 3 Claw-- it has juuust the right amount of BS. Maybe the powerups are a bit generous, but it genuinely feels like it wants you to keep going.

"Do the roar"

As an Astro Boy fan, I get that it's the main anime Western Mega Man fans are familiar enough with to draw comparisons between. Skimming the different influences namedropped for Mega Man, though, the one the franchise would be the most different without would probably be Casshern. Just a PSA.

Lots to talk about with Mega Man 4's graphics! Starting with part 1. Retracing my steps, I also made some corrections to my rips for this game, so that's been updated as well. #megaman #megaman4 lavamantilerips.blogspot.com/2026/02/mega...

Fan designs of Anman and Nikuman, prototype Eddies from MM1. Anman would recover some energy and Nikuman would recover it fully. According to Kobun20, the "man" in their names is actually short for "manjū"-- they're named after food!

wtf....

mmmm... giraffe...

Now for some non-competition stuff. More Quilt Woman! Made new key art to be more consistent with Molecule Man. #MegaMan #RobotMaster

Also, damn, the 20 that got picked for voting are underwhelming. And I was worried my entry was vanilla, holy shit. I feel like even under the "themes" selected, there are more interesting designs out there. Like... x.com/Go_madare_/s... x.com/KarakatoDzo/... x.com/r8HiyzhXTV1G...

Now that DO voting has started, reposting my entry (in higher res). It was a nice creative exercise; I'm glad I stuck with the jar helmet. #megaman

this shit? Classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyn...

Old Ecaflip design! Meant to try prismacolors with her, but misplaced them at the time and only found them today. #dofus #wakfu

guy inspired by Nuparu Inika #bionicle

Pen sketches 👑🔴 #deltarune

7th and last attack, trying to include a background. I still need to practice those-- I definitely overscoped-- but I like how some of the rendering turned out. OC by @evilbeeman.bsky.social artfight.net/attack/12897...

Attack #6. Another last-minute addition, or I would've fixed some proportions. I like the double-necked guitar. @axneon.com and I first met when I drew his Ratboy OCs a long time ago, so this continues that trend. artfight.net/attack/12869...

A bit of a time gap between attacks 4 and 5 due to college. The designer for this one makes a lot of good OCs but unlists them frequently, so I made this attack in a bit of a rush (shows in some spots.) Least I got some pixel art practice in. OC by TimelineJunkie. artfight.net/attack/12235...

Fourth attack was another Robot Master design, because of course I like to draw those. I played a little with her rendering, sharing colors for the highlights and shadows. OC by Zosonils. artfight.net/attack/10557...

Third attack was a case of a simple design with a really fun idea behind him. The bendy root arms let me sorta get loose and make more twisty, curvy lines. I found Petrhum early on through the random OC button, and I regret not attacking more of those. OC by Sillby. artfight.net/attack/98962...

Bumping some of my older posts since they didn't get much traction. Hidden by being part of a thread, I think.

Healthy reminder for #MegaManDO contestants that a design doesn't have to be well-drawn to be winning material. Just put a good idea behind it.

Unexpected art commission for Dāku (just the RM drawing). Should ring a bell for anyone who remembers my older 1.5-styled Mega Man 42 fanart. youtu.be/Dovrc7AL9VQ?... Considering opening up commissions in the future sometime...

Lowkey always wanted to draw Tom and Alex. Been a while since I "reinterpreted" more Ratboy designs, but I like to think I'm getting better. #ratboygenius

I am long overdue for making some #deltarune fan art.

Making key art of my OCs, starting with Molecule Man. Wanted the rendering to look sufficiently Mega Man without being constrained to one particular official style. #megaman #robotmaster

Last n simplest attack but prolly my personal favorite, an attack for @adhoclavaman.bsky.social . I am a simple man n when I see characters with Big Symmetrical Head Thing I foam at the mouth a little bit I'll go head n do another alt text ramble on this one as well but it prolly won't be as long 🧵

Gonna make a thread of my other attacks now that Artfight has more or less concluded.

Finished spriting my sillies. The lineup was stuck at 6 bosses for a while until I found some ways to close the weakness chain. Not every design is perfect, but they're consistent and help each other stand out. They're all NES accurate too (though Drain Man would flicker a little). #megaman

"Brother George" "Oh Brother George" "Our Brother George returns to us" #RatboyGenius 11.11.24

My first attack. Sam's designs are peak. #artfight artfight.net/attack/89413...

artfight.net/~lavaman_inks God, I have so many OCs I need to add or update... I'll probably be too busy attacking in the meantime. But, uh, feel free to hit me anyway! Can't guarantee a revenge, though. #artfight

For a mentor of mine, and his OC. Time flies. #megamanY+1

Happy (very late) pride month. Gettin' back to art stuff, hopefully. #ratboygenius

One more fangame tileset remake. Except I went a little overboard and hacked a whole level. #megamanY+1 youtu.be/kk-jA8vQOfg

Once in a while I remake MM (fangame) tilesets, for fun. Glue Man's stage is already close to NES limitations, so accuracy didn't pose much of an issue. Just polished it up. Exploring palette-switching for the background and working in one color was a nice exercise. Original (top) by MegaPhilX.

mobter sketch #ratboygenius

I don't like begging people to remember that, we're so used to twitter sharing things we liked, but that doesn't work here. If people don't hit the reblog button, it can be a death sentence to beginner artists. Leaving a comment also helps. Not saying this for me, but for the community as a whole

In all my old versions of this goober, I realize I've made him large and buff for no particular reason. So I returned to my interpretation from a character design lens and ramped up the "space Squidward fisherman". I still have that Old Fingerhead T-shirt, need to wear it more often. #ratboygenius

Been a while since I reinterpreted an RD character. Or used a grease pencil, for that matter. #ratboygenius

Hi friends Currently job hunting and would appreciate if yall know anyone who needs a 2D level designer. I have 15 years of experience with GameMaker & 1 year of godot. I feel bad asking for help since I know others have it way worse than me but I need to learn sometimes it's okay to ask for help.

Quick drawing as part of an "edgy oc" prompt from a friend. Though admittedly it came out more spooky than anything else.

School started and I've been procrastinating on the tileset blog. Uhh... have my own NES tiles in the meantime. I think this marks my fifth year making 'em? #megaman

red planet stuff

Set up a blog site to talk about Mega Man graphics. Starting a couple years ago, I ripped a bunch of background tiles from the NES hexalogy and jotted down what I found under the hood. Currently just has the introductory page, but I plan to add more. lavamantilerips.blogspot.com

Been a hot minute since I've drawn Tombstone. I like "Muspell's" recent take on him in his zine where the end date is just scratched out.

Probably one of the few Robot Master OCs I'm proud of. I always wanted to dedicate some time to properly rendering her... Tried to break from my usual style in the process. #megaman #robotmaster

A couple more things I made last month in my college's art club. The first is from Cocoron, the second is character design practice.

Art dump thread 3: Inktober. Or rather, Bonktober. A friend was doing it; I felt I could use more practice drawing Bionicle characters; and I didn't much care for Inktober's prompt list. I think I'll skip the commentary and just post these in bulk. Day 1: Fire Day 2: Island Day 3: Mask Day 4: Beast

Art dump thread 2: the July sessions. Ankama's stuff... Dofus/Wakfu/Waven...?... was heavily influential on my artstyle and growth of skill back in 2018/2019. I made a self-inflicted challenge to make a redesign piece of all 12 main Dofus classes in 14 days, to review my skills.