Digital painting, Practicing hard and soft edges and lighting

All the drawings I did during the October costume challenge, including the bonus ones. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart

@cutiecartoony.bsky.social is a brilliant artist who needs some help. Try to pitch in whatever you can. ko-fi.com/cutiecartoon...

I did it! I successfully completed the Halloween Costume challenge by creating 31 drawings throughout October. Here's a bonus of Max and Holly in the wrong outfits. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart

Day 31: The Amazing Digital Circus. Happy Halloween! What better way to celebrate than to have Max and Holly dressed in something that combines a circus and psychological horror? #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #amazingdigitalcircus

Day 30: Trigun One of my favourite anime series. Holly is probably thinking, "How is goofy guy worth $$60 billion"? #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #trigun

Day 29: Treasure Planet Another Treasure Island-related one, only this one is set in space and is even more criminally underrated. Max is Jim, and Holly is Captain Amelia. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #treasureplanet

Day 28: Superman Based on the brilliant Superman Cartoon from the 1940's. If you haven't seen it, then I strongly recommend it. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #superman

Day 27: Lord of the Rings Another brilliant film trilogy that I have fond memories of watching in the cinemas. Max is Aragorn, and Holly is Legolas. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #LordOfTheRings

Day 26: Pirates of the Caribbean. I remember watching this film when it first came out in cinemas, and it's still one of the best pirate films I've ever seen. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #piratesofthecaribbean #captainjacksparrow

Day 25: Harry Potter If Max and Holly had magic powers, what sort of spells would they cast? #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #HarryPotter

Day 24: Super Mario I have many fond memories of playing Super Mario Games in my childhood. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #supermario #princesspeach

Day 23: Castlevania "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk… Have at you!" #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #castlevania

Day 22: Future Boy Conan Another hugely underrated series directed by Hayao Miyazaki. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #hayaomiyazaki #futureboyconan

Day 21: Treasure Island This is a reference to the 1971 animated film "Animal treasure Island". A movie you probably never heard of, but is very entertaining. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #treasureisland

Day 20: Monty Python and the Holy Grail I think Holly is getting into character a bit too much! #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #montypython #montypythonandtheholygrail

Day 19 Metal Slug Holly was expecting some fast-paced action, but little did she realize that it's also a series where getting fat is a power-up. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #metalslug

Day 18: Sherlock Holmes Out of all the versions of Sherlock Holmes, one of my favourite ones is the hugely underrated animated series "Sherlock Hound". #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #sherlockholmes #sherlockhound

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Day 17: For A Few Dollars More My favourite film from the "Dollars Trilogy".I like the idea of two bounty hunters with different styles working together to catch a dangerous criminal. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #dollarstrilogy #clinteastwood #leevancleef

Day 16: Von Ryan's Express Yet another personal favourite film of mine. Will Max be able to reach the train? #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #vonryansexpress

Day 15: The Guns of Navarone Another brilliant war film I recommend. Holly has found out that having Max as the explosive expert might not be the best idea. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #thegunsofnavarone

Day 14: Where Eagles Dare Hands down one of the greatest war films ever made. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it! #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #whereeaglesdare

Day 13: Avatar: The Last Airbender Max and Holly are their suitable Avatar TLA characters. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #avatarthelastairbender

Day 12: Fullmetal Alchemist From one of my favourite anime of all time. Looks like someone called Holly short. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #fullmetalalchemist #fullmetalalchemistbrotherhood

Day 11: The Rocketeer A hugely underrated film from the 90s. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it! #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #rocketeer

Day 10: Mask of Zorro Based on one of my favourite swashbuckler films from the 90s. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #zorro

My mom has been admitted to the hospital after she wasn’t breathing with fluid in her lungs. She’s in the ICU right now and I just got back to the motel until I receive a phone call to make sure she’s alright. Please keep me in your thoughts. It’s been a really tough year.

Day 9: The Mummy Since it is the Halloween season, how about representing one of my favourite monster movies out there? #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #themummy

Day 8: Hollow Knight Max and Holly decided to give it a try at representing the latest indie video game craze. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #hollowknight #hollowknightsilksong

Day 7: Roger Rabbit A classic case of partnership between a grumpy and goofy character. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #rogerrabbit

Day 6: Lupin iii Max and Holly are dressed as Arsène Lupin III and Fujiko Mine from the brilliant film "The Castle of Cagliostro" #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #lupiniii #thecastleofcagliostro

Day 5: Star Wars I have fond memories of my dad showing me the original trilogy on video, and it remains one of the best trilogies I've ever seen. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #starwars

Day 4: Indiana Jones Looks like Max is now a fearless adventurer, while Holly is his feisty partner. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #indianajones

Day 3: James Bond James Bond is not only one of my favourite film series, but he's one of my favourite characters of all time. Max and Holly are based on "Goldeneye", which was my first introduction to the series. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #jamesbond #goldeneye

Day 2: Castle in the Sky The next one is not only my favourite Ghibli film, but my favourite film ever! Max and Holly are dressed as the main characters Pazu and Sheeta. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #ghibli #castleintheskylaputa #miyazaki

It’s the start of the new month and still in need of funds to keep us going until we find a place. Also opened to art commissions if anyone is interested.

Day 1: Fleischer Cartoon Characters. Lets start off with the classic cartoon characters Betty Boop and Koko the Clown. #maxandholly #lextickley #halloween2025 #costume #cartoonart #artistsofinstagram❤️#bettyboop #kokotheclown #fleischercartoons

Halloween is approaching, and Max and Holly are wondering what costumes they should wear. For the next 31 days, Max and Holly will be trying on all sorts of outfits from recognizable films and TV shows to ones you haven't heard of, but are excellent. #maxandholly #Halloween2025

I made a book, and I'm getting closer to releasing it. I want to share the news and give you a taste of what I made. eoinmcloughlin.weebly.com/max-and-holl... #maxandholly #artistsofinstagram #conceptart #cartoonart #posterdesign #book #advertising

While Max is used to silly cartoony stuff, Holly, on the other hand, really isn't and will get absolutely furious at anyone who pulls this kind of stuff on her.

Max may be an expert in balloons, but even he is capable of making mistakes. Either that, or he likes to do silly things on purpose to make people laugh.

I made a book, and I'm getting closer to releasing it. I want to share the news and give you a taste of what I made. eoinmcloughlin.weebly.com/max-and-holl... #maxandholly #artistsofinstagram #conceptart #cartoonart #posterdesign #book #advertising

A good friend of mine is facing some struggles and needs some support. She is a very talented artist who does incredible work. I recommend getting a commission from her.

Big news, everyone! I made a book, and I'm working out how to get it out there. I'd like to share the news and give you a taste of what I made. eoinmcloughlin.weebly.com/max-and-holl...

I've decided to update Max and Holly for a modern audience. Max is a complete idiot, and Holly is the best at everything. Rather than having fun adventures, the stories will focus on lecturing you on how you should live your lives. I believe people will prefer this modern update.

I enjoyed making the last picture so much that I made another one. This time it's Mr. B throwing a tantrum.

Since the Ghibli images were trending on Twitter, I decided to give it a try. Instead of using AI, I completed the entire task by hand, from sketch to lineart to color to effects.

A re-upload of an animation I've been working on after I found out Bluesky doesn't do gifs very well.

I've been working on a bit of animation involving Max and Holly in a speedboat.