i'm bored

and a bonus... because my ragapom brain can see only one (ic) explanation for why pomni, who was otherwise pretty sweet to ragatha during the stream, decides to get on her nerves (ooc it's just lizzie and amanda's bit, but let a gal dream)

some sillies combined

and this which was a redraw from the grandma got run over by a reindeer movie which i only learned about from this request but everyone but me seemed to know already???

then some pokemon-themed doodles

and couple funny bits with the oopy goopies (little pomni and ragatha)

starting with ragatha!! i've said this before (in my tutorial for drawing her from a year or two back) but i try to make her recognizable by keeping her basic shapes present but modifying them to fit a different body type... liked giving her a wider, softer appearance as it came more naturally to me for drawing and it calls back to her original inspo (raggedy ann) in a way i think is pretty cute <3

and she's black mostly because i liked the idea of twists for her human hairstyle and the rest of the design followed suit! honestly surprised that i haven't seen that more? maybe it's too on the nose?? but i liked the idea of her having similar hair out of circus since it's such a key feature of her in my mind

here's a doodle of my human design because i don't think i've ever made it public? a bit outdated but the basic idea will still hold when/if i update her to current lore (though i don't really enjoy drawing humans in general so sorry she might not show up again </3)

i also changed her dress a bit. there used to be more details but i dialed it back... i think i only kept what i did because the wider chest looked kinda empty without something extra a lot of the changes i made with ragatha were gradual... she was the design that gave me the most trouble at the start so i had to slowly figure out how i wanted to draw her... in some ways she's further from canon than my original take, but in most ways i think i brought her back to canon, just in a way that worked for me, and now i think she's one of my favorites to draw!! here's a lil redraw as a throwback to anyone who has been with me from the start hehe

okay next up, caine, who's got the most "intentional" changes... i just think he could have a bit more going on to make his design as flashy as his personality! i also tried to make him look more "official" like he's trying to present himself as in-charge

he also gets slight changes to body type and proportions... his head/teeth are smaller and a little thinner so i don't have to worry as much about how i fit his eyes in there, and i made his biceps a little beefier to strike a fun contrast with his dainty waist and legs hehehe

anddd jax and pomni who i paired up because this screenshot was cute...

jax is more rabbit-like because i like giving anthro characters more animal characteristics than canon because i'm a furry at heart... he gets big ol feet, big ol ears, and a fuzzy tail. even if he annoys me i might as well make him fun to draw :P also more detailed overalls bc he seems like the kind of guy to always have his hands in his pockets and i had to add more details so that wouldn't look out of place pomni's a bit of an odd case because i actually did have a more unique design for her back in the day but i slowly reverted back to canon... see below! she just has a fun design which is a big part of why i like her so much, and i guess in the end i couldn't really improve much on peak

ribbit is likely due to change whenever they actually appear in canon... wanted just a bit more patterns and animal characteristics to distract from the fact that they are kinda butt naked??? so i took some inspo from red eyed tree frogs to also work that pink into the design a bit more

anddd the rest of the characters i have very little changed for, so i'll let my brief notes speak for themselves

where to start? when i made my first art for the amazing digital circus, i hadn't been posting publicly on social media for a few years. i'd gotten burnt out after covid and i would regularly go weeks without drawing. i was starting to think that was it for me and art... gone from one of my main passions to a hobby i indulged in on occasion. it shook me up because i had always been proud to be an artist, but i had started to accept it. however, pomni's design really charmed me after i watched the pilot... i had been reblogging a bunch of fun tadc art, and it inspired me to post my first attempt at drawing pomni to tumblr a week after the pilot dropped! admittedly, it wasn't very good... i'm not proud of it, it barely got any attention, and at the time i thought it was gonna be a one-off, but what it ended up becoming was a first step back into the light. taking that first step has always been particularly agonizing for me, so i wouldn't have done it without a good push. i think without the amazing digital circus, it is possible i never would've made my art public again.

i posted a few more doodles and from there it was honestly kinda crazy... the initial rush of attention i got from the pilot-era became a bit much, and i had to take a hiatus, but now that i'm back with a little more clarity (and little more frontal lobe development) i'm feeling great!! honestly, i haven't felt this carefree about art since i was in middle school making warrior cats ocs, so i'm pretty optimistic that i'll stick around til the show's end, and i'm super excited for all that is to come with it!! thank you to goose, glitch, and everyone else who worked on the show for putting out an amazing, inspiring work that has touched my heart, kept me motivated, and enabled me to find friends and community i hold dear... and man, the show just keeps getting better, i'm so proud i get to see it evolve and grow!! i'm not sure where i'll go after the show ends... i honestly might head back into internet "retirement" if nothing catches my fancy, but i'm more than satisfied with the time i've spent here, and if anything was to be my last hurrah, i'm glad it was this :)

...also, gangle getting her back for that headshot :D