☆ Beedalee ☆

I finished this some time ago now, but some of the character designs weren't finalized so it was kinda chilling in my files for several months... I really wanted to post something for my favorite holiday, so I finally cleaned it up.

I haven't properly introduced anyone being the tired cryptid I am, but these are my latest darlings that I may or may not be toying with a story for. (As one does to stave off the madness of living.)

From left to right, going clockwise, we have the lovely Josephine, Lorelei behind her, Felicity upon the coffin- (who is merely having a nap, I promise), Rajani in the center (who you may have seen before), Dalisay at the far right curtain, Evangeline seated to her left, Chantelle in front, and Marcel to the right.

also, shoutout to my wonderful wife @dyemelikeasunset for helping me really hash out the color palette and lighting for this piece. It was another thing that postponed me finishing it, but I love it now! 🥰

On a whim, I made a new 'meet the artist'… but it became such an illustration that it felt quite odd putting so much text all over it! So I kept it simple. For further reading:

Some major art influences of mine include Mia Ikumi, Naoko Takeuchi, CLAMP (esp the Rayearth era), Yoshihiko Umakoshi (specifically his Precure and Doremi work), Kira Imai, and Chiho Sato.

My tools are still generally paper & ballpoint and/or sai2. I've been drawing quite a lot offline, actually... it's just a matter of time before some of it starts to make its way up here. I just need to scan and sort things out, which I've become quite lazy about... This summer's been just gross and melting away all my willpower. Hopefully it'll start easing up now!

Anyway, that's all for now, thank you for looking ✨