We still have not gotten to posting new drawings since winter but a big part of our artblock is a problem with directions, and we believe we could do better with more specific external constraints re the drawing itself. We will aim to finish and post some drawings ASAP, though. The other side, our long major struggle, is not getting stuck in technical perfectionism. Then, yes, are our health problems, they also do interfere; but the other two are bigger barriers, and we want to do this.
We want to make sketch and/or portrait drawings for donations to others, and we've also decided that we want to offer free drawings to those who seek donations, either simply as an art gift or to promote their campaigns. We also want to offer free art to those we share social circles with who cannot donate while aren't seeking donation themselves. In addition, if somebeing successfully encourages somebeing else to donate, both they and those that made the donation can request art.
Reminder also that our dear friend @fg-the-fallen-mapleshade offers drawing commissions for donations as well, on their own terms.
So, our drawing requirements are:
It should not be a polished drawing. It will als have an abstract background.
It should either be a sketch or a portrait. With campaign promotion it will be simpler art, which probably also falls under sketch.
Here's older examples of our drawings that are among our favorites, fit this mode, and don't have eyestrain or eye contact so we can keep this post from becoming less accessible:
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Two digital color drawings in an unpolished style, both by coincidence featuring dark magenta and turquoise tones. One was made on November 18, 2023 and depicts Boldir Lamati from Hiveswap, looking up with a thoughtful expression, and the other was made on January 25-26, 2026 and depicts Susie from Deltarune, sneering, with a swirl indicating movement. Both have relatively messy sketch-lineart, but the second has more detail and gradation in color, including the light from the swirl reflecting in the lineart.
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Another note: for a while we had a problem of having our screen brightness too high while drawing, resulting in darker and duller paintings (though they can be viewed as they should look with brightness turned up), as visible here with Susie. We have finally dealt away with it by using a much brighter background for our sketching.
We can also do photo repaints with changed details and lighting, but we do not yet have examples we'll show here, we also don't always remember about it when thinking about this, but we should make examples to show.
