Couch Drawings

Challenge Day 074 of Year 12 Barto never felt very comfortable in his own skin. Always anxious about how people saw him, and critical in how he saw himself.

Geri, The Greedy One Norsery Rhymes from A to Z

Happy Thorsday! - Here’s another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, Celtic) mythological characters. This week it’s the Geri, the hounds mentioned in the Fjolvinnsmal / Fjölsvinnsmál.

It's name means “greedy”, or "ravenous" from the word ‘ger’ indicating hunger, from Proto German.

Geri who along with Gifur / Gifr, gaurd the goddess Menglod who encounter the hero Svipdagr. The will live till forever and serve as guards until Ragnarock. They are unbeatable guardians with unmatched hunger. One guards her by day, the other by night, and they only can be distracted by the meat of Víðópnir, a mythical golden rooster that lives at the top of the world tree, Mímameiðr. That only a sword Lævateinn sealed in Hel can harm. Though in the end the hounds recognize Svipgar by his name and end up acting like puppies round him while letting him through.

With all of the mentions of Hel and their power and immortality it's sometimes considered that the hounds are from Hel itself.

Challenge Day 073 of Year 12 I-503 could float anywhere it wanted to, but when it could, it preferred to roll. It found it very exciting to have the ground so close.

Challenge Day 072 of Year 12 Wirit took her security job seriously. Was it likely that anyone was going to try and get into the factory she guarded, no. But if someone ever did try they'd have her to deal with.

Challenge Day 071 of Year 12 Hodd was always just barely scraping by with his salary. He wanted to find somewhere better for him to work, but that was a full time job in itself.

Challenge Day 070 of Year 12 Aore was a good shot, but his lack of an imposing nature combined with the rough places his work took him, meant he often had to demonstrate that fact more than he'd like.

Challenge Day 069 of Year 12 Hiek loved spending vacation time in and on the water. It's human friends was going to show it windsurfing on their upcoming trip and it was thoroughly excited to try it.

Challenge Day 068 of Year 12 Wonik always seemed to have a song stuck in it's head. Most of the time it didn't mind. But sometimes it was a song it didn't like, and for some reason those were always so much harder to unstick than the others.

Challenge Day 067 of Year 12 Xerix-0134B9 hadn't had the most gentle of years. It was dented and creaking, It was dropping memory blocks, and overall not functioning the way it wanted to. But it was taking steps to make things better, scheduling maintenance and repair, and while it might not get it back to 100% it was a positive propulsion in the right direction.

Challenge Day 066 of Year 12 Miot just didn't feel motivated at work these days. It just didn't seem to matter to their commander if they worked harder and achieved more, it would never be recognized.

Grass Spirit, 2025-26

Challenge Day 065 of Year 12 Bloma Couldn't figure out how people had time to keep up with life. It seemed like there was always something eating your time.

Challenge Day 064 of Year 12 Maroa hadn't done much running since coming back from space. But she was eager to get started. But at a reasonable pace. Walking first, then little short runs.

Challenge Day 063 of Year 12 Piro didn't have the most exciting job keeping track of the weather in the highly climate controlled colony. So when no one was looking Piro would listen to music, and look in on it's creators to make sure they were ok.

Challenge Day 062 of Year 12 Bwol'b had fought hard to get on into the pilots program. People of her station rarely got a shot, but she made sure kept pushing till she was through the doors. She wasn't going to lose the chance now.

Challenge Day 061 of Year 12 Ibby could rarely bring himself to go out and do something when he had a free day. He was always so exhausted that all he wanted to do was rest.

Challenge Day 060 of Year 12 Ron-B tried to match other peoples heights when he was around them, for relatability and overall good manners. Especially around little children, as to not scare them. But sometimes it was nice to just float up and away from everything and everyone and just exist in the air for a bit.