Lycoris Wittebane

Let’s dive into some villain appreciation with Emperor Belos (Philip Wittebane) from The Owl House. Honestly, I absolutely adore this sinister, uncompromising, and incredibly charismatic old man. He is easily the best-written part of the show for me.

To be completely frank, I didn’t love the series as a whole, rating it around a 3.5 out of 5. The core plot feels too cliché—yet another quirky girl (Luz Noceda) who travels to a magical realm, finds loyal friends, and gets powers. The world-building borrows heavily from various anime, and there aren't many shocking plot twists. Plus, you can clearly feel the consequences of Dana Terrace's conflict with Disney. Because they heavily cut season 3, she had to compress a full season into a few 40-minute specials. As a result, the ending feels incredibly rushed, and many plotlines were completely lost.

But despite the rushed pacing, the way Belos was written is masterclass. My absolute favorite part is the episode where Luz enters his mind and explores his memories through paintings. This is the ultimate visual storytelling. The lore isn't dumped on you via boring dialogue; instead, it unfolds naturally through the environment, hidden details, and creepy background art. That is exactly how true storytelling in animation should work!

He is just such a brilliant, ruthless, and captivating villain. I just had to draw him!

The Amazing Digital Backrooms

It's no secret how much I love TADC and the Backrooms movie, I think my friends are already tired of hearing about it. I had a chance to see both movies one after another two days in a row in the cinema haha

I'm so grateful for this project, especially for Caine. As a neurodivergent person, I deeply relate to him. This hyperfixation helped me through my hardest times and still does. The finale wasn't my favorite, but Caine getting a happy ending means everything–I cry every time I see him happy and finally part of a family. Thank you to the whole team, I love this show, this cast, and above all, Caine.

I even started to selfship for the first time in my life. This character means the world to me

To see each drawing property

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𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒐𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓. 𝑾𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒐' 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓?

Holy generational lock in bro, didn't take me half as long as I thought it would, and I actually REALLY LIKE IT 🥹

I think I've finally found a bit of my footing in how I draw Philip lol

The Speaker's design is a fucking MESS tho btw please never let me do that again guys (hella props to the studio for animating allat)