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But a day before the event starts, I finally finish all my Art Fight prep!! Surprise surprise, I’m actually prepared this year! All my characters now have descriptions, many have brand new ref sheets, I have an attack hitlist, and my profile is actually decorated, too! Come take a look around if you’re also on Art Fight and looking for someone from Team Comedy to attack!! >:)

I have a bunch of goals set out for this year, which you can take a look at here if you’d like! Credit to PhoenixMasked on YouTube for the base bingo card!!

[ Nil wasn’t originally smiling in this piece, but I ended up changing it once I added Polly! Need to draw them happy myself since the separation arc only just started apparently hhghhsjjshhj—- ]

[ Dangling them around like little Miis :) Been heavily debating adding them to my Tomodachi Life island. Steve would’ve had the blue Player 1 hand, and Glen would’ve had the yellow Player 4 hand, had I drawn them as well in this set—- ]

[ Smile!! This piece was actually the first time I drew them—- Had to redraw Polly here after practicing drawing them a bit more. I like this version a lot more than the original. I’ve found Nil is a bit easier to draw for me?? I tend to have more trouble with Polly’s expressions, but in drawing her more, I think she’s my favorite of the two now—- ]

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In appreciation of @brightgoat’s amazing My World AU, here’s some pieces with their characters Nil and Polly!! I’ve been trying to work up the nerve to post these for several weeks at this point, geez 😅 I’ve never actually drawn bald people before, so this was a fun challenge! And I’m trying out a new style of coloring! I like the texture of it a lot, I plan on using this style some more for whatever Art Fight refs I make coming up. Let me know if you have any thoughts on it :)

I could gush about this comic for ages, and I will because this is my house (blog) and I love to yap!!

[Final drawing up front, since it’s the only rendered piece this week! Heavily based on the Looney Tunes end card. It’s nothing crazy, but I’m glad I did one more rendered piece.]

[And then, for the other three prompts, I ended up combining them. Arm injury is still bugging me, so I wanted to take it easy. Not to mention, these were some of the hardest prompts, and I simply didn’t have the brain power to come up with much this late in the month ^^; Here’s also the one and only out of costume Pluey I drew. All of his fun design elements are in his costume, so I very often default to having him in costume. And it’s canon that he prefers it, too :) ]

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Happy Juesday yet again, everyone!! Here’s the last two drawings for Jongler Jonuary! I’m quite proud of myself. Despite all the hiccups these past few weeks, this is the first drawing challenge I’ve ever finished. I’m glad it was for Jongler, this gave me the opportunity to draw the Mikes so many times, just like I wanted to :) Though I don’t think I’ll be drawing them again for a while, a new piece every day burnt me out a bit. I want to get back to my own characters, and drawing stuff for my ask blogs. They had to be put even further on the backburner for this, unfortunately. But now that this is done, I’m hoping I’ll have lots more time for my own projects!

Thank you all again for all the support this past month! I honestly don’t post here much because I tend to get nervous about showing my art nowadays, but you have all been wonderful! I read every reply and comment in the tags, and I truly appreciate and cherish all your kind words! ^^ ❤️ Maybe I’ll try posting some of my original stuff again, this art blog feels very under utilized. I have so much art that never sees the light of day, when I really should be curating my own little museum here :) Let me know what you think, I always love hearing your thoughts!

Happy Juesday again, and have a lovely rest of your day everyone!!

[Starting off this week by settling the score with Battat’s owed piece! I got all the angst for this month out of my system with Mute last week, so just fun stuff this week! Battat is very excited about making a Mike snowman :) ]

[Featuring my friend Door’s Cat Mike design! Simply use a giant kitty to help decompress after a long Mike shift! You may get absorbed by the fluff, but it’s worth it—-]

[By Friday I realized that I actually hurt my arm back on Wednesday ^^; It’s been a bit sore since, and it’s still bugging me nearly a week later, so unfortunately there’s less fully rendered pieces this week. Had to skip this prompt because this is the day I felt it the most.]

[Dialogue is hard sometimes. Don’t know if this makes sense but I couldn’t think of anything to really draw for. An accent???]

[Had a bit of time between classes, so I did my best to do one more rendered piece this week. The shading is very quick, but I like the colors at least—-]

[Back to simple drawings, my original idea for these two prompts would’ve been far too intensive and time consuming, so just some silly interactions instead!]

[And finally, a softly singing cowboy—- Nice and chill :) ]

Happy Juesday yet again, everyone!! This week has beeeeen. A lot, honestly. So many things due for college. And my arm is sore, which makes it hard to draw :’) I can see the finish line now, and I’m a honestly bit excited to have one less thing I need to do every day. It feels like I’m running on fumes, now, finishing some of these prompts at almost midnight ^^; I’m also excited for this to be the first drawing challenge I’ve ever finished, though!

Hope you enjoy this week’s drawings regardless, have a lovely rest of your Juesday!!

[Elec Darkners probably can’t sweat, but I imagine they can still overheat—- And I can’t see that awful jacket being breathable in any way.]

[Still trying to figure out how Jongler’s tail works. I like drawing them with a big long snake tail, and with a shorter one for hopping around! I’m unsure how that works anatomically.]

[My beloved cowboys!!! I like to think that Jongler is my Shadowguy Reed’s mentor in the ways of the cowboy. Taught him how to give the best hugs :) Take a look at my askblog @reeds-rodeo if you like my silly goober!!]

[Pluey’s up by one piece now, Battat is owed another solo piece with Jongler next week :) Zip zap!!]

[Based on my headcanon that Jongler’s buttons get jammed a lot, and Zappers’ volume level affects their senses—- So high volume also means high sensitivity and they’re always yelling, low volume means low sensitivity and they’re whispering all the time. Muted means they just can’t talk or hear or feel much of anything, so it’s a bad time when that button ends up getting stuck. The boys are helping with some pressure therapy until the button unsticks itself!]

[This one’s for my friend Tav! They’re juggling (jongling) buddies!!]

[And lastly, today’s prompt is really quick because I still have class and a project to submit tonight. This prompt is a break for me too, so there I am! :) I feel like Jongler is more of a tea guy, personally. They’d like berry tea, because berries are the same colors that they are!]

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Happy Juesday yet again!! Here’s Week 3 of Jongler Jonuary! I barely got these done on time, school has been kicking my ass these past couple days—- So only one fully rendered piece this week, gotta prioritize class!

This week has some little blurbs about each piece, because I love to ramble, and as it was so succinctly put last week: yapping about your art is always morally correct!! It’s my house and you guys decided to walk into it, so read em if you want to!

Prompt list below the cut! Have a good rest of your Juesday everybody!!

Week 2 of Jongler Jonuary!! Once again experimenting with ways to quickly do rendering, and I’m happy with those more rendered pieces—- I tend to render everything I make a bit differently, I like to play around with different techniques.

I guess let me know if you all would mind me yapping a bit about the individual pieces? I usually ramble a lot on my posts, but I’ve tried to hold back for these since they’re a bit more public than most of my work. Week 1 got a lot of traction—-

Anyway, Happy Juesday, hope everyone has a good rest of your day!!

Posting Day 10’s Jongler Jonuary prompt a couple days before Juesday because I want to yap about it a bit separately—- I’ve had the idea for this prompt since I first found this prompt list, since it’s a scene from my fic! I wrote it back in October, but I feel like this is a good time to show it off again to all the new people following since last week (thank you by the way!!)

It’s a short Jongler “origin” fic, I’m still really proud of it. Take a look if you’re at all interested, I’ll be adding this piece to Chapter 1! :)

Happy Jongler Juesday, and Happy Jonuary!! A whole month for my favorite Mike to kick off the new year, what an occasion! I’m trying out this prompt list by @moonyistired, and I’m hoping to draw at least something every day this month. Some days might just be little doodles, (like day 5) since I’m busy with college. I’ll be posting the week’s worth of prompts on Tuesdays, of course—-

Here’s days 1-6!!

@scientific-dog @acustardduckling @the-abandoned-set @jellyjack-cheese

Forgot to post this right after the semester ended, but here’s my finished matte painting!! Finally got the chance to draw some fanart for some lovely local Shadowguys, namely Clive, Matteo, Frank and Henry! I didn’t get to do much in terms of the animation, and I had to do human versions for the sake of the assignment, but hopefully you guys like the final result!! ❤️ They’re filming a noir movie together :)

Drawn in Procreate and animated using NukeX!

WIP shots and still image under the cut!

@scientific-dog wanted me to post these thumbnails I’ve been working on, soooo, here you go!

Why is this Mike’s job? Why in the world is any of this Mike’s job?? Battat is out in the wastes outside the studio, ‘checking in on’ what seems to be the dustiest place on earth; between the couch cushions. While he's there, though, he ends up finding something weird...

a.k.a. Local remote gets lost in the couch, and a couple of mics find them.

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I missed last year’s Art Fight due to severe lack of energy, but I should be able to actually participate this year!

Trying to work up the courage to actually post my art again. I’ve been weirdly anxious about posting anything I draw lately, but I thought it’d be nice to show off my hard work again, at least this once.