my mom died

At the beginning of the month I felt like doing some big the cat fanart because he's a very fun sonic character imo and I didn't really draw him much in my team rose page . I first did a thumbnail (and a quick froggy practice) because I got the idea at 1 or 2 am and than, did a sketch the next day and traced the sketch onto some mix media paper with coloured pencils! ...And than took forever to finishing the acrylic ink painting. -_-

But the painting was fun! And I think came out well! :-D Normally I paint in sections, with each own being shaded as I do the main colours but, this time, I put the shading in first with blue ink and than, added the colours on top. I also stuck with a limited colour palette of blue, purple, yellow and white ink, this is why froggy has dark green pattern (like he sometimes does) instead of orange (which I assume is the "true" pattern since it's the one he has in games). I also had fun adding the scrap booking elements to this page as always and, I think it matches the team rose page pretty well (which is next to this page :P).

A bit ago I decided to do some Babylon Rouges fanart in my travel sketchbook after watching LP's of sonic riders and zero gravity because I really like these birds XD. In fairness that wasn't my first exposure to them (I think that was sonic shorts when I was around 8-10 lol, I only vaguely remember one having Jet though and idk if I'll ever re-watch them) and I did find them interesting in the IDW comics (currently up to the 4th collection of IDW sonic comics, I know I'm pretty behind) but I think watching the cut scenes & gameplay of their debut game and sequel made really appreciate who these birds are and what their deal is so now I really like this trio!

I did draw them with bigger beaks since they seem to have bigger beaks in the riders 2D art and high quality cut scenes and I personally prefer that. :3

I do plan on playing riders and zero gravity in future once I get copies (not free riders thou, even if I had an Xbox 360 I have no interest in the kinect) of course and I also plan on drawing them and many sonic characters in the future but sadly, that'll have to wait. This year I haven't been allowing physical injuries to heal fully and while it will be hard to take a break from art I know I'll need to for at least a few months :(. Hopefully the break will help me be able to draw more and less painfully going forward ^u^.