Uh oh! It appears Collin and Milo have accidentally stumbled into the backrooms. Collin appears to be curious about where they are, while Milo is wondering why the carpet is here is so damp.

Needless to say, this was inspired by the recent release of the A24 film, Backrooms, by Kane Parsons. And I just wanted to put a couple of my characters in the backrooms for fun. Hopefully they don't find anything malicious while they're in there. Even more important, hopefully they find some way to get out of there.

Happy Holidays, everyone! This year I decided to put together some pictures of various folks. They’re all in a style that makes them seem shorter than usual. I did my best to get them looking good, so apologies if there’s any errors. Admittedly I had only planned to make eight of these, but I had experienced a drive to keep making more – a phenomenon that’s been incredibly rare for me these days – so that number expanded to 16. They’re mostly featuring folks on Twitter that I know, like, and/or admire in some meaningful capacity, so I hope they all like what I’ve put together!

For NS-Games, it’s the “Fix-It Cat” Collin LiBee. A very good friend who’s good with computer problems, and has been making some nice art to boot! He’s wearing his purple shirt today, and showing off a laptop with a familiar wallpaper design.

For PetrarchEleven, it’s his protogen character Ramune! He seems to be having a good time, dancing and waving those glowing batons all around. He just needs to be careful! If he doesn’t watch where he goes he could accidentally fall to pieces!

For Saturn’s Rings and Colonel Sandwich, it’s their respective characters Saturn and Terry, posing together for this one. Early on this year Saturn had asked for a picture of the two together, and this was the opportunity to do it. They are indeed a cute pair!

For Treevis, it’s his character Lytzyv, dashing and looking cool. I think this is the fourth iteration of him that I had made, with little tweaks in design each time. I don’t see too many images of him these days, so hopefully I got all the details down.

For VAdaPEGA, it’s Pantufa the Cat, as he appears in the “Extended Edition” of his game. I always thought he looked good in that attire. But with how small he is, I didn’t think it was enough, so Honker is here as well! It’s a two-fer! (Or maybe a “Toof-er”?)

For Cooper the Husky, we have…Cooper the Husky! He’s got a cute art style and characters to match, so I tried to keep with some of the aesthetic. I particularly liked his “modern outfit,” so that’s what he’s wearing here.

For Miles Fox, it's Charlotte, the main character of his work-in-progress, “SLAY-BELLS!” She seemed like an appropriate character to draw this time of year. I somehow ended up making her look like something from a Rankin-Bass special…which I guess is also appropriate.

For HunterBahamut, this is Hunter. I had drawn Bahamut a few times before, but this is the first time I made this one – I opted for his black-and-white iteration.. I’m not sure if he’s running away from or towards danger, but he sure looks like he’s ready to confront it either way.

As part of an Art Club I'm a member of, we were tasked with creating a short animation as an assignment. The thought that kept going through my head was to have Collin LiBee sitting at a desk typing on a laptop keyboard.

I can't say it's anything fancy. I'm not exactly an animator. But this is 48 frames (2 seconds) long. Originally it was only 24 frames, but it was suggested that I slow Collin's tail down to look more natural. In the end I feel like this has a sort of Hanna-Barbera style limited animation look to it. But I'm at least happy with the end result.

Collin LiBee was woken up at 5:30 in the morning on Friday, July 19, 2024. One of his clients just informed him that all of their computers started blue screening all at once. He immediately got up, hastily dressed himself and ran out the door with his laptop. 20 minutes later, he arrived at the site to discover almost every computer displaying a blue screen of death. Shortly after powering on his laptop, his IM app started going crazy with pings.

It turns out, a software update for an application called CrowdStrike was published earlier that morning. It contained a faulty channel file that caused any computer it was installed on to instantly crash. Unfortunately, the bug wasn't discovered before it affected 8.5 million computers around the world.

Collin stood there for a moment in horror and thought to himself "Oh my God! This is going to be a long day."

OK, so it's been a hot minute since I've published a drawing. I've been very busy over the past couple of months with a trip to Europe and a project at work that has just left me feeling frustrated for the past few weeks. But seeing as the Holidays are coming up, I need to get my drawing hand back in order for Christmas related gift art. And I figured a good way to start would be to draw something based on a recent event in my life. Yes, I was involved in mitigating the damage from the recent CrowdStrike outage, and if you want to hear more about it, I've published my account of events here. Collin's reaction in this picture basically encapsulates my reaction when I arrived to work that morning.

As part of @parlareart's Art Club stream tonight, I was tasked with an art assignment. To draw a character in a different art style. For this I chose to draw my main I.T. cat character, Collin LiBee. Using the unique style of @eluthar.

And, in case it wasn't obvious. I attempted to recreate the same pose I did in this drawing from 2023.

If anyone is interested in hearing more about this, please feel free to join the Art Club stream on Parlare's Twitch channel tonight.

Phew! Well, this was a big effort that took over a week to put together. I unfortunately got it submitted to Twitter/X and BlueSky a little late. But here is my Holiday drawing for Christmas 2024!

I wanted to include as many of my friends as I could in this drawing as I have in years past. Unfortunately, I only really had time for flat coloring. But hopefully things turned out well regardless.

From left to right we have a massive "noodle" dragon named Batto. This was my Secret Santa gift on Discord this year. It honestly looks like he might be able to swoop around and engulf the entire group here.

The blue canine-like characters are Sketch Tucker and Heather Britannia. Anyone that follows me knows that I'm a big fan of these guys. I'm not sure what kinda silly pose they've got going on. But it seems like Sketch wanted to be a bit funny and perform a dip with Heather holding him up. It's sort of symbolic in a way. Despite Sketch being the stronger of the two, I feel like Heather is like his rock. The love of his life that keeps him moving.

Then we have my characters, the main cast of Fix-It Cat. Collin LiBee is adorned in his Santa suit this year, again. With his friends, Maria and Milo Waite there to support him.

To the right of them, we have Jessi Schaefer and Jesse. They seem to be conversing about something. Possibly about the time Jesse visited Jessi at her home town.

Next up we have Cooper the Husky riding on top of Kottarooi. Given that Kottarooi is based on Louie from Bomberman, I can see them doing something like this from time to time. Those two are basically like inseparable brothers.

From there we see that ever mysterious character named Lytzyv. I'm not entire sure what's going on in his head at the moment. I believe he may be looking for something. But I'm not sure what.

And speaking of other mysterious characters, next to Lytzyv is the silent protagonist of GatoSlip. The Undertale inspired Sonic The Hedgehog Sega MegaDrive/Genesis hack. I think he needs a bath.

And at the right end is Ramune the protogen, and beside him is Roocan the raccoon, who also appears to be sporting a Santa suit for the occasion. Although, I think he might be worried that he might have knocked Ramune's arm off. Oh well, it's a modular part that can be reassembled if needed. I know Collin can get his toolkit out a little later to fix him.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year, or whichever holiday you celebrate. Despite things being chaotic this year, it's always good to have a bit of fun.

Batto © Batto Sketch Tucker and Heather Britannia © @malamiteltd Jessi Schaefer © @parlareart Jesse © Brandon Z. Cooper and Kottarooi © CooperTheHusky Lytzyv © @treevis121 GatoSlip © @vadapega Ramune © Ramune Roocan © Bru Badger

It's that time of year again! Time for the annual Summary of Art for 2024!

Like last year, I was unable to complete a full calendar year of drawings. Mainly because I had travel and work projects between the months of September and October. So I put my own little creative spin on this again. Highlighting some of my favorite drawings throughout the year.

"Too early. Need coffee."

Oh dear, it appears we've caught Collin right as he's gotten out of bed. Poor guy hasn't had his morning cup 'o joe yet, and he's looking a bit disheveled and underdressed.

Not sure what inspired me to do this. I've been feeling a little worn out from work recently, and I suppose this is my way of trying to express that feeling. Plus, it gives me a chance to kind of explore different outfit options for Collin. Even if this one has him a bit underdressed.

I tried to get a bit experimental with this by drawing the corner of a kitchen, and adding a coffee maker. Needless to say, this took a bit of time and effort to put together. But I think the end result isn't too bad. It might be worth exploring a potential layout for Collin and Milo's house at some point.