#jassel

[ID: Digital drawings featuring a jester-themed lion, shown in multiple forms. The first image serves as an art reference, prominently showcasing his human and lion form alongside some less-serious forms, such as him as pickle rick and a my little pony oc. His human form resembles a light-skinned, fat man with orange and purple hair, a beard, and sly grin. He’s wearing a white shirt with a checkered tie, suspenders, and and bell earrings. His lion form has a jester’s collar for a mane, a checkered body, a jester’s hat, and flaming blue fire coming from the bells on his mane. The last two images are a closer look at his “pickle rick” form, where his lion appearance is modified into the pickle rick meme. The final image specifically has this drawing placed into the same environment as the original meme, on a table surrounded by tools. End ID]

I will have you know this is the worst thing I've ever forced myself to draw

[ID: 8 digital art pieces featuring various lion ocs. The 1st is of a wind-themed lion named Chu, who is shown to have a tornado mane. 2nd is a parody of the “Garfield! Speak to me!” meme, with John Arbuckle replaced with a skeleton lion and Garfield replaced with a deflated, striped lion. The skeleton lion is yelling, “Morty! Speak to me!” 3rd drawing features a character resembling an MLP pony, trotting in front of a raincloud lion, saying, “I’ve turned myself into a MLP character Resonance. Isn’t it the funniest shit you’ve ever seen”. With the rain lion responding, “Jesus christ”. 4th showcases the 2 lions now humanized, the one on the right being a light-skinned, bearded man with a mix of orange and purple hair, wearing a Garfield shirt while holding a hot topic bag, and the rain lion, now a dark skinned bearded man with grey, curly hair pulled back into a ponytail, saying, “This is why we divorced”. 5th, 6th and 7th images features the same sunny-side-up egg lion, one with them opening their mouth and revealing a row of human-like teeth, one with them wearing little booties, balancing an egg cup on their head, and holding a box full of snails, and final image showing off their wings. The last art piece is a parody of the “Are ya winning, son?” meme, with the dad replaced by a tv-headed lion and the gamer kid replaced by a peacock lion. End ID]

DKJHFSG The best thing about this is that he could turn into an MLP horse if he really wanted to

SJKHKDKD You guys are giving Jassel way too much power

((ps: i like your content and send asks pretty frequently, and from what i can tell, you seem like such a kind and genuinely cool person!! your work is also a big inspo for a younger artist like me!! i hope life has been treating you well!))

Aaaaah thank you!!!! Very flattered to hear that my work has made an impact on you :,]

As for the lions, I actually designed most of them once and right as I drew them, only having a vague idea of what I wanted beforehand. When I went on my lion designing spree, I specifically had a paper with some quick sketches of lion mane ideas and what they were meant to look like, such as a sunflower or egg- everything else was thought of on the spot. However, technically not all of these lions were invented within one year- about half I've actually owned for a long time, and were either pre-existing lion ocs or characters I redesigned into lions. Those were easier to because I already had some groundwork to work off of. Here's some examples;

All that said, I think the lions i struggled with the most were Molian and Ravencrow. Both technically came from old ocs, but I had trouble perfecting the balancing act between preserving that nostalgia and coming up with something fresh and good looking- I'm still not quite happy with either. Molian has way too much going on and RavenCrow's colors could use adjustment.

[ID: Digital artwork of a lion and jester themed oc. The first two are of his lion form, a rotund, checkered feline with a jester collar replacing a mane, long tongue, and wearing many bells. Both images are nearly identical, except the first shows that he can set his bells aflame. The last drawing is of his human form, a fat, light-skinned man with orange and purple hair, casual office clothing, and freckles. End ID]