#kaigle

Between art block and preparing to move into my new apartment, it’s been quite a while since I last posted a sketch dump. So I’ve got plenty of sketches this time around for you guys to look at.

Mostly my usual studies of poses and expressions, mainly featuring my kainins characters (you might recognize some of them), along with some Redwall fan art. I also sketched mine and my friends’ Root RPG characters; we started playing it back in May, though we haven’t play much yet admittedly.

Notable sketches are of Daphne the deer and Mary the fox, both belonging to @caffeinerabbit, the mother cat from Litterbox Comics, and Roxie the raptor, belonging to Jurassiczalar.

Art © me.

Leather jacket? Lots of ear piercings? Stylishly dyed hair? Trendy T-shirt? Step aside Tawna, my character Carol was rocking this outfit years ago!

Tawna from the Crash Bandicoot games might be an older character, but when I saw her design in the new Crash 4 game, I thought the similarities were uncanny.

This is a little more detailed than most of my drawings these days, but experimenting with more dynamic lighting was a nice change of pace, even if it took about twice as long as expected.

Tawna © Activision.

Here’s what will likely be my last sketch dump for a while. Most of my free time now will be spent focusing on drawing my Starboard comic, which I hope to have some pages ready and posted online within the next couple months maybe.

Not a whole lot of special sketches this time around, but I’ve included some of preliminary sketches for some locations and objects for my Starboard comic. I’ve got more besides what’s shown here, but they’d spoil some of the story.

Art © me.

It’s been a bit since my last sketch dump. There’s a good mix of my usual stuff in this one: my own and friends’ kainin characters, my fursona Cedrick, and some prep doodles for larger projects, with some quick doodles drawn to kill time at work for good measure.

I’ve been trying to draw freehand more to better my draftsmanship and precision when drawing; some sketches turned out pretty good and others not so good. I did use references for some poses and expressions here and there which helped.

I got the Spyro Reignited Trilogy for Christmas, so I inevitably did a sketch of Spyro. I played the original PS1 version of Spyro 2 several years ago and I liked it. There are a couple dooldes of Shantae in there too.

I’ve recently felt like I might need to finally get glasses soon, also, so I doodles Cedrick wearing some a couple times. It’s hard to tell if my vision is actually declining half the time, or if it’s just blurry eyes from allergies/cold weather.

Art © me.

This sketch dump was a bit late in coming since I was delayed last month sketching everything for Inktober. That and I only had a few pages left in my sketchbook and I wanted to draw something meaningful on the last page: I drew my friend Adia’s character Yuji since she’s fond of her so much (see the last drawing at the bottom right).

 There are a lot of doodles and drawings here, though most of them are of my pirate dog character Mara and her crewmates from my <i>Starboard</i> series idea. I’ve been playing around with her design recently. My fursona Cedrick shows up a bit too as well as various kainin characters belonging to me and my friends. There are even a few digital sketches I drew the other day (I rarely doodle digitally, preferring to use pen and ink in my physical sketchbook). Other characters pop up here and there, but they aren’t notable really.

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This sketch dump is a little late compared to my usual upload tendencies, but I think it was worth it. I’ve got a number of good sketches this time around! I’ve gathered up a bunch of base poses that I found on Pinterest for reference, and I’ve been using those a lot lately so my doodles may have bumped up a bit in quality because of it :XD:

 A good chunk of these are just my (and my friends’) kainin characters doing various activities and wearing different outfits (go here to see more of them https://www.deviantart.com/malimarthemage/gallery/38724375/kainins-kaigunellies-and-kaigles ). But my friend Adia recently designed her sister her own fursona (she’s a mink) and I’ve been sketching her a good deal too. Adia has made fursonas for several of her friends before and I always enjoy the uncommon animals she picks for each of them (pig, turtle, otter, bat, etc.) as opposed to the usual dog or cat variant people often choose.

I’ve doodled some of my Starboard characters too here and there https://www.deviantart.com/malimarthemage/gallery/63111533/starboard I’ve been working on a couple new characters I have in mind for that series.

The rest are just random ideas or doodles I’ve done to kill time at work.

  Art © me.

My friend Adia redesigned her kainins the other day at long last! https://www.deviantart.com/malimarthemage/art/Adia-Montagna-s-Kainins-Comparison-2015-2019-817379138

I’ve translated them into my new style and added them to my full lineup on DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/malimarthemage/art/The-Gang-s-All-Here-786018818?ga_submit_new=10%3A1571881113&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1  I can breathe easy now uwu

I think Sabrina turned out the best, and I really like her color scheme, but Ashley’s probably my favorite in terms of personality XD

If you'd like to know more about what kainins are and even want to create your own, you can find more info about them at these links: www.deviantart.com/malimarthem…www.deviantart.com/malimarthem…