#stanuary

HAPPY STANUARY!! here's my drawing for week one: mindscape :D

@stanuary Week Four: Burden & Worth @forduary Week One: Family & Fate

far away across the field the tolling of the iron bell draws the faithful to their knees to hear the softly spoken magic spells

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Stanuary Week 2: Isolation and connection

Phone booths always have such a tragic and romantic vibe imo

Heavily inspired by the vibes from Pay Phone Birthday Blues by @dark-lord-of-awesomeness. Love the mix of deeply emotional and genuinely terrifying supernatural danger in that fic <3

Reference below cut

A Rainy Day and A Boy

It's done!!! Ahhh I think this is my fave set of art I've made recently!!

I'M SO PROUD OF IT AHHHH

This is technically inspired by the open art collab I did with @p.e.t.c.h.l.a.d.a (this post), it's just I'm doing the idea I originally thought of with mullet Stan instead of directly what the pose ref was.

((They ended up being somewhat similar but I didn't directly reference the pose ref. The only kinda exception to that is I ref the foreshortening but that's it))

I also made a simple edit as well because I was, and still am, so obsessed with this art:

The Stanuary 2026 themes have been chosen!!

Thank you all so much for voting, hope you're ready to dig in! This year's winning combos are:

Week One: Age & Youth (with 72 votes)

Week Two: Isolation & Connection (with 74 votes)

Week Three: Reality & Dreams (with 77 votes)

Week Four: Burden & Worth (with 81 votes)

And for anyone looking for an extra challenge or just a little more variety, might I interest you in some Stanuary Bingo?

There are 48 prompts on this card, incorporating all of the options from the themes poll, for you to mix and match to your heart's content! The teal squares with the dotted borders are the main themes for the month, so even if you only use those, you'll still end up with a bingo!

This will be the 10th year of Stanuary, but if it's the first for you, check out the About page, FAQ, and Guidelines here to find out how to join in!

[ID: art of Stan from Gravity Falls in Stanford's Underground laboratory; seated in front of a desk covered in various journal entries, and Journals 1 and 2. He holds a pen in one hand, and a journal entry in the other with an expression full of remorse. The page he holds is covered in black scribbles and eye iconography with "MY MUSE WAS A MONSTER" scrawled on top with red ink. The room is illuminated by an unseen lighting source, forming a triangular glare behind Stan. The caption at the bottom reads: "stanuary - supernatural". End ID.]