The winning prompt for this month was "beach babe Bridget and Testament hitting on the viewer"! I ended up with two different sketches that I liked, so I decided to split it up into two different illustrations... I was trying to evoke an "oldschool anime print" feeling with this one. I hope you all like her!
I'll have the second pic up soon π
I made this as a birthday gift for my sister-in-law! She's as obsessed with mahou shoujo as I am and Sailor Moon is her favorite character overall. (it's not just an excuse for me to draw more fanart >;3)
I based the pose off this Takeuchi illustration:
I love the composition of this, with the super feathery wings! I feel like Eternal Sailor Moon is usually drawn with simplified wings, and while I actually like those more, it's fun to draw them looking a little more like they could be real.
I went with the color palette from the Cosmos movie redesigns. π
Time to decide a prompt for this month's bonus illustration!
Thanks for all that submitted a request! (Sorry I'm a couple days late, I've been ill so I've been playing catch-up again! orz)
The poll is set to end by 7/21. (You can vote for more than one prompt!)
A sketch page commission for Lydia!
She asked for Furina de Fontaine from Genshin, specifically as a transmasculine version of this character (he/they pronouns). β¨
For June's bonus poll - Marcille from Delicious in Dungeon!
The prompt was for her to eat something that gives her some extra equipment, but I went with a potion/drink for simplicity! I also thought it'd be fun to play with the transformation aspect by making it a little comic.
I really hope you all enjoy this!! π€ππ
(PS: Thank you all as usual for your patience with me! My spouse and I got covid around June 19th, and we've been really sick ever since then. My symptoms are finally starting to clear up and my spouse is getting there too, but we're still needing some rest. I'm working to catch up on posting and replying to people after being MIA and I hope to be back to a more normal schedule soon!
I also will be opening commissions soon, and posting some info about other art projects, so please keep an eye out for that if you're interested! <3)
Time to decide a prompt for this month's bonus illustration!
Thanks for all that submitted a request, and thank you so much for waiting! I added a couple prompts of my own this month, too :3
The poll is set to end by 6/20. (You can vote for more than one prompt!)
(Sorry for the duplicate emails, I messed up the poll settings last time orz)
Peach and Bowsette for the Patreon bonus poll!
I decided to make them both trans. π I also decided to design some little outfits for them. I really hope you all enjoy them!
A sketch page commission (+coloring) for Mona Moonlight! She/her pronouns π
I'm really happy with how this one came out, and hope you all enjoy it too!
PS - sorry for my lack of posts this month...I've been dealing with illness and also took some time off for my birthday, but am slowly getting back on track. I really appreciate you all for sticking with me π
Time to decide a prompt for this month's bonus illustration!
Thanks to all that submitted a request I added a couple suggestions of my own, too (marked with *). It's my birthday month, so if you feel like indulging me a little... .... ππ³
The winning prompt from this poll will be chosen on 5/20.
(You can vote for more than one option!)
Some fanart of a few of my favorite trainers β¨
I'm planning on making a Pokemon yuri fanbook! There are so many fanart ideas (revolving around the human characters) that I've wanted to draw for so long but have never had the time, and a lot of those ideas involve sapphic pairings, so I really want to make this! It'll be digital at first but I'm planning on getting it printed if enough people are interested! β₯ I'll post more info about it soon!
The winning prompt for this month's poll was "Bridget Guilty Gear Strive after her milfification arc" π³
I decided to do a little sketch page for this one! I hope you all like how she turned out! ππ
Time to decide a prompt for this month's bonus illustration!
Thanks to all that submitted a request I added a couple suggestions of my own, too (marked with *).
(and thanks for waiting on me to put up the poll - sorry it took so long!)
The winning prompt from this poll will be chosen on 4/21.
(You can vote for more than one option!)
The runner up for last month's bonus poll was for some tasteful nudes of Sara (she/her) πΏβ₯
I decided to draw the runner up idea as well, to give everyone some more OC content and as thanks for my slow posting. π I just really wanted to draw her napping on her tail fluff, to be honest. She basically has a built-in bed and I'm jealous
(pose referenced from a photo of gravure model Yabuki Haruna (ref))
(Thanks so much for waiting on this!!)
The winning bonus illustration prompt for March was "[Xenoblade 3] T4T transfem Nia and Melia frotting"
I'm not familiar with Xenoblade but I hope I did them justice! They're both pretty characters, so I had fun drawing them :3
Also, I did some rough sketches of the characters before drawing this (I've been doing this more often for couple pieces lately and I find it's really helpful in keeping their features consistent!), so here's those sketches too, because why not
Thank you all so much for being here and supporting me another month! I know that things have been weird with Patreon lately, but I appreciate you all sticking around.
I've been inactive here, on Discord and on social media lately because I've been dealing with a really difficult combination of stuff, both mental and physical health-wise. I wanted to talk about it and hopefully relieve some of the anxiety I have surrounding it, because having these things on my mind but not sharing it with friends and people who support me has been weighing heavily on me. I won't go into extreme detail, but if you're uncomfortable with the topics below you can just skip the following section.
(CW: discussion of abuse and diseases, mention of self harm)
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The past few months I've been struggling with communicating with friends and posting on social media, etc. even more so than in the past. Last year I blocked a patron and long-time client for harassment, and this person confronted me via DM on social media in December, and said that me blocking them from my patreon/etc lead to them almost causing harm to themselves. I didn't react to this well and I think this lead me to uncovering some stuff (in regards to my mental health) because of how triggering it was.
Although I've known I have anxiety and talked about mental health struggles before, it's only recently that I had some significant breakthroughs and began to understand my symptoms and what is probably causing them. I believe that my mental health issues have been mis/under-diagnosed, and that I have been suffering from C-PTSD due to an abusive home environment, medical neglect and other traumatic events from life up til my early 20's. Many memories that were repressed (or things that I completely emotionally distanced myself from) have been coming back, and I have been dealing with flashbacks and intense panic attacks. Part of it ties into the physical problems I have been dealing with; my scoliosis was detected when I was a child, but nothing was done to help correct my spine and it progressed without me knowing about it, including other skeletal deformities developing because of it.
Unfortunately, I lost access to the therapist I had been working with due to my insurance changing in January, and have been trying to find mental healthcare through my new insurance. The wait times for care are absolutely horrendous in this area, but I'll keep pushing to get an official diagnosis for PTSD so that I can begin more accurate treatment as soon as I can. The good news is that I think that my mental health can improve significantly now that I understand myself a bit more, but I have a lot to catch up on.
I have also been dealing with an increase my chronic pain due to severe scoliosis, and have been trying to get new treatment established for that too. My previous insurance denied massage therapy for me, and physical therapy was 2+ hours away, so I went without it for the past couple years. I'm on a wait list for those things too, but I did manage to get an appointment with a pain specialist as well as a new X-ray and scoliosis survey. It turns out that it's more severe than I thought (my spine curves left with a Cobb angle of 81 degrees and then left at 62 degrees at another part of my spine. An angle of 45 degrees or more is considered severe). Additionally, I found out that I have degenerative spondylolysis (fractures in the vertebra) throughout my spine, which has probably been adding another layer to my pain. I'm still waiting for my doctors to review my new X-ray, so I'm not sure yet if they will recommend some new treatment options for me.
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I know it's heavy stuff, and it's hard to discuss publicly, but these things have been having a huge impact on my life and what I'm able to accomplish as an artist. I have been supporting myself and my spouse on my commissions and Patreon income since 2020, almost exclusively (aside from a few jobs/internships my spouse has done). My spouse is currently in college and working their ass off to finish their degree, and so we don't have a lot of flexibility right now. Because of the health issues I've been dealing with causing me to not be able to work as much, 2023 hit us hard financially. It is going to be critical that I keep up on my treatment plans for both my back issues and my mental health, which is definitely going to require more days off work during the coming year.
I've been planning to try some kind of a fundraiser to help fund some of my healthcare costs; specifically, I want to make a fan illustration book as an incentive to reach some fundraising goals (like at a $XX I'll make an NSFW version, at $XXX I'll make printed copies, etc). I just need to decide on some of the details and write up a description of my book idea. If you're interested in something like this, I'd love to hear it! I think having a project like this would help me out a lot, especially if I can raise enough money to take more time off commissions and instead focus on a single project.
I'm not stopping my commission work, though, just to be clear! I've been hard at work and have more art to post for you all. I really appreciate everyone being patient with me and want to keep improving as an artist despite the setbacks. γβ½γ I'm excited to show you all some of the art I've been working on and the ideas I have for the future.
Thank you so much if you read all this! I'll update you all once I figure out the fanbook/fundraiser idea, but either way, hope you look forward to the art ππ
An OC sketch page for Celeste! She/they pronouns.
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OC sketch page comm for keepsmewyrm! She/her pronouns.
2024-03-15 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A gift I made a few months back for my dear friend Stella (she/her). π
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A couple rough sketch comm for iyarkonan! He/him for both characters.
2024-03-12 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Commission for Juniemint! She/they pronouns.
2024-03-10 02:55:37 +0000 UTC View PostTime to decide a prompt for this month's bonus illustration!
Thanks to all that submitted a request π
The winning prompt from this poll will be chosen on 3/13.
(You can vote for more than one option!)
Some artwork from the past few months that I haven't posted yet!
in order:
- a gift for my friend Roby / @lapithai of their iDog chara + their sled dog Venus <3 I love Roby's character designs.
- she/her, commission for Kei
- she/her, commission for Rexican
- and finally a chibi Sailor Jupiter for Jamie!
A commission for Cereza! (she/her pronouns)
She left this one up to me and I bestowed upon her the highest honor I could give: trans pride socks
Marcille is eating a different monster tonight ;) (sorry)
T4T Falin and Marcille from Delicious in Dungeon for this month's bonus illustration! (she/her for both)
I haven't read/watched this series yet, but these two are really cute, so I hope I did them justice!!
Time to decide a prompt for this month's bonus illustration!
Thanks to all that submitted a request π I added a few of my own suggestions too just for fun >:3
The winning prompt from this poll will be chosen on 2/17.
(You can vote for more than one option!)
My OCs Remiel (they/he) and Micah (she/her)! I had made a sketch of them in this pose in 2019 that I never really got around to finishing, so I decided to remake it! It's really satisfying to work on something just for myself like this π
The old sketch was pretty cute too, so I attached it as well! (It's also been a while since I drew these two siblings, so I ended up updating their designs a bit too.)
I'd like to make some merch/prints with this illustration when I can π
I watched Bocchi the Rock recently and felt like drawing one of the adult ladies on the show for fun. Anyone a fan of this gal? prolly not
(jk I know some of you are ;)
beast and Dahlia (she/they/it and she/her pronouns) for Januaryβs monthly bonus pic!
I tried to get it done on time but didnβt quite make it - I hope their cuteness makes up for it π₯Ίπ
Thank you all for your support as always, and I hope you enjoy <3
The winning prompt for this month was a tie, so I went with my person preference - "a t4t dragon couple"!
I had an existing transfem dog girl design from a while ago, and felt like a dragon/monster upgrade for her would be cute! (I attached her original design for reference). I really like how it turned out.
I'm thinking that they can switch between the two forms in some way.
The other dragon is new! β¨
I'm working on the couple pic now, so expect that Soon! I hope you all enjoy them :3
Some Pokemon SV fanart because I'm obsessed (still) (this is one of my favorite pokemon games and I'm so serious about that)
If you haven't been back to the Crystal Pool after completing the Indigo Disk story, you should π