Character Design - Junipher

 FINALLY tackling this... Now I can finally draw all the yuri angst I've been saving!

Drawn 9/4/26, Photoshop.

Character Design - Ren

 FINALLY got around to updating Ren's reference sheet after like 6 years. They desperately needed it. And it was going so well until I flipped the canvas at the very end. Took a whole extra day fixing it, and I'm still not completely happy with it... I'll probably redo it some day, but this will do for now.

 Their ears get longer and droop lower every time I draw them...

Drawn 5/3/26, Photoshop.

Character Design - Madrius

 I finally finished this design, and I'm so happy with it! He's come a VERY long way from his original design, and I'm glad I've finally settled on something I like. Went from the shortest character to the tallest, in fact...

Drawn 4/28/26, Photoshop.

Character Design - Elodie

 One of my favorite characters, Elodie Allaire. Finally, she's no longer naked! I've actually drawn her multiple times before, but she does not usually wear clothes, and this outfit mostly appears in flashbacks.

 Drawn 1/24/26, Photoshop.

No Sleep November - Week 3

Sheika finally got her redesign, which I'm quite happy with. I've had her new look in my head for a while but I had to nail down the outfit.

Day 17 - Sheika

No Sleep November - Week 2

 I never settled on a final design for the crest, but I at least made a lot of progress on it. There's still something not quite right with my direction.

Day 10 - Architecture Studies

Day 13 - Vendetta

No Sleep November - Week 1

 I definitely struggled more with No Sleep November this year, and most of my sketches had to be finished later, but I eventually got through most of them. I also had my Renaissance Festival costume to make in the middle of November as well, and it took more time than I set aside for it. I am happy with what I finished, though.

Day 2 - Aland & Neren

Day 3 - Madrius

Character Design - The Four Horsemen

 A quick commission of one of our players' character for our Halloween D&D oneshot. The horsemen of the apocalypse as a four-headed centaur. They were a lot of fun to play with.

  Drawn 11/1/25, Photoshop.

Character Design - The Storyteller

 After years of putting off this design and attempting to pawn it off in Art Fight minigames, I finally had to give in and design this guy myself. Even have a backup outfit for him if I ever need it. At least I can finally make some progress on all the ideas with him and the Journalist I've been holding off on due to the tiny problem of the Storyteller having absolutely no design.

Drawn 6/11/25, Photoshop. 

Character Design - Tapioca Pearl

 My part of an Art Fight Design for the Person Above You game, a Strawberry Shortcake character in the style of the original 80s dolls for Knightlies. I had a lot of those dolls as a kid, so this was extremely nostalgic. I decided to go with boba tea when I realized it was invented in the 80s, and the purple taro boba made for the perfect colorful palette. For authenticity purposes, I pretended she would have been released with the international line as a Taiwanese doll, and I took my inspiration from there for her outfit and pet, Taro Bearo. 

Drawn 5/29/25, Photoshop.

Character Design - Callahan

 Finally getting back around to this D&D character. This design process got me crying to the Art Fight board for help, but I got there in the end. Callahan is where Howl meets Radagast meets a pride parade. This campaign hasn't begun yet, but I wanted to use him as my character on PaperDemon, so I had to finish his design.

  Drawn 5/27/25, Photoshop.

Character Design - Rico

 Finally got around to making a reference sheet for him. I had to actually color him in for the first time. Can't wait to get back to black and white and not have to worry about color theory. At least I can finally finish his Art Fight page! Almost saved over my No Sleep November sketches when I was doing this because I drew it on the same document, but luckily I found a way to revert to an old save and recovered them.

Drawn 1/14/25, Photoshop.

No Sleep November - Week 4

 I have officially completed No Sleep November with no losses! Week four only had one art day, as I knew from past Novembers that I never do much art over Thanksgiving Break and planned ahead. I filled the week with a lot of research on Catholicism, France, and alchemy.

François Artis & Ophelie Bellerose

No Sleep November - Week 3

 I've made it through the third week, and my streak remains unbroken! This week we returned to Merecily to work on some more character designs and stubborn backstories. 

I still have to make it through Thanksgiving Break, which is historically a rough time for my art, but this is also the first year I have reached the break without missing a day. I also planned ahead and scheduled mostly research tasks for the final week, so here's hoping I've set myself up for success this year!

Day 16 - Nyx

Day 17 - The Queen's Council

No Sleep November - Week 2

 I have decided to rename my NaNo-adjacent activity calendar to No Sleep November, since that is what it really ends up being. This week I worked on designs and scenes for the phantom thief story. Having a clear vision in my head of some of the locations has made me feel much more confident.

Day 8 - The Pied Piper

Day 9 - Side Characters

No Sleep November - Week 1

 A solid first week of my NaNoWriMo-adjacent activities. I knocked out some character designs and did some brainstorming for the map and the university uniforms. I'm quite happy with Kaia and the queen's designs, though I couldn't quite settle on an outfit for the queen. Luckily, I'd imagine she can afford to own all of them, so she can wear them in different scenes.

Day 1 - Kaia

Day 2 - Queen Eleonora

Character Design - Holland

 Made a quick reference sheet for my Stardew Valley character, Holland, for Art Fight. I hesitate to call her a farmer because I don't actually do any farming. I only mine, and fight monsters. Stardew Valley would be a better game if you took out the farming simulator part and made it an RPG, in my opinion.

Drawn 7/12/24, Photoshop.

Character Design - Smol Nyx

 Followed a sudden urge to draw a little Nyx with the family dragon, and really liked the design! Of course it's a design that will probably never be used in the main comic, while I still struggle over her official design.

 Drawn 6/14/24, Photoshop.

Sketches - Avril & the Crew

 A sketch sheet I've been filling up for a few weeks. A few doodles of Zhihao and Rico, my first go at Avril's design, and a new type of tree I suddenly manifested the ability to draw. Finally drew Rico with that dumb motorcycle he loves so much.

Drawn 4/18/24.

Art Meme - Age Your Character

 Decided to do another one of these while I was at it. Felt like drawing Ren, and I also got much-needed practice drawing babies and old people. What a shame that Ren is too silly to survive to middle age; the immortal wanderer would get along great with Old Ren and I spent a lot of time on their hairstyle. I suppose this is an alternate timeline where they survive and instead get a cool scar.

I've also realized that Ren's outfit needs a bit of an update, at least in the color department.

Drawn 1/27/24, Photoshop.