Finally finished this piece I've had planned for ages, inspired by Thomas Cole's The Destruction of an Empire (1836). "You should try a painting style like the inspiration!" an idiot told me. I was the idiot. At least I was able to do some much-needed background practice. And of course, no crowd is complete without background doomed yuri, toxic yaoi, and depressed ace.
Drawn 12/30/25, Chickensmoothie.
One last piece for the year, bumping up my total count from last year. In my brilliance I decided a reflection piece with a detailed, real-world background was a great idea. Every time I thought I was finally done with something, I remembered I had to flip the canvas over and do it all over again.
But I'm very happy with it! I struggled with every step of this piece, but it got there in the end. I could not find a color palette I was happy with and almost left it in black and white, but I'm quite glad I slept on it and gave it one last try. Even the sketch gave me a hard time, and I ended up completely scrapping my original idea when I couldn't get the composition down, and even moved the entire piece to Photoshop for a bit to work out a pose.
Drawn 12/29/24, Chickensmoothie.
The Journalist having a delightful Midwinter's Eve, lost deep in the woods around the West Pole. I'm very happy with this - I put this off worrying about the background but I think it turned out nice. This piece serves as both my contribution to Arctic Fight and my entry to the Whumplovers server art challenge. One more drawing to cram in before the end of the year to beat last year's number!
Drawn 12/23/24, Chickensmoothie.
Finally finished a piece I've had in my sketches for a while, a continuation of the story in this piece. This will officially mark the first increase in my total art count over the past five years, which may be a small victory, but I'm still very happy!
Drawn 12/25/23, Chickensmoothie.
Finished a little Rico doodle I've had in my head for a while. The token straight friend and the exasperated ace.
Drawn 12/23/23, Photoshop.
This started out with just wanting to practice those perspective grids I see professionals use in animation, and I ended up adding a bit more detail. I think the grids were very useful - I'm very happy with how this turned out. Still not 100% sold on the Inspector's design, but it's getting there.
Drawn 12/31/21, Photoshop.
Finally did a batch of my Qho sketches. If I finish the rest, I might post them on Reddit. I feel like they might find them funny.
Drawn 12/10/21, Photoshop.
A gift for my dad and his office for Christmas. Because they're always kept in the dark and fed crap...
Drawn 12/4/2021, Photoshop.
Detective Conan edition! With this, the fandom has been officially christened. It did take far too long to make a hobby of, but I probably could have made it faster if I didn't spend so much time playing EverQuest II and Tomb Raider.
Drawn 12/15/20 - 1/15/21, Photoshop & OpenShot Video Editor.
A little doodle of a comic about Hayori learning brand new information about himself. Not the best thing to hear when your alter ego is a wanted criminal. Also featuring fun little cameos of my other characters in the news clips.
Drawn 12/10/20, Photoshop.
Drawn 12/5/20, Photoshop.
Some sketches I did of Hayori's many scars. Out of all my characters, he has it the roughest - he's clearly been through a woodchipper, an axe pit, a pack of starving rabid wolverines... Being the author's favorite is a heavy burden. But it's not my fault - he's the one who chose "having a death wish" as a hobby!
Drawn 12/6/20, Photoshop.
