Doodle - *sigh* I miss my cat, Nyx

 The dad who said he didn't want a pet: 

The last sketch for May, probably. I've been on a roll. Based of course on the "I miss my wife, Tails" line from the Sonic fandub.

 Drawn 5/30/26, Photoshop.

Commission - Flat Spork

 A silly thing I made for a family member in exchange for sushi, that I actually quite like.

 Drawn 5/28/26, Photoshop.

Doodle - Cowahan

 Found me a cute little Cowahan on sale at the store and knew I had to get it for Callahan. 

Drawn 5/26/26, Photoshop. 

Art - Exposé

 Zhihao's dramatic confrontation with Midas, where he learns very quickly just how out of his depth he is. And what's that? Color?! In my Oekaki drawing?! It's true! And DAMN I didn't know I could render glass! It kind of makes me want to do a glass study.

Drawn 5/25/26, Chickensmoothie.

Doodle - Nyx's New Toy

 I've been stuck in a weird art block where I have lots of ideas, but just can't materialize them enough in my head to make anything good. Here's a little doodle I've had in my head for in the meantime.

Drawn 5/19/26, Photoshop.

Sketch - Recycling Bin

 One must consider the climate crisis. What's the saying? All that is gold does not glitter, or one man's trash is another man's treasure? This doodle has been on my list for a while. Glad to get it done and work a little on the Piper's design.

Drawn 5/17/26, Photoshop.

Art - Mooove

 A silly interaction between Callahan and his cow for the PaperDemon Hang in There! challenge. Wasn't really sure what to do with the background but I think this works.

Drawn 5/13/26, Photoshop.

Sketch - Callahan Mayden Outfit

 An unofficial PaperDemon challenge for UnknownSpy's Mayden event. We rolled a dice for a random outfit, and this was Callahan's. This came out surprisingly good for a one-off sketch. As we say, the ability to slay comes free with being gay.

Drawn 5/10/26, 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 - 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.

Art - Achilles Come Down

 Struggled with the composition and ended up completely departing from my original idea, but we got somewhere in the end. Just in time for me to put art to the side for a bit and focus on my renaissance festival costume. I'm making something loosely inspired by the Journalist, though I'm realizing I'm adding way too many layers for summer southern weather.

Drawn 5/2/25, Chickensmoothie. 

Animation - Nickel

 Tried out Krita for the first time and felt like I was finally getting out of my art block - only to then have to deal with Adobe and its color management when it came time to export. I spent just as long troubleshooting as I did drawing, and all for nothing in the end, as the problems turned out to be unfixable. But Krita was nice, at least. The workflow was so smooth and didn't bog down my computer like Photoshop.

I'm very happy with this, even if color management sucked all the joy out of it! I already see many things to improve and I'm excited to animate more in the future!

Drawn 5/25/24, Krita.

Sketch - Naming No Name

Nickel is not the brightest. 

It has been several years since this campaign ended... Nickel has a new home in Ren's universe, doing what she does best: sailing the seas, plundering treasure, and struggling with basic common sense.

Drawn 5/30/22, Photoshop.

Sketch - Ren vs. Ren

New Ren and Old Ren would not get along. Old Ren would think New Ren is irresponsible and immature, and he'd find her uptight and far too strict. I was surprised at how much my art has improved since I drew Old Ren's original reference sheet - I thought she would look terrible here.

Drawn 5/20/22, Photoshop.

Animatic - Don't Break My Heart, Alright?

 I more or less finished the animatic I have been working on during my lunch breaks. It's nothing special and I'm not particularly proud of it, but I learned a lot. I doubt it will get much attention since it's an OC animatic, but I'll do some funny fandom videos next. For now I want to get back to sketching.

Drawn 12/2021 - 5/13/22, Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects.

Art - Cantinera

 I did a little piece for Imperialist's awesome entry in T. Alex Ratcliffe's character design contest for Battle Games to test out my new tablet. She won 2nd place and was fun to draw! The last tablet broke while I was finishing the video game, but luckily I collect tablets for this very reason and pulled out one of my backups. Turns out this one was actually a step up.

Drawn 5/28/21, Photoshop.

Video Game - You Are a Cat

 My final project for a coding class, a fully-functional video game using Processing. I did all the art for it and taught myself pixel art at the same time!

In essence, you are a cat. You must go through your day, and do your little cat things. Smack the glass of water. Destroy the houseplant. Fight Cthulhu. Your goal: mild torment to all.

Drawn 4/26/21 - 5/2/21, Photoshop & Bandicam.

Sketch Dump - Did Someone Say Cultists?

A doodle I did of my character in Pokemon Insurgence, Catcher (named after Catch-22, not catching Pokemon). I like to imagine mega-evolution is reflected in the trainer, too, so he is terrifying while curb-stomping legendaries. He's hideously over-leveled, but he is canonically a very angry and hurt person who lost everything and has everything to lose, so he can take out his frustration on cult leaders and overconfident gym leaders who try to challenge him.
Also some skulls.
Drawn 5/25/20, Photoshop.

Character Design - Quarter

My other D&D character, a skeleton warlock! He collects ancient knowledge and uncovers mysteries for his patron, and he plays the xylophone on his ribcage.
Drawn 5/15/20, Photoshop.