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Illidae the zebra finch and Ellehaym the borzoi enjoy burgers and each other’s company.
i still draw sometimes. maybe i can get back to the point where i don’t say “how the heck do i draw?????” every time i pick up a pencil. i always forget.
i always think “i have finally returned to drawing animal people after stopping 20 years ago” and then i look back at this blog and realize i never actually stopped
Landon Lionbean and Goose
This is the first big piece i’ve made in quite a while! It’s been long enough that the actual Landon has a little sister now who wants to make sure she’s in on Landon’s adventures.
helllooooooo
It's been ages but... IT'S TIME FOR NENDOZOIDS AGAIN
Dear tumblr I’m here to sob a bit because this month has gone pretty rotten so far.
Halcon went amazing! The cat loafs were a hit and sold out the first day, and everything soon followed! I had money for rent and to pay bills and it looked like I could finally get my life relatively on a good track! Get bills paid! Get my commission list cleared up without worrying about trying to get more customers for a month! Get my phone reconnected! (Although I gotta say I am liking skype as a phone)
But last month my sisters husband’s unemployment insurance got cut off way early. Three months early. She’s been working 50+ hours a week trying to get her family staying alive but it’s hard. But lo and behold her sister made all this money just in time to save the day! :O (or at least save her from defaulting on rent thst month)
I have no problem lending them money, never have. I get paid back in the end and we’re always there for each other.
But they needed a damn large chunk of the money I earned and had left over after I paid rent. I’m talking like a grand here. All this money I was going to get my life on track with!
This was fine. It’s fine I’ll keep going and survive I always do. I’ve always done my best to be independent and self sufficient. I’M STRONG NOT GONNA KNOCK ME DOWN >:O
But.
Tonight my computer died.
It’s the graphics card I think. An old fuck, dependable but was never particularly good. It’s given up. It’s dead. My computer is unusable. I kinda need my computer to do my job! IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT!!!!
So the last few pennies I have left are going to getting it to the shop, checked out, and new parts to bring th back to life.
I don’t think I have enough pennies! And that’s all my savings, not including rent and bills and aaaaaagh :(((
SO! I’ve put cat loafs up for preorder on my etsy! I’d love to premake them but I can literally not embroider without a computer! I’m hoping to sell 10, that’d be swell! They’re amazing I promise you, people from halcon can vouch!
The listing has colour and face variations for you to choose from, so you can get your ideal loaf!
Reblogs would be so appreciated you don’t even know. I’m sorry for typing so much I just have a lot of feelings and I’m just sobbing sorry.
I’d never do this in the past as I AM SO STRONG!!!!GRRR!!!! but if you want to donate to me a few bucks to tiffyoung6@gmail.com on paypal this is probably the only time I wouldn’t say no.
Thank you ;__; ♡♡♡
Here’s the cover for the latest Wonder Dudes in Gamesoft World podcast. This one was for Corpse Party.
My idea was a lot more simple than usual: a Sachiko paper doll and hand lettering, but I think I like this one the most out of the ones I’ve made. I really like hand lettering so I thought I’d try it this time. I tried to make the 2nd photo as if you ran across it in a dark hallway where the only lighting was a flashlight, but Mzo used the 1st (probably because it was easier to read).
I included the original as the 3rd photo. It doesn’t look as good and it’s not legible but I like the wet look of the paint.
Sachiko is made from tissue paper and a red napkin while the background is ink and the lettering is gouache mixed with acrylic paint
Redd from Animal Crossing. Watch out for fakes!
Another piece for the WDIGSW podcast.
I really enjoyed Mother 1! I played it through a few years ago and didn’t like it that much, but this time i did, not sure what all has changed. I wanted to put Pippi, Eve, and a Flying Man in here too, but i actually think it might look better with just the three mains, no Teddy even.
I made this Tangy for someone's birthday. Hi there Tangy~
An Eggman for the new episode of WDIGSW on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic CD. Eggman is one of the characters i like more as i get older (like Ice King) while i like the hero (like Finn) less and less. I get it, he’s evil, but look at that guy. He looks like one of those Miyazaki villains that has a change of heart. He seems to be more Sonic’s dad or dopey uncle these days. I love him.
Tillis from Burning Rangers with her dolphin friend and NiGHTS with the little lamb monster from NiGHTS into Dreams for the latest WDIGSW podcast
Wario Land cut paper piece for the Wario Land episode of the Wonder Dudes in Gamesoft World podcast.
:> My piece for Rhythm Zinegoku~
it’s based on Air Batter. i remember watching the videos before the original Rhythm Tengoku was released and thinking that song was so catchy and that dancing alien was so cute. The yellow dude is from the failure ending, which i didn’t see much until i was playing it over and over trying to get all the little details. I don’t think he’s seen very often!
i used a light box behind the paper to make the stars shine and pushed the settings around in photoshop. The second image is the piece before i messed with the colors. I kind of like that one, but some parts fade in.
*whispers* heh heh, i was the first person i knew to bite the bullet and import it. everyone was all “i don’t know about this” BUT I DID
Girl and Frahg pt 2 This was a stop-motion project that had to have sound, so i wanted to make a follow up to the first one. This one was a *lot* more work intensive but somehow it felt like it went faster even though it didn’t.
Girl and Frahg pt 1
i’ve been making some stuff at school that i can post here! This was my first real attempt at animating. i had a lot of fun making it.
I kept meaning to post this guy. He was made for a class project where we had to make a guardian statue, and I was really interested in the Buddhist Nio statues. He’s paper with a wire armature. I also wanted to incorporate the shisa lion-dog statue, that’s why he has the mask. He has an as-of-yet unmade partner that I want to make over summer. The initial plan was to make both for the project, but I was finishing him up 30 minutes before class as it was.
Sketches of a concept for Nio statues for a school project. THERE IS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT HOW COOL NIO STATUES ARE, but here's a link with a lot of good information so you don't have to read it from me- http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/nio.shtml
I want to incorporate masks because MASKS ARE COOL and WEIRD and i want the represent the shisa and fox statues that are placed at Shinto shrines in place of Nio.
The final will be statues made from cut paper. Both the form they'll take and the physical attributes are way outside my artistic comfort zone (i usually stick to flat images of animals and people of either childish or abstracted cartoon proportions) and i am exited to work on it. Since i've started working with paper as material, i keep pushing farther away from a flat surface. IF I DON'T FALL OVER FROM EXHAUSTION FROM TRYING TO MAKE THESE IN TWO WEEKS WITH A FULL-ASS SCHEDULE, these will be the first pieces in a looooong time that finally make it into the great unknown world of three dimensions. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. Maybe. I might not make it or it might turn out crappy, BUT I SURE WILL TRY.
