I created a new style for myself for drawing the clones and its so crazy easy. So here meet the boys of Mariden.

Description of the boys below the cut

I've been staying off of Tumblr to avoid The Bad Batch spoilers. Did it work? No. But it's okay. Here have a sketch dump.

Been having fun drawing my boys and Twilight a bit more. And I've got a more viable plan for getting their story out there. Stay tuned!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH JOY THIS ASK GAVE ME THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Anyone else ever start a story and then publish a few chapters but then realize that its not really going in the direction that you wanted it to go in so you try to decide between taking it down entirely to fix it or edit what you have for the thousandth time?

i'm kinda facing that right now with TMSC. I'm leaning more towards taking it down temporarily, rewriting it, and then trying to write more before I start publishing it.

quite unfortunately and against my will I'm a few days behind in inktober. when you're traveling and busy all day there's really not that much time to draw. 😭😭😭

Inktober Day 8: Toad - Claptrap found a new friend on one of his hikes. Introducing the Mariden Furry Toad.

I was super tempted to color this but I didn't want to risk ruining it. Adding this to my list of "to redraw digitally later".

Inktober Day 7: Drip - When Claptrap and Rocker's pranks go wrong, Sarge usually ends up being the victim. Clap and Rocker better start running.

The more I do these the more I realize I might need to study clone armor better. It's hard to draw. 😅

Day 6: Golden - What if the Mariden boys never went to Mariden? What if they had joined Commander Cody's battalion, the 212th? I figured they would've gone with the same patterns on their armor, but of course they would've had to use the gold-yellow paint assigned to the 212th.

Dude I've never drawn this many people in one picture. I'm not happy with everything here, but I'm happy with most of it. This is definitely one that I want to redo digitally at some point.

Inktober Day 5: Map - Claptrap made a map of all the animal dens and nests in the area. He loves exploring like that. And of course he's gotta show it Rocker. Those two are inseparable.

Yes I know it's a day late, but in my defense, we were in a conference all afternoon yesterday and then the 6 hour drive home took the REST of the day. If I have time, I'll do Day 6 today. If not, expect Days 6 and 7 tomorrow.

Inktober Day 4: Dodge - When Scrap's inventions fail, they tend to chuck themselves in all directions. Thankfully, Visor's always alert and ready to dodge an incoming piece of machinery. You just have to be careful when you're walking past Scrap's workshop. You never know if something's going to explode.

Inktober Day 3: Path - You never know what kind of animal paths you might find when you explore Mariden. Should Claptrap be exploring the woods by himself? No, probably not, but Claptrap's not exactly one to adhere to the rules much.

I haven't worked with markers all that much as far as shading goes so this has definitely been a fun learning experience for me. Once Inktober is over, I might go through and color either all of them or at least my top 5 favorites. Happy spooky season everyone!

Inktober Day 2: Spiders. Dagger fears no spider. Granted, he wouldn't want one as a pet, but he's fine with them crawling on his person. Now Scrap on the other hand...

Happy Inktober!! Featuring the Mariden Station Boys! Day 1: Dream. Scrap lives, eats, breathes, and apparently DREAMS building and inventing. It's his life and he is pretty darn good at it.