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#oh boy 3 am time to binge sbemail :) #homestar runner

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🌦️ April Shower Sale! 🌷

Half-off everything in the shop- commissions included!

✨ On Ko-Fi! ✨

#little bump!! ✨✨ #commissions

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🌦️ April Shower Sale! 🌷

Half-off everything in the shop- commissions included!

✨ On Ko-Fi! ✨

#also brought back a bunch of older commission types! #probably gonna reformat how I take commissions pretty heavily come may #so I figured I’d go all out! #commissions #spring #sale

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#bit of an older sketch couldn’t remember if I posted it or not #going through old stuff and I saw this funny little guy #love drawing silly little creatures on a vehicle

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ive been following you for like 6 years now and i have to say seeing your improvement makes me so happy for you!! your art style has evolved so wonderfully over the years and i just wanted to tell you that!!!! 🫶

Ohhh~ thank you!!! That’s an insanely long time, and thank you for saying so! It’s nice to know I’m still improving even after this long, I really appreciate you sticking around to see it! 💛✨

#aughhhh thats such a long time #that’s really heartwarming to hear thank you!! #asks

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WOAAH your colouring is absolutely gorgeous!! Your art is so cool and retro looking... Reminds me of old comic and book covers!! Alsooo I see you have ocs 👀 is there anywhere I can learn more about them??

WAHH THANK YOU!! ✨ So nice of you to say, I appreciate it!!

And I may or may not have a ridiculous amount of characters haha but here are my main ones!

Yulis is a driver-for-hire, employed by Paul’s company to get him to work on time. He’s volatile, quick-to-act, but pretty dependable. Paul writes articles for work, but wants to be his own author, so he overworks himself writing, and is late because of it. He’s frazzled, constantly nervous and stressed, and Yulis is pretty much his only constant in his life.

Here’s their introduction, and their latest comic!

Then there’s the Metropolis Cocktail bunch! I’ve had each of these characters for a LONG while, but they’ve changed a whole lot over time. Lou’s an alien bodyguard, Cap’s his partner and a schemer, Pepperell’s a carefree-clown-type, and Brunette’s a researcher (and a nervous wreck.)

You can go through any of their tags, and there’s literally YEARS of drawings, but here’s a good intro for Cap & Lou’s relationship, a little comic about Brunette & Pepperell, and their lineup!

(I did also start a bigger comic with them all, but I didn’t get it out in time, so it’ll only like a quarter-way done haha I do plan on finishing it next fall! )

Honorable mention is Thylo, I haven’t posted a whole lot about him, and I only made one comic with him, but his design is still one of my favorites, and I would REALLY love to continue his comics at some point. He’s a flyweight fighter, a bit of an underdog, quick-to-anger, impulsive, but has the best intentions to stay cool under pressure.

Sorry for rambling, but thanks so much again for asking!!

#I love all my little creatures 😔 #would love to make more comics and animations about every single one of them if it didn’t take me literally months to do #or if i was just better at planning #definitely need to get better at planning lol #asks #Yulis #Paul #Lou #Cap #Pepperell #Brunette #Metropolis Cocktail #Thylo #Atlas of the Arena

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#in the mood to draw toothy creatures and wee babs #and what better than the most creature dad #fun fact I looked at tigers as ref #bowser #bowser jr.

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hi! I was wondering if I could possibly commission you to design a small tattoo for me? you are one of my all time favorite honors and it would be a huge honor if I could have a tattoo of some of your art :-) I'll dm you if you're alright with this!

of course there's no worries if you'd rather not though, I'll understand completely!! feel free to ignore this if you're not interested!!

Hi!! And thank you!!! ✨That’s so sweet of you to say!!! ✨💛💛

Of course, I’d love to! I’ve only done a few tattoo designs before, but definitely feel free to DM any insp or designs you have in mind!

#from the few I’ve done tattoo designs are honestly such a fun little project #would love to take another crack at it! #asks

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little commish batch 🌷

Ko-Fi Commissions ☕️✨

#itty bitty batch #limited the spring ones so get those quick! #only taking a few since I’ve got a little project in the works #but thank you everyone who’s gotten one I really appreciate it!! ✨ #commissions

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Creature in my corner 🎭

#can you tell I tried out a new style? #hehe had fun with this one #wanted to get that scuzzy sort of black light airbrush look #haven’t really done lighting like this before but I’m happy how it turned out #always forget how much fun (digital) painting is #and of course had to squeeze a little guy in there #creature #spooky

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Hat Trick Hustle 🧳

#them!! #been wanting to do shorter comics #I say ‘shorter’ but it still took me like a week lol #hopefully I conveyed Paul’s constantly anxious and frantic state #Yulis #Paul

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NEW Spring Commission Prices! 💎✨

On Ko-Fi ☕️

#keeping it simple #bought a big ol halftone pack and I’ve been wanting to use em #also little Yulis cameo bc there miiight be a new Yulis & Paul comic soon 😌 #commissions

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just a normal businessman and his real, actual punk friend. 💎

#hehe tiny april fools #really just an excuse to give them an outfit swap lol #Paul #Yulis

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I am older again 🛸🎨

#mid twenties is such a bizarre age #but I’m feeling it

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just released a fun little color collection! Give it a look! 🎪

On Ko-Fi! 🧁✨

#trying out something new #wanted to try my hand at organizing a palette and making a little themed booklet for it #also just started using noteful and was like ‘oh yeah I can make some cute little sheets for this definitely’ #plus any chance to draw a funny little creature I am all over it #circus #cookie #palette

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#little treat for finishing Feb comms #love drawing this sleepy little guy #also finally getting a chance to try out new brushes and shading #Yulis

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Ko-Fi Commissions ☕️

#big BIG batch! #finally catching up lol #thank you for being so patient!! #might be opening up some spring comms after these #commissions