PKMN: Just be….

Been working on developing a Pokemon OC I’ve had for a long time. I decided not to retcon a large portion of my earliest stories about her–not because they’re any good (they’re not; they’re about as good as you’d expect from a 12 year old) but because they became central to her development as the years went on.

It took Laura a long time to figure out she was aromantic–rather, it was a while before she learned that a word existed to describe the way she felt.

The most fun part of this was doing the backgrounds in the photos, I think.

Completed 2.22.15

P5: Press Start

Finally got around to drawing that protagonist. Persona 5 looks incredible so far. I know we have like, 1 actual trailer. But I like what I am seeing

I have actually drawn the protagonist before, when he was first revealed 6 months ago. We had a very different idea of him then

Completed 2/12/15

magician

for my next trick, I’ll make these shadows disappear

I got really excited about Persona 5 but instead of drawing actual fanart I ended up drawing the protagonist of my persona fan project in a campy phantom thief/magician outfit, whoops

Completed 2.5.15

dmmd: chilly

“I don’t know what I was going for with the coloring but I like it” is like my new mantra

completed 1.12.15

dmmd: jellyfish prince

Kicked off the new year by cleaning up a drawing from november. Like with dream on, dreamer, I wanted to try emulating the style of official art from the game (but this time I did it a little more liberally).

(yeah I know I used practically the same background as per aspera ad astra, but shush)

completed 1.4.15

PKMN: per aspera ad astra

I hadn’t intended to put this much effort into coloring this when I first drew it, ehehe…

I beat the main story in Omega Ruby and I’m working my way through the Delta Episode now. I can’t believe that game’s been out for just over a month. It usually takes me much longer to get through a Pokemon game…

Completed 12.28.14

PKMN: Steven + Minerals series

Geology and Pokemon are things I care way too much about, so of course I’m a fan of a Pokemon character who loves rocks as much as I love rocks. I’ve had a weakness for Steven Stone since before I became interested in geology, but now that I’m a graduated geology minor, I feel like I connect with Steven on an emotional level. Rocks are the best.

The basic idea for this was Steven doing a sort of celebrity photoshoot for a magazine, using his rock collection as props. I don’t know where the idea came from, but you bet I was compelled to draw it. I wanted to contrast a sort of luxury, “sexy” setup with 100%  real rock facts, so that it ends up sort of looking like an advertisement for the (otherwise kinda mundane) rocks. I think I succeeded, or at least, I like how they came out. I might draw more, since these were fun to do, and any excuse to draw Steven and brush up on rock facts is a good excuse in my book.

The rocks he’s holding are based on samples from my personal rock collection, and two of the rocks on the sheets in the Chalcedony pic are also from my collection. I had to draw the Chalcedony largely from memory, though.

Lepidolite completed 11.23.14

Chalcedony completed 11.25.14

PKMN: Departure from Littleroot Town

Something I drew for ORAS’s release. It’s been a long six months of waiting and hyping, but we’re finally here.

I’ve already waxed poetic about how much Ruby and Sapphire meant to me so I’ll spare you once again (though I suppose if you’re really interested, the blurb I put in the artist’s comments on dA pretty much sums it all up)

For this, I wanted to draw the heroines of both my Hoenn stories: Laura, who started her journey ten years ago, and Mae, who is starting hers now. Both of them are setting out from the same Littleroot town (from the same house, even; Mae moved into Laura’s old house), and their journeys are going to intersect in interesting ways as the story progresses. I’m almost as excited to write about them as I am to play the game itself.

Completed 11.20.14

PKMN: Coming soon…!!

Yet another fanart for Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. The game isn’t even out yet haha (but it comes out on the 21st!! so soon!!)

I also made an alternate version of this that goes with a story I plan to write ahaha… (click the thumbnail below to enlarge)

Completed 11.17.14

he’s a cowboy kid

Decided to draw a character I haven’t drawn in Literal Ages

I tried to stick to the initial design, but I couldn’t help changing a few things here and there. This was also the first time I’d ever drawn a full-body shot of the character, and I spent a while trying to decide what kind of shoes he should wear

Brushes used in background by redheadstock on dA

Completed 11.13.14