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Weekend Sketches #15 - Princess Nova, The First Mage

10/2/2022

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A digital drawing of a tall and very femme woman seated with her legs crossed. She has long radiant orange and red hair, like the colour of flames, and freckles on her face. She is wearing a sheer shawl bordered by a gold trim, and on her arms are pitch black tattoos in the shape of flames. She daintily holds a longsword in her right hand while resting the index finger of her left against the side of her face in thought.
Earthshine is mainly a story about a duo, but there are a few important secondary characters who make their mark on the whole narrative. One who has a particularly big impact is Nova. She arguably turns the duo of Sol and Nyx into a trio, but only in the back half of the story.
A black and white sketch of Sol, Nyx, and Nova as a anthropomorphic dog, cat, and fox respectively. Nova is looking at Nyx with her front paws held together  in delight while Nyx looks back at her with hostility and the claws on her right paw barred and her tail puffed. Sol is stuck between the two of them and looks very uncomfortable, refusing to make eye contact and licking her nose in nervousness.
I would love to share more about her here but I run the risk of spoiling the whole first arc, and I’m learning that I should probably stop doing that. I do still want to name her ahead of time. I have been drawing a lot of art as I develop her character in preparation for her future debut, and I really want to post a bunch of it with some context to point back to haha. I think I just have a habit of introducing powerful and charismatic high femmes late in whatever narrative I’m writing. It’s like a sick joke I keep playing on myself.
Three black and white digital halfbody sketches of Nova. From left to right: Her looking to the left in profile, her looking directly at the viewer with her hand slightly covering her mouth, her again looking at the viewer with her chin resting on the back of her outstretched left hand and a small smile on her face.
Nova has gone through a few design changes before I settled on her current look. Honestly what has helped me flesh out Nova’s personality was sticking her in a sci-fi AU where she, Sol, and Nyx are travelling on a spaceship together doing deliveries and/or smuggling shit. 
A black and white digital sketch of Sol, Nyx, and Nova from left to right respectively. Sol is wearing a tank top with her coveralls half off and tied around her waist. Her hair is in a braid and she is smiling as she holds a potted plant. Nyx is dressed in a Lycra bodysuit with a hoodie over it and thick electrician's gloves on her hands. She has a tool belt around her waist and a pair of pliers gripped in her right fist and she is staring at the viewer in mild hostility. Nova is dressed in an antique captain's outfit with lace frock and the large captain's coat draped over her shoulders, but no hat. Her hair is in a ponytail and her right hand rests on her sword while her left hold's a tablet. She is looking at the viewers and smiling.
The nuts and bolts of canon-Nova is that she loves swords, is a mage just like Nyx, and is a big fan of patricide. The rest will come as I start churning out this story.
Thanks for stopping by!

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Weekend Sketches #14 - Sometimes There's Tigers

6/5/2022

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a digital drawing of a tigers curled up as if it is in a box
a digital drawing of a tigers lying on its back
a digital drawing of a tiger standing up in a confined space and looking glum
a digital drawing of a small cartoon tiger walking through a grassy field
a digital drawing of a small cartoon tiger walking through water
a digital drawing of a small cartoon tiger standing on a hill at night and looking at the stars.
a digital drawing of a small cartoon tiger running along a dirt road with trees passing it by.
a digital drawing of two small cartoon tigers cuddling in a field bordered by flowers.
a digital drawing of a small cartoon tiger dressed as a cherub and holding a bow with a heart shaped arrow.
Hello everyone!

It’s been a bit of a stretch between blog posts, haha. I’ve been a bit busy with freelance and day job work, and when I do have time to myself I have been more interested in going outside for walks and bike rides, knitting and weaving, or drawing privately in my physical sketchbook. But I did want to come back to this, in particular to talk about my journey to draw a tiger every day.

It’s not going great! That’s not necessarily a bad thing, since I have so much else going on in my life. I still take the time to draw tigers when I can, but as it turns out I just couldn’t find an interesting way to keep up with this self imposed challenge. I think there’s something I could say about self imposed challenges, and how there is value in letting them go. I found out my limit when it comes to drawing a specific subject every day, and there is value in that. I came away from this challenge knowing myself a bit better than before.

I still plan on drawing tigers, just not every day, and when I have enough to share I’ll make another blog post about it. In the meantime I have come across a very talented artist who has been keeping up with the Draw a Tiger Every Day Challenge (inspired by onecoweveryday on Tumblr). He has taken to the challenge by playing with different art styles and even accepting requests from his followers. His art is really lovely and he deserves kudos for how far he has come. Go give him a look and maybe a follow!

I hope to have other art to share between all these tigers. Thanks for stopping by!
A collection of drawings of small cartoony tigers all looking very cute and playful
lineart scanned out of my sketchbook and coloured in CSP.
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Weekend Sketches #13 - OC Kiss Week 2022

2/19/2022

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Hello and welcome back to another round of Weekend Sketches!

This past week I took part in a challenge started on Tumblr called OC Kiss Week, which was designed to highlight original characters on a platform that tends to capitulate towards fandom. I personally used it to get better at drawing my characters kissing, and had a lot of fun with some friends in a private server talking about our OCs with each other and sharing our drawings there. This small group of friends has been more fun and supportive than any fandom I have ever been a part of. It’s a delight sharing stories, drawing fanart of each other’s characters, and taking part in challenges together. It feels like the best example of parallel play, where we have our own spaces to play in but will sometimes overlap our creative games or share what we are building with each other.

Anyways, I could gush about this small friend circle for paragraphs, it’s time to move on to the characters kissing. I was pretty proud that I was able to draw OCs for all 7 days. I think what drove me to draw as much as I did is the fact that all my subjects are lesbians. Draw what you love and all that! I will admit, after the first 3 drawings I started to phone it in with forehead/cheek kisses and nose touching. Drawing kissing is hard and, not to make excuses, even drawing forehead and cheek kisses requires coordinating two (or sometimes three) different bodies to connect in a way that doesn’t look weird. I now know what I can do to improve, and I’m looking forward to what I can draw in the future.
A black and white digital drawing of Sol and Nyx kissing. Nyx has her arms wrapped around Sol’s neck while Sol has hers wrapped around Nyx’s upper back, seeming to lift her up to meet her lips.
My first drawing is of my favourite demon hunting lesbians Sol and Nyx who are from my upcoming illustrated novel Earthshine. I don’t have much to say about these two that either hasn’t already been said or would just be spoilers. They’re in love. That’s that!
A black and white digital drawing of Mel (a woman with short straight dark hair) and Harmony (a woman with long dark curly hair tied into a ponytail with a bow) kissing. Harmony is the one initiating the kiss, flying into Mel’s arms with her own arms wrapped around Mel’s neck. Harmony’s eyes are closed while Mel’s are open in surprise.
The second is of the main characters in a mecha space opera story I’m developing. Their names are Mel (left) and Harmony (right). They are the mechanic and pilot respectively of their shared mech, and they do not get along at first. This kiss takes place after they finally start cooperating and win a war game together. Harmony decides to take a celebratory hug to 11, much to Mel’s pleasant surprise.
A black and white digital drawing of two older women kissing. The taller one is the God of Earth and she has very long and voluminous dark hair, a pair of antlers, a shining sprout levitating over her head. Her ears are like those of a deer and she wears a cloak made of leaves. Earth is kissing her wife Yarrow, who is much shorter. Yarrow has shoulder length blonde hair that is tied back with a bandana. She has freckles and is wearing a plaid button up. Yarrow has placed a hand on Earth’s shoulder, which Earth is tenderly touching with her own. Yarrow’s eyes are closed as they kiss while Earth’s are open out of curiosity and affection.
These two are also from Earthshine and are Sol’s moms, the God of The Earth and the witch Yarrow. I don’t have much to say about these two either that won’t be spoilers for the story, but I will say that their relationship starts off a little fraught in a similar way to Sol and Nyx’s.
A black and white digital drawing of two women embracing, the taller one kissing the shorter one on the forehead. The taller is Crin. She has short dark curly hair with a bandana tied across her brow. She is wearing a coat with a large fur rimmed hood that replicates the image of a mane. She is wearing long black fingerless gloves and a black turtleneck with a boob window. She has a few ear piercings. Her arms are draped across her girlfriend Wolf’s shoulders, and in between the middle and ring fingers of her right hand she is holding a list cigarette that has thin line of smoke trailing from it. Wolf has long straight dark hair tied back into braids that go across her brow and tie behind the back to her head, and one large braid that goes down her back. She is wearing a white tank top. She is much buffer than Crin and had her arms wrapped around Crin’s upper back. Wolf has many scars on both her face and arms.
These two are Crin and Wolf. They are the leaders of a band of lesbian werewolf space pirates from a fun little side project I’ve been building called Wolf Star. Their designs and story were conceived when a friend dared me to make OCs based on various wolf and wild dog species while we were watching a nature doc together. The taller one on the left is Crin and she is a Maned Wolf, while Wolf is a Timber Wolf. These two love each other sooooo much, and I think they are so cute.
a black and white digital drawing of three women. The two on both the right and the left are planting kisses on the face of the shortest woman in the middle. The one on the left (Sylva) has short black hair done in chin length dreadlocks and is wearing a fleece lined jean jacket and a simple t-shirt. She has her left arm draped across the shoulders of the shortest woman in the middle (Angela) who has her black hair done in a crown twist style that ends in two twisted low buns at the back of her head. She is wearing a fancy button up shirt with frills and black slacks. She is smiling bashfully. The woman on the right (Gem) is the tallest. She has very long voluminous black curly hair tied back with a bandana. She is wearing jewellery, earrings and a necklace that features large smooth gems. She is wearing a low cut crop top and wrap around pants.
These three are from another story I’m developing that I plan to keep very close to my chest, sharing it with only a very select few people (though I might share some drawings here in the future). Their names from left to right are Sylva, Angela, and Gem. They are a trio of witches in an urban fantasy setting. The three of them decided to leave their respective covens behind to become hedge witches and go on a magical road trip together to recover from their strict and oppressive upbringings.
a greyscale digital drawing of a tan taller woman with long straight black hair (Jackal) kissing the forehead of a shorter woman with darker skin and vitiligo and her curly hair tied back into two large fluffy buns (Wild Dog). The Jackal is wearing a dark halter top and has many piercings in her ears along with dangling earrings. The Wild Dog is wearing a white tank top and has stretched lobes with gauges in them. Her arms are cross across her chest while Jackal has a hand to Wild Dog’s cheek to better pull her in for a kiss.
These two are also from Wolf Star. The shorter is named Wild Dog and I have described her to friends as “Tetsuo if he was an angry little lesbian.” She has a bit of an inferiority complex and is often butting heads with Crin and Wolf. Her girlfriend, Jackal, adores her and loves to enable her worst behaviours.
A black and white digital drawing of Ajo and Kagra embracing. Ajo has her arms around Kagra’s waist while Kagra has one hand on Ajo’s shoulder while the other is up to her chin, bringing her in for a kiss.
Ohhh these lesbians look familiar, hehe. I landed on these two as my final two OCs to draw since I don’t do a lot of Star Trip art just for fun. I’m feeling pretty excited thinking about Ajo and Kagra since these two finally reunite in Chapter 10 of Star Trip, which I am working on right now!

That’s all for this week of OC art. I think I will be searching for future challenges, since this one helped me break out of my shell and gave me a good reason to draw more of my own characters. Also working on this challenge with friends was a plus. Please check out the art that my buddy Dee has be posting of her own OCs. I adore her re-imagining of The Snow Queen and Gerda. Winter is also a part of this core group of OC enjoyers, and although they haven’t shared their OC kiss art anywhere publicly, they do have a lot of posts on their blog about their characters in general. Give it a look! 
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