Thursday Art Walk - Final Witches and Faux Marketing

 

In Which There Are Witches
And Dedbert Has Ideas

It's been an exciting week, artistically, since last we blathered! I finished the last of my witches for Witchtober 2020, and they look pretty rad, if I do say so myself lol!

"Elizabeth"; Wildcard Witch; 2020

I may have taken Elizabeth's prompt a bit too seriously. I know that when you have a prompt list, like that of A_Ginger_Witch's, the term "Wildcard" tends to mean "Draw Whatever You Want," but I hate having that kind of freedom during a challenge (weird, I know). I just decided, you know what? 1910s witch lady playing cards. Her pose was awkward without something for her to rest her hand on, and I didn't want to draw a boring old table, so I gave her a weird looking dog. I look forward to redrawing her some day, because she's awesome and I love her outfit.

"Capy"; Pumpkin Witch; 2020

I couldn't not draw a capybara as a witch, guys. It was a requirement. After all, I was a capybara for Halloween this year, complete with a crocheted tangerine on a headband lol.

There they are! The final witches of 2020! But I finished those on Halloween, so what did I do for today?!

Dedbert was chatting with his dad, my partner, the other day, and they were talking about the Ovaltine I'd made earlier. Dedbert was a bit upset that owls cannot drink Ovaltine, so he has decided to make a malted beverage for owls! Being a very proud parent, I, of course, want to support my boy in all of his endeavors, so this is what we came up with:

"Owlvaltine! This New Malted Beverage is Really For The Birds!"; digital; 2020

Isn't he a clever young fellow?

That's my boy :)

Alright, that'll about do it for me this week!

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Thursday Art Walk: Two Days Of Witchtober To Go!

 

In Which My Wrists Are SO SORE

"Jaq"; Cactus Witch; 2020

"Rita"; Beer Witch; 2020

"Teuta"; Pirate Witch; 2020

"Yawen" Rain Witch; 2020

"Scathach"; Warrior Witch; 2020

"Maud"; Tattooed Witch; 2020

"Aster 2"; Forest Witch; 2020

Detail from "Aster 2"

Detail from "Aster 2"

I'm pretty exhausted, and I had to fight tooth and nail to format today's blog as well as I have. This has been a rough day. Thankfully, I'll finish my last two witches tomorrow and Halloween, posting them to the blog as I go, and then I'm finnnniiiiisssshhhheeeddddddd.

I'm excited to move on to other art - found a neat website that creates palettes for you and I can't wait to play with it! I will also get to finish working on other projects, which I'm looking forward to as well.

I always enjoy my time doing Inktober and its lovely variants, and I'm very grateful to Instagram user @A_Ginger_Witch for making the prompt list I drew from, but holy cow is it grueling to make art every day. My thumbs ache! Maybe I'm just old lol.

Anyway, I hope you've all enjoyed this year's passel of witches, and I look forward to exploring next year's art community's prompts!

It's about time for dinner, so I'm gonna head down and eat whatever's there and then come back upstairs and maybe... not draw for 12 hours? That sounds nice :P

Please go and

Enjoy Something!

FC

Thursday Art Walk: Witches Galore

Oh man oh man   o h   m a n!

I am beyond thrilled with how this week's witches came out!

"Chu'mana"; Snake Witch; 2020

Did I base this cute lil magical danger noodle off of an image of an Emerald Tree Python? Yes. Yes I did. But I raised her head so she's looking more alert :)

"Benzaiten" Music Witch; 2020

Oh my gosh, guys, I'm so proud of Benzaiten and her cute lil face and her cute hair! Not too thrilled with the legs/feet, but that's what practice is for!

"Niradei" Tropical Witch; 2020

Oh Niradei, your face was supposed to look more Polynesian, but my dumb fat fingers couldn't hack it yet. I will improve you one day! Also, her skirt is supposed to be made from fishing nets, but I was too impatient to actually make it look right. I like how you can still see her creepy reflection a bit, though, and her flower is cute!

"Makuu" Fire Witch; 2020

Makuu here was supposed to have a skirt, but I... forgot it while inking. Oopsie. Ah well - it probably would've burned up in the fire she's dancing in anyway lol. I like her creepy mask and headscarf combo though!

"Orazia" Time Witch; 2020

I lowkey love how Orazia came out. She's my Italian Time Witch from the far flung "future" of the 1980s lol. I especially love her thigh-high flat boots lol. She'll be done up with the most obnoxious neon palette some day :)

"Yaz" Summer Witch (with tiny pet Watermelon Dragon!); 2020

I'm kinda crushing on Yaz here. She looks so cool! And yes, you can't exactly tell that's a Watermelon Dragon in black & white, but when I color this bad girl? Yeah, you'll know what I'm up to. Also, I love that I gave her a wand holster on her Spandex shorts and I'll finalize her arm tattoos some day :) She's carrying a towel, not a yoga mat.

"Venancia" Hunter Witch; 2020

I really like this drawing, but I couldn't zoom out to show you the whole thing because it doesn't capture on my phone camera. There's a moon above Ven, who is threatening the man in the foreground. He's holding a (slightly wonky) sword, and he's terrified. I think this one will fare the best with coloring, since I'd be adding in a dark forest, illuminating the spectral stag, and giving Ven's body an ombre effect (lightest at her face, darkest at her hands and feet).

Now that I've shown you my hard work (and it was hard to figure out what to draw this week!!!) I get to tell you about my cat!

My cat is a 100% indoor cat - she's missing teeth and has zero survival instincts. She's very sweet, and we love her, but she wouldn't last 24 hours out there. Which is a bit of a problem, because our girlie now has a crush.

Our neighbors, the ones with the chickens and the ducks and the dog that never stops barking because she's so high energy, have a big gray cat named Sky.

Sky is very much an outdoor cat (which I worry about a lot, knowing about the bobcat and the coyotes that live nearby!) with outdoor cat skills and a shy nature. He's a big gray floof of adorableness, and we all love him, even though he poops in my mom's gardens.

Our cat, Evie, is absolutely obsessed with him. She watches him out the windows with an intensity we'd only ever associated with closed doors and unattended but out of reach chicken. She wants this boy.

So I managed to catch them flirting yesterday!

Taken just before he saw me and ran away, disappointing poor Evie.

Ah, young love!

Alright, that'll do it for me!

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Thursday Art Walk: Witchtober Wk 2

 

In Which It's Another Week of Witches!

So, I have a lot to explain for today.

Firstly: I was absconded with on Monday, hence no Fiber Monday. I did succeed in getting a few new pattern repeats done on some projects, though! 

Second: I was busy on Tuesday with both writing and art and also doing a lot of juggling of household stuff, so no Talk About Tuesday. I got some writing done, pre-gamed with my art, and cooked some noodles. It was a very good day.

Third: Yesterday was the worst day I've had in a while for motivation. I could not get anything done. Nothing. I didn't even bathe. It was bad. BUT!

Today, I:

Drew a bunch of pictures of witches that I skipped like a lazy butthole

Wrote a paragraph of my novel

Wrote a comment on a Tweet about the lady authors I read as a kid while obsessed with dragons and Margaret freaking Weis LIKED IT!!!!!

Cooked dinner (cheddar sausages with pierogi!)

So without further ado, here's this week's Witches for @A_Ginger_Witch's Witchtober list on Instagram (which I don't have, like, or want, so I'll hashtag it on Twitter like the dork I am).

"Alys"; 9. Wonderland Witch

"Audhumla"; 10. Zodiac Witch (Taurus)

"Timothy & The Captain"; 11. Tea/Coffee Witch

"Rachel"; 12. Demon Witch

"Xue"; 13. Academic Witch

"Cadhla"; 14. Pinup Witch

"Kara"; 15. Candy Witch

I always forget after October what a grind a daily picture can be. I'm proud that Kara's prosthesis looks believable, and I like that I drew one of Cadhla's shoes dropping from the sky, and I'm so proud of my cute lil demon-summoning bow-loving Rachel, but I think I'm most pleased with sweet lil Timothy pouring a cup of love potion coffee (it's just a magically delicious cup of coffee, exactly what you wanted, every single time). A close second to Tim is Xue, with her frustrated look, and the fact that she may look like the oldest witch on here!

Anyway, I'm going to try to keep up with the blog next week, but if I miss Monday & Tuesday again, don't panic! I'm probably just busy lol.

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Thursday Art Walk - Witchtober Week 1+Today

 

In Which I Drew Witches Aplenty

Last week I announced that I was going to do Witchtober 2020 this year, and I have not given up yet!

I'm up to 8 drawings of witches (and so, so many ugly sketches...) So here are my witches so far (with a refresher from Witch #1, the Gothic Witch ;) )

"Mistress"; Witch #1 - Gothic

"Aster"; Witch #2 - Autumn

"Kara"; Witch #3 - Garden Witch

"Naomi"; Witch #4 - Kitchen Witch

"Vix"; Witch #5 - Kitsune/Fox Witch

"Aella"; Witch #6 - Skater Witch

"Sophie"; Witch #7 - Alchemist Witch

"Imina"; Witch #8 - Seer Witch

I am really enjoying this set of prompts, and I'm looking forward to the next seven, who consist of a Wonderland Witch, A Zodiac Witch, A Tea/Coffee Witch (Tim?!), a Demon Witch, an Academic Witch, a Pinup Witch (hmmmm that could be tricky!), and a Candy Witch! This is gonna be so much fun!

I'm still working on the dragons, but I'm taking less time on them than I am on the witches. I plan to have an inked, colored, and completely finished picture of the Watermelon Dragon by 2021 lol.

I think that'll about do it for me, today. I've been up since 8, didn't go to sleep until about 4, and I could really use a nap lol.

If you're doing this (or any other!) challenge, feel free to send me a link on Twitter or in the comments - I love seeing people's art!

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Thursday Art Walk - Ah HA!

 

In Which I ACTUALLY MADE A DEADLINE lol

You may have noticed I've been struggling to get blogs up lately. I'm not sure if it's hormones, the weather, the unceasing grind of American life, or what, but I've just been exhausted. Not just tired - tired I can deal with - but bone-achingly exhausted. And before you aske, no I don't believe I have the 'Rona. I am 99% sure I don't.

Mostly, I'm just fat and stressed. Which makes me fatter. Which stresses me out.

But I digress, and you're not here for me whining about my balooning waistline.

It's October 1st.

That means you're probably here for Inktober....

But I'm not doing Inktober this year.

I know, I got alllll excited, but then the controversy of the guy who made Inktober possibly maybe almost surely plagiarizing his book on inking and... I just don't wanna get into it. I really don't. I don't want to get involved.

And I don't like this year's prompt list anyway, so it wasn't much of a choice.

Since I'm already working on a set of artworks (the Fruit Dragons!), I figured I'd just do that, but...

Then I discovered Witchtober.

Specifically the prompt list I found here.

So get ready for 31 images of witches, starting today with "Goth Witch"

"Gothic Witchling"; Ballpoint pen & graphite sketch; 2020

Slightly better lighting

You may notice that I still cannot draw feet. This is okay, though, because I gave my goth witch a pair of cute hoof shoes (or are they?!). I don't have a name for her, but she looks cool, and I wish I was her. I have ideas for what her hair looks like though - black near the roots, but turning more flame-colored towards the tips. That skirt is also made of fringe, so that's why it looks... hairy. And she has a raven for a familiar because I couldn't figure out what to do with that arm and I wanted floppy sleeves. Couldn't do a snake wrapped around her arm with floppy sleeves!

But I mentioned fruit dragons earlier!

Well... I'm sketching a scene with my Watermelon Dragon and a very unhappy knight.

"Mistakes Were Made" unfinished pencil sketch on printer paper; 2020

Yes, that dragon is currently spraying down that knight with watermelon juice while his horse ignores the attack and grazes nearby. The knight is fine, just confused and very sticky. I plan on redoing the lineart with either colored pencil or digging out some Sakura Pigma Fineliners if I can find any and trying those. The dragon itself is very smooth, though he'll have some stripes (green on green!), and his lil horns, wings, claws, and tailclub are all watermelon pink (with seed-shaped dark brown flecks on them!). I love him.

I think that'll about do it for me, today, folks. My shoulders ache from sitting over the ol tv tray and pencils. If you're wondering about what I use, it's simple: a mechanical pencil and a random BIC pen my old man picked up from some tech conference or another. It has a stylus on the clicker end!

I hope y'all get out there and draw, whether or not you use the Inktober challenge or something else. (You could draw 31 pictures of candy corn and I'd still be proud of you. I'd just be craving candy corn because I'm a freak!)

Go Enjoy Something!

FC