Speed Draw: Anika Draw Dump

Funny how the hardest part about making these has quickly become finding copyright free music for them lo.  The video itself was done the same day I posted the drawing, but it took me that long to find music I liked and could use :'D  Amazing.

WiP - Another Summer Outfit For Anika

I have recently become hyper-fixated on a certain character from a certain game and how does Lisi deal with hyper-fixation???  Put one of my OCs in direct conflict with them lol.  So thoughts about their interactions got me to dumping some sketches out, as much.

What even are legs, I'll never know... aaahhh

Started with this one, clearly, because the most static pose is usually where I start.  I'm trying to really get her bottom-heaviness, because I intended for her to be more pear-shaped in contrast to a lot of my tiny, sylph-y girls...

And then I feel like I really got that down when I poured a piece of my soul into this one.  I liked the sketch from the start, even if I'm still queasy about the leg proportions. xD  Also I like the hair, of course...and shirt~

WiP - 11 Years of DevART

It's messy as fuck, but I'm happy with the start~  Been a good minute since I drew Kali over there, but I'm thoroughly pleased.  Anika's lineart is done too, so next up is special boi, Dävid <3

Bonus:

Lineart - Perk: Channel

I tried to colour it, but the lineart before this was still too messy to pull it off.  So, have the super extra clean lineart now :’D

WIP - Lineart - Perk: Channel

Somewhere between sketch and lineart here xD  Went faster than expected to.  I'll have to refine all the details before getting to the colour... or maybe I'll just hop to colour, who knows?

WIP - Perk: Channel

In Anika’s DbD verse she has a perk called “channel” where she cleanses faster and when she cleanses a hex, the global notification (the thunder and shit) doesn’t go off.  Hope she’s almost done :’)

Looking up references for me pose, all I fuckin get is sexual ladies in similar positions and I'm just so damn tired of that shit.  So tired of how everything is sexual, especially with women.  Jesus christ.

Speed Paint: Anika's Dead By Daylight Attire

It's been a long time since I've made one of these and this one took at least three pieces of my shattered soul to produce. :'D Please enjoy, give feedback, but be gentle with me I'm fragile lol

OBS recorded in .flv and window movie maker couldn't fuckin fathom the file type, so I went in search of a way to convert the three very large videos.  I downloaded/installed a codec which ended up wrecking three programs prompting me to immediately assume it was malware and uninstall it.  Then I proceeded to figure out what to do to fix the three programs for three hours.

I lost my Firefox profile, got a headache trying to figure out why Discord wasn't properly uninstalling, panicked over my system restores failing twice (still worried about that one), and straight up ditched OneDrive because it kept opening the folder upon startup and there seemed to be no fix in sight.

All this just to find out VLC converts file types :'D  Which then took probably three more hours or so to do.  Followed by cautious and terrifying handpicking of the royalty free music.  Kill me.

Comic Sketch - An Edgy Ballad of Nokia Phones

Look, all I’m saying is that the torch on Anika’s Nokia 5 could be a weapon in and of itself…and Simon should get in on it with an upgrade.  I’ve been sitting on this notion for a literal 5-6 months.  Since I first activated the torch on my Nokia 5. :’D  It had essentially the same effect.

Will I finish this?  Unlikely…but perhaps we’ll be surprised on day lmfao

WiP - Luminenscent Choir [sketch]

 The sketch to a piece I'm currently laying out the flats for. :3 She looks a lot more natural in this one, but that's how it usually works. With any luck I'll actually have the skill to make this into a masterpiece~

[Bloodborne] CHOIR Magda Lis - first look LINEART

Magda is super smol so this Choir garb looks kinda funny on her lol. It's also missing a lot of the more intricate detailing, like on the hems and whatnot. Needless to say my hand really hurts 😂

"You're drowning from all of the tears in the sky;
It's a bad dream.
Can't even close your eyes;
It's a bad dream, a bad dream...
Screaming from a voice inside,
Running but you cannot find
A place, to hide, from the bad dream."
Baddream - Jakalope

Dead By Daylight Anika

Anika in her DeadByDaylight iteration. Since I've been playing with a buncha DbD blogs on Anika's RP blog and it was necessary. Now looking at this, there should've been a bloodied version for her prestige reward lol.

But! The reason there's two is because I wanted to really show what that neat shirt is like. It's one of my personal favourites to wear, though it's lacking some designs on the hood. It's a cyberdog piece 😉

A Mentor's Wisdom

Guess what little shit is getting yet another lesson in trigger discipline?  This is why you get to stand in the front, damnit.

Idk if I’ll do any colour/background for this, I’ve been struggling enough with it.  I think it’s served its purpose as is.  It’s the first iteration of Lavrentiy and I gotta say I’m so very happy with it. <3

WiP - A Mentor's Wisdom

Slowly, steadily this comes together lol.  I’ve never drawn Lavrentiy before this so I’m pretty unsure of a lot (other than his gun lol).  With the magpie’s help, I’m getting some real official stuff on him - like the model of armor he wears and such.  It’s unfortunate that he’ll cover it all in a big coat PFT.  So much for all this work…

WiP - Višnja & Gun Bae

 Been workin’ on this for over a day now, but I’m starting to really feel the effects of this illness, so I can’t keep going today.  It’s Višnja cleaning her gun bae, lol.  GP-37 was my fav and so it is hers as well.  I always have a knack for drawing her with hair hair down and in just a tank top, but this is much more close to what she’d actually look like.  Got that diy kevlar sweater Lavrentiy made for her tiny ass and hair braided.  Not too pleased with here face atm, but…I’ll work it out, I guess.

Look-Alike OC Comparison - Višnja & Nika

The first thing I've properly arted in a long while.  Who knew I'd hit a mega depressive episode after getting married and moving to Finland, huh?

Anyway, I often have this paranoid thought in my head due to a lot of negative feedback from people I shouldn't be listening to that I'm just a piece of shit who can't make unique characters... so when I hit a giant S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mood and had to draw Višnja, I considered how she and Nika are quite similar - same basic concepts like the long, dark, messy hair, light coloured eyes, usually wearing their hair in a braid down the back, among other things.  I figured this could be a nice exercise for me, especially since I haven't been drawing much at all.

And I just plain needed to really sit down and put work into Višnja's details, because even though it's very clear in my head, it isn't anywhere in physical form.  Everything on Nika's side is from 2014, from a comparison sheet with two other OCs.  Good to see the only thing that's evolved all these years is my handwriting lol.

WiP - Anika's Main Outfit

Two sketch versions later, I have the first draft of Anika's main outfit.  Obviously still needs quite a bit of work, but I'm still pleased.  It's the best her jacket's come out so far, same for her skirt.  Her leggings and boots are giving me hell.

Unfortunately I've been experiencing a lot of problems with my tablet's drivers lately, so that on top of how long it's been since I've utilised my tablet has clearly left me a bit shaky and rusty.  I don't plan on that being for too long though.

Happy Hallowe'en & Merry Samhain

Done much earlier than Samhain, but it was Samhain inspired - as well as inspired by the hoodie my bro has promised to get me for Yule.  I am that excited about receiving it. XD

As you can see, I busted out a golden marker for the moon, although I wish I'd have gone a little more outside my comfort zone and did a gold watercolour for it.  I hate seeing all those strokes.  But I already went quite out of my zone for the lines - I rarely line anything in ink anymore, but I think I'm pretty pleased with it.  Despite liking my pencil work as it is more often. :P

And as of recently, Anika's last name is Kivinen.  She's a Finnish with and spooky girl after the rework.  I like to think of her as a selective way to practice what Finnish I learn pft.

Lineart - Calling Down the Moon

Was going to put up just the lineart, but I like how the iridescent gem came out coloured, so there it is too ;)  This is already really fun to colour.

WiP - Calling Down the Moon (version 2)

I fell in love with the moondial in DST months ago, and now I'm also in love with the moon caller's staff...naturally, this ensued. :)

Summertime Anika

I’m doing a whole sheet for Anika’s style choices and I almost didn’t submit this on that basis (like, you’ll see it again in the lineup), but I spent so much damn time on this, worked so hard, and it looks really nice, so I found a brush I didn’t know I had and slapped together a background for this. :P  Looks good transparent tho, but yea.

Feel like I found a good spot in colouring this time.  I don’t completely hate it haha