#Cantolope draws

[cantolopejeevas]

I’m doing a draw right now and Arin loved this sketch so much that I promised to post it for him, haha. Here’s a boy! Essence of Daniel!

[snailanimations]

you ever have one of those days where you uhhhh just draw your gf? because I sure fuckin do @personalplaypen hey it u

[personalplaypen]

My new lockscreen, courtesy of @snailanimations/@ask-thehappykids~

[ask-thehappykids]

The Visitor’s Guide to My OCs (and Cantolope’s)

I wanted to make a list/key that I could update easily without drawing a whole new reference sheet for everyone, so here’s a list of all my OCs with short descriptions you can recognize them from. Also including @cantolopejeevas‘s OCs because I mean they show up here so often why wouldn’t I?

Anyway, all under a cut!

Firefly: Very rarely called by his birth name, Evander. Big gold eyes, always being followed by fireflies. Brown curly hair. Cheerful but tired. Snail: Punk fuckboy-looking one with lots of piercings and sometimes tattoos. Usually involved in smut. Really likes their boyfriend Daniel. Andy: Blonde robot with bright blue eyes. They dress like a fashion forward mom and talk like they don’t know lying is an option. Bo: Tall bat boy with a lot of flair, usually holding some type of booze. British accent, incredibly obnoxious. Esky: Short bunny with four eyes. Usually has a gun in her hand. Also British. Bailey: Bright pink hair, chubby with a crop top and piercings. Loves art and painting. Megan: Long red hair with a big pink bow. Constantly done with everyone’s shit. Physics major and enthusiast. Nikki: Half buzzed blonde hair and lots of ear piercings. Plays the bass, usually talking about her band. Cookie: Soft, round sheep boy. Loves his mom and his boyfriend Mortar. Also bakes a lot. Maxim: Absolute garbage disaster demon. Muted blue hair with black eyes and a red hoodie. Asshole. Just an asshole. Gigi: Looks like she stepped out of a 40s Disney cartoon. Short little lesbian. Rory: Big, buff, long hair. Farm boy. Has scars across his eyes. Seer. Ellie: Emotional blonde skinny white girl. Sometimes glows purple. Wolf: Werewolf boy with ripped clothes. Doesn’t get enough sleep. Has a thing for vampires. Ant: Tiny elf child with four eyes, one of which is scarred. Very very dirty. Adara: Elf ears, deer legs, fire hair. Half of their body/face is scarred. Full of self-hatred and love for animals. Balthazar: Big ol’ teef, big ol’ ears, big ol’ armor. Stoic. Very royal king. Lorna: Kinda looks like a mime. Completely white eyes, pretty blind. Gay for a cute demon girl. Anubis: Four armed dog goddess. Not to be trusted. Wears an amulet around her neck. Cici: Part bunny, part deer, part beaver, part buffalo. Wears a giant sweater. Gentle. Kind. Soft. Azzie: Purple forest witch with green magic energy. Talks in broken third person. Always trying to sell you something. PJ: Bird mask with a high ponytail. Wears a trench coat. Tall rebel child. Pepper: Mouse mask with long hair and buck teeth. Wears a tutu. Leader rebel child. Pudding: Cat mask with twin pigtail puffs. Wears a leather jacket. Mediating rebel child. Dolly: Sometimes looks like a lizard, sometimes looks like a human. Loves to run so much she summoned a demon to do it. Trying her best. Arden: Dragon dumbass that loves crystals and fashion. Especially fond of crop tops and slushies, but also newspapers and princesses. Ilor: Mermaid princess. Long red hair, one eye is scarred. Melodic voice. Gay for another princess. Gillian: Fish girl. Loves to work out. Drinks protein shakes on the regular. Mimi: Snail and Daniel’s adopted child. Loves to play video games. Bright red hair and pikachu hoodie. Snarky little shit. Talyn: Cookie and Mortar’s son. Black sheep boy. Wears a leather jacket like his dad, but he’s actually a doctor this time. Zelda: Andy, Rory, and Daniyal’s daughter. Big poofy golden hair. Can wield the Master Sword but also just loves getting dirty and hurt. Good at bike tricks. Micah: Little maid alien boy. Has three eyes and bright blonde hair. Can only see in auras, but still loves to clean. Crys: D&D Tabaxi boy. Loves everyone even if they don’t love him back. Desperately trying to adopt some feral wolves. Nadia: Monster punk goth girl. Loves theater. Green skin and mismatching eyes. Loves her pastel punk girlfriend. Juliette: Peterbald cat adopt. Wears cute sundresses. Looks like she belongs in a furry rendition of a summer picnic renaissance painting. Felix: Bunny boy adopt with his eyes fully covered. Gray hair, gray sweater, sunny attitude. Wears a little carrot necklace. Kai: Little mouse with wings adopt. Pink beans!!! Looks like he’d cry if you blinked at him. Bones: Grim Reaper from Cryptid Haunters. Doesn’t have a mouth. Murders to make friends. Lola: Ghost girl from Cryptid Haunters. Has a big mouth and lots to say with it. Just wants to go home. Edgy 13 year old goth phase.

Canotlope’s OCs: Aurel: Vampire boy. Looks classy. Has hypno eyes, but also teef. Lucas: Actual Satan. Mostly just sleeps and supports Avery. Has the >:3 face on his t-shirt. Avery: Glasses and sweater nerd. A beautiful and innocent child. Just trying to get by and maybe make a friend. Shiloh: Cat boy who loves anime. Wears a lab coat. Scrawny and probably not eating correctly. Someone help him. Mortar: Tiny badass knife-wielding organ salesman. Sometimes also wears sweaters his boyfriend knitted for him. Fuck you. Shian: Dragon lesbian. Badass queen of dragons. Kinda cold, but we love her anyway. Anthea: Snake lesbian. Wears a magical blindfold. So sweet, so gentle. Carves wooden gifts for her friends. Daniel: Sassy and classy. But also a slut. Usually depicted being a slut. Sometimes wears a suit, other times wears nothing at all. ;) Daniyal: Farm boy with a heart of gold. Just wants the best for his loves and his friends. Sometimes shown with a chicken he calls Cluck-Cluck. Solace: Tiny ghost demon child. All black with white eyes. Full of terror and smiles. Hadrian: Spotted bunny boy in a jester’s outfit. Hates his life almost as much as he wants to slay a dragon. Xania: Dark summoner with way too many eyes to be necessary. There’s five of them. Has a lot of dark shadow demon babies that she loves. Lumeria: Big ol’ moth. Loves bright lights. Is soft. Ash: Dark red hair, thick jacket. Looks like they ride a motorcycle. Would and could punch you unconscious. Nito: D&D tiefling. Sweet summer child with long blue hair, wings, tail, and horns. Trying their very best. Sielya: Fae princess that doesn’t know they’re fae. In love with a mermaid and friends with a dragon. Fang: Vampire magician. Really good at magic, really bad at talking. Wears a hat with a face on it. Dianthus: Pink pastel punk lesbian. Loves flowers and her girlfriend. So many bright pink eyes.

[escapismportal]

Any advice on coping with anxiety? I just got a job and I talk to my manager about my anxiety and I might lose my job because of it

Sorry this is so late, I forgot I got this ask for a while haha I looked at it first in like the middle of the night. But I’m really sorry that you might lose your job over something you can’t help, that’s really shitty honestly.

As for your actual question: I deal with anxiety on a daily basis haha, it’s something I definitely struggled with for a really long time. Though I will say, I do take anti-depressants (which they should really call “anti-anxiety” since that’s mostly what it helps with), but I definitely had a very crippling case of it for my first two years of college.

For advice, I guess I would say that it all comes down to making sure that you know it is conquerable. That positive thinking helps a lot when trying to process through things, even if it sounds like something that equates to “just get over it.” I absolutely wouldn’t want to tell you that, but reminding yourself that you are doing your best can take away a layer of the anxiety where you feel like you’re failing at “being an adult” or doing this or that because of it.

A lot of dealing with anxiety is about deconstructing the thoughts that make you have anxiety. Like, for me, it was a lot of dealing with people and what people think about me. I didn’t like to talk to cashiers because I felt like it was going to be awkward for them or that they’d hate me for some reason or another. I had to remind myself that it was the cashier’s job to help me pay for my things and that 9 times out of 10, they weren’t going to give a single fuck about what I was buying or what I looked like or what have you.

So basically, you have to take the anxious thoughts that you’re having and figure out exactly how rooted in reality they are. If you’re worried that you’re going to say something wrong at your job, and you have some kind of script of things you’re supposed to say (required or just otherwise a constant experience like “hi how are you” and that kind of thing) then tell yourself that you Know said script and that you can trust yourself to recite it well. It’s just a matter of looking at the situation and reminding yourself that you have the tools to handle it.

It also helps me to problem solve in situations like that. “What if something does go wrong?” Well, when your brain starts throwing things at you that might go wrong, counter them with ways to handle that situation. If someone goes off the “script” that you have written in your mind, think of different things that they might say to detour. It’ll probably be other general small talk things, right? Something about the weather. Cook up a response to that. If you have a university in your town that is really popular and people talk about that, have a response to something about that.

Anxiety really doesn’t have a leg to stand on if you’re prepared. And if you train yourself to feel confident in your ability to handle a situation, then it’ll be harder for it to make you very anxious. It also helps to draw from previous experiences. When I would have my anxieties about cashiers, I would remind myself that I’ve never actually had a bad experience with one, so why would this be any different, right? 

I will say, I’m still not very good at handling anxiety/panic attacks. It helps to breathe deeply and try and remove anything that’s possibly overstimulating you. Keep yourself grounded and remind yourself that it’ll pass. I guess you may not be able to if you’re working, but call someone you care about and have them talk to you, whether they’re just telling you “it’s okay” over and over or distracting you ( @personalplaypen does this for me a lot, they’re a liiiifesaaaver). In moments where I couldn’t call, like in the middle of a class, I would play shitty flash games or puzzle games or whatever, often sent to me by Cantolope as well haha. But you can also just google whatever genre of game you wanna play and find a simple one to distract you for a bit. Also finding apps that can act as those games can help as well.

If you’re not able to do those things, just remember to take big, deep breaths. Ground yourself by describing in your head what’s happening in your immediate vicinity (i.e. things like “I am standing in [place]. I am wearing this. My hands are here.” etc. etc.) Also periodically reminding yourself that you’re going to be okay, because you really will be okay. The feeling will eventually pass. You know that from past experiences, you don’t feel like this forever, and it’s okay that you feel like that now.

Sorry this got really long and ramble-y, but I hope something in here helped. I don’t know if you’re able to, but therapy and medication really helped me, so if you ever get the chance, looking into one or both of those can be helpful as well.

[cantolopejeevas]

This is something that I drew for @sonicthemagicalhog of his design for human Sonic! Plus a fun little background, haha. If you like Sonic, you should check out his blog and send an ask!

[cantolopejeevas]

And here’s the B-team! Two vampires, a fae, and a corrupted human, haha. They’ve already proven themselves to be disasters, except Xania who has her shit mostly together.

[cantolopejeevas]

This is Malcolm Crowe! He’s a trans boy ghost that just wants to finish high school, man. He took his name after the guy from The Sixth Sense because he’s a little bit of a nerd. He’s also cold and distant, having formerly been known at school by a different name. He doesn’t want anyone to recognize him, you know? But deep down, he still has a sweet nature and a tendency to help people. It just sucks that he’s a little volatile now due to Trauma

[cantolopejeevas]

This is Xoxou “Xo” Hellblood, a divine soul sorcerer gnoll who just wants to have a good time. She’s a little dense, but she’s got a good heart and just wants to learn what joy is! She grew up in a cult that worshipped a demon lord, and she was chosen to be the next leader of the cult, but now she’s the only surviving member of that particular sect.

[cantolopejeevas]

This is a redraw of another character I have up on artfight! Niveus is a DnD Aasimar Grave Cleric with coatl ancestry that just wants to maintain the balance between life and death. She’s a very sweet girl, but once you’re dead, you’re dead.

[cantolopejeevas]

So I’m doing artfight this year and I have a Kingdom Hearts AU version of Daniel up! He uses magic and studied intensely to learn about the Keyblade to help its wielder, but uh-oh!!! That’s him!!! And also this cute impulsive jackass from some backwater island called Snail. The two of them have to team up to save all the worlds and learn to work together with the Keyblades of Light and Darkness.

[cantolopejeevas]

I finally decided to draw out all of the A-team for mine and @snailanimations DnD campaign! We just started up the one for the B-team, so it was about time, haha

[cantolopejeevas]

I redesigned Ash! And finally drew their dog, Dust, haha. They’re a survivor in a monster-infested wasteland who relies on their quick-thinking and sheer force of will to make it. They’re also a devout Catholic, having found a sense of safety in their faith. They cool-headed, stoic, and they take no shit, but they have an intense soft spot for kid and animals.

Dust is their pitbull sidekick! She’s loyal and sweet, doing her best to help Ash, and they do the same for her. Wherever they are, she can be found not too far behind, and if anyone messes with her person, you can bet they’re in for a world of trouble.

[cantolopejeevas]

This is Trin! Or Claw, they go by either name. They’re a changeling barbarian that really looks up to a barbarian from their hometown that’s also the champion of the local arena. All they wanna do is be as strong as their hero!

[cantolopejeevas]

Another character for artfight, a dhampir bard that’s doing his vampire lord father’s bidding while struggling with an internal battle of right vs wrong! He’s also got a kenku half-brother who’s the only person that can make him smile~

[cantolopejeevas]

I just realized that I have a lot of art I haven’t posted yet, so uhhhhhh here’s a boy