And here's Penguin, thereby wrapping my three favorite Heart Pirates. (I have more to draw obviously because I love Bepo but I'm trying to find a pose for him first.)
I posted to my TikTok a poll asking people which Marie I should draw, Splatoon 1 or Splatoon 3. Marie from Splatoon 1 won so I decided to draw the whole Squid Sister combo! Whaddya think?
This piece of fan art ended up meaning a lot more to me than I expected it to. Like a lot of people, I see myself in Helga, so when thinking of ideas, I often draw from personal experience.
I remember being 15 and wanting to be grown so badly, then also tried to apply modern fashion trends to that, thinking about the things I see on Instagram. One thing that worried me through the drawing process was wanting her outfit to look a little “racy” but not sexy. It’s important to me that a 15 year old Helga is not sexualized through my drawing, especially with her mixed expression of nervousness and excitement. You can see through my drawing process that I changed aspects of her outfit throughout to give her more and more modesty.
Regardless, this one ended up being my favorite in this series of Hey Arnold fan arts, I hope you all enjoyed it. Also, thank you to all of the new followers and friends I’ve made from this week, you all are so cool!!