#i drew the design in june so yknow

[relic-seeker]

hm i did not want to post this but posting in preparation for the next few chapters of my fic tbf. quirrel design for the Latter parts of my fic ^_^; lemm will come later

wanted to mostly point out how quirrel is now disabled & how that will certainly affect him in writing. i wrote a big thing about that but i wont explain it just now lol

+ their dynamic in the latter part of my fic (post ch18 or another fic i've already published just not advertised

not particularly happy with all of how it's drawn since these were originally just made as references for Me only but we'll see

[evelyn-allright]

I'm bored so I drew the beta designs of the weevils

Basically, I found the sketches I drew back at January 2023, the earliest idea of these guys.

they had no color on them so I just imagine what it would've been. I found what type of weevils they could've been except for the very obvious ones. I honestly forgot about these designs until a few months back after I made the final designs for the characters. Even forgot the names so basically I just started off a new leaf since these designs weren't going anywhere. What I can remember with the early idea for the weevils was still a adventure story but it would've been more lore-focused. Like very story-focused. it would've like they were the only creatures around a human world rather than the bugworld in the final story. It would've been like the-creature-of-the-week rather than the treasure, and heavy lore tying the whole story together. I forgot but like it didn't worked out like as intended. I only wrote 2 manuscripts before deciding to give up and go back to the idea 8 months later. If this continued, yeah it would've been a massive lore dump and there would've a massive conflict somewhere in the lines. Overall, I just lost interest with this version of the story As for the characters, Rita (Vee's First Design) is the leader. There's her partner Kinsley, The bag guy. Literally just the guy who carries the stuff, I don't believe I actually considered his character. Madelyn (Liz's First Design) would've ended up being a antagonist and backstab them at some point. The Hudsons were step-siblings, I thought it would be fun to write siblings in the mix but I realized that I already am writing like a sibling type relationship with the characters. Yeeeeah, I think it was best that I scrapped this idea. It wasn't structurally sound and when writing the two manuscripts. It didn't felt like this was it, yknow. As of writing this, The first story for the weevils is finished however I'll release it at June since I have been given a shit-ton of schoolwork. At least during the time of that, I've been writing the second story. I wish I could publish it sooner but like there isn't alot of freetime for me to properly publish it. I'll post mini-comics to my instagram, making them to build more character into these goobers Like always, I'm just talking to myself. Nobody cares about this Have great day, Adios

[xryosakeyx]

Follow up time!

^Alright I drew these in June! Her name is Nene and she's basically Blawsth's current top-ranking coordinator when it comes to contests. She manages to bring out the beauty of her Pokémon rather than having them pull off some insane stunts like some of her competitors. Her older sister, Lele, runs a gym that specializes in normal types. I've based her look on the gyaru sub-culture, given the fact that both her and her sister came from Alola, but that latter part is never mentioned directly in text because I purposely avoid making any references past Gen 5 to keep this very old "You weren't supposed to read this!!!" vibe and contain the Pokémon actually native to the region limited. Anyways, with that little sidenote aside, she's chill but surprisingly very wise for her age! She usually does give out advice to those who seek for it.

^Also, have these random off-hand doodles! The first image is 100% accurate BTW (June). The second is a set of regular non-Blawsth Pokémon that I drew together, the Ponyta belongs to Jake, Gothorita to Miley, Murkrow doesn't belong to anyone and just likes tagging along whenever he feels like it, and obviously that's Ash's Pikachu right there with the rest of them (also June). Third pic was a scene redraw, that one scene where the subject of their trainer licenses gets brought up and Jacob says that he's barely getting his at fifteen while Ash is like "huh? hwat?" and Jakey-boy's like "dood. dats crazy. how r u frum hwen u wer 10 not ded yet???" and Ash is like "yknow hwat dat is craaaazy WTH?????" lmao. Last pic is Miley with a cowboy hat because I may or may not add it to her design in the upcoming chapters, mostly 'cause as this story's "pokégirl", she needs a hat! Also, it adds to her horsegirl vibes. That and it'll match her boots.

^Last pic that I wanted to share for today! It's unfortunate that I'll have to say this, but the TRio won't make an apperence in the fic at all aside from at least a single mention, so I drew this comic in June to explain their whereabouts, in the most memey way possible.

It's decoding time...

TITLE CARD: Anyways, it's time for HUH? WHERE IS TEAM ROCKET!?

TRIO: (random nonsense)

MEOWTH: Nya, so, did the twerp's leg get any better?

JESSIE: Huh? What twerp?

MEOWTH: The one with the Pikachu, nya.

JAMES: You know, I ALMOST completely forgot about that guy! (the entire group faces a horrific realization...)

TITLE CARD: One ballon ride later...

DELIA: Hello, have you seen my son?

MEOWTH: Holy shit he ran away, nya.

JESSIE: (slams fists) Well, let's go find him! And we'll even get a reward! And we'll nab Pikachu right after for an even BIGGER REWARD!

JAMES: B-but! I liked our vacation...Besides, maybe he had a good reason to leave! (Jessebelle flashbacks)

JESSIE, pointing at Delia, who is absolutely sobbing in the background: You think she'd do that?

JAMES: Oh, yeah, good point.

JESSIE: (slams fists again) Anyways, MONEY.

JAMES: Also good point!

TITLE CARD: The never find him or Blawsth. They got lost and needed to call backup (?) ▶TO BE CONTINUED

Alright, in all seriousness, they legitimately forgot about him after the incident. Then they decided to go after him once they heard the news, only problem was that their balloon popped in the middle of nowhere. They were deep in the depths of a forest near Blawsth, but by the time they actually got out the story already ended and Ash made it back to Pallet Town, safe and sound. Some details in this comic are inaccurate 'cause (A.) I wasn't being that serious and (B.) it was from very early when I was working on the fic, like May barely ended.

But yeah, thanks for reading, it means a lot!

Anyways, here's some random sketches related to the fic I finally can get around to posting 'cause it's a bunch! (These span from about three months, so yeah...) They don't really lean into heavy spoiler territory, so I thought it'd be safe to post them!

^Blawsth's champ (name's Lucille, if anyone cares...). First sketch is from earlier today and it's supposed to be of him in his youth. If you've read chapter one already, a specific detail that was made was that the Pokémon Ash is looking for pops up every thirty years or so, and let me tell you, a whole bunch of stuff happened within that time lol. The rest of the sketches were made in June, so I haven't drawn him in a good while. His whole thing was that I based him on shock-rockers and his backstory does take influence from that subset of performers. That comic in the last pic kind of gives ypu the idea of it, and that is if you can even read my stupidly tiny handwrit–

Okay, y'know what? Let me decipher it:

JAKE: You don't get it Ash, Lucille was banned from performing 'cause he went overboard!

ASH: Oh, really?

JAKE: That and he's the champ!

PIKACHU, as a tiny blob thing on Ash's shoulder, turning his back away from the camera as he sees a weird goth-thing from the distance: Pi.

JAKE: Ah! There he is, great eyes Pikachu! Lu-cille! Sign my autograph, please!!!

Alright, satisfied?

^Some gym leader stuff. First sketch is supposed to be of a double-battle gym where one specializes in water and the other with fire. Their main motif is that they're supposed to be treasure hunters, so their Pokémon are very agile in combat as they bounce back from one another. I'm still trying to work on their outfits a little, but their masks are supposed to be based on their aces which are (of course) more fakmons! Their names (right to left) are Lenny and Hans.

Second was two sketches I did of the grass specialist, Vendanna, who is an actor known for her stunts. The main challenge in her gym is the various status effects her Pokémon can create (mostly poison), so trainers should watch out!

Third is Lizzie who is supposed to be a ghost specialist. She tends to be very introverted, only popping up whenever the supernatural bells ring, but her Pokémon are the complete opposite and love getting other's nerves. I based her off trad-goth stereotypes because I feel like they're very underespresented in media, but yeah, she's basically Blawsth's personal "witch" and has more knowledge about the card game than most people (still unsatisfied with her boots though...). Also, her ears are pointed 'cause I felt like making them pointy :P

Also, BTW, these won't be the exact order of gym leaders Ash and co. have to deal with, I just felt like sharing them for now!

^Rivals. I unfortunately can't really share much of their story with you guys as their role leans into spoiler territory, so I'll keep it as brief as possible. First is named Cianna and seriously wants to be the The Very Best Like No One Ever Was™. Out of Blawsth of course. Alright, in all seriousness, as a childhood friend who had to move upstate years ago, she hoped to reunite with Miley, who is oddly very evasive towards her, which is quite sad because she never got around to say goodbye to her...And that is as much info I can actually share on the both of them as characters! Alright, onto the next one...

The second is named Urie and oh boy I seriously can not wait to finally introduce him to the story. If you can recognize who I nabbed his color pallete from, congratulations, you're still not really going any relevent story info until I actually write about it. Anyways, all you gotta know about this guy is that he has this smirk you just want to punch and he's annoyling very friendly, surprsingly enough. To an extent (I could only post this single sketch of him though as (A.) I was only going for the color pallet when it came to this set so I couldn't care less about the face... and (B.) I do have an entire page just dedicated to him because he's so absurd of a character to me, but unfortunately it's behind another page filled with sharpie sketches and if you guess anything from the third pic, it likes to bleed through a lot).

Third is Luka and not only is she a coordinator hailing from Unova but she also participates in gym matches as well! She also oddly wants Ash to step away from his companions, for some reason...Yeah, gotta keep things hush-hush, lol. Other than that, she's a very snarky individual, some might even compare her to an Ekans. Others...a more sinister Pokémon...(anyways, say hi to Lizzie again at the bottom corner! She's selling her a doll that doesn't even work, LOL!) (Also, I imagine this one with a Joisey accent!)

Anyways, that's as much as Tumblr will let me post without going over the image limit, so I'll go follow up with this post tomorrow! Your SOTD has been brought to you by, once again, Specimen! I keep thinking of this song in paticular when it comes to contest ideas, especially considering Blawsth's whole culture going a little bit overboard with it ever since Lucille was banned from performing.

[officialvillain]

welcome to reika’s 2017 art year  in review, jackasses

yo i made a compilation of all my art over the past uhh literal 12 fucking months, and jesus christ if yall wanna talk about glo ups then uh

fucking check this shit out dude, i mean LOOK at this shit, i improved

anyways!!!! im putting a lot of things under the cut bcs i don’t wanna clog up people’s dashboards!! 

also go ahead and check everything out bcs i have a LOT of art in this post 

JANUARY was pretty good, i actually made a few pieces that were, yknow, actual art but i actually didn’t sketch that much. am actually still rlly proud of those su pieces tho

FEBURARY there was a LOT of taz bcs thats when i started listening, and let me tell you i loved taako to bits. i made a few posts that went over 3k/4k notes and i was proud of that. also i still love my taako and krav designs i mean. look at them. also sylvas was there, and naule was born!! 

MARCH was a GREAT month for me because i got a LOT of art done. i started taking commissions on Flight Rising and i made around two dozen original gijinka designs during that month

APRIL, i drew a lot of luma-related stuff but no Actual Art lmao, but i was just getting more into dnd and i think thats when we started to plan and stuff?? it was fun

MAY, i had a few finished pieces i tossed out in a couple days time because villainous just came out and i was in love with flug’s design. also my first full-body ref, with my fave dnd boy sylvas

JUNE/JULY i didnt draw much, but i had a lot of steven universe bcs blue zircon made her debut and i fell in love, instantly

AUGUST i was experimenting with new colouring styles, and also made the greatest creation of this year, which was a gemsona fusion that im still immensely proud of. i mean look at it. its so fucking pretty, i worked hard on that shit, its the best original design ive made. also, Luke was born this month!!

SEPTEMBER actually coloured a few things things!! I finished up the Quartet’s deigns, and made a few icons, and im happy of how the colours came out

OCTOBER, cuphead came out so i had my own fun with designing a few object heads, and i made a bunch of really good notes on the fashion of the time

NOVEMBER, i drew a LOT lmfao. Serena and Isaac were born, and I’m happy to say that they’re good additions to the ocs that i have. ALSO, the dnd group revived itself so i drew lenissia for the first time in forever. 

I made a ton of sketches that im proud of, and i coloured a few things. I drew a black/white/red vent post which was actually like, really good. also i did a lot of work on @tragic-gays, and Naule was revisited (and redefined)

DECEMBER, is here!!! happy I got here tbh, this year was good for art and characters. Evelyn and Glenn were born, and Luke’s backstory was expanded!! I did a lot of writing this year lmao, like, a LOT

I’d say that 2017 was a pretty good year, I had fun and made a bunch of characters that I really love and hold close to my heart!! I also wrote a shitton of story and background so my ability to write characters has also defo improved

thank you for reading!! hopefully 2018 will be a good year for artistic improvement too!!