#late nite sketches

[sygneth]

there was a song i had in mind drawing this sadly it's in polish and i'm to lazy to translate it (chorus to be precise)

[artistic-virgo]

2024, procreate

[k1tt13sbl0g]

Shitty Jeff sketch before I sleeeeeep

[campervanbeethovens]

Drew this with a fancy drawing pen that was left at the server station at work… Does this drawing even belong to me then if the ink used wasn’t for my hand in the first place?

[griefsodeerly]

Late nite deer sketch

[omaano]

SW Hades AU December Update

First things first some links and previous updates: May - June - July - August - September - October/November - everything else in this AU

This will be more of a summary of everything I've done for this AU in 2024 than an actual December month update. The reason for that is rather simple: I haven't gotten around to posting what I finished during my little holiday break. Creating those new posts would involve some background work, learning some very basic new things, and writing some dialogue, which just wouldn't compute right now.

All that said what you can be looking forward to through January for sure is a full Quinlan post, and a full Echo and Fives post - I've already made one of them with their character art, but skipped the whole background, pocket characters and dialogue part of the task; mostly because I was missing art for another character to create the whole scene that I'd envisioned.

I also did not forget about Leia winning the last poll. I really didn't, but I honestly have no idea how I want her to be depicted in this AU, and lately Satine, Sabine and Ezra have a bit of a hold on my brain, so all my creative thinking is channelled into figuring out what I want from Ezra here. I do have some sketchbook scribbles for Satine and Sabine both.

How about a poll, which I will totally respect this time!

And now for the summary: Characters who had been added this year include: Cody, Obi-wan from his desert era, Darth Maul, Omega and Batcher, Echo and Fives, Shaak Ti and my trio of baby clones, Quinlan (he's just a wip here though), and presentable WIPS for Doctor Aphra, Bo-Katan and her Nite Owls, Axe and Koska, and Kit Fisto.

Which means that in 2024 I've managed to add 8 completed individual character illustrations to this project! I'm quite pleased with that, considering how I'd only started up with renewed passion in May. I'd also finalized the charcter lineup and their little icons, which I can use as a visual aid below to keep track of my progress. The characters marked with blue have completed illustrations, and the ones marked with orange have some type of a WIP going for them.

For the whole of next year I hope to keep to the "one finished character a month" schedule, finish at least the two background images I'd planned for Obi-wan and the Nite Owls, and clean up all the keepsakes I'd sketched out. I'm a little unsure if this will be enough for me to claim around the same time next year that the AU is done, but that is the dream at least. I am missing 11 character arts completely (I know that it doesn't add up, but Moff Gideon doesn't get a cute little portrait, that's just how it is), and 4 WIPs (although Bo-Katan counts for 3). Although based on past progress I should be able to bang out Kit and Aphra in one weekend if my wrist doesn't get too angry with me :3

Taglist of anyone who wants to be pinged once a month for these updates <3 If you want to be added to the list send me a message, or just reply to this post (a 👀 would do, nothing fancy required ;))

@elwinged @yeehawgeek @velsayshi @lionsaint

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[kingoftheu]

The thing Disney fundamentally misunderstands about The Muppets is that they are never going to be a tentpole franchise. You are never going to build a M(uppet)CU.

They are less an IP then an immortal comedy troupe. If you could use, idk, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, George Carlin etc etc in perpetuity do you try to set them up with a shared universe? No! You give them a stand up/late nite/sketch show to show off their talents! You give them cameos in your other projects!

[toppamplemousse]

little late nite sketch of my favorite scene from @breathofnyx’s half of a heaven <3

(i know it doesn’t LOOK like a frame but they are meant to be FRAMED)

[idvcomplainer]

Late nite sketch of manon

[copalcetic]

@bart1607 asked Alrich x Ursa in the Star Wars Rare Pairs Exchange, and then I fell down a rabbit hole. For characters with very limited screen time across two shows, Sabine's parents sure do change sides a lot in the ongoing (some might say endless) strife on Mandalore. I wanted to figure out why, at least to my own satisfaction, they might make the choices they did.

to paint, and nothing more - In the aftermath of the Great Clan Wars, the young survivors navigate unspoken tensions and shifting alliances at Sundari's Royal Academy of Government.

The first thing he notices, because it's impossible not to notice, is the blaster pointed at Veraslayn's head. The second is the girl holding the blaster. Her brows are drawn down at a ferocious angle, her hair pulled back so tightly he can see it flex with tension every time she breathes. She's not a girl; she's a sword made out of flesh. He moves his hand without conscious thought, starting to sketch the startling lines of her face, and freezes when the mouth of the blaster drifts toward him. "If you were a sniper," she repeats, "you'd be dead."

art is never chaste - Alrich Wren, on his wedding night.

"Alrich," Verslayn says, her breezy tone turned serious, "forget all that. The statement you're making, the way it will play to the holovids, none of that matters. Well, it does matter," she says, because Veraslayn is Kyr'tsad's chief propagandist and even on the eve of her best friend's wedding she can't let go of her strategizing. "Having a Countess marry in full beskar'gam—it's a declaration. It will bring us recruits. But that's for me to worry about. You have more important things to focus on."

the elimination of the unnecessary - Alrich Wren is left in a precarious position when Death Watch schisms over Maul's ascension and the Nite Owls go on the run.

Urie's blaster twitches, then lowers. Everyone has limits, it seems, even those who stayed loyal to the Shadow Collective. Firing on a former compatriot is acceptable; firing on an infant is not. "Alrich," he acknowledges. He pulls his helmet off, letting his voice shift into its natural light tenor. "Where's Ursa?" "Fighting for Mandalore, I hope," Alrich says mildly. "Not here."

triptych - Three times Alrich Wren paints flowers.

He forgets that he's cold, lost in a whirl of mental sketches, until Ursa settles a fur cloak over his shoulders. The collar is lush and silver-gray; the hide has been dyed saffron. Clan Wren colors. Ursa clicks the tiny, topaz-eyed bird clasp shut at his throat and smiles at him. This close, he can feel her breath warm on his cheek. The retainer is watching them, expression inscrutable. Alrich doesn't lean forward. "The colors suit you," Ursa says, and settles her helmet back in place.

having left undone - Bo-Katan and Alrich have a heart to heart on the anniversary of Ursa's parents' death.

Once, it would have been Bo woken up by the faint clink of Ursa clipping her armor on in the pre-dawn light, Bo watching her slip silently out of the room when Ursa went to keep vigil for her parents' deaths. They'd shared a room when they visited each other as children before the war, telling stories late into the night; they'd shared a room after, keeping watch. Ursa is a married woman now. Bo tries not to resent that.

a civil war like this, it always sells itself - Swept up in the politics and violence of the Great Clan Wars, Ursa and Bo-Katan grow up quickly—but perhaps not quite quickly enough.

By the time Duke Kryze appears in person to escort his daughter back to Mandalore, all obvious signs of the fight in Wren Stronghold have been erased. Every window pane is repaired, the walls scrubbed of carbon scoring. Chairs pulled out of secondary guest and meeting rooms replace ones shattered in the skirmish. The insurgents, of course, are gone.

what do you think an artist is? - No one understands what Ursa Wren sees in Alrich. (She doesn't care to explain.)

There's a truth Ursa has carried all her life: she could never love anyone who wants to be less than the best. It's a trait she comes by from both her parents. They loved each other dearly while they lived—and their marriage was an endless, exhausting squabble for dominance. "It keeps us sharp," they'd said. She can see the truth in that, though a tiny, disloyal part of her mind says, Not sharp enough. She wants more than that.

[theartistaslisalee]

A late nite sketch. I haven’t drawn anything for the past few weeks due to being busy moving and settling in new apt. Also I’m fairly new to digital drawing so that only adds to the struggle of getting some rust off of my joints. I’ve made it a goal this year to do more digital work especially if it involves MK or other kind of fan art. Now that I’m finally done with the moving I can resume other projects that I have put on hold. Look forward to more stuff from me now, it’s nice to be back!

[sygneth]

late-night sketch

[littleapocalypsekitten]

I had a flashback to "humor in the 1990s" tonight and just thought of shows I used to like / will remember or even look up and still laugh at that "kids these days" would find incredibly problematic. Hell, a lot of the humor back then is exactly the kind of stuff that could get you cancelled (especially here on tumblr) today. I remember in seventh and eight grade, it wasn't just the students, but some of the TEACHERS at my school who would make jokes about dead cult members (the Waco standoff happened at that time) and about Jeffery Dahmer's murder-victims (that was in the news, too). TV shows? Saturday Nite Live used to have a skit called "It's Pat!" - the ENTIRE JOKE, the ENTIRE FUCKING JOKE was "We do not know what gender Pat is." I think I saw one or two of these sketches? I didn't want SNL much? The Pat-sketches were made up entirely of people trying to find out whether the very androgynous, nerdy-looking Pat is a man or a woman. That was a source of humor back then. Now when I look back on it... (even assuming that Pat was cis) people hovering around you trying to judge your gender is... pretty creepy? I used to watch In Living Color - the Wayne Bros. minority-answer to SNL with only a couple of token white people. While from a minority perspective, some of their sketches were... would not fly today material. I remember one sketch making fun of Princess Diana's depression and suicidal issues. (A personal ick for me...when Iook back on it). There was a superhero character called "Handi-Man" who was a disabled superhero who was a champion of disabled people (but the humor was incredibly ableist). There was a recurring sketch about a homeless man that made fun of his situation... It was... funny at the time? I laughed then - as a kid? But nowadays, I feel kind of icky - and feel like "Yeah, it's best if people don't try to make stuff like that today." I used to also watch something called The Edge that was on Fox. It was... very twisted. Lots of humor revolving around gruesome, bloody violence (in a fake blood and gore way), but it was still... wow, I used to love that show and I guess that's why I'm so twisted in my humor today. I do think one recurring sketch would be relevant today, though: "The Armed Family" which was about a family of gun-nuts. They'd wind up spooking each other or mistaking each other for home intruders and shooting each other all the time (but coming out with "only flesh wounds" or "Good thing your Dad gave me this bulletproof vest for Christmas!") - Speaking of Christmas, probably their funniest sketch was the one where they killed Santa Claus (home invader)! It ended with a track of children crying. *Chef's kiss!* I mean... that is STILL funny to me, but I can't help but think of how "That...probably couldn't be made today." Then again, Robot Chicken is a recent thing and has that dark kind of humor... I guess I just thought if some people cannot take anime-light-perv humor that was common in the 1990s when they watch old anime, hoooo boy should they stay the Hell away from 1990s late night American sketch-humor.

[holyeater]

my coworker was showing me her dagger sketches and ia sked her if she was horny and or ovulating because of the phallic symbolism. n she looked very uncomfortable and i havent shaken the feeling of guilt for 4 days now. which drove me to do a late night bridge stroll last nite but someone called the cops bc i did probably and maybe always have im about to jump vibes but i jjst wanted to contemplate the ripples below. alas

[sylvienerevarine]

WIP Wthursday

@kookaburra1701 tagged me over on my main blog, yay! I've been fooling around with some one-shots featuring other Sylvieverse characters, so here's a little something featuring my Harbinger girl Amaal.

Amaal at-Zakana regarded herself in the mirror with satisfaction. She flattered herself that she’d put together the perfect first-impression ensemble: a cream-colored linen shirt with no traveling stains, a light blue waistcoat that contrasted stylishly with her warm brown complexion, trousers with a dozen pockets for notebooks, sketching materials, and snacks. There wasn’t much she could do about her boots, which were ten years old and caked in mud, but at least they proved she wasn’t afraid of a little mess. “You can do this,” she told her reflection sternly. “You’re smart, you work hard, and you can get along with anyone. They’d be idiots not to take you.” It helped, a little. She patted her dark curls into place, shot the mirror a wink, and made her way downstairs to the Bannered Mare’s common room.

Tagging @dirty-bosmer, @late-nite-scholar, and @snowberry-crostata!

[kitchimera]

party like it’s 2003. ink sketch. diamine grape, pilot iroshizuku colors ina-ho and fuyu-syogun.

I wore a new kitbash to late nite audio orbs yesterday and used it as inspiration for art practice.