#merkerler art

[merkerler]

An assortment of sketches of varying qualities

[merkerlerspeaks]

I love watching videos of people drawing. It always influences the art I do after watching them, and those pieces are ALWAYS better than my normal pieces. I'm suddenly able to draw hands and realize Clip Studio Paint has way more features than I've been utilizing.

[starrtoon]

Oh hey I'm that one anon from a few days ago, I was going to send in an ask responding but forgot- but I do have a blog and actually would definitely appreciate some Christian blog recommendations. I already follow a few but I always like finding new ones :3. Issue is that even though I know Tumblr is a social media and you're SUPPOSED to interact with people ya girl gets nervous about interacting. Sometimes even being on anon is nerve wracking. (But I don't use discord. Discord is spooky.)

yeah I understand, I get nervous interacting with people too lol I’m the type who mostly interacts when people contact me first.

here’s a bunch of Christians I follow on here.

@in-christalone, @skystonedclouds, @vanvietvor, @merkerler, @thesmallbutknowingclown, @your-goblin-pal, @tanglecolors, @andreamii, @psalmsinthedark, @rayjayo, @rolkientolkien, @thisbibliomaniac, @raspbebbies, @ambigiousgelpens, @crankycorviknight, @manda-kat, @my--darling--dear2, @sherendipityy, @thelefthandbonch, @kawaii-pastaaaa

my close circle of friends!

@icebats-universe, @thornfinn, @logisticbumm, @de-kuiper, @aw0, @chrystallink, @nebulardrip, @siren-singing <-(she isn’t active on here but I’ll still include her)

other Christian blogs I follow that post strictly Christian stuff

@artscriptureslwl, @faithful-in-christ, @blessedbeyondallbelief, @gospel-art-project, @the-five-solas

and my sister @skynecraft~

[gruffamundo]

I'm considering posting one of my OCs. If I do, I will post it on @merkerler (my art/stuff in general blog) and reblog it to this this one.

[merkerler]

Given the results of a poll on my main, I have drawn Bexter, an OC created by @manda-kat who I have wanted to draw since she started talking about him back I-don't-know how long ago, but I'm slow so it took a while. Takes some time sometimes but if I decide I want to draw something, I eventually do it lol.

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Next up we have Raphael. I think his design is the simplest of the four.

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After promising them months ago I have finally gotten around to finalizing my TMNT designs for Era of Rebellion, and Donatello is my favourite so he is first.

If it's hard to read the text, let me know & I will type out what it says right here.

[merkerler]

My design for Leo! This one is...still prone to changing, but I do still like the asymmetry. I know there are probably things he dislikes that I am forgetting too because it's been a while since I looked into the things I wrote for him.

Also forgot to mention in the sheet that he is cold blooded too.

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This is Alexandra and she is an OC for TMNT: Era of Rebellion. She has stars scribbled on the cuffs of her shorts because I had that one line from "If I Could Tell Her" stuck in my head while I was drawing & she has a smiley face patch similar to 2012 April O'Neil’s. I wanted orange in her design to be symbolic of the turtle she is closest too as well, hence the orange sash and shoes.

And no, I didn’t forget them, she just doesn’t have arms.

[merkerler]

I also forgot to mention in the sheet that Cassie also stands in as a shout out to 2012 Casey Jones mentioning that he has a sister. She was never actually shown, but I wanted to make her a character. 

Anyway I am calling the AU “TMNT: Era of Rebellion” for now. But I am not going to get into the details of the story. Just a few details on the characters themselves. 

I also just wanted to show off this Casey because I realized that I made him one very handsome lad. 

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This was done pretty quickly so disregard any errors. I just wanted to draw them. 

Also introducing Klaus I’ll have a character sheet for him at some point. 

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One more post for TMNT: Era of Rebellion. This one features my current design for Michelangelo, an eastern painted turtle (though he should have 3 toes). I also just really like this background. 

[merkerlerspeaks]

I really, really need to learn how to use Clip Studio Paint better- I primarily use the normal default pen for inking, coloring, shading, and everything, sometimes venturing towards the rough wash brush & gouache brushes for textures, line art or backgrounds. I wanted to learn how make drawings closer to the look of 90's anime-

This video is a lifesaver.

[merkerlerspeaks]

My Blogs:

@merkerler - art blog

@merkerlers-fairytales - story blog

@childrenofearthandtime - current passion project

@the-botanist-and-the-alchemist - compilation of all my tts story/oc stuff

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Finally got up the gumption to draw again so I figured I'd draw a clown. This guy is from a small visual-novel type horror game called "Don't Toy with Me" and I just think he's neat.

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Well, after a while of experimenting I believe I finally have a character design for Aela that I like! If anyone has any thoughts let me know. I’m keeping the character info a little sparse at the moment because I’m still figuring out what information would lead to unnecessary spoilers. 

She’s my main character for a story I’m calling “Children of Earth and Time” (previously called “Dark Matter” on my main) and my blog for that story is @childrenofearthandtime​.