okay, here鈥檚 my most recent finished sketchbook,,, that means, it鈥檚 the one that got me through my biggest art block. for those who don鈥檛 know, i was super depressed during 2022, and i stopped drawing and posting the entire year. well, i actually drew a bit, but almost no finished pieces because i always ended up hating them, so. when i drew, it was mostly in this sketchbook. it has ugly drawings, stupid doodles, and some actually decent drawings 馃構 but tbh i don鈥檛 care if this sketchbook has good drawings or not, because all these drawings, even the shitty ones, were the reason why i could slowly start drawing again; and, in 2023, i improved more than i had in the past 2 years so. im glad i spent 2022 letting myself draw shitty doodles <3
this post is a bit messier because the sketchbook itself is super messy and i didn't know how to edit the pics nor how to post them lmao... but if you want to see more of this sketchbook, i might post more pics for my instagram story highlights. i mean, they're just silly doodles but if you care, they'll be there!
It's Throwback Thursday! And also Mermay, which I have done an illustration for every year since 2020.
Rough concept of this year's MerMay illustration. Hopefully I have time to finish it before the end of the month!
In 2022, I combined MerMay with the start of my comic, Into the Dreamlands.
The characters for my 2021 illustration were totally random. That said, this was done a few weeks before I designed Cypress and Jo, so I kind of wonder if my ideas for the lads were already bouncing around in my brain.
Last but not least, year one - 2020! Also featuring random characters. I do love the Mer/Avian dynamic, haha.
Anyway, hopefully this was interesting! I certainly enjoyed digging around and looking at the progress of the last few years!