#was a late artfight but now a gift art!

[cannibalcreeps]

Wrangle up them Geckos! The cutest Courier Clown-Securitron couple in the mojave! For the wonderful @delusionaltomato

[rhys-ravenfeather]

Someone explain ArtFight to me like I’m five X’D

[coffeeandbatboys]

hey so I have an announcement

As of today, July 11th, I'm going to be taking a step back.

Things have been picking up lately around here and I (unsurprisingly) have taken on a lot of projects, and I need some time to sort them out. Unfortunately, I've found myself opening tumblr and other platforms constantly to the point that I realised I'm probably addicted and it's causing me to neglect the fact that I do have a life outside of the internet.

That being said, this is NOT a haitus. I'll still be around in the mornings, at night and on my days off. Now that I've got almost 20 attacks fired off in artfight I'll be slowing down there (all of this applies to @coldbrewarts as well). As for the matchmaker and headcanon requests I was blown away by the amount received, but yes I will be working on those in my downtime. I plan to go ahead with the clone x reader gift exchange, as I will also be working in the background on that.

If there's something y'all would like me to see, don't hesitate to tag me or message me! I'm not sure to what extent this "step back" will be, but it definitely needs to happen in order for me to get my head straight.

Now, I do have some big plans for this fall. On this blog, I'll be doing Foxtober and some possible poll games. On coldbrewarts I have a secret third thing that only the close mutuals and art friends know about 👀 and y'all had better not spill

I guess what I could have summed this up as is that I do not have the spoons to be as present as I have been. I love all of you very much and I want to stress that I'll still be here! Just not as much.

All the love in the galaxy,

Coffee

[harmonytre]

What to Expect Coming Up

I am still sick, but thought it’d be fun to mention all the projects I have going on and my sort of process.

I’ve gotten into the flow of 3 art -> animate an hour -> 3 art -> reference sheet; and repeat! Now the “3 art” doesn’t include warm-ups, which I’ll discuss in a moment. This usually varies but does have a pattern of priority to it.

Commissions (none atm, but one has discussed interest) -> Deadline art (contest entries, featured character, birthday gifts) -> “Required” art (raffle prizes [2 remain], Benrey project, 11 Bulbasaur gifts, 42 late Artfight attacks) -> Other stuff

When it comes to warm-ups, I’ve gone 32 times in a row of purely HLVRAI. It’ll still be thrown in the mix, but I’d like to add Pokemon and OCs as a chance too! Warm-ups include any requests I get, and those increase in chance the longer they’re there. Meanwhile there’s still the chance my random wheel will choose something like “Sunkist” three days in a row lol.

Now to discuss all the projects! First off, my next three art will be: raffle prize, a small special RTVS animation, and a doodle of my next hyperfixation which I’ll then open up for requests as well!

HLVRAI

“Cabinet Man” Animatic: A more long-term project that’s fully storyboarded so far, but I plan on making rendered (or at least colored) illustrations for.

I have two parts in my Multi-Animator-Project! One part is Benrey and Gordon focused, while the other part is Tommy, Bubby, and Coomer focused, so I get to animate the whole Science Team and that excites me!! (One part still open by the way, hint hint.) The MAP itself is a third of the way complete let’s goooooo!

Other animation projects include: “Two Birds” Tommy and Benrey friendship animatic (fully written), “Eighth Wonder” Tommy animatic (just an idea, focusing on the others first), and occasional clips or mini animations.

Benrey Fanart (and then the other characters too!): I have 12 people left to reach out to, but I gotta do it slowly so my account doesn’t get shadowbanned again (that was scary ngl). But once I do, the sign-up post will be updated regularly as I work and I’ll DM everyone individually as I finish theirs!

@sweetvoicecafe ! I am very excited to get this up and running! I have 3 references remaining, and then I can work on the introductory comic. (I mayyyyyyyy call for voice actors.)

HLVRAI-based OCs: This is a more minor thing, but I want to finish 9 more designs before Artfight, as I’ve only finished Joshie.

Pokemon

It’ll be a while longer until it’s ready, but I’d like to restart my Shiny Living Dex Challenge. And it’ll no longer be discord only, I’ll extend it to tumblr as well! Especially since there’s art prizes involved.

I have 11 remaining Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venusaur gifts to finish!

The occasional warmup, request, doodle, etc.

“Close Up Meme” Phanthop AU Animatic that I would love to polish and color.

“Never Love an Anchor” Hop and Leon animatic that I have indeed started (just an animatic this time, not polished)

I’ve started releasing collab (with @mr-web ) Art Podcasts on my youtube channel hint hint ;)

Misc.

Streams: Over on my Twitch (same name): I stream weekly (maybe more, depending on my new work schedule, just finished moving after all). At the moment, I’m taking turns with Half Life (nearly done with game one) and Omori (collab with Doglord15). Soon it’ll (hopefully) include Pokemon, but I’d also like to try Undertale Yellow, Portal, Hollow Knight, and more! As well as a return to art streams, that’d be cool.

Artfight Prep: I am mostly done, but remaining I have: 3 SVC refs, 9 HLVRAI OC refs, and fully updating my spreadsheet, which will also be updated on tumblr! (I may do this today, as it’s something I can do while bed-ridden.) Plus the 42 leftover revenges.

Among Us “Bark Bark” Animatic: nearly 3 years in the works but it’s chugging . . . there were complications with the cameos involved that hurt my motivation and the progress, but it’s still in the works haha…

“Haunted House” Vent Animatic: This is 2/3s of the way complete! As it’s something personal, I worked on it quickly after a certain event, but I’d still like to finish it. <3

New Hyperfixation: Surprise reveal! It’s Wreck-It Ralph (and specifically Hero’s Cuties). It won’t be a huge thing, but I’d like to doodle here and there, open requests for it, and draw up three AU designs that have been in my mind for nearly 13 years.

@theairshipexperiment : Yes yes, I knowwwwwwwwwwwww y’all are mad at me. It’s been three years and I still get people upset that it hasn’t continued. It’s not completely canceled, just very very slowww. I’m nearly done writing chapter 3, but that means there’s 7 chapters to go. At least I’ve started giving myself completely random reminders for times to write haha. It’s my only writing project atm, but writing takes so much more effort from me than art, I’m sorry.

@absurdamongus : Very low on my list, but I still enjoy their designs and would one day like to continue finishing their refs and maybe reopen an ask blog. An animated series would still be cool, but it’d be a long way off if so.

So yeah, a lot of projects and a lot of excitement! I’m going at a fair pace (when I’m not sick) and art continues to be my passion! <3

[nyxiemania]

lofi candlekeep radio ✨ beats to relax/study magic to

This is a piece of gift art for a friend of her tiefling wizard in our current campaign, Karina! Karina is the adopted daughter of one of the characters from our first campaign as this group. She's eager to follow in her mother's adventuring footsteps, but instead has been stuck in Candlekeep studying for years. Now that she's finally got the chance to adventure it's turning out to be a lot less fun than it was in her mother's stories and all those books she read, but she's in it now. I thought it would be fun to depict her just before the start of the campaign, though. This was meant to be a quick piece for Artfight but obviously, well, it's a month late now. It was initially just going to be a still but then I thought a little animation couldn't hurt, and that little animation ended up hurting a lot but I'm super pleased with the result! It was especially fun doing the background, I had a blast putting a ton of references in to all our characters from our first campaign (it was Descent into Avernus) since Karina's had all of them in her life over the years. Also obviously referencing lofi girl too.

[cali-kabi]

~ I don’t think I talked about it on here yet during late June I played Mario & Luigi Partners in Time and Bowser’s Inside Story for the first time ever I loved both games the music and the gameplay 🥺💫🍄which one I liked more I gotta say partners in time cuz I liked the cute funny interactions between the bros. and the attacks omg there so cool I love the copy flowers ;w; on bowsers inside story some of puzzles made no sense to me I had to look up a few in order to get past them xD (I hope some will understand how difficult the puzzles sections were) I’m also back from my break I needed it for my mental health I took break from doing art as well :,) my socials were stressing me out a bit I was feeling a bit paranoid sad worn out from about my art but I feel better now if you left a nice comment message yes I saw it I appreciated it thank you :,D💖during my few minutes you saw me active on here I reblogged gift arts for me from artfight I love every single one to bits thank you all so much I will forever treasure them💙💜🥺(have a picture I took in my playthrough Star hill/Star road/star shrine looks so beautiful in every game it’s in )🌟💫i made some doodles will post them a little later hope your doing well :)

[moffie-moff]

hiii!! i found you on artfight and i just wanted to say i think your wizard of oz au is so cool!! do you have any other materials about that universe? or like more art or writing or smth? i'm really intrigued TwT

ps definitely attacking you soon

have a nice day 💖✨ :]

Ohhhhhhh my god I’ve been waiting my entire life for this moment-

Yes I have so much more! I’ve been coming up with ideas while reading the first 5 Oz books, so there’s a lot of characters I haven’t drawn yet and plot points that show up down the line but I’ll just stick to worldbuilding stuff for now

The entire thing was basically a challenge to make Oz as anti-monarchy as possible, which is incredibly hard considering Ozma is literally the god Queen of Oz and no one ever questions this. It wasn’t hard to make it gay and anti-capitalist though, the original cast is just 100% queer socialists (who all believe in the divine right of kings for some reason idk)

SO. My version of Oz is essentially a place outside of time that humans from earth can occasionally slip into during times of crisis, “saved” by Lurline or her children. So as an example, Dottie (Dorothy) is from Earth in 2016, while Heartly (Tinman) is from Earth in 2089. Despite this difference in time period, they still appeared in Oz at roughly the same time. This means that Oz itself is a jumble mix matched time periods from roughly the late 1600s to the early 2100s (so despite everything, I managed to make the random sci-fi elements in Oz make sense)

When a human enters Oz, there’s a chance that an object they have on their person will become a “wand”, which allows them to become a witch. Wands are usually passed down through families of humans who have been in Oz for generations, but sometimes they’re gifted to non humans or stolen. Usually, humans rule over the other peoples of Oz, because they’re seen as the rightful users of magic. This is not good. Some examples of wands are the Witch of the North’s slate, the Witch of the South’s bubble wand, the Witch of the East’s scythe, the Witch of the West’s umbrella, and the Momby’s stirring spoon

Another source of magic is silver, but I’m keeping it vague as I haven’t really figured out the details on that. Just know that any non-wand magic item contains silver somehow

Also the titular wizard of Oz is the main antagonist, she’s a puppeteer from the 80s who decided that the best use she could get out of a city that’s entirely painted green is to use the whole thing as a green screen to trick an entire country that her stupid little puppet is literally god

We love to see a girlboss failing spectacularly

I have a bunch of stuff for the individual characters but if I talked about all their arcs and relationships I would be here all day

(But if you have more questions I would LOVE to answer them, my dms are open!!!)

[absyntthe]

WIP Wednesday

Thanks for the tag @layalu! I normally do this over on my art blog @absyntheartref but I haven't really been drawing lately. I think artfight kicked it out of me LMAO So I'm gonna do it here since what I have been up to isn't art related? I guess some of it is.

My first thing is I got an internship :3 It is unpaid but I'm no longer worried about my school loan (save program yeet) and the job hunting process has been an utter nightmare to the point where it's taking a big hit to my mental health. So I'm happy to take the internship since I'll get a routine again and I can tell employers what I'm up to without feeling like a bit of a loser. (Was asked in an interview why there's a large gap between graduating and now like...because I haven't gotten hired yet I'm getting punished for it idk) TLDR the job hunting process is awful in the USA (can't speak to other places)

My second WIP is art related but more of a planning thing! I got sucked into BG3 and I'm thinking of drawing my character Cirice.

He's an oathbreaker paladin who used to be oath of the ancients :D I think I also made him a half high elf. He's trans so I'm thinking of different cool top scars I can draw him with

and that's all really. (and Lay I'm still working on that artfight attack, I'm just going to gift it to you whenever I finish it)

I don't have anyone to tag but if you want to participate- my circle on here does WIP wednesday every week and you're welcome to join.

[doxiedreg]

Last late birthday gift! This one goes out to @deerskull-art! This is his character Lee who is a ferret rat hybrid! I hope I did him justice, his headshape proved to be quite a challenge. I experimented with colors and textures with this one as well as thicker lineart :) Now onto making refs for artfight augh im so not prepared

[dreamnotefancures]

Story Care Time Pretty Cure

I originally wrote this for @salsasprecure during the Fancure Artfight (an unofficial Artfight for Pretty Cure Fanseries where you create whatever you want!). However, because the Fancure Artfight ended and I got pretty far on this fanfic I decided to make this a fanfic gift for Salsa.

Hope you like this Salsa! Also, be sure to check out Salsa’s stuff on @salsasprecure she has amazing art!

Also big thanks to @gigilefache for being my beta reader.

Enjoy!

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Mio was humming and skipping to meet her friends at the park. “What a lovely, sunny day!” Mio sang. With how gorgeous today was and how she and her friends have been busy fighting Careless, this was a perfect way to relax and recharge.

She had her whole day planned, first a picnic at the park with food provided by Tomoko, then checking out this new craft fair, ultimately ending the day with some crepes.

As Mio made it to the park, she heard rustling in the bushes. She turned around and shivered in fright. “Okay, Suzu. This isn’t funny! You can come out now.” Mio said.

However, to her surprise, it wasn’t Mio but a little swan. Mio was at awe at how cute and little she was, but saw something was up with it. The swan was little and wore a glistening crown and a multi-colored jewel necklace. Though it looked like the swan was injured by someone or something judging by the injuries the poor bird was limping from.

“You poor thing,” Mio whispered. “Who did this to you?”

The bird didn’t reply, just slowly opened her eyes and something flashed the second she saw Mio. The latter felt the same thing, almost like the two were destined to meet. Opening her bag, she took out a small handkerchief and wrapped the little swan to keep her safe before heading off to see her friends, hoping one of them could help the little bird.

Meanwhile, Tomoko, Suzu, and Fuaffu were sitting down on a bench with snacks in tow, just waiting for Mio to show up. . 

Suzu’s stomach rumbled as she let out a yell. “Where is Mio! I’m hungry!” She whined.

 Fuaffu’s stomach started to growl. “Me too…” She whined.

“I’m sure Mio is on her way.” Tomoko reassured her friends. Soon enough Mio came running and Tomoko smiled, “See she’s here.”

Suzu sighed. “Finally!”

Mio skidded holding on the handkerchief close. “Sorry I’m late.”

“Where have you been? We’ve been starving!” Suzu yelled.

Mio caught her breath and showed her friends the little swan that she held wrapped in her handkerchief. Suzu and Tomoko gasped in surprise. Fuaffu jumped on Suzu’s shoulder and gasped at the sight of the swan's injuries. She then felt the same odd spark the swan and Mio felt earlier.

“I found her injured on my way over here,” Mio explained.

Tomoko looked at the bird and saw that there was nothing broken and that the bird needed rest and food. “The poor thing.” She whispered. “What happened to them?”

“I don’t know. I found her like this and I figured I'd bring her here. I thought maybe you guys would know what to do.”

Tomoko held her hand out as Mio put the bird into her friend's hands. Tomoko examined the bird and saw the injuries on her. “She looks a bit bruised, and maybe hungry.” Tomoko examined a little more. “Looks like it’s nothing serious, but let’s keep her with us for now, if she doesn’t improve we can take her to the Tenderheart Veterinarian after this.”

“Okay!” Suzu and Mio agreed. Mio picked up the handkerchief and wrapped it around the wing of the swan. “For now, until we get you proper help.”

The swan smiled and snuggled up close. “Thank you.” She whispered. Mio paused and looked down at the swan who rested beside her. She looked at her friends who were already opening snacks and eating. Weird I thought I heard something. Mio shrugged and went to eat with her friends.

The group ate, all they could do was stare at the swan. The four nodded in silent agreement and handed a small snack to the little swan. The swan looked up and slowly ate the snack in Fuaffu’s paw. Her eyes sparkled as she ate the rest of what was offered to her. “So good!” The swan beamed. Soon the swan turned into a puff of smoke and appeared human.

The swan’s human form was of a young girl with blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. She wore a long red floral dress with puffy sleeves and over the dress was a white apron and brown shoes.

Mio and her friends stared in shock as the swan girl landed on the seat looking happy and healthy. “Thank you!” She beamed.

The girls couldn’t utter a word. Sure they’re Pretty Cure, and have seen some wacky things on their adventures, but this was the first time they saw a swan fairy turn into a human. “Y-you're human!” Suzu shouted.

The swan nodded. “I’m Dottie by the way! It’s nice to meet you.” She beamed.

Mio smiled and shook Dottie’s hand. “I’m Sasaki Mio!” She replied. “And these are my friends; Yoshida Suzu, Shimizu Tomoko, and Fuaffu.” When Mio introduced her friends they each gave a wave to the swan girl. Dottie smiled and waved back to Mio’s friends.

“So Dottie, what happened to you?” Tomoko asked.

Dottie frowned as she recalled her memories. “Well I was visiting here and suddenly this monster attacked me. I was too weak from traveling so I went in my swan form to get away.” She explained.

“What monster?” Suzu asked.

Suddenly, the girls heard screaming from a distance and went over to its source. The group got up and saw a Careless attacking a group of civilians at the park. Suzu let out a frustrated yell. “COME ON! ON OUR RELAXING DAY?” She yelled.

“Relaxing day or not! We have to defeat this Careless.” Fuaffu said.

Suzu sighed. “Fine.” She and her friends pulled out their transformation items and transformed.

With love and care, Pretty Cure Heart Activation! 

A Rainbow of encouragement, Cure Cheer!

Energetic playfulness, Cure Shine!

The Dreams of the Stars, Cure Wish!

Care!! Pretty Cure!

Dottie’s eyes glistened as she gasped in delight seeing Mio and her friends as the Pretty Cure. “Let’s go!” Cure Cheer beamed. Her team members nodded and went off to fight the Careless.

The monster took notice at the three Care Precure and a fight ensued. Cure Cheer jumped up and did some cheerleader flips before going in with a powerful kick.

Cure Shine and Cure Wish then came in throwing punches and kicks on the Careless before blocking their attacks and pushing them away. Cure Shine and Cure Wish used a wall to protect themselves from crashing. Then going back in and throwing a few more punches.

Cure Cheer came by quickly and swooped in to attack by throwing punches. The Careless was about to knock out Cure Cheer, but the pink cure made her pom poms appear and used them as a shield, blocking the punch. She then used the pom poms as punching gloves, but the Careless found an opening and knocked Cheer down.

Cure Shine and Cure Wish came in and started to attack the monster by throwing even more kicks and punches, but the Careless knocked them away, crashing into Cure Cheer.

The three pretty cure groaned as the Careless marched over them. Before the Careless could strike the final blow, the monster was kicked in the face and knocked to the other side of the park. The Care cures were in confused shock, wondering where the mighty kick came from.

“Look!” Cure Wish exclaimed. She pointed at another Pretty Cure in the distance. 

This Pretty Cure had long blonde hair with a peach ombre, a part of her hair tied to a bun, feather hair pieces, and a crown. She wore a pale blue dress with a pink ribbon on the front with a swan shaped bottle in the middle, gold accents, and white feather sleeves complimented with a feather skirt on the bottom. She sported white wings on the back of her outfit, white arm bands, and blue toe shoes with little wings on them.

“Is that?” Cure Shine asked.

“A Pretty Cure?” Cure Cheer finished.

The new Pretty Cure glared at the monster. “I won’t let you attack this world, or my new friends.” She promised.

The Careless growled. The new Pretty Cure was able to dodge and fly missing on all of the Careless attacks. The Care Pretty Cure team were in awe seeing how agile the Pretty Cure was.

Not wanting to keep missing for any longer, the Careless went for a punch, but the mysterious pretty cure used her legs to block it before kicking the monster away and causing it to knock down a few trees.

“Now finish it! Care Pretty Cure!” The mysterious cure commanded.

The Care Pretty Cure team nodded and got ready to do their finisher attack.

“With Great Care… Pretty Cure, Purify Blast!” 

A multi-colored blast filled with hearts and stars came flying out and purified the Careless. The Pretty cure sighed and collapsed on the ground relieved they were able to stop the monster in time.

“Thank you for your help!” Cure Cheer beamed.

“No problem. I’m Cure Crown by the way.” She introduced herself.

Cure Cheer’s eyes lit up as she shook Cure Crown’s hand. “I’m Cure Cheer! It’s nice to meet you!” She beamed in reply.

Cure Crown smiled as the two Pretty Cure let go of their hands. “Well I wish you luck Cure Cheer,” Cure Crown said before flying off into the sky.

“Same to you, Cure Crown,” She replied as she went back to her civilian form. “Same to you.”

 Cure Shine and Cure Wish transformed back into their civilian forms and smiled seeing Cure Crown leave. Fuaffu jumped up in Tomoko’s arms and looked up at the duo. “You know, she did look familiar.”

“How so?” Suzu asked.

“You mean that she looked like Dottie?” Tomoko answered.

“Yep!” Fuaffu replied, but soon her and Suzu’s eyes widened as they faced the green cure. “Wait, how did you know!”

“Because,” Mio spoke up, causing the trio to look at the leader. “I felt it. The second I saved Dottie I felt this weird connection. I didn’t know what it was, but now I know.” Her friends smiled and walked over to her as they looked up at the sky. “It makes you wonder if there’s more Pretty Cure out there of all kinds.”

Fuaffu put her paws on Mio’s hands. “Who knows Mio? Who knows.”