thedoodlebuggo

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malevoversary day 4! the faith

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Malevoversary day 3: Rage (ft. other prompt, Uncle, but he's only slightly visible)

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Malevoversary 2025, day two! The pit.

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Malevoversary 2025 day one: kellin!

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On this day...

Today is officially four years since I started making animatics (technically earlier but today is when i posted my first animatic so i count it)! not really relevant to anyone but me, but i think it's cool seeing how far i've come and how much my art has grown.

like-

from this (1st animatic)

to this (current animatic i'm working on!)

it is beyond crazy to think that i've been doing this for four years now. what the hell

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I'm the giant fan of your work and it was the final straw that got me into malevolent. Be proud of yourself

omg ty!! and also YAY FOR ANOTHER LISTENER!! glad i could help persuade you

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im gonna be so real i used to watch your kotlc and amphibia animatics on repeat back in 2022 and to find out you’re a malevolent fan now is actually so funny to me😭😭 kotlc fan to podcast fan pipeline is REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH HOLY SHIT HI ANSGJSGSJ

youre right the kotlc to podcast fan pipeline IS real. a very strange pipeline i think but one i am very glad to have experienced

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john doe design progression throughout the season! design choice explanations/rambling below the cut

okok so. it was time for a redesign because after S5 i just couldn't really see the big hat working, not after his projection scene with the witch. it just wouldnt have the same effect if he looked like this jhsagdf

so! a redesign was in order, and i wanted it to change with his character so. here it is. woo!

SEASON ONE -i love the broken mask thing a lot of people use in their designs, and i wanted to use it for season one to play into the "unknown" elements of john's character

-that's also what the more smokey elements play into as well. his form isn't wholly defined, like his character--especially in season one.

-HIS CLOAK! a little worse for wear and covered in ash, courtesy of his time in the dark world. i also wanted it to be darkened and messed up because i didnt want it to be immediately obvious that the original fabric was yellow. one, cause the dark world erased his memories and identity, and two! because i didnt want him to be able to look down and see yellow fabric, what with his not knowing around all the references to KIY in season one. like this

SEASON TWO

-new cloak! after discovering who he is and his brief reunion with KIY, he gets a new cloak. but he's changed now, so--patches! i wanted it to feel handmade sorta because these changes, he worked for himself. he had help and influence, of course, but the humanity he's slowly gaining is his.

-also the mask is gone! we know what he is now

-he's also got some definition now, some lines in the face. os now he's loooking a little more humanoid, but still has a ways to go

SEASON THREE

-mostly the same as S2, but the colors have shifted more to gold than yellow. he's off; he won't fit back with the king. he's changed! woo!

-a bit of damage from the dark world, but nothing too crazy

-getting some more definition too! he's learning a bit more about who he is and who he wants to be through the choices he makes.

SEASON FOUR

-he's got a nose!! and his claws are shorter! woah! just more human development

-also getting some more patches. covering up fixing some of the damage from the S3 DW trip

SEASON FIVE

-claws are gone and he's got developed human features! wahoo

-more structural design change in the cloak. its kinda hard to see here so. better image for reference

-it's also almost entirely patchwork now. he's built his identity brick by brick and his cloak is meant to reflect that.

-still smokey because he's still got room to grow and also i thought changing it to hair would be too sudden of a change but i dont want him to be bald either so

-also smoke is just cool

-lily patch! i feel like this one is kinda self explanatory. i wanted to move the placement so i could put a patch representative of arthur in its place, but i couldnt think of anything that would look cohesive w the rest of it so. keeping the lily where it is! over his heart. :]

-also in his S5 design i think he wouldn't wear his hood up as much cause. well he knows who he is now, he isn't going to hide that. and there's not really much unknown left about him anymore, so

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john doe design progression throughout the season! design choice explanations/rambling below the cut

okok so. it was time for a redesign because after S5 i just couldn't really see the big hat working, not after his projection scene with the witch. it just wouldnt have the same effect if he looked like this jhsagdf

so! a redesign was in order, and i wanted it to change with his character so. here it is. woo!

SEASON ONE -i love the broken mask thing a lot of people use in their designs, and i wanted to use it for season one to play into the "unknown" elements of john's character

-that's also what the more smokey elements play into as well. his form isn't wholly defined, like his character--especially in season one.

-HIS CLOAK! a little worse for wear and covered in ash, courtesy of his time in the dark world. i also wanted it to be darkened and messed up because i didnt want it to be immediately obvious that the original fabric was yellow. one, cause the dark world erased his memories and identity, and two! because i didnt want him to be able to look down and see yellow fabric, what with his not knowing around all the references to KIY in season one. like this

SEASON TWO

-new cloak! after discovering who he is and his brief reunion with KIY, he gets a new cloak. but he's changed now, so--patches! i wanted it to feel handmade sorta because these changes, he worked for himself. he had help and influence, of course, but the humanity he's slowly gaining is his.

-also the mask is gone! we know what he is now

-he's also got some definition now, some lines in the face. os now he's loooking a little more humanoid, but still has a ways to go

SEASON THREE

-mostly the same as S2, but the colors have shifted more to gold than yellow. he's off; he won't fit back with the king. he's changed! woo!

-a bit of damage from the dark world, but nothing too crazy

-getting some more definition too! he's learning a bit more about who he is and who he wants to be through the choices he makes.

SEASON FOUR

-he's got a nose!! and his claws are shorter! woah! just more human development

-also getting some more patches. covering up fixing some of the damage from the S3 DW trip

SEASON FIVE

-claws are gone and he's got developed human features! wahoo

-more structural design change in the cloak. its kinda hard to see here so. better image for reference

-it's also almost entirely patchwork now. he's built his identity brick by brick and his cloak is meant to reflect that.

-still smokey because he's still got room to grow and also i thought changing it to hair would be too sudden of a change but i dont want him to be bald either so

-also smoke is just cool

-lily patch! i feel like this one is kinda self explanatory. i wanted to move the placement so i could put a patch representative of arthur in its place, but i couldnt think of anything that would look cohesive w the rest of it so. keeping the lily where it is! over his heart. :]

-also in his S5 design i think he wouldn't wear his hood up as much cause. well he knows who he is now, he isn't going to hide that. and there's not really much unknown left about him anymore, so

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I was bored and didn't know what to draw, but then I remembered all the downloaded malevolent fanart I have on my phone and decided to doodle a bunch of other artist's Johns :3

Credits in order of when i drew them vvvvvvvv

@percy-mawce-arts, @thedoodlebuggo, @eva-birdman, @critter-wizard, @blueberyboy, @i-bez-togo-toshno, @hobgoblinbard, @bluetheanimator, @potato-lord-but-not, @bonesmt, @2uselemon, @roubasura, @thebloodghoul, @zil-street, @rizzkolnikov11, @wolfythewitch, @growingdark, @wasttelland, @physical-manifestation-of-spite, @toastydumpster, @jam-etc, and @myzlwow

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i've been meaning to redo my john design for a while now but could not for the life of me figure out what i wanted. anyways i saw the silly hood in a dream and decided that was what i wanted so. here we are

rest in peace big hat john, you will be missed

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i've been meaning to redo my john design for a while now but could not for the life of me figure out what i wanted. anyways i saw the silly hood in a dream and decided that was what i wanted so. here we are

rest in peace big hat john, you will be missed

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First stab at a Proper Animatic™! Is it any good? Who knows! The point is I FINISHED IT. Anyway, Kayne is my favorite Malevolent guy, love how expressive he sounds, and I wanted to draw some faces. Then, because I entirely lack restraint, I failed at narrowing down which section to try to animatic at. So I threw up my hands and committed to attacking the entire scene. All 5+ minutes of it.

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How about 🌈?

🌈 Do you use more warm or cold colors?

warmer colors i think, definitely

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📏 📚

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📏 What’s your go-to canvas size?

i've been trying to make em smaller to make the files less big, so generally it's been.. maybe 1200x1300 pixels? i use 1600x2000 or 2000x3000 for more detailed works though

📚 How many layers do you typically use?

uhh good question! for animatics i use anywhere from 4-7 layers, (sketch, background colors, main lineart, main base, background lineart, background base, and then an overlay over all of it). for polished illustrations it really depends! could be anywhere from 10-30+, but i think 16-20 is probably my average(??)

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🐻 🌗

🙊 - only if you want!

🐻 Your go-to things to draw when you need comfort?

mmm either hugs or my favorite characters going through the horrors. typically the latter

🌗 Is night or day better for drawing?

i'm more productive during the nighttime because there's a lot less distractions, but i enjoy drawing at any time

🙊 Share your latest silly doodle with no context

first is kayne and arthur, second is an oc of mine

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🎼 perhaps....

🎼 Your favorite music to draw to right now?

i don't really have a favorite piece of music to draw to? i have music that i put on loop for the entirety of the day/week and then leave it on while i'm drawing. right now I have liminal space by mxmtoon (especially dramtic escape) on loop, but yesterday it was Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz" by Cojum Dip.