Our MerMay Story, Day 1
Sometimes I wonder who taught me how to swim. I like to imagine there was someone, once. Their steady hands guiding me as I flailed through the water... I can't remember them, no matter how hard I try. I wonder if they're still out there, somewhere...
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I'm hoping to keep up with this event through the whole month, with fanart and writing for Aquaria each day. The story I tell isn't likely to be linear, more a bunch of little slices of Naija's life or thoughts at different points of time
I'm going to be drawing each day's work in a neat journal I was given as a gift a couple months ago, it's meant to have an old and weathered look!
Naija'a Room. I think she should get to hug the Mithala doll
I made this a little while ago with the intentions for it to just be a sketch, but then I accidentally made it a full proper drawing so ehh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Drew this while watching The Nightmare Before Christmas a couple days ago. It's a tradition in my family to watch this movie every year (usually around Halloween but it got delayed a bit this time), and Sally's always been my favorite character from that movie, so I wanted to do some sketches of me. I think younger me would really like these!
Monomon doodle (Palette is Lime + Magenta from lospec!)
(Inspired by this post!!)
(drawn 2018, graphite pencil and colored pencils on printer paper)
Story of this drawing below cut!
This is the first full illustration I did after being gifted a how-to-draw-anime book from my grandparents!
I did a bunch of practice sketches to follow the tutorials and stuff, but this is one of the first things I drew with them that I felt really really proud of!!
It's far from the first thing I've ever drawn, I'd used hundreds of pieces of paper up drawing as play before I drew this, but sometimes it kind of feels like it was in my head since it marked a turning point in my life, and the start of trying to "get good" at drawing.
Also here's the back of the paper! (edited to remove my IRL name, which was written in cursive)
I think my mom told me my drawing was really good and I could possibly sell it so I came up with a price tag for it based on how much work? But this drawing is basically priceless to me now so I'm not planning on selling it anytime soon!
(inspired by this post!!)
(December 2023, February 2023)
My OCs Mint and Rose! (idk if ive posted them on this blog much before) I originally designed them for 3D modeling class, they change main colors but always have the other one's color in their eyes (they're girlfriends) I don't have much of a story for them and their designs aren't super solidified but I like drawing them :D
ask box here is meant mainly for art requests
I talk in the notes sometimes, and occasionally reblog stuff from my other two blogs when I want more people to see it, or see it again.
ask box here is meant for general socializing, it's my blog for thinking out loud, chatting, doing ask games and picrew chains, posting minecraft screenshots, etc
I used to reblog my art there as well, but i think going forward I'll keep it non art-post focused so it's easier for me to look back through.
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Current main fandoms are Life Series(aka Traffic SMP) and Homestuck, and I also post art of Hornet from Hollow Knight pretty frequently.
i enjoy trafficshipping so be aware of that! (for the characters, not the creators)
I have an on again off again relationship with Genshin Impact so I may post art of it occasionally
I make art of whatever I'm interested in whenever I'm interested in it, and those things will change over time
I generally prefer to work in traditional mediums, but I also really like pixel art and occasionally I'll make something with Ibis Paint on my phone. Of traditional mediums, I like sketching with a mechanical pencil, and use watercolor and colored pencils to color more polished stuff. Occasionally I'll do lineart with either a ballpoint pen or an actual ink pen, and more occasionally i'll do something with acrylic paints
information for if you want to draw me vvv
I made these guys all the way back in October 2023, when I was a bit less than halfway through the comic. They were originally made for a roleplay server but I got too burnt out from school to actually join, and my anxiety was acting up. They're moirails, and wear each other's colors to show that :D
✨a bunch more art and rambling below cut!✨
Name: Iridia Rimian Pronouns: she/they Gender: demigirl Age: 8 sweeps Height: 5'4 Blood: Teal Classpect: Maid of Heart Derse Dreamer
Iridia's the first fantroll I've ever made, she's not exactly supposed to be a trollsona but she kind of started out that way and I did pour all of the anxieties I had at the time into her when I created her, and also gave her my love of cardigans and drawing, her outfit is modeled after one of mine, and we have the same pronouns. So we have some similarities!
Iridia is incredibly scared of the future, she's constantly burnt out and all she wants to do is stay home and draw forever. She struggles to make meaningful connections with people, and is pretty sure she won't live longer than 10 sweeps. Luckily she's not completely alone in the world, she has her moirail and her lussus!
Typing quirk example:
Your Trolltag is iridescentMelody, and you … pause a lot because . you can.t always . think of the right words … … and sometimes you trail off and forget …
… what you were going to say . … you don.t have any variety to your . punctuation . so you have a collection of emoticons to . convey expressions with .^. ^.^ .-. .^. .0. .u. .o. .v. ._. .~. .'. .×. … … … and … … … … … … when you.re … overwhelmed … talking gets … even harder … … … … and you may use just ._. emoticons to express .~. your feelings .×. … but at other times you can be . a bit long winded . you want to make sure that you.re understood correctly . and all of your points . get conveyed .
Name: Galani Darmor Pronouns: alright with any, but especially likes he/her (specifically in those tenses), ae/aer, and shine/shines Gender: Hero Age: 8.3 sweeps Height: 4'5 Blood: Violet Classpect: Knight of Hope Prospit Dreamer
I made Galani because I realized that Iridia would simply not survive alone in the world, and then as I fleshed aer out to contrast to her I got really attached. A lot of parts of her are also inspired by parts of myself! But maybe a bit less
her deal is basically that he has a huge hero complex. He carries herself with a lot of confidence, which he mostly feels, but he gets very upset if he doesn't feel he's living up to the standard of being "heroic" that he's set up for herself.
Galani can get pretty in shines head about issues of morality.
Typing quirk example:
Your Trolltag is mechaHero, and ✨you talk with a lot of ENTHUSIASM and EMPHASIS!✨ ✨and you like to let people know when you APPROVE 👍 or DISAPPROVE 👎✨
✨if you-were-to-get DISTRESSED you would-start-to-talk MUCH FASTER which-thankfully-never happens because HEROES DONT GET DISTRESSED 👎👎👎✨
Here's some more art of both of them!
This is one of the first Iridia concept arts I made, ft. her lussus!
Here's some early Galani concepts, and me realizing he should be short actually.
sketches of them together!
Pixels arts of them being adorable and in love :D
Also, here's a little chatlog I wrote for them, in their typing quirks:
MH: ✨ hey IRIDIA! 👍✨
MH: ✨ how was WORK today? ✨
IM: … hello . galani ^.^...
IM: … it was . fine …
IM: … mostly -.-
MH: ✨ something happen? 👎✨
IM: … i mean . not really …
IM: … i don.t know ….
IM: … i don't know how . to explain . it was . pretty normal …
IM: … which . might be part of the problem -.-
IM: … but . i think i.d rather talk about something . else …
MH: ✨OK! 👍✨
MH: ✨ want to hear about MECH FIGHTS? ✨
IM: … okay . sure .^.
🪻 - she/they - agender, aplatonic, queer - extremely inconsistent - 👍✨
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