Various project updates! (Patreon)

Hey everyone! Haven't been posting much lately, mostly due to life things and stress from other happenings.. Definitely planning to post as much as I can on here though!

I don't really like putting my personal life and struggles out there in public, so I won't go into it here either. Long story short, things weren't well for a very long time, and then they got worse. But I managed through it! I will keep on truckin', and have no intent to stop anytime soon!

Work on art things had been pretty slow, but I do still have some things to show! Little bits and pieces here and there, things I just haven't posted anywhere and even a big animation project that's been in the works for a while now ;3c

First, I've had a lot of ideas kicking around for a new character! So far I've only had Reed as my sona, and a very old OC of mine I've only drawn a handful of times way back when x3

So I finally decided to try making more characters! This boy is still very early in his "production", but I thought I'd show what he looks like so far :3c

I've already got further ideas for his design, but knowing myself I'll take my time doing and re-doing a gorillion ideas until he's absolutely 100% the way I want to see him.. But you can look forward to more updates in the future!

Here's another thing I never posted - a character redesign for Aylorra, a good friend of mine!

As well as a full reference sheet! This one took a bit, but in the end I think it turned well ~! Tried making the background a little more involved, but striking the balance between detailed enough while not stealing attention from the character itself proved to be a tad more difficult than I anticipated. Still glad I tried it though ^^

Another pretty large (or at least ambitious!) project I've started a while back, but never really got anywhere with is a little fanart of a Helldivers 2 moment from one of me and my friends' missions!

This was over half a year back at this point, and back then tackling a full piece like this was a lot more dreadful than I'd say it would be now. Plus I got the idea of the shot being a close-up of the Diver's helmet, with the entire scene unraveling in its reflection - and at that point this whole thing just became too much and I shelved the project.. Maybe I'll pick it up later at some point! Been wanting to get back into the game as well anyway x3

And lastly, probably my longest ongoing project so far! Big animation I've been working on a while, and the lineart is almost done! Some cleanup and polish is still needed, but I guess this might be worth sharing nonetheless :3c

The long time it took was mostly due to difficulties outside of animation itself, as well as struggles in my personal life.. I've been chipping away at it though, and you can look forward to the finished piece!

You can see the animation here! (Google Drive link)

All in all, while maybe this wasn't my most productive year in terms of art, I'm still proud of how far I've come and I'm proud for not having given up! I will certainly try and do my best to make more art, make more content around it and grow as an artist - and certainly make sure to update all of you here along my journey!

On that note, thank you so much for supporting me here on Patreon. I've had other things, timelines and deadilnes in mind when creating this page, but life decided to take things its own way, so.. thank you, with all my heart for supporting me on here through all of it, no matter when, where or how.

Take care, love y'all.