steadfast i walk

Sorry for letting this flounder for some time. I'd try to make a promise to post at least once a month but I never seem to get it together. I haven't been drawing much lately - job takes a lot of energy from me.

I also de-linked this place from my website. Even if it is pretty damn easy to find anyway, I like having a least a little bit of separation from my budding professional life and my for-fun non-professional life.

I've managed to squeeze a few things out to post here, though.


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These are a little old. Icons I made for Felix (top 2, Felix and Zero) and for Phim (bottom 2. Griffin and Hades). I've considered offering these as a commission special...


Sketches - Glenn redesign, some old characters including the re-emergence of Kudain Furikudanji, omg. (ps someone buy me a LJ rename token, i hate my weeaboo LJ name but I'm too miserly to change it D:)



Ten doodles thing from deviantART. I think my favorites are Arch andUniverse.


First draft of "the beloved", only failed because I thought the pose was kinda boring.


Some fail of Ivan. Trying to get the hang of the inkwash thing.


I bought some Yupo paper. I'm not sure I really get the point of watercolor paper that is waterproof. I kinda feel like I'm being massively trolled. But it DOES make the colors SUPER bright and rich, even if the color wipes right off if you so much as look at it wrong.

It was meant to be Axel floating in water, sorta. Psychology, ugh.


More fooling with Yupo. I-I kinda like the effect, actually.


Liss said the only character of hers I haven't drawn is Owen, so let's take care of that now :3 I've also thought about doing some inkwash commissions since my inkwash pics seem to be going over really well on DA.


Urgh, just fooling around, wanting to digital paint.


Hekat, from K. Miller's series Godspeaker. Hekat is nuts, and this is how I would envision her. I know her hand is messed up, and Mijaki don't wear sleeves :|


More Chari. Pose somewhat referenced, at least for the arms, from this.





An Artist Trading Card of Purya. I'm thinking about redesigning her a little to be less of a cultural approrpiation poster child :/

das unbedingte

It's time for another update! Last update of the year, woo! I've had this blog for two and a half years. Wow. I'm impressed I could keep it up this long. I really like this blog, I hope I can continue with it in the future. I had a sketchblog many years ago that lasted maybe over a year or so before I quit. But it's fun to post stuff I wouldn't normally post, so here's to another year. Enjoy.


I found that when I had to listen to lectures online for my Kosher & Halal foods class, drawing while listening helps. And I like doing speedpaints, they're fun. Not my photo, make no claims, etc etc. Just for practice.


My first foray into Illustrator in a long time. I love molas, could you tell?


From oCing with Felix. Fericksu, I miss you ~


Second thing done in Illustrator; a new opening for my site. I like how it turned out, but maybe not for my opening page, so it may change. Still, I find Illustrator to be really infuriating coming from a painter's perspective.


Saw pictures of interesting Nepali dress and wanted to get the same feel with the colors and shapes. I guess it's not meant to be anthropological, because I admit my failure of knowledge about Nepali clothes and designs, just meant to be optically appealing :p


Tiny sketch. Human Axel, with massive sideburns to make up for the lost ears. I got a new scanner, and this is one of the first things I scanned - not too sure I like it :/ meh.


For those of you who don't know, I started fencing. I'm terrible at it. Rhys would be better. Here's Rhys in a lunge.


Not a great pic, but it's something. I'm mildly obsessed with Magic Knight Rayearth again. Hikaru and her dark heart counterpart, Nova.


Mildly obsessed? Ok, I'm a bit nuts for it, forgive me some nostalgia and happiness. A new design for a slightly older Hikaru. She dresses like I used to dress when I was 16 :P


New Umi. They describe her as being beautiful like a model, so ok, I made her tall and lanky with legs that go forever and some stylish duds.


New Fuu. Wanted to get away from the shy-librarian look most people would assume for her, and just give her some casual clothes and some modern glasses.


Rayearth, Hikaru's Rune-God/Mashin, in his wolf/lion form. Horns + animals that don't usually have them = instant win, in my book.


Actually part of a gift for someone, but I assume they don't look here anymore so I feel safe sneaking it in here before I actually send it to them ;D


Sharks were my dolphins when I was a wee pupa. This is not a good representation of one. It looks like a unholy hybrid of a black-tipped reef shark and a common dolphin.


Sketch of Iibe, who is Jormei's wife... I have plans for her, I think~~~ She doesn't pla a role in my main story, but I thought about writing Jormei's story as a separate entity. *plots*