Belinda's Creative Lair

I create stuff; drawing, writing, sculpting, videos. I even created smaller, less deadlier versions of myself. As interesting as a wet sock & as sociable as Ed Gein...   

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I’m not dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBxMPqxJGqI

My childhood has supplied me with a perfect depiction of my executive dysfunction carrying my creativity.

I am actually working on stuff believe it or not, & have been for quite a while. Just swamped with being a mother-type-creature & ensuring the smaller less deadlier versions of me are staying out of trouble; getting to bed on time & all that other parent-related responsibilities. Regardless; I’ve made quite a bit of headway with some personal projects, even got some shit drawn on paper... Shocking; I know. I’m not going to sit here & give some spiel about how I expect ‘such & such in this time frame’, because experience & life has shown me it tends to never work out that way. Nevertheless, what I DO have planned is that I should get a shit ton of backlogged work under my belt, that way when I do commit to a regular schedule; there won’t be any risks of falling behind on the workload. The good news is; even after a recent drop in creativity due to some personal stuff, I went back to what I was working on & fell back in love with the characters & story all over again, & found myself eager to jump back into the saddle & get this thing finished. That; to me, is one of the best signs that I will get my plans completed. It’s also a great boost to see just how much I already have completed, & that alone is a great help in getting the creativity sparks flaming again. Slow & steady is better than nothing at all :)

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Chunky Pug

From Feb 2020-

He tries his best! Something else I did last year with the intent on adding to my shop. Late is better than never I suppose Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/MummyMetaller/shop?asc=u

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Help me!

Please ensure you go check out @drachenmagier​ here on Tumblr! You won’t be disappointed! :)

WARNING!

There’s a little bit of blood in the image under ‘keep reading’. If you’re ok with this then go ahead & click.

Old explanation:- So way back in March 2010; drachenmagier did a picture of my character Thegar fighting off a bunch of creatures.

Last year (2019) I had a silly idea to do a sort of 'follow up' image of this scene, so I quickly scribbled this. (Drachen's awesome picture can be found here: https://www.deviantart.com/drachenmagier/art/Monday-156362167 ) - - - So this was another picture I started in 2019 & completely forgot about. You know when an idea just pops up in your head suddenly; & you think "I need to get that sketched out now!"

Well that's what happened here when I looked up at the framed picture I have on my wall, & it resulted in me continually giggling like a complete twat as I was scribbling it down 😆

I'd intended on putting more into the colouring/ shading, but upon realising I'd forgotten about it once; I didn't want to risk it again & thought 'it's good enough' 😃

& yes this is a stark difference from the 'don't touch my stuff' picture, because there, Thegar was randomly attacked by a giant monster. Here; he apparently started it, & Lina is tired & grouchy... Clearly 😆

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Difference Pt. 2

WARNING! BLOOD & GORE! IF YOU ARE OK WITH THIS & 18+ THEN CLICK ON ‘KEEP READING’

Old explanation- From Feb 3rd 2020

So way back in May last year (2019), I did this pic of poor Thegar trying to fight of a mutated monitor lizard thingy.

As soon as I finished that pic, I started quickly working on this one. I got really far with it, added colour etc, but then had to put it aside for work.

Needless to say; I forgot about it. Then went back to it; then forgot about it again.

I remembered it today (was actually Feb 3rd 2020) & quickly slapped some shading on it; & realised that I messed up the light sources, because I just fail like that. Still; at least it's finished It's a carry on from that attack. The silly story related to these random pics is that Thegar managed to escape the monster; & he tells Lina about it.Lina being super short tempered & over protective, goes to find said monster, & it doesn't end well.

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Been a while

So it’s been a while.

Hope everyone is doing well & staying safe!

I sort of moved away from Tumblr for a while when it had that art nuking crap going on.

I think I had a few pics taken down? I don’t even remember anymore. Anyways; have a few I need to add, so here goes :)

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Difference pt1

I think I'm done with this now. Poor Thegar XD It started as a silly scribble which I just expanded on (I notice a lot of my drawings seem to be done in this way recently haha). I'd only intended on adding base colours, but in the end I quickly did some shading & cheated with the background (I just recycled one I'd done recently). As with everything I do, I can see where I need improvements, but 'finished not perfect' is something I'm going by nowadays, otherwise I'll never be finished with anything. Needless to say I really like the monitor-monster, as well as Thegar's expression. This is somewhat of a throwback, because Thegar & Lina are attacked by a large 'monitor-monster' in the old comic I did many years ago. I never completed it due to personal problems/ bereavement, but I am back in the process of re-writing & planning the storyline; & I have every intention of getting this story up & running. I'm looking forward to it :)

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Send an angel...

Silly sketch that I wanted to scribble down. I can't even remember how long ago it was that I was going to draw this, I mean we're talking <i>years</i> back. Just glad I finally scribbled it down.

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Valentines 2019 progress

As stated in the previous pic, this initially started as a warm up before a commission, but I just kept building on top of it. It was just a scribble at first (hence potential mistakes & no use of reference) but I was having fun so kept going. I only planned on drawing Thegar & Lina, & then just adding some base colours. But then I decided I could doodle a quick background for the hell of it, & then once I decided to do that I thought 'well I might as well add colour & shading too while I'm here'. Also realised that valentines day was coming up; so opted to make this my valentines pic to my partner. I need to get better with many things, but hey at least I finished something :D

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Valentines 2019

This year we'll have been together 19 years (met in 2000, so it's easy to remember how long it's been). It's weird to think it's been that long. I made sure to leave a long heartfelt message for him in the card I got him, expressing how important he is to me & how proud of him I am. But that's all I'm going to say here about the mushy lovey dovey stuff I wrote, because it's no one else's business what I say to my partner - - - - - - - So what essentially began as a simple warm up before a commission; turned into this. It's rife with mistakes & general errors, but hey at least I finished something. I'm starting to go with the idea of 'finished; not perfect', which was suggested by another artist, otherwise I'll never get anything done. I'm looking forward to drawing these two more, it's been too long. (For any newbies. This is Thegar & Lina, they're based on me & my partner & these two have been my OC's for well over a decade by now. There's an extensive back story behind them, but it will all eventually be explained in a graphic novel I've been meaning to do for years now, & I'm looking forward to starting it. There's more I could say on this but I'll end up writing an essay otherwise). I’m also over on Instagram now; just search belindascreativelair.

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Weird morning

I forgot I did this. Thought I might as well share for the laughs. In case the text is difficult to read:- MummyMetaller Of course you do XD Ugh; this towel on my head is starting to annoy me. brb k back also I have too much hair XD drachenmagier XD shave your legs then? MummyMetaller You’re not the boss of me! MummyMetaller brushes luxurious leg hairs drachenmagier XD MummyMetaller plaits under arm hair adds little flowers to make it look fucking fabulous

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18th anniversary

Super quick silly comic because I've had such limited time. I thought i could be sneaky & get an anniversary gift as a surprise... Only to have him counter with a surprise gift of his own. .... Now, this means war... On June 7th it will be 18 years that we've been together, & this guy still gives me butterflies when I think about him. (I mean; other those rare occassions where I want to smother him with a pillow. Good relationships take a lot of work from both partners you know) We've been through so much shit together through the years & still managed to stick it out & work our way though it. There is no such thing as perfection, but I have never imagined myself grow old with anyone else. He has a heart of gold & he definitely brings out the best in me & I couldn't ask for a better partner. Love this guy so damn much. ... I don't emotion good...

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Screamer smash!

Quick scribble as I work in between pics. Been playing State of Decay 2. I discovered I have somewhat of a vendetta against screamers. Stop creating infestations every two seconds; you fuckers!

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Header

Needed a quick break from work; & realised I've been meaning to make a new header image for a while now, so thought I'd scribble this down as it's bank holiday weekend. Planned on doing something quick & simple for the time being. (Actually had something completely different in mind to begin with; but changed it half way through). Also took it as an opportunity to mess around with shading & whatnot. Need to work on my colouring more. Also not happy with the text at all, but it will do for now :)

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Too much information

Remember that silly comic I did; about actually taking a moment to LOOK at what you're drawing...? Yeeeeah.... It was in relation to this. That image shall now forever be burned into my brain. But now YOU have to suffer it & have it also burned into your psyche! MOAHAHAHAHA!

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Freelance pain

Seriously had to draw something else after I had to draw that atrocity this morning, so I did this to display my paaaaaaain!

*heaves*

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The Chosen One

'The Chosen One'

Another pic I forgot to upload once I was given the ok to do so. Considering how much work I put into this; I'm surprised I bloody forgot to submit it to my galleries! 🤣

I went out of a lot of comfort zones when I did this; it was challenging, but also great fun to do.

This was for Shinji Schneider shows he did at many conventions, titled 'The Chosen One' in 2017.

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Quick scribble

5-10 minute sketch as I waited for confirmation on a pic. Been itching to draw my sexy man for a while now :D I think I need to start keeping my sketch pad on hand for whenever I get the urge to draw; otherwise I'll never get round to drawing anything (other than work related stuff)