Mr.Gemstone's Select Sketchies of Superior Salt

Hello there! Regardless of how you found this, this is where I like to dump all of my unfinished, unpolished, or unfinalized pictures. ...well, either any of those or just something I didn't feel like uploading to DA. Have a poke around if you like! I don't reblog much, but I usually upload a decent amount of original content.

[gemstonesketches]

Hiatus and such

Sorry about being away and all, but I'm still alive more or less, just not posting for a while is all!  I'm slow on doodles this time around, but hopefully I'll start coming around later in the year!

[koztastic]

WOW

You are my: [] Acquaintance [X] Friend [] Stranger [] Boyfriend/Girlfriend [X] Love Interest [] Best Friend [] Enemy [] Nemesis [X] Other

I think you’re: [] Ugly [] Ok [] Pretty [X] Beautiful [] Gorgeous [] Sexy [] Hot

We should: [X] Fight [] Fuck [X] Kiss [] Make love [X] Text [] Watch films

I: [X] Like You [] Hate You [X] Love You [] Think you’re …

I secretly: [] Hate You [X] Love You [] Like You [] Dislike You [X] Think You’re … the best partner in crime there is

Should you reblog this? [X] Yes [] No

[gemstonesketches]

O-oh my!!  *blush squirms*  Thankyou thankyou Koz!  I'm going to get you later for this hehe!

[gemstonesketches]

I'm pretty sure that's just how sai works. You'd need to go into the options and individually change everything.

Well it's never done this to me before, and I've changed just about every option I could in there with no noticeable change... also now the pen pressure sensitivity isn't working either, so there's that.

[gemstonesketches]

So I got a new tablet (Intuos5/Pro)... but it changes from Mouse mapping to Pen mapping whenever I use SAI... which isn't my preferred mapping.  

Anyone know what's wrong?  I've tried reinstalling drivers several times, rebooting the computer, using both wireless and wired functions.  Everything works fine in SAI except the mapping style.

Please, I really need help on this, and there's nothing on the internet so far that I've seen that really explains anything of this nature!

[gemstonesketches]

Went ahead and deleted that ranting post since there's still a lot I don't know, and I'd rather not rant on something I'm not sure of, but I've still got a bone to pick with the new filtering restrictions, regardless of whether it's Yahoo or Tumblr!  I just want to make sure I know what I'm talking about before I go all grumpy Ruby in front of anyone.

[gemstonesketches]

WOOOAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!  So... if you've ever had the strangest urge to walk around as my most recently created and shelved sona (who is overdue for a revamp actually), THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN MY SUPERIOR ANIMAL CROSSING CLOTHING DESIGNING EXPERTISE... BECAUSE I MADE A SWEATER THAT LOOKS LIKE HIM... YOU'RE WELCOME!

[gemstonesketches]

Woah, guess it's been a while since I submitted this one elsewhere, but all the same you get to see it now, and so will DA very soon!  Should've gotten this to yall earlier, but things came up, and I never got around to it.

Anyway, relating to the point at hand, this was one of those things that kinda came out of nowhere!  Just felt like giving her a nice, bug semi-mugshot with some weird shading and maybe some highlight colors!  Now this is an experiment for me, so nothing's perfect, but it's close enough for me... at least when I made it anyway!

[gemstonesketches]

For those of you who can work Tumblr better than I (done)

Does anyone know what's wrong here?  I've been tagging all of my original work as of lately with the word "art," but when I search the tag "art" on my blog page (in the event I'd want to make a button to show you my work exclusively) it only shows 10 results max even though there is plenty more. Is there something I need to do in the theme settings or something?  If you know anything about this kinda stuff, leave me a PM or maybe just a comment here, something like that.

Alrighty then, that fixed it!  Thank you Rinkunokoisuru, I had forgotten that I could use the tags to jump to pages like that haha!  Much happier now that I've got a proper tagged page for that!

[aisforinterval]

Requests from the last Livestream.

Lulzy’s character Spiers (eating a sandwich with a non-descript meat)

and Gem’s characters, a Pulse Wyvern and Charlotte!

They were all a blast to draw, thanks so much for the requests guys~<333

[gemstonesketches]

AAAAAAH!  Alrighty then, just wanted to toss this y'all's way for those that don't follow this wonderful artist!  *I bugged her for two requests oh man I kinda feel bad but it was worth it, and I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't friends.*

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[gemstonesketches]

Me grabbing my midnight snacks downstairs

[gemstonesketches]

You know... there's not exactly a real reason to have a tank barreling through a wall to show my recognition for America's independence that was recorded to be today... however on the same train of thought, I don't see a reason NOT to express my recognition in this particular fashion!

(Still I know there's a lot more to the holiday than what most of the Tumblr posts jokingly suggest... it's just that I wanted to join in, and it was also an excuse to draw a tank!)

Happy 4th of July y'all!

[gemstonesketches]

Bad feels are more or less gone for now, still a little funk still hanging around, but since yall didn't mind me getting all weird there for a while, I'll toss up this doodle set real quick!  I was really wanting to draw some more dragons after I kinda got hooked with the eastern dragon version of my sona!  This one, on the other hand, is a Wyvern! 

She's not finished yet, as you can probably tell, but she's been fun to mess with so far!  Basically she's a "powered" dragon in the sense that she has two methods of flight: flapping, and an organic pulse jet system!  The jets are used sparingly, mainly for cruise flights and quick maneuvers for hunting or evading.  The "gill" vents on the sides of her arms are the valved intakes, and you can probably guess where the exhaust comes out.

The small one in the top was the original sketches, but I'd like to think now that he's her little baby boy!  ...who is also angry.

Also I swear I never intended to draw that face, but it just sorta happened for giggles... I'm not weird!

[gemstonesketches]

Feeling a little better now.  Had a little something to snack on gradually, and I've been playing a game to sort of put some objectives to my time, but since I'm a bit at a loss for art or RP for now, I suppose I'll ask a question I've been curious about instead.

How did you find my blog, and what got you following me?  I know it sounds a lot like I'm fishing for complements there, but at the very least I'm curious at least as to how you found me anyway.  Note me, ask me, heck you can even use annon if you like!  It's just always been something I've wondered.

[gemstonesketches]

Ever get the feeling that you feel like absolute garbage all of a sudden?  Not mentally, I mean literally... I feel like garbage... and guess who gets the honor of helping his mother clean out the gutter with her tomorrow morning "at the crack of dawn" as it was mentioned, or at least before it gets hot.  I am in absolutely no position to complain right now, but I want to more than anything ever, and it's not because of the gutter thing...

[gemstonesketches]

So, this was the little bugger I was working on!  Basically art, my DS, and laziness are the reason why I'm not as active here as I'd like to be, but that's not why I'm wasting your time with you reading this.  Why I'm actually here to waste your time is because of this little guy!

I've yet to find a proper name for him, but for now he goes under the nickname "Yellow Jacket"  He's a local graffiti artist in the city of Noxniveus (you can thank Koz for the setting!), the city of those forgotten.  He detests his bland gray skin-tone, and was drawn to the city by its unmatched ambiance and energy.  Wanting to make a name for himself to counter his bland appearance, he set to work creating a painting system to suit his personal tastes.  The result comes as four paintball guns, each with a different primary color except the 4th which holds black or white.  The paint itself is a special composition that latches onto and mixes with surrounding paint's pigments, so to ensure colors blend only to very recently applied colors, it features a hyper-quick drying formula to at least seal away the liquid pigments only a second or two after application.  He has an incredibly quick mind to manage all 4 gun at once to create his work, not to mention being able to manage all 4 limbs of his as well!  He's attracted to anything colorful or "colorful" in nature such as parties or just about any social gathering really.  He's also a sucker for "retro" arcade style games who used high contracting colors to draw the eye in instead of realistic graphics.  As you can tell, he's very easily amused and finds fun just about anywhere it rears its head, even when it may turn to mischief!  Wherever he finds fun to be hiding, he'll have his MOVE pack to get him where he needs to go in a hurry!

There's a good bit more to him than just this, but it's all still in need of some work!  (his hoodie is going to be a pain to draw!)

[gemstonesketches]

Also, I'll have to show you guys what I've been working on this evening sometime tomorrow!  WAAAY more colors than I'm used to working with, but that's the point!

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[gemstonesketches]

Another appreciation post for Megas XLR's many buttons!