InkablyBean’s Circus Of Original Content

Trying this tumblr thing again. I do art now, and have a deep appreciation for theatre that only an ex-theatre kid can have. I will be no less cringe as I share my original characters and stories. Nonbinary they/them.

[inkablybean]

Shout out to the peeps who came just to see the art, we can definitely be friends.

I do occasional fan art and art challenges, but mainly I draw for my original stories. I’m actively working towards turning my original story “The Anoir Chronicles” into a web comic/graphic novel/story with pictures, so I’ll likely be sharing that art here to see how/if people vibe with it, and to collect all my progress for my future self.

Sharing art supports artists, but please DO NOT REPOST WITHOUT TAGGING.

And if you are going around grabbing art to feed into Chat GPT, I hate you and I hope you hit every red light at every intersection forever. I don’t fuck with generative AI bs.

Anywho, here’s the art! Practice comic pages, outfit designs of the main character, and some fun vibey pieces. The story will have themes of chosen vs bio families, familial duty vs duty to self, and destiny is calling about your extended warranty. Vibes are the Anastasia movie mixed with urban fantasy, and the cast includes a neurodivergent ace MC, a transmasc love interest, lots of unexpected bio siblings, and a diverse, (hopefully) lovable ensemble cast. Confused about what’s happening here? Don’t worry, me too! Stick around and watch it make sense together:

[kianamaiart]

unfortunately drew the best face i've ever drawn i within the first 10 scenes of episode 2. it's only downhill from here

[moringmark]

[runcibility]

I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it

[quadriviummuse]

I always reblog this one when I see it on my dash. When someone posts their own art, writing, or music here they are really hoping you will share it.

[inkablybean]

Art Bloopers Round Up

Honestly my favorite part of creating:

when you’ve poured hours into a project, and then suddenly something goes wrong and all you can do is laugh… and take a picture, of course.

[inkablybean]

Love a good emotions study…

One of the first official illustrations I made for the Anoir Chronicles, hence the old outfit designs. I can’t wait to redraw this scene officially

[inkablybean]

Did someone say more OCs? *shoves more OCs onto your feed, ignoring what your answer was either way*

Like every good author/artist, I have more than one story on deck. This one is about as fleshed out as The Anoir Chronicles, but aside from these character turnarounds (ya gremlin LOVES a good turnaround sheet) there isn’t much art for the story… yet. Depending how the comic making venture goes, this story may follow suit, or I might get bold and try my hand at a visual novel. I think this story would do well in that format.

Anywho details details. Bryna and Spencer are from my story “Fat Cats and Green Larks”, formally known as “Scarred”. It started out as a Beauty and the Beast AU but during the prohibition in Detroit.

[inkablybean]

humor just hits different when you’re hours deep on a multi-character illustration and you only have one left to render.

[vrakvi]

Remind me to draw some weird guys

[burntblueberrywaffles]

[I.D. an edited pyramid graph of maslow's hierarchy of needs where large text covering every section of basic, psychological and self-fulfillment needs read "people online telling me they like the thing i made". end I.D.] (image description by @lemondoddle )

[skunkeyemcghee]

Do yourself a favor. Sound up. Enjoy.

[jellisdraws]

This is a serotonin machine

[inkablybean]

Can you tell me more about your wip Anoir Chronicles?

Absolutely!

To keep this post readable and bite sized, I’ll start with the summary (cackles in hindsight):

Raven Foster is an ordinary girl… as ordinary as she can be with only seven years worth of memory, anyway. She’s about to graduate college in the same town where she showed up seven years prior, badly injured, terrified, and with no memory of her past. But she’d like to think she’s moved past it remarkably well! She has a loving foster family, an internship lined up, and a whole future of opportunity ahead of her.

That is, until Raven’s past crashes headlong into her plans. On this seventh anniversary of her current life, someone who claims to know her shows up at her school and is so excited to have found her, and tells her how her family has never stopped looking for her these past years. Sure there’s some red flags, namely that this Abel guy gives her until midnight to meet up with him if she wants to know about her family… and he looks like he came straight from a fantasy novel. But meeting Abel Mellaun sparks the first memory she’s had… ever. And despite what her gut and her foster mom and sister tell her, surely meeting this guy at midnight on the shore of Lake Superior to find out about where she came from can’t be too bad, right?

Cue the ritual that opens the border between worlds that pulls her into the Middle Realm, a bubble world between the realms of humans and magic. Raven is now stuck in the palace where her surviving siblings all rule as Lords (and Lady!) of the kingdom of Anoir, getting to know her 4 overbearing brothers, a younger sister who barely remembers her, a past beau who is anxious about trying to rekindle what they had, and the mystery of her disappearance that is also somehow tied to the failing border that keeps the Middle Realm intact. If Raven hopes to get back to the comfortable life she knows, she has to figure out who wanted her gone all those years ago. On the way, she’ll fall in love with the fantastic new world she finds herself in, the amazing people who live there, and the family she never knew she was missing.

Not exactly “back of the book blurb” ready, but there you go! That’s the basic idea of Book 1, and the second and third installments will (eventually) navigate the consequences of what she learns as she uncovers her past. This is a story I’ve been working on for nearly a decade at this point (eek!) and hopefully you’re as excited as I am to finally see it come to life!

[televisionenjoyer]

i post for me and like four of my mutuals and the rest is just collateral damage

[inkablybean]

Selkie character design

Mythology and cryptids are my all time special interest, and selkie stories will always have my heart. Specifically, this one:

The yearning is *chef’s kiss*

[inkablybean]

Practice comic pages for the Anoir Chronicles! I’m working on turning this story into a full blown comic/graphic novel, and I was practicing pacing, panels, and art styles.

These are scattered, out-of-context scenes from across the story… mainly Book 1, and a cameo from Book 3 because FLUFF. Organized in chronological order (which unfortunately is NOT the order I drew them in real life lol)

I’m finalizing some elements still, but hoping to start producing this summer!

[inkablybean]

One of my favorite artist-sonas: the Opossum in a Pigeon onesie. How it started vs finished product.

What started out as a simple prompt to make a personal mascot for an animation competition (I was on team War Pigeons lol) has strangely become a meaningful representation of me. I often feel out of place, having to pretend to be something I’m not to fit in… whether as an AuDHD individual having to mask, or as an Enby who happens to still appear very femme despite my best efforts.

Not to mention as an artist I am personally always exhausted.

[inkablybean]

A short evolution of developing the style for the main character of “The Anoir Chronicles”.

I want Raven especially to have a real mix of modern and fantasy fashion, to match the journey she goes through in the first chapter of her story.

Determining her fashion has also informed many of the world building elements for Anoir and the “Middle Realm” in general.

[inkablybean]

Some creature designs for fun, my take on gremlins/goblins if they were related to dragons… plus expressions practice is always fun