kernelbastard's art blog

[raindeerapologist]

drew a noot family. also some dungeon meshi. what if skyfish are the ancestors of noodleflies?

[kernels-art]

Emergency Commissions

Current Slots Open: 2/3

Long story short, I'm hovering just over broke and I need to pay for medicine. Plasma donations can cover some of it, but not all.

I'm opening three slots for now, and plan on opening at least seven in total, maybe eight or nine depending on complexity, but that'll be a bit further in the future because I'm currently on a bit of a time crunch. I'll keep this post updated with how many slots are available. I'd like to make $300 total by the time all seven/nine are done.

Anyway, on to pricing.

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Sketch + Headshot = $15

Sketch + Bust = $20

Sketch + Half Body = $25

Sketch + Full Body = $35

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Lineart + Headshot = $30

Lineart + Bust = $35

Lineart + Half Body = $50

Lineart + Full Body = $60

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(Color + Shading) + Headshot = $40

(Color + Shading) + Bust = $45

(Color + Shading) + Half Body= $65

(Color + Shading) + Full Body = $75

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+ Extra Character: 50% before background

+ Simple Background: $30

+ Foreground Elements + Large Props: $30

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Examples:

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One important thing to remember, though, is that I do traditional art, not digital. I've tried swapping to digital a few times, but it's faster and easier for me to do it this way. The lighting on these example pieces aren't all great, but I will hold them to a higher standard - as in, they'll be clean, like the lighting of the rabbit characters' pages - since these aren't just personal projects and clarity matters a lot more in this context.

I can edit the photos to remove the white "background" of the page and alter the colors a little bit, but once the lineart is on, it's on, and there's no changing it without redoing the entire page. I have a light board, so it can be transferred fairly easily, but it will still take time. That's why it's the most expensive step.

Will draw:

Humanoids

Animals

Pokemon

Ponies

Slugcats

Iterators

Furries (Mutants included)

Mobians (separate bc their proportions are different)

Chao

Skeletons + other Monsters (UTMV)

Won't draw:

Mecha

NSFW

Comics

... Mainly bc I'm not used to these yet, although maybe I could try in the future. That's quite a ways off from now, though.

I reserve the right to turn down any offer at my discretion. It should go without saying that it will be an automatic rejection if the order includes any form of hate speech/symbol, and I will research the subject to avoid proship content as well.

I'll ask you before posting the finished piece, and you are free to post it separately as well. Just remember to credit me, and maybe mention somewhere that my comms are open, if that's not too much trouble. You can use the art for icons, character sheets, whatever you like, as long as it's not monetized.

Payments will be made over P@yp@l or V£nm0, and are listed here in US dollars.

If you're interested, DM me here, or on Discord @ kernelbastard

[raindeerapologist]

finished the iterator pile! not the most polished but I'll draw more refined versions of them another time.

Beholder belongs to @plaguedkingz , who also helped me with a lot of details on the rest

close-ups under the cut

[kernels-art]

psspsspss @plaguedkingz your furries are here

ngl though, TMNT AUs are a fantastic way to practice drawing different types of anthros. thank you bestie for letting me use your fucked up creatures as guinea pigs (despite neither of them being rodents) <3 for the uninitiated, aka literally anyone besides us, their names are Lop and Princess, and they're for the 2012 and Rise shows respectively

[kernels-art]

Zomom redesign bc they did him so dirty in... The entirety of canon

if you know me on the clock app, no u don't. process images for verification tho:

anyway, because I am me, I have a whole bunch of dramatic and convoluted AU lore surrounding this character, but I ain't gonna get into that here bc art blog and also it would take hours so instead I'm just gonna say three things: (1) she/it pronouns, (2) Surface Pressure, and (3) earth elemental

[kernels-art]

man I love drawing Chao. they're just lil guys

anyway, this one's from Jan 2022. someone asked me to draw an okapi Chao with a wood elemental theme

[kernels-art]

So apparently I forgot to follow up on this post when I actually did the redesigns. Welp, they're here now! Might do it again soon, these were fun (and I know how to take better art photos than these now). I swear I can draw ponies at angles other than profile tho it's just easier to design them this way

[kernels-art]

when you and your best friend tend to make equally edgy OCs but have wildly different aesthetics (July 2022)

@plaguedkingz Deco*27 fans vs Lemon Demon fans FIGHT

OH also I wanna mention that I was inspired by @drawloverlala's nudibranch designs to make a Leaf Sheep! I don't know if that's one that she's already drawn, but regardless, this character would not exist if I hadn't grown up on Lala's amazing work, so, y'know. Wanted to say hi

[kernels-art]

I drew these Rings a while ago (a few years, actually), and I'm pretty sure I've posted them on a different blog - probably my Sonic one, for obvious reasons - but I can't find them now

So, while I'm here, might as well also post the more recent versions!

... Okay, not that recent, these were drawn in August of 2022, but I still like them a lot. It's meant to be a little rougher this time, like illustrations in a field journal - hence the rough paper - but then I wanted to add color, so it didn't stick that way for long lol

[kernels-art]

holy shit I haven't used this blog in a WHILE huh. welp. time to throw in a bunch of old stuff I never posted! also I will be putting everything in the tag "kernels popt art" bc I also post art on other blogs sometimes and this way it'll be easier to find

[kernels-art]

Last art of 2021! Drew the main two first, and then added Glitchdrop, because... Idk man I'm just really curious about the lore

[kernels-art]

Dug up some old pony art from... 2019, 2018, that sorta time frame? My interest had mostly faded then, and I think I was trying to get it back. Now that I'm starting over with nostalgia goggles on, I kinda want to try redesigning these girls. Already did one, so... We'll see if I can come up with anything fun for the other two.

[kernels-art]

Another OC! Here's Wullum Loomilace, Piffelie's late husband. Second try posting this, because the first one turned out blurry.

[kernels-art]

Just realized I’d forgotten to post these. Let’s fix that!

Here’s Piffelie Brightbell, the antagonist-turned-combat-asset I’ve been playing in Tu Quid Edas, complete with a tragic backstory, Found Family redemption arc, and a whole bunch of advanced weapons the main crew “unlocked” by defeating her. To make a long story short, she is Cursula (played by @grumpedia / @scarabteeth) ‘s assigned meat shield, who was paired as the overseer’s Hand (servant and bodyguard, basically) due to similar trauma that the higher-ups thought could be used to keep them close and in line. Luckily, that’s backfired pretty hard at this point.

A few extra notes under the cut!

Born on 09/04/1964, captured by Trispace units on 06/17/1996; as of TQE (2021), she is 56 years old. She had been to Snaktooth before Trispace recruitment, alongside her late husband, several other “explorers”, and Clumby.

Used to be a talented engineer, but, due to her being a (then) young woman in a competitive STEM field, she couldn’t find a job, and instead wound up as a housewife while planning to open up her own repair shop. Unfortunately, that never panned out.

She is autistic, but undiagnosed (officially), and nonverbal, preferring to use sign - usually ASL, but she does also utilize SEE often for more English-specific wordplay. For most of her life, she’s spoken out of necessity; during her time in the company, though, her throat was damaged in a Bugsnak-related experiment, which… As awful as it was, it did mean that her handlers finally had to accommodate.

She wears collars - usually white or black while on the field, but she has others for special occasions - to cover up the damage, but also, it’s worth noting that I usually draw Grumps with manes and/or dewlaps. Piffelie doesn’t have a dewlap due to malnutrition, and the collar also helps her feel less exposed.

On a related note, most Grumpuses are plantigrade, but she walks on tiptoe. There is no practical use to this, I just thought it’d be fun if some Grump lineages have a minor mutation that makes walking like this more comfortable (and also, my sister does this, so I think it’s endearing).

She is asexual, although she doesn’t know there’s a word for it yet. However, if not for the whole… Grumpinati super-bodyguard situation, she might’ve gotten along great with Chandlo, because she thinks suggestive jokes are funny in the same way Action Park disasters are - best observed from a distance, and at the expense of whichever idiot thought it was a good idea.

[kernels-art]

struggling to redesign the Shuffle twins. coming up with new lore is easy, but rough drafts are downright terrifying

[kernels-art]

Here’s a Shroob I drew for a friend!... Or, two Shroobs, because I just learned that my phone saves everything as JPGs but the scanner can’t read color to save its life. One of these days I’ll figure out a better way to convert traditional art to digital images, but today is not that day.

Honestly, I’ve never played this game, but my friend showed me these guys, and I thought they’d be fun to draw, so... Yeah. Got a little overzealous, but I think it turned out alright!

[kernels-art]

Came up with a fanbug for an RP group I'm in right now, and I dug up some old Sharpies for the colors. Nothing complicated, just wanted to make them bright. Might do something more polished later, but for now, meet Ferriflosp!

They're based on cotton candy (AKA "fairy floss") and fairy wasps. Originally, I wanted them to be an extension of the Shishkabug line, since ants and wasps are fairly close in the order Hymenoptera, but then I saw their little feather duster wings, and it made more sense to set them up as close relatives of Hunnabees instead.

A single Ferriflosp is too small to be caught on its own, similar to Popticks, but instead of making the individuals bigger, you would need to trick them into swarming a larger Bugsnak and spinning themselves into a much bigger cotton candy shape. They are usually peaceful, but when gathered together to feed on chocolate, they can become a lot more aggressive because of their drive to protect one another. Unfortunately, this also means that if you scare one or two, the rest of the swarm will come to their rescue. The best way to escape an angry swarm is to hide underwater, since they would dissolve on contact if they didn't know not to avoid water at all costs.

Blue-pink Ferriflosp are most common, generally speaking, while orange-green and yellow-purple tie for second place. Mismatched Ferriflosp (ie. orange-yellow, purple-green, blue-orange, pink-green, etc) are uncommon, but tend to swarm together in larger groups than other Ferriflosp. Lastly, it is possible to find small black-white swarms with rainbow stingers and legs, but very few have ever been witnessed by Grumpus eyes.