A Drawing a Day with KWorld

I draw at least one thing every day (at least during the week) even if it's just a little sketch! Join in with me. :) Also I stream my art at http://twitch.tv/kworld8

[kworld8]

Hey all! My name's KWorld, and I'm on a little journey right now. ^-^ Like Tifa on this chocobo.

You see, my creativity has been *dead* for many years. I hadn't been able to write for myself or draw for myself or be creative in any way shape or form -- I was blocked in a way that I'd never been blocked before. It was really disheartening!

But 26 days ago on November 11th, something changed. Couldn't tell you what it was! I just decided "Hey, you know...I think I want to make a sticker. It'd be cool to make a sticker. And maybe I'll set the goal of selling one sticker. That could be fun!" So I sketched this lovely drawing of a buzzed Yor from Spy x Family. And that was all it took. In the same day, I decided to draw Anya as well from the same show.

There was something really refreshing about just sketching something and moving onto the next thing -- no refining, no worrying, just go create another drawing.

I had to push through a TON of negative self talk. What if I can't think of anything to draw? What if my ideas are no good? What if I struggle? What if nobody likes my art?

And that was extremely hard. But I had to keep reminding myself, "When you're drawing, you're having fun. It's for you. Doesn't matter if it's good or bad, put the pencil to the paper and have fun." Somehow that reminder to myself actually worked. And I've been drawing at least one thing every single day (with the exception of weekends so I can rest if I need) for the past 26 days. That's the most I've drawn since I was a teenager, and it's been a long time since I was a teenager.

And I wanted to share what I've been working on with all of you! I figure, if I can make the journey of drawing every day, maybe I can inspire others to do the same. I never thought I could hit a streak like 26 days, and now I don't want to stop. So I'll be posting each new piece of art with you, whether its a teeny little sketch or a full fledged painting (and perhaps some actual stickers!) along with my thoughts. Join me on the trek??

Here's 13 more of the drawings I've done in those 26 days. (You'll probably see some themes lmao. I wanted to share a 14th, but it has a teeny bit of nudity in it so Tumblr said no.) I'll share some more detailed ones I'm proud of in other posts! I've improved quite a lot in 26 days and I bet you would too! Hope you enjoy, and hope to see your work too. :)

-KWorld

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Woweeeeee, I didn’t expect this at all! Thanks so much to everyone. ^-^ I know I fell off my drawing a day during the holidays. >.< I didn’t want to burn out. I hope to get back to it soon!

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Drawing #38, December 26th, Seventh Heaven the Morning After Christmas

I’m still in holiday mode, so just another quick sketch today. Felt like drawing two of my gals. :3 I figured if Aerith got the chance to spend Christmas with Avalanche, she may have had one too many to drink. XD Good thing Tifa’s always there to take care of her.

Hope everyone has had a lovely holiday and is continuing to relax on their way to the new year!

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Drawing #37, December 23rd, Gimme Those Shards!

I told myself that regardless of the stage my daily drawing made it to, I would post it! And this one did not make it very far. x'D To be fair to myself, i'm not used to drawing 4 characters in a single piece, all with complex poses and complex outfits. AND, it's important for people to see what art looks like before it's finished. Everything begins imperfectly (and rarely ends perfectly). I still think I was able to capture the essence of what i wanted within this sketch, which makes me feel like it is a success.

This is an inside joke for anyone who is a fan of Elden Ring: Nightreign. You can play as ten characters in the game and for whatever reason the magic users the women. There are items in the game called "starlight shards" which allow you to refill your FP Pool (your mana that allows you to cast spells and use weapon skills). It's a joke that the characters eat the shards like candy. Revenant, the little one in the drawing, is kinda useless without the shards, so she's a bit of a treasure goblin with them. This makes characters like Duchess and Undertaker (the two holding her back) in a constant battle for them if they aren't plentiful at any give time.

Recluse is the tall witch gal who can generate her own FP so doesn't really need the starlight shards, so this is all embarrassing for her lol.

I've put more hours into Nightreign than almost any other game in my life? With the exception of Smash Bros? It means a lot to me, I love the characters, the jokes, the time spent with friends. It was nice for me to sketch this out and maybe I'll finish it one day.

For now, I may take a little break for the holidays. :) But I'll be back soon. Thanks for everyone who has supported me by commenting or sharing my work or following (or buying my stickers!) It's been a huge help during a tough time.

Just in case I don't post anything for a bit, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[kworld8]

Drawing #36, December 22nd, Grand Mother Silk

I'm writing this post on Friday afternoon and scheduling it to post on Monday afternoon -- around the same time I wrote the post for Yor's "A Job Well Done" talking about how tired I was haha.

At this very moment, I don't love this piece. But that's likely because I'm tired! When you don't have energy, things often don't turn out the way you'd hoped, and you sort of end up getting this warped view of what you've created. Any frustrations you had during the process kind of warp your own perspective on it, and it's rarely the way you'll feel about it later. With most things I draw that I'm not happy with initially, I'll come back a few days later, or even later in the same day, with fresh and rested eyes and be like "oh...oh, that's actually pretty good!"

Every piece of art is worth taking a break from and coming back to. I have a feeling come Monday I'll enjoy this piece more, and maybe even feel inspired to put more work into it.

But it'll also be time to draw something new too. :P

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New DanDaDan Stickers in the Shop!

I honestly couldn't believe how much this pieces blew up! ^-^' I truly appreciate the support and I'm so happy people have enjoyed these as much as they have!

I decided to make them into stickers in my new shop just in case anybody wants them. :D You can get them here!

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Drawing #28, December 10th, Momo's Special Moment with Okarun

I was having a hell of a day when I attempted this. I knew I wanted to draw Momo, but I wasn't quite sure exactly in what capacity. This moment is so incredible that I felt like drawing her in any other moment was...not doing her as much justice as I did for Okarun? But could I manage the same moment in such a powerful way?

The moment I flipped this canvas and started swapping these two teenagers' places, I was like "oh man, what have I gotten myself into?"

But mannnnn, am I happy that I pushed through how tricky this was and came out the other side. Because I love how this came out.

This is a sister piece to the Okarun drawing a did two weeks back that people really seemed to love! <3 (Thank you so much for everyone who provided such kind words about it!)

I really like how they compliment each other. Okarun's shock and embarrassment, Momo's bashfulness...it's the best. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did making it!

[kworld8]

I honestly couldn't believe how much these pieces blew up! ^-^' I truly appreciate the support and I'm so happy people have enjoyed these as much as they have!

I decided to make them into stickers in my new shop just in case anybody wants them. :D You can get them here!

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Drawing #35, December 19th, A Job Well Done

I'm a tired boy. It's been a tiring week. It's been a tiring 2025, haha. But we're almost at the end, yeah? With this week coming to an end and Christmas in the middle of next week, it really does feel like we're there.

Since my sticker store opened yesterday and a little doodle of Yor is what started that and this whole blog...35 days of drawing...I figured drawing Yor receiving some well deserved rest would cap that off well.

Will be back on Monday folks. :3 Just a few more drawing days of the year! I'll probably take the holidays themselves off, but that leaves 5-6 more drawing days (haven't decided if I'll take Christmas Eve off too.)

When I started this back on November 11th there was no way I thought I'd make it to 2026. Now? Let's see where 2026 takes us. :)

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My sticker store is open!!!

Thank you to everyone who has supported me so far! I'm really excited to share the opening of my sticker store on Redbubble. Not everything I draw will become a sticker of course, but a lot of stuff could!!

I've only got the five designs above ready to go, but I'm looking forward to making more. Do you see any of my stuff that you'd like to become a sticker? Let me know and I can try to make it happen!

Here's the link: KWorld's Redbubble Shop

And I'll see you tomorrow with another drawing. :)

[kworld8]

Drawing #34, December 18th, Gravity

I went through a LOT of thoughts between drawing Maelle and drawing Lute here. All the stuff regarding depression and stress and expectations still stood. But talking about it in therapy this week really helped shed some light on the heaviness that returned around creating my art.

Speaking of someone who needs therapy, Lute could definitely use a session to work through her demons -- literally and figuratively.

I've wanted to draw her for a while now, and mannnn, she's so expressive during her song "Gravity" in Season 2 of Hazbin Hotel that I didn't feel like I was capturing her well enough in all my previous attempts. I'm very happy with how this turned out, but I hope I can find more time to put into it to render it into a more "completed" piece.

But I hope y'all enjoy what it is, as it is. :)

[kworld8]

Drawing #33, December 17th, Tomorrow Comes

This being my 33rd drawing in this journey, it was clear what I had to do.

I dunno if you heard, but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is brilliant. Won Game of the Year, swept the awards, most nominations of all time, you get the idea. It's a shame it came out the same year as Silksong, because holy shit is it good. It gave me ALL the emotions when I played it.

It's not just apropos that this is my 33rd drawing. The themes of the game ring true today too. The past few drawings have been stressful for me, as evidenced by my blog posts. But I kept going. I woke up today with the desire to draw -- it was great that that was back. I didn't have any nervousness sitting down to draw this, although it was a tiny bit of a struggle trying to get the roughs/sketch down right.

Once I was in it though, I was in it, and could not stop.

Expedition 33 is a sad game, but it throws several messages at you that will stick with you long after you finish playing. One of those is "Tomorrow comes."

The characters in this game go through insurmountable physical and emotional obstacles, dealing with severe grief and a looming devastation. But they continue to tell themselves "Tomorrow comes." Be it to help themselves through a difficult moment, reassuring each other that despite the worst of the worst there is indeed a tomorrow, or...to remind themselves that the future will eventually become present regardless of what they do and they will face whatever approaches head on, with courage and resolve...the message stands, and rings true.

Tomorrow comes.

This is the case for anyone like myself who deals with depression, anxiety, or any other kind of mental illness. Tomorrow comes. Yesterday I felt like a failure. I was afraid my creativity was gone and I'd never get it back...that once again, I'd be not good enough.

As is inevitable, tomorrow came.

I hope this comes as a reminder for anyone who happens across it.

Or, as the other very popular message the characters constantly tell themselves and each other in the game...

For those who come after.

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Drawing #32, December 16th, "Failure"

I suppose this blog is about depression and mental health as much as it is about drawing? I mean, I did start these drawings in order to combat my depression. It would appear I'm hitting a "sophomore slump" so to speak.

I'm writing this Monday evening with the intent of scheduling it to be posted Tuesday. When I woke up this morning after a weekend of relaxing, resting, taking a break from all kinds of work (pleasurable and not), I...oh man. I just didn't have it still. I had no desire to draw over the weekend, and when I woke up this morning, I still had no desire to draw. And that made me quite sad, worsening the depression that was already seeping in.

My therapist and is helping me with "behavioral activation", a kind of cognitive behavioral therapy where you do the think you don't want to do even when you don't want to do it. The science behind it is the action will change your feelings, which will change your thoughts, reinforcing the action and lessening the depression. It's an extremely effective tool! Unfortunately depression is an extremely effective condition.

A lot went on in the first half of the day that forced me to sit down to try and draw far later than I had intended to. This created the added pressure of "I better make something fast" because I was running out of day. I thought streaming would help -- maybe having company would be a positive. But no...that made it worse. I was literally sweating while streaming, unable to come up with an idea to draw. I drew a handful of things, hated them all, and scrapped them before ending the stream.

I knew I only had to draw something. Anything. It didn't have to be impressive or interesting to anyone, I'd already had this conversation with myself prior to the weekend!! But I wanted it to at least be fun for me. And I was really really struggling to find something that would be fun to draw. When I started doing all this, sitting down and starting was all I had to do, but even that wasn't working this time. I was panicking. I told myself "you can draw a number 32 and be done. that's all it has to be." But no...I needed something I could share. Something that meant something. Something I could be proud of at least a little bit. Why was I putting this expectation on myself???

When I'm depressed, I want to feel valued. I want to feel seen...validated...useful...important...skilled...talented...prolific...I want to feel a lot a lot a lot of things.

But the point of art isn't to grasp at those fleeting feelings of success. The point of art, of creation, is to be present. Art is a form of communication, of expression, of action, of doing and being. It is not what I was trying to make it today...a means to feel like I'm good enough. Or the solution to my depression.

I mentioned that when I was in grade school I would doodle eyes a lot because I found them easy to draw and I thought they were pretty. So, what I landed on today...was another eye. Closed, tearful, a reflection of how I felt today. A failure.

Is this drawing a failure? No, actually. I did the thing. When I started drawing it, everything lifted briefly, I felt that "flow state" and I enjoyed the act. And in the end, I have something I like, at least enough. I certainly don't love it as much as pretty much any of my other drawings, nor what it represents, but I made it. It's mine. And it will be a solid reminder about how I could have gone about today's drawing differently when I end up feeling this way again.

Damn, this is long. But I suppose what I wrote here is art in and of itself. If this drawing reaches people, if this blog post reaches people, and it touches them in someway, then all of this was totally worth it.

I want to draw something new every (week)day. And I want people to join me in the journey, whether simply by enjoying the art or my verbose blog posts, or by drawing something every day themselves. Or every other day. Whatever suits or helps you!

A journey has high points and low points. And low points like this one don't mean it's over.

[kworld8]

Drawing #31, December 15th, "So Tall..."

I've been in a bit (or a lot) or a rut since last week, as those who have been following my posts my have surmised. I guess I wanted to draw something familiar and that would cheer me up? Two of my greatest loves casually, quietly fawning over one another.

Tifa is beefy but smol. Samus is beefy but very tol. Part of me figured Tifa would be envious of Samus' figure, and who wouldn't find Tifa cute? Plus it was an excuse to work on delicious anatomy.

Adding playful nods to their undergarments was also fun. :P

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Drawing #28, December 10th, Momo's Special Moment with Okarun

I was having a hell of a day when I attempted this. I knew I wanted to draw Momo, but I wasn't quite sure exactly in what capacity. This moment is so incredible that I felt like drawing her in any other moment was...not doing her as much justice as I did for Okarun? But could I manage the same moment in such a powerful way?

The moment I flipped this canvas and started swapping these two teenagers' places, I was like "oh man, what have I gotten myself into?"

But mannnnn, am I happy that I pushed through how tricky this was and came out the other side. Because I love how this came out.

This is a sister piece to the Okarun drawing a did two weeks back that people really seemed to love! <3 (Thank you so much for everyone who provided such kind words about it!)

I really like how they compliment each other. Okarun's shock and embarrassment, Momo's bashfulness...it's the best. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did making it!

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Drawing #30, December 12th, Behind the Visor

So, I will be real with you guys (not that this is a big reveal or anything, but) I am one day ahead. Technically, as I post this, I have just completed my 31st drawing. But I'mma talk about this one!

Yesterday was...bad. Worse than the day before. I think I had put a lot of pressure on myself because it was my 30th drawing. It was a whole month that I had been drawing something almost every day. I wasn't even supposed to be drawing on the weekends -- I was supposed to end up with like 20-ish drawings in a month. But I was excited and somehow I'd drawn two in a day or snuck one in on the weekend.

I'd hoped that after I drew #29, Don't Leave Momo Hanging that perhaps my stress levels would come down, and I'd have the ease of drawing back again. But neither of those things happened.

I had a busy day, so I also knew I had a very limited time to draw anything. I kept telling myself "It doesn't have to be good, it doesn't have to be interesting, it doesn't need to get likes and reblogs, the point is to just draw and have fun." Even then, it wasn't working. I wanted it to be good, I wanted it to be interesting, I wanted the likes and the reblogs. I'd fallen into the trap that my depression always sets for me.

I must've drawn six or seven things and completed trashed them before I settled on this.

When I was in grade school, I used to draw a lot of eyes. I think eyes are really pretty, and they're easy for me to draw. So some part of my brain defaulted to that. I also love Metroid and Samus. I supposed two neurons crossed and I decided to draw her eyes behind the visor.

Within maybe ten minutes, I was actually having fun again. And I'm proud of this.

Today, I'm actually feeling much better. I definitely will rest this weekend! And will share #31 on Monday. I'm a teeny worried the depression will grapple onto me hard and say "sorry, no #32 for you." But that's what it wants....for me to be worried.

So, not only will I see you on Monday with #31, I'll see you on Tuesday with #32...and so on and so forth. :)

Thanks everyone!!! <3

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Drawing #28, December 10th, Momo's Special Moment with Okarun

I was having a hell of a day when I attempted this. I knew I wanted to draw Momo, but I wasn't quite sure exactly in what capacity. This moment is so incredible that I felt like drawing her in any other moment was...not doing her as much justice as I did for Okarun? But could I manage the same moment in such a powerful way?

The moment I flipped this canvas and started swapping these two teenagers' places, I was like "oh man, what have I gotten myself into?"

But mannnnn, am I happy that I pushed through how tricky this was and came out the other side. Because I love how this came out.

This is a sister piece to the Okarun drawing a did two weeks back that people really seemed to love! <3 (Thank you so much for everyone who provided such kind words about it!)

I really like how they compliment each other. Okarun's shock and embarrassment, Momo's bashfulness...it's the best. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did making it!

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What the heck?? xD I barely been on Tumblr a week!! I didn’t expect anyone to see my work, let alone this. This is really motivating!!

Thank you @bunnielyse and all my new followers and everyone who got me to 100 reblogs! ❤️❤️❤️

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Drawing #29, December 11th, Don't Leave Momo Hanging

Making art is scary. I've been making so much more than I thought I would when I started this journey, and been so proud of all of it! I couldn't believe the momentum. There's always that sinking feeling, though, one that I'm constantly trying to overcome -- what if you lose it? What if you can't figure out what to draw, or if it suddenly isn't fun anymore?

I felt a lot of that today when drawing this. I didn't love the pose, it was fighting me a lot. I never really got into a flow state. I wanted to do more with this but didn't really have the energy. I never felt truly excited while drawing it. And when I finished it, I didn't have the sense of satisfaction most other drawings thus far had provided me.

That sucks. But it's okay! The goal isn't to love everything I make. The goal is to draw something every (week)day. It could be a sketch of a plant. I could draw a happy face. I don't have to show off my potential or challenge myself every time. I want to do that. It's hard not to do that. But it's essential not to have such high expectations of oneself.

So sure, I didn't love the process of this, and I didn't love how I felt at the end. That doesn't mean it won't be enjoyed by people. I hope y'all do! And maybe tomorrow I'll draw just the thing that gets me into the flow again.