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𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖐𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓 ⚡️

This originally started off as a drawing for day 2 of @mabgravesart challenge #mabsdrawlloweenclub prompt list, which I did in ink for Inktober, however it quickly escalated into something much bigger than that! I always knew that I would finish this drawing late due to most of the prompts I wanted to do clashing with a hiking holiday I was going on (during which I was going on three nine-mile hikes with insane elevation in a row, with only a couple of hours if that at the end of each day to work on art) but I had no idea just how long it would take me to finish it! I have decided that I hate stippling very much and will never use it as a shading method ever again! (This is a lie, by the way - I may hate doing stippling, but I do love the results it gives).

On the day the prompt was for, I only managed to draw the base sketch, which went fairly easily, but I just didn’t have the time to start drawing early on in the day. I intended to draw him much smaller than this, to make him more of a sketch that I was really only doing for the sake of the prompt, but he somehow ended up bigger than I intended. I thought I could handle him, but with this being my first stippled-ink drawing, I was nowhere near prepared for just how long stippling took. I was also quite apprehensive while inking, because I’m not used to using so permanent a medium.

I am very pleased with how he came out, though. All the individual dots were worth it, even if I did feel like I was fighting for my life at the end!

HB mechanical pencil (for the sketch) and Derwent fine liner pens on 160 gsm paper 🖊️

Process photos below cut.

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Climate Change is a Monster

My Entry to 2025's Writing East Midlands Solstice Young Writers competition.

The world is burning, the world is ending. The world is crying out in pain. Climate Change is a monster— It’s a beast that needs to be slain. Earth is a wounded animal; Earth is the innocent prey. Climate Change is the predator That’s hungry and on its way. Climate Change is a demon With a grip like an iron vice. Climate Change is the fires in hell Melting away the ice. Earth is the suffering dog In a car on a hot summer’s day. Earth is the man who you made out of snow That is slowly melting away. Climate Change is a furnace; An oven that keeps heating up. Earth is the pie getting cooked to a crisp, Soon to be nothing but dust. Earth is the floundering seal All tangled and caught in a net. Lungs desperately searching for oxygen, But all that’s around them is wet. Earth has the lungs of a smoker, Earth is suffocating to death. The air is so thick with pollution, Soon we’ll all be gasping for breath. Climate Change is a puppet With somebody pulling the strings. Without sparing a thought for the outcome, They’re to blame for these terrible things. Climate Change is a mirror That reflects who we are at the core. We must all change to reverse it; We must win this terrible war. Climate Change can be beaten, There’s still some hope to be had. But we must pull together to fight it Before it’s too late to go back.

I entered at the end of October, but kept forgetting to post. According to the rules, all poetry had to be 40 lines or less, and it had to relate to nature in some way. I almost didn't enter due to lack of inspiration, but then decided to have a go at it, and ended up with this. Because I started so late, I had to work very hard to get it finished in time! It was rather stressful, but luckily I just about managed it.

✨Ineffable Husbands

I realized I never posted my Crowley and Aziraphale portraits side by side, so what better time to post them than now, in celebration of the Good Omens 3 trailer dropping!!

That trailer... oh my gosh, early-2024 me is SCREAMING right now. Early-2026 me is also screaming. I have waited so long for this.

Also, Crowley's hair?? Bride of Frankenstein reference in Good Omens?? I must be dreaming for real.

I know we deserved a full season, but honestly, I'm just relieved and thrilled that we got anything. It's scary that season two was almost the final ending for them, but it's not, because we have this.

Drew a drenched doc in my diary for my first participation in @forecast0ctopus's Wet Man Wednesday.

Doctor McCoy sketch from last July.

Held off posting this for a while, as I originally intended to shade it in first, but I don't know if I'm going to do that now, as I think I like the line art too much to risk ruining it, lol. Who knows, I might still do it.

Thought I'd post it now as my Star Trek TOS fixation unexpectedly and inconveniently returned (focusing on things I really need to be doing when all that's in my brain is Star Trek is tough, lol).

Honestly really happy with how it turned out. I did it pretty quickly, with minimal readjustments. I definitely feel like I'm improving with capturing likenesses quickly and with minimal lines. It was done freehand, too.

I edited the photo to make the line art darker so it's easier to see, as I tend to sketch very lightly.

Reference and unedited version below cut.

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🌕 Werewolf

Small werewolf drawing I drew in my diary for the wolf moon we had on January 3rd.

First drawing of 2026! I started drawing this in mid January and have only just finished it. I had several long breaks in between working on it for various different reasons. I struggled with the initial outline, because I was trying to copy an image in my mind, as opposed to a reference (see the first two WIP photos below cut to see how atrociously that went 😂). I did have to use a few different references in the end for anatomy and colouring purposes.

It didn’t come out quite how I originally wanted, but I’m pretty happy with how it looks. Aside from the rather ambiguous anatomy, lol.

HB pencil and Lyra colouring pencils.

Process photos and references below cut.

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✨2025 art summary✨

Not nearly as good as my 2024 art collage, unfortunately. I’ve spent the entirety of this year in various stages of art block, so I’ve done a lot less art than in 2024. I was on fire artistically last year, but this year I’ve just been a pile of smouldering ash. Hoping for more motivation in 2026. Still some good ones here though, even if there’s less.

I’ve still got to finish illustrating my 2024 diary and start on 2025, which I’m not particularly looking forward to. Maybe one day I’ll catch up.

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𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖓

𝓙𝓐𝓒𝓚 𝓐𝓝𝓓 𝓣𝓗𝓔 𝓒𝓤𝓒𝓚𝓞𝓞-𝓒𝓛𝓞𝓒𝓚 𝓗𝓔𝓐𝓡𝓣

Drawing of Jack from the ghost train scene in Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart I drew in the note space of March 30th in my 2024 diary, which is when I watched it for the second time. The day I watched it for the first time was only a few days before, but that day was rather hellish, so I decided to draw it for the first re-watch instead (more context below cut).

I thought I'd whip through this portrait quickly, considering it's a cartoon character, however, because I've trained myself in realism for so long, I found the outline surprisingly difficult. The colouring went reasonably well, but still took longer than intended. The title was based off of the movie poster and went surprisingly smoothly. I didn't need to rearrange any of it at all, or adjust bits too much. Overall quite happy with the result.

Drawn with Lyra colouring pencils and HB and B mechanical and graphite pencils.

Process photos, reference and more caption below cut.

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CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

Miniature portrait of the Gillman I drew in the note space of February 20th in my 2024 diary, which is the day I watched this movie for the first time.

This is a drawing I've been wanting to do for ages, and would have been done ages ago if I hadn't had such terrible art block this year. I actually finished it a few weeks ago, but kept putting off posting it, because that meant having to pick the best two photos out of the many I took of this drawing.

Despite it's rocky origins, I am quite happy with the result. I tried to get through it quickly (I didn't) and efficiently (also didn't). I ended up getting a little too obsessed with the detail, because the Gillman is one of my favourite Universal Monsters design-wise, because goodness, is he pretty! The Gillman-design is spectacular, and was executed so well, it still holds up magnificently today. The scales were annoying to draw at such a small scale, though. I tried to be heavy-handed with my pencil for the detail, to make him pop as much as possible. I could've done with a darker pencil for that part, but my HB mechanical pencil was the only one thin and precise enough for the job.

The CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON title font was referenced from one of the original movie posters.

Drawn with HB mechanical and HB and B graphite pencils.

Process photos and reference below cut.

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The official Universal horror account on Instagram commented this on my post! Thought I’d add the screenshot of my reaction in my stories, too 😹

#self reblog #art comments #nice comments #Instagram #instagram comments

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

Miniature portrait of the Gillman I drew in the note space of February 20th in my 2024 diary, which is the day I watched this movie for the first time.

This is a drawing I've been wanting to do for ages, and would have been done ages ago if I hadn't had such terrible art block this year. I actually finished it a few weeks ago, but kept putting off posting it, because that meant having to pick the best two photos out of the many I took of this drawing.

Despite it's rocky origins, I am quite happy with the result. I tried to get through it quickly (I didn't) and efficiently (also didn't). I ended up getting a little too obsessed with the detail, because the Gillman is one of my favourite Universal Monsters design-wise, because goodness, is he pretty! The Gillman-design is spectacular, and was executed so well, it still holds up magnificently today. The scales were annoying to draw at such a small scale, though. I tried to be heavy-handed with my pencil for the detail, to make him pop as much as possible. I could've done with a darker pencil for that part, but my HB mechanical pencil was the only one thin and precise enough for the job.

The CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON title font was referenced from one of the original movie posters.

Drawn with HB mechanical and HB and B graphite pencils.

Process photos and reference below cut.

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Aziraphale

Good Omens, S2E3: I Know Where I'm Going

Miniature portrait of Aziraphale from Good Omens I drew in the note space of February 3rd in my 2024 diary, which is when I watched this episode for the first time.

Despite having watched it so long ago, I only drew the portrait throughout April, May and June this year and the episode title this month because of burnout, art-block and sheer lack of motivation :)

The sketch went smoother than I expected (it was a difficult angle, so I thought it would be much harder than it actually was), but when it came to the colouring, I seemed to have forgotten everything I had previously taught myself about colour! Which is why it took so ridiculously long to complete. I chose blue for the title colour because of all the blue imagery in this episode, and because I associate blue with Aziraphale. Overall, I am pretty happy with how he came out, despite how long and arduous the process was. I think he ended up looking better than my Crowley portrait.

I originally intended to draw so much more for Good Omens last year, about two or three portraits each for Aziraphale and Crowley (Angel Crowley, Detective Aziraphale and both characters in the end scene were the ones I had in mind), but because of my burnout this year, I had to settle for drawing them both just once.

I am aware of the controversy surrounding Good Omens after the disgusting allegations against the creator. However, I decided in the end to go ahead and draw this character anyway, because I had planned to long before the allegations came out (and would have, had I been more organised), and because it doesn't financially benefit the creator by posting non-profit fanart. No harm is meant by posting this art.

Lyra colouring pencils and Faber-Castell Pitt white pen on 80gsm paper.

Process photos and reference below cut.

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Crowley

Good Omens, S2E2: The Clue

"You're not driving my Bentley!"

Miniature portrait of Crowley from Good Omens I drew in the note space of January 28th in my 2024 diary, which is the date I watched this episode for the first time.

Despite having watched it so long ago, I drew the portrait throughout March, and the episode title in June this year, because of burnout and disorganisation. I don't like to draw the things I've watched so long after, but I couldn't not draw something either, especially as I was so fixated on Good Omens early last year. I felt like I needed to represent that with some drawings.

The sketch was surprisingly difficult to nail, especially his nose. The colouring wasn't too bad, although I did struggle on it a bit. It took me a while to decide on the font and colour for the episode title, but in the end I went with yellow because there's a lot of yellow imagery in The Clue, and it felt right to put yellow next to Crowley. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how he came out.

I am aware of the controversy surrounding Good Omens after the disgusting allegations against the creator. However, I decided in the end to go ahead and draw this character anyway, because I had planned to long before the allegations came out (and would have, had I been more organised), and because it doesn't financially benefit the creator by posting non-profit fanart. No harm is meant by posting this art.

Lyra colouring pencils and Faber-Castell Pitt white pen on 80gsm paper.

Process photos and reference below cut.

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Mini Frankenstein Monster I doodled on Monday, loosely using my NECA figure as a reference.

(The numbers are from a game we were playing beforehand, lol).

Done freehand in ballpoint pen, except for the eyes and nose I drew in pencil first and the mistake on his jawline I tried to cover up with my white brush pen (I think it sort of worked?). It took me about 10-15 minutes to draw him.

I’m pretty happy with it, he turned out really cute in this sketch. I need to doodle more and do less “strenuous” projects 😩 I kind of struggled making him “sketchy” instead of “polished” (making each line as perfect as possible) though, I tend to impulsively refine all my art to the extreme!

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I haven’t been on Tumblr for a while, but I’m really happy to discover Elsa Lanchester’s victory! I’m kind of glad I didn’t have to suffer Elsa vs Peter Lorre though to be honest, that would’ve killed me 😮‍💨

Fun fact, Bride of Frankenstein turned 90 on April 20th, so I think that it’s very appropriate that Elsa won this year! She also probably won at the exact moment I was sketching the Bride too!

oh wow! that's so neat.

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The Bride of Frankenstein

Happy 90th anniversary to my favourite movie of all time! Yes, I'm over a week late, but at least I did something, right?

I started sketching this while at a café a few days ago and then finished it when I got home a couple of days later. I’d hoped to finish while I was still out, because I felt a lot freer sketching away from home with limited supplies, although unfortunately I didn’t have the time. It took longer than I hoped to complete after that, because once I had access to all my art stuff at home, it became a ✨project✨ that I spent too long refining when it was meant to be just a loose sketch (why am I like this…).

It gave me a chance to practice drawing with a ball-point pen, something I’ve been wanting to try for a while. I found I was a lot looser with the pencil outline knowing that I was going to go over it with pen, which was nice. I’m pleased with how the hair turned out, but I’m not sure what to make of the shading on the face and neck, because I struggled to get the control I’m used to with a pencil with the pen I used. The facial features are slightly wonkier than I intended too, because the pen didn’t give me lines quite thin enough for such a small drawing.

I’m kind of sad that I started this on scrap paper now, because it came out nice! It was cool not to draw on white paper for a change though. Unfortunately the paper didn’t keep well on the journey home (which is why it’s so crumpled) and there’s some water damage on the face (thanks to careless family after we got home 🙃).

HB pencil, standard ball-point pen and Faber-Castell Pitt artist white brush pen on… standard blue paper?

Process photos below cut.

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Miniature portrait of Scotty I drew in the note space of January 14th in my 2024 diary, which is the day I watched this movie for the first time. It's taken me this long to actually get him drawn!

When I started illustrating my diaries later than originally intended, I decided that I wasn't going to draw anything a year or more later after watching whichever media I wanted to draw something from. That was when I thought I'd never leave it that long, but here we are! I don't know why it took me so long to draw this one, even after I started it. I didn't encounter many difficulties in drawing his outline or shading him in. I don't think I ever truly got my art-block from October, sadly.

This is the first miniature portrait I've drawn in my 2024 diary! My goal is to have finished illustrating 2024 before the end of this year...

This is probably my second favourite Star Trek movie of all time, it's just wonderful! I decided to draw Scotty because he's wonderful in the scenes he's in, and after drawing Kirk, Spock and McCoy for the first three movies, it just felt right to follow up with Scotty. I wish I could've finished this in time for James Doohan's birthday! I drew the title based off of one of the original movie posters.

Drawn with Lyra colouring pencils and B and HB graphite and mechanical pencils.

Process photos and reference below cut.

Previous Star Trek movie art:

Star Trek: TMP | Star Trek II | Star Trek III

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A little sketch of Spock I did in the note space of 27th of February in my 2023 diary, in memory of Leonard Nimoy who died on that day in 2015.

Reference was a piece of digital Spock art I found on Pinterest.

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I don’t usually do self-reblogs, but this is relevant again and I have also finally discovered the original artist to my reference, @/feredir, so make sure to go and support them! 🫵

#also sorry for my silence on this blog I’ve had hardly any motivation recently #self reblog #Star Trek #Spock #leonard nimoy

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