Doodle Brained Blogging

The ramblings of an artist.

[onyichii]

📌 Info & Links

🔹 Website: onyichii.com 🔸 Social Media Carrd: onyichii.art 🔹 Shop: [COMING SOON] 🔸 Webtoon: webtoons.com/en/creator/Onyichii 🔹 Tapas: tapas.io/onyichii 🔸 Support My Work: Onyichii.com/supportmywork

My name is Onyichii and I'm an author-illustrator that focuses on creating webcomics, storyboards, and art videos. My work is mostly original art, but I make fan art too (once in a blue moon).

This is not an art blog it's an artists blog. I talk about anything, everything here, AND post art. On this here blog, I... ◉ talk about my life/feelings/random thoughts. ◉ obsess geek over my favorite comics/tv shows/films. ◉ share some doodles. It's mostly a place where I can kind of be myself online.

My blog is for people over 18 years old.

I also answer questions from you (on a separate blog to make it easier to find answers)! You can Ask Me Anything on - @askonyichii

If you're interested in my ART and nothing more....you can buy my art books when they come out!

FEATURED HASHTAGS #onyichii art: My artwork #onyichii journals: My life, feelings, or thoughts about things. #onyichii blogs: General posts. #onyichii reblogs: Posts that I quote reblog. #onyichii rants: Posts where I rant about my current obsession in media such as tv, film, comics, or webtoon. Basically, fandom talk.

[onyichii]

I got a Bluetooth remote to use clip studio paint on iPad.

I have tried the 8bitdo but I could not get it to work. I am not spending $200+ on the tourbox.

This remote was only $17 and works! 😄

It is the iclever Bluetooth keypad.

The remote came with label stickers that I used to label my new shortcut keys!

If you’re looking for a remote control/shortcut key device for clip studio paint (CSP) for Android or iPad/iOS then try this thing out!

I first discovered this 6 years ago. Back then I bought a razer Tartarus keypad for CSP on my pc tablet. A person on twitter from Japan had posted a CSP keypad sticker set file to use to label their keypad. The keypad I now have. I wanted the files to use for my razer Tartarus (didn’t work out btw); so I saved the post to use for later.

6 years later - I have an iPad and have been looking for a device to program shortcuts with. On IG, again, I saw a Japanese person with this keypad. Asked her about it; and of course—ignored 😔😑. Fortunately, I was able to find it because I’m smart and I’m a decent researcher…good researcher!!

Later, I also remembered that post from 6 years ago (thank God it wasn’t deleted nor the user deactivate their account) and discovered that the twitter poster was using this very keypad. I actually came back to this post because I wanted the labels again (but ended up dropping the idea when it was too hard to find a cheap printer to make 1 sheet).

Anyways, I know it’s a boring story but it’s a story nonetheless! Save “useful” posts!

[shams0smashes]

1/3 rendered!

[lucky-knight]

Ayo, everyone needs to go check this out <3

I love this creator and just from this pitch alone I'm sold. He describes that he wanted to create a more slice-of-life animated comedy about a Black couple that really hinges on how much they love and respect each other, citing other hit shows like Bob's Burgers as part of the inspiration. This launch trailer shows the theme song (which is beautiful by the way) and the utterly adorable designs <3 The whole team is putting in 110% so PLEASE go check out the launch trailer, leave a nice comment, and maybe send some money to the Kickstarter if you're feeling generous.

We need more Black voices in the indie animation space, especially in the wake of spikes of anti-Blackness and racism cropping up. And again, it's a project made with a lot of love with some real talent behind it- so go check it out for that alone.

HERE <- Is the link to the Kickstarter if you feel like donating or checking it out by the way!

[onyichii]

Draw my fit with a twist

I wanted to do the draw my fit challenge I’ve seen artists do but with a little spin!

This is my new video series called Outfit Upgrades with Onyichii! In this series, i use art to upgrade my outfit!

I’d appreciate your viewership.

[cocoacatoo]

Of all Amalia's designs, the Ova is my top choice.

(Anyways here's a REALLY personal rant)

Something about her design and the outfits she wears just makes her stand out as the prettiest to me, even though all of the characters are beautiful in their own ways. It’s also really nice to see a Black woman drawn like this. Black characters have always been my favorites, and as a Black woman myself, I connect with them easily.

Growing up, she felt like the kind of representation I always wanted for Black female characters, someone who wasn’t reduced to a stereotype. She could be sassy, but she was also spoiled, flawed, and still a princess. It all made sense for her character. She wasn’t written as the disposable Black girlfriend or defined by tropes tied to her skin color. She isn’t just “tanned” either, her skin is a rich brown, and it even gets deeper over time.

This is kind of another personal rant about why I adore Amalia. I’ve already talked about how much I love her growth, her personality, and the way she’s drawn. The only thing I wish was different is her hairstyle. Imagine if she had bow knotless braids or afro puffs with braids, there are so many styles they could’ve explored.

I know the Sadidas aren’t specifically said to be Black, but I guess I’m bringing some of my own culture into the way I connect with her character.

The male Sadidas have a wide variety of hairstyles, dreadlocks, straight hair, afros, and other textures, while most of the Sadida women tend to have straight hair. I think I remember seeing a female Sadida with dreadlocks, though I’d have to look back to be sure.

Even so, I do find their hairstyles really cute because they resemble leaves and plants. Amalia’s hair, for example, is always carefully styled. It’s a nice detail that ties into the idea that Sadidas are connected to nature and are essentially a plant-based race.

This isn’t really a flaw, just something I wanted to point out. I also take representation seriously.

She’s deeply loved by me. When I was younger, I really needed her in my life. Seeing a Black girl or woman in the media meant a lot to me, especially a princess. For a long time, the only character I could think of was Tiana, and I held onto her tightly. Then I discovered Amalia.

They both became my favorite princesses, who later grew into queens.

[grendel-menz]

Article 1 | Article 2 | Addameer

Reading through these articles by Al Jazeera and the HRW had my heart stop cold. Not only do military trials of Palestinians have a 96% conviction rate and prisons full of horrible, torturous conditions, but now there's this. Just vile. Please give the articles a read if you've the time. There's more out there as well.

If you are interested in helping a family survive and escape Gaza, please consider contributing to my friend Hamza's fundraiser, or supporting him other ways. His family has several young children, and I worry about them deeply.

[creatingblackcharacters]

i dont think anyone has sent this here yet, but the ebony witch pilot came out today and is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_3u-4X9XY

[bimboopo]

BLACK COMIC CREATORS:

Oooh I should share this here! I have a Black Comic Creators masterlist I've been compiling since 2020 that I continue to update!

→→ LINK ←←

Any BLACK comic creator who would like to be added to this list can fill out the google form linked at the bottom of the doc!

[bimboopo]

So. I didn't think that this needed to be said, but let me make it clear that if you send in a webcomic with AI generated art to be added to the list not only will I NOT add it, but I'll also block you in the process.

[teaboot]

PROTIP: Whenever you're feeling discouraged as a creator, think of the absolute worst popular media you've ever seen. Then remember that no matter how bad it was, it got popular

[teaboot]

"That's the worst art I've ever seen. But I *have* seen it, and I can do better."

[onyichii]

THE PREVIOUS COMIC MENTIONED - https://www.tumblr.com/onyichii/807484099320233984/it-kind-of-sucks-shutting-down-my-own-dreams-but

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💬 3  🔁 6  ❤️ 23 · It kind of sucks shutting down my own dreams, but at my big age it's hard to dream with reality harshly side eyeing me wit

So much regret.

I've been thinking about this for a while. I look at the clock and feel the time slipping between my fingers. Seconds turn to hours, hours to days, days to years. I felt like if I wasn't spending that time being productive, then I was WASTING IT.

I didn't allow myself to have a that young adult life experience in my twenties. I didn't date because I told myself, I'm too behind and needed to catch up or have something to be "worthy" whatever the fuck that meant. I didn't have a job I liked back then (i still have that job btw). I simply wasn't happy and believed getting a GOOD JOB would make me happy. Why? because I'd finally have money and then feel worthy. Weird right?

Point is...I didn't really live because I felt like my work life defined me. I put it on the highest of pedestals. I was using my time mentally beating myself up than using that time to live a life full of rich experiences and having fun.

I know that now. I can get money back, clothes back, and etc. But I will never get that time back. I don't do the things I did before. I am a little more relaxed. I still waste time, but now I waste it scrolling and that is another issue I will address privately! lol

Don't get me wrong, I have changed much...very little. I don't have a strong will and change is not easy. I'm don't feel like I'm using my time "live life," like I want to (there are nuances there too). But I am trying. I'm trying to 180 my life. Making friends (which is hard as an adult 😭;especially when you live outside the city and in the suburbs), going out more—to the theater/theatre, restaurants/food trucks (now that gas is $4/gal that's gonna have to reduce/stop) . Honestly, maybe it's time to move to a city like NY/Paris/Toronto/etc with good public transportation, so that I can live the life I want...IDK. We'll see.

Until that day comes (if it does), know that I am trying little by little to enjoy the time I have and just chill

(update 3/25: now that my brain is chill)

[silveyn]

one of the thing that Great Wave did good - reminded us that Maude exists

[chuwenjie]

A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

[viria]

a strange type of chemistry

[shan-luoluo]

Happy Valentine's Day~ I didn't have enough time to finish it, so here's a draft for now.

I'm also working on Nora x Amalia and Qilby x Yugo, but those are still way too rough to share — hopefully I can finish all three over the holidays 😌

[onyichii]

So cute!

[youlikeiloveit2]

[jay-rayart]

Out on Youtube March 20th. Link in Bio!! These two masterpieces where ALL over my mood board when I was making Waves. Black and Magical is the way I’d describe this film. Loving yourself when the world wants to hate you is the greatest power the world has ever seen. I have so many feelings about this film. Please look out for it this March! 3/20/2026, the first day of spring 💙