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Tempest of Lightning ⚡

August 2023!!! 💕 ❤️‍🔥 ⚡ ⛈️ Very excited abt this one 😂 I've wanted to do fanart of mommy urbosa since BotW- better late than never lol!

I've been chipping away at tears of the kingdom and I’ve been LOVING falling through the sky as my primary means of travel and avoid all major battles as often as possible because i am absolute chicken sh*t lmao. It’s been great fun!!!! 🥰

shoutout to @dyemelikeasunset  who helped me make sense of that sword 🥴❤️

[beedaleebjd]

*rambling doll thoughts*

So this is my OC, Mana. (Left is from 2017, right is from 2020)

She is (or was?) a standalone character I invented for an inktober comic I did. Olive ended up sneaking her way into Mana’s universe, so I knew I’d eventually wanna make her into a doll too, being the main character and all. Also they’re probably also girlfriends so that didn’t help

Below the cut is me babbling about shelling her, being indesicive, and all that back and forth 💦

First, a picture!

(I’ll put the link here for the upper left niuniu, i believe it’s lost in bookmark hell;;; bottom right pumpkin photo belongs to smoochyscoop on amino apps and is only here for reference purposes!!!) 

So, when I first did this I leaned for DZ Pumpkin-  her button nose and cute lips were very charming! Niuniu was a very close second, but I went with Pumpkin and put her on my wishlist for a few years- I was waiting for DZ to open tan resin orders again. She wasn’t supposed to be a high priority until that time, but... Welll.... 😅 *stares at the DZ discontinuation event, which has come and gone* That happened, so Tan option was out.

So this forced me to think about her all over again. I could dye her, yes! but (naturally....) I started reconsidering if she was the Right One or not after all. I wasn’t entirely happy with my digital facepass for her anymore since it was a few years old and I couldn’t seem to recreate it to my liking. I kept coming back to this facepass, even though I made my choice ages ago- which, ofc, isn’t a good sign, SO... 

I decided to do some updated passes and realized what was holding me back. I subconsciously wanted to update her design. She’s a few years old now (2015), and a lot of her design I put together on a whim since she was meant to be a one-shot character. I even held a contest to decide her colors! While I still love that version of her, I felt like if I really wanted to make her a doll I should be more like... invested about it. So, updated digital passes and doodles (as seen above) happened.

(from left to right: Dollzone Niuniu company pic, Dream Valley Rach company pic, and Dollzone Pumpkin (same pic, also (c) to smoochyscoop) 

I realized that while I love Pumpkin a lot, she’d become too young-looking for how I imagined Mana now. DV’s Rach was a very cute option that could come in tan (God and I do want a DV tan yosd *agonizes over DV’s discontinuation event too*) Her face is darling, but both me and my boo agreed that it wasn’t quite as animated and bright-eyed as Niuniu. Really, my heart is (and perhaps has always been) with Niuniu. Her smiling open mouthed face is just SO charming and different and suits her character really well. I would also LOVE to see her sculpt in tan, so.. as scary as dyeing sounds, that’s what I’m gonna try my best to do.

ALSOOO ON THAT NOTE I had found a 2nd hand Niuniu and put her on 3 month layaway - and i’ve paid it off early for my BIRTHDAYYYY (eeeee;;; ) AND SHE SHIPPED!!!! 😭😭😭 AUGHHH!!! Let’s see how long it takes me to get up the nerve to dye her after she’s here, hahaha. Time to drown myself in research (for the fifth time, because I can never be too sure lol) 

ANYWAYS

I didn’t expect her to happen soon, nevermind before Olive v2 (who I am still waiting on) but I can also gleefully use her body to model clothes for the both of them since it’s the same. All the discontinuations got me in a tizzy because I have 85% feelings for a lot of them but I also really want to see what they release next. Ugghhh! I guess the DZ discontinuing had a silver lining and ultimately showed me the light. I’m super excited how everything fell into place!!!!!! 💦💦💦

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Just showing off the differences in Maxine’s faceups!

Factory Faceup - @beedaleebjd Faceup

[beedalee]

Dom&Mor Season 2 is BACK, just in time for pride!!! 🌈 Hope everyone is excited 🥹 if you haven't read it please check out my wife's WLW slice of life on Webtoons! @dyemelikeasunset 🥰

(I drew this for their birthday but I had to wait a bit- and then I forgot to post it here. Anyway Season 2 hair has me in A TIZZY JUST U WAIT)

[beedalee]

Divine Requiem 🌹🌙

(close ups & desc under the read-more)

I finished this some time ago now, but some of the character designs weren't finalized so it was kinda chilling in my files for several months... I really wanted to post something for my favorite holiday, so I finally cleaned it up.

I haven't properly introduced anyone being the tired cryptid I am, but these are my latest darlings that I may or may not be toying with a story for. (As one does to stave off the madness of living.)

From left to right, going clockwise, we have the lovely Josephine, Lorelei behind her, Felicity upon the coffin- (who is merely having a nap, I promise), Rajani in the center (who you may have seen before), Dalisay at the far right curtain, Evangeline seated to her left, Chantelle in front, and Marcel to the right.

also, shoutout to my wonderful wife @dyemelikeasunset for helping me really hash out the color palette and lighting for this piece. It was another thing that postponed me finishing it, but I love it now! 🥰

Happy Halloween! 🧛‍♀️🩸🦇

[beedalee]

Once upon a time, there was a duck....🦢👑🩰

July 2023. TMM might be my childhood love, but Princess Tutu might be my favorite magical girl series. I will always tell anyone to give it a watch. (subbed, I have no idea what the dubbed English sounds like. But you do you!) I've always wanted to write a big long gushing review about it but I'd probably want to to watch it again first, hehe....

It's been a long time since I did such a big illustration. I looked at this drawing for far too long and started to overthink everything. I’m really feeling how little foundation my color theory has since I never really properly learned it, so I had to get a lot of help from @dyemelikeasunset for this- bless their whole heart!!! 🥺❤️

I have made prints of this, but I still need to set up an online store. I'll let everyone know when it's available!

(Closeups under the cut)

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To start off the year, a little Dom & Mor art trade/anniversary present for my hardworking sweetheart @dyemelikeasunset 🧸🌇 Hope you guys are excited for more D&M this year because Naf has so much more of their love story to share with you all! (Read it on Webtoons!!!) 🥰

[beedalee]

Lady of the Night 🥀🦇🌙

Happy Halloween!