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[malimarthemage]

Between art block and preparing to move into my new apartment, it’s been quite a while since I last posted a sketch dump. So I’ve got plenty of sketches this time around for you guys to look at.

Mostly my usual studies of poses and expressions, mainly featuring my kainins characters (you might recognize some of them), along with some Redwall fan art. I also sketched mine and my friends’ Root RPG characters; we started playing it back in May, though we haven’t play much yet admittedly.

Notable sketches are of Daphne the deer and Mary the fox, both belonging to @caffeinerabbit, the mother cat from Litterbox Comics, and Roxie the raptor, belonging to Jurassiczalar.

Art © me.

All characters and original images © their respective owners.

[malimarthemage]

Summer is ending soon and Annabelle wanted to show off her favorite bikini one last time.

Drawn as part of the #pinupWeekend2022 prompt started by @gabbah_draws over on Twitter.

I’d had this drawn and finished since the prompt was first announced 2 weeks ago and I was getting impatient to post it.

[malimarthemage]

I thought it was Annabelle's turn to be a little coy, so here we go! Ultimately, I wanted to experiment with different poses and outfits, using some references for a couple. I tried giving her shorter hair and I'm really liking how it turned out.

I took a photo of the lines before I started coloring, fearing I might mess up. So I included it here too.

Art and Annibelle (C) me.

[malimarthemage]

I finally got these all finished after about a month of working on them. I was trying to emulate the style of some paintings by @Capt_SpaceCat over on Twitter, but these sort of just turned into general practice paintings.

Annabelle is always fun to doodle.

Art and Annabelle (c) me.

[malimarthemage]

Been practicing some digital painting. It's slow going tbh. I've always been more of a draftsman than a painter, and digital painting never feels quite right. Wanted to stick with a familiar character when trying out unfamiliar techniques.

 I’ve got a few more doodles of Annabelle planned, but given how long this one took, I’m not sure when I’ll have them all finished.

[malimarthemage]

Leather jacket? Lots of ear piercings? Stylishly dyed hair? Trendy T-shirt? Step aside Tawna, my character Carol was rocking this outfit years ago!

Tawna from the Crash Bandicoot games might be an older character, but when I saw her design in the new Crash 4 game, I thought the similarities were uncanny.

This is a little more detailed than most of my drawings these days, but experimenting with more dynamic lighting was a nice change of pace, even if it took about twice as long as expected.

Tawna © Activision.

Carol © me.

[malimarthemage]

A new sketch dump. I’ve got a lot more colored sketches than I usually do. Been playing around with poses, expressions, and some outfits and hairstyles. Most of these doodles are of my and my friends’ kainin characters with some fursonas thrown in there too.

[malimarthemage]

Here’s what will likely be my last sketch dump for a while. Most of my free time now will be spent focusing on drawing my Starboard comic, which I hope to have some pages ready and posted online within the next couple months maybe.

Not a whole lot of special sketches this time around, but I’ve included some of preliminary sketches for some locations and objects for my Starboard comic. I’ve got more besides what’s shown here, but they’d spoil some of the story.

Art © me.

All characters © their respective owners.