Theta's Doodleblog

Hi, I'm Mel! I draw almost exclusively in pencil, but there'll be some digital paintings now and again too. Expect Fire Emblem and Pokemon content mostly, with other stuff sprinkled in now and again. I'll happily accept FE or Pokemon-related requests! I've also got a let's play channel, Chick Clicks! Check it out!

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Sandalphon Dragalia sketch

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So my roommate Cade has been wanting a dog for a long time and I have been fighting to get a tegu instead because they’re just scaly dogs. They do not like this idea. It is this train of thought that most likely led to a dream I had last night.

I was out for a walk and saw something come out of the woods on the side of the road. It was… vaguely dog-like, about the size of a smaller great dane, shaped like a weird skinny flesh-colored doberman. I, of course, looked at this creature and thought, “What an interesting animal! Cade wants a dog, this will probably be close enough!”

It looked like this.

Needless to say, when I brought it home, everyone hated it. Cade was upset because it wasn’t a dog and was afraid it would eat the cats and all my other roommates were just afraid of it. Especially because it had the ability to walk on its hind legs, lumbering around and using its unsettlingly long floppy arms to touch people’s faces. It was very curious and friendly. Unlike a dog, it couldn’t stick its tongue out because of its curved jaw so instead it would flare its lips and rub its teeth and gums against your face to show affection. I loved my weird dog.

After a couple days, Cade had to take our cat to the vet and I figured I’d tag along because it’d be prudent to figure out if Geba (whose name kept unsettlingly changing throughout the dream like a true cryptid) had any health problems. The vet building looked like a hospital but painted all dark instead of the usual white, which was weird and unnerving, but that’s beside the point. Cade took the cat into the cat room (there were different rooms for different animals for some reason) and I wandered around for a while with Arna before realizing that I had no idea what this thing was and thus no idea where to go, so I went back to the cat room.

I asked the terrified receptionist where I should take my animal, to which she responded, “Uh… hang on…” and went into the back. Sita wanted to play with the cats, whose owners understandably objected, but eventually they relented. Zoka had a lot of fun scaring all the cats and eventually the receptionist came back and told me that they have no idea what that is but it kinda looks like a dog so go to the dog room. 

I took Kiya and wandered around the hospital having a lovely time, eventually finding the dog room. When I opened the door, the receptionist looked at me, his eyes went all wide and he opened his mouth to scream… and then the dream abruptly ended.

I miss my weird dog. Wherever you are, Lupa, I love you.

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I suppose this goes here since it does contain art

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Zhang, a Zangoose oc from an old comic of mine. He's an extremely pious monk with a threatening appearance that belies his kind and gentle demeanor, although if needed he can very much hold his own in a fight. Quite proud of how this turned out. Feedback on the background style is appreciated, I’m trying to find something that balances simplicity and visual appeal.

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Art I did for an upcoming series on my youtube channel! Gonna be doing the Mt Battle mode in Pokemon Colosseum with the team from my randomized Sapphire playthrough.

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And here’s this series’ mascot and my starter in Sapphire, Shu the Farfetch’d! She learned Bonemerang via TM so she wields a bone rather than a leek.

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Art I did for an upcoming series on my youtube channel! Gonna be doing the Mt Battle mode in Pokemon Colosseum with the team from my randomized Sapphire playthrough.

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Finn, one of the lords from a Fire Emblem fangame I’m writing. Yes, it’s the same Finn I’ve drawn before, the story used to be a Pokemon thing but I’ve since transitioned it to Fire Emblem because it fits much better. I’m not sure how I feel about how this came out, I don’t like it enough to bother shading it though.

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Some art of myself as May for the thumbnails of my Pokemon Emerald Randomizer Nuzlocke series on Youtube. I’m actually really proud of how this came out, I feel like I’m starting to get the hang of art again and develop my own style.

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Here’s Beef the fighting-type Mareep, my starter. He’s a scrappy lil dude and will be joining me in the thumbnails.

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Some art of myself as May for the thumbnails of my Pokemon Emerald Randomizer Nuzlocke series on Youtube. I’m actually really proud of how this came out, I feel like I’m starting to get the hang of art again and develop my own style.

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Finn, a Munchlax oc from one of my comics. Tried a cel shaded style for this one and did the lines without using vectors and I have to say, I prefer this style. Also I spent a bunch of time trying to figure out a background and eventually just gave up.

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This is Mica the Sentret (albeit barely recognizable as one at this point), the main character of one of my comics. I wanted to actually finish a picture for once so I did something I’m a little more comfortable with. The shading and background are just kinda thrown in there so please ignore how nonsensical they are

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A birthday gift for a friend from a while ago of their oc

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All the materials for my Mercedes cosplay came in and I’m super happy with how it looks so far, I’ve just gotta add the patterns and accessories and stuff but I’m super happy my first cosplay is turning out so well 💜💚💜

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Cosplay’s an art form so I’ll reblog this here

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@thetabirb bought Clip Studio Paint and I drew my first thing. Please give a warm welcome to the world to my new oc Elanor (ElAAAnor) Brixton, a sweet sensitive soul who's not afraid to cut a manbitch who approaches her wrong.

[Image Description: I am in total shock and awe at my own skill and am unable to describe. She's perf. She's also a pre-begginer-level drawing of a very rudimentary face with stringy hair and a lot of personality. Also I forgot to off take the cross I was using to align her eyes, lips, and nose so she's got a crosshair on her face, but she's just that hardcore that she is unflinching. End ID]

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Gorgeous

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I drew you some fanart

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That’s it for now but hopefully I’ll keep doing stuff and there’ll be more soon

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I had to research a bunch to figure out how clothing physics work and the perspective on the right shoulder ruffles was a nightmare but I’m pretty proud of how this turned out in the end and now I am a MASTER of clothing physics and ruffles

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This was too complex of a pose to pick for my first time drawing Beruka especially since people aren’t my forté but I think it came out alright

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I did this one the next day without a reference to see if I could remember her outfit since FE outfits are complex af. Did pretty well but had to fix some stuff in the end

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This was too complex of a pose to pick for my first time drawing Beruka especially since people aren’t my forté but I think it came out alright