Coffeebreak with Tiina

I'm a coffee loving artist from Finland and I'm soon launching my webcomic Tales of Ticalia. I'm currently really obsessed with Kingdom Hearts and Organization XIII. I've had a lot of fun drawing silly doodles. Grab a coffee and join me for a lil break in your busy life☕

[tiinatalvikki]

There are once again too many things I should be working on... I now have a big painting idea, an unfinished doodle comic from earlier this year, and a ton of charm designs to make. At least today I finished the next batch of pin designs I've been working on. (Based on the Organization XIII portraits that I originally drew on my sketchbook)

There are also some more fanfics I would like to illustrate... Like nothing fancy, but I think it's have been quite fun to make a little drawing based on some things I've read. Especially as it gives me the opportunity to draw character pairings I wouldn't draw on my own.

Oh and on top of these... Let's not stop to think how slowly my own comic peoject is coming along... It's been so stressfull... Oh and speaking of my own characters, Art Fight is soon too... How will I have time to draw everyone else's stuff on top of my own projects and Kingdom Hearts stuff?

[melonnabar]

Kh heads

[tiinatalvikki]

Already saw these in Instagram earlier but damnnnnnn they're so gooood~ This is so inspiring and I just love how different everyone looks.

[kingthedumb]

if all of org. XII had nobody symbol tattoo heres where i think they'd be on them

Xemnas- on his chest over where his heart would be

Xigbar- on the inside of his right arm

Xaldin- on his back

Vexen- on the left side of his stomach Lexaeus- also on his back

Zexion- on his neck

Saix- on the upper part of his right arm

Axel- on the upper part of his left arm

Demyx- on the inside of his left arm

Luxord- on his left hand

Marluxia- on the middle of his chest

Larxene- on her right shoulder

Roxas- on the back of his neck

Xion- on the back of her neck

[tiinatalvikki]

I kinda wanna draw these.... Or at least some of them

[tiinatalvikki]

Okay it took me way too long and it's still just a quick doodle, but I just couldn't stop thinking about Xaldin and Lexaeus with tramp stamps.

[tiinatalvikki]

Re: your tags on the tattoos post, I vote for lexaeus and xaldin BOTH having tramp stamps (maybe they got drunk and got them done at the same time. Or not, you pick lol)

Heck yeah, they deserve tramp stamps! Let's make that happen!

(I'll post it as a reblog to the original creator, just a moment~)

[tiinatalvikki]

Good news: I got a really stupid AND AWESOME painting idea!

Bad news: It's gonna be really big, take forever to paint and I don't have enough paint to make it...

[tiinatalvikki]

Friday XIII

Today I felt like doodling in my sketchbook so here's some lil portraits I made. I thought friday 13th was perfect for some Organization XIII stuff although I have been drawing a lot of them on other days too. And hey I finally drew Xigbar! I have had so many requests for him yet I'm always so intimidated to try!

[tiinatalvikki]

I realised I never showed you guys the next batch of Organization members~

[tiinatalvikki]

Hey, long time no new posts...

I moved to another city in the middle of April, and for a while I was so busy with everything, I guess I burnt out. I've been going through a horrible art block and I've struggled with hating my art. A lot.

I guess I'm slowly doing a bit better, and I would like to draw again. However, now I've been having a really bad headache, so I shouldn't try to draw...

For some good news though. While being burnt out and depressed, I finished playing Kingdom Hearts Final Mix for the first time ever! I never thought I'd be able to beat it. Beginner mode of course, but I'm so proud of myself! Then, a week later I beat 358/2 Days for the first time.

I guess next I should start Dream Drop Distance to slowly work my way to Kingdom Hearts III. Technically the next one would be Re: Coded, but my hands hurt so bad from playing on DS, so I will be skipping that one for now, and just watched the HD cutscenes a while ago. I can play the game like next year whenever I feel like it.

It's a struggle to start a new game though, as I would love to replay Re: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II AND Birth by Sleep. They're all so good... I've been rewatching ReCoM cutscenes a lot during my morning coffees. And sometimes beating up Vexen for fun. (I have saves between floors in a way that I have shortcuts for the good battles when I just wanna have a quick fight with someone~)

Anyways, I hope I can draw soon. I'm just sad that my art is in no way good enough for anything... It just always looks so unfinished compared to everyone else's. I guess I'll just somehow have to get better. And work even harder. So someday my art would be good enough.

[tiinatalvikki]

I wonder how I could get rid of my art block... I want to draw and I have things to draw yet I just can't seem to do it. And whenever I try, it just doesn't feel right...

[tiinatalvikki]

Dance water dance! - Mermay 2026

I wanted to make another marker drawing and what's a better thing to draw during may than mermaids? Or mermen? Anyway, here's Demyx as a fishy.

[tiinatalvikki]

Have you ever had the urge to do something stupid? AND AWESOME? As if.

I haven't drawn traditionally in a while, and it has been years since I've used alcohol markers. But I'm going through an artblock again and thought a change in technique and a lil expermientation might help.

Anyway, I decided to draw Xigbar and Demyx as a surprise to a friend. The pros of traditional pieces are that you can throw paper at people and annoy them at midnight. Cons on the other hand include not being able to shift things around without redrawing everything and also not being able to press undo after smudging the lineart.

[tiinatalvikki]

Today I fucked up by almost tripping on pavement, then as I was demonstrating to a friend how it happened, I full on tripped and busted both of my knees.

[tiinatalvikki]

MARVEX DAY 🌹❄️

I really wanted to draw something for today and a friend requested dancing. So here you have the Beauty and the B... the... Um... The Beauty and the Old Grumpy Scientist. I don't think Vexen is much of a dancer. Or at least, he would never admit liking it. Marluxia on the other hand? He would totally own the ball room dance floor.

[tiinatalvikki]

This week I'm Artist Alleying again in Tampere, this time in a student event called Mepo Market. 20-21.04 from 11-17. The first day was so fun and we'll continue tomorrow at the University centre campus!

I'm so happy to be finally yapping about my thesis project I did last year and showing my comic project. Although the prologue to Tales of Ticalia isn't published as a webcomic yet, I have zines of it for those who want early access hahah!

I also have a ton of Kingdom Hearts merch, some old some new. For example the zine of the MarVex comic I posted here earlier, Vexen likes his personal space and Marluxia likes it too.

[marzipanladyart]

how it started vs how it's going - LauriEven edition 2020 vs 2026

my first art with them vs the latest T_T I AM EMOTIONAL ABOUT THEM TODAY OK?????

[tiinatalvikki]

Just look at how amazing these are~

[tiinatalvikki]

Moving is rough. I wanna draw silly stuff, but I can't because I'm so busy and stressed. Yesterday when I gave myself a break to draw marvex stuff, I just ended up being really stressed and didn't even enjoy drawing. I was supposed to have fun, but I just had too big expectations to do something good enough fast enough, and it wasn't either. I'm just sad and tired. But I hope I'll be happier after the move is over. Life will end up tougher, but I'll also be closer to my friends. I really hope this is the right decision.

[tiinatalvikki]

MARVEX DAY 🌹❄️

I really wanted to draw something for today and a friend requested dancing. So here you have the Beauty and the B... the... Um... The Beauty and the Old Grumpy Scientist. I don't think Vexen is much of a dancer. Or at least, he would never admit liking it. Marluxia on the other hand? He would totally own the ball room dance floor.

[tiinatalvikki]

Keep It Casual

Last night I was reading an amazing fanfic with a friend. We kept sending screenshots to each other of the same spots. It was so fun. And the first time I have ever been reading something with a friend!

What makes this funny is that we will be cosplaying these guys next year and we had talked about how this ship probably exists, because everything exists, and we had been wondering if there was any scenario where it would work. And they had also told me that they don't want to find out, absolutely not. But last night I was too curious and found a fanfic that was so good that I just kept spamming them with screenshots. And soon they told me to just send the whole thing to them. And in the end we stayed up until 2 am reading it and sending screenshots back and forth.

Today we read the final parts and I said that the problem with fanfics is that they make me wanna draw. My friend told me not to do it. So obviously that made me wanna draw even more. So here you go. Even and Demyx inspired by the fanfic Keep It Casual. I didn't think this ship could work but damn the fic was so fun, the writing was amazing and I just loved it. If you wanna read it too, here's the link to it! I promise you will have fun!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23817367/chapters/57226633#workskin

[tiinatalvikki]

HAPPY DEMVEX DAY!

I decided to reread this fic today and it made me smile again. And cry. They're so damn insecure. I didn't expect this to become a fic I would reread but damn, I think this might end up getting a lot of rereads for how wholesome and comforting it is.