bam, here's my doctoral thesis about werewolves. i think that as soon as you open the file you'll understand why it took so damn long to finish, because it's eleven goddamn pages yall. download the attached .zip to access this tutorial -- it contains both a PDF and individual pngs of each page.
i ended up hardcore nerd...
2020-12-12 18:19:18 +0000 UTC View Post
grinding back against him, stomach fluttering with anticipation.
cian & elena are as cute as always. i tried my hand at a pretty tricky point of view (an almost bird’s perspective from behind) and i’m not sure i nailed it fully (foreshortening elena’s back/torso was especially challenging) but ah well, learning by doing! (also ye...
2020-12-07 07:00:50 +0000 UTC View Postwhich of these monsters should i draw in january? you can vote for up to 3 options!
nak suggested a being with many eyes; ciyu, marissa and xan farley all wished for a mantis monster; shae and coldau both ...
2020-12-01 23:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post
which one of these characters should i write about in january? you can vote for up to 3 options!
(the december OC spotlight will be about a dutiful spirit of loyalty named sagra, and the travelling apothecary he d...
2020-12-01 22:27:42 +0000 UTC View Posthi folks! in the last HTM poll & question post i said that "the planned release date for HTM12 is november 30th." i specifically used the word planned in case i would have to postpone the deadline a bit, because i've realised that i stress out a lot about hard deadlines. i have much less anxiety about bigger projects if i g...
2020-11-30 22:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all I want to address the elephant in the room: you may notice some core similarities between Lei and a few other characters, primarily March and Tsaga. This is because Tsaga and Lei both originated as alternate universe versions of March. They quickly evolved into new characters in their own right, but some basic personality traits and...
2020-11-30 22:58:32 +0000 UTC View Post
want to watch me spend about 4 minutes rendering Fluids™? jk, i'm exaggerating, but i did spend a lot of time perfecting that mess they just made -- although it might not look that way, since the timelapse is so sped up. anyway, download the attached file to watch the process video of 2020-11-29 17:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post
so um ... as it turns out, all the nsfw pieces i made lately are vertical, meaning they don't lend themselves well to wallpapers. so for a change, the november wallpapers are sfw -- will you choose the majestic dragon or the idiot demon chasing woodland spirits?
// art + march + huangwu © me.
2020-11-28 15:48:49 +0000 UTC View Post
back in april i posted a sketch of huangwu that i’ve always wanted to finish, and today was the day. huangwu was once a human who fell in love with renxia, an immortal merman. for centuries huangwu keeps getting reborn and finding his way back to his ...
2020-11-28 15:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post
download the attached .mov file to watch the process video for the november MOTM painting!
the focal point of this design is the starry pattern on the cloth- or fin-like elements flowing from the monster's shoulders and hips. i wanted to show it...
2020-11-28 01:08:42 +0000 UTC View Post
thanks again to toreadorkable and lostmisfits for suggesting a starry night/constellation MOTM theme!
at the start of this designing process, i gave myself a challenge. see, i already have a couple of monsters based on night sky aesthetics. my OC 2020-11-27 18:41:13 +0000 UTC View Post
starry eyes ★u★ (there’s so many puns i could make, like something about his lovers being starstruck or made to see stars, but i’m still low key ashamed about the big dipper joke so ... i’ll just see myself out lol)
// art + character © me.
2020-11-27 14:50:47 +0000 UTC View Post
they don't call him 'the big dipper' for nothing.
... ANYwAY. shoutout to lostmisfits and toreadorkable for suggesting a starry night/constellation theme! <3 i made a few ~artsy~ choices for this one, hope you all like it!
// art + characters © me.
2020-11-26 23:02:52 +0000 UTC View Post
i can’t stop drawing march and charlie ... please send help ...
more moments from recent scenes! in which nobody has a proper face, but it’s ok.
// art + march © me; charlie © kubi.
2020-11-25 19:17:48 +0000 UTC View Post
i currently have 2 slots open for icon/OC portrait commissions -- claim one by pledging to the $75 tier before november 30th! just make sure to read THIS post (about the rules & guidelines) be...
2020-11-24 22:05:46 +0000 UTC View Post
better work that knot in before it swells too much, hm?
blake rivers said they wanted to see more rabbit characters and toreadorkable suggested nian & tu shen, a pairing also previously mentioned by ciyu! i LOVED working on this piece — i know i’m guilty of using more or less the s...
2020-11-20 23:32:06 +0000 UTC View Post
the november OC spotlight is going to be about Lei, who you might remember from an older sketchdump i put together after having a design breakthrough. since then i have tweaked his design even further; i decided to draw his head in a different way, to m...
2020-11-19 18:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post
this is a scene from early in charlie and march's story, when their budding romance is still far from full bloom.
they have travelled to help another forest guardian with a demon-collecting witch problem and quite a few enemy encounters ensue. march (being a wrath demon) can handle a lot of pain, which usually means he fights recklessly an...
2020-11-16 08:29:47 +0000 UTC View Post
latif is a baker of many tasty goods, but tsaga's favourite sweet treat is the faun himself.
(psst, i've been in kind of an art slump lately so i wanted to encourage you all to suggest which OCs i should draw next. i've been finding myself short...
2020-11-15 22:20:03 +0000 UTC View Post
the poll results are in: HOW TO MONSTER 12 will be all about WEREWOLVES, a topic requested by jaeger&wick, toreadorkable, and liquid ferret!
my plan is to structure this guide similarly to my HTM ...
2020-11-13 09:05:12 +0000 UTC View Post
which one of these characters should i write about in december? you can vote for up to 3 options!
(for the november spotlight i'll tell you about lei, a lab-grown monster looking for a purpose!)
2020-11-13 06:02:37 +0000 UTC View Postwhich of these monsters should i draw in december? you can vote for up to 3 options!
lostmisfits suggested snowy themes, shae wished for an abyssal horror, and for the rest of the poll options i was able to combine suggestions from several patrons as follows: suns...
2020-11-10 09:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
i mean, someone is gonna have to clean that up, right ...?
i’m working on a bunch of stuff rn but still wanted to take the time to draw a little something something for week 44! i believe this might be the first time i’ve done a proper painting of march in his more humanoid form, although some of you will already have seen it ...
2020-11-03 04:21:32 +0000 UTC View Post
here's the process video for october's motm painting of an eldritch angel & their lover! you can download the attached video below.
this design is relatively complex, with many different parts overlapping each other and lots of elements and deta...
2020-10-31 21:55:32 +0000 UTC View Post
thanks again to ciyu for suggesting a many-eyed, many-winged, objected-headed monster based on biblical angels!
it seems that in the modern mainstream, angels are usually depicted in one of two ways. the first is as gentle, winged humanoids with benevolent smiles and glowing halos, come to deliver encouraging pep tal...
2020-10-31 21:54:30 +0000 UTC View Post
today’s aesthetic is symmetrical wings striking an artful pose.
this portrayal of our eldritch angel friend is directly inspired by frescoes and mosaics of seraphim and cherubim :> i wanted to make the design look extra weird and stylised so there’s some differences between this sketch and the 2020-10-31 21:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post
when sinning feels like heaven.
thank you to ciyu for suggesting a monster of the month based on biblical angels! drawing them was so much fun — i’ll be sharing the behind-the-scenes commentary soon, explaining what the various parts of the design are based on.
this is one of my most intricate pieces lately and i...
2020-10-31 21:50:39 +0000 UTC View Post
voilà, here's the exercise sheet for HTM11, on the topic of concepting and generating ideas! download the .zip below to access the 3-page PDF + individual pngs of each page.
i hope you'll enjoy doing any or all of the suggested exercises, and tha...
2020-10-31 18:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I've posted numerous sketch compilations of Tsaga (1 2 3) t...
2020-10-29 02:36:50 +0000 UTC View Post
bam, here's the wallpaper versions of a few recent pieces! access them by downloading the files below <3
// art + tsaga + sau + random faun lady + andreas © me; latif + julian © kubi.
2020-10-25 23:55:41 +0000 UTC View Post