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Quick Update

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It's been a while since I've given an update so I'm popping in to just give a quickie!


Firstly, I wanted to address how I'm doing as a lot of people have been during this time. I'm on "furlough" until further notice from my job, meaning I'm not fired, but just can't work. I'm doing okay and taking this opportunity to focus on myself and my family. It's also giving me time to do things I've been too busy to do.


Animal Crossing New Horizons also came out and has been kind of taking over my life. I love the game and it's been amazing therapy for me during this time, so I'm glad to have it.


I have been gearing up to do some more artwork soon. I'm trying to finish the character sketches, but also figuring out other things I can draw or make here. I'm sorry for being so inactive, but I have been trying to get over the burnout I've been having over art a bit. It can be a bit discouraging at times, but I have been getting better and improving my motivation lately.


That's the update guys. I hope everyone is doing okay and staying calm and healthy. I'm working on things at my own pace and hope that I'll get some things out soon for you all. Have a good day!

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It's been a week since Inktober started and work has already set me a little bit behind.
I started an Amino and found a Kirby community where they're doing a Inktober competition with a separate set of prompts than the Official list.  But, of course, I can't use the official Inktober prompts to qualify, even though I really want to.

So guess what dumb decision I made?

Yeah, rather than do 31 prompts, I'm doing 62 prompts from the official AND Amino challenges.  On the plus side, I've made a lot more Kirby-related drawings on the Amino challenges and a few of them so far aren't just about Kirby.  Even though I've only finished 4 so far and started working on the 5th out of 8, I've been proud of most of them.  So proud in fact, I've considered one day turning the Inktober versions into digital versions.
The drawing that really jump started this idea is one I'm drawing about an Alternate Universe where Kirby never made it to Dreamland and NME took over Popstar.  It's a pretty ambitious project, but I thought it would be interesting as an alternate dimension idea.  There are a few others that got me thinking about this, but this is one I'd be most interested in digitizing.

When Inktober is finished, I'll probably include a link to my Amino so everyone can look at my contributions.  I'll likely post them here as well, but if I were to include the other Inktober drawings, there'd be a high possibility I'd have to space them out so I'm not spamming you all with a huge amount of submissions a day.

Let me know what you guys think!

Also, I put up an Amino poll to help out with the decision of what character I draw next.  The results for who won weren't at all surprising, but I somewhat expected Escargoon to win or at least get second place.
He ranked third in the Amino poll.  And apparently Tuff is more popular over there than Tiff is.

I can't guarantee a time I'll be starting these sketches again due to Inktober, but it'll likely be soon.  Hopefully it'll be great! Clap 
 
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I didn't even realize this until now but the Saito the Wind Dancer submission was the 100th submission I've had on this account, which also includes the fan fiction.
I'm honestly shocked and a bit sad I didn't do some special drawing for it.  Maybe sometime later, but for now, I have a few plans.  I wanted to draw a few Link's Awakening characters at some point, including Anti-Kirby.  I'm at the end of the game, but I can't bring myself to finish it because I hate seeing good games end.  It wasn't the best, but it was fun and charming.
Also, I'm doing not just one Inktober, but TWO Inktobers!  I recently got an Amino and joined the Kirby Amino where they're doing their own form of Inktober for this month.  The rules are basically the same as the official Inktober, except that I HAVE to have a character from the Kirby anime included in the work for it to qualify and I could even do digital work if I wanted to as long as it looks inky.

This might end up torturing me, but I accept the challenges!  I'm really excited to see what I can do with my ink skills this month and hopefully it'll do well.  Let me know if you'd like me to post the images I do here!

Also speaking of fan fictions...I've been thinking about writing again.  Tears of a Star Warrior may be gone for good, but Time of Darkness might find itself with a new coat of paint soon.  We'll have to wait and see as I'm still working on another story project for Tumblr that I'll be making into a comic.  I've never drawn comics before and I'm a little nervous to try, but I'm determined to do it. 

The sketches I've been doing are in preparation for this post and I have been going by Amino and DeviantArt polls to see who wins.  So far, the leader amongst both polls is Meta Knight, with Coo/Rick/Kine tied with Escargoon.  Another poll will be released later to divide the three animals.  I decided that the polls will not only decide who I draw next, but the order I draw these characters in.  This means that after Meta Knight, one of the three animals and Escargoon would come next, followed by Tiff and Tuff.  I think it'll be a load of fun and I just love the feeling of drawing a new character I've never touched before and get some great feedback from it. I'm very encouraged and it reignited that love for art in me.
I actually started drawing Escargoon a little bit and my goodness he's hard to draw.  I'm not very good with perspectives so drawing his shell is a bit difficult, but great practice I think! I have very few pose ideas for him though, so suggestions are appreciated!

Anyway, that's today's update!  Happy October guys and have a great day!
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I want to draw Marin and the Flying Rooster from Link's Awakening so badly it hurts!  But I suck at drawing humans so I'll have to satisfy my addiction with the rooster.  He's just a precious little boyyyyyy!

Also, if you haven't seen the poll yet, go check it out and vote on what character you'd be interested in me drawing next!  At some point, each of these characters will be drawn, but I think it would be cool to let you guys pick which one you'd want to see first.  I'll leave the poll up for a few days so everyone who wants to can vote.
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I started posting again and it feels great to have something new to show off.  I'm surprised though how much attention my new submissions have gotten and in the past couple days, I've gotten 15 llamas.  I want to thank everyone for the support because it means the world to me to know people genuinely like what I do.  Plus, it's a great boost to my morale and confidence.
I have a few minor plans in the works at the moment, including maybe some drawings of characters from other franchises.  I want to mix it up a bit because I want to try new things and branch out a little.

Also October is just around the corner so you know what that means!  Halloween drawings and Inktober!  I didn't show off last year's Inktober drawings, so I'll do that towards the last couple weeks of the month to gear up for this year's Inktober!  Last year was fun and I'm hoping this one will be too despite how "interesting" the topics are this time.

Also, I wanted to let everyone know that I am 4 watchers away from 100 watchers!  I'm so excited to hit this milestone and I'm so happy to those who have stuck with me for so long.  Y'all are incredible people!
Again, thanks for the support and I hope you all look forward to future work!
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