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I began the second year of my animation studies this week! I'm so excited about learning new stuffs and hopefully getting more comfortable with character animation. Here's my first Flash assignment; a delighted and decidedly spherical bun'! :3

Also, here's a sketchbook doodle of Merlin with some digital washes! I know I'll regret getting invested in this show because of the emotional onslaught that surely lies ahead, but dang I love these ridiculous Medieval boyfriends and their adventures. :3

Here's Harley Quinn puddin' her pop gun to use! I drew her as a birthday present for my super lovely fellow animator friend Katie earlier this year and forgot to post her until now!

Here's a Zelda-themed present I made for my friend Claire (who draws exceedingly funny comics which you should read right now if you haven't) back at Christmastime! The secret Triforce of Creativity's power resides within her. :O

Q) On a scale of 1 to There Is So Much Cute Going on Right Now Please Send Help, how adorable are Black-Capped Chickadees?

A) ∞!

Jareth David Bowie, shuffling prismatic spheres as Goblin Kings are wont to do!

Some more oscillation between posting new and old stuff - this time in the form of a very Adventure Time-y card I made for a friend (also named Eoin!) who celebrated his birthday over the Christmas break!

Here's a poster I designed for a programme an Irish NGO held last year, plus some close-ups! :3

I posted something old yesterday, so now I'll start off the New Year with some new art! Here's a Homestuck-themed Christmas card I drew for my friend Maggie (who is a fantastic artist and person, and you should go look at her artblog right now because whoooa, super-talented drawing!), featuring everyone's favourite vibrantly-dressed aquatic-creature-nursing teenage alien monarch, Feferi Piexes! ...and also Eridan or wwhatevver. The thing about Homestuck is that it's the best. Also I need to finish reading Act 6 before the gigapause ends!

Merry 2014, everyone! :D 2013 has been such a great year - easily my favourite to date - and I'm so thankful for all the wonderful friendships and experiences that made it what it was. The biggest change to happen this year was moving to Dublin, where I began studying Animation at IADT! The first term was incredible and I got to meet and befriend so many amazingly talented, lovely people! I'm so excited about this new chapter of my life and how it's pushing me to develop my drawing and my self, and I can't wait to see what next year has in store. \(^∪^)/ New Year's Eve is always a good time for some retrospection, so I'm gonna take this chance to post a reeeally old drawing which has a special place in my heart. I drew this in late 2010, right around when I realised how important drawing is to me and that I wanted it to become a much bigger part of my life. Looking back over the past year, I feel like I've made some really important steps towards that goal. I've got a long way to go, but... it feels like I'm on the path towards becoming who I want to be! So, um... that's more than enough of my rambling, but I hope you all have the best and most super-pleasant New Year's celebrations! Here's to time, growth, and an awesome 2014! :3

Here's a drawing of a flippy-haired, pendant-wearing lady! Her name's Lynne and she's a pretty darn cool (though slightly fictitious) person. :3

Ahhh! The new panda Pokémon that was unveiled a few days ago is the cutest thing ever, and resultantly I was compelled to draw one of 'em hanging out in a bamboo forest. I want one on my team, possibly accompanied by Teddiursa and Cubchoo so I'll have a whole gang of adorable ursine pals. :3

This new Mewtwo-like fellow is awesome, so here's some fanart! I wonder if it's a new forme or a separate but related Pokémon… if it's the latter, maybe it could be called Mewtagen? Mewnique? Mewnicity? The Emperor's Mew Groove? I should definitely be put in charge of coming up with Pokémon names, you guys.

Happy Halloween, dear denizens of this fleeting mortal plane! May you enjoy it as though t'were your last. Bwah… hah… hahhh!

Well, I heard back from IADT, and… I didn't get accepted. I don't yet know exactly why they turned me down, but it's either because my portfolio didn't meet the required standards or they simply don't have any places to offer. Apparently they'll be letting me know in detail quite soon, so hopefully I'll at least get some valuable feedback from it.

Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for the next year, all my plans hinged around getting admitted. I really wanted it, and I was so excited about the adventure of moving somewhere like Dublin. Hmm, better just finish this poster commission, sleep, and then maybe I'll start figuring things out anew in the morning. =/ #Text Posts #I have no idea what I'm doing with myself #Life is hard and full of disappointment #On the bright side I learned how to make GIFs so here's some George Michael! #Bluth that is... #Anyway. Sleep. Yes. Good.

Here's a model sheet for a fellow who appears in a storyboard I've been putting together. I think he might be called Alston, or possibly Poe? He doesn't get referred to by name, so I haven't quite figured out that detail. He's amiable, easily embarrassed, slightly smartly-dressed, and unfortunately ends up quite heart-broken. Sorry, guy! I wish things didn't have to be so tragic, but my hands are tied. D:

This is such a perceptive, generous post, I… I can't even. Cassidy Stone, folks; a person whose life is seemingly a continuous, graceful progression of awesomeness!

"Take joy in the process" is something I really want to take to heart. Goals are often practical and a helpful source of motivation, but it's so important not let the uncertainty in attaining them affect your sense of self-worth. The very fact that you've committed yourself to an endless process of improving at, appreciating, and further understanding something you care about is, in itself, success! Not a fleeting kind of success, but one you can draw strength and inspiration from indefinitely. It can be difficult, like most things that matter, but there's also so much joy and personal fulfillment to be found in pursuing something that's deeply important to you. So, love the process!

On success and process

Just a rant under the cut about art and life, mostly as encouragement to myself and also because of watching some of my favorite artists on tumblr struggle a little lately.

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A tribute to one of my favourite poets - the great Edgar Allan Poe! This was really fun to draw, I find there's something soothing about working in tones. Also, I managed to finish it in a noticeably shorter stretch of time than what I might usually spend at something of this sort… so, I'm feeling happy about my incremental improvement!

Oh goodness, I really haven't been posting enough arts. Apologies for the creative negligence! If my motivation had a butt it would want to get its butt in gear. Which isn't a great analogy, because I don't think most butts have gears or really any moving parts worth speaking of. But anyway, here's a doodle of a pompadoured dude? A… a pompa-dudele.

Honey; it's the bee's knees!

When it comes to kicking evil very hard in the face, there's none more talented than a certain Mr. Skulduggery Pleasant!

This is incredibly cute, I love it!

Not as successful as I’d hoped, but still adorable, right?

Sherlocked! I stumbled across this little sketch last night while looking for material to put in my portfolio's digital doodle compilation page. I cleaned it up a bit, and I think it'll make the cut now. Cumberbatch's glorious cheekbones could cut anything. A side note; oh my goodness I'm nervous about this portfolio assessment stuff. I'm applying to IADT's animation course and they'll be making their decision about me on Wednesday. There's a dizzy blend of terrified and optimistic anxiety going on in my brain chemicals right now. *clutches knees to chest and rocks back and forth in place*

Whoops, I forgot to actually upload the poster itself yesterday, so here it is! The event's free, so be sure to go if you like classical music and are around Cork next month. :D