Sitting Under My Little Crocheted Blanket, With My Little Squishmallow, In My Little Armchair In My Little

Sitting under my little crocheted blanket, with my little squishmallow, in my little armchair in my little corner in my little room, playing minecraft on my little phone while listening to music in my little earbuds, with Hozier and iDKHOW sprinkled in here and there like croutons in an otherwise very bland salad

When you work out, take a shower, drink a hot beverage, and life suddenly isn't so bleak for a little while

That being said, have this weird piece I'm working on :]

It's a mix of charcoal and watercolour pencils, I'm currently working on cramming some more contrast in there.

It's definetly not perfect lmao, the circles are free-handed, as well as the rendering on the eyeball :']

More often than not, I tend to just kinda wing it instead of making it easy for myself by using a reliable reference lol

Have a good day, friend ^-^

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

Hello friends!

I've decided that I'm gonna start posting some of my old art on here, so that I have it all saved neatly in one place :]

Of course, a lot of my art was made with references that I don't own the rights to, and therefore not allowed to post, so I'll only be posting things that have come directly from my mind, with the exception of art that was made using royalty-free references (which I honestly don't think I have lol)

That being said, here's victim #1!

I made this around mid-2023, if I remember correctly. I started sketching with no real goal or expectation, and I had no idea what kind of vibe the final piece would have. I never would have guessed that he'd turn out to be an android! (gargoyle and vampire both crossed my mind while sketching, but evidently, neither one stuck with me)

I used quite a few different supplies while making it, mostly because I like to mess around but also because I had no plan whatsoever for this guy lol

The sketch was in graphite of course, but the colouring is a bit of acrylic paint, some water-based ink, and a smidge of alcohol-based markers. The blue detailing is white gel pen with blue marker on top :]. The outlining was done with a dip pen and black water-based ink, which I think gave me some pretty nice line-variation!

I had a lot of fun with placing the different panels, and trying to make them and the blue markings flow in a convincing way on top if his skin (can I call this skin? He's made of metal but like, I can still call it his skin right? TTvTT)

Overall, I'm really happy with how he turned out! ^-^

I decided to name him Bryan as a little homage to Detroit Become Human, since the actor who plays Connor is Bryan Dechart :]

In retrospect, the blue detailing on his body is definetly influenced by DBH as well, even if didn't realise that at the time of making him lol

I definetly think I'll return to this character in the future, I don't doubt he'll become a main OC of mine at some point ^-^

With all that said, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

I'm absolutely feral for this art style, the vibes are vibing

Got out of bed before 14:00 today, I expect a standing ovation and at least two medals for this incredible feat. You can leave it at my incredibly cluttered, yet meticulously organized desk.

In the meantime, I will be busy on a call with both the king and the prime minister.

Hello again!

I've been quite busy today (doing absolutely nothing. Nothing-time is very important), but I figured I'd fit a quick post in before bed since I want to try to make this a regular thing :]

In my last (and first) post, I shared a closer look at my profile picture. This time, I figured I'd give my header the same love!

It is -quite obviously- not a painting, as much as I wish I could paint with such high precision TTvTT.

It is, however, a photograph! I took it at an aquarium/butterfly enclosure a little while back. (along with several other pictures of course, no one leaves a photography session with less than 100 pictures lmao)

This picture is actually part of a bunch that were taken before I realised, to my horror, that the camera settings were completely scrambled, and not at all appropriate for the lighting and environment around me. I was using my parents' camera, so I was (and still am) very unfamiliar with the settings, the button placement, and how everything works in general.

When I inserted the memory card into the computer at home and opened the folder, my heart immediately dropped. Every picture I initially saw was almost completely dark due to the bad exposure settings :'D

As distraught as I was over my predicament, I am nothing if not stubborn. This, and my love for photo-editing, kept me busy for the next two hours or so. I opened and edited each under-exposed photograph with the -very limited- software I had access to on our pre-historic stationary computer, and I actually managed to save most of them! :D

It's far from an amazing photograph, especially when compared to the ones I took while in photography class during first year of high school (all of which I foolishly deleted before handing in my computer :']), but I still really like it! I'm glad I didn't just delete all of the photos that looked unsalvageable at first glance, because then I wouldn't be able to share this cute little guy with all of the internet!

So, very long story out of the way, I hope this miraculous shrimp-photograph gives someone a little bit of dopamine tonight ^-^

yours truly, Stickbug 🪲