Hello, Friends!!

Hello, friends!!

Here is yet another awesome character I've made art of, this time as friendly fire ^-^

His name is Felix, he is sixteen years old, and the creator is @sobro48917 here on tumblr!

His hair was a lot of fun to shade! I really liked the highlight colour that was used in one of the reference pictures, so I included it in my own art of him :]

I know that the metal details on his choker really stand out lmao, I got carried away TTvTT

And I think I'm getting better at drawing hair!! I feel like it actually makes some semblance of sense this time bahahahaha

Awesome character #2 and funky highlights aside, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! ^-^ 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

He's finished!

Or well, his base concept bahahaha

And as promised, I'm also including his colour palette! The shadow colours aren't set in stone of course, that 100% depends on the style and lighting one chooses to use - should they want to doodle my bug boy -, but I wanted to include them because - why not? -

Nothing is set in stone tbh, if you wanna up the saturation, darken/lighten some colours, change a hue or two to make him fit your style a little better, you're more than welcome to do so ^-^

I haven't worked out a name for him just yet, but I tend to call him "Stick", "Bug", or "Bug boy", so I guess those are his nicknames so far! ^-^

And just to be clear, there are no set pronouns for this buggy dude! I tend to use he/him because it comes naturally to me, but this character is in fact genderfluid, with a majority of the time spent more on either the agender or masculine side of the spectrum

He basically shares my gender identity (and my eye colour, a fun little detail), which makes sense since he is my persona after all bahahaha

His height, which I now realise I should have included in one of the pictures :'], is 7'8". Yes, this is very tall. Yes, he is based on an absolutely massive insect lmao

Clothes are honestly up to whoever is doodling him, I drew him without them here since I wanted to clearly display his build (and he technically doesn't need to wear any clothes unless he's cold, since there isn't really anything to cover up lmao)

All of that said, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

(and Stickbug's bug boy)

Heyyy friends!

I haven't posted in a while, I've been in a bit of a slump recently so I haven't really been making a lot of art TTvTT

Here's a painting I made in the early stage of this little slump of mine, as well as a work in progress of a digital doodle I'm working on!

I was listening to 'Heaven's Light/Hellfire' on repeat while making the painting, hence the blue, brimstone-esque flames lmao. The blue is actually eyeshadow! There is a hint of purple in there as well, from the same palette :]

I can't say I've painted fire anytime before this, but it was a lot of fun!

As for the digital doodle, it started out as me just wanting to sketch someone that isn't necessarily conventionally attractive. I wanted to include features that aren't as often depicted in media/art, such as receding hairlines, permanent frowns, hunched posture, and aged faces. I think I've lost a little of his receding hairline around the temples during the rendering process, but I'll make sure to add that back in when I continue working on it :]

(key word: conventionally attractive. I actually think he's very beautiful, myself ^-^)

I'm thinking about naming this piece, which I can't say I've ever done before lmfao. I just can't pass up on the opportunity of naming it "Waking up after a really good nap", it's too perfect!

Artist slumps and wholesome works-in-progress aside, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

I have decided to give my good friend Pothead Larry (A plastic halloween candy container that once housed a singular hemp plant which I found had sprouted in the yard) a realistic make-over

Painting away those angry eyesockets is definetly a challenge lmao :']

Making said eyesockets - as well as the nasal cavity - look like they aren't just shallow indents has also been a journey to say the least, and why is the cheekbone so long???? And why are the teeth so small?????? 😭

Definetly turning this into a flower pot once again after this, gotta get me some plant lights though since my window doesn't get enough light TTvTT

A Spot of Cream: a short story

The man stared into his coffee mug, swirling the cloudy liquid absent-mindedly and observing how the thin layer of cream gathered in the center, a melancholy yet fond look on his paling face. The sun was beginning to peak through the kitchen window, as evident by the way the morning light was just shy of touching his hand where it laid idly on the kitchen table

Just under half an hour ago, he had returned home from the store, having left to get the very cream that was currently occupying his attention upon discovering that what little he had left had spoiled overnight.

He listened to the gentle pitter-patter outside, and breathed a content sigh, taking another sip of his morning coffee. He could feel the subtle warmth of the rising sun creeping up on his hand, having never left it's place on the table beside his favourite mug.

The man smiled to himself, - it was a resigned, barely-there quirk of the lips, just in the corners of his mouth, - as he took another sip of his now luke-warm coffee and ignored the steadily growing feeling of numbness stemming from his hand, now completely illuminated by the morning rays.

Pulling his eyes away from the coffee mug, he watched with fascination as the light gleamed like gold flakes in the scarlet that covered his, now limp, pale fingers.

His gaze shifted further up, settling just above his wrist, where the bite had begun to turn the surrounding skin a sickly greyish shade of what had been a lively peach just an hour ago.

The man sighed once more, and took yet another sip of his, now cold, morning coffee.

Soon, he would join the pitter-patter outside, all for a spot of cream in his coffee.

My prompts for this story were:

Virus, Sound, Mug, Result :]

Have this mindless doodle!

I was very bored •>