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Your honor, I absolutely adore them. These are Nabiu and Karoto, the protagonists of TerminalMontage's latest video, The Fruitless Quests of Nabiu! Give it a watch if you haven't already—it's as much a delight as his Something About series is. Below's an attempt at making it look more... watercolor-y, like it came out of a page in Nabiu's journal. Not the best, but still a good effort!

Happy 810NICLE Day, everyone! As a long-time Bionicle fan, I have something in the works that I hope is finished by the end of today, but in the meantime I have another thing to share: a digital recreation of my personal OC from the BZPower days.

Yes, way back in my elementary and middle school days, I was a member of BZPower under the name Lewanuva210—which I'd used in a few other places, most of them LEGO-related—and while I didn't interact with the site much I was enthused by the sprite comics and script comedies that its forums hosted. I even cobbled together some characters through sprite kits like Innerrayg's 2.0 & 3.0 and Dark709's Chimoru kit to make a webcomic of my own! ...It didn't last long. The first had a little over 18 comics and 4 interludes of varying quality, and the second (which was set in a web browser, such was my sense of novelty) only made it to four pages before I abandoned it. (To the two permanent guest stars I added in that last pitiful page of the comic, forgotten to time, I humbly apologize.) Short-lived though it was, it was one of my first forays into full-on art projects, and I would love to sit down and work on a new comic series someday! Either focusing on the worlds of my OCs, or retelling the Pokemon games I've played over the years. Or maybe both!

He stumbled over to the water's edge, his heavier frame hitting the sand with a loud thud, joints unmuffled by a missing biomechanical musculature. He struggled to drown out the voice of the thing in his head—of the Krana—telling him to calm down and that everything would be alright and that "oh, your life will be so much better now!" and other worthless platitudes. He craned his neck to lean towards the water, elongated eyes pleading with the liquid surface to show him HIM, that pitiful 'Su-Matoran' clad in orange and white armor, Kakama resting on his face… …Only for his heartlight to shatter. There, staring back, was the insectoid face he had touched with his new, shield-clad hands. The tusks that he felt his hyperventilating breath pass over. The faceplate, transparent, with the Krana visible underneath where there should be just his own brain. The body of something he had only heard horror stories about; enlarged, warped, built for rolling around, for getting places quickly, for cleaning all that must be cleaned. There was no hope, now, of denying his fate. He was… a Bohrok.

And here's what I've worked on for 810NICLE Day!! As we know, the Bohrok in Bionicle canon are transformed Av-Matoran, stripped of their identity and autonomy to become the workforce ensuring the cleaning of Mata Nui's camouflage when it became necessary... Or, for rampaging over said camouflage while it's inhabited by Matoran due to a certain Makuta's long-running schemes. They're both the same to the Swarm. After I first learned about that detail, way back when, a little nugget of a story idea entered my mind: What if a Matoran transformed into a Bohrok, outside of the Matoran Universe? What if it was not just an Av-Matoran, but one that had been living their life assuming they were another type of Matoran due to them being scattered across the universe for their safety. And what if they retained their identity, their autonomy, due to the circumstances of their transformation? What would they do in response...? It's a story that I would love to work on, though admittedly it's not had much laid out beyond this opening scene. What could happen to this former SuAv-Matoran and his unwanted Krana companion? Who's to say... As a thanks for sitting and reading all that, here's a timelapse of this drawing!

So, in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, there're been Poké Portal News events providing special Mass Outbreaks through the summer. First we had the Pikachu line, then the three varieties of Tatsugiri, now we have Wattrel outbreaks in Paldea, Riolu in Kitakami... and Comfey in the Blueberry Academy Terarium. You have to wonder if the teachers there sometimes have to wrangle the Pokemon outbreaks if they get too disruptive. Well, since I have a certain rabbit teaching there, he got tasked with handling a bouquet of Comfey that were bothering students in the Savanna Biome...

...It could be going better.

(No one tell him he'll have to worry about Beldum outbreaks in a few weeks.)

"Hm? …Oh, you're here to deliver something, are you? Well, leave it on the table there and get out of my sight already."

Here's a peek into Abda's house. Wallpapering like this is a rarity in Cole's world—reserved for only the rich bugs that have spare coin to spend. And no doubt she's one of the ones who thinks the lesser folk don't deserve even the chance to look at it for a second—or just her house in general. Such is the way of a snob, it seems.

Rib-blep.

Lotu is, undeniably, a gentle and peaceful soul at their core. Every single creature of the forest they call home, be it big or small, is one that would happily call them a trusted friend. Oftentimes, when they're off resting in a particularly sunlit section of the woods, Lotu will find themselves joined by some of his fellow creatures who are similarly eager to take a load off. It's quite an adorable sight to see... ...And it helps to center themselves if the memories of their past bubble up to the surface again, which... happens more often than they'd like to admit. Poor deer-beast's had a rough life. Timelapse of this drawing is below the cut!

You know, I've been on here a while, and I'm not quite sure how this'll go down, but I'm curious:

(If you pick "Other," make sure to specify which one of mine you like, in either a reblog or a comment!)

He's fishing for a fight!

Welcome to the Outer Wastes. Please enjoy your stay, take any scrap metal you find, and... keep an eye out for any mutants, will you?

Here I've made something of a video game mockup, along with showing off the wasteland Ica calls home. If he had a video game, I could see it being something of a dual-gameplay style: The first half, travelling around the world in your monobuggy gathering up materials for quests or enhancing your Marchica mech, from either the environment or the mutated beasts that continue to roam it. The second half, taking your mech out into an arena to battle other robots, earning money for equipment to bring to your next wasteland excursion! I think it'd be a fun gameplay loop, only hurdle would be having to code all of it :P. (Also, no prizes for guessing which game series inspired that HUD in the corner. I enjoyed playing those when I was younger, though I haven't bought or played any recently.)

Here's Jaga Aranea showing off her skill with a blade! It took a lot of work to get to the level she's at, especially given she has to wield it with claws rather than the deft fingers of a mammal. But that's why she's training in a ninja clan. Below's an alternate version, swapping out the blurred-out Arakis concept with a simple cutout border.

(Sorry that I've been absent art-wise here—among other things, I've gotten invested in a certain game that's taken a lot of my time. Hopefully you'll see art of it soon... hopefully.)

Apparently the Pseudo-Legendary—sorry, Powerhouse Pokemon outbreaks in Scarlet and Violet ended yesterday, assuming you're one of those people who always connects to the Poke Portal daily. Hope everyone managed to find the shinies they wanted!

...Some are certainly more agreeable than others, as Red found out.

(Not pictured: the heavily-bandaged aftermath after he ran into a snowbank and was subsequently in Shadow Claw distance. Don't worry, he's recovered by now.)

Been playing Cassette Beasts for the past 2 weeks alongside two of my friends—one of them tried it out on Nintendo Switch Game Trials and enjoyed it, convincing me and friend #2 (AKA @kat-the-meme-dealer) to buy it on Steam. And the both of us have enjoyed it, too! While I lagged a bit behind them for a while, all three of us have gotten to the endgame already. Which I think I'll need to grind for... Above is the first bootleg I got in-game, a Carniviper—it's Air-type instead of Poison-type! Got it on my first day playing, before either of my friends found a wild bootleg at that. Below's the screenshot I took when I encountered it in-game:

It's currently a Mardiusa tape—creatively nicknamed Aeridusa—and no matter what, I plan on having it in my endgame party.

Get ready to swing into action with Ghostie's latest platforming adventure! (...Once I learn how to code. And make better backgrounds. Hey, the only experience I've had so far was drag-and-drop Game Maker with the pre-built assets and a few cheapo handmade ones. Weren't even platformers, just mazes where you bounced off the walls.)

A summary of (the first half of) yesterday's Cassette Beasts session with me and my friends:

Don't worry, I did eventually get a Glass-type bootleg. It was a Masquerattle, the less-fun snake, but you have to take what you can get.

It's been long enough, and now it's time I finally did something: Opening up asks! That's right, you'll now be able to send in asks for any of my characters (or me), and they'll answer them! And not just the septet onscreen, either—if it's a character I've drawn, feel free to ask about them. (Probably won't do that for everyone, though, there's only so much one can say about a fisherman wielding a shark...)

Oh hey, I should probably check the results now that it's been... a little over a month, wow. Uh, let's see!

Well hey, not bad! Sure, it's only 2 votes, but it's 2 more votes than I was expecting to get. Thanks!

You know, I've been on here a while, and I'm not quite sure how this'll go down, but I'm curious:

(If you pick "Other," make sure to specify which one of mine you like, in either a reblog or a comment!)

Superhero landing! And a few other drawings, arranged roughly where they are on the original page. Including the one in the bottom right showing the aftermath of the landing. Careful with your knuckles, kids!

I'm afraid this little bug has found your cookies.

There is no resisting.

Hand them over. (In the future, I'll figure out a better fish-eye lens effect.)

Yesterday evening, my friends and I were back in Cassette Beasts, finishing up the last of the things that we hadn't yet finished in the game—namely, the Fossil Quarry questline, and the entirety of the Pier of the Unknown DLC. The short story told in the latter was more touching than we expected, and the three of us ended up spending a lot of time afterwards getting a bit philosophical with the characters and ideas presented to us. Afterwards, I knew I wanted to draw something related to the DLC, so I picked one of the beasts that I recorded and used during my trip to Brightside Pier, the Lightning-type Lapacitor! And I'd say I captured the energy of this battery-bunny-thing quite well. Here's hoping there's more content for this wonderful game in the future!