Who let the hamster onto tumblr?

So the kid found out about the Thirty Monstergirl Challenge, and wanted us both to draw them! He declined to put his up (a shame, his slime girl is adorable!) but here are my first five ladies! A harpy, centaur, slime, naga, and mermaid. Yes, it’s a photo of a sketchpad. I have a scanner but it’s not amazing.

Things I found very hard - trying to not make them all look the same, hands and feet of all varieties, unreferenced animal anatomy.

Advice always appreciated, heaps of praise very much loved. Ha ha!

Detail of work-in-progress of Jane. Can’t make a good mustache for her, so it’s not on just yet. Much work remains, but I’m glad I did her face first. I like her face.

Oh, there are times when I wish I was more of a natural artist; that I had a better grasp of anatomy and how people’s bodies work. And I agonize over every line, and hate everything that comes off of the pencil.

And then sometimes I giggle my way through something and just love the hell out of it. Ladies and gentlemen, your Alpha Kids.

I forgot I drew this. I was flipping through a sketchbook, looking for a blank page, and there was a Dave.

Up late drawing again last night. Who needs sleep? Anyway, here’s a pretty gal from Homestuck because apparently I can draw not much else lately.

Looking at it now I see I can make some adjustments. I guess that’s the best thing about working in pencil; it’s pretty correctable. But just in case I screw it up later, here’s the current version.

Ugh I should never go into stuff without a plan. Or at least a reference. Especially Naked People Doing Things of Interest.

There is something wrong with her hip. And I have no idea where I’m going to put her friend. Or if there will be more than one friend here. I don’t even know. So yeah. I am putting it down for tonight and just going to sleep on it and hopefully not forget about it like then ten zillion other unfinished pieces on the hard drive. Also, yeah ugly sketch colors.

So I was playing with my tablet, because I just don’t use it often enough, you know? And I get really out of practice. Anyway, sometimes warmup doodles come out really pretty.

Hey Homestucks, I made a Rose for you.

Decided to start trying to draw again. So, Roxy in progress! Here I go, showing off my lack of perspective! But she’s so cheeky. Gotta love her.

HEY LOOK I scanned this awful thing.

It may improve once I clean it the hell up and remove the extra faces.

H3H3H3H3H3.

Also beer happened.

this night is good

A doodled Eridan I did a while back. I think this may have been at work.

I need to get a scanner.

Yeah.

Okay, I do not ship. I am not a shipper. That is not a thing that I do.

That having been said, I still like these two together and I don’t even know why. Even though [spoiler redacted], I just wanted things to work out for these two.

Also they are adorable and fun to draw.

Sometimes I wonder what the heck I’m thinking when I draw things. Then, I figure, might as well enjoy the ride.

I have been on a Homestuck kick lately. Tonight I doodled the Windy Thing.

Why did I make a tumblr account?

Partially, to keep all of the ones I like to read in one place. Yay, dashboard!

Partially, to make myself feel as though I’m not falling epically behind with the rest of the world, electronically.

And partially so that I can put my cheesy fanart online without clogging up my freaking flickr account, which until recently held mostly actual photos.