Day 22: Art style experiment! Since day 21 was animatic and I don’t really animate that much, I skipped that day in favor or working on more of my pals in my cartoony art style! Up next we have my lovely smookie pookie BF Cajmere! For this version of him, I wanted him to have a generally big build with no neck because I’ve always liked this kinda dynamic in other places( even though irl we’re both the same height and he’s lighter than me weight wise). I also wanted his clothes to lean a bit more into blue, since blue is his favorite color( red is just what I usually associate. It is another favorite color of his though!). As a result, his shirt and pants are brighter blues to stand out. His sleeveless jacket is inspired by an actual jacket he has, and his shoes are red converses( though not fully shown due to the baggy pants.) I also like to include some bit of purple since it’s another color he doesn’t mind, so I put it in the gloves. As for physical details, the only new addition is the arm tattoo, as he only has the chest tat IRL. Both are Warhammer40k references, the arm one being Khorne’s symbol, and the chest one is that of the Inquisitors.
Day 23: Soulmates! For this drawing, I KNEW I had to draw some iteration of Caj and I, so I decided to draw our Diamondsonas, Frostbite and Dreamscape; on their wedding day post getting hitched. In this, we get to see Dreamscape’s alternate outfit, that being her Dreamland dress. It’s gonna be a bit redesigned later on, but for now it’s a mainly bluish-white dress with mint green fabric over the hips, and the skirt being a three striped pattern in pink, yellow, and blue( I plan to add more colors tho I just have to given some of my other projects.) Frostbite here is within a custom Tuxedo made by Vermin, with a long blue cape to match all the blue on him already. Even his usual ice crown is replaced with a much bigger one! As for the location, I’ve always imagined the two get married within a universe owned by my pal V( previously known as Zeph\ Zephyr). I’m not sure it has a name, but it’s a universe where their characters Aurora Diamond and their ice titan husband Glace. Given Aurora’s powers it just makes sense that the two would pick a place that incorporates both the frost and now of Frostbite as well as the ethereal dreamy nature of Dreamscape.
Day 24: Character Redesign For this I already had the idea of plucking these two out from the depths of my art folders for a redesign. These two are Paulita and Emily, both based on two squishmallows I own( and used to own given I gave Emily to my actual pal Emily). Given I try not to buy squishmallows much anymore, these ladies have become part of their own story/ universe called Fang University. As for Paulita and Emily’s designs, Paulita pulls from alot of cutecore and bimbo aesthetics. She’s the definition of a stereotypical girly girl. Paulita strives to appease her parents and get a degree in psychology, however she really wants to go into cosmetology and hairdressing, dreaming of opening up her own salon/ beauty boutique. She carries a modern flip phone, usually in the pocket of her pink crop top jacket. She wears a filly jean skirt, fluffy pink leg warmers, and tall pink platform heels that pair well with her striped thigh high socks. She experiments a bit with her fashion and style, though her favorite hairstyle is what she has in this photo: two curly buns and the remaining hair being styled into braids. Emily pulls more from Dark academia and more gothic subcultures, given she’s a vampire afterall. Her family pushes her to work towards a degree in politics due to their underworldly connections to human and vampiric politics, but most of the story involves her learning what she actually wants to do with her life and working towards following her heart alongside Paulita. She wears a long dark coat, one that looks like space when looking at it. Underneath is a puffy blouse with a red tie and vest. The pants are a bluish purple with red fishnets underneath( a welcoming gift from Paulita she comes to love), and she finishes everything off with muted purple boots. Unlike Paulita( who usually changes her hairstyle every week or two) Emily’s hair is usually kept up in a big poofy ponytail when not alseep, using three metal bands to keep it up.
Day 25: Guilty Pleasure Media This day was kinda hard cause I don’t have a whole lot of easily drawable guilty pleasure media, so I went with a brand that is my guilty pleasure: Labubus NOW WAIT ONE MINUTE. I’m not in for the hyperconsumerism aspect of it. In total I have four, one is a lafufu( aka a fake), two of them were bought/obtained for cheap( one for its usual $20 price and the other my mom won from a claw machine). The ONLY ONE I’ve ever paid those god awful prices for was a Big Into Energy one and whilst I love the labubu I hated the egregious prices and don’t plan on collecting more. Screw resellers who drastically overprice literal kids toys and trinkets 🖕 Anyways! Yes it’s more chaos authority art, involving a few various Diamond characters not fully tied to the series. We have four diamonds, Vermin, Hope, Lotus Peony and Chrysanthemum dressed up as Labubus. I had had this idea even before Cringetober so I kinda felt like I had a reason to finish it, even moreso when I realized that Vermin just naturally looks like a labubu a little. All of the Labubus colors tie back to one of the B.I.E colors, those being green, blue, pink, and red. I planned to draw more of these with other diamonds but I’m debating that now.
EVEN MORE CRINGETOBER! We’re getting ever so closer to non art challenge posts fellas. Been drawing a lot of self indulgent stuff whilst working on WIPs. Still been stuck at 10 of them tho #art #artist #OC #stevenuniverse #thechaosauthority #squishmallow #cartoon
