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Uncle Nick
10 hour stream last night! Thank you to everyone who came AND to everyone who came these past 3 days, it was so much fun! We got a lot done and the online classes are starting to pay off (I think, at least)!So this piece is of from my headcannon short series, Uncle Nick. This was originally a warmup sketch XD. The series briefly follows the life of Judy as she cares for her niece Cotton on multiple occasions while her parents take care of business in Zootopia. Cotton is a fun-loving and adventur...
Streaming at the top of the hour (12P EST)
Early stream happening at the top of the hour / 30-40 minutes from now and I'm gonna tidy up this piece from last night :3. Feel free to come by if you want! BYOM (bring your own music) because I'm multi-tasking with animation on the side).Some of you metioned that you'd actually like to see the recordings from these streams and I had no idea! So I'll figure out a way to save them so you can watch them again! A good point was also made about doodles too in that I don't realy ...
Doodles + Tonite's Stream Starts @ 8 EST!
8PM is the start time for tonite's stream! I'm gonna take a break from the calendar and be sketching primarily. Either headcannon stuff or exploring expressions for "The Question".Feel free to swing by!Oh and here are some doodles + WIP:
Streaming In A Few Minutes!
Feel free to swing by if you'd like!
Labour Day Weekend Streaming Schedule
Big tanks to everyone who dropped by the stream! We're making great progress (and no tears of frustration....yet). This weekend is Labour Day in the U.S. so I'll be streaming Sat, Sun AND Mon for those who like to pop in and watch:Saturday*Starting at 6PM OR 8PM ESTSunday*Starting at 6PM OR 8PM ESTMonday*Starting at 6PM EST**late morning stream may also occur on these daysOh yes, and here's a freebie doodle for ya :>See ya soon!
Streamin' at 8PM Tonite
Happy Friday!I'll be streaming ina few minutes publicly on Picarto. Feel free to stop by if you just wanna chill and watch arts being made! Working on: WH 2022 Calednar submission (February).: Enter here :.
Impromptu Stream Nite
Hey thar!I had an announcement post I wanted to post before streaming, but I haven't gotten all my thoughts out yet soooo I'm just gonna stream tonight!Working on my Valentine's entry for the 2022 Wildehopps calendar.Feel free to swing by if you'd like!
Sketches? Art? ANIMATIONS? OH MY!
Hi guys!I hope the summer is still treating you well and that you're using a lot of sunscreen. I bought some fall candles from Yankee Candle though, so get ready 'cuz after Sept 22 you're gonna get inundated with fall art.Here's an outline of what I'll be covering in this post. Each section has little art nuggets inside so don't you worry! Character Sheet Comm WIP: Wildehopps 2022 Calendar entry Sketch Pages "The Question" animation project *NEW*So let's jump ...
Saturday Night Stream
The Cove is open for a Saturday night stream! Working on commissions...and doodling when necessary XD
Art Dump!
Thank you for coming to tonight's stream! We made progress on Nick, Jude and Senor Vespa so I say we had a good night! Ah, but I got some MORE art to deliver to you:This one was unexpected! I wound up building up the doodle I'd drawn during the stream and am quite happy with it.Here we've started on Camoss' lovely lady, which I'd like to finish this weekend. Please DM me to remind me what you wanted to see, Camoss - please and thank you!"Only 10% of people will get this i...
Stream Night!
Happy Friday! If you'd like to come on by and watch me draw arts you're more than welcome to! Follow this link to visit my Cove (just remember to take off your shoes). Working on comms and Zoot stuff, as usual XDDM me if you have trouble getting in, it's been awhile XD
Streaming This Week
First sketch of...August! Great first start to getting back into the swing of things (nobody jinx me mmkay?). What's happening in this pic? Even I don't know. I think I was imagining they're undercover on a resort and they run into a colleague doing something absurd.We got some new people who subscribed, too! Thank you and welcome to Gervasio Isrrael Amigo Recabarren, Paul Fast, Julius Billeter, foxjump and Birchly! I'll do my best with all your help and support!Picarto Stream Th...
Hiatus Over, Time to Draw!
[If you're not a patron already, do consider supporting me here on Patreon for as little as $1 a month!][[This post contains a lot of animations exported as GIFS which could create playback problems. Please let me know if you have trouble viewing any of the attached GIFS]]Aloha, everyone. I hope you've had a GREAT summer!For those who don't know, I started taking courses at a California-based animation school and took a new job as a Graphic Designer/ Video Editor and Multimedia Speci...
Hiatus
Hey, guys! Yeah, I'm still alive and I hope you all are, too. A lot has happened both in the art world and in my personal life that has severely stunted my art as a whole and it's only fair to FINALLY give you guys a heads up. I left my crappy post-Japan job and became a Graphic Designer / Multimedia Specialist, finally found some work/life balance, and as of May I started going to animation school (which has been the biggest eye-opener). The class will end this Tuesday, but I hope to co...
It's Finally May!
Hey guys, HAPPY FRIDAY!I'm really sorry for the complete lack of...anything for the past few weeks, A LOT has been happening IRL; you have no many different iterations I've made of this simple post (the post that was meant to go out two days ago has a COMPLETELY different tone DX). Got one commission to show above by Sprmario (Download here - thanks for waiting!) that was actually quite fun to do despite how difficult it was in my recent headspace.Long story short, some big and finally g...
Streaming in a Few!
FRI EDIT: Happy Friday guys! I'll be streaming at the top of the hour, so if you'd like to come to my Friday night private stream the doors will be open to you!:.Please take your shoes off before entering.:THURS EDIT: I completely forgot to update - sorry guys! So in a fun turn of events, I now have a job interview lined up for tomorrow, so I need to spend tonight preparing so I can escape the hell ive been in these last almost 2 years DX. But I’m absolutely going to be streaming tomor...
Sharleon & The Many Doodles of Qalcove
Jaja~~~n! The GidxSharla piece is DONE! Thank you so much to Dom for giving me the idea; I've drawn Gideon before, but only within my own selfish feral world, so it was nice to make this piece to share with you all. Sharla was a completely new draw for me and I've gotta say I'm loving her. I hope Sharleon fans like this one!And I promised I'd save and share my doodles - both on and off stream - that I did while making this piece. It took me...way too long to compile all these doo...
Free-For-All Stream on Picarto!
I decided to stream tonight as well! Come visit the Cove on Picarto.TV for an open stream starting in the next 10 minutes 'til.....well...whenever I get tired XD[Enter the Cove]
EDIT: Now Streaming on YOUTUBE
Hi guys! Here's a NEW link to my private stream if your bored and got nothing better to do tonight. The audio is STILL BORK so BYOM (bring your own music) XDPicarto is acting buggy, and my old account needs 24 hours before I can stream there, so let's have one last stream on that YouTube account before I nuke it XD:.Enter the Cove.:
Stream Schedule for April
Happy Hump Day! For anyone interested, I'll be streaming on the following days:This Week Thurs, 15th @ 8PM (tomorrow) Fri, 16th @ 8PMNext Week Thurs, 22nd @ 8PM Fri, 23rd @ 8PMDuring next week's streams I'll be working on my first Guardian Blue piece, and if all comma are done by then, we'll jump into that Thanks for the Fox animatic (or work on it that Saturday instead - we'll see)!I'm aiming to finish all the commissions by the end of next week if not by the end of the ...
6 New Rough Drafts Available!
Well hi there! I hope you're Saturday has been pleasant!As promised, I have art for you (though they're all WIPS), but I have one more thing to share. I've created a Trello board for commissioners to see the progress being made on their individual orders! If this proves beneficial, I'll do this for other work as well..:See all the commission drafts by visiting the Commission Café Order Board here:.If the link doesn't work please let me know. Thank you to everyone for getting...
Streaming on Picarto.TV
Hi guys! Here's a link to my private stream if your bored and got nothing better to do tonight!:.Enter the Cove.:
A Heaping Helping of April Updates
Hey guys and welcome to April! If it's getting warm in your neighborhood, I hope you're enjoying it! Some medical happenings set me back a bit, but I'm finally back at my workstation and I'm hyped up to start - and share - my old and new projects with you!:. PROJECT LINEUP .: Animatics & Animations- Guardian Blue *NEW* (see below)-Eternal Flame (ha-HA you thought I forgot, didn't you?) Christmas Comic 2022 Calendar Illustrations Doodles...because when am I not?The Guardian Bl...
VQ Zootopia (Vulpine's Quarterly)
*Re-uploaded both magazine spread AND text-less versions because the colours were off. That's one of my BIGGEST pet peeves; one piece can look great on the tablet, but extremely off on another screen or when viewed during daylight*VQ Zootopia - Vulpine Style & Fashion, Politics, Trends and CulturePick-up the Vulpes Vulpes (Red Fox) Edition in stores and online this April featuring the ZPD's first fox Nicholas Wilde.I had a lot of fun making this piece and treating it like an actual work ...
VQ Magazine, Zoobound, Stream & CNMC Update
Stream Link: https://picarto.tv/Qalcove/38ecf37720cd09a6fe3e406774cf5591Hi there! Progress in the cove is slow and painful, but it’s still progress. I’ve been looking at a lot of art that’s really inspired and it really makes me want to improve, so I’m trying to edge away a little from my current “style” in favour of new techniques – it’s new, it’s frustrating and it’s fun (when I can force myself to turn on the workstation)!Below are some WIPs to help me get back into things...
The Bridesmaid Dress: Complete Story Collection
Any of you remember that old story I made called "The Bridesmaid Dress"? Someone messaged me about it after seeing the story on R/Zootopia and I felt like I'd time travelled back to 2018. While the original iPad files were luckily still in-tact, the written portion was saved only on the original DeviantArt post... so when I deleted my old account, I deleted Bridesmaid, too.Even though I embarrass myself looking over probably my first attempt at writing a story ever, I'm really ap...
Radio Silence Update
Hey guys and Happy March! Weird that it's already March...I know I've been kinda quiet, especially after having been relatively active prior to. My art brain kinda just... cut off. I don't know if it was because I'd been seeing my older stuff and got disappointed, or if I was burnt out, or all of the above, but I just couldn't bring myself to turn my workstation back on.I think I might've plateaued.Over the years I've found that plateauing is normal, it's when you...
More Rough Drafts!
The above pose was meant for one of the pages of the comic, but I wound up wildly colouring it this morning because I can't draw that much today. I might make an actual series of designer-esque ads with actual poses just because.Anyway, have some more roughs and doodles and I'll be doing my best to get them inked soon!
CNMC Rough Pages and ... WildeHopps Date Night?
Blame chat for the above image.CNMC Chapter 2 Starter Pages (with cameos!)Pg. 14I have dialogue I promise. I decided to feature Andy from ZNN in this page, along with Patron Leon Kirby and his cute fiancée Merida enjoying the snow in Tundratown! How does Sahara Square keep the snow away? How does energy work in this city when/if the area around it snows? I probably just need to go to sleep.Thank you Cody for the Amazoo idea!Pg. 15I might alter the brush a little in this chapter. I like it when ...
Weekly Update *WED TIME UPDATE*
Hi guys! Happy belated Valentine’s Day to you all! Somehow, we got almost all the commissions finished sans one more (thank you for waiting, DocFox) – thank you to all who came by the Café!CNMC + Stream ScheduleI’m gonna jump back into CNMC this week. Finishing 10 commissions in less than a month really helps with speed, so I’m hoping to kinda blaze through chapter 2. This week’s stream schedule is: Wed: *7PM EST | Valentine’s Day Commission (Public) Thurs: 8PM EST | CNMC Comic – ...
