I sense future trust issues, lol. Dunno why, but it's always fun to see human versions of anthro characters, maybe because the reverse is more common. The little spots of color tying them all together was a nice touch!
Day 5: Re-designed OC
Didn't have a lot of time for this one because I didn't know who to draw, lol. I don't really redesign characters. It's very likely what you see is what they originally looked like. Anyway, here's Oliver from an unpublished WIP. I didn't so much re-design him as I did the whole story. He's horrified at how cartoony he was before.
I think that his current and old desings are cute, I like his silly witch hat. But his hair style is nicer in the newer version. I personally love redesigning characters. I think its cool to see characters grow and change as I get older. but also of a big proponent of "if it aint broke don't fix it" and these are pretty fun designs!
I'm just doing the regular Inktober, this is what I have so far
For backpack, I drew Lolly rummaging through her backpack that she wears throughout Reap, and then because I spent too much time zoomed in on her, I had a lot of space, so I added in Kno
For Discover, I drew a scene from temptation stairway from Ena, from when she says "hark"
For boots, I thought of what characters wear boots, so I drew Amy Rose, and because I was focusing on boots, I re-drew that one meme where she's stamping in Batman's head
I accidentally got days four and five mixed around, but I still did them so whatever,
For binoculars, I drew the double dragon spyglass from Pikmin 4 and multiple pikmin
And for exotic, I went back to Ena and drew the Taski Maiden (plus friends)
And for today was trek, so I drew Perry the platypus and Doofenshmirtz trekking through the desert, from that one episode
It may not be natural but it looks cool, lol! I live the outline done in blue and the red bg really makes it all pop.
@drewdoniger I love your latest one, lol! Very nice use of color for the lighting and obviously A+ choice in characters.
OC-tober Day 6: past
Here's 16 year old Aster back when he was a mage in training and still didn't look like he and sleep were mortal enemies. Also, behold my half-assed background!
Half assed background is better than a photobashed one... speaking of which
This is between my story and stardew valley. Which, weirdly, is the origin of the story. I wanted to try my hand at fanfic/art, so I started to draw my head canons for the villagers, one of which was that Sebastian and Alex could make for a very interesting couple because both of them struggle with deadbeat dads, I thought that Sebastian and Hailey would have fun bitchy interactions. Since then, I've morphed the characters severely into whatever I wanted. Sebastian became Fabian. Hailey became Emerald (which is a sharp contrast in personality) and Alex became Ira (perhaps even sharper). Fabian and Emerald are twins, Fabian and Ira do NOT date (Ira is aroace) Ira and Emerald are besties, just like Alex and Hailey ig.
I can see the influence but I like the changes you made, especially with Emerald, lol.
@Beelovabea Oh, nice, I love the glow you added around the eyes!
Quick sketchy sketch before I go make preserves, but here's Day 7: Likes! Went with Aster, who loves sweets even though he doesn't eat as much as he should (he forgets). He also likes his pretend husband, but it was easier to draw a cake. 
the dead meme in question:
These are Ira's parents. From left to right we have Alacrán, this world's god of death and the afterlife, she is thousands of years old but has only recently woken from a 500-year-slumber, she can only be perceived by the living when they are close to death and at the darkest hours of night.
Next is Emilio Velazquez, Ira's dad, who has had his soul permanently stuck between life and death for most of his life, he had Ira when he was 23ish and he and Alacrán grew distant as he got older and she got used to the modern world and they settled into a co-parenting dynamic.
Finally, we got Talia, a biologist, who very stubbornly doesn't believe in ghosts, souls, or the afterlife and who is also Emilio's wife with two kids. Whenever confronted by the paranormal, she either rationalises or studies it, if a study results in something that seems paranormal, it requires more study. Ira having angel wings and sometimes turning into birds or a skeleton have required long-term study. Along the way she developed a pretty good relationship with both Ira and Alacrán, who both enjoy her perspective even if she makes theories about them being mass hallucinations.
I'm not 100% sure on what their dynamic is specifically how Emilio and Alacrán feel after 25 years of co-parenting, but them being an on-and-off thruple isn't out of the question.
Tag yourself, I'm the nightgown/nightcap wearer, lol. I love it when there's just that one character that's super skeptical even while surrounded while batshit stuff. Like, girl, the man has wings. 
Day 8: Dislikes!
Here's Cassian after being asked that question and almost immediately thinking of a certain thief.
Oooh this one is gross and crusty, as is the nature of 30-day challenges. anyway this is a still from on of my favourite childhood videogame garfield's scary scavenger hunt. where you go rounda haunted house solving puzzles to get photorealistic garfield branded baked goods.
I feel like I've seen that game before. But I could just be misremembering because of all the Garfield I read and watched as a kid, lol.
OC-tober Day 9: Relationships!
Could I have gone for a more wholesome pair? Yes, but it wouldn't be as funny. They're probably arguing about something dumb here, btw. Most likely about Cassian failing to make a fire the old fashioned way and then pissing Elias off, lol. I'm sure they'll be besties in no time!
Also, no background but I did throw in some messy coloring!
just some dudes bein bros, I think the colours came out pretty nice! the flame is pretty and who doesn't love a bit o' rimlight eh?
As much as I really like this pose, I had a really hard time with the face, I really don't jel with anime style face proportions (no nose big eyes) but having shanged it Idk if this looks that much like miku. not all of them can be winners, we take it in stride.
Yeah, those dynamic poses are cool but such a pain to do sometimes, lol. It turned out good though! And it's always cool to draw other characters in your own style!
Day 10: Personality!
Obviously I went with Cassian because he has the personality of a cat who is way too willing to use his claws.
Thinking "Oh like the black cat Ă— golden retriever trope" with Cassius and Elias. But with further thought it's more cat and other, more bitchy cat.
That's pretty accurate, actually, lol.
Day 11: Symbolism
I rushed it today because it was laundry day but yeah, I think one of the main themes and pieces of symbolism relating to Cassian is pretty obvious, lol.
Bit late cause I had to go out, but here we go!
Day 12: Future
Aster's a dreamseer, so he can see the future, or possible future, in his dreams. Only, sometimes it's not good stuff.
I was outta town for a bit, but here are the prompts I missed
This is a fanfic trope, but it sounded so boring that I decided to do just 6 things. These are protective talismans that can transform into protective objects that Ira makes for the people he cares about. Emerald=Sword, Kani=torch, Nuan=gauntlet, Fabian=dagger, Mariposa(his little sister)=soft toy, Emilio=shitty mug that Ira made when he was like, 11, and his dad refuses to let Ira make him a new one.
Already seen plenty of Kani and Emerald, but Em's got her other girlfriend, Nuan, and they all star on a ghost-hunting show that Fabian runs. So there's a fair amount of Kani running into trouble, Emerald running after Kani and Nuan running away from spooky supernatural shit.
Not a big fan of the genderbend trope, but this piece came out pretty cute.
OC-tober Day 13: meme
I love memes so this is one I've been waiting for. Also, I've been rewatching Kitchen Nightmares so this one just came to mind immediately. Gotta love the classics!
Dialouge was adapted from a random quote generator with some alterations. I really enjoyed incorrect quotes as a kid and they were good practice for making one-shot comic pages I did as practice. This has been one of my favourite prompts so far.
Day 14: Inspirations
Late because I had stuff to do, but I wasn't really inspired by any characters when making Cassian. It was just concepts and vibes, lol. Also, meme because I had no time to draw.
Ended up straying from the promptlist, a whole animation meme turned out to be too much work while juggling uni work, exam revision, and a family trip. So I did an old art Redraw!
2/10/2020
15/10/2024
Was kinda worried about how this would turn out because I still really like the original piece and I totally forgot how I did the ghost effect. I changed the subject of the piece from Ira to Emilio because current canon Emilio has more trouble with ghosts than Ira. The two pieces definitely showcase where my focus has been over the years - line confidence, anatomy, shading - and where it hasn't been, - backgrounds, special effects - more to improve on but nice to see the development!
The ghost effect actually looks really good! The hand look more detailed and there's a nice contrast between the shadows and light that make the hands stand out.
