Art Style Study That Was Meant To Be A Warmup.

hello tumblr here are my subpar doggust sketches where i made my friends pick dogs for me. theyre the blackmouth cur, billy, and kooikerhondje <3

also you may notice an impressive decrease in quality these are actually in order of me drawing them as i got really fucking tired.

oc pink as a dictator. (inspired by an image from pinterest and also that one cat that was a dictator.) i think this drawing is incredibly funny and it has reignited my will to draw.

also he is finally living up to his originally intended purpose of being drawn in insane fucking outfits.

these two drawings are about the only ones i have of him with his updated design.

refs lol.

ignore that its a screenshot from google.

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uh halloo!!! i'm new to tumblr and i have no idea what im doing but here are some of my recent drawings i've done ^_-

these are all my characters and you can find them here https://toyhou.se/sswamp

Old art of my boy Gallo! I love him...if you wanna read his lore, it'll be under here

Most of the children found his appearance and his family's to be strange, and they liked to pick on him when his older brothers weren't around. He was the youngest of his four siblings. All of his brothers had a difficult upbringing, having to deal with poverty and such. However, they were loved by their parents and received attention often.

TW: Mentions of neglect, character death, homophobia, familial issues and substance abuse

Guiomar or "Gallo" is a 25 year old gay man. He stands at 5'6. Ever since he was young, he knew that he was different from the other children and his other siblings. He found himself interested in holding hands with the boy across the street rather than the boy's older sister that his older brothers fawned over. He didn't voice these feelings, keeping them secret.

Once Gallo was born, their family had already been doing well- having started a successful business in leather work and craftsmanship. This caused them to be busy often, not having the time to really watch Gallo, leaving him to his older brothers' care. His brothers whose names were from oldest to youngest were Miguel, Lupe, Eusebio, and Hernan. Miguel and Lupe were always bickering, as they were the older of the five brothers- they were always in competition. Eusebio was always instigating the fights, finding it funny to watch his brothers fight. Hernan was always scolding his brothers and tried to keep everyone together, which would ultimately end in all four of them fighting.

Gallo would often try to join in or voice his opinion but because of the age gap between them, his brothers always talked over him or pushed him around. So Gallo started to misbehave around town, stealing small things and getting into trouble with the sheriff. His parents would always yell at him and began to suddenly want to monitor him constantly.Gallo would always get angry at his parents, feeling resentful of the fact that they did not seem to find time for him unless he was causing trouble. His brothers though- found his reactions to be funny, with the exception of Hernan who tried to protest against the other three would laugh at him and tease him.

They began to use him as a scapegoat, blaming him for their small mistakes and crimes, knowing that their parents wouldn't physically hit him like they had them. His brothers looked at him with envious eyes when their mother and father let him off with a simple scolding. When they had all had a more physically disciplinary household. They barely felt any guilt towards his brother, feeling like it was nothing compared to what they had to endure and pushed on.

As this happened, Gallo started getting into more fights, wanting nothing more than to wipe the smiles from his brothers' faces. They were all much taller and bigger than him, and he knew that if he tried to fight them, not only would he lose, but their parents would only blame him like they had been. Even when Gallo had evidence that he couldn't have done it, their parents held his brothers on a pedestal, seeing as they were the ones that took care of Gallo when he was a baby.

Gallo could feel the rage in him grow as the days went on, feeling like he would snap at any moment. He began to drink as a way to cope with the pent-up emotions he felt he could never show anyone else.

Then one day when he was twenty years old, after he had come home from drinking, his oldest brother who had blamed the broken clay by the door on Gallo, began to berate him and made comments about how easy he had it and how their parents would probably not even care. Gallo knew that it was more than just a pot, he recognized the shards that it had been the big pot that grandma Ygnacia had made for them with love.He saw red and lunged at his brother, fist connecting with his face. He was tired of being the scapegoat. He didn't care about what his parents would say anymore. His brother fell back, taken aback by the sudden rage in his youngest brother, who always cowered away and took whatever words he threw at him.

Gallo got in a couple of satisfying punches, hard enough that he broke his brother's nose and split his lip. As he was mid punch though, his other brothers rushed in, pulling him off of Miguel, who was still processing what had just happened. Once he did though, he didn't hesitate, shoving his other brothers out of the way before grabbing Gallo by the throat, shoving him into the ground and yelling at him for being the freak of the family, calling him a burden and such.

Hernan grabbed Miguel and held his brother back as best he could, trying to calm them both down when Miguel began to yell slurs at Gallo and started calling him out, how he knew about the way he looked at other men and how he even caught Gallo flirting with the baker's son. His brothers were stunned, all holding a face of confusion, which Gallo perceived as disgust.

He left without saying anything or taking anything. Gallo took one of their horses and rode to the nearest town, where he got directions to Redbrook where he knew his grandma was staying. He wasn't sure what compelled him to go to her, but he could remember how she held him lovingly and listened to him ramble when he was a child. As he made his way to redbrook, he asked around for his grandma and once he found the house he wasn't sure if he should actually knock.

Once he finally did, he was surprised to see an unfamiliar serious looking man answer the door. He asked about Ygnacia and introduced himself. The taller man simply nodding and quietly saying "I'm Bo. She's in the kitchen." before making room for Gallo to come in.Ygnacia greeted her grandson warmly, though she was worried about his wellbeing. Once they had caught up, she sent a letter to his parents explaining that he would be living there from now on. His parents didn't mind, especially not after they found Miguel and the broken pot. His parents didn't hold any room for doubt, still believing their older children.

Gallo didn't care- he was out of that town and as the days went by, he grew closer to Bo and his grandma. He practiced his shooting, finding that he preferred dual wielding. Bo found it impressive that he was ambidextrous, to which Gallo found amusing. He was happy, finding Bo to be like the older brother he always wanted. Though he didn't admit this out loud- still finding issue with talking about his emotions and his feelings with others. He met Jade and though she was a bit annoyed with him at times, they had fun together- he admired how strong and put together she seemed.

Ygnacia's death hit him deeply, filling him with feelings he didn't know what to do with. He felt alone, especially with the way that Bo pulled away so much more. He felt angry at the world for taking away the person who meant so much to him and to Bo. He pushed these feelings down though and did his best to take care of his newfound brother, making sure he ate and drank alongside with Jade.

He hadn't realized how much grief he had been pushing down until one day, Bo came home from practicing hunting and found Gallo drinking alone. Gallo tried to hide the bottle- knowing how Bo felt about drinking, but Bo pushed forward and wordlessly wrapped his arms around him. Gallo felt a surge of sadness and rage, but he let himself feel it just that once, crying into his brother's shoulder until he couldn't anymore. Bo helped him get into bed, and they never spoke of it again.Unlike Bo, Gallo doesn't hesitate to kill animals or bugs that come their way, but he has a small fear of heights and deer Gallo doesn't really mention or talk about his family or his actual name, going by Gallo ever since Bo said the word in reference to how he likes to add red dye from flowers and fruit to his hair like a rooster. He can be loud and nosy, asking invasive questions at times in an attempt to make connections with people. He still drinks, reserving heavy drinking for the nights that he can't deal with his own feelings. He prefers to not smoke, disliking the feeling at the back of his throat.When he meets Mack, he ends up really finding him attractive, they almost sleep together but instead Mack somehow gets offered to join the gang. He does and lets Gallo know that he doesn't date fellow gang members. Gallo accepts this, and they become the best of friends. Unfortunately for both of them, Mack had just come out of a huge betrayal. His boyfriend of a long time when pointed a gun at, had decided to stay in the homophobic gang they were in, letting Mack leave without even trying to leave with him out of fear. Mack never really got over it. He continued to cry to Gallo about it for the next 2 years. Gallo had slowly found himself to have feelings for Mack, but he couldn't do that to him. So he stayed silent. Yearning quietly for those 2 years. Then, one day, Heath comes along (Mack's ex), and he gets immediately tossed into prison by the gang, much to Mack's despair. They let Mack visit, and after some hesitation, let him free. He and Mack catch up, and Mack can't be happier. Gallo couldn't be angrier. The next night, Gallo gets so drunk that he can't walk on his own. Heath, being a decent person, walks Gallo to his home. As they walk together, Gallo lashes out at him verbally, all of his repressed feelings coming to the light. He tells Heath how much he hurt Mack and how better off Mack was now with him and with the gang. He told Heath that if he was Mack's boyfriend, he would never leave him behind like he so cowardly did. Heath is struck by these words, and once he drops Gallo off, he leaves to go see Mack. After some thinking, he draws Mack a picture to remember him by, but feeling unwanted and like a burden, he decides to leave while Mack is sleeping. Joan, the night guard, catches him, but she lets him go, thinking that Mack would be better off without him. She warns that if he ever comes back that she will make sure he has a bullet between his eyes. Mack woke up the next morning, and he was gone. Gallo woke up hungover, not remembering the things he said or how he got home. Mack was devastated and continued to cry about Heath for about another year. Gallo yearns the whole time. A year and a half later, something in Gallo finally snaps, and he confesses. Mack confesses back, having secretly gained feelings over the past 6 months. They both end up together and become inseparable.

poor chicken is anti aliased as hell or whatever its called.,. (i aint exporting it bigger idc)

any ways another final piece, this ones for my animation course. these are just the main assets, we actually had to fill in a game template with em but i struggled and tbh don’t like how the game came out so.,., alas.

its truly unfortunate how painful anything related to making games is/seems bc im so full of ideas.

got asked if i was trying to look like P yesterday so I drew her in my outfit.

(just found this in drafts time to queue this shit up)

anyways we have today: my friends character mack in a jester outfit, some freaks, volcanic god concept, another freak, and a concept.,., for a guy.,.,., bird thing.,.,

alright heres my final project for my illustration class. its a character design challenge that i made into a creature design challenge because why not. also feels like one of the few things ive made i can actually label as speculative evolution, yippee!

heres my zine submission! I have got to draw more Thespius.

workin on my nyx (stolen name of my god of night lmao) design and other related things. decided to use my character baetyl (who is a night angel) for my last illustration project of the semester so thats been my motivation.

^ this is the sketchh for it. i like how it looks so far <3

and here are the sketches from where i was working on revamping her design.

lore below vvv

some basic info is that she is the head of the main pantheon in the world. in terms of religion popularity the sun god is way bigger but hes dead so its kinda hard to be in charge. both the sun and night god are some form of gnc, ive decided theyre the primordial she/they and he/they-ers. uhhh shes got two daughters (the two moons), one bigger and one smaller which is reflected in a lot of the design. (she loves her weird freak neurodivergent daughters.)

uhhh the night angels (my oc baetyl being the only one designed lmao) are the main angels of the world. do all the enforcing she requires and such.,., theres also sun angels but theyre less of a.,., species? group? theyre more just a couple of freaks.

Nyxes pantheon is pretty much the main one, and she has the most power outside of a few notable gods who aren’t particularly interested in contesting her throne.

also a fun similarity between her and the sun god is the wings, shes got bat and hes got dragon wings (pretty much the same thing).

seems like ive never posted baetyl before so heres his design

hunted down a random older sun god drawing as well for reference. this is no longer accurate but its close enough :shrug: