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Tall Tales

I noticed some similarities between these two, and it turns out, the same writer, Erik Wolpaw, worked on both of thier games...

(January 1 - January 31, 2025)

I've been Psychonauts-ing for two years now. YAAAAAAAY!

Phoebe outfit design by @technovillain. Thank you for allowing me to draw it.

Big Bad Purple Bad Boy

Some sort of superhero pose.

Vernon's greatest audience

Inspired by this.

Why did you punch that little girl?

(August 1 - August 30, 2024)

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That won't work, Crystal.

Misha doesn't appear in any mental worlds, so we don't ever see him astral project. I drew what I think it might look like if he did (with stuff referencing a drawing above on the side.)

Well, I guess we're all going to die. My whole life is flashing before my eyes. My first memory is of my dog, Lady.

What an Amazing Mirror, right?

I'm glad that my adult Crystal was met with positive reception. I couldn't decide to show with or without color, so just have both versions.

Camper doodles ^_^ trying to figure out how i like to draw these guys

More coming soon

(July 2 - July 31, 2024)

Maybe it would be fine forever ... Get your mind together ♫

Trust the night sky to carry your wishes to the stars ☆

She has no mouth and wears a hairbow. It made sense to me.

You know how Gravityman's stage in Megaman 5 has those arrows that reverse gravity? I was thinking about those when I drew this.

ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH.

Kitty is the camper I struggle to draw the most. I don't give up easily though.

slow torture.

I want to brush Milla's hair. It looks very soft.

Lady stares like she understands. She does not.

Elton's lev-ball was my favorite color.

I was going to leave this one as a scrapped sketch, but my friends liked it so much I decided to clean it up.

We're a little weird, but don't be afraid.

I think about how they share the same VA often. The difference between them is funny.

Boy, you said it, St. Bernard dog painter.

You said to barge in, so here I am. I like the picture of Vernon that you drew :D I like your art style! Will you draw any other campers? Aside from Vernon, are there any other campers you like?

A lot, actually! there's maybe 2-3 campers i don't particularly (but still) care for, everyone in this drawing (and some more) I adore. They are all my fun little guys!!!

(June 4 - June 28, 2024)

Watch out, Phoebe... Be careful.

See, I told you I would revisit that sketch.

Scrapped sketches. They were originally going to be part of some sort of joke.

Scrapped sketch.

I can count on you, Crystal and Clem.

I just wanted to draw @sasalele666's ♀️ Misha design (with a half-assed ♀️ Maloof design I came up with in 5 seconds to go with her.)

Sasha really stood there like "Not my problem" listening to Maloof cry above him in the GPC. (I know it's because he knew Raz would let him out anyway in order to get to his lab, but it's funny to think about.)

When I watched my sister play, that was the exact moment I became enthralled with them.

Baby Loboto

Scrapped sequence of drawings in which an invisible Milka would have comforted Elton. Might come back to this one.

Canon Nils and sasalele666's ♀️ Nils (I thought she was cute and I just like the design so much.)

Milla must have the patience of a saint.

I'm very picky about older camper designs, so I don't usually share mine (Crystal's is the only design I've held onto, and I got it from a DREAM lol.) I was just messing around and thought this drawing turned out well enough to share.

Crystal 🩷

(March 1 - March 29, 2024)

Back once again for the renegade master, D4 damage with the ill behavior (camper fans come get ya food. more under the cut.)

AW YEAAAH

This is not a comic, just me getting easily distracted in art form. One of my friends thought Chloe's helmet was a TV screen.

Artist's block then began to beat my ass, but we will brute force our way through.

I wonder if Maloof likes Tom & Jerry.

This one's for the bird nerds and/or lovers of corny jokes out there.

Signs of spring.

ELKA DOOM FANS WHERE YA AT? MAKE SOME NOISE (I was feeling inspired.)

With Elka's help, the artist's block was vanquished.

This one is based on a dream I had months ago. They are listening to this because it kept me sane during the inordinate amount of time I spent on it.

Dart's head shape is like a modified version of Quentin's head shape (or maybe the other way around.) Visualizing it this way has made it easier to draw him.

A very important task as Bobby's henchman, you see.

(Note: since people have been unsure of what Bobby means when I show it - he wants Benny to bite into the apple first since he can't bite it with his bad teeth.)

Katherine.

I hope you took some time for Vernon on Storytelling Day (March 20)

There's been this commercial that plays "What A Feeling" and every time it comes on, it makes me think of Crystal without fail.

Is Chops wearing lipstick? The color is similar to Kitty's lipstick ... Did he steal it from her?

A Kitty-less Franke, how sad. I've expended all my energy to draw Kitty, so she has to be by herself.

J.T. has a very nice face. He has a very trustworthy smile. I trust him.

(January 22 - January 31, 2024)

Last of January.

You know, I realized just HOW MUCH I draw. One month into 2024 and I've already made 37 drawings.

Anyway, here's Quentin and Phoebe hugging for hugging day, which was January 21. Most of these drawings revolve around them and other campers. If you're down with that, look under the cut for more.

Look, on Quentin's campster bio he says he hugs a lot. THEREFORE, I can draw him hugging his bestie as much as I want.

[quentin singing] your love takes me higher and HIGHERRR

baby, you're spinning me around ... what am I gonna do?

I wanted to draw Kitty grinning like a cheshire cat. I did but I also got very distracted.

boogie on down

I was feeling super hyper when drawing this. (You really think I'd let you go through this without Misha drawings?)

I dunno if I've ever stated it, but I think J.T. is peak character design. He looks pleasant. He IS pleasant. He's a PSYCHIC COWBOY. He doesn't shoot a gun, he shoots BULLETS with his MIND. It doesn't get better than that.

Dart looks down on the other campers for not taking psychic training seriously ... except for Dogen, of course. Dogen is exempt from his contempt. That's how I like to imagine it anyway.

⚠️ Warning for eyestrain. Some of these use colors that are very intense.

I got an idea back halfway through September to make drawings using the spray paint colors from Kirby. What started as a basic idea quickly grew bigger than I had imagined. It became kind of like a "final exam" to me. It took me about a month to complete the project. Thank you to my friends who encouraged me.

Nov. 2, 2023 [Orange] - "Jumping for Joy v2"

Nov. 3, 2023 [Cherry] - "Hey Girl"

Nov. 7, 2023 [Carbon] - "Confidant"

Nov. 8, 2023 [Green] - "Girl In The Fire"

Nov. 14, 2023 [Chalk] - "Tell Me A Story"

Nov. 20, 2023 [Sapphire] - "Ninja"

Nov. 24, 2023 [Red] - "Dangerous Days"

Nov. 27, 2023 [Emerald] - "Joy of Fall"

Dec 1, 2023 [Ivory] - "The Cowboy and the Canadian"

Dec 6, 2023 [Grape] - "Falling Over The Moon"

(November 3 - November 30, 2023)

I've been working on a project since November 2, and I hope to finish it sometime soon. To keep myself sane during this, I doodled. Most of them are not very high effort, so this will be a bit different. Consider these little scraps and bits n' pieces. Special thanks to everyone who inspired these (you know who you are)

See more under the cut (There are plenty!)

Anime Benny.

I gave Crystal a birthday, might as well even it out and give Clem a birthday too. (This date is not canon.)

Clem lemming (or Clemming, if you will)

I might post the finished version of this.

shut up misha i know

Who said that?

Terra don't think about Quentin challenge impossible

(July 25 - July 31 2023)

Last of July

I got my friend into Psychonauts and she started playing it. (ONE OF US, ONE OF US.) She likes Sasha and Milla. Anyway, I decided to draw some stuff more directly referencing the games (and some other random stuff mixed in.) More under the cut.

First time I saw that scene I wheezed my lungs out.

I had a dream in which I saw an older Crystal. I drew her from what I saw. It wasn't her whole body since it was kinda like her talk sprite.

Four doodle pages so far. It just started as me wanting to draw a few campers. A "few" turned into 80% of them. Every camper and Aquato sibling appears at least once (As well as some special guest stars.) I'm sure you can tell who my favorites are by who appears frequently (well except Nils. It's just fun to draw him saying things.) These contain many references and inside jokes between me and my sister, so they might seem weird since I'm presenting them with minimal context. I think they can be enjoyed regardless.

February 18 2023:

February 27 2023:

April 4 2023:

May 20 2023:

Bonus content under the cut

Biblically accurate Milka:

rinse out selecta (reject Quentin sketch):

Fully visible Milka: