Winter Gators

Man, it's been a while since I worked on anything with my gator OCs and their friends, hasn't it?

I wanted to take a break for a time from the intense paintings I've been working on lately. With the weather over here in Canada being as chilly as it is, I figured now was also the perfect time to get myself a new sweater... Heck, even a new mug.

So I whipped up a bunch of doodles about my gator OCs, brainstormed about winter-related things. I was thinking, "What would be other winter-related things one would typically expect in the Swamplands?" Snow isn't a thing in the marshes unless you went to somewhere of high elevation... Then I settled for some winter crops and vegetation. And I didn't even know until recently that chestnuts grew around Florida in the US; seeing as the Swamplands are based on the swamps of southeastern North America, it was a neat little thing to know. Who'd have thought, eh?

Christine dePizan

This is a rather late post, but this is a commission I did back in November for Cal, featuring his Housamo OC.

If you're ever interested, my commissions are definitely wide open! Click here for more info. 🥰

The Blizzard With Otter (吹雪にオッターと）

I got Otter during the Oedo Christmas event, and I was so happy I made this art of him.

I wasn't particularly sure what kind of background I would do for him. I honestly opted for a simple one, but I found myself wanting something more than that. I took some quick inspiration from this, then I whipped up a decent one for him.

This was a very sudden art piece that weaseled its way into my list because I really enjoyed working with his body type. Now, I can finally move on and clear more from my Housamo art list... That is, if Arc doesn't constantly find their way into my list at the end of each art piece.

Possessiveness (独占欲)

"A-Arc... My neck is sensitive--Ah!"

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Mm, I desperately needed to paint this one. 😏

I started working on this early in the last weeks of December, since I felt like I would not have enough time to work on this come January. I'm a little grateful I did start working with that foresight in mind... 😰

Today, I come to you in honor of an individual that waltzed right into my life nearly a year ago and has since then been living in my head absolutely rent-free. Almost all of my art in the past year has been dedicated to them alone. It's unreal just what kind of impact they've left in my life ever since I played Housamo's Valentine Fantasy, and nothing has been the same since. In fact, things have only been better for me art-wise; I've made a lot of strides in improving my art skills in an attempt to better depict them in my work and make more art of them. And now, I'm here to reap what I've sowed.

So happy birthday to you, my one and only enbyspouse. No one else is going to make the same kind of effort I have, or brainrot as hard as I have to make all this fan art of you (at least, not of this quality). And I honestly take some small pride in that, even if it is a little bit narcissistic. 🤭