Birthday Break!

Hi, M³ here! I've got two little things to let you in on.
So the first one is that me and my sister's birthday is coming up! (Yes, we're twins) A couple weeks after that, she heads off to Doane. This will be the first time we've ever truly been separated, and because of this, I want to make her gift extra special. Unfortunately, I only have a week to do it, so I'm going to put all the time that I have towards making her gift. This, on top of our birthday being on a Saturday, means that there won't be a finished piece of art for next Saturday. There will still be a Wildcard Wednesday though, and any other random sketches I've thrown together will be posted the Friday before my birthday.
The last thing is I'm thinking of giving my Wildcard Wednesdays themes. When I can doodle whatever I want, sometimes I'm at a loss as to what I should draw. This carries into the break room at work. And on the worst days there, sometimes I'm so miserable, I can't even draw anything. So to give myself some focus, I'm going to start introducing themes into the mix. I'll keep next week's theme a surprise.
That's all for now! Have a great weekend!

Work Life #2

Work Life #2: Working in retail has got to be one of the most educational, crappiest experiences of my developing adult life. And even when things are going fine, it is far from fun. At the moment I drew this, I was overworked, tired, missing out on my family, and wanting to bawl at my register. This was pretty much art therapy for one of the worst weekends I've ever had.

Inspiration: So for those of you who saw the initial sketch of this in delayed Wildcard Wednesday #10, you know the story behind this. You know what the IVs stand for. I just decided to ink and color this in. Got most of it finished during yesterday's lunch break refuge to Panera's.

Tools: Pencil (outlining), Prismacolor and Sharpie pens, and Faber-Castell watercolor pencils.

Wildcard Wednesday #11

This week, we can expect: Colin Morgan and Admetus. Kind of no other way to put it.
(Also, the stupid scanner failed on me again, so I had to take pictures with the phone. I will try and get down to the bottom of this.)

Colin Morgan: Two years ago, I completed the BBC life cycle (including Doctor Who and Sherlock) with Merlin. I loved it from the first episode. And Colin Morgan is officially one of my favorite actors out there.

I have some kind of dumb modesty complex in which I can be too respectful of people and things. I always wanted to draw people I admired, but because of this always shied away from doing it. But then I found the picture this drawing's based off of on Pinterest and I just had to draw him. And as I've been growing and advancing in my art, my love for people and things is overcoming my timidity.

Between God and the Devil #14: Some loose conceptual sketches for Admetus in two of his multiple forms.

Hawkmoth's Phantom

Hawkmoth's Phantom: They say the Phantom of the Opera is just a legend from the past. But with Hawkmoth's darkening akuma, that legend could well turn into a reality.

Inspiration: This year I was finally able to scratch an item off my bucket list-to see Phantom of the Opera, one of my favorite musicals, live. I'll never forget it-the moment the overture played and the chandelier began to rise, I was afire with chills and every hair stood on end. The whole production was amazing, and I fell even more in love with the musical.

This also coincided with the time I was really starting to get into Miraculous Ladybug. So I made this crossover piece of fanart.

(Another crazy week plus going with my sister to her orientation at Doane University got away from me, so no new art! Just getting some more of the Miraculous Ladybug art I shared for her blog post on here)

Tools: Pencil (outlining), Prismacolor and Sharpie pens, and Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and markers.

Delayed Wildcard Wednesday #10

This week, we can expect: Mulan about to go off with a bunch of virus-fighting twenty-somethings, while I attempt to revive myself at work.
(The scanner is working again, yes!)

Disney #1: As part of making it through my job (and just to draw inspiration), I'm drawing some favorite characters/scenes from my favorite animated movies. One I haven't seen in a while and need to is Mulan. I rediscovered the scene where she decides to go fight in her father's place and, man! I didn't truly understand what was going on in that scene when I was little, but I do now! The first time I saw it again, it was so powerful a moment I was on the verge of tears. And then I couldn't stop watching it over and over. Everything about that scene is perfect.

Virus #1: Got a new project to work on alongside Between God and the Devil! This is based off of a vague, adventurous dream I had. I worked with a team of young fellow twenty-somethings to secretly provide a city dying by a vicious virus vaccines while looking for the cure and evading some government agency that didn't approve of our doings. Pretty dystopian yet fun, and clearly influenced during the days that I wanted to be a virologist. Don't worry, this story will have more meat on it than it did in the dream, and everything will be fleshed out. I'm even merging material from another dream to flesh out a backstory for two of the characters.

Work Life #2*: Oh, the craptacular weekend I had at work last week-got called in early on the busiest Saturday I've ever worked, making my shift TEN hours instead of nine, then the next day feeling miserable while an ungrateful customer grumbled at me like a jerk, and dealing with some really shady people with declining cards. Overworked and missing out on a fun weekend with my family, I lost all dogged determination to keep making it through. I'm doing much better now, partially due to this drawing I did during a break. All the IVs are the things that keep me fueling. From left to right: drawing, YouTube/movies/music/fandoms, Starbucks, the promise of my return to Metro, my future in animation, and lastly my family and friends.

Delayed Wildcard Wednesday

Hi, M³ here! I'm afraid I'm going to have to postpone today's Wildcard Wednesday to tomorrow. Long story short, I was a first responder and spent three hours in the sweltering heat during my shift. The scanner is still not working with me, and while I can think of one or two ways to troubleshoot it, I'm so exhausted that I honestly can't be bothered right now.
Sorry for the delay, hope you enjoy the art coming tomorrow!

Imp Advice

Between God and the Devil-Imp Advice: A common tradition for imps is to live by a piece of advice given to them that they must follow if they wish to have a happy life. Now as Angelica is nearing the end of her training for Superiority, Bucksnip reads her past life to see what wisdom he should impart with her.

Inspiration: As I've been figuring out scenes and how to weave certain characters in and out of the story, I thought up this moment between Angelica and Bucksnip. When my sister was working Shakespeare on the Green last year, actors and crew members would do tarot readings or even "candle" readings for fun. This inspired the imp advice.

Tools: Pencil (outlining), Prismacolor and Sharpie pens, and Faber-Castell watercolor pencils.