Tessera

Got pissed off trying to do a sketch last week so I vented my frustrations through this youtu.be/zUl9fm-_Rck

warren tries to draw

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Being compared to my lazy, alcoholic, transphobic stepfather just now has got to be the most insulting thing I've ever experienced. I've been forced to live around him for over a decade, and people act surprised when they see my temper's been frayed? Do you expect me to bite my tongue for ten years?

If Cairo and the @shoomka.bsky.social Greninja ever met up, this is probably how it would go

Say happy birthday to carnaltwin, everyone

Cairo the Lucario sitting at a table, looking sadly at their birthday cake, saying "happy birthday to me... all alone...". Behind them, their friends, Allen the Zangoose, Warren the Midnight Lycanroc, Clarence the Meowscarada, and Robbie the Gengar, look annoyed, screaming "WE'RE RIGHT HERE!".

Been sitting on this set of messages for a few days. Guess I'm feeling expendable more than anything. Bud and I are still friends, but it does ache a little to know they so easily give their affection to other people. We weren't all that special after all

A text exchange between myself, Bud, and War.

Cairo: Bud's on his redemption arc
Bud: No im still evil as fuck
Bud: But i har soft spot
Bud: For my
Bud: Lover
War: yeah you loyal fuck

Couldn't post all the drawings on one post, so here's the rest

Broadway from Gargoyles, overlooking a valley, a set of towers in the distance over the water. He looks pensive, gaze down, hand over his knee, kneeling. Perhaps he's ruminating. The moon hangs over the scene.

A lion lounging on a beach chair, hands behind his head and mane, one leg folded casually over the other, a bit of a gut sitting there with him. His tail overhangs the seat of the chair, resting in the water beneath. An umbrella and towel sit in the background on the sand. A foaming tide just kisses the legs of the beach chair.

So, here's a funny story. The day after posting the Lucario tutorial, my laptop stops turning on. I then spent the next two weeks waiting for it to be fixed in Toronto. Instead of terrorizing some other creative medium like I intended, I made a bunch of pencil drawings. mfw forced drawing practice 🤠

A Lucario diving towards the viewer into a pool, with an indifferent Midnight Lycanroc watching from a distance, sitting on a pool-deck chair.

A Gengar holding a balloon and soaring above the Earth into space, looking rather startled. A Zangoose is floating nearby, looking much more happy.

A wolf wearing a plaid, collared shirt, looking over a desk, studying some papers with an outstretched finger, looking tired and uninterested. He's wearing a beanie with the letters "Mx" stitched onto the brim. His pointed ears poke from rips in the hat. The moon hangs overhead out the window behind his head. A desk lamp illuminates the objects on the desk.

Broadway from the show Gargoyles looking over the viewer, arms crossed, wings spread, a rather wide frown stretching across his face.

Gonna take a break from drawing after that ridiculously-long undertaking (seriously, why does it always take me so long to make such simple projects?). Guess I'll find some other creative medium to terrorize in the meantime

@carnaltwin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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How to Draw a Lucario

YouTube video by carnaltwin

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Who does Bluesky think I am?

Bluesky's great recommendations for people to follow.

vantablack (silly alt)@vantablacksilly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

CANRALTIWIM AMEN

@carnaltwin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If nobody got me, I know half-decent sketch emerging after like two hours got me. Can I get an AMEN? 🗣️🗣️

Lion giving a thumb's up, looking generally pleased, saying "hell yeah, man, you got it, just roll wit' it! that's what i'm talking about!"

@carnaltwin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Made a little Valentine's Day card maker. If you have someone special in your life, feel free to use my silly little website to generate them something funny! I don't have anyone special, so I generated you a card (see below :) ) carnaltwin.github.io/valentines/

A Valentine's Day card with pink decorations that reads "Ahem, be someone else's." A Gengar holding a teddy bear hostage can be seen on the right.

@carnaltwin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Managed to finish this up before the new year (in my timezone, anyway). Here's a half-hour video of me overthinking the drawings I've made. Thanks for accompanying me over the course of this year, everyone. It's been rough, but we're still here. youtu.be/JGZ12z9yXfQ

Drawing is the Hardest Easiest Thing

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@carnaltwin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Drew my Lucario character impaling my friend for Christmas

@carnaltwin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I knew Bird Alone was going to end how it did, but here I am, sitting alone in my room on Christmas Eve, tearing up over losing a fictional parrot. Don't squander the time you have with friends. That shit doesn't grow on trees.

Okay, they're off my chest. You can leave me alone now, Chronic Self-Deprecation Demon

Here's the most recent thing I've finished. After watching Zootopia 2, I got a little inspired and drew these two goobers. I mean, with how hard the movie pushes their relationship, it only makes sense to take it to its extreme, right? Attempted some more complex colouring again. Still needs work

Drew this one at the end of November. Got super lazy with the colouring, but this one was only meant to be practice for the pose. I originally wanted to draw another one to go along with this, but I got lazy. Will probably return to the idea at some point next year. Hi, Sonar!

Made this one for @ircluzar.bsky.social. 'Twas my first time drawing a feminine body type. Definitely more happy with how Violet looks than Cairo. He looks like a frigging rat, and I didn't quite get the pose how I wanted. Still better than I expected it to turn out

Violet Bunny watches with amusement as Cairo the Lucario rages at a video game while the two of them sit on a red couch. Cairo is screaming "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?"

Made these in October to practice doing non-flat colouring. I basically just took an airbrush and scribbled until it looked okay. Not the worst things I've drawn, but I'm not sure I like this way of colouring. Will keep experimenting

Purple-blackish blob of symbiote sits on an outstretched hand, looking rather happy with himself.

A clawed, dark-furred hand reached out of a smartphone into the world. Little RGB-coloured pixels flit around it.

Xilats Dert @xilatsdert.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Two nights in a row without sleep. My brain is hazy enough right now to drop the ego, so I'm gonna post some drawings I've been sitting on

You jerk awake and claw your way out of a pile of latex and rubber scraps, your heart pounding as you gasp greedily for air. The sun peeks between the slats of a boarded up window in the dusty room you've been squatting in since you came to town.