July is over!! I wish I'd had more time for more AF pieces, but I got became really, really unwell again. This summer has decided I shall just be suffering LOL. At least I did some higher quality pieces this month!! 💪
Shmurfles
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Mels // She/they // 30+ https://toyhou.se/Mels I'm mostly just here to be feral about my OCs. :')
@shenpai.gay Hope you're having a wonderful birthday full of love and happiness >o<!!!! Here is my first time drawing Voxer properly and not chibi :') I hope I captured his attitude well enough! (Full res/transparent on Art Fight lol!)
Nothing makes you want to double down and make the most insane ref sheet of your characters possible like finally commissioning someone seriously and realizing all your current references are embarrassing and chibi. 🥲 Please hold out hope for my sanity as I spend the next 20+ hours drawing Ezra. LOL
Fffsss. I don't know what it is, but I always end up going over the top with Ezra when I draw him VS everyone else. Fully shaded this one because he deserves it rofl.
More Shaye. :') But this time for once it's not a chibi or a shitpost lmao. Just him being precious. As it should be haha.
I feel like dogshit today but I'm doing my best to draw >o< WoooOOO.
My monitor died two days ago. Got a replacement yesterday, and it was super messed up and made all images ultra blurry. Had to wait a day to return it and get a new one FML. Hopefully I'll be back to AF tomorrow T__T what a mess.
I have literally hundreds of OCs to pick from to draw. So why do I keep picking the same OC just so I can draw fan service FOR NOT OF my favorite OC. Lmao. Ezra needs more pretty art of Shaye, even if he cannot actually see it because he doesn't actually exist :')
It's not time yet, so I had to draw myself something while I wait >o< AHHH.
Art Fight starts shortly. :') Hope everyone has fun! I am going to be trying to participate as much as possible! I cannot guarantee I'll attack back, but I'll be doing my best :') artfight.net/~Mels
This month was a slow one!! Had a lot of physical and mental health problems creep up, but I did my best. :') I did manage to write 44k words as well, so even if I didn't do art, I did do something creative! :)
Pouty!!! One more for the end of the month. It was a slow month for art since I was unwell LMAO.
This is mostly just for me but... I am at 182,528 words with the story I'm writing. I'm 24 chapters in. I wrote over 44k of those words this month. I have never in my entire life considered myself a writer. I have no idea why this is happening but I'm... so happy. :') I love my dumb boys so much.
Given that my health continues to hold, I really, really want to participate in AF this year. :') artfight.net/~Mels
Yeah, sure. I'll spend time today drawing floor plans for the locations in my story. Why not. 🫠
Falling asleep to the sound of a heartbeat that had once been lost completely.
As an artist... I uhm. *avoids eye contact with everyone* I uh... obviously I only draw things I think ... you know... benefit society as a whole. *cough* I would never use my... 'skills'... to draw anything dumb, or stupid, or ridiculous even. I am trustworthy. I swear. Please believe me. T_T
Me: I have so many plans for June yay! My back: It is time again where I hurt for several days unbearably :') OTL I just wanted to work on projects. Ahhh.
IDK maybe for pride I could actually talk about myself. My name is Mels (she/they!) I'm non-binary, pan & demisexual! I've been married for 14 years. My partner is the first person in my entire life to support me in everything I do. Even if it's spending 100% of my day thinking about my boys. 🫠🫠🫠
Today is for Adryn. 🥵 He's the main character in the story I'm writing. The story starts with him having the worst day of his life (so far) and he ends up tangled up in a world he didn't know even existed after turning into a demon. Luckily for him, his destiny drags him exactly where he need to be.
It's June and I'm celebrating Pride by talking about my LGBT+ OCs. This is Finn. He's a scientist. He doesn't do his job very often because he prefers to piss his boss off. Instead he'd rather be thinking about the one guy he's not allowed to be thinking about. :')
Close up of my baby Lysidias. Finally cooperated and let me draw him today 🥲
May is over >o< I got 44 pieces finished! I mostly spent the month working on refs for some characters so they were easier to work on in the future, but I also did some of the longest projects I've done all year. (20 hours on a single piece? who am I anymore lol) ((Also wrote almost 30k lol))
So drained from being social the last two days. ToT My friend was kind enough to let me draw one of her cutie pies. >o< Character belongs to Anarnee on TH!
If no one has any input, I'll pick myself, but I figure I should give people who might have missed this another chance :')
Shmurfles@shmurfles.bsky.social · 3mo agoPride month is just around the corner and I'm wondering what I should do for it! A: Feature specific OCs and tell a little bit about them? B: Feature specific OC couples (romantic or platonic) and tell a little bit about them? I know not many people are watching me but if you have a pref, lmk. :')
27k words total for all three parts to this backstory. (8k written today lol) I cried for like 6 hours today. But it's done. JFC.
Shmurfles@shmurfles.bsky.social · 2mo agoEnough cowardice. Time to work on this. *rolls up sleeves while already crying*
Enough cowardice. Time to work on this. *rolls up sleeves while already crying*
Shmurfles@shmurfles.bsky.social · 3mo ago19k words into this now. I spent the start of my morning smiling so hard my cheeks hurt and now I'm crying :') And I know the crying is not going to end for a very long time. AHHH.
Changed Donovan's design up a bit when I properly inked and colored these today. I like the moodier eyes and the shorter hair much better. Griff pretty much stayed identical because his design was love from the beginning. <3
Shmurfles@shmurfles.bsky.social · 2mo agoWork in Progress of some new characters. 🫠🫠 Thought since I was watching Shen stream making new OCs, I should work on these two and get them out of my brain today. Wheee. I am in love with them already. Donovan on the left, Griff on the right. AhhHHHHH.
Work in Progress of some new characters. 🫠🫠 Thought since I was watching Shen stream making new OCs, I should work on these two and get them out of my brain today. Wheee. I am in love with them already. Donovan on the left, Griff on the right. AhhHHHHH.