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[it's been a while, Bite the Bullet Ant]

Have you ever played Knuckles Chaotix? Because Bite the Bullet Ant definitely looks like something I would see in that game.

...I haven't played Knuckles Chaotix, btw.

ZHOA responds:

I did a fair bit, it's one of my fav games since little along 3 & Knux, even if it's kinda janky all over ig...

I do really like the sprite art and visuals from Chaotix for sure, that's something i do really like about it...
And yeah pretty much inspired Bite partially, Chaotix and Dynamite Headdy were my main inspos for his Bullet head gimmick...

[Lilith 1995]

The original series apparently came out when I was only about 6 months old, I only got to watch a (slightly butchered) English dub of the original series when it re-released on Netflix in 2019, yet even I am of the subjective opinion that the original series and vision of Evangelion is my favorite.

Case in point, I like the extra detail in this "1995" image compared to the versions in the Rebuild series. Still cool that imagery like this subtly changed to emphasize the differences between the original and Rebuild series.

DreamsBellArt responds:

Well said!

[Accident]

I'm feeling super-vindicated about deleting my own Twitter back in 2021 these days...

[1469]

It's about time Barbar the Elephant got his own game!

[Front facing Hailey]

I like this one! It's like the simplicity of Earthbound's character sprites combined with the whimsy of the first Rayman's sprites!

[Patchouli's Massive Knowledge]

"I worry about her back" jokes are so overdone, so I'll say I'm worried she can no longer feel her arms being crushed under all that milk.

ZedrinBot responds:

Honestly this is Patchouli we're talking about.
I worry about her everything.

[Tarma from metal slug]

Clearly drawing on paper is still your greatest strength (though don't give up digital art, drawing on paper and drawing on a tablet will feel exactly the same after a while, trust this Internet stranger!). However, I think it would help a ton if you used the Curves adjustment tool in Photoshop, Gimp or Krita to make the pencil lines darker and easier to see, or draw over the pencil lines with a bold, black pen (though some color-correction in a photo editor may still be necessary).

EDIT: Wow, Clip Studio Paint must have some excellent brushes that emulate pencils perfectly! I guess just be patient and try to master one single aspect of the drawing process at a time, this stuff takes years of practice and helpful critiques before you can even call yourself a semi-pro.

DerangedKnite responds:

Oh, I did this sketch entirely on clipstudio haha! I have been drawing digitally for 2 months now, Iam getting comfortable with it, But not enough for it to be my greatest strength, I am struggling way more with shading than anything else right now, I always make a decent way of shading, Yet I feel something is off, Either way, I am not giving up on this, I have waited for long for my drawing tablet to be there, And I am not going to drop it at anytime

I use Clip studio's Vector layer to edit some lines and so on with pen pressure too, All I wanna know is how to draw proper shaders and backgrounds and I should be fine and dandy.

I wanna up my shading game even more, And I am even currently struggling with trying to adapt artstyle to poses, I am heavily relying on drawing just characters

[2019 Tight entrance]

Scary monster art combined with a common BBW comic trope (getting stuck in tight spaces slender people don't even have to worry about). The best of both worlds!!

ZHOA responds:

oh you.........

[The characters!]

I've always been a fan of Joy and Maverick's extremely-exaggerated anatomy in particular.