What’s your favourite green tea/matcha snack?
My OC Dolce likes them all, though they won’t admit it!

This artwork was actually started in 2019, but I had run into issues. Thankfully I found it again and was finally able to finish it!! I enjoyed it a lot, maybe I’ll start drawing more food-themed art?

No speedpaint video this time, but here’s some screenshots of my progress!

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I was thinking last night about how I’d really like to have a Fullmetal Alchemist t-shirt. They exist, but the ones I’ve seen either don’t suit me, I don’t like the fabric, or I don’t like the artwork (actually, there was one case where I liked it except it wasn’t in my size). ANYWAYS! I decided that I’d just have to make my own FMA shirt that fit what I wanted.

I like vintage/muted/natural/flowery clothes, and one of my favourite FMA illustrations by Hiromu Arakawa features the brothers on the train tracks. So with those inspirations in mind, I started doodling ideas and came up with this rough artwork.

I plan on finishing it, but I wanted to post it and get some feedback for a change. I like how it’s going, but I feel that there’s some things I’m probably not thinking of composition-wise, or I’m not entirely sure how to fix (Alphonse looks a little too static to be walking, but considering he’s a suit of armor I’m having difficulties drawing him lol). I might expand the finished image to fill the whole canvas.

I may be asking for a lot, considering how rough this is, but any feedback, in the comments or critiques (wow, a first for me) is welcomed. ^^’

Thanks in advance.

IMPORTANT: My friends lost their dream home to a fire last April. Please take a minute to view their GoFundMe as they’re looking to rebuild. Donations to them are appreciated, but if you can’t, please share the link anywhere you can. Thank you. I also posted about this on Facebook with more info.

I finally got the chance to watch Cardcaptor Sakura. I remember watching Cardcaptors on Teletoon so many years ago, but much like Sailor Moon I don’t remember anything that happened or why I liked it. So it was quite the pleasure watching the subbed version on Crunchyroll with my sister <333

It’s safe to say that CCS is now one of my all-time favourite animes and I’ve become a little obsessed over it (especially Sakura and Syaoran, I’ve doodled fanart of them so hopefully you guys will see some in the future ;D if not here, then on my website). I had no idea that I would like it so much, but now I just love iiiittt <333

One night I got the second opening song stuck in my head so I was just “OKAY I CAN’T TAKE IT, I’M DOING A SKETCH.” …then once I finished the anime, I couldn’t help finishing my sketch and this came about!

This isn’t my favourite outfit of Sakura’s, but because the song was stuck in my head I chose to draw it. c: I added Kero-chan because… well, Kero-chan is Kero-chan. The moon is glowing purple for a reason (those who’ve watched will probably understand) and I made the Clow Cards from scratch. The majority of this was drawn in Manga Studio, then a few special effects – mainly the cards – were drawn in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend! (And HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you Canadians! ;D)

Edit Here’s the making of “Strength of the Stars” as an animated gif! :D Enjoy~

I’m participating in the Melon Berry Tea 2015 Artbook!

{ Click here to visit the MBT site and donate. }

Melon Berry Tea is an artbook dedicated to artists, so that fans can donate and artists can earn money to put towards whatever it is they need (I’m putting any donations I receive towards post-secondary education). The donation period is open until October 31st 2014.

Want more info? Click here for more information about the book, why you should donate and a sketch preview of my artbook entry. You can also click here for a cleaned up preview of my entry. Thanks!!

Time lapse videos: WILL UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE LATER. I’ll update this post when I do that.
You can view this image on DeviantART here.

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The Mekakucity Actors made me get the urge to finally draw Seto and Mary together! I’ve shipped them for a short while now, but watching the anime made me want to draw it! ///

Speaking of the anime, I definitely recommend it! It was off to a slow start, I’ll admit, but the character interaction and humor is worth it. <333 And you can watch it on Crunchyroll for free~ If you're not familiar with the song series the anime originated from, I would recommend searching for "Kagerou Project" on Youtube, too. :D I wish I had thought up a better title though; it's based a little bit off the "Imagination Forest" song's lyrics, but I should have really thought it through... oh well. Thanks for looking! ovo

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In other news, I was fortunate enough to receive a Daily Deviation on May 24th! You can read about that here. I have more good news coming too, so keep an eye out for updates! Thanks! <33

Time lapse videos: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
You can view this image on DeviantART here.

Started doodling a random mori girl one night and then this came about. (Can you tell I’m a little mori obsessed? :P) I took a little bit of inspiration from art nouveau, though it’s probably far from perfect in that aspect. I struggled a lot with the girl’s face, and there’s something about it now that kind of bugs me… but oh well.

The bird featured in the painting is one of my favourites, the red breasted nuthatch. I love how shy they are when I go outside to fill the feeder (or when other bigger birds are at the feeder), but manage to gather enough courage to land on the feeder with others present. There’s been times where I wondered if they were going to land on me instead of the feeder. Plus, they sound so cute! <333 I just love them a lot. ;U; Anyways, as well as really wanting to draw my favourite bird, this is also kind of a tribute to autumn... my favourite season, despite how cruel it feels to me sometimes. Oh, and I got to include more than colouring in my video this time (such as the line art stage) so please feel free to check it out~ Thanks for looking, and have a good week! : D

Time lapse videos: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
You can view this image on DeviantART here as well.

In September I had a burst of inspiration for Slade’s story (during my exam time, how lovely >>).
As well as story development and character redesigning, it prompted this Halloween-themed picture of her (the witch), Caleb (the vampire), and Rowan (the pirate) in costume. I really didn’t put much thought into who would dress as what and why, I just wanted to draw something fun! ;v;

After struggling with the shading (I couldn’t decide between hard shading or painterly/soft shading at first), I ended up getting to try some new things that that I’ll probably continue to do too, so I’m pretty happy about that. It makes digitally painting more enjoyable for me. ^^
I tried painting the eyes without outlines, but I don’t know if I’ll stick with that (I probably won’t for now anyway).
I kind of wish I had made the pumpkins jack-o-lanterns, or maybe added more fun stuff, but I’m not sure if it would’ve become cluttered, so maybe it’s for the best.. ~_~

I would like to thank my mom for helping with the title and references, and my friend Ren for suggesting that Rowan be a pirate~

Thanks for looking, and have a happy Halloween, everybody!! :D

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Do not use without permission.

View the process/speedpaint videos on Youtube!: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
My actual youtube channel is Designs By Sloan.
I also posted a dA journal about it that you can read here.

The picture itself has actually been finished for a while, but I FINALLY recorded myself drawing, and I wanted to prepare the video and post it alongside the picture at the same time… which took a while ’cause it meant learning a new program. ;v; It’s not perfect, but hopefully somebody can get some enjoyment out of it!

But anyways, back to the picture itself. This picture started off with me wanting to draw a random mori girl with blonde, wavy hair. Then she turned into an elf for some odd reason. Then I added the animals and background, and it just.. I don’t know how to explain it.

The roses are called “Prickly Wild Roses”, also known to Canadians as the Alberta rose.
The butterflies are tiger swallowtails. The birds are common house sparrows.
The rabbit’s no species in particular. The flower beside the girl on the opposite side of the rabbit is called a “Lady’s Slipper” orchids, they’re grown wildly in Manitoba.
Most of these are things I grew up with or things I love now. The song “The Neglected Garden” by Cecile Corbel (from Studio Ghibli’s “The Secret World of Arrietty”) basically sums up how I feel.
….Except for the wheat, which is very pretty but considering I’m extremely allergic, I don’t like it too much. XD

Anyways, I’m not sure what I actually think of this picture anymore. I can’t even count the number of hours I’ve put into this over a period of.. months. I’d love to change it or redo it, but for now I really just have to let it be and move onto new projects.

Thanks for looking!! <3 - - - Artwork and character © 2013 Sloan | designsbysloan.com Do not use without permission.

Somebody requested Toshiro Hitsugaya, and I ended up drawing him.
He’s definitely one of my favourite Bleach characters after all, plus my mom likes him too, so how could I not!?
Thank you so much for requesting this, Katie! I really hope you liked it. ^^

As for the artwork, I doodled it in ArtRage (I can’t remember if it was 3 or 4), then quite a while later I resketched it, linearted it, and coloured it in Photoshop CS5, and then after THAT I moved it back into ArtRage 4 so I could blur the bottom. I’ll probably stick to drawing headshots this way, I like the effect. -u-

Also, I have a treat for you lovely readers~ I managed to save enough screenshots of my progress, so I turned it into a gif!

Sorry if the watermark is bothersome, I figured my usual watermark would be worse for it, so I changed it. ^^;

I have also made a new category for tutorials, or images with progress gifs or videos. We now have a program so I can record myself drawing in Photoshop, so hopefully I’ll be able to add more to the category soon!

But anyways, thank you for looking!

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Artwork © 2013 Sloan | designsbysloan.com
Bleach / Character (Toshiro Hitsugaya) © Tite Kubo
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