An illustration I drew back for Shevi’s birthday last February! Featuring some of her favourite characters, references to most of her other favourite games/series, and her general aesthetic. ^^
Can you spot all the references?

Something I drew for this year’s Kagepro Day (August 15th)!!

Together with my sister Siobhan and our friend Rin, we decided to bring some of our old kagepro art back to life by redrawing each other’s art! (Please go follow their art ♥ )

I drew Shevi’s Artificial Enemy fan art for the collab. ^^ Here’s her original version.
It was pretty hard to decide what of Shevi’s artwork to draw. I decided on this one because I loved the expression and intensity of it, and Ene is one of her favourite characters, so yeah~

Okay now seriously GO CHECK OUT THEIR ART!!

Artwork © 2018 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Original artwork © Siobhan / Dash of Creativity
Kagerou Project © Jin / Shinzen-no-Teki P
Do not use without permission.

Happy first day of spring everyone!! It’s an important day for me in many ways. Although we Manitobans still have snow on the ground and it’s even snowing today (yuck) it’s a promise that winter HAS indeed ended and the weather will turn warm again and the days will have more sun.

I haven’t been able to draw much for the past while, so this is a picture I drew for my friend Tori’s birthday in February. It’s her character, Celeste, who loves nature and photography. ^^

Here’s an illustration I drew for Scurry & Cover’s holiday break!

It had been a while since I worked on any illustrations with backgrounds and/or lots of characters, so I’m pretty happy with how this turned out. And as far as I’m aware, there haven’t been any colour illustrations of Nozomi’s family before (even her grandfather) so it was a pleasure to draw them!!

This is actually the cropped version, you can see the full version here.
And of course, read the webcomic here for free.

I have some good news to share with everyone:
I’ve placed second in the 2018 Ai-kon mascot contest and will have an artist table next year!
It’s about 6 months until Ai-kon and I’m so excited that I’m already starting to plan my table!

Now for a little info about the theme and the entry:

This years theme was “kami and matsuri”.
For those not familiar with those Japanese words, “kami” is a Shinto God/Goddess/Deity.
The Japanese people hold matsuri – or festivals – to please the kami. They’re usually run by shrines or temples, but not always. They occur all over Japan throughout the year, and tend to include carnival games, food stalls, elaborate floats, etc. Commonly the people who attend these matsuri dress in casual clothes or kimono/yukata, depending on the individual’s preference and the time of year. Matsuri are commonly shown in anime and manga, too.

I’ll admit I simply wasn’t keen on designing Aiko as a kami. I didn’t know enough about the subject to portray her accurately and respectfully, and I didn’t have enough time to research it as I’d like. Not only that but I also genuinely liked the idea of portraying her as a normal, human teenage girl. With the themes in the past year, she’s been a princess, a warrior, a magical girl, a science-fiction heroine, you name it! But it’s been a while since she was just normal, so I jumped at the opportunity to give her a break (lol). And I won’t lie, I also just really love drawing kimono and yukata.

Overall, I’m pretty proud of my entry and the choices I made with it. I purposefully chose an uncommon colour scheme of red, pink and orange as it matched the colours seen in matsuri lighting, and is also (supposedly) traditional kimono colours worn in July (when Ai-kon takes place).
The cat motif came in somewhere after experimenting with lucky cat masks.

Anyways, I would like to thank the Ai-kon Committee for selecting my entry as a runner-up,
and also to my friends and family for all their support over the years. ♥ ♥ ♥
I would also like to congratulate the mascot winner, the other runner-up, and all the other participants on a job well done!!

And thank YOU for looking and reading!

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This morning I watched a livestream of my favourite webcomic, Grey Is… and drew fanart of the main characters! ♥ I’ll assure you, I was happier than White is in this picture when watching haha. He must have a headache. :(

If you haven’t read the webcomic yet, I REALLY recommend it. While it covers many sensitive topics, they are handled so well, and there’s just the right amount of comedy to balance the darkness too (though don’t get me wrong, there’s SO MANY FEELS.)
And don’t even get me started on the beautiful art!! *_*

Click here to read it!!

Finally posting my piece for the Style!!! on ICE fanbook!! It was a pleasure being a part of this project! Thank you to the coordinators for this opportunity and to everyone else who supported the book.

I’m planning on drawing YOI fanart for inktober today, so stay tuned~!

Happy summer everyone~!!

This artwork was originally drawn for somebody else’s artbook project in 2014. Years have past and the project was never completed, so it’s probably safe to post publicly now.

I definitely see some things in this artwork that I would do differently now, I still put hours upon hours into this piece and I’m really proud of it. It was inspired by my love of faeries, and nature I remember from my childhood, so it means a lot to me that way too~ x3

The project included a fundraising for the artists participating – I was raising money towards my education. So, I want to say thank you again to everyone who offered their support – be it kind words, or donations. It meant the world to me, and it still does.

You’re all the best and I hope everyone has a great summer!

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On another note, it’s about one month until Ai-kon! It’s July 21-23. My mom, sister and I will be selling our artwork and plushies in the marketplace again this year. We’re really excited to be back!

Hey everyone! I’m super excited to announce that I’ll have a picture in the Style on Ice!!! fanbook!

There’s over 50 artists participating in the project, drawing the Yuri on Ice cast wearing various fashions from around the world (and even different time periods)! It’s really cool and everyone’s drawn a lot of unique and beautiful artworks.

Mori is still one of my favourite fashions, so I opted to draw Yuri Katsuki wearing it (though it might’ve just turned vintage-quirky-cute).
Overall I put a lot of hours into it and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. You can’t really tell from the preview, but I drew a background and lots of details. *_*;;

Preorders open on May 20th at 12 PM GMT-3, so mark your calendars! There’s a couple different bundles with extra merch by the artists too.
And please be sure to check out the website, where they answer questions, have information regarding prices/content, more artists’s previews, etc.

Thanks for looking!

Whoops! I didn’t realize I hadn’t posted on my blog in a while. However, the Ai-kon mascot results were announced so I figured it’s time to post my entry.

I didn’t place this year, which is alright. It was a difficult theme this year (mecha) and I struggled settling on a concept – I only chose this one because I ran out of time. But I tried some new techniques and even attempted to draw (and design) a motorcycle… I’m pretty proud of that. :)

Congrats to everyone who entered! Regardless of whether you placed or not, the theme was out of most people’s comfort zones so just trying in itself is a win, to me.

Thank you for reading! <3