I was looking at some Kagepro fanarts and got the sudden urge to draw Seto and Mary in yukata. ^-^’ It’s still very rough, but I tried doing some new things with the shading and such…
This pairing is so cute <3 I gave Seto a leaf pattern on his yukata and Mary roses on hers, so they'd match somewhat. I drew the pattern for Mary myself. Thanks for looking and have a great week, everyone! Oh, and feel free to like this or my other artworks on my Facebook page!

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’ve been feeling pretty rough these past few weeks; I haven’t felt like doing much of anything.
Recently I finally started feeling inspired to draw again – for myself and for work – and my productivity is finally catching up with the inspiration and motivation needed to create artwork.
It’s a nice feeling.

(I’ve also been neglecting my online messages – I’m very sorry if I’ve kept you waiting and I will respond soon.)

While not feeling well, my mom, sister and I watched Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Now we’re watching the first anime too. I’ve seen the first anime plenty of times, but it’s been a few years at least since I’ve watched the entire thing, so some scenes still managed to surprise me. I feel like I’m able to understand the anime better this time around.

We haven’t rewatched the movie, Conqueror of Shamballa, yet… but I felt like drawing that Edward again. Especially since the movie apparently reached it’s 10 year anniversary (though I haven’t known of it for that long :P). This picture has it’s issues, but it was supposed to be a quick one, so the anatomy is probably off and such. But I like the colours and textures since that’s different from how I usually paint~

I imagine this picture is sometime between the end of the anime and the start of the movie. ;v; Hopefully the next Edward I draw is a happy one!

Thanks for looking and have a great week! <3

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 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.

Hello old fandom, long time no see~! (｡･ω･)ﾉﾞ

Sorry for the lack of updates recently; things have been pretty busy here.

Shevi and I have been watching The Heroic Legends of Arslan during lunch (a normal thing for us) and it made me want to start reading FMA again. ^-^’ So after reading some of the manga I doodled a very… intense looking Ed. I wonder who made him mad this time??

You can also like this artwork on Facebook.

IMPORTANT: My amazing friends lost the dream home the 6 of them built 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.

Artwork © 2015 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Fullmetal Alchemist (Edward Elric) © Hiromu Arakawa
Do not use without permission.

We finally got enough snow to cover all the grass (idk, I don’t like snow but I dislike the look of grass and snow more…) so I guess it’s a good time to post this~ I drew it it manga studio. I took a little artistic liberty with their outfits to fit the winter theme.

Shevi likes it because is contrasts the whole “summer” theme that Kagerou Project has. C: I just like it ’cause it’s Setomary! buahaha

Thanks for looking <3

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

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). You can donate here!

I may have reached the top tier (Now I’ll be making a walkthrough for the artbook!), but I still have a ways to go until I cover my education costs! I’m planning to cover my costs before I attend, so that there’s no student loans.
The deadline for donating has been moved from end of October to sometime in January, but a lot of artists could still use a boost! Any donation, be it $2, $10 or $50 can really make a difference. Can’t donate? Advertising the artbook is a great help too!

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 in advance!!

A painting of Allycat’s character, Duchess. She’s a cajun werewolf. C:
I tried to make it look like those antique photographs, except in colour~

Drawn in Manga Studio.

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

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). You can donate here!

I may have reached the top tier (Now I’ll be making a walkthrough for the artbook!), but I still have a ways to go until I cover my education costs! I’m planning to cover my costs before I attend, so that there’s no student loans.
The deadline for donating has been moved from end of October to sometime in January, but a lot of artists could still use a boost! Any donation, be it $2, $10 or $50 can really make a difference. Can’t donate? Advertising the artbook is a great help too!

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 in advance!!

This is a doodle of a character from a story I’ve been playing around with. Poor girl has no name, but it’s hard finding a name that doesn’t start with R or C and doesn’t end with an “ee” sound (like… so many of my other characters UM). I’ll figure something out eventually. ouo

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!!

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

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). You can donate here!

I may have reached the top tier (Now I’ll be making a walkthrough for the artbook!), but I still have a ways to go until I cover my education costs! I’m planning to cover my costs before I attend, so that there’s no student loans.
The deadline for donating has been moved from end of October to sometime in January, but a lot of artists could still use a boost! Any donation, be it $2, $10 or $50 can really make a difference. Can’t donate? Advertising the artbook is a great help too!

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 in advance!!

Well. I had been toying with the idea of posting my art book preview today, but I don’t feel like this is the weekend for that. >_> Sooo… here, have more Cardcaptor Sakura fan art! 8D I don’t think I’ve ever drawn this many fanarts for something in such a short time period, yikes

After drawing my last CCS fanart, I wanted to draw a picture with more emphasis on her green eyes. I had planned to draw a strawberry themed picture for that, but I ended up doing something with clovers instead.
I also wanted to draw something SUPER shoujo styled just for kicks. I think I succeeded but I’m not sure how much of it looks like my art? LOL I also used Manga Studio’s pencil a lot more, and instead of line arting the eyes, I just blocked them in with colour to get a softer look.

It would’ve been nice to spend more time on it, but I couldn’t and now it’s time to get back to work.

Now I have L’arc~en~Ciel’s “Good Luck My Way” stuck in my head hehe

Thanks for looking guys! :heart: Have a good week!

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 has been extended.

I may have reached the top tier (Now I’ll be making a walkthrough for the artbook!), but I still have a ways to go until I cover my education costs! I’m planning to cover my costs before I attend, so that there’s no student loans; so any donation – whether it’s $1, $10 or $50 – really counts!

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!!

Hey everybody, how are you? :D
I’d like to announce that I’ve been given the opportunity to participate in whispwill’s
Melon Berry Tea “Summer Showers” art book, and this is the coloured sketch I drew for the book!! It’s inspired by my love for faeries and some nature I was familiar with in my childhood. <3 The donation page is now live, so if you could check it out and possibly donate I would greatly appreciate it!!

Click here to visit the Melon Berry Tea donation page!

Want to learn more? Read below!

Melon Berry Tea is an annual art book hosted and produced by Whispwill. All the money that’s donated goes directly towards the artists that drew the artwork for said book. There’s nothing received for donating to an artist, but it’s an easy way to offer support to your favourite artist or up-and-coming artists, as there is no minimum or maximum amount you must donate. The donation period started on July 27th 2014 and lasts until October 31st 2014 to donate. After that the artbook will be prepared for printing so that it can be bought!

As the donation page says, there is a tier for each artist. I suppose the main goal would be to earn $100. This basically covers the cost of making the full page illustration each artist does.
Once an artist reached $120, they get a personal page about them in the artbook. If they reach $200, they can create a clear plastic card to be released with the book (limited edition version?). If they reach $250, they will be asked to draw a tutorial/walkthrough to be put in the book!

And like I said on the donation page, I will be putting any funding I receive towards post-secondary education, specifically business courses, so that I can learn how to run a business selling my artwork. Many people can rely on jobs like working at a fast food restaurant to pay for their groceries and bills. But due to my health, I wouldn’t be able to get a job like that, no matter how much I wanted OR needed to. Since I can’t rely on finding jobs that won’t make me sick, I’m going to make one, and business courses will surely help with that!

If you happen to be interested in helping me out, my artwork is currently in the second row (the faerie/pond) listed underneath the name “Sloan”. Just mouse over the artwork and you can donate!

Thanks for reading, and have a great day!!

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Art-related update: You can now see some progress I’ve made on the finished picture. It’s still unfinished, but click here if you’d like to see!.

Here’s a picture I drew for dee Juusan’s birthday last month!

The characters, Black and White, are from her manga Grey Is…, which you can read on the Grey Is website and on Ink Blazers!

It’s hard to describe how much I love her comic and how much I look up to her.
In my eyes, her comic is the definition of high quality art and storytelling, and it just keeps getting better and better!
I definitely recommend reading her manga, it’s one of my favourites (I’d even say it’s up there with Fullmetal Alchemist). *_*

Even though I was really busy with exams and such (you can read about that here), I’m glad that I finally got a chance to draw her some well deserved fan art… though I’m sure it’s the first of many. x3

I am SO thrilled that you liked the gift dee, and keep up the amazing work!! <3 And to everybody else, thanks for looking!! –

Artwork © 2014 Sloan | http://designsbysloan.com | http://artigirl.deviantart.com
Characters (Black and White from Grey Is…) © dee Juusan | http://www.deejuusan.com/ | http://deejuusan.deviantart.com
Do not use without permission.