6th February 2014

6th February 2014

Kitsu Chiri from Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei. Is this challenge revealing me as a hopeless anime nerd?

This anime makes me wish I spoke more than fragments of Japanese so I could understand all the puns. So many puns.

I already picked a challenge for February so now I don't know what to do. HMMM.

A creative challenge I’ll be doing that you’re all welcome to partake in. Basically: You’ll be drawing/writing about/whatever other creative thing you want to do 28 different monsters based on the prompts below. You can do doodles, full-blown paintings, short drabbles, whole stories, whatever you want. While this is intended to be done through the month of February you’re welcome to do this whenever you wish. 

These monsters can be gross, creepy, cutesy, pretty, whatever you want. Just let your imagination fly and have fun with this.

If this catches on it’d be really cool if you tagged your creations with ‘28 Monsters.’ I’m interested to see other people’s takes on the prompts.

Day 1:  A swamp dwelling monster.

Day 2: A monster that brings about a specific disease.

Day 3: A particularly cute monster inspired by an insect or an arachnid.

Day 4: A humanoid monster with feline features.

Day 5: A monster inspired by deep-sea organisms.

Day 6: A monster that disguises itself as a common household object.

Day 7: Pick a tree and combine it with your favorite animal. Make your monster out of this.

Day 8: An unusual take on the vampire. 

Day 9: An unusual take on the werewolf.

Day 10: A particularly scary monster based on a traditionally adorable animal like rabbits, small dogs, etc.

Day 11:  A candy-based monster.

Day 12: A beautiful monster that uses its beauty to lure in prey.

Day 13: A monster based on a common farm animal, like cows, sheep, or chickens.

Day 14: A monster that only appears in our world on Valentine’s Day.

Day 15: A flamboyantly colored monster with a beautiful voice.

Day 16: A monster that lures humans into wooded areas and makes them extremely fearful of the world outside said wooded area.

Day 17: A monster that causes a minor inconvenience, like getting your socks lost or bogging down your internet speed.

Day 18: A monster based off a childhood fear of yours.

Day 19: An intimidating, vicious monster that can be easily defeated with a common household object.

Day 20: A monster that inhabits coral-reefs.

Day 21: A monster with three mouths, none of these mouths being on its head, and a highly specific diet

Day 22: A monster with at least 2 heads and no eyes.

Day 23: A monster that appears in crowded areas in broad daylight and travels silently through the crowd. Nobody knows what it wants but police stations are generally flooded with missing person reports after it appears.

Day 24: A slime-based monster with an addictive slime that causes feelings of bliss.

Day 25: A crystalline monster that causes feelings of unease, which it then feeds off.

Day 26: A monster you can summon by chanting its name 3 times in a dark room in front of a mirror. What this monster does when summoned is up to you.

Day 27: A monster with unusually large hands that is generally found prowling the halls of hospitals at night for unknown reasons.

Day 28: Look back on all the monsters you’ve made and create a hybrid of two of your favorites.

I felt the need to do another one, just in case drawing a witchsona that you've had for years wasn't within the spirit of the thing.

Here's me as an undergrowth witch, hanging out with all my detrivore friends. My familiars are probably worms and beetles.

1st February 2014

I swear I was doing another challenge! My challenge this month is to draw some fanart every day. Mostly so I can call it 'Fanart February'.

Here's day one, Nausicaa from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

Since I've recently opened commissions (http://sarahfogg.tumblr.com/post/74638485417) here's one I did this January as a christening present. I've done these baby portraits that incorporate birth information several times before, but I think this is my favourite so far.

I was given no guidelines aside from 'they like purple and butterflies', so I was a little relieved when I heard it had gone down well with the parents!

2nd February

Rin Matsuoka from Free!, since apparently the 2nd of February was his birthday.

It's not a very nice birthday picture, but I had so much trouble getting his face right that in the end only a grumpy face seemed appropriate. He's prickly all the time anyway.