🪷 xAmalgamationx

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 1
Theme: Draw the Event mule
Time spent: 20min for the gestures/poses, plus about 40min on final piece






Comments: I kinda just assumed the theme was cherry blossom from all the banners and stuff, so I wanted to give her a lolita meets kimono style dress.  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 2
Theme: Art Collector Request
Time spent: 30min





Comments: my tablet's mapping to my screen is messed up, and it was fine for sketching but once I tried doing more refined work my lines were wonky since it's only using like 1/2 or less of my tablet's actual surface space, so I need to fix that before continuing digital art emotion_facepalm  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 3
Theme: music challenge
Time spent: roughly 43 mins





Comments: I was listening to the music and saw this awesome dj in my mind and the crowd bouncing and yelling cha cha cha and slammed out a concept sketch and then proceeded to be lost and confused about how to take it further. I kept trying to adjust the pose without references, and it actually looks decent but my brain is too fried to continue today gonk  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 4
Theme: Panda
Time spent: 38min





Comments: finally found my sketchbook  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 5
Theme: Desert Oasis
Time spent: 30 mins on the sketch and I think 30ish mins on the writing?

Water.
When was the last time they had even a single drop? The moisture in their mouth had long since gone away, leaving the gritty feeling of dust and sand coating the tongue and grinding against the parched flesh. No, they hadn't even the strength of mind now to dwell upon such discomforts. Their feet dragged in the burning sands, though like the moisture in their mouth, the feeling in their lowest extremities had also long since gone. Despite that, they forced their deadened limbs forward on a mindless treck, only one command echoing in the silence of their thoughts.
Forward.
Keep moving forward. Keep going forward. Move. Survive.
Live.
Their eyes fixated on a singular point ahead of them. Something that had caught their attention from furthur back across the barren sands, and had held their gaze ever since. It glittered in the sun; a teasing dance of light captivating anyone who traveled this path. Even the tiniest breeze would ripple across its surface, making the light's reflection shiver wildly, it's already enticing dance shivering with vigor.
Water.
An oasis lay before them, still some distance away but yet seemingly larger than when first seen. They hoped it was, anyways. The fog of dehydration made it hard to track things. Distances. Sizes. Days.
Reality.
There was a real chance that this oasis that lie ahead was just a figment of one's imagination. A delusion, brought on by the body's need for moisture, feeling itself slipping closer towards it's own end. For the mind of a human was a funny thing, in that the flesh itself could create its own thoughts in one's brain against one's own will when in need. These strange sacks of flesh and chemicals, adapted over time to put one's own livelihood ahead of everything.
Even one's own will.
Maybe it was just pure instinct then, that currently drove them ever forward, despite the very real chance that their salvation was delusive. But that line of thinking was beyond them now. There was no hope left either way, after all. This oasis, delusion or real, was their last chance at survival.

Comments: I started a short story, didn't get the word count requirement so tried sketching something to go with it  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 6
Theme: Dragonfly
Time spent: 33min

Warning: Dragonfly

show spoilerhide spoiler

Comments: sketched, outlined and zentangled a dragonfly. Got to the wings part and wasn't sure how to proceed tbh  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 7
Theme: Anger
Time spent: 48min





Comments: The struggle with the arms crossed pose was real  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 8
Theme: No Game No Life
Time spent: 59min





Comments: Decided to study Shiro, got references of this pose and various facial expressions, then spent all my time shading this pose sweatdrop  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 9
Theme: Jellyfish
Time spent: 38min





Comments: I keep starting my art too late in the day and it's bedtime before I finish emo  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 10
Theme: Finish/Improve
Time spent: 45min





Comments: s t i p p l i n g emotion_skull  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 11
Theme: Bear
Time spent: 36min





Comments: I feel so drained today and got tired of fighting with this thing. Also upon submitting to DA I realized I could have drawn Kuma from One Piece and I;'m kinda sad I didn't think of that earlier emo  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 12
Theme: Valentines Days
Time spent: 30+ mins (I lost track sorry)



original sketch attempt here

Comments: I spent 20 mins trying to do it traditionally and having horrible luck with rulers and s**t and it was a mess so I did it digitally instead  

[xAmalgamationx]

Day # 13
Theme: cats
Time spent: 31 min





Comments: I was doing okish but my tooth has slowly been drilling pain into my jaw and going up to my temple so once I struggled I snapped a teeny tiny bit and doodled crap until I hit 30min and i wish gaia had upside down smiley for me to express my pain  

[xAmalgamationx]

spirit pass please
I hope that's right

Day 14