A Turbo-Nerd

"Listen. I know this might sound crazy, but… when you think back on The Pink Opaque, when you remember watching it in my basement on Saturday nights from 10:30 to 11:00 pm, do you ever get confused? Like, maybe the memory isn't quite right? Like… does time ever feel like it's not moving normally? Like it's all out of whack? Do you ever feel like you're narrating your own life watching it play in front of you like an episode of television? Or do you ever have a hard time distinguishing between what happened in the show and what happened in real life? Like somehow the memories got jumbled around? Shook up in your head. Like a snow globe"

(MS Paint pixel re-draw of the scene when Isabel is shown how she will be trapped as Owen, sitting in his living room, watching a commercial for the Pink Opaque; everything is framed in a circle of the snow globe Mr Melancholy shows Isabel, Owen is sitting down holding a remote, beside him and behind him are two lamps, in the background is a couch with a pillow sitting on it, and across from Owen is the TV, pink light is shining out from it, silhouetting Owen and everything in the living room, with sparkles of pink/pale-blue/yellow/white swirling around)

"Listen. I know this might sound crazy, but… when you think back on The Pink Opaque, when you remember watching it in my basement on Saturday nights from 10:30 to 11:00 pm, do you ever get confused? Like, maybe the memory isn't quite right? Like… does time ever feel like it's not moving normally? Like it's all out of whack? Do you ever feel like you're narrating your own life watching it play in front of you like an episode of television? Or do you ever have a hard time distinguishing between what happened in the show and what happened in real life? Like somehow the memories got jumbled around? Shook up in your head. Like a snow globe"

(MS Paint pixel re-draw of the scene when Isabel is shown how she will be trapped as Owen, sitting in his living room, watching a commercial for the Pink Opaque; everything is framed in a circle of the snow globe Mr Melancholy shows Isabel, Owen is sitting down holding a remote, beside him and behind him are two lamps, in the background is a couch with a pillow sitting on it, and across from Owen is the TV, pink light is shining out from it, silhouetting Owen and everything in the living room, with sparkles of pink/pale-blue/yellow/white swirling around)

I Saw The TV Glow...

(a quick digital drawing done in MS Paint, a close-up of an eye, intending to be Owen's. The shading is all done in a blue, darker at the top, almost turquoise at the bottom, with shadows/shine around the shapes of the eye, and darker blue for the eyebrow. Within the eye are shimmers of vibrant pink. There is a faded square edge around it all, mostly white but slightly tinted with pink, and a grainy texture over the entire image)

I Saw The TV Glow...

(a quick digital drawing done in MS Paint, a close-up of an eye, intending to be Owen's. The shading is all done in a blue, darker at the top, almost turquoise at the bottom, with shadows/shine around the shapes of the eye, and darker blue for the eyebrow. Within the eye are shimmers of vibrant pink. There is a faded square edge around it all, mostly white but slightly tinted with pink, and a grainy texture over the entire image)

I recently suggested my library add "Lunar Boy" by Jes and Cin Wibowo to their graphic novel collection, and I felt like making an MS Paint pixel illustration~

(scenery of a sky filled with clouds, dark teal at the top that fades into a lighter aquamarine, and another set of colorful clouds that go from a pastel-rose color to pale golden-yellow. Across the clouds in a white out-line is the face of Indu, smiling and looking upwards hopefully. The "inside" of his lines are a deep magenta color. Around him are shapes of stars, also with white out-lines, filled in with a vibrant pastel turquoise color)

Lunar Boy is a beautiful, sweet, and very deep story by @jesncin that goes into so MUCH of what it means to be who you are; history, culture, identity, love, loneliness, family, friendship- all told with a sense of honesty and kindness, especially concerning painful issues. Give it a look, the art is lovely, and the story is compelling~

I Saw The TV Glow...

(a quick digital drawing done in MS Paint, a close-up of an eye, intending to be Owen's. The shading is all done in a blue, darker at the top, almost turquoise at the bottom, with shadows/shine around the shapes of the eye, and darker blue for the eyebrow. Within the eye are shimmers of vibrant pink. There is a faded square edge around it all, mostly white but slightly tinted with pink, and a grainy texture over the entire image)

Some of my favorite sketchy pictures I've done on lined notebook paper~

Sometimes it helps to draw like this, because there's less pressure to make the picture look perfect, on a brand-new sheet of blank paper... I can just sketch out something like when I was scribbling around during class haha. If something looks good, I will either polish up the sketch as it is, or occasionally trace-over the sketch and finish it on new paper.

Ariel~

(I’ve had this poster of the 1989 Little Mermaid on my wall since I was a toddler, so I looked at it for ref, creating the same pose and a similar style. I added some features of the new actress Halle Bailey, but I also tried to put in some more details that I’ve been thinking about since I was a little kid. I wasn’t good enough to draw it out when I was little, but now I can! More scales and fins, including around her arms and her ears, and gills on her neck. Instead of just a seashell-bra, she has a top that has a little sash over her shoulder, and multiple shells and pearls decorating it. For her hair, first I sketched out the basic shape of then entire mass, with some swirls for how I wanted it to flow. I used a darker pen for the locks that were “deeper”, and a lighter pen for the locks up front, making scribble/curls. Then, I took a white colored pencil to add shine and texture. I accidentally started the picture too close to the edge of the paper and ran out of room for her tail… I almost started over, but I had already gotten the face JUST RIGHT, and didn’t want to mess it up haha)

I Saw The TV Glow...

(a quick digital drawing done in MS Paint, a close-up of an eye, intending to be Owen's. The shading is all done in a blue, darker at the top, almost turquoise at the bottom, with shadows/shine around the shapes of the eye, and darker blue for the eyebrow. Within the eye are shimmers of vibrant pink. There is a faded square edge around it all, mostly white but slightly tinted with pink, and a grainy texture over the entire image)

It's almost time for the final season of RVB... so here are some of my pictures of the man himself, Lavernius Tucker! The first rule of designing RVB faces; Tucker is the prettiest~

(first picture is in fact my first attempt at figuring out face designs for the characters as they listen to a good-bye message from Epsilon; Tucker is getting pretty chocked-up, trying to hold back some sobs, but unable to keep himself from crying, done in MS Paint. Next are two versions of Tucker, first done as traditional artwork on paper with a mix of different pens and colored pencils, the second one given some touch-ups with digital art, adding more shine and shadows. After that is my most recent picture of Tucker, done in MS Paint with really dynamic and solid lines. The first version is him in his signature colors, wearing an under-suit and holding his glowing sword, the next has a solid out-line for the shapes of the Meta Armor, his face now visible with his skin-tone, and finally a version with a soft blend of multiple colors, similar to the AI Fragments, and like the sword as well. Then there is my MS Paint design I made for myself to use as ref, and the traditional pin-up illustration that also had some digital touch-ups for the colors. Finally, my MS Paint illustration that shows Tucker floating in a shimmering swimming pool, or possible a glowing pool of cosmic energy, one with very saturated colors, the other with a softer edit)

I Saw The TV Glow...

(a quick digital drawing done in MS Paint, a close-up of an eye, intending to be Owen's. The shading is all done in a blue, darker at the top, almost turquoise at the bottom, with shadows/shine around the shapes of the eye, and darker blue for the eyebrow. Within the eye are shimmers of vibrant pink. There is a faded square edge around it all, mostly white but slightly tinted with pink, and a grainy texture over the entire image)

What if they were all OK, and together, and OK, and happy, and OK...

It's almost time for the final season of RVB... so here are some of my pictures of the man himself, Lavernius Tucker! The first rule of designing RVB faces; Tucker is the prettiest~

(first picture is in fact my first attempt at figuring out face designs for the characters as they listen to a good-bye message from Epsilon; Tucker is getting pretty chocked-up, trying to hold back some sobs, but unable to keep himself from crying, done in MS Paint. Next are two versions of Tucker, first done as traditional artwork on paper with a mix of different pens and colored pencils, the second one given some touch-ups with digital art, adding more shine and shadows. After that is my most recent picture of Tucker, done in MS Paint with really dynamic and solid lines. The first version is him in his signature colors, wearing an under-suit and holding his glowing sword, the next has a solid out-line for the shapes of the Meta Armor, his face now visible with his skin-tone, and finally a version with a soft blend of multiple colors, similar to the AI Fragments, and like the sword as well. Then there is my MS Paint design I made for myself to use as ref, and the traditional pin-up illustration that also had some digital touch-ups for the colors. Finally, my MS Paint illustration that shows Tucker floating in a shimmering swimming pool, or possible a glowing pool of cosmic energy, one with very saturated colors, the other with a softer edit)

Some of my favorite sketchy pictures I've done on lined notebook paper~

Sometimes it helps to draw like this, because there's less pressure to make the picture look perfect, on a brand-new sheet of blank paper... I can just sketch out something like when I was scribbling around during class haha. If something looks good, I will either polish up the sketch as it is, or occasionally trace-over the sketch and finish it on new paper.

Finished Magical Titan Girl Luz!

I used poses from Sailor Moon for ref, starting with simple pixel-sketch lines in MS Paint, making the shapes more defined, fixing the details for the clothes, adding color, and putting the finishing touches on it with some glowing magic.

Enjoy~