WAKING NEON FEVER DREAMS OF EXISTENTIAL CONFUSION.
[02.19.2024]
Another Caius and Julius doodle that I have drawn and am now publishing while I work on a hurt/comfort (if you squint) vignette (zine?) monstrosity with Ursur and Cro. It’s been a week or so, and it keeps snowballing into something even worse.
That aside, I’ve been having a nicer, less painful, time knowing that Caius and Julius at least share the dumbest jokes they can with each other.
Snowballing into something worse,
Koel out.
[02.19.2024]
A little something from a larger whole that I’m hoping to finish up after adding a tiny bit more flair.
Lately I’ve collected too many half-thought-out wips in a dusty corner, but I’ll try to do these guys justice and finish a few things.
And I’ve been missing the traditional sketchbook freedom where I can draw horrible line art and scribble colors over with highlighters and whatever miscellaneous supplies I have at the time. There is just something about digital that demands perfection, and that is probably more exhausting than it is satisfying. But I am entirely determined to let loose that freedom upon the digital canvas one way or another.
Looking for flair,
Koel out.
[01.08.2024]
Some Julius sketches, it’s been a bit since I’ve drawn him by himself.
I’ve still been experimenting with brushes as well as coloring/shading techniques and had a bit of fun here.
I really have too many other wips right now,
Koel out.
[12.22.2023]
A bit of a redraw of last year’s holiday pic, linked below. Definitely happy with the changes and the growth of art this year. It’s hard to believe these dorks have been standing in place for an entire year trying to muster up the courage to kiss under the mistletoe . . .
Season’s greetings,
Koel out.
[12.26.2023]
It is the season again, and so fittingly I am finally uploading this originally-one-day-late celebratory image. And, of course, I must try my best to outdo this picture with something even better this year.
The way time has passed is quite something. I’m lucky that I’ve been able to break out of my prior art block and hiatus, which mostly lasted for over a year. I’ve been drawing with decent consistency, and it feels great to be doing so once again. I’m back. My boys are back.
And with madness definitely back too,
Koel out.
[11.17.2023]
[11.30.2023]
I’ve decided to publish these wips to prove to social media algorithms that I am, in fact, still alive.
Have I yet mentioned how much I love drawing Cro’s hair? It has evolved significantly over the years, and it has become something truly worth marveling.
Back to scribbling,
Koel out.
[09.25.2023]
There is a certain tension I like to capture with these two. A certain level of reasonable disagreement that isn’t quite disagreement at all. Just perceptions that clash and clatter together loudly, but when silence hits and they fall, it becomes evident they were both talking about the same thing at the same time in the same way, but it’s somehow just different.
I’ve been trying to channel the old energies and freedoms of drawing in a traditional sketchbook with pencil, pens, and highlighters. It’s sort of working, but also developing into its own thing entirely, satisfyingly enough.
And a close up because I do like how the shading turned out, even if I really didn’t know what I was doing.
Onward to deeper color chaos,
Koel out.
[09.18.2023]
Lately whenever I draw them it ends up tense, and that includes the current wip I’ve got going. I’ll probably have to make up for that soon and draw something with a bit less angst.
[09.18.2023]
In other news, I have redesigned their tattoos, finally!
Feeling the beat again,
Koel Out.
I’ve finally put this together. A mosaic of old art that I’ve uploaded elsewhere on social media. Now it’s here too, huzzah!
[09.26.2022]
When you’re trying to wake up from a long art hiatus yet still trying to love yourself regardless. . .
[09.18.2022]
A wip that turned out looking pretty fun.
[10.10.2022]
What on earth are they sneering at? Is it my chaotic color/shading? Is it the horrendous social media algorithms? Is it both? Neither? Who knows. . . .
[06.13.2022]
This sketch was abandoned before completion. But I was incredibly fond of how Caius’s boots were shaping up. I do love drawing some chunky boots.
[10.31.2022]
Some nice festive candy corn colors for a nice festive Halloween sketch. I will definitely have to come up with something great for this year’s Halloween shenanigans as the time approaches quickly.
Thinking deeply,
Koel out.
[05.29.2023]
They’re probably discussing which pizza to order and they cannot seem to come to an agreement. Caius keeps insisting on pineapple, mostly just because Julius hates it. And no one in their right mind would put pineapple and bell pepper on a pizza, right?
Also, I must point out how much I love the music notes, and it really makes me want to draw Ursur with his bass. Maybe Caius is listening to his latest EP right here.
Probably now off to draw someone jamming,
Koel out.
MONSTER < MONSTER < MONSTER 