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  1. ShadOBabe
    Hey guys! Here's my new entry for my self-imposed challenge to draw, complete, and post at least one drawing a month for the year of 2020. But no updates on new stuff this time. I actually wanted to share the art I did for the months of January and February, since I only started the blog THIS month. So let's start with January....
     
    Arctic Zotl
    For this month, I actually decided to go easy on myself and just count a commission I was working on as my monthly art piece. The commissioner had an ahuizotl OC they wanted my to draw, and they actually let me redesign them from the ground up. I don't know her name, but I know she lives a very cold, arctic climate, so I worked on revamping the zotl look from jungle dweller to that. She's got a slightly shorter head and shorter ears, so she doesn't lose as much body heat.
    She also has a neck ruff/mane and the teeth of a smilodon, to add an "ice age" flair. I quite like her, and so did her owner.

    On to the next month!
     
    Toucan and Hummingbird Rito Designs
    For February I committed to finally coloring some Rito OC designs I'd whipped up quite a long time ago. Rito are a race from the Legend of Zelda series, and I particularly like the more avian ones that were introduced in LoZ: Breath of the Wild. However, with the exception of one character who's based on a parrot, all the BotW Rito are based on more raptorial birds like falcons and hawks, as well as one owl. But there's so many cool and beautiful birds that could be turned into Rito!
    So I went designing a Rito based on both a toucan and a hummingbird, specifically a keel-billed toucan and a white-booted racket-tail hummingbird. Their feather colors are taken directly from photos of their real world counterparts, and I examined screenshots of the Rito NPCs to make sure I gave them unique but fitting armor. Which is your favorite?

    I hope you guys enjoy these art pieces as well as the ones I post in the future! Let me know what you think, and if by chance you have questions, let me know too. Love you guys. It's going to be a good 2020.
  2. ShadOBabe
    I’ve always wanted to make a blog, but could never think of something to write about. And then it suddenly hit me that my self-imposed art challenge this year would be perfect!
    Partially because you guys can help keep me motivated.
    Anyway, this is literally a resolution I made for New Years. I drew almost nothing last year. Granted I had a new job to focus on, but it still really bummed me out. So here I am, resolving to complete and post at least one fully colored drawing every month for 2020.
    I’ll be sure to post another entry about the pieces I did for January and February, but I am on track for this month so far. Maybe even a little early. Spent my whole weekend on it, and I’ve almost finished the base colors for this March’s art project. This month I’m attempting to redraw a picture I drew all the way back in 2006...

    Yeesh. I feel embarrassed since you can’t see what the new version looks like yet. I’ve shown the progress on the new version to some of you, but I want it to be a surprise for the majority.
    I always suffer from a bump I need to get over during the coloring part. It’s the longest part of the art making process and can kind of drag as a result. For two reasons: One, you’re tying to sort out a color palette at the same time. And Two, it’s the step that’s closest to the finish line, and part of you just wishes it was done so you can get to the sharing part (the best part).
    But, luckily I can afford to do it in little bursts. It’s only a little over a week into March, so I don’t have to sit and work for hours and a time to get it finished. So I’ll be unlikely to get burnt out.
    But man... April’s gonna be rough... because I’ll have Animal Crossing: New Horizons in my hands by then and will want to do NOTHING ELSE for a very long time. Wish me luck! XD
    Lastly, here’s a link to my DeviantArt page if you want to see ALL my art: https://www.deviantart.com/shadobabe/gallery
    Anyway, hope you guys will stick around with me for this challenge. It should be a fun goal!
  3. ShadOBabe
    Hey guys! Back with more pony plushie touching up. Today is easy. We got Pinkie and RD here...

    First off, Pinkie Pie has a little rip in her seam. And no, it’s not just her belly button, I checked. We’ll fix that with some transparent thread.

    Now it’s time for a bath! RD especially seems to have had one too many crash landings.

    But we have something to fix that!!

    Okay, girls!! You ready to ride the Gravatron?

     : Let’s do this!!
     : START IT!! START IT NOW!!
    Okay, okay. So the girls rode the Gravatron for a bit, and it worked wonders. Nice and clean now!!

    And now it’s time for another ride!!

     : I see you Pinkie!!
     : Heehee, you’re silly Dashie!!

    ALL DONE!! Now Pinkie just needs to let her curls set in...

    And that’s all for today! I’m gonna try and find out exactly what fabric their manes are made of. If I can I’d like to add some red and green to RD’s mane. Always bugged me that they don’t add all her colors to her plushies.
    Anyway, I’ll see you guys in the next one.
  4. ShadOBabe
    Was going to post this as a status, but I think it works better as a blog topic.
    Okay, so I started my little restoration project on those ponies I got from a Goodwill auction, starting with the Build-a-Bear Twilight. Here’s her mane at the moment...
    If I gave her an eyepatch and headband, I could make her into Future!Twi from It’s About Time! XD But yeah, that’s what her tail looked like too, but with a comb and a bowl of water and fabric softener, her tail currently looks like this...
    Still frizzy, but absolutely better. And some of y’all might remember that I said I got a surprise Gen 3.5 pony from that auction...
    *shivers*
    It’s not something I’d have ever knowingly purchased, but now that I’ve got her, I thought it might be fun to try making a custom out of her. I’m thinking a Celestia figure. Because I can never have enough of those. XD
    I think this’ll be a fun little thing to pass the time with. Hopefully I can get all these cuddly little ponies looking new again!
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