MerMay 2018!

Yay I did it!  I drew a mermaid for every single day in May!  Wooo!  Here they all are in a big ol' Twitter Moment!

MerMay 2018


And - AND - because I love you, some bonus mermaid art and fun stuff I posted elsewhere during the month, with bonus bonus comments, like Instagram:

Gotta say, this is a really nice Sketchbook. #showmeyourillo #sketchbook #meta #mermaid #mermay

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 3, 2018 at 10:33am PDT

Great day in the morning, the Illo is a fantastic Sketchbook!  I've gone through a rash of Moleskine-alikes and this one is my favorite so far.  Perfect size, takes all the media I like joyfully, and scans like a dream.  You know a Sketchbook is quality when you've moved on to the next one (which isn't even bad, just very very different) and you already miss it and want to get more of them.

Heck yeah it’s #MerMay! #mermay2018 #mermaid

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 3, 2018 at 10:32am PDT

How about I apologize for that last post with some #workinprogress photos. #mermay #mermay2018 #sketch #showmeyourillo #mermaid #triciaarnoldsart

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 4, 2018 at 8:43am PDT

Bonus, cause it’s late, WIPS! #workinprogress #triciaarnoldsart #mermay

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 12, 2018 at 10:16pm PDT

Work in progress! Initial sketch through inks. #workinprogress #triciaarnoldsart

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 15, 2018 at 11:39am PDT

My first time playing with liquid frisket and it worked very well. #workinprogress #triciaarnoldsart

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 15, 2018 at 11:40am PDT

From now on, if I can help it, I'll never not use this stuff when painting Loons.

Wulver and Selkie WIPS, including an earlier composition that’s harder to “read” but has a cool pose. #workinprogress #showmeyourillo #triciaarnoldsart

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 17, 2018 at 1:48pm PDT

And now, a very silly bonus for my fellow #MyLittlePonyG1 people. #silly #weird #mermay #mylittlepony #animorphs

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 19, 2018 at 12:18pm PDT

This was just a silly thing I made for fun but I broke the first rule of Animorphs cover parodies: the eyes are the "anchor".  Woops.

And for younger "My Little Pony" fans thinking, "Wait, I don't get it?" enjoy.

#workinprogress pictures! If anyone’s wondering how to distress Sketchbook paper in a hurry, the answer, as it is with so many other things in life, is coffee and lots of it. #triciaarnoldsart #showmeyourillo #arttechniques #undyne

A post shared by Trish A. (@babbletrish) on May 20, 2018 at 9:45am PDT

And stuff from Tumblr:

https://babbletrish.tumblr.com/post/174245482931/its-towel-day-my-book-collection-and-a

Now, I'm a little burnt out so maybe I won't be doing the daily JuneFae Challenge, but a periodic piece of Fairy fun isn't unreasonable.  Here's a little rainy day Fae:

Smaugust Finale!

By request, a Lion-Dragon having fun on the beach:



Toothless from memory:



And a bonus Meatlug (also from memory):



Steven Magnet!



And finally, since the theme for Folklore Thursday was Pirates, here's Leon Lyngbakr and Captain Stupidbeard about to have a real bad day.



Whew!

Where I Live-Tweeted "Equestria Girls" and Immediately Regretted It

This one hurt.  Lots.

Long, long ago (November 25, 2013 to be exact), I watched "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Equestria Girls".  And I tweeted along as I did.  I never archived that Tweetmentary as a blog post so here you go, years after the fact.

As usual, posts couldn't be edited for spelling or anything but they have been shuffled around a little for clarity. Thank you, everyone who watched along and contributed and experienced this wild ride with me.

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November 16, 2024

So, as you may have heard, Twitter is going through some stuff.  That's why the Tweetmentaries are gone.  I've just scratched the surface in transferring all my favorite Twits to The New Place, so salvaging the Tweetmentaries is a project for another day.  Stay Tuned.

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November 25, 2024

The good news, I've saved almost all the Princess Project Tweets and I think I only have "Frozen", the three Halloween 2018 Tweetmentaries, "Polar Express", and "Walking With Dinosaurs 3D" to go.  Been a bit of a learning curve, but I've got into a nice groove.

The... bad? news is I couldn't find my "Equestria Girls" Tweetmentary.  It may very well be lost to the Internet Æther.  We'll see if it ever turns up.  But suffice it to say this movie was BAD.  I don't even remember writing anything particularly funny about it, or even being able to do anything funny with it, it was so bad.

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December 4, 2024
I found it!  And so we are back in screenshot form!  In fact, I found and saved every Tweetmentary I can find.  My shoulders are killing me.  Enjoy "Equestria Girls"!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sketch of the Day

Have some nice flowers: