2024 Illustrations

Shen sitting inside a fort made of blankets and quilts of a variety of colors and patterns. She's curled up in a blanket looking cozy. Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. It's a title screen for a fictional game called 'Comprehension Castle', its title spelled out in large, bright-yellow lettering against a dark-blue background. Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. A large, colorful book sits open on a table next to a pencil and eraser. The page is titled 'YOUR CURRICULUM', and displays a list of classes and who teaches them. Caelle teaches Culinary Class, Language Arts, and Improv 101. Vae teaches Engineering, Swordsmanship, and Music Theory. Isaac teaches Health, Art, and Coping with Anxiety. Shen teaches Runes, Ancient Magic, and History. Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. It's a level select screen showing a castle with four different-colored towers, and at the top of each tower is a tiny portrait showing a character. The four characters at the tops of the towers are Caelle, Vae, Shen, and Isaac. Text at the top of the screen says 'Pick a level!' Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. Caelle is in a colorful dungeon reminiscent of Reader Rabbit 2nd grade, pointing and exclaiming 'Grab all the words that are antonyms of malcontent!' scattered around the screen are the words 'mirthful', 'frolicsome', 'restive', and 'dissentious'. Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. Vae is in the corner of the screen, pointing at a series of colorful pipes on the wall, bursting with steam. A thought bubble coming out of her says 'Looks like the anterior valve cluster has been damaged. What do you do first?' A scroll with multiple-choice answers sits below her, with the following options: 'A. Disconnect from inlet manifold. B. Shut off Engine. C. Put on protective gear. or D. Apply resin.' Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. It looks like a screenshot of some completely inscrutable puzzle, consisting of a carved stone tablet with several square recesses in it, and a series of tiles that might fit in these recesses, each tile bearing a bizarre symbol. Shen is in the corner of the screen, smiling cheerfully and simply instructing the player to 'complete the inscription', with no indication of how one actually does that. Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. Isaac is standing in front of a chalkboard displaying an unsettling, crunchy, low-resolution anatomical diagram of the human body. The diagram is covered in labels, but the labels are all blank. 'Uh oh!' says Isaac, 'Someone messed up my diagrams! Can you help me re-label them?' Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. An interstitial title card says: 'And now... a word from Dixie Chanerie (the dictionary)' An anthropomorphic book stares into the camera and says 'Remember, kids: I am a field guide, not a book of laws! Language is a construct; words mean whatever is meant by the person who is saying them, and nobody can ever change that! If you would use me as a cudgel to beat down all those who speak differently from you, no hell yet conceived will suffice to punish you! I will simply have to invent a new kind of pain!' A tiny Caelle cheers from the corner: 'I love you, Dixie Chanerie!' Illustration in the style of a 90s edutainment game. Vae is violently biting down on the finger of a distressed, hand-shaped mouse cursor. Colored sketch of Caelle sitting below a tree at the edge of a cliff, dangling her legs off the edge and staring calmly at the sky. Illustration of Vae drawn in the style of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. She's available as an echo summon with a price of four triangles. A rough painting of Vae in a blocky style uncharacteristic of my other work. She's running her fingers through her hair and looking tired. Bright, striking illustration of Vae with jagged black needles sprouting out of her hand and arm, looking ready to fight. She's absolutely covered in blood, and, by the looks of it, most of it isn't hers. She glares fiercely at an unseen opponent. Shen and Vae are standing together in the rain. Shen is staying dry under an umbrella, and she's wearing Vae's scarf. Vae, on the other hand, is completely soaked, but looks unbothered. Shen stares at Vae incredulously, and asks '...Do you ...want to share the umbrella...?' Vae just stares at Shen in response, looking confused. Portrait of Shen against a colorful, abstract background. She's coming in from the right side of the frame, as if the drawing has been turned on its side. Portrait of Isaac against a colorful, abstract background. He's coming in from the left side of the frame, as if the drawing has been rotated sideways Portrait of Caelle against a colorful, abstract background. Her right eye is closed, and her left eye is replaced by a star. She's framed by Aesungaian writing. Portrait of Vae against a colorful, abstract background. She's coming in from the top of the frame, as if the drawing has been flipped upside-down. She looks tired. Bittersweet illustration of Isaac, Vae, and Caelle, sitting together and staring up at the night sky, facing away from the viewer. Illustration of Vae lying on the forest floor, speckled by small patches of sunlight filtered through the leaves. Two drawings of Caelle, Isaac, and Vae, illustrating two different sleeping positions. In the top drawing, Vae is lying on her back in between Isaac and Caelle, who are both snuggled up next to her, hugging her and resting their heads on her shoulders. In the bottom drawing, Vae is lying face-down on top of Caelle, resting her head on Caelle's chest. Isaac's head is just barely visible behind the two of them, andd there's a note that reads 'Isaac IS back there. But I shalln't draw him. Due to perspective.' Illustration of Vae and Isaac playing music together at a camp in the forest, while Caelle and Shen watch from a tent in the background. Vae is playing the violin, while Isaac is singing and playing the mandolin. Illustration of Caelle standing on the beach, dressed in a ridiculous-but-somehow-stylish outfit and holding a fishing rod. Illustration of Caelle standing on the beach, wearing a swimsuit and holding a fishing rod. Drawing of Izutsumi from Dungeon Meshi, labeled 'Izutsumi', followed by a drawing of Izutsumi with water being poured over her head, labeled 'Mizutsumi'. Drawings of the main protagonists of Dungeon Meshi, drawn from memory. They all look basically correct, but a little wonky. There's a note written next to Marcille that says 'I don't remember what her hair looks like,' followed by a hand-drawn shrugging emoticon Sketch of several of my characters standing together around a gigantic cake. 'Happy 10th Anniversary' is written at the top of the drawing. Full-body portrait of a man with pointed ears and a large burn scar on his face. He's wearing blue studded armor and holding a pistol. Full-body portrait of a person with long, blonde hair and freckles, wearing a hat with goggles on it. They're posing on the beach at sunset, smiling and giving a peace sign. Portrait of a strange-looking woman with black, curly hair, baggy eyes with goat-like pupils, and extremely pale skin. She's wearing a patchwork cloak and is carrying some kind of staff on her back. Illustration of Vae dressed in unusual clothing, loose and drapey. She has flowers in her hair. There's a tiny doodle of Caelle in the corner, staring wide-eyed at Vae, blushing, and saying 'wowowowowowow' Sketch of Claire's wife, showing off her tattoos Drawing of Vae, Isaac and Caelle having a picnic. They've been drawn on top of a screenshot of Kakariko Village from Ocarina of Time, to make it look like they're sitting on the hill next to the windmill. Doodle of Caelle drawn on top of a screenshot of Kakariko Village in Ocarina of Time. She's standing at the top of a tower, leaning over the railing, and shouting at Link: 'hey did you know you don't actually have to glide to talk to that guy you can just come up here and do a side hop onto the fence and climb up it's way faster' Sketch of Shen hugging Vae. Vae's scarf is wrapped around both their necks. Illustration of the protagonist of Pikmin 4 riding Oatchi, followed by several pikmin. Louie is t-posing in front of them. The protagonist looks down at Oatchi and says 'I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Oatchi'. Drawing of Caelle, Vae, and Isaac dressed up as characters from Dungeon Meshi. Caelle is dressed as Senshi, Vae is dressed as Laios, and Isaac is dressed as Marcille. Colorful illustration of Caelle floating in an abstract, starry background as if it was water. Illustration of Vae running her fingers along the scar on her neck. The top half of her face is out of frame. A regularly-proportioned Shen and a little doodle Shen stand side-by-side. Doodle Shen, who is significantly shorter, stares and says 'I don't like that you're taller than me.' Regular Shen replies 'I think it would be WORSE if we were the same height.' Doodle of Princess Daisy of Super Mario fame, drawn in a chunky, pointy style reminiscent of low-poly N64 graphics. Diagram labeled 'Spectrum of Reaction to Holding of Small Lizard', showing about a dozen of my characters arranged on a triangular spectrum, with the points of the triangle labeled with a smiley face, a frowny face, and a neutral face. Most of the characters are placed near the smiley face, indicating they would love to hold a small lizard. Vae is placed in the neutral corner, and Claire is placed in the frowny corner. Cosmo is placed smack in the middle, and in hindsight I have no idea what that could possibly indicate, since one of the corners is neutrality. I suppose he has a deep ambivalence about the holding of small lizards. Illustration of Zaenumia sitting cross-legged in a large, wooden armchair. She's holding a book in one hand, and a potion bottle in the other. Purple smoke billows out from the bottle and surrounds her. Doodle of Shen drawn with my left hand. She looks very wobbly and shaky, like she was crumpled up. 'hey I feel funny do i look scrumfchlier than usual?' she asks. Follow-up to the above doodle. Shen has been redrawn normally, this time with my right hand. 'Wow, that's much better!! Thank you!!' she exclaims. Sketch of Caelle dressed as Maya Fey from Ace Attorney. She's sitting in prison thinking about a burger. Doodle of Caelle dressed as Maya Fey from Ace Attorney, doing Maya Fey's classic angry pose with puffed-out cheeks. A note on the side of the doodle jokes that she's concealing evidence in her cheeks like a squirrel. Cute, cartoony doodle of Vae, Caelle, and Isaac celebrating on New Year's eve. Caelle is holding sparklers in each hand and cheering happily, while Vae is watching and smiling and Isaac is asleep on her shoulder. Caelle and Vae are both a little drunk.