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BIG POST: New Animation + I'm STUCK lol + Hi!
🕑 Added 2024-12-13 19:21:20 +0000 UTCWhy, hello! How are you all doing? Staying warm? I hope so! ⛄️
Now, I must warn you- I've been absolutely, utterly, beyond STUCK. SO, instead of pretending I wasn't and that I have spent the last week vibing with everything I've made, I'm going to bring you on the little journey I went on this week! (a very dramatized version haha!)
**We'll come back to the above video shortly!!**
SO... remember those ice skating frogs I was so excited about? Well, that's where I started my doodling adventure last week...
And, well, I've been drawing frogs the same way for years, but... I have been feeling quite inclined to give them more of a vintage-y feel- think Cuphead! SO, after completing these, I gave them a revamp!
Can you tell the difference? Maybe? Well, feeling decently satisfied in the direction they were headed, I decided to embark on the ever-daunting task of drawing.. the setting!
Normally, by this point, I'm feeling like I'm in a groove! I almost can't WAIT to color and finish bringing the idea to life, but,, this time,, 30 HOURS LATER, noooo, I was this emoji 🫠 !! BUT, I continued pushing through,, and spent another four hours coloring...
Only for it to look like this? No,, absolutely not. Something is just not working. Alas, I scrapped it,, for now! But, I felt WARMED UP (lol quite an intense warm up that was!) and very determined, so I got to work on the above video! We're coming back to that video now haha-
Feeling rather,, worried that I'd suddenly lost the ability to draw (hehe jk), I hesitantly started drawing these bears, bears that meant a lot to me, that I wanted to make super special-
and, to my surprise, I loved 'em! Hooray, the excitement to color had returned, but!! I knew that I wanted to make this an animation of sorts and had the idea of drawing their little home in the woods, so next was tackling that- something else I despise- drawing BuiLDiNgS... but..
Something happened!
It turned out as I'd hoped! We were getting somewhere 🥹 I added a bit of color, a bit of a blurred filter and there it was! The finished video you see above! (I'd add it in here to keep things chronological, but I'm unable to add video mid-Patreon post, so just pretend it's right here, okay? 🥲)
And, well, that brings us to the final endeavor I completed late last night,,, the ice skating frogs!
Having given it quite a few days, I decided to come back to work on them. AND!!! AHH!! FINALLY!! I don't know what changed, but I just loved the funky vibe of them upon revisiting!!! Will I return to the giant drawing of them? Maybe, maybe not, but the sticker version? Done!! 😎
Oh, and I fully finished Mr. Moose too, in case you missed him-
(drawing this sweater was so much fun- coming up with all of the tiny patterns!!)
Okay, well, that's kind of the entire journey, I guess! I'm so sorry it isn't the most exciting of stories, but I've felt so much stress this week trying to make things worth sharing with you, so I thought I'd simply share my big week of trials and errors! Thanks for coming along- I'm feeling very, very inspired now, so I'm about to dive head first into more makes, and I can't wait to share those with you ☺️
Now, as far as physical rewards go, I wanted to do something special this month and add some extras in!! To celebrate the end of the year, we are doing a double postcard + bonus sticker month!
Rewards:
(front and backs hehe)
TWO, little wintery postcards!! + the (glittery) ice skating frogs sticker air + a bonus moose in his favorite sweater sticker!!! 💜 AND, in case you missed my update about shipping due to the changes Patreon has made- these will be going out the first week of January 🌨️
Oh my goodness, sorry for bombarding you with an entire novel today! I'm off to DRAW! Big time!
Have the most wonderful weekend!
Oh, and this silly lady, Miss Sweets says hey- I visited her this week, and she's too precious not to share!
-Aub
Comments
Carolyn
Thank you so very much, I can't wait! 🥰
Aubii
Hi Carolyn! The rewards just went out last week, so they probably haven’t made it to you yet! If you don’t have them by next Monday, let me know and I’ll send replacements! Thanks so much!
Carolyn
Hello! I never received the December rewards.
Skylar Alexis
omg please make a wallpaper out of that cozy cabin! i love thattt 🥹🖤
Aubii
Thank you thank you, Arianne!!!!🧡
Arianne Gage
The frogs looks wonderful upon your revisit of them. Wonderful work! 🥰
Aubii
I'm so so so so happy to hear that!! Thank you for the wonderfully sweet comments ALWAYS, Bea!!!!
Bea
oh my goodness the bears are just too precious🥹
