#follow the black rabbit

“Chocobito” Digital, 2019

With FFVII-R coming up next year I wanted to do something for the anniversary of the US release of FFVII, so Chocobo is obviously the first thing that came to mind.

For anyone interested, I’ll have holographic stickers of this for sale this week to celebrate the anniversary

“Wooloo” Digital, 2019

New Pokemon reveals never fail to ignite the artistic community and I entirely understand why. The last time I was this hyped for a Pokemon was with Rowlett, so not unlike practically every other artist I follow, I had to do a Wooloo piece.

Despite my unending love for everything FFVII, I’m also really stoked for Sword and Shield. I’ve staved off hopping into Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee because I knew this was on the horizon and I can’t handle two of those games going at once. Anyways, feel free to share and/or love this fluffy cloud sheep pokemon (see, still sneaking in that FFVII biz)

“Claireful Consideration” Pencil & Inks / Digital, 2019

A piece I did for ABV Gallery’s Drink & Doodle event last month. I almost forgot to post this here!

A revisitation of one of my characters, Claire, for the event. It’s always odd revisiting a character after some time away and seeing what changes have occured in that absence. I think I’ll have to populate my sketchbook a little more with her and Cam here in the coming months to keep up with their evolving forms. Form, while fluid, follows function, or so goes the saying.

Happy Ides of March

[ The Black Rabbit 4th Year Anniversary ]

“Almiraj / The Black Rabbit V” Sketchbook & Digital / Pencil & Exterior House Paint, 2019

Almiraj is ode to spring, new growth, and color emerging from the remnants of the mean seasons. The titling comes from the horned rabbits of sea serpent island in Zakariya al-Qazwini’s The Wonders of Creation.

It’s a little earlier than intended, but I’m excited to close out my fourth year as The Black Rabbit with this piece ushering in year five and all that it has to offer on the horizon. Feel free to go see the mural for yourself if you’re in the Atlanta area off Carroll Street :)

“I fell in love with the sound of my heels on the wooden floor; I don’t want my footsteps to be silent anymore”

While still patiently waiting for any Silksong news, I did the fourth aunt of the snail shamans from Hollow Knight for this week’s Last Weeks Drawing Tonight prompt. Crystal Peak was probably my second favorite area in the game.

Now comes the itch to do another playthrough…

“Fourth Aunt” 2021, Digital

With being one of my favorite LoZ characters, I felt the princess of the twilight realm was a fitting touch to Halloween in 2020. Her imp form is always fun to me because of how the design of the fused shadow relic was implemented into her imp form.

Anyways, a little something to round the spooky month out with. Now it’s time to binge scary movies and pumpkin…things

“Twilight Princess” Sketchbook & Digital, 2020

Been a while since I’ve posted some pokemon art of mine, and Gastly is original ghost pokemon so of course I had to. I like how fluffy this came out looking, playing into the light feel of this pokemon :)

“Ghos” Digital, 2019

“Citrus Witch / Rutaceae” Sketchbook & DIgital, 2020

With all of the really creative mushroom witches I’ve been seeing around my feeds, I wanted to do something similar with this but with my own spin. Craving citrus fruits for the past month might have something to do with the other side of the inspiration here…

This was fun. I really enjoy how her hat came out. She’s a drippy witch :)

Summer Reflections was a character study set I used over the summer to help pull me out of my art rut. These were a few of my faves: Ami Mizuno, Asuka Langley, and Toshinori Yagi, summer reflections i - iii respectively

The fox goddess I did for ABV Gallery’s Drink & Doodle 78 last night. The auction is still live until 5pm EST today at www.32auctions.com/drinkanddoodle78 if you’re interested. It’s always fun being a part of these :)

“Inari” Mixed Media, 2020

I know I’m a bit late catching up on Steven Universe Future, but it’s given me time to FINALLY do a Garnet piece. My fave was always a toss up between Garnet and Opal so I’m glad I finally got to toss in on one of them. Old school gauntlets on this one though ;)

“Square Mom” Sketchbook & Digital, 2020

“Kilo ii” Sketchbook & Digital, 2020

I guess for a quicker than usual turnaround for me lately, this was a cathartic piece I did celebrating breaking 1k followers on Instagram. I know it’s not a massive milestone (especially for many) but it was big for me having some mixture of that many people see my art and think, “This is cool, I’m gonna give this art a follow”.

Anyways, hope y'all are staying well in these frustratingly uncertain times, and ignore that pressure to be “productive”; focus on what makes you happy right now and explore it. The world will be as on fire and chaotic as you left it

“Yue / Summer Reflections IV” Sketchbook & Digital, 2020

Guess it’s been a while since everything kicked off and we’ve been sequestered which has honestly put me in a little of an artistic rut, so I started this series of studies to play around some and to hopefully help pull me out of it a bit.

Anyways, like many of you I’m sure, I just finished a [re]run-through of ATLA and I’ve gotta say that show holds up so well, especially in today’s climate. I have nothing but love for it. Back when it aired, the conclusion of the Water book was always a big one for me and I REALLY enjoyed Yue’s design so this was my take on that revisitation. Lore, world building, major character arcs, all of the good stuff

“After Hours” Sketchbook & Digital, 2020

Given everything going on, it’s hard not to feel this way. Aren’t you tired of being nice about how we’re treated?

(At least Daisy gets it)

“Flower Girl” Sketchbook & Digital, 2019

The effervescent heroine of FFVII and possibly first big feminist icon of my gaming experience, I like the idea of her rounding out my first round of VII characters before the Remake’s release.

Aerith drove a lot of my early ideas for developing female characters for my own stories because I loved the idea of a leading lady that wielded feminine energy rather than this almost necessity to have masculine energy in order to rock the leading part. In that, she turned a lot of stuff on it’s head and writers still mess it up, which is why she’s still so relevant - to me - 20 some odd years later. This is my ode to the hero of FFVII: the flower girl, Aeris Gainsborough 

“Big Shot” Sketchbook & Digital, 2019

There’s a lot that wouldn’t have come together without the catalyst for our heros and leader of Avalanche. Anti-corporation, pro-planet, and first black Final Fantasy character, he’s the eco-terrorist that leads the charge against Shinra. It would be disrespectful to not have him in the first round of FFVII fan art.

One of my brother’s favorite characters, I can’t wait to see this latest iteration of him in the remake :)

(also, sorry for the hiatus y'all. Took a break for a few weeks)

“Gilbert” Sketchbook, 2019

A little late of a post for Halloween, but better late than never!

With the Creature from the Black Lagoon being my absolute fave universal monster, doing a gill man piece was inevitable. I might revisit this for some colors sometime down the line…

Anyways, Happy Halloween!!!

“Galian Beast” Sketchbook & Digital, 2019

A little something for the 13th of Oct, the full moon tonight, and the hype for the FFVII Remake just a few months away.

Seeing as it’s Vincent’s birthday today I figured this was more than fitting leading up to the release, even though he won’t be in this upcoming portion of the game.

I’ll likely have a few pieces go up for the month seeing as October is always a fave and while my process doesn’t lend itself well to inktober, I do like to do a lot of pieces for the month in celebration. Maybe one year…anyways: always the cool, silent pseudo-vampire of FFVII - Vincent Valentine.