goji-dragon

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(You don’t know how much longer you can do this.)

hi the wip for this was absolutely not supposed to blow up. why does that have 1k notes. horrifying. anyways!!!! it’s update time baby!!!! 64 new assets this time around!

so that’s what the caption was supposed to be. this update was already pretty damn big and took a ton of time to make!!! and i was finally done!! but then my hand slipped and now we’re at 143 new assets. super sorry for the delay! That Was Not Supposed To Happen.

i’ll go more indepth below the cut, but this update encompasses all menu/profile art for both isat and sasasaap, battle portraits for sasasaap, every single pixel icon in isat (to my knowledge anyways), the dialogue skipping animations, and a few miscellaneous additions.

also i spent too much time on these to put them below the cut so Please God Look At My Icon Resprites I Spent 16 Hours On Them. enjoy!

okay first things first. why the hell is this batch 143 assets. so. i HEAVILY underestimated how many times the menu drawings are used in the games. even removing all of the custom art, it’s still ≈30-40 variations! that’s a lot! and once i finally finished everything, i got Posting Anxiety and somehow convinced myself that attempting Animation And Pixel Art (two things i haven’t done in YEARS) would be easier than writing a normal post. so here we are.

the custom art here is pretty much par for the course at this point. extra menu art for bonnie, extra expressions for the party in act 5, we’ve done this enough times that it’s expected. i am aware that bonnie’s custom menu art gets completely covered by the ui. i kept it in because it’s really funny (and also i didn’t feel like extending the sprite (but then the sasasaap version forced me to extend the sprite anyways so Whartever)).

once again, provided a spritesheet for sasasaap’s battle portraits! i do intend to cover both games, it’s just a slightly lower priority atm. unlike isat though, i’ve got Less (read “No”) experience with sasasaap, so there might be more issues with those assets?? apologies if there are, i’ll try to fix any issues that come up!

the Miscellaneous Additions i mentioned above are the sprites used on the teleport map and the loading screen, which is just a tiny version of the skipping animation. they were pretty small, so i figured i might as well get them out of the way!

not actually much to say about the 75 icons surprisingly! i haven’t done pixel art in about 5 years?? and that’s a Travesty actually these were super fun to make. i did make mockups for the overworld sprites earlier, but they aren’t Officially part of the redraws (yet) so they’re getting posted seperately

and also!! some exciting news!! this project might actually become a Proper Published Mod pretty soon!! i’ve been in contact with someone who’s willing to help me get everything set up, and i’ll be getting a Usable Computer around the end of the year!!!! it’ll still be at least a month before it’s up (i’d like to get the enemy art finished beforehand wauaua) but!!! still exciting!

okay, i think that’s everything relevant to the update!! i Definitely can’t fit all of the relevant assets here lol. but i’ll try my best ! please enjoy !!

Not me making a demon slayer sona in 2024 (⸝⸝- ̫ -⸝⸝ ς)

There may or may not be lore… however, I am no writer.

Artfight attacks / week 4 & 5

Letsgooo that’s it! Artfight 2024 is over!!!

Artfight attacks / week 2 & 3

I lost a bit of steam after week 1 and have been working nonstop but I think my attacks are getting better and better :3

Kity cat chronicals >w< loop and sif have inversed chest markings. i think mira deserves more work but she gets to be included too. bonus silly under the cut

Artfight attacks / week one

And there it is! my artfight card! And only one hour late…

Check out my artfight profile whenever the site is back up again X3

https://artfight.net/~Goji_Dragon

When I read Dungeon Meshi and saw that Laios had created a chimera as a child, I was reminded of my own childhood chimera. I decided to bring it back to life, this time with species that live in the same area (lion, golden wolf and puff adder).

Little me also thought that giving the chimera multiple heads was the coolest!

I couldn't find the original drawing, but I recreated it the best I could. Please, enjoy.

I can't possibly be the only person who had a "ahah I did that" moment with Laios and his chimera, so!! If you created a chimera at any point in your life, please do share them!

Maybe under a "dunmeshimera" tag?

I can't help it, just look at him!

i had a nice thought today !!!

Friend of mine spent like 5 hours explaining to me the lore of vampire the masquerade from the world of darkness universe, and here’s what I drew in the meantime.

Mind you I have never seen anything about this before, but it was a nice lil session.

＿φ(￣ω￣ )

Supposedly a gargoyle or shapeshifter?

It’s been literal years and I finally drew/redrew/completed in full my sona ref and Im just so darn satisfied with how this came out ∩^ω^∩

Now that’s ONE ref down and artfights under a month away 💀

Come at me if you dare https://artfight.net/~Goji_Dragon

sometimes a cloak can be like a hoodie

Light answers a tough question

happy pride month

happy (early) pride month

HEYA ISAT NATION, I COME BEARING.... COLORS

No, no, please hold your gasps, I promise it is a only a showcase- Look I have the black and white images we're okay!

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, just gonna put these here....

OKAY. WE'RE GOOD NOW

[Commissions]

I just wanted to try drawing in the game's artstyle, to see how far I could make it- Considering my normal style looks like this-

I think I did okay.

And for fun I decided to give everyone my color headcanons cause I've been meaning to for a while-

I HAVE NILLE THINGS IN THE COOKER BUT FOR NOW YOU GET NORMAL ISAT STUFF, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGINGS (I am joking I love them all dearly)

I ADORE your art and how well you match the ISAT artstyle. I've been being alot of studies to try replicate the style and draw characters 3d but stylised. Are there any tutorials that have helped you, studies you do, or things you keep in mind whilst drawing to make the characters look so 3d?

Oooaaahh thank you!!! This is a really good question. I say that because I feel like I "2D cheat" ISAT art a lot. It's very comfy to draw bc my normal art is like that too, with angles that shouldn't be able to exist but look right bc it's 2D so your brain forgives it. Design of the art > accuracy of the anatomy, y'kno?

The hair kind of gives it away in most cases. It's meant to be such a specific shape, it kind of stops looking like the character if it gets too 3D? But drawing it more 3D has huge utility too, especially for animation n stuff. It's just something I've noticed about the style! It's very designed for 2D. It's very "the shape of the lines" > "the shape of the 3D object"

It's helpful to remember that ISAT characters are all made up of really simple shapes. Like Siffrin's head is just a ball from nearly any angle but the side. Their body is a cylinder but one end is wider than the other. Odile's face is a ball but the bottom is long, like an oval. Isa's is a ball but his chin is square, it has soft corners. Even Bonnie's face is a ball you just add a cheek bump. Etc etc.

^Notice how i can't simplify the hat down into a consistent 3D shape bc otherwise it just. kind of. doesn't look like Siffrin's hat LOL

If you have the simple 3D shapes down then the rest of it is all 2D cheating and focussing on details! Having character refs nearby at all times especially when ur tryna figure out how to draw the character is KEY so you can keep looking at it and comparing. Try to pay attention to the little quirks of the art style that differ from yours and try to mimic them. But don't be afraid to let your style infect it a bit if it helps you to create something more dynamic looking.

It helps that i've been drawing for ages. I know 'practice' is the age old advice but here's my spin on it: just draw, keep drawing what u want no matter if it looks bad or if some professional artist tells you you're doing it wrong. So long as you keep drawing you are learning. Indulge and draw what you want so you get to keep all the motivation and keep going.

oh and PUSH YOUR POSES/EXPRESSIONS!!! By this I mean, draw it once, and then lower the opacity and draw it again on top but pushing everything a little bit further. If a pose feels stiff this tends to fix it.

uhmmm i rambled on for ages but i hoped it helped u Tea (or anyone else reading)! thank u for the excuse to draw a bunch of funny isat doodlies :D keep going you have GOT THIS!!! THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO MAKE OR ENJOY ART! YAY

Small commission for @fivepedal feat. their cat and Siffrin!!! covering siffrin in soft animals is something i cannot say no to. i think a cat would be good for them

bonus doodle under the cut

stolen...

Fuck it. *Makes the old woman cry*

Made for her bday, I'm too late sorry queen I'm time blind

Inspired by @tealgoat 's gem headcanon <3

(You find some sort of earmuffs and try them on.)

(...)

(They make you hear nice sounds!)

i want to become, i want to become / i want to become what i looked like before

loosely inspired by my own fic you'll have to forgive me for my cringelord tendencies. close ups under the cut

an art request (sorta????? not really this just popped into my head and i needed to share the idea so i am telling you now because youre the only person i know who shares both these media as like. fixations, also dont feel obliged to draw art dont do that bad for you) isat gang as the magical girls

OMG YES thank you so much for this suggestion!!!!

fun lil guy to draw

Whoa check out this full unreleased extra from the Fullmetal alchemist manga guys-

loop are you seeing this shit

HumanLoopHumanLoopHumanLoopHumanLoopHumanLoopHumanLoop..

I was in the zone! It’s 9 am and I’m going to bed??? Might finish later if I feel like it, but I really wanna share my head-cannon design for human Loop so bad >_<.

Ignore the canvas being flipped, wings prob won’t stay just ignore those too…

The one eyed Siffrin Wink™