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(WIP) & some thoughts...

edit: sorry for the edits, apparently Patreon didn't want to upload my additional images. Should be fixed now!

Ello my dear friends and happy FRIDAY!! I hope you're all having a great week/start to your weekend ^_^

 I have been locked in myself this week catching up on things, you may notice hearing more from me now than you had this entire last year...that is no mistake - your zappy cat is finally feeling better!! After a very, very long year and a half+ in recovery from su...

A few January Rewards...

I probably could have waited to make this post until I finished all of the January things I'm catching up on, but I've been on a good roll with art lately and felt like sharing a few as I go. Hope you are all having a great start to the week so far!

Things have been a little hectic over here with my next dental appointment tomorrow so I've been both trying to keep my anxiety in check and continue on schedule... wish me luck! :)

Latest Peekers Batch!

Minus one or two that are surprises that couldn't be shown publicly yet...

OHH man there were some really, really cute characters this round ;A; THREE POKEMON sonas (front right row) had to be my top faves. Please, more pokemon characters to draw. I'd never even heard of a Chien-Pao until this last month!

Also just had to show off a few characters with the tail this round, maybe I will make a nicer graphic with everyone's tails but wow there was some really unique tails this round...

Sweet like Daisies

For the lovely and every sweet Daisy of their late baby. Not even going to lie, painting this with the song prompt made me cry a few times thinking of my boy. Painting fluffy cats will always heal me though <3

Stay Weird

You found a box!

You found a box!

Whoa! On your way home from work you spotted a box... a barking box? After opening it, you found 3 strays inside. Do you take one home?

I've been experimenting with some of my old lines and doing some designs for fun! These designs are a few puppy-like designs combined from a few 'parent' characters I own. I think they turned out really cute, it gave me very nostalgia vibes of when I used to create litters on deviantart LOL. Let me know what ya'll think!

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Dino Doodles 1/29/25

Challenging myself, every week going to draw some OC or dinosaur work, compile them into a little post at the end of the week for my Thunder tiers. I've ben really really enjoying the dino content, hope you guys don't mind it either! :D

Sprouts & Pots

Phew! I've been recovering from a migraine episode earlier this week, I've been changing medications and it's left some of my chronic migraines coming in and out a bit. But other than some health things I've been working on, I've made great progress on queue and peeker things!

Took a little break this afternoon to draw something for me - a design I acquired well over a year ago but never did anything with. The original intention was for this character to be mine and Jake's, his being th...

January + February Sticker Club

edit: updating to say, with the printer issue, the new stickers are a whopping 4" at their widest -- .5" bigger than our first sticker sent out. So even with the delay (so sorry about that :( ) hopefully the extra size/stickers will make up for it! Estimated delivery for January stickers are with the Feb batch (3-6) so you still have plenty of time to get in on these stickies!

I am still waiting on my printer to get these printed and sent over (they had some convention delays) b...

It's 2025 & we're drawing warrior cats!

I'm bringing myself back to my roots to get my groove back. Bringing back the original Thornclan leader before Cherrystar became her iconic self!

[completed] Ya ever seen a sugarglider?

Edit: aaaand the reference is done! I love how this lovely creature turned out :) Definitely want to draw more sugar gliders. Where are the sugar glider furries, I want in on this market.

I've admittedly never drawn one....before now! Having a blast on this ref so far.

Discord Icons [open]

end of January/early Feburary commission slots are open with a fun project I've been doing on the side for myself and my partner!! We spend a lot of time just chilling in discord so it's cute to see his little character move when he talks.

Snag an icon here: https://ko-fi.com/zaps/commissions

Allie Complex Reference

Edit: JUST ABOUT done with this big reference. LOOOVE this character, my goodness. :3 Forever honored when I get to work on big complex references for people.

will update this as I finish more on this!

more queue updates, rewards, and art to come as I'm able to work on it!

Last Chance for Peeker Commissions https://ko-fi.com/zaps/commissions I'm moving onto new projects this year, stay t...

Dino Doodles

More dinosaur doodles (&collecting of old refs) for you while I get myself back into the drawing groove

Commission sketches to come this weekend, peekers close this month for new projects, lots to be worked on… keeping busy 🫶

Cartoon BOLTiE [icon]

I have been watching a ton of nostalgia shows in the background of working and i got a little lazy and a little inspired. Couldn’t remember the last time I drew BOLTiE properly, not that this is proper, but for what I can manage lately YKNOW

Dreamin’

Late night doodles that may or may not be fleshed out later, just wanted to get the idea down before I forgor!!

MOWs it goin’ [process]

Little reward for the lovely Meowsync — I adore this character. Getting to draw a kitty is always a highlight for me. Despite struggling with art, I always gravitate toward kitty girls! <3

Very thankful for my patrons and their wonderful characters; you guys keep me going :)

It's a Pokemon Christmas!

Sharing this art I did for my brother and his wife/family for Christmas this year! My niece and nephew have been very VERY into pokemon (much to my excitement) the last year or so and I've been excitedly sharing my gamesand old cards with them. They've got a pretty decent collection going so far!!

will update this with the finished once I get it printed, I'm just finishing up some details this afternoon.

Jinxbby || Daisy

Very thankful for my experimental slots and the awesome prompts ya'll give me. Please give me more fun prompts :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR (officially), what do we all have planned this year? I myself have finally gotten my butt into gear and gotten my resolution plans in order. I have been very focused on rebuilding myself. It's funny how you continue to learn more about yourself every day. Cheers to the new year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! (& the WIP/finished work(s) you've been waiting for) + UPDATES

🌱 Just kidding, I know everyone has been incredibly busy with the holiday season; myself included! Leggy and I just got back from in a California redeye flight back to STL (with zero sleep) so I'm just now getting back around to being a person. I've got to get my house/animals in order tomorrow and hit up the store for some medicine since Jakey ALSO caught strep. Tis the season! ;) (this time last year I got Flu B so it's definitely his turn haha.) 2024-12-29 03:58:14 +0000 UTC View Post

NEW BASES!

I've been having horrible art block, trying to get back to my roots a little bit by finishing some rough sketches from earlier this month and throwing them into my shop. There is something about drawing/designing characters that gives me so much joy. Lately I've had so little energy to draw that I can get one good linework done and just color it in a million times... hence the bases XD

Obviously I got that dino bug so definitely expect more oops

Base bases can be found in my 2024-12-18 17:17:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Rex Base

I have been drawing a LOT of dinosaurs in my spare time, I thought why not release a few so other people can draw up their own dinos :) I looove drawing the skins from my gameplays so I can imagine the adventures hah.

Feel free to use this if you like! I'd love to see what dinos you draw!

Peekers + Upcoming Base...Holiday MOWS

Peekers batch I recently finished (Will be reopening for these for January completion in the next day or so, if anyone is interested ~ )

At the moment my current queue is catching up on some owed work for Patron rewards, sticker club things, and eventually shop updates! Most of my free time has been jam packed doing things outside of drawing. Lots of home/health improvements and DIY things. Making myself very handy!
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Little Art Dump

Many things ~in the works~ and not a lot completed just yet.

Sparing you all of the peeker wips and saving those for one large dump :D

Doodlin’

Just some scribble warmups of my character Pinto! Got this gal earlier this year but just now getting around to drawing her. I want to make something more cleaned up like a ref, maybe I’ll challenge myself for that in December.

In the meantime, I’m plugging away on twitch with Peekers! They are currently still open until Saturday so I’ll post wips of that tomorrow. Enjoy some doodles in the meantime!

Zappy Sticker Club!

See second image for a preview of the FIRST STICKER!

I've always wanted to try this out so I'd love for you to join me on this adventure! I want to send cute little handmade packages to you guys!! *You must join BEFORE the 13th of every month to get the sticker for that current month!

You get:

• 3.5" Physical Sticker every month!

• Mini Stickies

• Handwritten note

• Other fun little surprises

• To help me get my teef fixed (dent...

2D Animation Test

I am slowly teaching myself a whole list of new skills. I haven't touched much animation this year and I want to change that for 2025. More character depth and getting into what get me here in the first place--my characters and headworlds!

This is messy, still trying to keep my ideas general to get the forms down rather than sitting down and rendering a really nice headshot (as I usually do)

Holiday Cards 2024!

Working on my holiday cards for this year, I plan to have them out by the first of December so fingers crossed I can stay on track!

If you want a holiday card, send me a message and I’ll see if I have any extras ^w^

Happy Halloween! (October rewards)

So happy having this month’s work mostly caught up! Slowly but surely beginning to get things in my life back to normal and feeling myself again. I feel like I’ve been treading water for so long now but I do also have a feeling things are turning around. Slowly, but surely!

I’ve been taking lots of time to myself and my family and just working with my head down but it’s been great for my mental health! I have been doing a lot of knitting and picking up of new skills since becom...

Back from the dead??

For HALLOWEEN?? (+sketches)