Heyo, Friends! Have This Thing I Painted Yesterday, As A Result Of Wondering What Would Happen If I Mixed

Heyo, friends! Have this thing I painted yesterday, as a result of wondering what would happen if I mixed charcoal with liquid oil medium :]

Mild cw for blood/graphic imagery, but it's really just some abstract-ish red splatter lmao

The charcoal I used was really roughly ground (I put my charcoal scraps in a little box together with a rock and shake it up every once in a while), so it gave me some really nice texture when I mixed it with the oil medium! The eyebrows and the darkness around the eyes are good examples, as I haven't used anything else there :]

This is honestly just a mindless, self-indulgent scribble (I painted it with a butter knife lmfao-) , but I figured it would be fun to share in case someone might find my little experiment interesting ^-^

I'm thinking about finishing it, but I'm not quite sure how I would do that lmao. I might add in some painted flowers, poppies could look very nice, I imagine!

Spur-of-the-moment experiments aside, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

We've got a concept, peeps!

He's no longer just a head and some shoulders lmfao, look at him go :D

I always knew pirate clothes would be fun to draw ^-^

And don't worry, I've done some research!! Any 'rules' that I've broken in this doodle, I've broken on purpose for the sake of a more interesting picture

A pirate captain wouldn't have worn a fancy long coat while out at sea, but rather something similar to what regular sailors would have worn at the time, just like the rest of the crew. If a pirate captain did have such a coat, it wouldn't really have been worn unless they were up on land. (or, down on land, in this case?)

But this is just a silly little fantasy doodle, so I've decided to let him have his fancy coat, along with a slightly more luxurious red fabric for some details (some of which I have yet to add) in his get-up :]

If anything about the pose looks off, please do tell me! I draw most of my doodles without reference (other than what I have in my head, I suppose), so constructive criticism is very welcome! ^-^

Historically inaccurate pirate captains aside, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

Hello, friends!

Here's daily expression number five ^-^

This is obviously just a very rough WIP, and it wasn't originally supposed to be part of this little series in the first place, but I really like how his expression turned out so I figured why not? :]

The poor boy hasn't been given nearly enough reasons to smile, so I just had to take it upon myself to fix that! I wanted to see a real giddy, gummy smile from our favourite angsty solar surfer, and I think I managed to capture it really well, personally ^-^

As for the full picture, I might have him on the side of a ship, looking at something that piqued his interest off in space. I'm not quite sure yet bahahaha

That being said, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

B l a s t y M c 's p l o d e s

(there's a second version under the cut, major spoiler warning for anyone who doesn't know what happens in chapter 362 in the manga!!)

If you've decided to skip the rest of the post, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 🧡

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

B l a s t y M c 's p l o d e d

I know he doesn't actually lose his eye in the manga, but I figured that it wouldn't be too far-fetched of an outcome lol

That is all! Have a good day, friends 🧡

He can have a little facial hair, as a treat

I was gonna call this expression practice, but let's be real, I just wanted to draw a pretty punky dude in dramatic lighting lmfao

I had to include orange eyeshadow, because that's my own go-to 😌🧡