AJ Chibi — Octopus!

Hey Jammers!

Karalee here!



Time for another chibi! Today, we have the squishy and very intelligent Octopus!



Despite having drawn the thing literal minutes ago, when it came time to write the title, I came to the part where I had to tell you guys what animal it was — and just blanked.

Not like I forgot what an octopus is called.

I literally couldn’t remember drawing an octopus.

Memories, man. Slippery things.

...Almost like octopuses.

😐



ANYway! Let’s start with a reference shot!

And a beginning sketch....

And... I forgot the lineart photo, so here’s a picture of a cute cat in its place.

And finally... done! 😁

I hope you guys like it! 😊 She was really fun to draw, especially her round head and her spiral-y tentacles!

Oh! And in answer to your comment from last week, Purple, the internet-browser-adapter-app I’m using is called Puffin Browser. 😋

That’s all for this week, I’ll see you next time! *waves*

PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorerfirl)

My New Dash Tag Art Challenge - Day 1!

WHY HELLO FELLOW ARTISTS AND ANIMAL-JAMMERS! XD


Today's post is gonna be a bit different, but hopefully it's to your liking! Go ahead and sit back, and I'll explain!


Alright, so, the other day I was playing Dash Tag (the AJ-related endless runner app), and some of the pets' personalities really stood out to me. If you don't know, each pet on Dash Tag has a little certificate that says its favorite toy, favorite food, and a little something about the pet (although AJHQ seems to be having so much fun with this game that some of the descriptions are actually jokes, XD)! Very similar to a pet certificate on AJ!
Anyways, some of the descriptions said some things that made me think "It would be fun to draw the pet doing that!"
So, I decided to challenge myself! I've picked out a variety of pets from the game who had things I could draw them doing in their descriptions, and I'll be drawing a different one every week and posting it here on Saturday!

So here we are - day one!

I showed my sister, Velvetglimmer, the pets I was going to draw, and she helped me choose which pet I should draw first! And she decided on Stripes the snake!

I told you AJHQ was having fun making these. XD
But anyways, it says he likes microwave popcorn (hm, odd for a snake... XD) and sneaking snacks into the movies, XD! So I combined those and made this!

He's got a sort of evil look on his face because - well, he snuck that popcorn in, XD!
I have a very limited amount of colored pencils, and I didn't have the specific colors Stripes was, so I had to mix some! The two main colors here (the pink and purple on the body) were each made from a color layered on top of another one, XD!
I didn't expect I would get this on my first try! I NEVER draw snakes! But they're actually kinda fun! Plus, I really like how that tail wrapped around the popcorn turned out... XD!



So, what do you guys think? Do you like this first drawing of the challenge? Any pets you want to suggest for me to draw later on? Go ahead and tell me if so! ;)


See you all next time for Day 2 of this little personal challenge, hehe! Until then, remember to...
Actually, wait, let's do something different today!
Remember to Party hard, be awesome, and keep drawing! XD

AJ Chibi — Rhino!

Hey there, Jammers!

Karalee here, and it’s time for another Animal Jam Chibi! This week, the Rhino!



I’m typing this post on my iPad again, so the text-and-picture arrangement might be a bit off.

Still trying to figure out how to fully work out how to use Blogger on this internet-browser-adapter-app.



Still, let’s get into chibi progress shots, and hope for the best!



Here’s the base and reference...

...and here’s the initial sketch! (AKA “Draw On Top of the Real Picture, But Rounder”.)

Here’s the lineart....

And finally... COLOR! (And sparkles.)

Welp, that’s all I’ve got for this week! I hope the photos show up okay.

See you next time! *waves*

PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorergirl)

How to Draw a Chibi Koala Tutorial/Process

Hey there, people, bunnies, penguins, seals, otters, world, friends, flowers.... and of COURSE JAMMERS!! Today I am filling for Sarah, since she and Ja have gotten their dog Trump, and are busy with trump, so she asked me to post:) Guess yall know what that means...

A FULL POST WITH ME!!! Ain't that great? 

So, today I will be doing a drawing tutorial for a chibi koala!

(Thanks for helping me with what I should post Lost)

Step 1: Draw the outline and use reference images (if needed)

So, for this, I decided to use a reference image (that is actually from wikipedia).

I then drew an outline of the koala, to trace over after and add colour too.

Now, usually when I draw digitally on the computer, I do the outline in blue. Though you don't have to do that all, you could totally do it whatever colour you wish:)

 *If your drawing still needs some touch ups you can do it later*

Also, if you don't you layers when drawing you can still do this tutorial, the normal way you would without the layers!

Step 2: Make a new layer, and trace over the drawing in the main colour you will use.

For this step, I only outlined the koala, since it is the main focus. Once the koala is done, then you can make another layer to do the tree trunk/bark on, this will make it easier!

Step 3: Make the 3rd layer and colour the koala in!

If there are any adjustments needed to be made once the koala is coloured in you can do it at this step.  

Step 4: Do the tree

For tree, I outlined it first with a darker shade. After than I coloured it in with a light shade of brown. Then I added lines in the darker brown from before to represent the bark. I also blended the browns together very lightly and used a tool with fingers on it (this was on chickensmoothie, not exactly sure what the tool was called...)

Step: The final steps, the background. final touch ups.

For this step, all that happened was, I went to layer 1 and used the watercolour tool in a green that would show up visible. You then will have to follow the same technique and add darker greens. But make sure the greens are overlapping and blending in with eachother and not just replacing the colour's spot. You can also do some final touchups with this step, like removing the blue outline lines if you used them and other things too!

VOILA!! THE FINAL PRODUCT!!

I did put a little watermark in the corner, that says Jelly, since it was made on CS and my nickname on CS is Jelly. 

I hope you all enjoyed this tutorial/process. It was actually really fun to make. If you end up doing this I would love to see your results:) 

Well, I guess thats it for this post, I will see you guys another time on this blog, with another post in the near future:D (or you can just hunt me down in the comments or on my blog if ya miss me to much XDD)

See ya soon:)

AJ Chibi — Cougar!

Hi, Jammers!

Karalee here!



so

guess who forgot what day it was

AGAIN.



My schedule is ALL out of whack, I really need to readjust it. I’ll get back to you on that.

For now — chibi! 😆



(I’m using my iPad to do this, so I’m not sure how the pictures are going to load — also, I’ve discovered that it appears to be impossible to add text with/after the photos! Better say my goodbyes now!

*waves* See you next time!

(DXplorergirl)

😝)

Painting Rocks Like A Normal Human Being

You: WOW, PAINTING ROCKS? 

Me: Yeah, it's a pretty cool form of art that I'm not so good at. 

You: PFFFFFFFFFFT you never know until you try--

Me: SHUSH. I have.

You: What do you mean, you would've posted about--

And here we are. I literally went outside and picked out some rocks, brought 'em inside, and got out my acrylics. *cracks knuckles* It's time to PAINT SOME ROCKS.  

OW that actually hurt..

I kind of winged this, but it was actually a lot of fun! I liked coming up with these random swirl patterns (that one's for you, Swirlshine) and drip style. And the solid colors would stand out, too! Here are some pictures:

And these look like science experiments gone wrong:

I really really liked the one with the drip effect. And I used sticky tack to hold them up while I painted them! You could totally start a collection of painted rocks, and I think it would make a really cool hobby. I'll probably display them on a shelf or something :) 

And if you remembered from my last post, I started Alpha Academy! You can click here to see speedpaints of making the backgrounds for it. Anyways, thanks for reading this post :3

PEACE. LOVE. NINJASSSSSSSSSS

~Cookies out~

Just A Tiny Post To Let You Guys Know Whats Happening!

Hiya! Sarahkey8 here!
Yes yes I know its not my day to post, this is just a tiny little post to let uhm you know whats going on (As the title says) Which isn't much.. BUT ANYWAYS *ahem ahem*


With the help of Lostfairy, I added a poll! I couldn't find the poll gadget, okay? I stink with electronics despite how much time I spend on them, oops! 

So, woot woot XD! 

 Author stuff Schedules!

Arcticstar-You may have noticed Arctic hasn't been active, I emailed her a few weeks ago, and she said she is busy with school, good luck with school Arctic!

Foxxgloves/Sharae16-Still Active!

Icecream Cookie Kitty-Still Active!

Karalee-Still Active!

Swirlshine-Still Active!

Transions-Posts every other Friday now, still active!

Violet AJ-Still Active!

Violet will be posting next Sunday as we are picking up Trump on Saturday! YEEESSSS 


 Sunday-Sarahkey8
Monday-Arcticstar
Tuesday-Icecream Cookie Kitty
Wednesday-Karalee
Thursday-Sharae
Friday-Transions (Every other) 
Saturday-Swirlshine

So thats it! Bye! :D 


                              
Edit: We're actually going to pick up Trump Friday night now!!  YES. Soooooooo wont be on Saturday, at all, and probably wont be on at all on Friday either (We're going to leave to pick him up at 4:00 pm Central timing, and it takes two and a half hours to get there) because friends are coming over that day! and two of them just had babies <3 

Some More New Drawings (And... Colorings?)

Me: Heyyyyyy everyoneeee!!!

You Guys: *Looks around, confused* 

Me: What?

You Guys: Uh... it's Sunday?

Me: Mhmmmm, that's right.

You Guys: And you're posting.

Me: Uh... yeah, see, that's because-

You Guys: THIS ISN'T YOUR DAY TO POST! COME BACK NEXT WEEK! *Starts shoving me towards the door*

Me: WAIT! GUYS! I HAVE, UH... ART! 

You Guys: *Stares*

Me: AND I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SHOW IT ON HEREEEEE!

You Guys: *Folds arms* Fine. 

WOOHOO, THE SWIRLSHINE INTRO IS BACKKK! XD!

Anywho, yes, it is Sunday, and yes, I am posting! Don't worry, I asked Sarah, and she said it was okay for me to make up for yesterday's missed post (I didn't get on my computer at all yesterday, so I wasn't able to!) with one today! So here I am! And I've got some art pieces of my own to share once again!

 First, I drew this adorable PPS deer from Chicken Smoothie at school about a week ago! I had to restart a bazillion times, but I rather like how it turned out - especially the head and eyes! The only things I'm not super happy with are the design on its belly (it was supposed to be smaller, but I think I ended up making the body too long! But I guess it looks fine!) and that back leg that's sticking up, which I think was supposed to be shorter. But other than those two things, I think it's pretty good for my first time drawing a PPS deer, hehe!
Oh And here's the pet I used as a reference!

Next, a sloth I drew just today for my mom for Mother's Day! (She loves sloths, XD! That's why I added the lil' hearts!) It took me quite a long time to make, but I like how it turned out, and my mom did too, which I'm super happy about!
I did use this reference picture, but instead of making a bunch of fur detail like they did, I decided to draw some fur lines and then smear them a lot to look faint, XD!

Also, a HUGE thanks to Lost, Sarah, Ja, and Koolest for your compliments on this art! You guys are so kind and totally made my day! 😊

And finally, here's something new- a picture I started coloring a few days ago! I own one of those really detailed coloring books, and I felt like coloring last week, so I took out the book and decided to start coloring in this elephant! I haven't gotten very far, as you can see, but I'm planning on making it very colorful! And symmetrical. XDD!

So what do you guys think? Like what I've been working on lately? (Hehe, I hope sooo!)

That's all I've got for now, but I hope you all enjoyed this post, even if it WAS supposed to be posted yesterday, eheheh! Until next Saturday, I hope you all have a great week, and remember to party hard, be kind, and jam on! ;)

AJ Chibi -- Coyote!

Hello, Jammers!

Karalee here!



This week, we have the much-requested Coyote chibi! 😁 Let's begin!



We start with the reference photo, of course...





...and continue to an oddly-not-creepy beginning sketch!





Then comes lineart, and the sudden and horrible realization that this Coyote now looks like a PIG! 😨





Finally color and sparkles, accompanied by a sigh of relief when the coloring makes it much less pig-like, and more canine again.   😌 〰 Phew!





What do you think of this chibi? Does it still look a little piggish to you?    🐷 - OINK!   



Tune in next week for a feline surprise! Can you guess which animal it will be?



That's all we've got for this time, but I'll see you later! *waves* Bye!

PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorergirl)

From A Den Item --> A Clothing Item ||AJ Blogger Art Tag!||

Heyo guys! It's another Tuesday with.. Cookies!

*blows horn*

Yeah, that horn was actually my nose BECAUSE ALLERGIES ARE THE WORST. Well, actually, I think I'm actually sick. But this isn't about my nose, is it? Yeah. It's about a neWwwWwwwwwW

But disclaimer, I'm sorry if somebody has done this before, the idea of this challenge suddenly came to me. But credit to anybody who may have done it before me! *Ahem* Anyway, there's two choices to do. A den item to a clothing item, which is what I did, or re-make the den item. Try to make the den item even better! 

1) Search up "animal jam den item"

Then, go to images! So all you have to do is close your eyes, scroll around, and then see what you clicked on! That will be your den item. If you decided to edit the item and make it even better, you should re-draw it and add some new designs! If you wanted to make it into a clothing item, a really easy way is to find an animal graphic to draw on.

2) Start drawing and see where you creativity takes you!

I found a fox graphic and started to draw my clothing designs on-top of it. If you want to do this traditionally, draw your own animal to make the clothing OR trace an animal jam graphic. I did it digitally so I can get this ombre effect! :o

I MEAN, LOOK AT HOW COOL IT LOOKS WHEN IT'S COLORED IN!!! *screams internally* It just adds so much more to the drawing! I'm pretty happy with this. So, I suggest that you guys try it, too! It'd be really cool to see how they turned out.

PEACE, LOVE, NINJAS! ~cookies out~

My Drawingggggggggg

Hello Jammers! Sarahkey8 here with..

ART! 

 

I'm actually quite happy with this, its suppose to be me in a different shirttt, and I just randomly added my ice amulet XD XD   

Have an amazing day! 

EDIT:

CS Wolfies!

Hello hello everyone! You'll all be seeing this post late, and I apologize! I wanted to post earlier, but we ended up going shopping for a few hours. I wanted to come back and work on some more CS PPS drawings, but tbh, I'm just really tired right now, and I just want to relax and listen to music, eheheh!


I haven't worked on many traditional drawings this week, since I was sick on Monday, Tuesday I lost my voice, and for the whole rest of the week, including right now, it's been slowly recovering, hehe! So I haven't really been up for drawing.
However, these past few days, I HAVE been working on coloring in some CS editables! Not a huge and amazing creation of my own or anything, but hey, why not show a picture, right?

As you can see, I didn't make the lineart for these cute lil' wolf pups! All credit for that goes to Shalusky, as the signature shows, hehe!
But I did give these guys their color, and I have to say, I really like how they turned out! Okay, so yes, all I really did was color inside the lines, but hey, I used layers! I've never understood layers till now, XD!

I'll be making- er, coloring- the two wolves on top in soon, and then I'll post the picture on CS!


Anyways, despite this short post, I hope you guys like what I've been working on lately! Please remember to party hard, be kind, and jam on, and I'll see you all later! Byeeeeeee!

AJ Chibi -- Lynx!

Hello all!

Karalee here!



So... I drew a Lynx chibi...

...aaaaaaaand forgot to take any progress shots.



So I'm going to build up suspense with a series of three pictures that are entirely unrelated except for the fact that I believe they will entertain you.



LET'S GO







ANOTHER PHOTO... CAN YOU FEEL THE SUSPENSE BUILDING?

This one is actually something I drew a few days ago and wanted to share with you.

ALLLLLLMOST THERRRREEEEE....







AND -- LYNX TIME! 🎉*fanfare*🎉 WOOHOOOO!







I hope you like it! If I'm remembering right, I think I may be running out of suggested animals to chibi-fy, so if you know an AJ animal whose cuteness you'd like to see exponentially embiggened (😆), please leave me a comment below! (Though I'm exceptionally sleepy at the moment, so I may be remembering quite wrong. Either way, a comment is cool.)



That's all I've got for this week! Seeya next time, Jammers! *waves* Bye!



PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorergirl)