[ID: drawing of rosco, a purple shrinkworlder with an off center crescent-shaped wedge out of the top of her head, holding a mureplex, a denizen with a spiky, triple-turreted shell, partially on her lap. rosco sits with her legs off to the side, wearing beige patterned shirt with rolled up sleeves and suspenders over a black turtleneck, striped brown pants, and sturdy thick-soled boots. rosco has an arm draped over mureplex and is smiling at it. mureplex has thin, insect-like legs coming out of its shell, holes in its shell that reveal pale, rib-like structures, a small tail with a spiky chunk of shell material at the end, and round glowing eyes that stare out from within its shell. end ID]

birthday gift i did for @its3oe =)

taking commissions in exchange for donations

i added this to the main fundraiser post but i wanted to give it its own post too. donate €15 or more to ezzideen's GFM and DM me proof, and i will draw for you! (limits are nothing hateful for obvious reasons and no ns/fw for a mix of personal comfort and lack of experience.) this only applies for donations made after this post. the above drawings are examples of the kind of stuff i can do. =)

[ID: messy black and white sketches shaded with grey of a bipedal creature with large nostrils and many pointy teeth sticking out of its mouth. its belly is shaped like a bomb with a long rope tail coming out the back that is lit on the end. it has small feathered wings on the undersides of its arms. in one sketch, it is standing facing slightly leftwards with a blank yet cheerful expression. in the other sketch, it tilts its head quizzically with its mouth hanging open, a question mark appearing next to it. end ID]

drawing i did of @cetitan's beast. its design is so endearing to me.

Do denizens metamorphize instantly, like pokemon, or is it more like real metamorphasis, where changing from one stage to another takes time and requires intermediary stages, like tadpoles that have grown legs, but still have tails? Is there a slow growth before a sudden metamorphasis, like if a tadpole slowly grew legs and it's tail shrank, but then suddenly transformed into a frog all at once?

it's a gradual metamorphosis! the "its metamorphosis can be recognized by..." segment of the lifecycle on denizens that can metamorphosize is meant to describe how those gradual changes manifest over time. the intermediary stages do mean its a little subjective when a quartzlet has become a rhineshine for example, but that's often how science is- subjective. the charmers have different names for the different forms that denizens take but they truthfully exist more on a gradient than a binary.

[ID: a banner decorated by three creatures made of blue quartz with pointy, metallic legs. they range from small and simple to large and more intricate, giving a sense of progression. beside them is written: "Charmers verse on Neocities, visit us at charmersverse.neocities.org" end ID]

the charmersverse website exists to document the world of charmers, which i have been working on since i was a teenager. it has monsters called "denizens" and strange, dreamlike worlds called "zones". it would mean a lot to me if you gave it a look. i hope you enjoy.

charmersverse.neocities.org

[ID: a gijinka of spinarak from pokemon. she is a fat woman with pale skin and short green hair that has been tied up into small pigtails. her hair ties are black and shiny, resembling spinarak's eyes. she has a horn above her forehead and glossy red fangs by her mouth. she is wearing a dress with short sleeves with pattern resembling a frowny face on the stomach, yellow-striped arm and leg warmers, and plain black shoes. she holds her hands together up by her chest and has a gentle smile. end ID]

spinarak woman!

[ID: four digital drawings: W.D. gaster from undertale sitting on a block-like platform in the void as it crumbles away into glitchy particles. a sketch page developing a creature design inspired by microscopic beings called obelisks. a palestinian olive tree done in a painterly style by color picking and referencing a photo. (photo not pictured) endogeny from undertale looking slightly melty and wagging its tail. end ID]

the second batch of drawings i did on stream in exchange for donations to fundraisers for people in gaza. the streams are over now, barring potentially one stream where we finish off some of the requests we got on the previous streams, but we are still taking art requests in exchange for donations. learn how to do that here.

[ID: four drawings: mr. society from deltarune in a pale green palette with his arm extended towards the viewer, flowey from undertale making a menacing face with goat-like fangs and nostrils visible, a wild chive casting a shadow on a white background, and snivy from pokemon. end ID]

last night, i took drawing requests on stream in exchange for donations to three different places where people can donate to directly help people in gaza. (1, 2, 3) i plan to do more fundraiser streams for gaza in the future. if you would like to make a drawing request, please donate to one of the fundraisers in the three links and DM me a screenshot of your receipt (do not include personal information in this) and i will draw something for you on stream! there is no minimum donation requirement to be eligible for a drawing, i just want to use whatever ability i have to encourage people to donate and help these people reach their goals.

(you can also follow me on twitch @/garlandzone to be notified when i go live. i don't stream normally so if you get notified it will only be for fundraiser livestreams.)

[ID: a sketchpage of hareguy, a hare-like beast with the head of an old man. the largest drawing is in the middle left of page and is in color, featuring hareguy laying on his side with a stern expression. then, clockwise around the page starting in the upper left corner, are the following uncolored sketches in black digital pen: hareguy scratches his ear with his hind leg. hareguy prances in an awkwardly cutesy pose. hareguy on his back with his legs splayed out as if someone unseen has lifted him. hareguy drawn in the style of a medieval beast illustration. a two drawing diagram of hareguy pulling his head back into his dewlap in disgust. hareguy looking small and pathetic. hareguy wearing overly long socks on his hind legs which are dragging out behind him. hareguy sitting with all of his legs on the ground and staring off absently. end ID]

art trade with @boxheadpaint of their character hareguy

[ID: drawings of a golem animated by a palestinian flag painted on its forehead. it is seen: holding out its arms protectively in front of a crowd of children, the children also hold each other supportively; catching an air strike missile from the air and throwing it away or crushing it in its fist; turning its back so that a child can warm her hands by the earth oven built into its back, food in a pot is cooking on the fire and a boy holds a cup of steaming tea to his face and enjoys the aroma; clearing away rubble so a man can kept up his wife who was buried underneath, she is clutching a baby to her chest; stooping down to look at a kitten a young boy is holding up to show it; and dissolving small flakes of clay from its finger into a glass of water, purifying it. end ID]

@fairuzfan asked people to create and share art for the strike. i wrote an artist statement and then set about trying to draw what i envisioned. artist statement below.

This golem is a protector that I wish I could gift to the children and adults in Gaza. The flag on its forehead is to show that love for the Palestinian people is an animating force for people fighting for a free Palestine all over the world, especially for those in Palestine who are trying to free themselves and their people. Love is the motivation for the call for a free Palestine, not hatred like people try to claim. It is very strong and fast and can catch air strikes out of midair and crush them to dust or throw them back in the direction they came from. It can lift all the rubble of a collapsed building very quickly so nobody can get trapped underneath. It has an earth oven in its back with an ever-burning flame that people can use to warm themselves and cook food and heat water to use to bathe themselves or make tea. Pieces of its clay can be crumbled up and mixed into water to make even the most brackish and unclean water pure and safe to drink.

The golem is always a bit of a tragic figure so I don't imagine it staying around forever once Palestine is free and it is no longer needed. I think it would use its great strength to help rebuild the destroyed houses, churches, schools, universities, hospitals, and mosques and then dive into the Jordan river and dissolve. It would clean the river of all pollution and make the water splash up over all the newly replanted fruit trees, causing them to grow big and strong. Its love for Palestine and its people can be tasted in the fruit they grow for generations.

I choose a specifically Jewish icon of protection because of how it feels to witness such horrors done in the supposed name of Judaism and the Jewish people. For many anti-zionist Jews, we feel like we are acting directly within the teachings of our stories and communities by opposing this genocide. It is difficult to understand how the very people and institutions who taught us these values now fight against them so fiercely. While obviously I would still oppose Israel were I not Jewish, the way I oppose Israel is directly informed by my Jewishness. I hope that someday, somehow, Judaism can bring as much joy and support to the Palestinian people as it has brought grief and destruction. That Jewish symbols used in the name of love and justice will bear more significance than the ones used in shows of hatred. Knowing the depth of the harm caused, I do not know if this is possible. But this artwork and everything I have dedicated myself to these past few months and continue to dedicate myself to in the future is born from this hope. I love you. Thank you for being on this planet with me. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! And it will be beautiful.

[ID: a line-up of digimon fusion ocs drawn in scale with each other. from left to the right they are combinations of: mokumon/yukimibotamon, botamon/dorimon/cotsucomon, piccolomon/pucchiemon/arukenimon, alraumon/bakemon/cthyllamon, and floramon/fantomon/gabumon. end ID]

i haven't really been posting because i've been busy with other things but one thing i've been doing is making digimon fusion ocs. here's the ones i have so far.

[ID: fanart of lolo from klonoa 2 wearing a vampire costume and making a playfully fierce expression with one hand raised to make a claw. end ID]

i wanted to draw something seasonal. drawing is hard right now so it's messy but i like how it turned out

[ID: a digital drawing of an abstracted creature with a featureless cone-shaped body and a round head with pointed ears that has been carved out of wood. end ID]

"wood grain animal"

[ID: chara from undertale and jyagamon from digimon drawn with a digital pen and colored with a watercolor brush. they are gardening together, with chara using a small spade to dig a hole for a waiting sprout in a temporary pot. several other sprouts have already been planted, and a seed bag rests nearby. end ID]

there is some resemblance.

[ID: a digital drawing of dess holiday from deltarune depicted as a deer monster wearing a green shirt with white sleeves and baggy pants. she has short, dark brown hair and no antlers. she stands in a grassy clearing with a grove of trees beside it with her back turned to the viewer. she is in an active pose holding out a baseball bat which leaves a dark tear in the scene behind it. the sky is bright blue with fluffy clouds but a haze seems to emanate from the tear created by her bat. written at the top and bottom of the piece are the lyrics "i poked a hole / in a bright summer day" end ID]

my friend said that the new ferry song reminded him of dess and all at once i perceived and understood his vision. and so i had to draw this

ID: four characters from bandai's magical witches virtual pets as they are depicted on the box art. from left to right, there is eneruge, a mischievous imp dressed in red with peach-colored skin and a triangle of dark hair poking out on their forehead below their fiery, wide-brimmed hat; baluluna, a perky looking pale-skinned witch wearing lime green clothing and gloves, they have purple eyes and blue hair sticking up in short braids; aquary, a lanky witch with very pale skin dressed in blue, they wear a dress and a very tall wide-brimmed hat and have blue eyes and light blue hair with long braids; and earthlin, a witch dressed in yellow with brown skin and an insectoid helmet covering the top half of their head, they have red eyes and long, pink fingers. end ID

magical witches!

ID: a digital drawing with neat lining, color, and shading on a light grey background. it depicts tat, lolo, and leorina from klonoa 2 walking and chatting together. tat has a pretzel skewered on her claws and looking over and smiling at lolo and leorina. lolo is in between tat and leorina and is wearing blank pink baseball cap, a purple flower print turtleneck, a plain black skirt and white stalkings, and peach sneakers. she is carrying a box of fries and is in the process of lifting one of the fries to her mouth. leorina is wearing her usual golden headgear as well as a black athletic jacket, jeans, and green sneakers. she is holding a smoothie in her hand and looking over at lolo and tat with a smile. end ID

an attempt at approximating an old tumblr trend of drawing characters in modern clothing hanging out at the mall. i think it was especially prevalent in early to mid 2010's.