Hooligfan(s) 2025

 I'm not sure if you remember, but Hooligfan is one of the villains from my Grdiverse project. I created him about two years ago and this is his redesign, but in Chibi style. His power is multiplication, hence all the duplicates attacking our hero in this illustration.

If it's not obvious, I was inspired by the so-called "culture" surrounding football/soccer, spiced up with money, manipulated nationalism and raging hooliganism. And no, this isn't against sport and everything good it provides; it's about every weak minded fool who puts on a black hoodie and thinks their mistaken ways mean progress and change. And they've been rapidly multiplying in real life, too. 😞

In my drawing, my superhero Davorachnid is trying to fight them, no matter how outnumbered he is. And in real life... well, it's more depressing, because it looks like they're allowed to do whatever they want and their actions evidently meet with conservative politicians' approval. And not just in my country. 🤷‍♂️

So, my original design included a baseball hat and a buff (a face cover), but this time I changed it to a mask similar to Deadpool's, but with soccer ball patterns (pentagons) to match the whole theme. But don't let the mask fool you, it's just a detail, because he's a typical villain. OK, more like brainwashed by his evil bosses and false convictions, just like his real life counterparts.

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National Cookie Day

 

Happy National Cookie Day (Dec 4)! As you can see, this post is just a filler until I finish my next drawing. So... let's talk about cookies.

A locally famous brand of cookies, Moto, may not be the best there is, but in my opinion it's definitely better than Oreo. There are also other much better cookies, such as Domaćica, Napolitanke or Jadro, but let's use Moto for this comparison, as it's visually the most similar to Oreo. They both are round cookies with two parts and a filing in between.

And yet, everything's been all about Oreos for a quite some time. They keep coming up with new flavours, combining them with Milka chocolate or ice cream, baking Oreo cake for various celebrations... Ugh... it's not even that tasty! I believe they use a different type of cocoa or something like that. And they're so sweet that they make my teeth hurt, which is ironic coming from someone who has a sweet tooth and is ready to eat anything, just add sugar to it.

Moto both tastes and looks better. It's shaped like a flower, one of its parts is darker because it has cocoa in it, the other one doesn't, it's lighter and has a hole in the middle, and the filling is made of tasty chocolate cream. They've got some new versions and flavours lately, but all in all, it's not that widely known and as far as I know, there's no recipe for a Moto cake.

Anyway, my decision  is not based (solely) on nostalgia, I really believe Moto is a much better choice than the worldwide more famous Oreo.

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Odd Yuckly #72

 

Happy belated birthday, Britney! (Dec 2)

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Wei Wuxian Cosplay

This month's art challenge DTPYS by @theposearchives provided a great opportunity for me to draw a fanart piece of my friend's cosplay - @nariel_of_imladris as Wei Wuxian!

I don't really know this character (apparently he's from a Chinese fantasy drama The Untamed), but I really like the looks and the colours and the way Nariel interprets him through her style. My drawing isn't the exact copy of her costume, but rather a combination of more versions. I also wasn't sure what to draw as the background, so I found inspiration online and recreated it using Clip Studio Paint brushes.

As for the art challenge, the model was supposed to be carrying a sword, but Wei Wuxian's flute "Chenquing" (a spiritual instrument used to control his use of demonic energy) turned out to be an interesting substitution that perfectly completed the challenge pose.

Hope yoy like it as much as I do. Drawing this was an unexpected blast! 🎨

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Doctor Who Day (Fall 2025)

 Happy Doctor Who Day! On 23rd November, 1963, the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on BBC, so now this date is celebrated among fans.

It turns out I was a fan before I knew it, because I remember watching an interesting sci-fi show in the 80s about a man with curly hair and a long scarf, fighting robots and robotic... rats? 🤷‍♂️ Anyway, only in 2005, during the Doctor Who revival, did I realize it was actually that show, with the fourth Doctor Tom Baker fighting Cybermen and Cybermats in the 1975 episode "Revenge of the Cybermen". 👍

So, I decided to post something on this day, but I didn't draw anything new. Instead of that, I redesigned an old drawing from 2018 (OK, maybe the face and some other features). It was part of some kind of a fall art challenge and apparently I drew myself wearing the Doctor Who scarf (which I still have!), so I guess that should be enough to celebrate this day. You can still find my original drawing if you scroll down far enough. 😄

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Unlimitwins (Grdiverse)

The next good guys or superheroes and Davorachnid's friends in my Grdiverse project are siblings Ryan and Aryn, called Unlimitwins, who share a similar superpower - sound manipulation. While Aryn can use her voice to turn vibrations into a powerful force, Ryan can amplify any sound into the same force, from simply snapping his fingers to hitting his metallic batons during a fight.

I found my inspiration in one of my favourite bands from the techno/dance or Eurodance era, "2 Unlimited" from Belgium. They had many hits in the 90s, so you may have heard their techno anthem "No Limit", which was number one on the UK Singles Chart for several weeks in 1993, or "Get Ready For This", which is often played even today during sport matches (especially basketball), as well as in sport-related movies.

2 Unlimited performs even today, but with a different act: Ray is still here, but Anita isn't, so other vocalists take her place (for the time being it's Michèle). Although they've had many memorable costumes during their career, I chose the latest one for my drawing because of the cool colour palette. And the poses are from @posearchives again, because they remind me of the characteristics I'd like my OCs to have: Anita was definitely The Voice, and Ray had similar dance moves like fighting.

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Evil Queen

Apparently, Disney has decided to limit appearance of villains in its parks and make them seasonal characters, which has started some interesting fan theories. One of them is about an employee, an actress whose remarkable performance as the Evil Queen made her fans' favourite and a star of social media. In short, it seems like she played her role a little too well.

Although this role made her famous, she's also played Maleficent, Agatha Harkness and Cinderella's stepmother, which isn't unusual because most of the cast members play different roles. But she was so unforgettable that it didn't take long for fans to find out her real name and her private TikTok account.

What makes her stand out in her roles - especially as the Evil Queen - is the way she easily adapts to her characters,  she's witty and replies quickly. She's great with children and also knows how to approach children with disabilities - all of that while staying in the character! Many people wanted to visit the parks she was performing at and look just for her.

But there are also some downsides, such as people feeling offended by some things she says (although I wouldn't say she oversteps the boundaries of her role) or the constant comparison with the role Gal Gadot played in the Snow White movie that flopped, saying she should've been in the movie or maybe get a raise for her work in Disney parks. I guess all that publicity made her appear too often on the Disney's "naughty list". As I'm writing this, it's not certain what her status is right now - some say she even got fired.

Meanwhile, you can enjoy her witty replies and one-liners such as "Cut!", "Peasant!", "Well... they lied!", "La bruja! La reina, ay!" etc. or join online petitions to reinstall her as the Evil Queen. BTW, I came across her social media accounts too, but I won't be sharing them. If only a part of this is true, it's a shame she's being punished for doing her job too well. 

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