Star Wars Day 2026

Cal Kestis and BD-1 wish you a Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth Be with You!

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Forever Young

This "Throwback Thursday" is for my digital drawing from 2017, just perfect for my upcoming birthday. I called it Peter Pan Syndrome/Generation and wrote about staying a kid in heart. I'm not sure if I used the term correctly back then, but it's more like being unapologetically myself, at least when it comes to my hobbies and habits, especially because of new technologies and opportunities I didn't have when I was younger.

I didn't just repost my old drawing, I changed it a bit. The lines were crunchy and pixelated, which was the style I preferred at the time, the proportions were off etc, so there was place for improvement. And I added a part of my art collage in the background to show that no matter what I'm supposed to do with the burden of all these decades on my shoulders, I'm not giving up drawing and supporting the geeky pop culture.

Fun (or disturbing?) fact: when someone asks me how old I am, sometimes I ask back: You mean "old" old or "in my head" old? 😄

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Superhero Day 2026

Happy Superhero Day! Here's an updated collage of all my digital drawings of various Marvel characters since 2016. Yep, this year is special to me, because soon it will be my 10th anniversary of drawing digitally. 😲

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Alien Day 2026

Happy Alien Day!

It's celebrated today because it represents LV-426, the name of the moon where the xenomorphs were first discovered. And yep, it's that weird writing of dates where month comes first, but no matter how confusing it seems, it gave us some interesting dates to celebrate (such as Pi Day on March 14 because it's 3,14 etc), so I guess there's some practical use for it after all. 🤷‍♂️

The drawing isn't completely new. I mean, it kind of is, but the xeno and the egg with a facehugger are actually from my last Halloween collage. I just never posted them as a seperate drawing, so this seemed like a perfect opportunity.

What is your favourite Alien movie?

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Scarlet Witch & Dr Strange

This week's Throwback Thursday is reserved for two drawings put together: Dr Strange from 2016 and Scarlet Witch from 2019, accompanied by a magic spell ring from 2022!

I had to adjust them a little bit, as Stephen was drawn in Paint Shop Pro, Wanda in Photoshop and the magic ring by hand, using spirograph, then scanned and finished in Clip Studio Paint.

It was an interesting project, as my drawing style and habits have changed over the years. But these TBTs help me revisit older drawings, tweak them if necessary and reintroduce them to new followers. It's been 10 years since I started this digital journey and there are way too many drawings that have most likely been forgotten along the way.

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Mickey again

 This Throwback Thursday brings us back to 2021 and my first digital drawing on my new Galaxy Tab 6.

Damn cost-cutting Disney...

A post from Marvel Fans (Facebook):

"For 20 years one small team at Marvel Studios did the most important job in the entire MCU. You just never knew their names. 

They were the Visual Development team. 13 artists. Comic book obsessives. The people who looked at a script, or sometimes no script at all, and drew what Iron Man's armor should feel like. What Loki should look like when he walks into a room. What the Avengers should look like standing together for the first time. 

Every iconic frame of the MCU started as a sketch on one of their desks. Ryan Meinerding ran the team. He has been there since the first Iron Man movie in 2008. 

This Tuesday Disney's new CEO sent an email. 1,000 layoffs across the company. Marvel got hit with roughly 8 percent. And the Visual Development team was almost entirely wiped out. 

One artist named Wesley Burt posted about the moment he got let go. He said the meeting happened in a conference room that still had his own Loki mural painted on the wall. 

Former team member Michael Uwandi went on the record with Polygon. He said the team's value was that they understood the comics on a level outsiders never could. He said losing them means the MCU is about to lose its house style. 

Another anonymous source said the quiet part out loud. Other Marvel departments were already using AI in their work. Costume design. Art departments. He said he would not be surprised if that was part of the decision. Disney is replacing the team with freelancers hired per project. No in-house artists. No shared language. No continuity. Avengers: Doomsday starts production without them. Spider-Man: Brand New Day starts production without them. 20 years of loyalty. One email. The artists who built Marvel are gone. And the fans are the ones who will feel it next."

Marvel Fans (Facebook)

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Marcia (DTPIYS Apr26)

For this month's art challenge Draw This Pose in Your Style (April 20026) by @theposearchives I chose Marcia, my OC from the Grdiverse project.

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