Happy New Year!

 I wrote this for Instagram, as it's my most active social media platform, with the most likes, followers etc. For this year's art review I kind of combined several art challenges into one. I didn't feel comfortable to post "Top Nine", because I paid for promotion of eight of my works and instead of usual 30-50 likes they got up to "unreal" 600, which makes it harder to tell what you really liked. 🤔

As for "The Summary of Art 2020", I'm also skipping that one this year, because as I started drawing more it became impossible for me to choose only 12 drawings (one per month) out of 70! 🤪

Instead of all that, I'm going with some kind of "Art vs Artist" challenge or something similar... I took the general idea, but made a collage of as many artworks as possible. They cover most of my interests, from drawing challenges, Marvel stuff, anime and Star Wars to YouTubers such as Drawfee, Jazza, Rhett and Link, the Vlog Squad and Let's Game It Out.

As for the milestones, I got 5.1k likes this year (although many come from the mentioned promotions, so again I'm not sure what the numbers would be like without them). I also got my 500th follower in August. I don't think the paid promotions helped much with that, because I got many likes during that period, but very few new followers. I guess they liked those specific drawings, but not my whole profile or gallery. And I almost completely stopped experimenting with different art forms and worked on my digital drawings, trying to define my style or at least some features I like to use in my drawings (such as thicker black and white outlines and rim lighting).

Thank you for your participation (likes, shares, following and comments). As for the New Year's wishes, let's just hope 2021 will bring happier moments. Aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, this year my country has suffered (and is still suffering) major earthquakes (the strongest was just two days ago 😔). Many houses and buildings were devastated and lives were lost, so no wonder that on this last day of 2020 we are even more than ever desperate for some good news. 🙏

So... Happy New Year, be creative and stay safe!

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Xmas Mashup Challenge 2020

 It took me a little bit longer, but finally here are all my drawings for the Xmas Mashup Challenge! 👍

You gave me your suggestions for fictional characters you'd like me to draw and I mixed them with my 6 "Xmasy" prompts in the Arty Games random character generator by @drawwithjazza.

They were:

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern  ✅

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart ✅

* Snowman + Jack Skellington ✅

* Gingerbread man + Goliath ✅

* Krampus + Loki ✅

I thought Santa Claus and Krampus would be the easiest, but I'm not really happy with how they turned out. Elf, Reindeer and Snowman were surprisingly easy, but the one I thought I'd have the most problems with, Gingerbread man, turned out unexpectedly good.

Thank you for your participation, likes and comments. Although I wasn't 100% sure about my abilities and time I'll need to complete any kind of art challenge with more characters, it was my second Six Fanarts Challenge and I guess I'll do something like this again, especially if there's a twist (like it was with Halloween and Christmas).

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Xmas Mashup Challenge (Krampus)

 My sixth Xmas mashup character: Loki + Krampus (one of your suggestions + my Xmas prompt + the Arty Games random generator by @drawwithjazza).

Here's my final drawing for this challenge. I was glad when I got this combination, but now I'm not sure about the result. I hope you like it anyway.

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern  ✅

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart ✅

* Snowman + Jack Skellington ✅

* Gingerbread man + Goliath ✅

* Krampus + Loki ✅

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Xmas Mashup Challenge (Gingerbread Man)

 My fifth Xmas mashup character: Goliath from Gargoyles + Gingerbread man (a suggestion by Joshua Dages from Instagram + my Xmas prompt + the Arty Games random generator by @drawwithjazza).

This was the hardest challenge, because I didn't plan in advance how to transform ANY character into a gingerbread man - and getting Goliath didn't help at all! This is my third and in my opinion the best version, so it should be enough. In the end I chose the most common pose you can find on Google and I'm actually satisfied with how it turned out. My lines are usually clean, but this time I used a "dissolved" brush effect to make it look like a cookie or something similar. And what is more important, the chance of drawing at least one character from Disney's Gargoyles brought back my (late?) childhood memories. 😍

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern  ✅

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart ✅

* Snowman + Jack Skellington ✅

* Gingerbread man + Goliath ✅

* Krampus + Loki

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Merry Christmas!

 

Xmas Mashup Challenge 2020 (Snowman)

 My fourth Xmas mashup character: Jack Skellington + Snowman (a suggestion by Cindy Mora from Twitter + my Xmas prompt + the Arty Games random generator by @drawwithjazza).

Here's a very familar character, Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas, but as a snowman. I also added his ghost-dog Zero, although he wasn't part of the prompt. I gave him a Santa's hat and Rudolph's collar and nose, just for fun.

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern  ✅

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart ✅

* Snowman + Jack Skellington ✅

* Gingerbread man + Goliath

* Krampus + Loki

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Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove)

 It's the 20th anniversary of The Emperor's New Groove's release (December 2000) and as soon as I read about it I left everything I was doing just to draw - Yzma!

It's one of my favourite not only Disney's movies, but animated movies in general and Yzma, voiced by incredible Eartha Kitt, is my favourite character. OK, Kronk too. They're hilarious together. 🤣 Damn, gotta go watch it again now...

WIP:

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Xmas Mashup Challenge 2020 (Reindeer)

 My third Xmas mashup character: Mignon Beart + Reindeer (a suggestion by MegaNinten Cano from Twitter + my Xmas prompt + the Arty Games random generator by @drawwithjazza).

I didn't know anything about her, but apparently she's also a character from The King of Fighters (a video game). If you wonder how I managed to design this unusual mashup, I was inspired by Beastars (although I don't watch that anime).

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern  ✅

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart ✅

* Snowman + Jack Skellington

* Gingerbread man + Goliath

* Krampus + Loki

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Xmas Mashup Challenge 2020 (Christmas elf)

 My second Xmas mashup character: Leona Heidern + Christmas elf (a suggestion by Gustavo Marchant from Twitter + my Xmas prompt + the Arty Games random generator by @drawwithjazza).

I've never heard of her, but apparently she's a character from The King of Fighters series of fighting video games.

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern  ✅

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart

* Snowman + Jack Skellington

* Gingerbread man + Goliath

* Krampus + Loki

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Xmas Mashup Challenge 2020 (Santa Claus)

My first Xmas mashup character: The Punisher + Santa Claus (your suggestion + my Xmas prompt + Jazza's Arty Games random generator).

I guess I could have added more Punisher's features, but I think his skull-shaped beard and gift-wrapped guns make some interesting details.

* Santa Claus + The Punisher ✅

* Xmas elf + Leona Heidern

* Reindeer/Rudolph + Mignon Beart

* Snowman + Jack Skellington

* Gingerbread man + Goliath

* Krampus + Loki

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