Ramblings nobody wants to read, Secret Santa wishlists, unexplained herd of Waluigis, and anything else that won't fit in my more organized worlds. Enjoy! Or don't. :P ;)

Random personal info:

I'm 25, married, and expecting my first little person this fall (2023)! Yay! This also means I'll probably stop being so active online this fall, but that's a price I'm willing to pay for smol bebes. Still love you all!

I've also joined Tumblr now! But TheOtaku will always be my home base.

Have fun wandering the wonderful world of a weirdo.

Concept Art - Stef & Sara

Been working on a little concept art for a WordGirl fan comic that I will probably never do that I've been thinking about drawing out. The story idea is a bit dark for WordGirl, but I know there are a lot of folks out there that wouldn't mind that.

These two ladies are OCs invented back in ye olden days when I was like twelve, and they've managed to survive this long without becoming super duper cringey, like a lot of my WordGirl OCs did. They do, however, fit neatly into a classic novice OC-making stereotype: they're related to a canon character. In this case, they're Dr. Two-Brains' sisters - Stephnie's the oldest and Sara's the youngest, with Two-Brains in the middle. Like Two-Brains, Stef has a mouse brain, but Sara has a cat one... which will probably make for some awkward family reunions, to say the least.

I'm aware that's not how you spell "Stephanie", but that's how it was spelled in 2010 and I'm not changing it now.

Still on the fence about the art style I'd want for this hypothetical comic. I'd either draw it in a semi-authentic WordGirl art style, or do my standard hybridized manga style. If anybody has a preference, I'd love to hear it!

Quest of the Dark Knight

This is a short story I'm writing for @CrazyOldReb, in honor of her birthday. This story takes place in the universe of a story we started writing together, but never finished (yet). The book would've been called Boyd the Orc, and I think...

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Bad News and Weird Things

It's been a long week and a half. In case anyone was waiting to see my next drawings for S M Pendragon's challenge, sorry to leave you hanging. My heart just wasn't in it, after my mom died. She was young, and it was unexpected, but it was also quick and painless, so for that we're thankful. I have no doubt that she's in the Lord's hands, and that we will all see her again someday. It's just going to be a long wait. I'm so proud of my family. They've been so strong and handled this whole ordeal with maturity beyond their years. Love you all! c(^_^c)

Like I said, I haven't been feeling much like drawing... until this morning, when I felt the need to draw something from a really weird dream I had. X)

I was hanging out outside with my siblings. We had found some artist online, and were scrolling through her stuff, which included but was not limited to Path of Radiance scenes recreated in watercolor, long YouTube videos with relaxing background music, and doodles of an old General Petrine. Then we had to get home and start packing to go out camping. We were bustling around the house and noticed it was starting to rain. CrazyOldReb and I remembered with dismay, that we'd left our sketchbooks sitting out in the grass! We asked for permission to stop packing so we could go rescue them, but our brother (not on TheO) said it was just too bad; we didn't have time. So the sketchbooks got ruined and we were sad. Then my husband and I woke up and he was late for work. Oops! On the plus side, I was inspired to draw something, so the artist's block has been broken and I'll probably be getting back to S M P's challenge again soon. :) On the minus side... it's Old Petrine. :P

Thanks for bearing with my weird ramblings. Happy Monday! ;)

Secret Santa Wishlist 2021

Hey-hey! I'm so excited to see what you, Mr./Mrs. Secret Santa, do with my wishlist! You can draw just one thing, or combine items into one picture, too. Artistic license, y'all!

I've tried to make the list fairly fandom-diverse, so you're (hopefully) not stuck drawing a character you don't know anything about.

~Avatar: The Last Airbender~
Prince Zuko
Uncle Iroh
Sokka
Toph Beifong being her beautiful sassy self

~Fire Emblem~
Rajaion (with or without other Goldoans) (he and Soren would also be super cute probably) (Path of Radiance, aka FE9)
Tibarn, Janaff, Ulki, and Reyson being bros (from FE9 and also Radiant Dawn, aka FE10)
Any one of, or any combination of, the Heron Laguz from FE9 and FE10 (Sephiran counts!)
Naesala (can be x Leanne but can also be standalone because Naesala is glorious) (FE9 & FE10)

~Legend of Zelda~
Link (All Links are fun, but Twilight Princess Link is my fave. He's pretty hot, NGL.)
Imp Midna (Twilight Princess)
Link x Midna (either form)
Ghirahim being his fabulous self (Skyward Sword)

~Lord of the Rings~
Tom Bombadil and Goldberry (Aww.)
Treebeard interacting with his forest

~Miscellaneous~
Literally anything from my original story, Silen Fah, will make me squeal in delight! (There are lots of characters I've posted on here; just look up "silen fah" under fanart.)

The seven main playables from Xenoblade Chronicles doing something fun or cool together
Fairies or mermaids
A dragon
Aisling and Pangur from Secret of Kells
The Marauders, or, y’know, just Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
A scene from the Chronicles of Narnia that you think you can make beautiful and/or magical
Yotsuba and friends celebrating Christmas together (Yotsuba&!)
No Face doing a crazy amount of knitting (because knitting is awesome.) (Spirited Away)

~Super Mario~
Waluigi
Rosalina
Waluigi AND Rosalina (can be romantic, but also these two just being pals would be really cute too)

...Okay, better not get carried away. Happy drawing!