Old Sketchbook
LightNews LightNews
banner
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Old Sketchbook
@oldsketchbook.bsky.social
27 followers 69 following 67 posts
they/them, Aspiring artist, fantasy nerd and enthusiast, Dungeon Master, RPG lover, all around nerd. Commissions are open!

https://ko-fi.com/oldsketchbook
https://www.artstation.com/sham64/profile
Posts Replies Media Videos
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Not a bad team, all these mons have -Spd Natures so they are slow as all hell, but its seems like a good start. First eep, then Roxanne tomorrow probs
The new Team! Nightwish the Murkrow, Iced Earth the Snow Runt, and King Nothing the Nidoran(M) join the team!
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
On our way through Petalburg to take on Roxanne with this stellar team...We'll get a couple more friends once we get to Rustboro City
The Party screen showing: Sober the Mudkip, TLC the Sentret, Ziggy the Zigzagoon, Soundgarden the Seedot, Miserlou the Poliwag, and MellonCollie the Ledyba
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
oh boy first encounter, 「TLC」 works for me :)
one of the battle screens for battle in Emerald Seaglass; a grassy meady flanked by trees and earth where our Mudkip faces off against a wild Sentret
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
「Sober」
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Welp, since most of my plans have gone a little sideways, guess I'm just chill out with an Emerald Seaglass Nuzlocke or something. There's a joke I'd make about which starter I'd choose, but I'm probs gonna pick Mudkip everytime so :) we'll see how far we'll get
The Title screen to the Pokemon romhack, Pokemon: Emerald Seaglass. It shows the three base starters, Treeko, Torchic and Mudkip respectively, in Emerald Seaglass' GameBoy Color/Gen 2 inspired artstyle.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Man, this game's is still got it. I listen to the OST pretty regularly, but its like I never put it down all those years ago #ApeEscape
Spike, the player character from Playstation 1 classic "Ape Escape", striking a pose during an idle animation in the Dark Ruins
September 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
A map of a kingdom for a project I am starting. No roads are depicted, didn't want them to crowd what I think is already a bit of a busy map, especially since only "major" cities are shown. I may edit in some roads later, but its time to call it for a piece that has taken as long has it has.
An illustrated relief map of the Kingdom of Hyralot, the (historically) human kingdom that lies on the northern part of the continent of Aezax, and its neighboring kingdoms covered by clouds. Hyralot is bordered by the Rymestende, Ruckgrat, and Magahabir Mountains along its northeastern, southern and western borders. Hyralot boasts good farming ground, good ore, and a humid, temperate climate. Summers are warm, and more so with the humidity, but winter comes cold, humid, and with enough snow to match summer's rain. If one travels far enough north, snow is a constant even in summer. The only exception to this general rule is the Carmesi Desert; just out of reach of any storms that blow through the land, this desert isn't so much hot as it is barren, with freezing cold nights. The flora and fauna has adapted to this unique biome, however, and these adaptations help separate its self from the other deserts in the realm.
September 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Of course Roaring Knight would be the first thing from Deltarune I'd draw. Have a Susie in the works, but this just kind of spilled out of me. Experimented and played around with some details to see I could make this stand out a bit, or look visually "distinct". #Deltarune
OG piece, closest to the in game sprite: No bells or whistles, just the white outline and the afterimages. Roaring Knight, with a little bit of contrast/shadow to keep it distinct from the afterimages. I think it looks nice on the face and sword, but I think I could make it subtler in some areas Roaring Knight, but with [AURA]. May try something like this in the future, where the outline kind of "shines" or "glows" because I think it makes the void black really pop. But this is a little to soft and spread out, but not too bad imo. Fully shaded and aura'd up Roaring Knight. Just a mix of several thing I experimented with, a glow and fuzzy aura with the previous shading. Does too much to cover up the afterimages to me
September 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
been radio silent for a bit, so some stuff I've worked on/been working on! A little bit sketchy, a little bit WIP, and a dash of "man idk what I'm drawing rn". Also I've been playing Deltarune recently so I guess I'll be doing some of that too
A "Pillars of Creation" inspired piece, just grabbing random brushes and colors and just going to town. In the background, behind the mass of starstuff, lies a shining pastel planetary body shining in the icy void of space. Further still are to massive anomalies share or trade energy, which was most likely inspired by an Edge of Eternities Land card art. A little head sketch of my Sword World 2.5 character, a Tabbit Conjurer/Fencer "Magic Knight" named Tapper. A young Knight-Errant to his Arcane-Chivalric order, he travels where ever danger is to offer his aid, whether it be via spell or blade. a WIP of some character concepts I am working on for a little comic thing. Hashing out some character designs out (i know some of the are covered, I did drawings of them already :3) over some poseable models, and wanted to see the heroes together as well. We have: Gallan'Thiel of the Jeweled Firmament (left), an elven arcane knight on the search for a ancient relic of her knightly order, Goroku (back center), a half-orc from a foreign land, a kinsei and a ronin, wandering for the answers to life. Andidimous (front center), a human wizard on acadeic leave to test his magical practice, and Hamyr (right), a dwarven druid of the Circle of Iron who is following the footsteps of their master, who no one has seen for many years. The pic probably looks small because of the manga page setting I used for this, if so: oops a wip of Shadow Peach from Paper Mario: TTYD. Not far from being done, just need a backgroun and some ore shading, I think, and smooth out some of the shading.
August 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Been playing Drayano's Volt White because I never played the gen5 games growing up, and have been enjoying them. Decided to draw N because I dig his style. I like it for the most part, tried some watercolor/colored pencil shading but I wasn't vibing with it.
N, King of Team Plasma, in his iconic pose on a checkered Black/White background to harken back to those classic games.
July 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Art for my younger brother for his birthday. One of those "I like the foreground, hate the background" pieces. If I didn't slap something back there and send it, I would be working on this piece forever or just restarting it. I do kinda like the light brushes I used, but all in all not my best work
A lone motorcycle rider, their blade at the ready, slides around to face you against the night skyline of a city whose lights outshine the stars. Took a cyberpunky vibe as inspiration because I like the vibe.
July 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
been playing Tunic lately and have been *loving* it, and wanted to try more experimenting with this mask layer lighting/shading. Don't really know if I really dig this, but for a 3x3 doodle/experimentation piece, eh. Guess it could be worse.

#Tunic
an artwork depicting The Ruin Seeker, the main character from the video game "Tunic", descending into a Dark Tomb
July 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Recently beat the Crystal Legacy romhack by the SmithPlaysPokemon team. What a great time through Johto. Here's the final team, plus some honorable mentions that I used in the game. Next thing I wanna do is a complete dex, and maybe a Nuzlocke if I don't do that in the Crystal Clear romhack
A screenshot of the final team: Gojira the Tyranitar (named after the band of the same name), Jinjer the Ursaring (named after the band of the same name), DragnForce the Kingdra (named after the band of the same name, but with character limitations), Stormrider the Zapdos (named after the song by the band Iced Earth), El Scorcho the Typhlosion (named after the song by Weezer), and Chop Suey the Heracross (named after the song by the band System of a Down). Both Jinjer and Gojira were caught in dark cave, and Chop Suey in Azalea, so a lot of this team I had since early in the game. Honorable Mention: Scream the Crobat (named after the song by The Misfits). Had this guy since the early game too, did me well until I needed something with better coverage, hence the Zapdos. Love me some Crobat though. Honorable Mention: Papercut the Slowbro (named after the song by Linkin Park). Also caught early in the Slowbro well, did good by me until it felt like it could withstand enemy strength/coverage. Honorable Mention: Black Fire the Dragonite (named after the song by DragonForce). Used as my flier once I benched my Crobat, but was benched itself once I decided Zapdos and Kingdra were a better fit for my team.
June 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Bit of a different post, another thing I sink too much time into; ttrpg maps! Made for grid based games like 5e/Pathfinder 2e or other such games for VTTs, some for games I have ran/am running, some just made because I had a itch for making maps for some conversion or system for an IP that I like,
A top down map view of a player home, made in a hollow of a willow tree. Made for Pathfinder 2e: Kingmaker for use in Roll20/Foundry A dungeon based on the 1st dungeon from the original Legend of Zelda game, the Tunic Graveyard known as Falcon Temple, when I ran a DnD 5e LoZ conversion. Would use this for the PF2 one as well. Made with Roll20/Foundry in mind A map depicting the main portion of Viridian City from the Kanto region of the Pokemon world, for a Pokemon TTRPG I found many moons ago. Holds many of the shops, attractions, local Gym and Pokemon Center. Would love to run this, but the system seems very daunting/cumbersome and I already have so many games I wanna run X(. Made with Roll20/Foundry in mind. A cave system on Dantooine for a Star Wars 5e conversion, based on the Dantooine Caves from Knight of the Old Republic 2 game. Made with Roll20/Foundry in mind, the ground textures look a little messy/spill out of the cave walls because players arent supposed to see that with walls in place preventing movement/sight. Makes making these styles of map a little easier and faster.
June 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
lil bro wanted a Chef Tonberry, so I obliged (finished on 6/6/25, didnt date it like a goober). The Moschet Manor Dinner Party was one of my favorite parts of Crystal Chronicles, banger theme

#FinalFantasy #Tonberry
A tonberry, clad in chef's hat and apron, has traded in its typical lantern for a cast iron skillet in preparation for a delicious meal
June 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Been reading some VtM shit lately, really wanted to draw some vampire shit. Maybe not as detailed as I'd like (like with the building itself), but I'm trying to find a balance between what looks good to me personally and what looks good enough, for the sake of time.
#VtM #WoD #OldSketchbook
A member of Clan Nosferatu stands on a rooftop, looking down on the street after a successful hunt with a permanent, skeletal grin on his face...
May 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
been sitting on this one for a minute, finally "finished" it. Wanna work with this kind of lighting more and maybe *not* fuck it up, but whatever. Not all of em can be bangers.
A Thaumaturge and her gladiator companion share a night under a starry Thanalan sky after a long day of filling hunting logs and Levemetes
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
idk what my "style" is, but wanted to take a simple approach with this. Color-matched from the reference because I'm lazy as fuck :)
Nance, listening to music, sitting on a stool probably
May 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
gonna be so much crosshatching 😭
an incomplete piece, a helmeted figure riding a motorcycle who is in dire need of *a lot* of crosshatching
May 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
some fakemon that have been floating around in my brain for a minute. I am *not* great at drawing pokemon or designing them, but there is something fun and satisfying just cranking out these simple designs and doodles. More to come, lots of these little guys still taking up space in the dome-piece
Two lines of Fakemon: a dancing cockroach and its mariachi evolution (Racha and Macucaracha/Maracaracha can't decide on a name), and a scared chihuahua and its more intimidating pit bull evolution (Chihuabra into Chupitcabra) 3 different lines of Fakemon: The Rock/Grass pokemon line (no name, can't find anything clever for it) That is a Stone covered in moss (or perhaps a body of moss covering a stone?), a mono-Flying cloud pokemon line that starts as fog and crows to a large cumulonimbus cloud, Foggi into Cumulo into Colomnimbus), and the singe stage Fairy/Ghost Faestral, a pokemon who is nothing more than an astral projection without a body.
May 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
a little "mood board" I've doodled, because I can't think of anything to draw. A little cartoony, but it feels like a nice break from the "bigger" projects it feels like I'm always working on
various emotions, from dread and anxiety to simple sadness and stupidity
May 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
Loved making this, and am always thinking of other ideas to write and draw. It feels so difficult solidifying anything though.
Page 5 Alin is reassured that he did a good job, but his benefactor asks him something strange and dangerous... Page 6 Lord Morod asks what Alin would pay for knowledge, and a scream rings through the halls page 7 Ending splash page, Lord Morod saying something edgy
May 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
A little short comic I did based on something I wrote many many moons ago. A bit rough around the edges for sure, but I have touched up the art and the grammar/syntax for the most part since I first made it. (Should be red Left to Right, top to bottom if it is unclear)
page 1 A scholar-monk stands trembling in front of an imposing door, afraid to knock or open it Page 2 The scholar-monk clutches his notes and other findings from a dig site he was a part of, remembering the monsters he and his team encountered... page 3 The scholar-monk finally knocks on the door, and sees a room decorate with many artifacts, its occupant obscured by a large chair and desk in front of a hearth Page 4 The scholar-monk, Alin, gives his findings to the benefactor of the expidition, Lord Morod
May 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
commission for a friend's FF14 OC with their favorite character! Took longer on this than I wanted, but it turned out preety good in the end I think :)
Lucretia and Haurchefant share a dance, with text that reads "And for just a brief moment...they were happy"
May 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
oldsketchbook.bsky.social
just something messy and quick I threw together in an attempt to make something more emotional. not my best work, but I guess that wasn't my aim really
a rough image of someone with a large weight on their shoulders, red and blue emotions pouring from them and mixing at their feet
April 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM