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The Variable//Private Commissions Open @thevariableedge.bsky.social · Nov 21
For my 200 Followers Sketch, I drew Squirrel Girl for @mistahdood.bsky.social!

My next giveaway may not be Follower Count related (200 took FOREVER, and I'm NOT popular!), so keep an eye out!

#FanArt #TraditionalArt #Marvel #MarvelRivals #TheEmperor'sNewGroove
I have a tendency to "draw from memory". If it's a character I've drawn often enough, like Daisy, I may have memorized close to 90% of her design, so okay, cool. But MOST of the time, I just want to draw, I have a "pretty good" picture of the character in my head, and I'm somewhere where I can't just pull up my phone to look up references, like when I drafted Doreen here while standing in a grocery line. "But lots of the details still came out right!" Nuh-uh, that came AFTER, when I had to do LOTS of erasures to fix up the acorn-like padding on her sleeves, and damn, she got through SO far into the process before I realized I LEFT OUT HER EARS. So, if there was one thing I feel that made me a better artist, it's the simple acceptance of my mistakes, AND HOW I LEARNED TO NUKE THE DRAWING WITH AN ERASER if I need to fix something. I'm a bit proud of my lettering though. I've been writing in a "comic font" ever since high school, because I was writing my own comic at the time, and had to do my own lettering. Said comic was in large 12 x 18 inch sketchpads, and I had no computer or scanner, and for that matter, even professional comics did not have computer lettering yet (Shout-out to lettering legend Tom Orzechowski, who seemingly lettered practically every comic I read at the time.) If anything, it led to my teachers liking my written assignments, because my handwriting became easier to read than most! So... yeah. Also The Emperor's New Groove reference, and a touch of Peanuts' Woodstock chatter, because I'm the type of nerd who always has to reference something!
thevariableedge.bsky.social
I humbly take back the pride I felt at being able to beat Battletoads on the NES. As it turns out, the Clinger-Winger hypno-buzzball was slower on the Famicom version of the game, which is the one I played on my NES using an adapter back in the day.

I can still handle the Turbo Tunnel at least!
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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konjak.org
Cheap. Buy, please. 🙏

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Save 75% on Iconoclasts on Steam
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure ...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
In the event of @rosiecaddick.bsky.social's final stream on Playstation Access, I'm bringing this back out!

Oh and Rob and Delsin too!
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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thevariableedge.bsky.social
No real projects for me this month, but I might still have a pic or two, depending on my available time.

Theme for January will be Request Month! Follow this account, and post your requests. I aim to do 3-4, anything leftover might be sprinkled in over following months.

Single-character, no NSFW!
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
No real projects for me this month, but I might still have a pic or two, depending on my available time.

Theme for January will be Request Month! Follow this account, and post your requests. I aim to do 3-4, anything leftover might be sprinkled in over following months.

Single-character, no NSFW!
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
I dunno... I had my best Mega Man idea back when MM3 was still new, and when I revisited it FIFTEEN YEARS AGO...
Mega Man 3 robot masters, with a more mechanical flair. Mega Man 3 robot masters merged into a giant super robot, which I felt would have been a better final boss than what we got with Gamma. Mega Man and Rush drawn for scale.
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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thevariableedge.bsky.social
Nostalgia-ber recap!

Dead or Alive's Hitomi vs Ayane
Voodoo and Velocity from Image Comics (as of the 90's)
Gambit and Rogue

and

200 Follower Bonus Sketch: Squirrel Girl

I may not have as much time to draw this holiday season, but I'll try to get at least one up for December!
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
Nostalgia-ber recap!

Dead or Alive's Hitomi vs Ayane
Voodoo and Velocity from Image Comics (as of the 90's)
Gambit and Rogue

and

200 Follower Bonus Sketch: Squirrel Girl

I may not have as much time to draw this holiday season, but I'll try to get at least one up for December!
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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thevariableedge.bsky.social
Mr. & Mrs. X, 'nuff said!

(of course not, check out the alt-text!)

#Marvel #X-Men #X-MenRogue #Gambit #TraditionalArt #Fanart
There's a lot I feel that could be improved on this drawing, but as I don't usually draw men, that's certainly a given. I'll likely revisit this pic again in the future, either with the same characters or not. The layout itself was easy enough: Rogue is a strong girl, and Gambit is the type of suave playboy who might take being sweetly coddled, but not if it takes him off his coolness game. As always, I went with their 90's looks, complete with the banded metal boots. While the art is cleaned up some through Clip Studio Paint, and some texture brought back by way of sharpening the image, the vellum board I usually use felt different and off for this one, to the point I actually considered scrapping it and starting all over. Might have been due to the storms and humidity around the time I worked on this, but the pencils didn't feel "right" going over the surface while sketching, and even during the shading stage. I'm glad I stuck with it to the end, and it looks good enough-- my mild dissatisfaction with the final pic lies in my own execution of the concept, not the way my tools behaved. I've been actively going for a certain visual language in my art style. Anime-inspired of course, but I'm sticking to certain style rules I'm placing for myself, such as the way I structure bodies, to the way I draw hair. Rogue's curly, wavy hair is an example of that. I expect that maybe even the way I render bodies, faces and expressions may change down the line, and I don't know if I might like how it may look at first. But as much as I've had to accept the changes when an artist I follow adopts a new style, I should be just as open to making such changes in myself as well. Even if it may lead to actually drawing more males.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
Mr. & Mrs. X, 'nuff said!

(of course not, check out the alt-text!)

#Marvel #X-Men #X-MenRogue #Gambit #TraditionalArt #Fanart
There's a lot I feel that could be improved on this drawing, but as I don't usually draw men, that's certainly a given. I'll likely revisit this pic again in the future, either with the same characters or not. The layout itself was easy enough: Rogue is a strong girl, and Gambit is the type of suave playboy who might take being sweetly coddled, but not if it takes him off his coolness game. As always, I went with their 90's looks, complete with the banded metal boots. While the art is cleaned up some through Clip Studio Paint, and some texture brought back by way of sharpening the image, the vellum board I usually use felt different and off for this one, to the point I actually considered scrapping it and starting all over. Might have been due to the storms and humidity around the time I worked on this, but the pencils didn't feel "right" going over the surface while sketching, and even during the shading stage. I'm glad I stuck with it to the end, and it looks good enough-- my mild dissatisfaction with the final pic lies in my own execution of the concept, not the way my tools behaved. I've been actively going for a certain visual language in my art style. Anime-inspired of course, but I'm sticking to certain style rules I'm placing for myself, such as the way I structure bodies, to the way I draw hair. Rogue's curly, wavy hair is an example of that. I expect that maybe even the way I render bodies, faces and expressions may change down the line, and I don't know if I might like how it may look at first. But as much as I've had to accept the changes when an artist I follow adopts a new style, I should be just as open to making such changes in myself as well. Even if it may lead to actually drawing more males.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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outlaweric.com
Whelp, there's no way to sugarcoat this, friends,
Through a combination of hubris and misfortune, I messed up...
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
"I know now why you cry, Charlie Brown. But it is something I can never do."
stopskeletons.bsky.social Stop Skeletons From Fighting | SSFF @stopskeletons.bsky.social · Nov 24
Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “The world is a fine place and worth fighting for”, Charlie Brown. I agree with the second part.
mariancall.bsky.social Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · Nov 24
They don't make Sunday, Charlie Brown. Because of God.
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
Oh hey, she's not moderated anymore!
thevariableedge.bsky.social The Variable//Private Commissions Open @thevariableedge.bsky.social · Oct 2
Rosalina X Rose = Rosa!

I was originally going to cross Rosalina over with Manon as "Harmon", since Rosalina's French name is "Harmonie", and Manon is French... see how the references are stretching like taffy...

And then I thought of Rose. Anyways, more in the alt!

#SuperMario #StreetFighter
As I mentioned in the main post, my original plan was to cross Rosalina over with Manon, because I was only thinking of using currently active characters in Street Fighter 6. Fortunately, I remembered Rose, and while having them with similar names was an easy get, the fact that Rose has the special move, "Soul Satellite", were she has soul energy orbs circle around her, it was a short hop to have "Star Satellites", using Rosalina's beloved Lumas, who also assist her in Super Smash Bros. Although the mental gymnastics trying to connect Rosalina and Manon by way of Manon's French nationality and Rosalina's corresponding name in the French editions of her games (ie. the actual French releases, not necessarily when you change the language to French on a US edition game) was a stretch worthy of Manon's high kicks. It was a fun mental exercise, but sometimes, I have to remember to keep it simple. Compared to Daisy and Peach's drawings earlier in this series, Rosalina was the first time I embraced actual vector inking for my linework. For the rendering process, I stepped back from Daisy and Peach's more involved rendering by creating a custom brush for CSP and using it for the bulk of the shading and highlighting process. Adapting Rose's signature outfit for Rosalina was a simple process. Rosalina keeps most of her hairstyle intact, but has a small swishy curl taken from Rose's gravity-defying hair. The outfit itself is little more than Rosalina's colors over Rose's costume, with the exception of a star-themed buckle on the belt, and the curvy hem of Rosalina's long dress being turned into a miniskirt under Rose's high cut skirt. While I am very happy with my crossover designs, I am divided between Peach and Rosalina as to which one was better thought out. I think Peach-Li has the better combination of referential fanservice, I think Rosa ended up better drawn.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
Next: Gumbo & Shugah
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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msperoni.bsky.social
If you aren't able to commission me, but would like to support me, feel free to donate to my ko-fi! Anything is appreciated!

ko-fi.com/exmile
Fan art of Raven from DC comics. She looks tough!
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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msperoni.bsky.social
It's Ravember! All commissions featuring Raven (they must be solo pictures of her, and they can't be comics) will receive a 20% discount through the month of November! Email me if you're interested! My Email can be found in my profile!
Fan art of Raven from DC comics. She's wearing a blue dress and looks sad. Fan art of Raven from DC Comics. She is holding her arms up over her head and is smiling. Fan art of Raven from DC comics. She's holding her cape up near her face and looks shy. Fan art of Raven from DC comics. She's sitting with her legs crossed and is floating up above the ground. The room she's in is very dark and she looks spooky.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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thevariableedge.bsky.social
For my 200 Followers Sketch, I drew Squirrel Girl for @mistahdood.bsky.social!

My next giveaway may not be Follower Count related (200 took FOREVER, and I'm NOT popular!), so keep an eye out!

#FanArt #TraditionalArt #Marvel #MarvelRivals #TheEmperor'sNewGroove
I have a tendency to "draw from memory". If it's a character I've drawn often enough, like Daisy, I may have memorized close to 90% of her design, so okay, cool. But MOST of the time, I just want to draw, I have a "pretty good" picture of the character in my head, and I'm somewhere where I can't just pull up my phone to look up references, like when I drafted Doreen here while standing in a grocery line. "But lots of the details still came out right!" Nuh-uh, that came AFTER, when I had to do LOTS of erasures to fix up the acorn-like padding on her sleeves, and damn, she got through SO far into the process before I realized I LEFT OUT HER EARS. So, if there was one thing I feel that made me a better artist, it's the simple acceptance of my mistakes, AND HOW I LEARNED TO NUKE THE DRAWING WITH AN ERASER if I need to fix something. I'm a bit proud of my lettering though. I've been writing in a "comic font" ever since high school, because I was writing my own comic at the time, and had to do my own lettering. Said comic was in large 12 x 18 inch sketchpads, and I had no computer or scanner, and for that matter, even professional comics did not have computer lettering yet (Shout-out to lettering legend Tom Orzechowski, who seemingly lettered practically every comic I read at the time.) If anything, it led to my teachers liking my written assignments, because my handwriting became easier to read than most! So... yeah. Also The Emperor's New Groove reference, and a touch of Peanuts' Woodstock chatter, because I'm the type of nerd who always has to reference something!
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
For my 200 Followers Sketch, I drew Squirrel Girl for @mistahdood.bsky.social!

My next giveaway may not be Follower Count related (200 took FOREVER, and I'm NOT popular!), so keep an eye out!

#FanArt #TraditionalArt #Marvel #MarvelRivals #TheEmperor'sNewGroove
I have a tendency to "draw from memory". If it's a character I've drawn often enough, like Daisy, I may have memorized close to 90% of her design, so okay, cool. But MOST of the time, I just want to draw, I have a "pretty good" picture of the character in my head, and I'm somewhere where I can't just pull up my phone to look up references, like when I drafted Doreen here while standing in a grocery line. "But lots of the details still came out right!" Nuh-uh, that came AFTER, when I had to do LOTS of erasures to fix up the acorn-like padding on her sleeves, and damn, she got through SO far into the process before I realized I LEFT OUT HER EARS. So, if there was one thing I feel that made me a better artist, it's the simple acceptance of my mistakes, AND HOW I LEARNED TO NUKE THE DRAWING WITH AN ERASER if I need to fix something. I'm a bit proud of my lettering though. I've been writing in a "comic font" ever since high school, because I was writing my own comic at the time, and had to do my own lettering. Said comic was in large 12 x 18 inch sketchpads, and I had no computer or scanner, and for that matter, even professional comics did not have computer lettering yet (Shout-out to lettering legend Tom Orzechowski, who seemingly lettered practically every comic I read at the time.) If anything, it led to my teachers liking my written assignments, because my handwriting became easier to read than most! So... yeah. Also The Emperor's New Groove reference, and a touch of Peanuts' Woodstock chatter, because I'm the type of nerd who always has to reference something!
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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thevariableedge.bsky.social
Nostalgia-ber continues with Voodoo and Velocity! I hopped on Image Comics in the early years, following the art of Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri coming off of X-Men and Wolverine.
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
Nostalgia-ber continues with Voodoo and Velocity! I hopped on Image Comics in the early years, following the art of Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri coming off of X-Men and Wolverine.
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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thelifeofsharks.com
Hi. Could at least 40 people buy a Life of Sharks 2026 Calendar? For a project I’m working on*

thelifeofsharks.com

*my overdraft
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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thevariableedge.bsky.social
November is Nostalgia-ber!

I posted before about how #DeadOrAlive was a big source of imagination fodder for me.

I'd like to see the series have some kind of revival. The level of fanservice could be dependent on the player by giving a more robust customization system.

#KoeiTecmo #Fanart
She Kicks High. Remember that ad? Funny enough, and despite the likelihood that such an ad would probably not be made nowadays, it actually was one of the tamer ads that would be churned out by game publishers during the early 2000's. There's a veritable rabbit hole of questionable advertising decisions from that time that made me wonder what I might have had to deal with if I pursued a career with my Marketing degree. This is a current-day take on one of my old commissions, except in the original, the client asked for Hitomi to be fighting Asuka from Tekken. I decided on this one to keep things "in-house", and made the opponent Ayane, who for a time was my favorite DOA girl until Hitomi came along. Hitomi's jeans were done by doing a layer of hatching over the pencil shades. When I was in high school, I drew my own comics, the kind of which I am likely never going to post online. But I was starting to be influenced by manga, and so I wanted to do everything in black and white. But I had no affordable, sustainable source for stick-on screentone (seriously by the time I was in college, I ever only came upon maybe THREE sheets of "zip-a-tone", and they were never in the shades I needed. But one manga I read had pages where the art was shaded, not by the usual dotted tones, but parallel line hatching. So I figured, why not do it myself? So I had PAGES of art where things were shaded by me going over the art with a 0.1 technical pen and a ruler. And I'd even layered different passes at different angles to get a darker shade if I needed. The art is not stuff I'd boast about now, but the amount of experimentation and technique I put into it back then certainly is.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
thevariableedge.bsky.social
November is Nostalgia-ber!

I posted before about how #DeadOrAlive was a big source of imagination fodder for me.

I'd like to see the series have some kind of revival. The level of fanservice could be dependent on the player by giving a more robust customization system.

#KoeiTecmo #Fanart
She Kicks High. Remember that ad? Funny enough, and despite the likelihood that such an ad would probably not be made nowadays, it actually was one of the tamer ads that would be churned out by game publishers during the early 2000's. There's a veritable rabbit hole of questionable advertising decisions from that time that made me wonder what I might have had to deal with if I pursued a career with my Marketing degree. This is a current-day take on one of my old commissions, except in the original, the client asked for Hitomi to be fighting Asuka from Tekken. I decided on this one to keep things "in-house", and made the opponent Ayane, who for a time was my favorite DOA girl until Hitomi came along. Hitomi's jeans were done by doing a layer of hatching over the pencil shades. When I was in high school, I drew my own comics, the kind of which I am likely never going to post online. But I was starting to be influenced by manga, and so I wanted to do everything in black and white. But I had no affordable, sustainable source for stick-on screentone (seriously by the time I was in college, I ever only came upon maybe THREE sheets of "zip-a-tone", and they were never in the shades I needed. But one manga I read had pages where the art was shaded, not by the usual dotted tones, but parallel line hatching. So I figured, why not do it myself? So I had PAGES of art where things were shaded by me going over the art with a 0.1 technical pen and a ruler. And I'd even layered different passes at different angles to get a darker shade if I needed. The art is not stuff I'd boast about now, but the amount of experimentation and technique I put into it back then certainly is.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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denimcatfish.bsky.social
For those that are willing and able, here is the QR code for Philippine Red Cross for relief efforts
A QR code for Red Cross PayPal donations for typhoon relief in the Philippines
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM