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@cobalt-ex

artist but i mostly sketch, writer but i mostly plan. i made too many characters and now i have to make visual novels about it

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ah the shading on these two feels just like the original concept paintings, and the paper fits so well

11.03.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

really cool designs for the limbs

11.03.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A page from my PokΓ©dex scrapbook featuring vulpix and ninetales on some floral paper

A page from my PokΓ©dex scrapbook featuring vulpix and ninetales on some floral paper

Here’s another page in progress, found pretty paper for them!

09.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
4 drawings of a robot with a purple, black and white color scheme with some gold highlights. They have purple β€œhair” and pointy β€œears” reminiscent of an elf’s ears. They have a β€œtail” that’s just a plug with a long cord. In 2 of the drawings they are wearing a white button up shirt with puffy sleeves to hide the large shoulder joints, along with suspenders.

4 drawings of a robot with a purple, black and white color scheme with some gold highlights. They have purple β€œhair” and pointy β€œears” reminiscent of an elf’s ears. They have a β€œtail” that’s just a plug with a long cord. In 2 of the drawings they are wearing a white button up shirt with puffy sleeves to hide the large shoulder joints, along with suspenders.

clothes version

09.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the most terrifying edith yet

11.03.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawpile disconnected for a moment, turning my avatar into an N, someone called me Captain N and someone else said my characters were going to be interpreted as 80s animation cliches. Then I blacked out and this happened

10.03.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

up against my routine reminder that i need a lot more patience. getting inspired by cool yakuza music and sitting down to make a tune and getting frustrated it's not just emerging fully formed after 10 minutes...trying to draw a complete sketch in 5 minutes...it doesn't work like that!

11.03.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i’ve got to get better at character writing so i can make a small and satisfying thing and not feel guilty about resting without having released my giant hype momence Project after an increasing amount of years
(i’m resting today)

08.03.2026 06:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
azure above the ocean with a kind of backpack with metal wings on it

azure above the ocean with a kind of backpack with metal wings on it

meant to finish this one last month but, you know how it is. i never draw azure's ribbon properly but i've been drawing enough ribbon-like hair to go for it this time. it's tough but lines are a lot of fun

05.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(puts off lineart to rest arm until 10pm) "ugh i should at least put something down to pick up tomorrow, i'll just do the head and hair and call it for the night (hits my usual 20 minute timer) (hits the break timer) oops art is fun it turns out

04.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

well renpy refuses to build for some reason. this bodes poorly for when i actually work on cotv2 again in any capacity...

04.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A drawing of two characters smiling at each other. Text says: "When It Rains."

A drawing of two characters smiling at each other. Text says: "When It Rains."

A screencap of my visual novel. The character speaking is a little bug guy begging not to get squished by a flyswatter.

A screencap of my visual novel. The character speaking is a little bug guy begging not to get squished by a flyswatter.

I made a little point-and-click visual novel... Explore a conservatory on a dark, rainy day to help a (sorta) grandpa (sorta) vampire (sorta) find his stolen memory. It's about 20-30 minutes long; free to read and playable in browser!!

kzel.itch.io/rain

01.03.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

hey if i could stop getting motivated to start project 6 the sequel to project 4 before i finish project 1 of 3 that would be great

02.03.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

new dream development: b plot that gets called back to after a long series of tangents that somehow reaches a conclusion. there was real cohesion in that one, my brain wants to write apparently

01.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ghost character with hood up biting a sketchbook

ghost character with hood up biting a sketchbook

i would like to stop feeling like [compilation of every time a kamen rider takes enough damage to untransform and fall to the ground in slo-mo] every day so i'm forcing myself to draw anything to escape this dang slump. i draw hoodies a lot but never with the hood up so, here's one.

27.02.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

spending an hour running through a stream idea i’m physically incapable of realizing until i get a headache and go to bed early

27.02.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the deeper we slide into this moment the clearer it gets that "morale" is not a fake concept. pepping up your guys, showing each other unconditional love, loudly reaffirming things that are true, and making and engaging with uncompromising art are more important than ever. you gotta do it every day

26.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

(being informed by a third separate source that my website is too self-deprecating) ok actually i’m awesome
(also you have to turn it into a career) so what do you want then

26.02.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 3527 πŸ” 689 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
Drawing of a goth woman with stitches and heavy makeup. She is sitting draped in a blanket, on a couch, holding a mug of a hot drink in her hands. She has a tired, almost bored expression. She is looking at a TV.

Drawing of a goth woman with stitches and heavy makeup. She is sitting draped in a blanket, on a couch, holding a mug of a hot drink in her hands. She has a tired, almost bored expression. She is looking at a TV.

23.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two OCs. One is lifting the other. The girl being picked up is panicking as the other puts her on their shoulders and starts running.

Two OCs. One is lifting the other. The girl being picked up is panicking as the other puts her on their shoulders and starts running.

hanging out

23.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i really want to be drawing stuff regularly and make characters people are interested in but then i have no ideas and my arm explodes and whenever i study i appear to have never known anything and i want to do longer term projects more anyway. i dunno this social media thing is weird

25.02.2026 04:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

had another night of waking up like six times but half of those dreams i woke up into one which was my usual day so the layers are getting more convoluted. renko i’m sleepy

19.02.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the usb i use to backup my projects seems to have died after less than a year and plugging it in maybe 20 times total, so that’s cool

19.02.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Drawing of a goth woman with stitches and heavy makeup lying on the couch, eating valentine's chocolates. A demon floats behind her, smugly saying "Another Valentine's Day like this, huh?" to which the goth responds "Yeah, well, what's it say about you that you're here, too?" to which there is a cutaway panel of the demon making a shocked face, in reference to the "tails got trolled" face.

Drawing of a goth woman with stitches and heavy makeup lying on the couch, eating valentine's chocolates. A demon floats behind her, smugly saying "Another Valentine's Day like this, huh?" to which the goth responds "Yeah, well, what's it say about you that you're here, too?" to which there is a cutaway panel of the demon making a shocked face, in reference to the "tails got trolled" face.

The thrilling sequel

16.02.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
animal crossing styled coral, holding umbrella

animal crossing styled coral, holding umbrella

β€œso how was your valentines day?”
azure looking completely defeated

β€œso how was your valentines day?” azure looking completely defeated

desmond and whitney leaning against each other asleep

desmond and whitney leaning against each other asleep

on floor 82 of nightmare labyrinth, cobalt with mall clothes and red bob-omb partner

on floor 82 of nightmare labyrinth, cobalt with mall clothes and red bob-omb partner

some recent groupdraws, i basically only have the stamina for two per session but the quality has gone up?

16.02.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

mood

16.02.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there are a lot of things i want to get better at but i have *got* to get more confident in writing because i am truly incapable of writing even basic dialogue that doesn’t make me want to shrivel up into a ball even if it’s literally fine

11.02.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Drawing of a woman covered in shadow, with some light from behind. She is crawling along the ground somewhat desperately towards the viewer. Her eye is clearly visible in the shadow. Several stitches across her body are visible despite the shadows. Her hair is writhing. Several shadowy hands are reaching from behind her as if to grab her and drag her backwards.

Drawing of a woman covered in shadow, with some light from behind. She is crawling along the ground somewhat desperately towards the viewer. Her eye is clearly visible in the shadow. Several stitches across her body are visible despite the shadows. Her hair is writhing. Several shadowy hands are reaching from behind her as if to grab her and drag her backwards.

The Horrors.

09.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

for real…it’s just constant

09.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0