Greetings!

It has been a while! I have been absent for a bit as I have been focusing on my in-person and online merch store that I aim to open soon. A convention in my city had open artist alley booth applications and, trying my luck, I applied and got in for spring 2025. I plan to open my online store with my stock in a couple of months before attending the con with indie game-inspired works and originals from prints to charms. So, If you are interested, stay tuned!

Sketchbook #2

I have been trying some new piece ideas...

When doing composition sketches, I mostly only do traditional sketches or thumbnails as I want to "feel" them. It might sound a bit strange, but for me, some composition ideas just flow better with a physical pencil and paper. I get out my watercolors, put colors everywhere, and some compositions just come to life. Some. Not all, unfortunately.

Sketch compositions. Top: Mettaton's Kitchen scene sketch idea. Below: concept art idea for my game.

I have been planning to do a piece for Mettaton's kitchen scene in Undertale for ages but none of my sketches have quite taken my pick--including this one. Below is concept art for my game. I attempted to loan this one over to digital but found I just couldn't. I loved the watercolors and how they blended into each other I might need to keep this a traditional piece.

Will either of these pieces become fully rendered? The answer is....probably not, who knows? But, when sketching on paper, it's a bit more fun to just do wild with all kinds of mediums just to see what can happen!

Mettaton keychain sketch. No spoilers darlings!

Burger Pants keychain sneak-peek. I needed more merch of him.

For the store, I am planning on some Undertale keychains to celebrate its 10th anniversary (wow!) next year and some Deltarune prints as well. I don't want to keep plugging my store too much, but truly, knowing there is a community of people who want to support artists at conventions pushes me to create my merch and try something new.

Well, that's about it. Until next time, and thank you for your support! 🌷

• Rae