Latest Posts by artistic-calathea - Page 3
Sketchbook tour 2023-2024 part 2!!!
Starting with plantpocolypse characters<3
The main cast & some creatures and uniform ideas
Bubble being pacman:) braid practice, mogus, some slimes bouncin around, and a cute sweetheart themed character <3
Spidersona... I was really into Spiderman for a minute so uhhhhhh yeah they have arachnophobia and hate looking at themself after getting bitten and turned into their worst fear! Also there's a star dog
Supervillain ideas not very happy with them :( the nature themed stuff is cute tho, also uniforms and wing practice and a nightmare I drew! (Clouds with eyes)
Sketchbook tour!! 2023-2024 <3 part 1
(some pages will not be shown due to them being very personal vent art! Sorry but it's also not ur biz)
First pages!
Lots of tadc fanart and also a little bit of slime rancher :3 + a moth guy and star person
Tadc oc, bubble detective, robot, and I think some eah oc ideas?
More bubble detective & his son & his sons son. And a monster high OC that definitely needs fixed up the batcat thing is just so boring to me,, also an object oc that exists purely to make me go heeheehaha
Bubble family photo!! And human!devil design evolution
TBC
Kitty :) it is playing
Draw a half-dragon! (Half dragon, half other animal)
Dragon day results!!
Closeups of the little ones vv
Little babies<33
Also the big piece :3
This was great I kinda hated it at first but now I can just doodle dragons!!! I'm gonna work on their faces from other perspectives since I'm still struggling with that but this was a great start! :)
Some more dragons
I think I'm getting the hang of it :) probably gonna draw a few more today tho since it is dragon practice day for me
My soft art style does not mix well with pointy spiky dragons im struggling but I think I have 2 liddle dragns
If any dragon artists have any tips PLEASE LMK
(btw I just noticed the difference in leg length on the top one I'm fixing it)
Little baby...
I don't draw many mice so I think they're very cute :)
All the ECU (Eziris Universe) info
My universe information because I can barely keep track of it all anymore! This is a WIP since there's a LOT but I think this will be helpful :)
Timeline post: (wip)
My character library (wip!)
Alphabetized things that only exist in Eziris:
A
Animal people, mostly humans with only a few animal features.
B
Bubble plant, grows in open fields in Mysteria, flowers are bubble blowers which fill the fields with magic bubbles as the air goes through them!
C
Casting, a type of weather in wonderland where spells fall from the clouds to provide the magic the life in wonderland needs to live.
Creature's Nest, plant that produces an egg rather than a fruit, the egg hatches into a little creature after falling into the soft leaves of the plant.
D
E
Eutopia, also commonly referred to as Heaven, is where good souls get to spend time in-between lives. And where some souls work!
F
Fairies, mischievous little things, will hang by someone's ear and give them bad ideas to feed on the drama they cause. Can be seen if you really look, but most beings don't see them. Native to Earth, but some exist in wonderland.
G
Ghosts, souls who refuse to move on from a past life.
Gemflower, a plant that produces a crystal rather than a fruit or seeds after flowering.
Gnome, a species native to wonderland, they are very small and wear little dresses that are personalized to look like an animal or whatever the gnome wants.
H
Hell is where bad souls learn to be better, and where some are lost.
Heart of Gold, plant native to wonderland, leaves have gold hearts on them
I
J
K
L
The Lobby, inhabited by the portal keeper, the space that you are taken to before you go to another dimension (from Earth to Wonderland, Eutopia to Hell, ECT)
Looker, a flowering plant native to wonderland, it grows towards the loudest sound and when it flowers there is an eye in the center. A very nosy plant. Grows similarly to a sunflower.
Lover's tree, a tree native to Mysteria that flowers in early spring and produces heart shaped fruits.
M
Mysteria, a planet in wonderland that is home to many magical creatures.
N
O
P
Pegasus, horse with wings, inhabits parts of Mysteria
Plant humans, a type of human that is possessed by a plant, they began to appear during the apocalypse on Earth. A plant takes root in a human brain, dead or alive, and takes control of the body. The plant still grows regularly outside of the skull, if the plant is yanked out of the skull it inhabits, it dies. Under intense & constant stress the body begins to rot.
Pixies! Very tiny, exist everywhere and keep things running smoothly. They cannot be seen unless they choose to be. Do NOT call them fairies they hate that.
Portalkeeper, keeper of the portals.
Q
R
Robotic life, inhabit their own planet (currently underdeveloped), consist of six main parts (a head, torso, legs, and arms.) with the soul and main power source stored in the head. All pieces will remain connected to the soul and power source until removed by the owner or until the head is destroyed. After being discarded or after the head is destroyed, the remaining parts become "scrap" which can be collected, sold, and/or reused. Heads are created in a facility where one or more robots can have a new soul created and placed in a head, the parent(s) can choose the initial appearance but not the personality or anything like that, and after the first year of life the new soul is in charge of what parts they sync or connect to. They rest for five hours at a time by fully powering down and they cannot wake up before the five hours have passed, this gives their power source a chance to replenish itself. There are also many shops where bots can purchase accessories such as ears, tails, jewelry, hair, and clothes!
S
SAC, or Soul Analysis Council, is an organization in Eutopia that views the history of a soul and decides where to place them.
Spells are similar to rain on earth, but instead of water they are made of magic so that excess magic can find its way back to wonderland.
Superhumans are a type of human on Earth that have a large amount of magic in their dna that causes special abilities and different physical mutations. This can range from an unusual eye color to magic abilities.
Shadow life is a species native to Mysteria that appears on Earth sometimes as what we call "Shadow people", although there is a subspecies that is only found on Earth called the Shadow crab or the Shadow spider, this creature hides in dark corners to scare people as it feeds on fear.
Star vine, a plant that grows similarly to a string of hearts, has star shaped leaves, native to wonderland (exact place undecided)
Sphere bush, a type of small pink tree that grows its leaves into round shapes
T
Timekeeper, a career that involves watching over timelines and making sure they all go the right way.
U
Unicorn, horse with a horn and a natural talent for magic, inhabits parts of Mysteria
V
W
Wonderland, a magical dimension that is separate from Earth, Eutopia, and Hell.
Werecat/dog, has more cat or dog-like features but has a more human shape.
X
Y
Z
Reference pics<3
Uhhh vent art kinda?
Needed to get some feelings out but don't have the energy to like actually draw so. Yeah little baby wrapped in blanket hiding from life
Been doing some monster high redesigns lately, I didn't wanna change much for catty tho so I just edited her photo
Added some more color to the boots and committed to the blue! Also made the cats inner ears pink and changed its eyeshadow to blue. COMMIT TO THE ACCENT COLOR PLEASE sorry
And I was really disappointed with the garden mystery series so here's my take on garden nystery Venus<3
There will be more. I'm really disappointed with the newer dolls so I'm gonna make my own :)expect a drac and twyla soon
AAAAAAAA!!! TWO DRAWINGS IN ONE DAY
Vlam redesign:3 mostly just changed the colors and gave her a hair style that reminds me of her va <3 also added a little heart instead of a dot because CUTE!
Sleech and klak redesigns!!! (And definitely not ship art (lying))
The girlfriends!!!!
I wanted to keep some things from the original designs and change the colors mostly and I like them a lot more<3 I'm probably gonna redesign vlam and plowp next because I love them :3
I also wanna talk about my problem with the character design in this show. I love the show, however the characters make me want to cry the COLORS did you even LOOK at a color wheel????? I'm sorry. Vlam looks okay. I don't think,,, any of the others do tbh I'm sorry they look horrendous
Specifically in these designs I took away some of klaks eyes because she's like a fish, why would they need more eyes? Also changed the arm gills to webbed hands and gave her MORE buns for cuteness, I also just made the colors more cohesive
And I made sleech more magenta and pink and red since I wanted to give klak more blue accents and teal. Also gave her FANGS because it's cute
YEAH I love them I wish this show didn't have the most disgusting color palette known to man it hurts me I love character design so much and they just threw it in the garbage. Not to say my designs are perfect, they're def not! I might even change them a little lol
Pride camp! Happy pride, queers<3
This is probably my last pride piece this year (aside from literally everything I create since there's always lgbtq characters in my projects)
So yeah :) just a summer camp with a bunch of queer kids having fun and learning about themselves
I also have more art of them from when I was originally creating the characters
Page one (1)
To be continued!!
Sorry it took so long, I've been busier than I thought I would be. But it's done and I'm proud of it! :) I don't have an estimate for when page 2 will be coming since I haven't even started it but I would guess like December or early next year? We'll see ig lol
Story & characters are all written and drawn by me in a sketchbook first, then digitalized (also by me:))
(edited Aug 6 2024, clarification in text added to the page)
I finished my first embroidery hoop design :D
I know it's not perfect but I really like it!!
Started June 13, finished june 21
Named Baby's 1st embroidery hoop (info written on outside of hoop:))
My first pride piece this year<3
A pride bunny clown! I mainly wanted to use lavender since it is the gayest color, but I also loved the bright clown red for them!! I might go back and give them a bowtie as well I think it would be cute :3
Blehhh quick sketch of draculaura because I wanted to draw a cute skirt and I wanted to draw drac:)
I still kinda miss the striped hair,, the split style is cute tho
Pl ant..
(Native to Wonderland, grows in open fields)
Haven't named it yet, give me suggestions! /Nf
Intro post!!
I go by Calathea online and the best way to reach me is on discord, strange_calathea
I am only active on Tumblr, Discord, Instagram, Memoa, & YouTube, but I have accounts everywhere. This is my art blog! I also have a personal blog where I post updates about stuff @strange-calathea
All my other stuff
I have an inconsistent art style sorry!! Also sometimes I sign art Matty <3 or forest (past online name) or Cal and sometimes I do a combination of them all, so it's best to just ask if you're not sure if I drew something or not
The ECU info post
Projects
- Comic series! #I'm just Lucky comic
- Blog apocalypse story, the Alone Diaries!
- Webtoon series "Magnets" (no pages out yet)
- Expanding the universe my ocs live in (currently named the ECU/Eziris Universe)
- finishing and polishing an ECU story
- sticker designs
- yt videos
Reblogs/support
Reblogs & likes are both very appreciated!!
I'm also absolutely okay with people drawing my characters or making ocs with a species I make just tag me so I can see it pls!! :)
And any of my art can be used as a pfp or anything like that as long as you're not claiming you made it !
It's also okay to repost my art on other platforms if credit is given :)
Boundaries
- I don't do art requests/commissions.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated! Just no bullying or being a total dick pls
- to expand on "being a total dick", no racism or homophobia or general assholery
- don't rush me on any projects! You can remind me of one if I haven't done anything with it in a while and ask when the next thing will be but please be kind about it. I am doing my best and whatever it is will be out as soon as possible I promise :)
Inspirations!
(things that affected the way I draw/create<3)
- omocat & omori
- toh
- bapc
- vita carnis
- adventure time (& its spinoffs)
- centaurworld
- lacey games
- _boisvert
- dhmis
- monster high & ever after high
- genloss & ranboo
- indie cartoons/horror generally
- slay the princess
PONYSONA
If you mention how bad my handwriting is I'll GET you /j
PART 0.25
Due to the delay, you get a sneak peek!!
It's not much, but I hope it can hold some interest while I finish the first page. :)
WELCOME TO WONDERLAND
Ugh I haven't done digital art in a while (aside from the comic)
Meet the characters :D
Hi!! I am making a comic series and the first page will be coming soon so it is time to introduce the characters that will be in it!
First, the main character! This is Lucky (they/he), a young adult struggling with living on their own after his sister moves away for a new job.
Second is Lucky's sister, Flora (she/her)! She has recently been hired at a special new job that requires her to move far away from home.
Third is Ash (they/she)! She's been friends with Lucky for a while, and they aren't doing very well lately.
The pacing may be a bit off with the comic since this is my first time doing anything like this but I hope the magic and fun will make up for it :) page one should be out this week if everything goes according to plan !
It's my 2 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳
I'm two years old today yippeeee
Superhero oc dump >:)
1- Lovebug
They have an instrument that can be used to stun and occasionally control enemies!
They are also very strong and usually fall into the leader position despite always bringing up how there isn't a leader.
2- BumbleBee!!!
Very kind. Lovebug is kinda their mentor.
Stabby arm! They can also fly pretty fast :)
3- Tiny Tracy
Former neurologist and practicing neurosurgeon.
They stay small most of the time due to how uncomfortable the suit is when it stretches out. They've complained about it, but nobody can find a way to make it fit when they're small and when they're big and make it comfortable. But they manage :)
They usually use manipulation to win fights, but when things get bad they can always fuck with someone's brain.
4- Neon (brand new<3)
(originally made for a school assignment lol)
Neon can glow when they choose to, and they have a gun which is connected to their power and shoots lasers! They're also strong and sometimes they headbutt people with their horns!
This guy doesn't have a full size drawing because I'm not sure about his design but uhhh
5- Rainbow Tornado
They can cause tornadoes! They also have very typical superhero abilities, they can fly, they're very strong and fast. They also have a duo move with Neon where they create a glowing tornado, serving as a warning to nearby people and possibly burning the target? The details are NOT set in stone so this stuff could change later.
Bonus doodles<333 I love neon so much
This isn't all of them btw... I'll be back..... Eventually........
RAINBOW DASH!! 🌈
When I drew her pants I was thinking about that one tiktok where at first they have you think they're wearing a pretty dress but it's really a pantsuit!!!! I think rainbow dash would totally do that and her and pinkie would think it was soo funny!!! Also I thought a rainbow ponytail with black in the front would look cool :3
Still struggling with pinkies shoes but now I'm also not sure what I want for raritys design? I did a little design trying to find the inspiration but now I'm even more confused lol
I'll figure it out eventually :)
KINGER (with a gun)
My little scrungly
I redesigned some Equestria girls!!
Tbh I didn't change twilight much, aside from adding more details
Those are all the complete ones!! I love them sm
I also have most of pinkie done!! I just need to draw her shoes but I'm struggling with those, and I have some doodles of what I want in rainbows design but I haven't really started it yet, I'll get to it eventually. And then I'll redesign rarity.
Also if you think all mlp redesigns need to be animation-friendly I don't care!! I will do what I want :)
