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Chthonic siblings with the good dog, and good frogs.🐕🐸

I just want Felix to be happy. (Also that one part of that one scene reminded me of Singing in the Rain, hence his pose).

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink fanart drawing of Esteban, Isabel and the baby jaquins from Elena of Avalor. Isabel is on the left with Zoom sitting on her head, she is reaching out towards Mingo who is sitting inside a gift box in the middle of the picture. Esteban is on the right holding a purple bow in one hand and putting in on Mingo's head, Estrella is on his shoulder. End ID]

New Flores cousins fanart and fanfic just in time for the holidays!

“Ash let out a shriek of frustration. She felt so alone, more so than she had ever felt in her long life. She wanted so much. She wanted to be back in the jungle, bickering with Esteban over what passed for morals between them. She wanted to feel Victor’s strong arms around her as he taught her to dance. She wanted Zopilote to take her under his wing again, the only time she’d ever truly felt safe in her entire life. Most of all, she wanted to hold her baby girl, rocking her to sleep, and to get to know the woman her daughter had become.” - The Past Is Prologue by Nontacitare, Chapter 28: The One and Only.

This paragraph has stuck with me for months after I read it so of course I had to draw it. In Nontacitare’s post-Coronation Day, Elena of Avalor fanfiction, The Past Is Prologue, Ash gets a character arc that is just superb. Her emotions and motives and drive are explored, and it shows how she's done evil, horrible things in her life but despite everything, she's still human and can choose what she does next (and is still capable of doing good).

[Image description: A pencil sketch fanart drawing of a scene from the Elena of Avalor fanfiction The Past Is Prologue. In the center of the picture Ash is crying while holding one hand up to her face. Around her are five moments from her past she’s remembering. The five scenes are as follows, going clockwise from the bottom left corner: 1. Ash as a young girl looking up at Zopilote who is in vulture form and has his wing stretched out, sheltering her. 2. Ash is rolling her eyes at Esteban who is standing behind her, looking smug. 3. A woman whose face is not pictured holding a smiling baby in her arms. 4. Ash dances with Victor as they look into each other's eyes. 5. Ash gently holds Carla’s face with one hand as Carla smiles up at her. End description.]

Hi! I hope you don’t mind, but I am back with another request. I loved the request you drew of Carla riding Vestia from a few months back, and have only been inspired to ask for another. I have always loved your artwork. The way you draw the characters, and even clothing, makes it look like it comes straight out of the show. There is nobody I would trust, or want to ask to draw this, but you. I know you love Victor, so I hope you enjoy. Could you draw him and Carla in Dia de Muertos outfits?

Día de los Muertos is a very emotional time for them.

(Thank you for your kind words they mean so much to me, and I had a lot of fun designing the outfits!)

You've heard of a screenshot redraw, now it's time for a screenshot repaint!

[Image description: A watercolor fanart of Ms. Croaker from Amphibia. She's sitting in a saddle riding on a giant ladybug. Her small pet spider, Archie, is sitting beside her. End description.]

(Screenshot under the cut).

I've seen fan designs of malvago!Mateo before which are all very fun and very dark, so I wanted to share my vision of him (and Olivia) as well!

All malvagos in the show seemed to have some kind of animal motif and when I was thinking about what animal he would have I headcanoned that maybe a malvagos’ motif is determined by what animal their chanul is. Then I thought about Mateo with big sleeve claws and decided that was perfect. (Sloths are normally solitary and nocturnal, which fits Mateo as well). 

Those fake claws used to be made out of metal but with his clumsiness he realized it was too dangerous for himself and changed them to silver coloured cloth. 

Olivia has an axolotl motif because I think that axolotls are cool. I'm sure it would factor into her magic somehow as well, like if she was in a fight and got hurt she would be able to quickly heal and regenerate stamina.

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink fanart drawing of malvago!Mateo and malvago!Olivia from Elena of Avalor. Olivia is much shorter and standing on the left. She is wearing a gray hooded robe with pink polka dots and frills and yellow eyes on it, the whole outfit is reminiscent of an axolotl. She is holding her pink and gray drum wand in her hands and is looking off to the side of the frame with a slight smile. Mateo is standing on the right; he is wearing a white hooded robe with gold wavy stripes, silver claws on the ends of the sleeves, and a silver eye and nose pattern on the hood, which makes it resemble a sloth. He is holding his drum wand in his right hand and in his left he's holding a ball of magical fire which he is looking at intently. End ID]

if i’m not too late and you still accept requests may i ask you to draw gabe’s parents? thanks in advance if you’ll make it!

Sure! We don't see them much but they have a nice relationship.

So since you said I can still take a request and you said you kinda know about this show, how about Zee Zatara bonding with her dad? Maybe something with cooking and/or magic?

They're practicing magic and making blueberry pancakes at the same time!

Hark! Today is the time for true celebration! For it is the anniversary of the birth of the world's most powerful, darkest, (and hammiest) hero!

Happy birthday Owain!

A certain person asked me how I paint with watercolors so I guess I'm going to tell you all! Now I'm not professionally trained, I just learned what I know from experimenting, asking questions, and looking up tutorials. So this may not be what the experts do, but it's what works for me.

How I paint:

Materials: I have a watercolor palette, a little jar full of water, my paint brushes, some paper that is thick enough for watercolors, pencil, and some paper towel to help mop up excess water. I always put down some kind of rag cloth or newspapers down on the table first so I don't get any paint on the table. Watercolors don't stain as much as other kinds of paint but it's best to you be careful.

I always use a watercolor palette to make my paintings. This is a very different system from oil paint or acrylic paints or even liquid watercolors or watercolor pencils, so you need to keep that in mind with the rest of the things I tell you

Step 1 (Start): I decide what I'm going to paint and make a little pencil sketch of it on the paper, It doesn't need to be detailed it just needs to give me a rough idea on how big it will be and where various shapes will go. (I sketch it very light so that you don't see the pencil lines on the finished painting but you can make it dark if you still want to see the lines).

Step 2 (Layers 🧅): I decide which colours would be best to be put on the bottom layer and which colours should be put on the top layer and then begin painting accordingly. For example I painted Mirabel's skin before I painted her hair, so I could have bits of her hair going down on top of her skin. I mix the colours together on a scrap piece of paper first just to test how they look.

Step 3 (How to apply paint): I dip my paint brush in water and then swirl it around in the needed colour until I have my desired amount, then I begin to paint in the shape that I want. Whenever my brush needs more colour I put a very small amount of water on it and then rub it gently against the paint palette then brush it again on the paper. For dark colours I swirl it around longer in the paint to get more paint on it and then lay it on thick. For lighter colours I put more water on the brush and less paint on it and then use the water to spread the paint even further across the paper. Important tip: Never press your brush too hard against the paint palette or the paper when you're painting, otherwise the bristles could be bent out of shape or fall out. Use the same amount of pressure you'd use if you were petting a kitten with the paintbrush. (You shouldn't actually do that, it's just a metaphor.)

Important tip: If you ever have too much water on your paintbrush, use a paper towel to mop some of it up. You can also use a paper towel to help get unwanted paint off your brushes.

Step 4 (Waiting): After filling in one shape with a specific colour, I move on to the next colour. If I don't want the colours to mix together I wait a minute or two for the first part to dry before I continue on to the next part. But if I do want a gradient then I start adding the new colour and brush them together a bit with water.

Step 5 (Small details): Watercolours mix together really well but that means to get good looking light colours you have to apply them directly to the paper, where there isn't any paint, otherwise if they are mixed with a dark-colour they could become muddy looking. For things like Mirabelle's glasses I painted the skin around them first, leaving a white blank space and then once the paint had dried I very carefully added the light green, making sure not to get the brown paint wet again. (I also use this process for the butterfly on the accordion and the earring.)

Step 6 (Optional Final touches): Sometimes I used paint for the pupils of eyes but they never seem as detailed as I want. So instead what I do is I leave the eyes as blank white circles, and then once I'm finished painting everything else, and everything is completely dry, I use a small pen or marker to draw the black outline around the eyes as well as pupils and pencil crayons to colour the iris. I also use pencil crayons for the eyebrows, lips and dress butterflies.

Repeating these steps for a very long time eventually leads to a finished painting. If you have any questions let me know.

Are you still taking requests? If so, can you please draw a crossover between Elena of Avalor and Encanto?

They are having fun making music together!

If you are still taking requests can you do li’l Flores cousins (like in Día de Madres)

They're having so much fun at carnival! Queen Lucia even let Elena wear her special tiara! :D

Madrigal sisters!

If you’re still taking requests can you draw a reformed Carla riding a reformed Vestia into battle?

Flying together / with magic, might, and moxie / fighting for better

Remember that time in “To Queen Or Not To Queen” when Elena fell asleep in a graveyard?

[Comic script: Panel 1: Elena: Buenos Dias, Victor! Victor: Hola Elena! You're up early, so you can't wait for your coronation today?

Panel 2: Elena: Yes, plus I accidentally fell asleep in the graveyard so I had to walk all the way back here. Victor: …

Panel 3: Elena: Ack! Victor, what are you doing?! Victor: BEGONE GHOSTS!!!!]

Made this for @blueflyingturtleontheway last year! I loved drawing all the details! (Also, ferrets.)

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Princess Chole from Elena of Avalor. She is standing in a neutral pose looking towards the viewer, as if posing for a portrait. In her arm she is holding a basket with two ferrets inside it. The first is a solid cream colour, the second is a sable standard pattern. End ID]

Hello!! If you're still taking requests and don't mind drawing it, may I ask for Gabe wearing the Royal Guard uniform under Shuriki's reign? 👀

Of course! Have to say, I think this is an interesting look for him.

Legends say they made more money that day than any other tourist trap in Oregon ever had.

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink comic of Grunkle Stan from Gravity Falls and Toph from Avatar The Last Airbender. Toph is wearing a purple badgermole costume (made by Mabel), as she earthbends multiple rocks and stone objects through the air. Comic script: Stan Pines: Tourists of all ages, behold! All the way from another world, she's the powerful, terrifying, petrifying (get it?) Badgermole girl! Toph: I won't stop throwing rocks until you tourists pay me to! Mwahahahaha! End ID]

I felt this was the only way to capture the emotions of your request and the fear it requires.

[Lineart & edited version under the cut]

Since your still taking requests can you draw Rebecca? If you can you draw her celebrating Passover (no pressure)

Of course, here you go!

Are you taking requests? If you are, could you draw Sirena!Elena? If you’re not, than I apologize for this ask.

Sure! Here you go!

What about you drawing enraged elena in orange-dressed in your art?

Sure, here you go!

I drew this without a reference while I was in the middle of completing paperwork to be able to properly channel the emotions needed for this piece

Here's a picture I made of one scene from my latest fanfic! Link to it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36850582

She's making sure he doesn't get any nasty sunburns! 

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Mateo and his mother Rafa from Elena of Avalor. Mateo is around 5 years old in the picture and he is squirming as his mother calmly puts sunscreen on his nose. End ID]

(Line art under the cut)

Some quality time with a few animal friends! 

[Image ID: A watercolour fanart of Antonio Madrigal from Encanto. He is petting Chispi the capybara, in his other hand he is holding a hummingbird. Pico the toucan is sitting on his shoulder. End ID]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you (and she) like it!

I heard that Pondhopper wanted a picture, so I made a portrait of her (and her crows) with watercolors! The dragons are just so adorable- I mean tough and intimidating, and I love your comics so much!

Omgggg I love this! Especially that little crow with an ENTIRE diamond fit into its mouth. And the candles are included too! This is 100% gonna sit on the very top of her hoard. Thank you so much for painting and sharing this!

"It's not symmetrical or perfect, but it's beautiful and it's mine"

[Image ID: A watercolour fanart of Isabela Madrigal from Encanto. She is wearing her blue dress with multicolour flowers and pollen on it. She is surrounded by plants and flower petals she has made. End ID]

Lesser Dog has gone where no Dog has gone before.

[Comic script: Panel 1: Tendi (as she pets lesser dog’s ever extending neck): Aww you're such a good guard dog! Yes you are! Panel 2: Boimler: Uhhh..do you think it's neck is supposed to do that? Mariner: Ehh, we've seen a dog do weirder.]

Here are some bat plushies I made earlier this year! The light pink one with the rose wings was the first one I made. After that I made the Pinkie Pie bat. These are the first plushies I've made using fleece fabric and I think they turned out really well.

Pattern created by Beezeeart: https://beezeeart.com/collections/patterns/products/stuffed-animal-bat-sewing-pattern-plush-toy-pattern-pdf

Elena of Avalor Appreciation Week 2021: Chaos

Because what's more chaotic than getting turned into a tiny little feathery bunny? Or maybe I just wanted  an excuse to draw her, who knows?

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Carla Delgado after she was turned into a peabunny in the episode “Coronation Day.” She has a yellow body with orange markings, large ears with green flower motifs inside them, and a red, pink, yellow, green and orange peacock tail. End ID]