Wow, look at all of that inktober! I'm pretty impressed, and also a little jealous, that you kept up with it and did something every day. I really like your style, especially how you draw people and characters. Really great work!

For Dungeons and Dragons, I certainly hope to ever have a chance to play them. Getting into any game is always a hassle . They may even be possible NPCs for a world I've been crafting for a very very very long time.

Thank you so much MJ! The times I get to see some of your work inspires me often. And LOL Some of these were more like 2-4 a night if I'd fallen behind but I wanted to have it all done by October 31st and I hit that goal

Feels like this has been a long time coming. Why hadn't I thought to do something like this in a while

Very cool, Jay! Those look great!

Jay!! Those character portraits are awesome! You've done such a wonderful job with them i'm IN AWE

As requested by sweetpinkpixie

OMG I love it Jay. What a blast from the past and fantastic way to reflect and get emo about my first ever lesson on staff ;________;

I'm gonna start a collection of Drawings now for Characters from One Piece. My favorite manga/anime since I was 14. I've read and watched it for 17 years. And it continues to impress me and I continually fall in love with it weekly.

First Up is my favorite antagonist in the series. Introduced 4 years ago.

^ JAYYYYY. I do not know this character but I freakin' love the colored pencils and the hatching/cross-hatching. It's SO GOOD.

The best thing about this is that I did it on my Laptop. I wanted to really test out if I could recreate the same kind of drawing and sketches I can get from drawing in a sketchbook and I feel like this is possibly even better than what I could have done hand drawn.

So these next two pieces came to mind just a few hours after it happened. If anyone hasn't seen what unfolded in Potions Class this most recent term. I'll provide a link to it.
Oh hey! A wild link has appeared! scroll up to see what lead to this moment, scroll down to see the reactions
The motivation came to me when I was sent my "dead" student PM by the Narrator. But they were never dead! They are trapped within a mirror
This one I wanted to portray Moose trapped in a mirror. the white reflective surface and the wooden border on each side representing the mirror he was trapped within
This next one I'm a tad more proud of. No mirror reflection, this one would look more what it may seem like within the mirror itself. I wanted to show him still floating in space, and endless void I best summarized it to. I wanted to portray this void as smokey as if the black smoke that took him away was still surrounding him in this space leaving very poor vision to see around himself. The pink in the image is actually lilac. It was a suggestion by Kath since it was the color change my UN went to once Moose was removed from the school.

This is an experience I do not recommend you attempt to get your characters into. Avoid it at all cost!

OMG JAY WHAT TO HECK !!!!!!!! These are INCREDIBLE!!! I'm so blown away by both of them (but also they make me so SAD ;____; poor lil moose trapped all by himself i'm CRY as is kizzy ldafksdfa;df). I was already stunned by the detail in the first one (the poor busted head, the way you imitated the reflective mirror quality, HIS FACE esp), and then I opened the second one and bro .

BRUUUUUUUUUUH.

Unmatched skills, my friend. This could legitimately be an illustration for a new york times best seller!!!! UGH. so good. I'm so impressed ok!!! I also love these little vignettes of your character's lives drawn out. Words are one thing, but then the images REALLY bring it all to life. *chefs kiss*

Wow I love those so much! I'm making one for Ash in my head(unfortunately not on paper lol). I really love the details and the two perspectives. One from out of the mirror, and one from within.

UGH. You already know how much I love these and ugh the UN color works SO well with things - I'm so pleasantly surprised and what a neat little way for you to capture the RP experience not only for the character but also yourself. I think one thing I love most about your work is how I can look at a piece and I would just KNOW it is yours because of the style and perspective you bring to your pieces. Really great work again, Jay <3

Illustration for a New York Time Best Seller. Wow wow...wow. Ariana I am utterly speechless with your comment. That is a big deal that I just don't know how to react. I am so grateful that you love it and would give it such high praise. Thank you so much
Don't be shy, give it a try. All my work starts off in my head. I just need that extra push to put to paper.

Thank you for the love. I hope Ashley and Moose come out of this in one piece

I really appreciate you giving me the idea to use the UN color. I wouldn't have given it a 2nd try if you hadn't jumped into my VMs and confused me at first. I absolutely love getting the chance to draw all the wonderful story beats that come up from the plots you and the other Admins and Mods concoct. You give me the inspiration to bring them to life.

Wow so this plot is off the chain!! a Third Wizarding War!? So much is going on. So far this has been one of the best moments I could get in with my first child (now man).

Fire, and Inferi at a Wooden Bridge. It never stood a chance.

SICK, dude

MORE MORE MORE MORE I also love the works in progress you share with me so...I think you should share those too with your next piece it's always so fun to see your visions come together

UGH JAY this is so dope i love seeing the way you bring the written to life with your art !!!! (but uh, rip wooden bridge)

It certainly is super sick Lookit all those burning zombies

Bruh I think I started their being a Wooden Bridge Thread when I was briefly Groundskeeper. Didn't look too far back. So it was painful to see it go down

HAY JAY, these are so cool!!! I am obsessed with the trapped-in-the-mirror ones!! You managed to make his broken nose look so real!

Plus, plus, P L U S!!! The wooden bridge and the inferi! The behind-the-scenes-photos you just shared! All of it!

so much talent in one moose!

Moose hooves are surprisingly very dexterous

Now this was a fun one to do. Feels like it was so long ago the at the Start of Term Feast, but I have done what I wanted with Lucien/Trent at the very moment Lucien Rosier dropped his disguise as our Headmaster. Being told it was like his face melted off into another was imagery I couldn't pass up.

These are some of the pieces in progress.



If I had to pick between the two I love the Black and White Drawn one over the color. I put lots of work into that one, but I enjoy the finished color one too.

Bain Goldwasser has by far been my most favorite character introduced from the Neo-Alliance! I finally see his worth and the appeal to him. And his love for Blood Pops.

Here's to more Muggle Tech Exploding in your honor Mr. Vampire!

Don't Worry. I just think Bain might be a bit messy with his Blood Pops.

JAY!!!! These are so nice to look at! I really appreciate you taking the time to post pictures of the process as well. I love your use of color and how much emotion you're able to show in your art